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Lord of Darkness, Chapter 17

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                                      LORD OF DARKNESS

Samus Aran © Nintendo

Chapter Seventeen: Light of Darkness

- Samus' Ship -

The scene shifts towards Samus' ship. After revealing a little about her past, Samus and the Chaotix were already on the hunt for the next Chaos Emerald. Inside the ship, Samus was guiding our heroes towards wherever the next Chaos Emerald may be located. Thanks to the green Chaos Emerald Espio was holding, it wasn't going to be much of a problem.

Over here, we Vector was drinking another soda can as he let out a belch. "Excuse me."

"Don't drink too much, Vector." Espio told him. "We need to stay focused on our mission."

"I know that, Espio." Vector said as he patted his stomach. "I'm just warming up before we get started."

"But we don't even know where we're going." Charmy pointed out.

Samus turned her head to Charmy with a slight look of annoyance on her face. "What was that?"

"Oh..." Charmy smiled sheepishly. "I meant, we don't know where the next Chaos Emerald is, but I'm sure that we'll find it soon enough."

Samus sighed to herself as she turned her attention back to the controls.

Charmy sighed in relief. "I better go get myself a drink. I don't want to be thirsty before a mission."

As Charmy buzzed off towards the refrigerator, Espio had his eyes closed while in his thoughts. He was mainly thinking about that cybernetic masked ninja. It had appeared a couple of times already and no one had any clue as to who it was. They even didn't know what it's motives were for the Chaos Emeralds. It just seemed really strange to the purple chameleon, because that ninja and him felt like they knew each other. Or at least, that's what he thought. Then again, it didn't seem likely that would be the case. Only two things mattered to him; The masked ninjas identity, and it's reason for needing the Chaos Emeralds.

While silence filled the room, the Chaos Emerald began to glow brightly. Espio was the first to see this. "The Chaos Emerald is glowing!"

Charmy and Vector eyes widened at that moment.

"Cool! But where is it coming from?" Charmy wondered.

"Samus, can you pinpoint the Emerald's location?" Vector asked.

"Sure." Samus nodded as she pressed a few buttons on the control panel. That's when a hologram appeared on-screen. The Chaotix made their way towards the control panel to get a closer look at this.

"What is it?" Charmy wondered. "It looks like a house..."

"It's actually a mansion." Samus corrected him.

Samus was right. The hologram was showing a visual projection of a mansion that looked to be two-stories high. It's width was medium-sized, with four sets of windows on the first floor, while two were on the second floor. And there was a small-tower of some-sorts that kinda looked like a bell tower, only with no bell to be seen.

"So the Chaos Emerald is located there?" Vector wondered.

"It is." Espio said as he looked outside the window. "Look down there."

Vector, Charmy, and Samus looked outside the window to see a mansion that was similar to the one from the hologram. Espio looked at the Chaos Emerald again to see that it was still reacting towards the mansion.

"So now we need to head down there and find the Chaos Emerald inside that place." Samus said. "I'll land this ship near the place."

The ship lowered itself near the ground until the rockets boosters managed to stop the ship a few feet in mid-air. At the top, Samus and the Chaotix appeared again, as the bounty hunter somersaulted in the air until she landed on her feet, along with the Chaotix, whom also jumped down from Samus's ship.

When our heroes were on the ground, they looked at the mansion up close with their own eyes. It was mostly brown-designed color and nothing much else afterwards.

"Man, this place is pretty big." Vector said, looking a little impressed.

"I bet it will be even bigger than the outside is." Espio confirmed.

"The only way to find out is to head inside." Samus as she prepared her arm cannon. "You ready?"

"Ready!" Charmy saluted with a smile.

Vector and Espio nodded their heads in reply. When that was settled, Samus and the Chaotix made their way towards the mansion in search for the next Chaos Emerald.


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- Dusty Desert -

The scene shifts towards Marisa, whom was still running with the recently killed Larcen the Hedgehog. Her face was still lowered and in tears after she saw her best friend being killed by Hellsing. She was in so much shock and sadness, that she just about exploded into tears. It had been five minutes so far, but Marisa continued to run.

She then approached something near the Dusty Desert. It was a small pond covered with a few small trees and some soft grass. Marisa saw this as she made her way towards that area. When she made it, she finally stopped and was busy trying to catch her breath. She looked over to see the nearest small tree as she walked towards it and very gently laid Larcen's corpse next to it. She looked at dead hedgehog on in sadness.

"L-Larcen..." Marisa sobbed. "...You didn't have to die...!"

