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Chapter 21 - Survival: More Allies? A Faker Makes His Appearance.

(3rd POV: Indra Brahma Tattvas)

Indra turned into a dark purple energy-like form as his aura covered the skies of the desert, bursting into excitement. It was almost beautiful, except for all of the anguished souls floating around the amorphous Hedgehog. 

Indra took a quick second to look away from the two Hedgehogs, feeling something that shouldn't be in this Universe.

'Looks like some stupid faker arrived at this universe... You know... Whatever in creation exists within my presence, without my authority, exists without my ᶜᴼₙˢₑᴺₜ; I'll make sure he never sleeps again...

Make sure he suffers and show that Faker's disfigured form to the rest of them within their tiny home in their void, my Incarna Of Chaotic Order, and also, I know you've been stalking around in Green Hill Zone... And also, give a card to someone compatible with it. It will choose whoever it glows to.' He commanded with his thought as a black line shot out from a crack of a higher reality to the universe to hunt down a mongrel that shouldn't be around. And with that, Indra finally distracted himself with the two Hedgehogs.

(A/n: Think of an Alien X version of a Hedgehog...)

The Shapeless Hedgehog began to form its face, showing dark yellow eyes and a grin that revealed sharp fangs made of eldritch energy. Sonic, who was shocked, turned a bit mad as he spoke.

"How many people..." Sonic said; his words made Indra smile even broader and spoke as he clasped his hands together.

"Oh, my apologies, Father, I mean Sonic, the name's Indra~ And the number of people with me now is precisely 1,007 people, and they all float with me~ Just like how all of humanity will also float~ I remember all of the faces of these souls, their exact age, sex, and occupation... I can morph into them, too~ But enough of that, and I can see that you really want to beat the ever-living shit out of me... Come at thee." Indra said as his arms widened as he waited for the two to fight back.

Sonic looked at Shadow, with Shadow staring at Sonic, and they both shook their heads in agreement as they turned to Indra, flared their yellow aura, and dashed at him as they fought a primal force.

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(3rd POV: Blaze The Cat)

[Location: Sol Dimension- Sol Zone]

An anthropomorphic lavender cat girl was busy in a shrine protecting the Sol Emeralds until she felt something wrong from outside of the dimension where her friends lived. She immediately left her position and called in someone else to guard.

She ran as fast as she could to a dimensional gate to Green Hill to check on Sonic's, Cream's, and Amy's safety.

[Location: Green Hill Zone]

She ran through the dimensional gate and saw that Green Hill was a bit emptier than usual.

But the malevolent presence was much further away, alongside another presence of both Shadow and Sonic, which meant they were both in contact with whatever it was, but there was something else around here she couldn't shake off.

Blaze walked to Tails' place to check if both Amy and Tails were there when she opened the door with the key that Tails gave her and called out in the laboratory.

"HEY TAILS!!! AMY!!! ARE YOU GUYS IN HERE?!" Her yells were not answered, and her mind rushed to Cream and Vanilla as she worried about their well-being.

She was at the door and began to knock on it, waiting till someone responded. Luckily, in a minute, Vanilla opened the door and, upon seeing Blaze, was shocked at her sudden appearance and said, "Oh my~?!? I wasn't expecting you, Blaze?!? Is everything alright? Come inside and relax in the living room. I'll prepare some tea." 

She said with a warm smile, and her warm smile made Blaze relax a bit as she said with a sigh, "*Sigh* Thanks Vanilla." 

Blaze walked inside to the living room and sat; Blaze still felt tense as she felt something was still wrong from outside of the house, but as soon as Vanilla came back with some tea in hand, that was when Blaze was able to lighten up a bit.

Vanilla, who looked at Blaze with worry, asked her, "Are you alright, hun? Your face looks a bit pale, Blaze..." 

Blaze only shook her head and answered. "I came here specifically because there was trouble brewing on this planet, and while Sonic and Shadow are facing off a mighty foe, it seems like both Amy and Tails are busy, too, and because they're all gone, I decided to stay here specifically... As soon as I got here, this place felt completely off... Where's Cream?"

Vanilla answered with a bit of concern, "Cream is in her room right now. Does that strange feeling of yours come from that entity that Sonic and Shadow were facing?"

Blaze sipped a bit of her tea and answered, "Sadly, no. I came here specifically just to make sure you, Cream, and Cheese are alright. Can I check on her?" Vanilla smiled happily and told Blaze.

"Well, of course, Blaze!! You are my daughter's friend." She said as she stood up and said.

"Come!!! Follow me, Blaze. You're also making me nervous, so-!!!!" There was a scream from Cream's room. A door swung open hard, and they saw Cream dashing. She screamed in a panic. In contrast, Cheese was holding tightly on to Cream.

