Cory in the House: Trials of the Earth (Season 2)

Depression

Now that they had three people and two chaos emeralds, Cory was feeling more confident in his mission. But they had another issue: food and money.

They had been using the money from a wallet they stole before, but now they had run out and were penniless.

They entered the grocery store, loaded with fake coupons and food stamps. They were getting the bare essentials to survive.

They picked up a few liters of soda, a bunch of chips, and lots of candy. As they entered the checkout line, Cory gasped dramatically. Behind the desk was none other than newt, Cory's longtime friend and the secret identity of silver. Last time Cory saw him was in Japan when they defeated the Creepypasta army. Now he looked clean and more professional. Though he looked less like a silver hedgehog.

"newt, hey its me! Remember?" Cory said, it had only been two months.

newt looked up, a sad expression on his face, "hello, welcome to [grocery store name]"

Cory stared wide eyed at newt, "newt, what happened to you??"

Newt shrugged and began checking them out. Nobody spoke for the rest of the transaction. After it was finished, cory and the gang left, only to stop at the doorway.

"we need to get newt on our team guys." Cory said.

"that faggot, no way." espio replied.

"he's secretly silver the hedgehog."

"that faggot, no way."

"we are going to follow him after work and see what changed."

Espio sighed and nodded while Michael sat silently. It was mutually decided.

They waited outside the door for three hours before newt walked out, holding keys. He walked to the left and toward the side of the building. The gang followed him there. Along the building was a parking lot, it had cars in it.

Newt got into a car and sat there, staring at the city from afar. He took out a bottle of water and began drinking it, bringing it to his mouth and pouring the liquid down his throat. The gang snuck up behind his car and listened in.

Newt sighed audibly as he looked at the moon, thinking of something Cory didn't know. He started his car and began to drive away, but Cory and the gang chased after him using the chaos emeralds to move faster while cloaking themselves from newts view for plot convenience.

"radioactive" began to play on the radio as they rode through the city, lights shining all around them underneath the moon. The city shone with a glow of the modern age, drowning out all darkness, yes still holding crime. Not even a city without darkness could drown out the darkness of the human race.

Newt drove toward the outskirts of town, past many abandoned buildings as he approached a large apartment building. This is where he parked. The gang hid in the bushes as the watched newt get out of his car. Soon after, he entered the building and went to a room.

"since when does newt live alone?" Cory whispered.

"he doesn't look mentally capable of living alone." espio replied.

They teleported into his room, looking at the depressing scene of a single bed apartment with a small bathroom and a mini fridge.

Newt sat, staring at the wall, hunched over with his water. He slowly took a sip, looking absolutely miserable.

"20 bucks says he kills himself," espio whispered.

"I need to do something about this," Cory said.

He dropped the emerald and walked toward newt. Newt didn't even react.

"what's going on newt?"

Newt stared blankly at the wall, not even acknowledging Cory.

Cory grabbed the chaos emeralds and began to read his thoughts which I guess it can do now.

Newt was alone in this world, his past as silver soon flooded into his mind after the battle in Japan, this caused his transformation to fail, turning him back into newt. After the government became interested in silver's psychic powers, he was forced into hiding as newt, but he also erased all of his mind and destroyed his training.

After remembering, newt realized that all he ever did was nothing compared to the feats silver had performed. Newt was a lonely useless sack of organs and liquids.

"newt, don't worry you can come with us," Cory said, not understanding any of what he just saw.

Newt shook his head, "I'm not giving up all this."

"too bad."

Cory then grabbed newt and pulled him out, forcing him to come with them. After destroying his car and canceling his rent, newts life was effectively destroyed. This forced him to join the gang.

The silver inside newt kept him going, confused about his identity, and discouraged by the many failed attempts to get a girlfriend, he went on sad and alone, even as he joined the gang, he wasn't part of the group. He was alone, as he always was and always would be.