Episode Jackal (War Over Mobius Saga: Ruby Route #1)

The Squad I Call Home

About 1 year and 8-9 months before the events of Sonic Forces, about 1 year before the "Incident" at Aqua Road

Infinite- Age 26

My name is Infinite, but I am known to all thieves and law-breakers as the Ultimate Mercenary. I lead a criminal squad called the Jackal Squad, my image to all is fearsome. I can kill in an instant with my sword; this is my life. It has to be. I would not be alive right now if it wasn't. The image of a mercenary is tough and cruel, you always have to be open to do someone's dirty work, to steal, or to kill. 

Especially when you're the Ultimate Mercenary. If you don't do the work, you're not a mercenary, and can't survive in this barren landscape we call home. It's part desert, and part canyon, the perfect home for us 'Dirty Rotten Thieves'. You are abandoned young, an unofficial law, and forced to keep yourself alive from that moment on, only the best survive, only the strong belong.

"Hey! Captain!" 

I turn my head to see one of my squadmates, Hunter the Jackal. 

"Heads up!" Hunter then threw his sword at my head, which I caught without flaw.

"You can't kill the ultimate mercenary, Hunter, he kills you." I threw his sword back, through I threw it at his chest. Hunter jumped and flipped to catch the blade.

"Careful, you might accidentally hit me."

"Then don't throw it at me." I retaliated. 

Hunter just shrugged, spinning the gleaming blade around. 

Another of my squadmates, Remy the Jackal, crept up behind Hunter, trying to catch him off guard, but Hunter quickly spun around and met Remy's twisted distorted blade with his own.  

"Hah!" Hunter then quickly hit Remy on the head with the barrel of his silver shotgun, causing him to fall on the ground.

"Hunter." I snarled sternly. "That's enough." 

Hunter turned and looked at me, Remy rubbed his head where he had been hit.

"What do you mean 'That's enough'?" Hunter replied to me in an offended tone.

"Save your weapons for our enemies." 

Hunter chuckled, somewhat playfully. "Or what?"

"Or face me." Amara jumped up and punched Hunter in the chin, she caught his gun as he fell.

"Blades and axes, Amara, I was just playing." 

Amara smirked. "You aren't just making an excuse because you just got punched by a girl, right?"

"Amara!" 

I found a small snicker leave my mouth, and I quickly tensed up to counteract it. 

Amara sauntered over to me, the smirk still present on her face, and she looped her sturdy arms around my neck, pulling herself close to me. 

I suddenly felt dizzy. I always felt this way when I was close to Amara. 

Hunter gave me a part-annoyed and part-teasing look, one that I had learned to read quite easily. It said:

'Wow, you call yourself the "Ultimate Mercenary" but you let her treat you like a common guy, just wow Infinite.'  

I didn't respond, I just kept diving deeper into Amara's eyes.

Hunter rolled his eyes at us and pushed his hair, a deep, glossy grey, out of his face before standing up. He would rather shoot targets than watch my affair with Amara. 

Amara took a few steps, closing our gap all while staring into my different colored eyes, one blue and one yellow. She pressed her lips to mine, cutting off my breath, and everything faded away in an instant. 

All I could focus on was her, so worthy of authority and queenship, always so strong and independent proving a girl that had been disowned at age two could change the world too. 

After we broke our kiss I felt so dizzy as if I might pass out, but I didn't care. Amara brought me close to her, keeping me from falling. Hunter and Remy snickered at my reaction, but I had always felt like this around Amara. I brought her close to me so her silver hair and mine collide and tangle as I looked deep into her golden eyes.......

Every king needs his queen, right?