"MOM!! THERE'S A GUY THAT LOOKS LIKE SONIC B- BUT HE SAID HE WANTED TO TWIST HEAD OFF FOR A SELFIE!!!!" Cream ran to Vanilla in a tight hug, and Vanilla hugged in kind and said calmly.

"Don't worry, sweetie~ Everything is going to be alright~." Vanilla turned her head to Blaze for confirmation, and Blaze looked at her thoughtfully as she nodded.

Then, a voice that sounded precisely like Sonic appeared in the hallway with an uncanny smile, "Well, hello there, guys!! I wasn't expecting this house to be a bit c̶r̴o̸w̶d̷e̸d̶." His voice changed alongside his face as he was tearing up blood, and his eyeballs turned black, only leaving the pupils to become red. His entire body began to crack and elongate a bit as he covered his face during his change while leaning back in an uncomfortable position.

And a peal of deranged laughter assumed that terrified the three standing. 

"Y̶̝͝Ẽ̵͉ ̸Ḥ̷̌E̷͓̎H̵̠͘E̷͕̓W̴͓̾Ě̵̝H̷͉̀Ě̴̙H̷̫͌E̴̫͋H̷̬̆Ĕ̷͙Y̴̻̽A̴̦̓Ḫ̵̍A̴̞͊H̶̙̀A̴̗̓E̴̯͂H̵͍̒A̵̱̓H̷̘͘A̶͒͜H̶̘̅Ę̴̅H̵̟́E̵̻͊H̵͇̓E̶̪̎!!!" When the laughter stopped he leaned forward with his hands covered as the fakers body shook, and finally he uncovered his face and to see this Sonic's skin was utterly baggy, as he held a row of sharp teeth. He wore a smile that was unlike Sonics as if this thing was wearing Sonics skin. Blaze, who snapped out of it, called out to it.

"What are you?" The fake answer was.

"I̷͚͋-̴̢̄ ̴̣͒Ä̷̹Ḿ̴͖ ̶̰̉G̴͎͆Ö̷̘D̷̫̕.̶̶̀̀" It said, and Blaze sighed as she got into a fighting stance, turning her body into purple flames, and called out to Vanilla, Cream, and Cheese.

"The three of you should get out of here. I thank my luck that I got here in time... Please don't argue and just leave. I'll distract him." Cream, who heard Blaze, said with worry.

"P-please stay safe, Blaze... I don't know what I'll do if something happens to y- you." Blaze chuckled and said to Cream.

"Hm~ Hurry up and get away from here..." She said, and the three left as far away as they could, leaving the Sonic look-alike staring her down like prey.

The Sonic look-alike spoke with pure malice, "I̵ ̴w̶a̴s̷ ̵w̵o̶n̴d̵e̴r̸i̴n̶g̶ ̴w̴h̶e̴n̸ ̴y̶o̶u̸ ̵w̷e̷r̵e̸ ̷a̶l̸l̵ ̴d̸o̵n̷e̴ ̶t̵a̴l̶k̶i̵n̶g̷,̶ ̸b̷u̷t̷ ̸s̵e̶r̴i̴o̵u̵s̶l̴y̴,̶ ̷a̷f̷t̶e̸r̷ ̶I̵'̴m̴ ̴d̸o̴n̶e̵ ̷w̴i̸t̸h̷ ̶y̶o̶u̵,̴ ̴I̶'̴m̶ ̸g̵o̵i̷n̴g̸ ̸t̶O̶ ̸h̴a̷v̵e̷ ̸s̷o̸ ̵m̸u̵c̸h̸ ̵f̷u̴n̷ ̸t̸e̸a̶r̶i̴n̵g̶ ̵t̴h̷o̷s̵e̸ ̵t̶h̷r̵e̴e̸ ̴f̴r̶i̴e̵n̵d̷s̸ ̶o̴f̵ ̸y̶o̴u̷r̶s̴ ̷a̴p̶a̴r̸t̷ ̶t̵o̷ ̶t̷h̷e̸ ̴p̴o̸i̶n̶t̵ ̴w̶h̸e̵r̶e̸ ̸t̷h̷e̵i̶r̴ ̶b̵o̵d̶i̸e̶s̴ ̴b̷e̴c̸o̷m̷e̵ ̸u̶n̴r̴e̶c̷o̴n̸g̷i̸z̷a̵b̶l̷e̵~̵ ̸A̷n̵d̸ ̶d̷o̶n̵'̶t̷ ̶w̶o̸r̴r̸y̵ ̵I̴'̸l̴l̸ ̷m̶a̶k̵e̶ ̴i̷t̸ ̴s̷l̷o̴w̵~̷" Blaze looked at him with disgust and said.

