SILVER THE HEDGEHOG: IBLIS

I dedicate this chapter to my mentor, Kiba Sniper, and my new friend, The All Real Numbers Symbol, for supporting this story.

Disclaimer: I do not own the sonic characters, just the OC’s

Chapter Nine: Absolution

A white vortex appears in midair with Silver and Blaze jumping down from it. Silver took a look around to register his surroundings. They were in a river of hot lava near an active volcano, which meant that they were in the right time period. “Looks like we’re back. Now what?” Blaze asked. “I know how to save our world now. We don’t have to change the past. I’m sure of it.” Silver said confidently. “So you have a plan?” Blaze questions. “Yes. But first we must defeat Iblis and return him to his original form.” Silver told her. “Well then, let’s hurry. I can sense his flames coming from that volcano.” Blaze told him. Silver nodded his head in agreement as they both started walking towards Iblis’ lair.

Silver and Blaze jumped down from one of the higher cliffs to land on a piece of rock that was floating on the lava. “So you’re telling me that we have to cross all this just to get to Iblis?” Silver questioned. “Unfortunately, yes.” Blaze replied. “It’s never easy, is it?” Silver complained. “The greater things in life never are.” Blaze said to him. “Did you read that off a fortune cookie back in Soleanna?” Silver questioned his companion. “No!” Blaze said quickly. Silver just stared at her, not believing her. “Ok, I did. Look, we don’t have time for this. We have to stop Iblis.” Blaze said as she started jumping across the rock platforms. Silver shook his head for a moment before following her.

After jumping across numerous platforms, Blaze and Silver landed on an area of rock that held a shield cage with a spring inside. “What is that doing here?” Silver questioned. “I don’t know, but it looks like it’s the only way we’ll be able to get past this obstacle.” Blaze said as she looked up to the high cliff. “But the question is, how are going to get it open?” Blaze asked. Just then, a lava golem jumped down and nearly crushed Blaze if Silver didn’t pull her back with his psychokinetic powers. “I really think we should take care of this guy first.” Silver said. The lava golem created two spike balls in its hands and threw them at the two, but Silver stopped them with his psychokinetic powers. “Do these guys ever learn?” Silver said as he threw the ball back at the lava golem. Before it was destroyed, the lava golem fall backwards on the shield cage to destroy it. “Well, that works.” Blaze said. Silver and Blaze jumped onto spring to fly up to the cliff above them.

Upon reaching the top of high cliff, Silver and Blaze were confronted by numerous firebirds and lava tigers. “There’s just no end to these things.” Silver said. Many of the lava tigers jumped at Silver, but Silver countered by creating a force field and pushing them off the cliff. While Silver wasn’t looking, one of the fire birds swooped down to claw Silver. Lucky for Silver, Blaze used her pyrokinetic powers to cover her feet in flames and kick the bird away to destroy it. “Silver! I need a boost!” Blaze shouted. Silver used his psychokinetic powers to lift Blaze into the air and headed towards the fire birds. After breaking out of Silver’s hold, Blaze jumped towards the army of fire birds using her pyrokinetic powers to claw through them. After finishing up with the last fire bird, Blaze jumped back onto the cliff.

Unfortunately for her, Blaze lost her footing on the landing and fell off the cliff towards the lava river. “Blaze!!” Silver yelled as he tried to reach out for her. And to both of their surprise, one of the rock platforms shot up from the lava, caught Blaze and landed back on the cliff. “Silver...how did you do that?” Blaze asked. “I guess my powers have been fully restored.” Silver guessed. “But how?” Blaze questioned. “Well...I guess the reason my powers were always weakened was because Mephiles was always close by. But since he’s not around, my powers have been fully restored.” Silver concluded. “Well then, why are we walking there?” Blaze asked. “Good point.” Silver said. Using his psychokinetic powers, Silver lifted Blaze and himself off the ground and flew straight towards the volcano.