She looked down at Larcen's wound and decided to the get the blood off as best as she could. She placed her hand near Larcen's body as a ray of small light flashed. The blood started to fade itself until it was fully gone.

But even when she did that, she still felt terribly sad. Her best friend for many years was dead. It was like her only source of light was taken away from her. By the darkness. The evil that came and took away what she loved most. It angered her on the inside, but on the outside, she felt crushed, heartbroken, to see her best friend dead. She turned and made her way towards the pond to see her sad reflection. It just...it just didn't feel right. Not at all. It felt like all the happiness and joy she felt had suddenly been flooded by sadness and tears. Nothing more would come from it.

Marisa shut her eyes tightly as another tear dropped from her eye as it made contact with the pond. She covered her eyes again as she continued to sob loudly. It felt like nothing was going to help her from her tragic loss. Not ever.

"Marisa?" A voice asked.

Marisa stopped crying for a moment to hear that something had just spoken to her. "Who's there? Whoever you are, leave me alone!"

"Marisa, it's us. Don't you remember?" Another voice asked.

Marisa looked around to see where the sources of the voice came from. She then saw something that made her eyes widen in surprise. "Silver? Blaze?"

She was right. Standing across from her were the two familiar figures. The white hedgehog from the future; Silver the Hedgehog. And the purple cat from another dimension; Blaze the Cat. The only slight difference was that they were also wearing necklaces. Silver was wearing a white necklace, while Blaze was wearing a red necklace.

"Are you all right, Marisa?" Blaze asked, noticing Marisa's sad look.

Marisa immediately shook her head. "No."

Silver noticed Larcen's body against the tree. "What's wrong with Larcen?"

"...He's dead." Marisa replied weakly.

Silver and Blaze's eyes widened in surprise. Larcen was dead?

"What happened?" Silver asked.

Marisa gulped before answering. "He was killed. By a bat named Hellsing. He and a druid named Xuan came by and told us that they were after Larcen's necklace. We told them to leave, but Hellsing threw out a challenge and said that he wanted to challenge Larcen to a fight. At first, Larcen looked liked he was winning. And then from out of nowhere...he was impaled by Hellsing's sword." Marisa sadly said as she wiped some tears away from her eyes. "And because of this, I'm never going to see my best friend again."

Blaze and Silver looked at each other. To them, it seemed like they knew something about this. They nodded to each other once before turning to Marisa.

"I think we can save your friend." Silver told her.

Marisa's eyes widened. "R-Really? You can bring Larcen back to life?"

"Yes." Blaze nodded.

"But how?" Marisa wondered.

"Where's Viola?" Silver questioned.

"Huh?" Marisa raised an eyebrow. "You know her?"

"That doesn't matter right now." Blaze replied. "Where is she?"

"She's with us in Rio Salaz." Marisa answered. "What do you need her for?"

"We'll let you know once we find her." Silver told her. "For now, though, let's head back there. Bring Larcen with you. We need him in order for this to work."

"A-All right..." Marisa nodded quickly as she went over to Larcen's corpse and gently picked him up in her arms. "Let's go, then."

With that said, the three heroes made their way back towards Rio Salaz with a slight hint of determination in their eyes.


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- Rio Salaz -

Back with our heroes over in Rio Salaz, some were still mourning over Larcen's death. They were still very shocked and in disbelief at what they had just witnessed not too long ago. They were still standing in the middle of the pathway near where the Saloon was.

"I hope Marisa is OK. She's been gone for quite some time now." Kyla said with a frown.

"I can't really blame her. We're all going through a bad time right now." Kera said depressingly.

Samson sat down on the porch with Viola still feeling really bad about what just happened. The black swallow turned to see her looking sad.

"Are you all right, senorita Viola?" Samson asked her.

Viola didn't answer her. She was still too shocked at what just happened right in front of her eyes. She turned away, not wanting to look at him.

By her reaction, Samson must've sensed that Viola was still shocked by that tragic loss. It seemed like, to him, it was hitting her pretty hard. "It's OK. I'm here for you when you need me, all right?"

Viola seemed affected by Samson's words. But it seemed like there was something inside her that she wanted to get out of her mind. "Samson. There's...something that I have to tell you."

Samson raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"

"Um...you see..."

But before Viola could say anything else, everyone heard buzzing coming from the sky.

Our heroes looked up to see what was making that sound. That's when Kyla saw it.

"Hey, isn't that...the Blue Tornado?" Kyla wondered, trying to get a closer look with her eyes.

Louise narrowed her eyes to see this. "I think it is. And I see Tails controlling the plane."

