Damages

Weirdness

A bang on the wall was all that was needed to take down the petrified hedgehog. The bodies of other males were at sight. They were laughing and throwing up their gang signs and cussing themselves out. One offered the blue one some pot, when he refused, he asked him again, he did not change his opinion which left him as an outcast with Rudy, who was not there at the time. That hedgehog was hiding in the corner of his cell and curling himself up as other guys began jumping him.

Unfortunately for Sonic, he was having a hard time fighting back with most of his body weakened by emotional memories. Every fist that hit his body, every kick that was being thrown, cost him a tear down his face. He felt like a weakling. But it was not very painful, it just hurt him by memorial disgrace. He could hear their laughter. Usually, he would be able to annihilate them all with a single attack or spin dashing his way out of the mob and treat them like pins at a bowling alley. For some reason, our hero could not obtain his strength to do the things he does most.

Then.. They stopped. For some odd reason they backed away and fled like roaches running from a RAID spray can. He got up slowly, being more bruised than ever, he faced the wall near him. His reflection read one word, Weak. He sighed and began leaving the showers/bathroom that he was stuck in for the past hour. He limped his way towards his cell and collapsed on the floor. He felt as if he had been run over by a mad monster truck or something. He then fell to an unconscious state... then fainted.

Rudy was still pondering in the corner of the cell and noticed his friend shivering with eyes closed shut, he grew into a self nervous stage and later cooled down, only to be bleeding from his eyes. His teeth were showing as if he were growling on the inside.

Bound at every limb by my shackles of fear
Sealed with lies by so many tears
Lost from within, pursuing the end

The whole room was a mist. Nothing could be seen but the submerged clouds. Everything was blurry. He tried moving, but he realized he was chained to a tree far above the ground and no one was at sight. He tried to slither his way out of the chains, but that was of no use. He began to grow fear inside of him and the chains seemed to have a tighter grip on the hedgehog. He began gasping for air.

Then, his ear picked up voices. He looked down as the clouds revealed two passing unknowns. He began yelling for help, but no words came out. He tried again by yelling, but he could make no sound. Nervousness was growing and the chains were squeezing him closer by the growth of his fears. Then the strangers had disappeared before his eyes. Tears fell before him.

I will fight for the chance to be lied to again

He began to pull back his tears and looked above him. Everything was so clear. He began thinking, 'If I nearly survived danger, I can get out of this no problem!" He began pushing himself off the chains of negativity and slowly began sliding out as his confidence grew. Then, a voice was heard out of the gloom,

"You will never be strong enough
You will never be good enough
You were never conceived in love
You will never rise above"

For a moment he began taking consideration into the words being hear but he shook his head, "No. I will and can do this. Even if I am to die ripping my flesh off of these agonizing chains.

They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me

The chains slowly grew stronger and were no longer fed by Sonic's pain. They wrapped around the hedgehogs ankles. He gasped as he noticed the instant burning area as he tried to get free. He gripped onto the sides of the tree and slowly made his way up. But it was way to strong for him. He began pouring tears of agony as his skin slowly began to damage itself. Then, a light shined over his eyes. He moved his arm to block the rays and it slowly decreased. The fog was disappearing and it seemed as if the sun had come before him. A figure was there.. Just standing there. Then, it opened its arms up and it resembled a standing redwood.

But through my tears break a blinding light
Birthing a dawn through this endless night
Arms outstretched, awaiting me
An open embrace upon a bleeding tree.

The dark figure looked at the astonished hedgehog. He then knelt down as the lights slowly shadowed away. It was dark shadow, standing on a branch near Sonic. It knelt down before the hero and told him, "I am here to help you, allow me to." It then added,

"Rest in me and I'll comfort you
I have lived and died for you
Abide in me and I vow to you,
I will never forsaken you"

The hedgehog blinked, 'My god, am I seeing things?' he thought. Then he frowned and told him, "I can do this on my own." He then began to pull himself off the tree and having his burning ankles tear their bits of flesh and reveal red blood. The figure disappeared and turned into smoke as it flew up to the canopy. He once again nodded, telling himself not to change his mind. 'No. We must do this alone. We don't even know who that is." He then began to slowly reach higher up. But then he felt the most painful things around his ankles. The bloody area had been infected and it began to itch and burn. If he went down to cure the tch, he would have to slide down a whole lot and start over. So, he decided to keep pulling himself up, but then he could not hold the pain anymore and yelled, "ARGH!" The metal skin of the chains began to cool the wound, but was also making it inevitable.

