Barks and Bytes - A Sonic Boom Story

Chapter 10 - The Showdown

The doctor explained, "For a start, she hasn't always been this powerful. In fact, she used to be a victim of bullying, just like you. During then, she was actually a good girl with a huge imagination."

"Wait, why?"

"Well, let's just say that unlike all the other raccoon dogs, she has been born with incurable gigantism and myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy, or rapid muscle growth disorder, which clearly explains her huge appearance. During her childhood, when her original name was 'Tan Tan,' everyone, even her own kind, and especially her parents, were incredibly cruel to her. They used to call her offensive allegations toward what she couldn't control and later, made fun of her hand-drawn comics based on some video games she loved dearly."

"She drew comics based on her favorite video games?"

"She did. In order to keep her mind off of her abnormalities, she became a passionate hardcore gamer who played her favorites for hours everyday, and therefore draw comic strips (and later took photos of herself cosplaying) to attempt to honor those games, even though they were of 'poor quality'. Consequently, when her parents discovered her works, their reactions were so negative that they decided let their neighbors expose them to the internet and then dispose them in a river. In response, Terra had gotten so humiliated and heartbroken that she decided to make a peaceful speech for them, regarding how they all treated her and how they should've been civil towards her. As the problem was never settled, the real war began, between her, who then turned bad, and every single bully in her entire home place, whether it was online, or real life. In the internet, she created a total of over 50 accounts, whether it would be in a video website, an art website, or a social network, either to get her back on her trolls' accounts by bashing their works, or to comfort herself from getting picked on, like if she had so many friends."

What about the real world?" I asked.

While Orbot played suspenseful music on a piano, Eggman continued, "In the real world, there were others who attempted to give her mandatory therapy, but no matter what, they couldn't stop her, who looked for a way to make herself even stronger than she already was; in addition to endless and intense workouts, for several years, every day, week, month at the very least, she herself some concoction made by strange herbs, fruits, spices, and experimental medications stolen from my old lab. Drinking it gave her side effects, like a more sickly appearance, insanity, departure from reality, extreme anger disorders, and worsened antisocial behavior, but it also granted her massively enhanced strength, endurance, and durability. When it was finally the time, she had a massive 1-vs-all street fight against all those bullies that had picked on her for years. There was a series of brutal animal-like attacks, whether it'd be mauling, scratching, biting, or bone-crushing. And, did you know what happened to her bully-turned-victims in the end? ...She ate them all."

Sonic's jaw dropped. "She was a cannibal? Oh, heck no. You're lying."

"Footage of the fight can be seen in an encyclopedia focusing on her...but I won't show you since it's overwhelmingly graphic," Eggman gulped. "Since then, 'Tan Tan' changed her identity to her current and then lived in a foster home, followed by the first day high school."

"Wow..." I gasped.

"One more thing: for the record, when she lived here, she wanted to cage fight with one of my robots, Metal Sonic. So she forced me to let her, and I did, and as a result of her berserker strength and hectic mauling combined, (sniffled) Metal was a goner." Then, he show us a small shard of the blue robot's body. "Here's what's left of him. I'm planning on rebuilding him, though the second time wouldn't be the same. Anyway, Tails, go see Terra if you must. But be careful; even though the effects of her formula have gradually declined after the fire, she's still very strong. But like what Scion said in your game, 'size has nothing to do with strength.'"