"I think they might be here to see us." Kera thought.

The plane flew downwards until it made a landing at the pathway. When it was in a good position, the engine stopped as our heroes of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy Rose hopped out of the plane.

Sonic was the first to wave at the girls with a smile. "What's up?"

"Hey, Sonic!" Kyla waved at him.

"We never thought you would stop by for a visit." Kera told them.

"We promised we would stop by." Knuckles told them. "And here we are."

"What are you guys doing hanging around here?" Tails asked.

Everyone frowned again. The Sonic Heroes were confused by this.

"What is it?" Sonic wondered. "Did we say something wrong?"

Amy looked around at her surroundings. "And where's Larcen and Marisa?"

Louise lowered her head a bit. "Perhaps this is a bad time to say it, but..."

"But what?" Tails asked.

No one didn't say anything. They still felt shocked about those horrible turn of events.

Amy grew a little worried. "What's going on? Why won't anyone say anything?"

"...Larcen was killed." Kera said slowly.

The Sonic Heroes eyes widened in shock and surprise.

"Larcen...was killed?" Knuckles asked like they were crazy.

"No!" Amy shook her head . "Please tell me your joking!"

"We're not." Louise told them. "Larcen was killed and Marisa ran off with his dead body."

"Why?" Sonic asked.

"Maybe because she's still shocked and wants time alone with him. Marisa told me that he was her best friend in the whole world. And now, he's gone. And Marisa is very upset." Louise said with a hint of sadness.

Knuckles narrowed his eyes in anger. "Who did this? Who killed him?"

"It was...the real leader of the druids. He's known as Hellsing the Bat." Louise answered.

"The real leader of the druids? Is he the one that was after the necklace's?" Tails asked.

"Yes." Louise nodded. "He, and another druid named Xuan Iakuda, came by and challenged Larcen to a fight. So Hellsing and Larcen fought each other. And in the end...Larcen was killed." Louise felt sad about telling them this, but she still kept a straight face apon herself.

The Sonic Heroes now felt sad about hearing this news. Larcen was dead and everyone was feeling bad about it.

"Do you know where Marisa might be?" Sonic asked.

Louise shook her head. "No. And she has been gone for some time now. I was thinking about going after her and see where she might be."

"You mean like right there?" Knuckles pointed out.

Louise turned to see where Knuckles was pointing at. Her eyes widened at what she saw. "Marisa!"

"And it's Silver and Blaze!" Tails exclaimed.

Over here, we see Marisa, Silver, and Blaze making their way towards our other heroes. Marisa was still carrying Larcen's corpse as well.

"Marisa, are you all right?" Kera asked.

"I'm fine." Marisa answered.

Sonic and Silver met face to face again.

"It's been a while. Who knew we would see each other again?" Sonic asked with a smirk

"Odds are that it would happen." Silver answered.

Blaze looked around until she saw the female Lorikeet. "Viola!"

"Huh?" Viola looked up at the cat as she and Samson joined up with the rest of our heroes. "What is it? And how do you know my name?"

"Your the one responsible for Larcen's death." Silver said to her.

Samson widened his eyes in surprise. "What?"

"How is that possible?" Kyla asked. "She didn't do anything wrong!"

"Wrong." Blaze shook her head. "She is a spy for Hellsing the Bat. She came here to this town to lay a signal on Larcen's necklace so that he would come here and take the necklace without warning."

"Hold on a second, amigos!" Samson stopped them. "You can't accuse of Viola like that! There's no proof of that whatsoever!"

"Why don't you ask her that?" Silver suggested.

Samson turned to Viola. "Senorita, are you...are you really working for these druids?"

Viola looked down at the ground in shame. She then turned the other way. "...Yes. I was trying to tell you that earlier before they showed up."

"They?" Marisa wondered.

"She meant Sonic and the others." Kyla corrected her.

Samson wasn't believing what he was hearing. "Senorita Viola...why? Why are you siding with those druids? Please, tell us."

Viola looked at everyone with a look of regret on her face. "To be honest...I never wanted this to happen. My only job was to give the signal so that Hellsing would come here and take the necklace. But..." Viola began to grow teary eyed. "When I saw him kill one of your friends, it literally crushed me on the inside. I had never seen death before. Not once."

"Why not?" Sonic wondered curiously.

"I don't know why. Maybe it's because I had never thought about it. I thought it was something that didn't really occur to me when I was growing up. But now that I saw it today...I realize that what I'm doing was wrong." Viola said lowly. "But I guess it's too late for that. It's my fault that your friend is gone."

