The Light In The Dark

Last Chance

(TRIGGER WARNING: GRUESOME AND BLOOD DETAILING)

No POV:

The three of them walked out of the penthouse. Ophelian went quiet and froze. As Shadow showed himself. His eye color goes back to a darker red-like or blood orange color. He turned around, realizing what they were about to do now. Turning back around as he saw a couple of guards.

Guard #1: "Hey! What are those two doing out of their cell?"

Shadow froze, as Knuckles stood in front of Sonic. The anxiety in the room lifted like an inflated balloon. 

Shadow: "Just taking them to the leader, Hezerow. Did you not hear about his request?"

The guards looked at one another, feeling that something was off about all of this.

Guard #2: "Why don't we go ask him ourselves then, if that's what he did request."

Shadow: "No! Wait... you don't want to disturb him..."

The guards looked back at one another again as one of them put their wrist up to their mouth and whispered. The first guard looked at Shadow and then held his hand out.

Guard #1: "Give them up, we're taking them back to their chambers."

That's when about fifty more guards showed up behind the original two. Shadow froze, he was tired after having Ophelian fight for him. And Sonic still couldn't fight at the moment. Knuckles sighed as he went in front of Shadow now. He popped his fingers and got into a fighting stance. 

Knuckles: "Shadow, take Sonic to the exit... I got them handled..."

Shadow: "No way! You're not in any shape to fi-"

Knuckles: "I said, go!"

Shadow paused as he groaned, Knuckles was just as stubborn as he was. He took Sonic's hand as they ran off in the other direction. Knuckles glared at all of the guards. Some had tasers, others had batons. Knuckles knew he was weak, but he wanted Sonic to be safe... and Shadow is helping them get out, now it was his turn. One of the guards charged at him as he socked him in the face.

Knuckles: "Who's next?!"

They all froze as he didn't wait. The red echidna took charge and would knock one down after another. He'd got tased a couple times, and he did get whacked in the head a few times as well. At one point, he lost balance. Falling to the ground in between the crowd of guards. He felt his prosthetic get yanked off... now having to improvise on how he was going to fight without a leg. He got up slowly and leaned on a wall. Balancing on one leg. There was about thirty-five guards left. Picking off a few in his head. He was slowly getting cornered. He was going to have to figure out how to do this. Still leaning on the wall. He used his weight and pushed off of it, throwing a few punches here and there. As he grabbed his prosthetic off the ground, he got up quickly. He knew he needed a few more down before it was even fair. One of the guards ran at him, as he used his hook-like prosthetic and wrapped it around someones neck and snapped it. Putting the prosthetic back on.. he pushed off the wall again and would force his fist into the guards necks as well as their gut. Some he tugged on their clothes and slammed them into walls. He pushed others into each other and even used his prosthetic to trip the aliens up and / or crush their head while moving forward. He made sure to not leave anyone out of these harsh beatings. He slammed one guys head into the wall, hearing his skull crack at the collision. While a guard threw a baton at the red echidna while he wasn't looking. Turning around last second, he then dodged it. The guy then gripped at Knuckles' claws. Pushing up against each other to see who was stronger. Knuckles moves one of his arms in a weird manner, twisting the guards arm. You could hear the bone crunch to the unusual movement. Finally... there were only the original two guards left. Knuckles had blood on his face and claws. As well as his prosthetic. He smirked, letting his eye twitch when making eye contact with the two guards.

Knuckles: "I got something special for you two... hold still..."

It seemed like Knuckles mortality had washed away when Sonic was now at threat. He took off his prosthetic slowly, leaning on the other workable leg. Staring at the first guard, he chucked the hook-like leg at the guard. As the alien started to run, but it was too late. The end of the prosthetic went right through his head. Turning over to the still alive guard... Knuckles lunged at him and got him down on the ground. Getting the guy into a head lock and strangling him. Eventually the guy stopped squirming and went limp. Knuckles took a few deep breaths as he looked around at the massacre he had caused. He chuckled, seeing his strength when the dead bodies stayed lying there numb. Knuckled kicked the guy's corpse with his working leg and then crawled over to his prosthetic. Lodging it out of the guys skull. He hooked it back up to the base of where it connected. Standing up as he spoke lowly.

Knuckles: "Seems like you guys thought you had a fighting chance... too bad you guys don't put up much of a fair fight. It was obvious I would win... idiots..."

He scoffed, as he walked in the direction of where Sonic and Shadow had run off to.

(With Sonic and Shadow)

They had gotten to a space shuttle. Pressing in every code Shadow knew to get it to open the hatch to let them in. Sonic heard the sound of clicking down the hall. Shadow stood in front of the blue blur, growling and his pupils slit. Waiting to see what was about to turn the corner towards them. It was Knuckles. He leaned on the out turning corner of the wall... blood dragging behind him. They froze for a second, as Sonic then pushed Shadow out of the way and hugged Knuckles' bloody form. 

Knuckles: "Thank you for running off with Sonic, got him away from something he didn't need to see."