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Silver and Blaze were flying towards the center of the volcano until they suddenly dropped. Lucky for them, a rock platform was right underneath them when they fell. “What’s going on, Silver? Why did you stop? We are almost there.” Blaze said. “I’m sorry, Blaze. But even with my powers fully restored, I still can’t take the both of us all the way.” Silver said as he collapsed to his knees. “Then I guess we’ll have to walk the rest of the way.” Blaze said as she picked up Silver by his arm and carried him by her shoulder. It was a really bad time for Silver to become exhausted since they were now surrounded by an army of lava tigers and firebird. “Why do they always come at a bad time?” Blaze complained. Just then, all the lava tigers jumped onto the duo. Everything looked grim for the heroes until. “SWIFT STRIKE!” a demonic voice came from nowhere.

All of a sudden, a horizontal blade of energy came out of nowhere and sliced through the lava tiger. In a flash of light, Black Doom appeared to the heroes rescue. “You. How did you get here?” Silver asked. “There is no time for questions. You must defeat Iblis before he reaches his final form.” Black Dom told them. “But how do we get there?” Blaze asked. “Leave that to me. CHAO CONTROL!” Black Doom shouted and with a wave of his hand, Silver and Blaze disappeared in a flash of light. Now Black Doom was left alone with the monsters of Iblis. “Let us see how you monstrosities fair against mine.” Black Doom said as he held two black balls in his hands. Black Doom threw the balls on the ground to smash them and from the shattered pieces came several Black Warriors hold black swords. “Attack!” Black Doom commanded.

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In a flash of light, Silver and Blaze appeared in the center of the volcano. “When this is over, you have a lot to explain.” Blaze said. Just then, the ground below they feet started to rumble violently. “It’s Iblis! He’s here!” Blaze shouted to Silver. And just as Blaze said, Iblis appeared from the lava, only in a different form. He was now a gigantic flaming humanoid monster made of lava and rocks. “Come on, Iblis!” Silver challenged. “This time I’ll finally stop you!” Silver proclaimed. Iblis gave out a loud roar to accept Silver’s challenge.

Iblis clasped its hands together to give it a meditative look and over a hundred fire balls appeared out of the lava to float around him. “I had no idea he could do that.” Silver said. The fireballs began to circle Iblis before launching themselves at Silver. Thinking quickly, Silver created a force field around him and Blaze while using his psychokinetic powers to catch as many fireballs as he can. “I believe these belong to you!” Silver yelled as he threw the fireballs back at Iblis. The fireballs landed direct blows at Iblis, who gave out a painful roar from the hits.” Hah!” Silver shouted victoriously.

Iblis once again returned to his meditative stance and you could see the lava in his body beginning to move around strangely. “What is he up to?” Blaze pondered. Just then, a pulse of fire was released from Iblis’ body and headed towards Silver. “Silver, get down!” Blaze shouted. But Silver was in too much shock of how strong Iblis had become to move. Blaze quickly grabbed Silver and dragged him down to the ground to avoid the attack. “Next time I say get down, I expect you to listen.” Blaze said sternly. A loud rumbling sound could be heard only a few feet ahead of them and Silver and Blaze looked up to find Iblis standing only a few feet from them. “Aw man.” Silver complained.

Iblis lifted it hand (or claw, I’m not sure) and brought it down on the two. Silver and Blaze quickly jumped to their feet and moved out of the way to avoid Iblis’ attack. Iblis brought down its head to bite at Silver, but Silver avoided it by jumping on Iblis head. “Let’s see how you like this!” Silver shouted. Silver used his psychokinetic powers to send a pulse psychic energy through Iblis’ head. Iblis roared in pain and swatted Silver away. “He’s going to have one major headache.” Silver joked. Blaze only groaned at Silver’s lame attempt to make a joke.