Silver and Blaze looked at each other again. They nodded once before turning to the others. "There is a way we can bring him back to life."

Everyone's eyes perked open at this.

"Really? How?" Amy asked.

"From what Silver and Blaze told me, they said that we need Viola in order to do this." Marisa answered. "But why, exactly?"

"Viola, do you have the healing touch of Sacrifice?" Blaze asked her.

"Y-yes. I completely forgot about it! But wait, how did you know?" Viola wondered.

Knuckles raised an eyebrow. "What's this healing touch of Sacrifice?"

"It's an ability that was given to me by Hellsing." Viola answered. "By touching a person's head, I'm able to restore life back into that person's weakened soul. But, there are two rules to this ability."

"And what are they?" Marisa asked.

"One: The magic of Sacrifice drains my body dramatically, which causes me to pass out. Which is a reason why I don't use it only if necessary. Two: I can only do Sacrifice if someone is alive. If they were severely weakened, I could use it. But if their dead, then I can't do it." Viola explained. "And since Larcen is dead, I can't use it."

"That isn't entirely true." Silver said.

Viola was confused. "What do you mean?"

Silver showed the white necklace that he was wearing. "This necklace has the power to restore a life to a dead. I want you to use your power so that you can make sure that his soul is all right."

"Will this work, though?" Tails asked. "It might be risky."

"Don't worry." Silver reassured him. "It will work."

"So, how do we do this?" Marisa asked.

"Lay Larcen down on the ground." Silver told her.

Doing what he said, Marisa gently laid Larcen on the ground. When she did that, Silver walked up next to the dark blue hedgehog. "Viola, stand across from me."

Viola nodded as she walked up to Larcen's body until she was right next to it. The white hedgehog and the rainbow-colored Lorikeet stared at each other eye to eye.

"Now I will activate my necklace's powers. When I give the nod, I want you to use the healing power of Sacrifice." Silver explained. "All right?"

Viola nodded a little nervously. She stood in a good position until she was comfortable.

Silver closed his eyes and concentrated. Nothing happened for a moment. Then suddenly, Silver's necklace started to glow brightly. And then, a ray of light energy formed over Silver's head as a new image took our heroes by surprise.

"That's another dragon!" Kyla pointed out.

"Another dragon?" Amy raised an eyebrow.

"After Hellsing killed Larcen, my necklace started to glow. And then this weird dark energy came out of it and surrounded Kera's sword. Then there was a spirit of a black dragon that appeared above Kera." Kyla explained.

"But this wasn't an ordinary dragon. It was the Black Dragon." Louise confirmed.

The Sonic Heroes widened their eyes in surprise.

"The Black Dragon?" Tails exclaimed.

"But we destroyed that thing months ago!" Knuckles shouted.

"As Kyla said, that was only a spirit. After Hellsing escaped, the spirit disappeared and the dark energy returned to Kyla's necklace." Louise added on.

"But how did that happen?" Sonic asked. "It's not to say that it was coincidence."

"Well..." Louise trailed off.

"Guys, look!" Kera pointed out.

The group stopped talking and looked to see a spirit of a white dragon appearing over Silver's head. Silver raised his hands forward as the white dragon's eyes flashed brightly. A ray of light was released from the dragon's eyes and shined on Larcen's body.

Viola watched on, waiting for the signal. Blaze looked on as Silver nodded his head. The purple cat turned to Viola.

"Now." Blaze told her.

Viola nodded as she closed her eyes and gently placed a hand on Larcen's head. A ray of red light flashed a little. Both of the anthros kept their focus, not letting anything distract them. Then a moment later, Larcen's body began to float back gently on the ground. The white dragon's spirit started fade into the light energy as it fully returned back to Silver's necklace.

At the same time, Viola's magic healing power of Sacrifice was already done with. As Viola started to go numb until she was about to fall on her back. That was, until Samson caught her just in time.

"Senorita Viola, are you all right?" Samson asked with concern.

"I-I'm fine..." Viola replied weakly. "Just tired is all..." And then, she fell into unconsciousness.

Samson felt that she was OK. Maybe it was because of what she mentioned earlier about her healing power of Sacrifice. Samson lifted Viola and held her in his arms so that she would have something to rest on.

Silver took some time to recover after using up some of the energy, while the others gathered around Larcen. Marisa was really anxious about whether this worked or not.

"Larcen...? Are you...OK?" Marisa asked lightly.

Nothing happened. No reaction was made. No signs of movement. It had looked like it did not work. But then, they heard a light groan as Larcen slowly sat back up while rubbing his head.