"What is wrong with you-!!" she tried to speak, but a red static felled the room, and a hand that looked like a claw was already near the side of her cheek. Adrenaline kicked in, and with her fastest reflex, she dodged it just barely and blasted Sonic with a purple heat that destroyed the house. She moved outside in a blur as she took a deep breath.

She looked at the destroyed house with sadness, but her sadness was cut short as she saw more red static and a Hedgehog floating and moving around like a phantom. He was on top of the destroyed house, smiling with his yellow fangs.

"W̵e̶l̸l̸,̸ ̵n̵o̸w̷,̷ ̴w̸h̷y̵ ̷d̴i̶d̴ ̸y̶o̸u̴ ̸h̴a̷v̴e̸ ̷t̷o̷ ̷d̴o̴ ̸s̴o̴m̴e̷t̷h̵i̵n̷g̵ ̶l̴i̴k̷e̶ ̵t̸h̶a̷t̶,̷ ̷h̵u̵h̶?̸ ̷Y̷o̶u̴ ̴d̵e̶s̴t̸r̶o̸y̶e̴d̵ ̸y̶o̶u̷r̶ ̸f̸r̴i̶e̶n̴d̷'̴s̶ ̷h̵o̸m̷e̷,̵ ̴b̴u̶t̴ ̶t̸h̶a̶t̸ ̴d̷o̸e̸s̷n̴'̸t̷ ̶m̶a̶t̷t̶e̷r̵,̵ ̶h̴u̸h̴?̶ ̶C̷o̷m̸e̴ ̸n̷o̴w̵ ̶k̴i̵t̷t̵y̴,̵ ̵k̷i̷t̵t̵y̶,̸ ̷k̶e̷e̸p̷ ̷f̸i̵g̴h̸t̶i̶n̷g̴.̴"̵ He said while gesturing his fingers like trying to attract a cat, making her pissed.

"You little SHIT!!" Blaze yelled as her entire body burned into an even hotter fire, melting the ground as she bolted toward the Fake. The Fake was about to use his phantom ability but underestimated Blaze's speed as she got close enough and blasted a colossal beam of flame from her mouth, blasting Faker far away as he tried to block it.

Blaze fell back down as she twirled like an agile cat and landed on the ground on her feet. She still had that odd feeling she couldn't shake off, this thing that looked like Sonic; she wasn't sure if her attack did anything.

As she stared at the distance from where she fired her blast, there was a floating head that was moving directly toward Blaze with a blood-curdled scream.

Blaze, who wasn't expecting a literal flying head to fly toward her, was almost caught off guard as she dodged just barely, but the impact from the Fakes head slamming the ground created flying debre that struck at Blaze, scratching her a bit from her torsos and arms as she puts her arms up in a guard.

The floating head was hovering from the crater it created and said with joy. "̸L̴e̴t̷'̵s̷ ̷g̷o̸ ̴f̶o̸r̸ ̷r̷o̷u̴n̶d̸ ̷2̵,̵ ̴K̷i̶t̵t̸y̶ ̷C̶a̴t̶!̸!̸!̷"̷ The demonic entity said as its lower body regenerated at high speed. It lunged at Blaze like a floating ghost at an even higher speed to the point that Blaze couldn't react. The Faker socked her hard in the face, sending her flying, but she was able to maintain her balance as she was able to stay on her feet; she wiped the blood from her mouth. And said to him coldly.

"Was that all you got?" She said as she acted like the punch wasn't affecting her, as in this battle, if she showed weakness, then the creature in front of her would've acted like a piranha, and the aggression would've been upped even more. The Fake Sonic frowned when he heard her but smiled again and said.

""̷O̴h̵ ̴w̸o̶w̷!̴!̵ ̵Y̸o̵u̸'̶r̴e̵ ̵a̷ ̶t̷o̶u̸g̴h̴ ̴o̷n̸e̸,̴ ̴h̵u̷h̶?̷ ̴I̴ ̶g̵o̴t̴ ̵j̴u̸s̴t̸ ̶a̵ ̴g̴a̶m̷e̶ ̷f̷o̶r̷ ̴y̴o̵u̶ ̵K̷i̶t̶t̶y̸!̴ ̶H̴o̸w̵ ̷l̷o̵n̴g̸ ̵c̸a̷n̷ ̷y̵o̴u̵ ̶s̶u̵r̵v̸i̴v̸e̷?̸ ̸I̵'̶l̷l̴ ̶s̷t̵a̴r̵t̴ ̷n̴o̸w̴.̴.̸.̶" Listening to a creature that looked like Sonic and looked like Sonic was completely irritating Blaze to no end, but her hair stood up as this Sonic disappeared. Without hesitation, she moved, dodging a hand that was close to impaling her stomach.