They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me

They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me

While he was pulling, he dragged the chain with him. Then later, he could not bare with the pain anymore and simply wanted to just lie down. His conscience yelled, 'NO! DON'T BACKDOWN NOW! YOU'VE COME THIS FAR! YOU CAN DO THIS!!' he agreed with himself and continued pulling upward. He just a few feet away from his desired location. Then, a chill went around him. The figure had returned and was circling around the blue hedgehog. It then stopped and returned to its dark form. It then began approaching him. It spoke in a demonic tone,

"Rest in me and I'll comfort you
I have lived and died for you
Abide in me and I vow to you,
I will never forsaken you"

The being went right thought the hedgehog when he closed his eyes. He opened them and looked around. No one was there. Then, he began going further upward. Then... the chain fell off his feet and he slowly fell onto the never ending ground. He could himself fall quickly. He never felt the drop.

They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me

Rudy was shaking his friend, desperate to awaken him. Sonic slowly blinked his eyes open. The first thing his pupils caught was the brown hedgehog looking right at him. He scratched his head and yawned, "W-what happened?" The hedgehog calmed down and explained, "My god, I've been worried. I was trying to wake you up and you wouldn't.. and.. And.. " "What?" "well, you were bleeding from your eyes, I was getting worried." "Okay. Calm down Rudy! I'm okay." "Ya, but what about..." "That's enough Rudy!" The teenager crossed his arms and pouted, "Ah fine then." Sonic simply rolled his eyes and smiled. Then he noticed it, 'Wait, did I just smile?'

--Sonic's Case--
"Where's Helen?" asked Margaret. To Knuckles. "I don't know. Last time I saw her, she was going to the courtroom with Sonic." Then the door to Margaret's office was opened. "Sorry I'm late." said the brunette. "No, no. You're just in time." confirmed Silver, who was now known as Matt Wumperfield. She sat down with the group and took out a folder. "Here are the papers you sent for?" "Thank you." She said as she reached for the papers. She took out her glasses and began to look over them.

Meanwhile, everyone watched, she asked, "What happened to Sonic?" The echidna and hedgehog quickly faced Helen. "Well, he... he... lost." she said sadly in disapproval. The blond one paused her reading and removed her lenses, facing the new comer, "Excuse me?" Knuckles blurted out, "It sounded like she wanted him to lose and hardly helped him in the case as defendant." Helen looked at Knuckles with a face saying, 'why the hell did you say that?' "Is this true Helen?" She gulped, "Well, I.. Don't believe he's innocent and the w-" she stopped when Margaret slammed the table. "I never asked you to give your opinion." "Helen, HOW COULD YOU BE SO STUPID! HE WAS A VICTIM AND YOU LET HIM DOWN!" Everyone widened their eyes. Both shocked by her extreme rage. She sat back down and said, "Get the hell out of my office and don't ever think about coming back." She looked down and left the room.

'Whoa, That's intense.' thought Knuckles and Silver. She put her lenses back on and said, "So, Knuckles... What did you discover about our little juvenile prisoner?" "Well, he told me that it was someone he knew and that he both harassed and intended sexual intensions on him. Margaret began noting and asked him to go on. "He also told me that.. There was someone else involved. Margaret stopped and asked, "Someone else?" "Yes. He said it was some white hedgehog recording the whole thing."

Silver began to feel uneasy and began scratching his neck as he felt sweaty inside. "Er..." he said silently and continued listening, "He also mentioned this 'helper' wasn't harming him at all, he was just there to get everything on tape." The woman removed her lenses. "There must be some tape to provide enough evidence that he is innocent..." He looked at Matt. "Wumperfield, I need you escorted to that house. Find anything that could lead to the case. I want this done, and right. Take Knuckles with you." She put her lenses back on and resumed reading. They faced each other and left together.