Shadow: "Well, you told me to. It was an order, so I followed it. And besides... we need to get out of here..."

Sonic turned around as he spoke softly.

Sonic: "Yeah, especially if we don't want to get caught up in something like earlier again."

Shadow typed in the last code he could think of, as they heard the shuttle doors unlock and open slowly. Sonic ran into the shuttle as Shadow helped Knuckles walk into the aircraft. There were guards coming up behind them, as Shadow pushed Knuckles in. Shadow was then yanked back out of the shuttle by five new guards. Shadow struggled with them as he then yelled. Holding the guards back.

Shadow: "Press the dark green square! And then push on the throttle!"

That's when Knuckles took the leader again, waiting for the shuttle's reactive engines to start up. The doors closed and locked up. Sonic and Knuckles were now stuck in the space craft. As Sonic banged on the doors and yelled.

Sonic: "No! Shadow! I can't lose you! Don't leave! Knuckles don't you dare push on the throttle!"

Shadow: "Sonic! You have to go, I can't let you get hurt anymore. Find somewhere to hide! Maybe one of the planets nearby... I-"

Shadow then got knocked down to the ground, as he got punched in the gut. Sonic yelled and banged on the doors again.

Shadow: "Knuckles! Go... take him away from here!"

Shadow was struggling with the guards and trying to get them off with what little energy he had left in him.

Sonic: "N-No... wait!-

That's when the shuttle took off, leaving the main ship in a darkened environment... only lit by small stars and particles. Sonic fell to the ground and groaned. He felt weak and vulnerable. Shadow is gone now... and he never knew when he was going to see Shadow ever again. This was their last chance, their last little glimpse at a faithful or hopeful life. And it was all ruined. Knuckles was coming down from his adrenaline high. About to fall asleep... he was exhausted. He had taken harsh hits in the brawl from earlier. Sonic noticed Knuckles desperately trying to keep his eyes open. He moved up to the captain's area and nudged Knuckles.

Sonic: "Here... let me do it. I taught Tails how to fly the biplane... maybe I could figure this out."

Knuckles nodded his head as he limped off from sitting in the chair. Going to the back area and laying down on the small spacing of seats that were provided. Sonic sat down in the seat, noticing an auto pilot. Pressing the button before he picked up the manual. It wasn't in his language. Groaning as he stared at the weirdly written letters. 

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⋔⏃⋏⎍⏃⌰:

⍙⊑⟒⋏ ⏃⎅⟊⎍⌇⏁⟟⋏☌ ⏁⊑⟒ ⎎⌰⟟☌⊑⏁ ⌿⏃⏁⊑, ⋔⏃☍⟒ ⌇⎍⍀⟒ ⏁⍜ ⌿⍀⟒⌇⌇ ⏁⊑⟒ ⏚⍀⟟☌⊑⏁ ⊬⟒⌰⌰⍜⍙ ⎎⌰⏃⌇⊑⟟⋏☌ ⌰⟟⏁ ⎍⌿ ⏁⍀⟟⏃⋏☌⌰⟒ ⏚⎍⏁⏁⍜⋏.

⍙⊑⟒⋏ ⋏⟒⟒⎅⟟⋏☌ ⎅⟟⍀⟒☊⏁⟟⍜⋏ ⏁⍜ ⏃ ☊⟒⍀⏁⏃⟟⋏ ⌿⌰⏃⋏⟒⏁... ⎍⌇⟒ ⏁⊑⟒ ⏚⌰⏃☊☍ ⏚⎍⏁⏁⍜⋏ ⍀⟟☌⊑⏁ ⏃⏚⍜⎐⟒ ⊬⍜⎍⍀ ⊑⟒⏃⎅ ⏁⍜ ⋔⏃☍⟒ ⏃ ⋔⏃⌿ ⏃⌿⌿⟒⏃⍀ ⟟⋏ ⎎⍀⍜⋏⏁ ⍜⎎ ⊬⍜⎍ ⎎⍜⍀ ☌⎍⟟⎅⏃⋏☊⟒.

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Sonic stared at these squiggles for a long time, trying to maybe make sense of this. Because without any idea of how to fly this alien aircraft, there was no telling where they would be going. When all of a sudden... some of the lettering started to look like English. He felt like he was hallucinating. Continuing to watch the lettering move around and make sense. As his eyes widened, now being able to read what had been put down.

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Manual:

When adjusting the flight path, make sure to press the bright yellow flashing lit up triangle button.

When needing direction to a certain planet... use the black button right above your head to make a map appear in front of you for guidance.

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He looked at the interior of the ship and pressed the black button right above his blue furred head. As a map popped up on the windshield of the ship. There were different planets that were all named... apart from an anomaly or glitch appearing on the map. It had no name, and that area seemed to be marked off and nothing. Maybe if he went there... he would be able to hide and would be safe there. He then took the shuttle off auto pilot and adjusted the velocity of the rockets that made them glide through space. Gripping at the throttles, he pushed forward... making his way to this unknown planet. Or maybe... it was already known, just lost.


To Be Continued.  .  .