"My head..." Larcen said quietly. He looked around to see that everyone was staring at him wide-eyed. "Guys..."

"Larcen!" Marisa smiled as she quickly wrapped her arms around her best friend, pulling him into a large hug.

"M-Marisa..." Larcen said, while choking a little.

Marisa quickly let go so that he would be able to breath. "I'm sorry about that. It's just..." She grew teary eyed, but she wiped it away while smiling. "We're really happy that you are alive again."

"Thanks. But what happened? Didn't I die?" Larcen wondered.

"You did. But thanks to Silver and Viola, they were able to bring you back life." Louise said with a smile.

Larcen looked to see Silver and Blaze standing next to each other. "Thanks. But how were you able to do it?"

Silver showed Larcen his necklace. "With my necklace, I was able to restore life back into you. And with the help of Viola, she restored your soul at a normal state."

Larcen looked to see Viola was unconscious while laying in Samson's arm. "What happened to her?"

"She passed out after helping restore life you back into you." Samson replied. "Don't worry. I'm taking care of her."

Larcen smiled a bit. Marisa looked at him cautiously.

"Can you stand?" The red-haired mage asked.

"I'll try." Larcen said as he slowly placed his feet on the ground while using his hands to support him. He startled for a moment, but was able to maintain his footing. "There. I'm OK."

"That's a relief." Kyla smiled.

After that was taken care of, Sonic turned to Silver and Blaze. "What are you two doing here anyway? Do you know what's really going on?"

"And how did you know about senorita Viola?" Samson asked.

"We know everything about Hellsing; the leader of a shady group called the Ministry." Blaze answered. "He is known as the Lord of Darkness that was mentioned in the legends."

"Legends?" You mean the one about the Black Dragon?" Knuckles asked.

"Yes." Blaze answered. "While the war between the two tribes had been going on, there was a group of druids that was also in the works. Their goal was to revive Hellsing from his eternal sleep. However, that didn't happen thanks to the revival of the Black Dragon."

"You know the rest about how it all went out." Silver added. "Now that he's revived, his goal is to collect the Chaos Emeralds and the necklaces."

"But why? And what are these necklaces for?" Sonic asked.

"There's a place known as Hall of the Dragons. It is located at the Gigan Rocks and that is where you guys will know the answers to everything that's been going on." Blaze told them.

"If we want to stop Hellsing, that is where we must go." Silver explained. "Take the necklaces with you as well. These are vital to our destination."

"But how will we get there?" Amy asked. "Getting to the Gigan Rocks is kind of far."

"And not everyone is going to fit on the Tornado II." Tails added. "It only has room for four people."

"Not necessary." Sonic retorted, as he dashed towards the lift plane of the wing and relaxed on it. "Now you have some room."

" Thanks. But it's still not enough." Tails said.

Louise looked over at Samson, whom was taking care of Viola. "Samson, let me carry Viola for you."

"Huh? But why?" Samson asked.

"I'll ride along in the Tornado II. I'll carry Viola with me while I'm at it." Louise replied. "You guys can ride on your boards."

"That's right." Marisa nodded. "We took them with us after the World Tennis Tournament was over. We should still have them."

"All right then. Go get them." Louise said to her.

"Right." Marisa nodded. "Come on Larcen and Samson."

The three ran back inside the Saloon to go get their Extreme Gear boards. They returned a minute later with their boards in hand.

"All right, w'er ready!"

"Good." Louise nodded.

"But wait a minute, what about Kera?" Marisa wondered. "She's the only one who doesn't have a board herself."

"She can ride with me." Larcen suggested. "Are you all right with this, Kera?"

"Sure." Kera said. "I promise not to fall off."

Everyone, including Silver and Blaze who had their boards as well, got on. The Sonic Heroes rode inside the Tornado II, along with Louise Harmon and the unconscious Viola.

"Is everyone ready?" Sonic asked.

Everyone nodded in reply, was they waited for the signal.

"Tails, set a course for the Gigan Rocks!" Sonic told him.

"Right." Tails nodded as he started up the Tornado II's engine. It took a moment or two until the plane was already taking off. Tails had control of the plane, as he turned it and headed in a different direction. Our heroes from behind were following the blue plane by their boards, as they all headed for the Gigan Rocks.
The answer to defeating Hellsing lies at the Gigan Rocks. What will our heroes discover at the Hall of the Dragons? How do Silver and Blaze know so much about this? And what do these necklaces have to do with our heroes? Find out on the next Lord of Darkness!

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no idea that silver and blaze will get themselves involved in this suddenly lol