Reason for Insanity

The ARK

Sorry it took so long to update. I've been busy with school and band related stuff with friends...but here's the next chapter you've been waiting for......

Sonic looked around and nodded. This would work out fine. He chuckled and walked around the station, eventually coming to a room that had all kinds of serums in it. Raising a brow, Sonic went to get a closer look at the serums. His eyes widened in shock when he saw they were transformation serums, as well as ones for immortality. Sonic chuckled; these would work out nicely. The insane hedgehog took a closer look at the transformation ones, wondering what they could turn the person into.

Each transformation serum was for a different animal, none of them having the same label as one of the others. Most of them weren't interesting, either. He sighed, looking at them, and caught a few that interested him. One of them could transform him into Black Doom, another into the Biolizard, and one into Shadow. Sonic smirked, an idea forming in his head.

"I could use one of these ones," he told the voices. "They'll surely give my arms back, as well."

They would strike fear into the hearts of many, the voices said. They continued to whisper, telling Sonic that he was useless, nobody cared for him, and other negative things.

Sonic looked at the three serums, wondering which one to use. Black Doom, the Biolizard, or Shadow? After some thinking, Sonic decided not to use the Biolizard. Judging from what he could remember, it couldn't go anywhere on its own. That would be worse than how he was now. Taking Shadow's form would at least serve as some amusement, though Black Doom would truly strike fear into people. Sonic thought about it some more, turning to the voices for advice.

"Who should I become?" he asked. "Shadow, or Black Doom?"

Both could serve well. Both of them have a vast amount of uses... The voices fell silent, going over what they knew before telling Sonic. Mix them together...you could become both.

"Yes. That's a great idea." Sonic looked around for a way to mix the serums, once again cursing the loss of his arms.

His pupiless eyes glowed and the serums hovered in the air as he telekinetically mixed them together, then poured it down his throat. Sonic felt pain in his body as he first began to transform into Shadow. Arms forced their way from his body, bursting out with massive amounts of pain. Blood flowed down his sides from his shoulders, covering the new arms as well. Getting a good look at them, Sonic laughed in triumph. As he laughed, his skin tanned to the darker shade Shadow had. His eyes also became red, eyeliner of the same color drawing itself onto him. Five of his quills got a red streak painted on them, the rest of the blue darkening farther until it was black. Black fur grew on his arms, matching red streaks shooting up the outer side. Streaks of the same kind shot up the outside of both legs as well. Sonic looked down in anticipation at his chest. The tan skin was quickly covered by black fur. A breath later, the white patch everyone seemed to notice grew out, fluffing itself in the process. Looking around at himself, Sonic smiled. Other than his clothing, it was perfect.

"Yes," he said. "This is perfect! Now for Black Doom's transformation."

Closing his eyes again, he grimaced as he felt his face altering completely. A third eye opened on his forehead, blinking a few times once it was fully formed. The two he already had didn't change too much, just becoming completely red and a bit smaller. A slit pupil came into the center of his third eye as it colored the same way as the other two. His ears flattened and moved to the side of his head before it continued changing. Becoming smaller, the quills were pulled back onto him to help form the head of the alien. Moving out to the sides, what looked like two long horns formed, tipped with red that reached halfway to his head. Multiple, smaller, horns came up out of the top of his head and Sonic couldn't hold back a howl of agony. Beneath his eyes, his entire face altered into something only resembling a face due to the eyes embedded in it. Muscles growing larger, Sonic felt an ache build up over his body. Looking at his arms, he watched as the fur fell off in a shower of red and black. The fur covering the rest of his body did the same and he was left standing in a pile of his own fur. Every inch of skin darkened until it was black. Fingers forced themselves together and molded, leaving him with only three on his hands. Long claws formed onto them, coming to a sharp point. The lower half of his body shifted and moved upward, molding into his torso and leaving him without legs. The alien looked down at himself in alarm.

Black Doom looked at himself and chuckled. This form was amazing. He smirked and took a serum, this one holding immortality, and plunged it into his skin. A tingling sensation filled his body, fading once the serum had done its job. Black Doom smiled, then began to walk around the ARK. He was comfortable here. The voices began to speak again. Black Doom looked in the direction he thought they were coming from. All of them were telling him the same kind of things, praising his form as well as insisting he got a move on. Instead, he growled at them.

"Enough," he said, holding his head. "Stop telling me what to do! Even though I am an insane schizophrenic, I do my own thing!"

We are everywhere, they said. Inside your head.

"Inside my head or not, I do not have to listen to you."

The voices fell silent, and Black Doom walked around the ARK. He was growing more paranoid by the minute. Every turn he went around, he expected something to be there. And no matter what he did, he felt like someone was watching him. The schizophrenic sighed; most likely his was another symptom of his mental illness. Shuddering again, he looked behind himself for what felt like the millionth time. Knowing it was all in his head didn't help matters at all. Black Doom frowned; he knew that he was slowly going insane. Maybe escaping from the mental hospital wasn't the best idea after all.

Who knows if they would have helped you, though. The voices started up again, all telling Black Doom it had been a good thing.

The alien frowned and thought about it. He nodded. "Yes...you're right."

What are you going to do now?

Black Doom chuckled. "If they say I'm insane, so be it," he said. "Using this form, I will strike fear into the people of Earth." He went through the ARK, looking out one of the windows at Earth. "Those damn fools deserve it for what they did to me," he said. "I'll make them pay...especially Shadow and Tails."

The alien laughed and started making his plans. He closed his eyes and teleported to the Black Arms planet. They looked at him, surprised.

"Master," one said. "We heard that Shadow killed you. How did you survive, and what is it you want with us?"

"Sonic has brought me back into being," he said. "Now I want you to help me get vengeance on Earth."

"Of course," they said. "When shall we strike?"

Black Doom gave it some thought. "I'd prefer to do it sooner..." They nodded, and waited for him to speak. "Meet me on the ARK in a few days," he said. "We'll strike then."

The Black Arms nodded and watched their leader teleport away. Once he got back to the ARK, Black Doom turned back into Sonic. He grinned and looked at Earth, giggling madly.

"Just you wait," he said. "You're all going to pay for how you've been treating me all this time."

He continued to giggle. Sonic was becoming insane, and there was nothing anyone could do to stop it.