TAILS AND SONIC
1.
Preposterous.
This world is corrupted… Poisoned by it's own population… Dominated by chaos and disorder… War and despair… Death and sufferance… And filthy sapient beings.
It is indeed clear now, that those creatures who dared to claim it's possession do not deserve it..
They claim to fight for the good of their people… For the utopist establishment of a durative Peace… For finding Order and Control over the irrational Chaos in which our universe has been sank in...
Foolish mortals!
All they did was creating more Chaos… More disorder… More sorrows.
The simple fact that these inferior vermin are still alive and evolving, is an insult to everything I stand for!
Evolution… Natural Selection… Chaos… Bah!
It is all preposterous! I refuse to believe that even one of those ignorant creatures could be considered a "Chosen One"… As long as I strictly deny the existence of Arbitrary Freedom!
No one has free will! Everybody's fate has been already written… There's no escape from Destiny!
Although, it's true… Life is Chaos… But Chaos can be controlled… By the true "Chosen One"!
The one who's destiny is to be ruler of this sick world and redeem it's worthless inhabitants from their pathetic existences…
I am the predestined one…
I shall save this planet from Chaos and restore a new order of Peace and Control!
Yes… That is what I'm bound to be… As soon as I will escape from this Limbo they imprisoned me in…
But it is just a matter of time, now… And I have all the time in the world…
I shall wait for my moment… The moment I shall be freed…
I shall wait… And observe.
Indeed… I shall observe Them.
For now…
It's a common credence that, before dieing, most people tend to be unable to shear a single sound due to the freezing terror Death brings with it… On this night, however, nobody stayed silent.
The screams, the cries, the perfectly loud manifestation of fear… Of sudden death… Were quite earful.
On that hot, summer night of 10 years ago… A village was burning… Along with it's own inhabitants. The flames were high, ominous and merciless… Full of that sadism, of that will to kill that their master has brought with him.
A tiny, little town in the middle of the Green Hill Zone… With a lot of people… And a lot of corpses.
And the screams…
Males.
Females.
Children.
Nobody has been spared.
A fate even worse than Death itself awaited the unfortunate souls who were captured alive… A fate of pain and disaster… A fate of mindless enslavement.
He could still ear them… The cries for un-receiving mercy… The cries of his people, his friends, his family…
Run, little one, run… Be faster than speed itself… Be free… Free as the wind blows… Become the wind! Those the words his uncle yelled at him before been captured.
Running… A thing that he could do quite well…
He was a child not older than 5… He had smooth, downward quills on the back of his head and shoulders…
He was a hedgehog… A Mobian hedgehog… A scared, little, blue Mobian hedgehog…
A lonely child…
A kid… Not an average one, though.
He had a gift, a very unique gift indeed… He could run fast… Very fast. He could break the sound barrier by running on his own feet… Yeah, THAT fast.
A natural gift.
A new step in the hedgehog evolution? Who knew? Not me for certain…
He was still running… Frightened beyond human (or should I say Mobian) imagination. He was in a forest, a very ominous looking forest with tall trees and intimidating shadows…
And it was in one of this shadows… That "It" was awaiting him.
The cub suddenly stopped. He was tired. Tired and on the verge of crying. His emerald green eyes were now bloodshot because of previous tears…
And that's when "It" made his presence… Or better, his voice known.
"My, my… What we have here?"
The kid snapped in agitation because of the unexpected foreigner sound.
"Ehi, ehi! Don't be afraid, young one, I'm not your enemy… Although I've seen what happened to your village… Terrible."
The cobalt furred hedgehog cub was desperately trying to sight this new presence… He couldn't, therefore he was utter terrified.
"W-who are ya? A-are y-you the Boogey Man?"
The mysterious voice chuckled a little for the appropriate remark.
"Well… In a certain way… You could say that… But don't be scared of me, child… For I am here to help you!" The voice stated.
"H-help me? How?" The scared Mobian asked.
"I have noticed your abilities, you know? Quite impressive I must say… You're pretty fast, aren't you?"
"Weeeeelll… I don't like to brag but…" Responded the youngling with re-found security "… There's nobody faster and cooler than this hedgehog, mistaa!"
The voice sounded amused.
"Ooooh, I'm sure of that… I'm also sure that with my guidance you could very well learn a few new tricks to add at your unique ability… Are you interested?" "It" asked with an hint of glee.
"My mama always told me not to follow strangers that say to me that they could teach me new tricks with my running thingy…" The childish response of a naïve kid.
At this, "It" started laughing like possessed, scaring the kid further more.
"It seems fair… I shall introduce myself to you, than… This way, I would no longer be a stranger, right?"
"I s'pose so…" The little hog answered shyly.
"It" showed himself to the child… From the tree it was hiding behind.
At first, the hedgehog's natural instincts told him to flee… To run away from this thing… This strange, ugly creature that stood right in front of him… Smiling.
There was something of "It", however, that caught the attention of the young hog… Something about it's physical shape… That made him giggle.
"Wow… You're so fat, mistaa!"
It's smile vanished in an instant, substituted by a loud grunting…
"You should not disrespect the elders, hedgehog!" Declared the creature, not hiding a little irritation.
"I'm sorry…" Replied the younger with sincere (not!) guilt in his voice while adopting the legendary "puppy face" to exclaim his point.
The rotund thing just sighed and resumed the previous argument.
"So… Would you like to come with me and improve your skills?"
"Will I be able to run through walls and pulverize my enemies with super cool eye lasers?"
"Ehrrrrrr… Sure."
"MONDO STUPENDO!"
The thing looked satisfied with the kid's answer… Although not having a clue of what the heck he just said…
"By the way…" Continued the cub. "… My name is Sonic… SONIC THE HEDGEHOG! What's your name, mistaa?"
And the egg shaped creature smiled from behind it's thick orange-brown mustaches before answering…
"Just call me…Uncle Ivo."
Interesting… An innocent lad… A deceiving human… Interesting combination, indeed. I will keep an eye on them.
I could gain advantages from this situation.
Perhaps my awakening is nearer than I thought…
Let's look again… Another timeline… Oh yes… I can feel a lot of discomfort from this one…
A destructive menace…
A young one's sacrifice…
A broken heart full of despair…
My favorite.
A disclosed location with rare vegetation and ancient ruins of a forgotten civilization…
A single figure planting a seed on the grassy ground…
A sobbing two-tailed fox…
A unique being.
A funeral?
No… Hopefully, not.
An homage to a beloved departed?
Neither…
… A rebirth?
… Perhaps.
Aaaaaah… Such torment. Such sorrow… How pathetic!
Mmmmh… yet again… That was not a common seed…
What's this? Chaos energy?
Ooooooooh… I see.
Mmmmh-mmmh… Mhehehehehehehehehehehehehe….
HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR!!!
How amusing!
It shall be fun!
After all these millenniums… The key for my resurrection has been revealed!
The Ancient Walkers have granted me, their messiah, with this powerful asset!
Soon… I shall live again!
The foolish mortals will feel my wrath! For I am… Their Iblis!
Rise… Rise, young spawn… Rise and obey your master!
I command you to rise…
Iblis Trigger!