This battle wasn't just a battle for Blaze; it became something akin to survival. If she tried activating her flames, then one of the Faker's claws would impale her; she was only able to dodge and block some of his other strikes. The irony of this all was how this Faker was playing with her as a mouse.

This Sonic didn't try to let up, as he kept striking and striking till she backed herself to a huge hill, and his final strike, like a knife hand, landing toward her face. She turned wide-eyed as life flashed to her eyes. 

But a blue psychic blast hit the Fake in the ribs, and he went flying, saving Blaze from the painful end of becoming impaled.

And a cheerful voice came, that made Blaze relieved to hear. "Well, hey, there, Blaze!! What's with that sonic look-alike coming after you??" Silver the Hedgehog, who was hovering in the sky, called out, and she said to him that she didn't feel it was time to be relieved.

"That thing was trying to kill me!! Do not let your guard down, Silver!!" Silver frowned and looked in the direction of the Sonic that was pushed away by his psychic blast.

And there it was, the Fake floated slowly toward both Blaze and Silver, and a frown was displayed as he looked at the both of them, trying to evaluate if he should even keep going with the two as he was growing bored of them or should he direct his attention toward the two bunnies that were running. 

When he was done assessing what to do, his frown turned into the broadest grin that he could muster up, making Blaze frown, but Silver, who was confident, said to the look-alike with a smile, "What's wrong? It seems that the scales are tipped in our favor, as now it's a two-on-one fight, so what's with that stupid smile of yours?"

The Faker began to cover his face with an evil dark red aura and began to dance around him wildly, making both Silver and Blaze ready for this thing's first move. When the demon was done, he uncovered his face and covered his ribs. He began to cackle violently to the point where his laughs were spitting up blood.

"H̸M̸H̸M̸H̶M̴H̸M̴H̷M̶H̷M̴H̵E̴H̴E̸H̴E̵H̴E̶H̸H̶A̵H̶A̸H̶A̵H̵A̵H̴A̴H̵A̷H̷A̴H̸A̴H̴H̸A̸H̵A̵H̶A̸H̶A̵H̴A̵H̷H̵A̷H̷A̶H̶A̴H̷.̶.̸.̶.̵" When he was done cackling, with that same smile he told them with a smile that was cartoonishly demonic as his cheeks were baggy, making the skin he was wearing was a suit to hide his ugly appearance, in contrast to that smile he talked apathetically, without a hint of emotion.

"T̶h̴e̵ ̵t̵w̷o̷ ̸o̶f̵ ̶y̷o̷u̵ ̵a̴r̴e̴ ̴m̵i̵s̸s̶i̸n̴g̷ ̷t̷h̵e̸ ̴p̸o̴i̶n̵t̶ ̴h̶e̸r̷e̷;̶ ̴I̴'̷v̵e̸ ̴g̴r̵o̷w̷n̷ ̴b̶o̷r̴e̴d̴ ̸p̵l̵a̵y̷i̶n̶g̵ ̴w̷i̴t̴h̴ ̵t̷h̴e̷ ̶b̴o̷t̷h̸ ̶o̴f̸ ̷y̵o̴u̶ ̵A̵n̵d̶ ̵d̷o̵ ̴y̶o̸u̷ ̵k̷n̸o̸w̴ ̶t̴h̷e̷ ̷n̶e̴x̵t̵ ̷t̷a̵r̶g̵e̵t̴ ̵I̷'̸m̸ ̶g̸o̸i̶n̵g̴ ̷t̷o̴ ̴p̷i̷c̶k̸ ̸i̸n̸s̸t̸e̴a̷d̷ ̷o̵f̶ ̷p̶l̸a̶y̵i̶n̸g̵ ̶w̵i̶t̶h̵ ̷t̴h̸e̶ ̴b̸o̵t̷h̸ ̶o̶f̴ ̶y̸o̶u̸?̴" Blaze, realizing where he was going with this, said in disbelief.

"No..." Silver, who was listening in, frowned, but the demon made it ever so clear.

"Y̸o̴u̴ ̶k̸n̷o̷w̷ ̴w̶h̷a̷t̷,̸ ̶l̶e̶t̵'̸s̷ ̵g̸o̸ ̶h̵u̶n̴t̴ ̷f̴o̴r̷ ̶s̶o̷m̸e̴ ̵R̶a̵b̸b̶i̴t̵s̵!̵!̷!̴ ̶I̴'̷l̸l̶ ̸s̶t̴a̴r̴t̸ ̷f̶i̴r̸s̶t̴!̷!̶," He said, making both Blaze and Silver dash toward him as fast as he could, but The Fake disappeared in a red static, making the both of them worried as they also dashed to where Vanilla and Cream were running toward.

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(A/n: Next Chapter: Uno Reverse 💀)

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