Iblis moved away from Silver and Blaze until he was in the center of the volcano. “What’s he doing?” Blaze questioned. Iblis resumed its meditative stance and then a huge ball of flames formed above his head. “Silver, watch out!” Blaze warned. Iblis threw the ball of flames at the two and Silver tried to use his psychokinetic powers to stop it. Silver was able to stop it in the air, but only momentarily. The strain from using his psychokinetic powers to hold such a large and powerful object was too much for him to handle. “Silver, get out of there now!” Blaze shouted. “No! For too long have we lived in fear! The fear created by Iblis! This is our final chance to make things right and I am not about to back down now!” Silver proclaimed. Just then, the white and light blue chaos emeralds shined brightly, giving Silver the strength he needed to push the ball of flames back. The ball of flames completely engulfed Iblis, finally destroying him. “We...did it.” Silver said weakly.

With Iblis defeat, a large spire of flames shot out of the lava to reveal Iblis’ true form. Silver knew what we was about to do was a risk, but it was one that had to be taken. Silver pulled out his chaos emeralds and walked up to Iblis. “Chaos emeralds, lend me your power! Eternal sun! The living flame that has been entrusted to the royal family! Fall into slumber with my soul Iblis! You cursed flames of disaster!” Silver chanted. The chaos emeralds in Silver’s hands started to glow and to his surprise, Iblis began to...crack? “What the?” Silver said in confusion. Iblis continued to crack until it finally exploded, sending Silver and Blaze flying a few feet back. Silver and Blaze got back to their feet and saw that even with Iblis gone, nothing had changed.

“What happened? Didn’t we win? Wasn’t Iblis destroyed?” Blaze continually questioned. “That wasn’t Iblis.” Silver said. “What?!” Blaze shouted in shock. “I felt the true essence of Iblis and that wasn’t it.” Silver said as he showed Blaze a small mechanical ball in his hand. “It was a fake.” Silver told her. “But who would create a false Iblis?” Blaze questioned. “It was Mephiles. I finally understand why he sent us back in time. When the princess died, Iblis died with her. That’s he sent us back in time. To save Iblis.” Silver concluded. “So, did we save Iblis?” Blaze asked. “We didn’t, but I’m sure Sonic did.” Silver said regretfully. “Then all we can do now is hope.” Blaze told him as they looked up to the blacked skies.

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Dreams of an Absolution

And every night, I lay awake
I find the conclusion
And every night, it just stays the same
I dream of absolution

In the night-light, do you see what you dream
All your troubles, are they all what they seem
Look around you, then you may realize
All the preachers, all with their lies

And I might know of our future
But then you still control the past
Only you know if you'll be together
Only you know if we shall last

In the night-light, do you still feel your pain
For the valor you wait; it never came
If you were able, would you go change the past
To mend a faux paux with one last chance

And I might know of our future
But then you still control the past
Only you know if you'll be together
Tonight

'cause every night I will save your life
And every night I will be with you
'cause every night I still lay awake
And I dream of an absolution

'cause every night I will make it right
And every night I will come to you
But every night it just stays the same
In my dream of an absolution

In the night-light, do you see what you dream
All your triumph and all you'll ever be
Look around you, then you may realize
Happiness lies trapped in misery

And who knows what of our future
We can all try to change the past
Only you know if you'll be together
Tonight

'cause every night I will save your life
And every night I will be with you
'cause every night I still lay awake
And I dream of an absolution

'cause every night I will make it right
And every night I will come to you
But every night it just stays the same
In my dream of an absolution

'cause every night I will save your life
And every night I will be with you
'cause every night I still lay awake
And I dream of an absolution

'cause every night I will make it right
And every night I will come to you
But every night it just stays the same
In my dream of an absolution

And you'll see...
What you'll be...
And you'll see...
All you can be...

And every night...
And every night...
And every night...
I will dream...

And you'll see...
That this is my dream
And you'll see...
Every night...
I'll always dream...

And every night...
And every night...
I will dream...

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Part 1 of 3 is now complete. Don't miss part 2, Shadow the Hedgehog: Mephiles. Please, read and review