Rise [INFIDGET]

Chapter Sixteen: The Real World

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POV: Third Person (Summary)

After they ate, the two lovers slept in the warmth of their cave.

Unbeknownst to them at the time, they inevitably must make a hard choice.

Because in the end, death is always around the corner for these two.

For right now though, our pair lay sleeping in eachother's embrace with the crackling of the fire dousing out their quiet snores.

It was a quiet night, and dawn soon came; but not without faint shouts and crying that woke the pair up.

POV: Infinite

Ughh...it's too early for this.

I sat up, Gadget groaned as I moved suddenly and woke up. I remained silent, just listening to the shouts and very faint crying.

Definitely a group of mobians, must be some survivors from the war.

"What is it?..." Gadget murmured and rubbed his eyes.

"There seems to be a group of mobians here, I can hear their shouts" I explained and gently moved him off my lap so I could stand up and put on my gear.

"Are you going to...kill them?" Gadget curled up to himself.

Chaos, now he makes me feel terrible for taking the lives of mobians...

I feel like I have no hard exterior now.

No, I have to regain my pride.

"I do what I must to keep stragglers away from us" I scowled softly before turning to put my mask on and walking out of the cave.

I remained as stealthy as possible, making sure my footsteps were soft against the hard soil and watching for twigs so I didn't stand on one and give away my position to the others.

Hiding behind a bush, I spotted four mobians, two females and two males.

Those males look like they could do some damage.

The females...however~

I smirked to myself, spawning two red cubes and throwing them at the two males, they fell to the floor in a slump, locked in an endless illusion.

The two females noticed this and ran to them, but since my magic does not physically leave marks on the bodies it just looks like they passed out.

Now, for the real damage~

Bringing forth a spear made from my ruby, I snuck behind a female cat and swiftly impaled her through her chest.  The other female - who was a wolf, grabbed her dagger and faced me in a form of standoff.

She looked absolutely terrified.

I ripped my spear from the cat's limp body and turned to the wolf, her friends blood dripped off the spear.

I could tell she definitely knew who I was, she was so scared she dropped the dagger right before my eye and backed away.

Tsk, tsk, a fatal mistake dearie~

I pinned her to a nearby tree and held the tip of the spear to her chest.

"Do you fear death?" I whispered into her ear.

Her timid voice broke in a sob, "Y-you have n-no idea..." she whimpered.

I jammed the spear into her chest and grinned, her body fell limp against the tree.

Now for the males.

I turned to the last ones and crouched in front of them, they were murmuring in their deliberate sleep.

A dagger formed in my hand and I pulled one of the males head back, I swiftly sliced his neck and moved to the other one, doing the same deed before standing up and admiring my masterpiece of destruction and death.

The four bodies lay in different positions, one on the floor on her stomach with blood pooling from her chest. One against the tree with blood pooling from her chest too, and two males with their necks sliced and bleeding out with the illusions still playing in their mind until their brains shut down and they died. It was a very bloody scene.

My work here is done.

Thankfully, I managed to stay blood-free, only my gloves had specks of blood on them.

That little bit of adrenaline was all I needed to reconnect with myself.

I walked to the stream to wash my gloves before heading back to the cave, I found Gadget still curled up in himself.

"I'm back" I announced and sat beside him, removing my mask before stroking his back gently to reassure him that it was okay.

"What did you do?..." he mumbled and glanced at me, he wore his glasses but they were slipping off his muzzle due to the fact that he was facing the floor.

"Let's just say I put them out of their misery" I commented lightly, I did not wish to give him nightmares about what I really did because he seems sensitive to too much detail.

He nodded and shifted so he rested against my side, none of us spoke another word about the situation.

Surprisingly, he still trusts me, even after admitting that I murdered others...

Strange, but I'm not one to complain.

Eventually, we both got hungry and cooked some of the rabbit I caught. Again, both eating in silence, a comfortable silence as both of us were deep in thought.

After eating, I decided to talk to Gadget about this whole situation going on in the world and about us.

We might not have a future together...

"Gadget" I sighed. "We need to talk about us and the world outside"

Gadget turned to me and nodded, "We do..." he frowned.

"Since the doctor has his empire, and the Resistance is gaining on our trail, we need to come up with some form of plan or ideas on how this is going to work" I explained. "Especially our relationship"

"I'm not sure where to start...but, if the Resistance finds our hideout it'll be down to fight or flight mode" He commented. "As for our relationship, that's a different story" he sighed.

"If the Resistance finds us, and they take you again, I swear I'll really end them all." I growled.

"Uhm...let's not result to murder first" Gadget gulped. "But I see your point, they wanted information from me, and they will still want it"

"Well, our relationship isn't really a secret to that yellow fox and Sonic anymore" I rolled my eyes but smirked very slightly.

Gadget blushed as he felt his claim mark, "They will report that to the others" he stated. "So they could use that as an advantage to their plans"

I hummed, "Indeed, I'd have to deal with Shadow if we both get caught, he's too dangerous for you"

Gadget folded his ears, "They are at advantage with Silver too, I know he has powers like Shadow"

"Yes, Shadow is more of a threat though" I added. "And Shadow is also immortal, so we can't kill him" I frowned in frustration.

Gadget rubbed his hand, "Well we definitely cannot keep hiding, we will be found eventually so we are just delaying it"

He's right...

"Then here's the plan."