𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙜: 𝙉𝙤 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚!

      Tom Wakowski, leaving the cave, looked around the forest with binoculars to see if there were any suspicious witnesses or G.U.N soldiers around. Somewhere in the distance he sees a blue flash approaching him. Of course, he guessed that it was Sonic himself. Only he came running not alone, but with the same hedgehog, consisting of crystals with red eyes and without a mouth, which he mentioned. Moreover, the blue hedgehog held this crystal one in his arms, like a groom holding a bride. — Is this the same place? — Mephiles asks, looking around the mountain with the cave. — It's the same. This is where we will help you. — Sonic answers and lets him go, trying to get him to his feet. The demon cannot hold on and falls on his hands and knees. — Sonic! It is he? — Tom asks him. — Yes. I told you, but you didn’t believe me. — Sonic answers. Tom pulls out a gun and aims at Mephiles, but Sonic gets in the way. — Sonic, get out of the way! — No, Tom, wait! He doesn't wish any of us harm. He just wants to go home to his universe. — And you believed him? What if he messed with your brains? — Wakowski asked. — No, he feels bad. He weakens and slowly dies here in our universe, which is alien to him. He would sooner deceive me if he immediately forced me to gain his trust and stuck a knife in my back. — Do you need registration to prove it? He's a monster. Daemon. People like him cannot be trusted. — Tom continued to instruct. — By the way, I’m also a Blue Devil, but you trust me. — blue hedgehog said gloomily. — Just one old man just called you that, and it doesn’t count, since in fact you’re good. There have never been good demons, there never are, and there never will be. — Tom continued. — I’m serious, move away before I shoot you too! — Fine! Shoot me! — Sonic stated sternly, stretching out his arms and closing his eyes, still standing in place. Wakowski wanted to pull the trigger and shoot. One bullet might have passed through the head and wounded two people at once, but Tom did not want to shoot his friend, and especially the friend whom he also considers his son. Although not relatives. Mephiles looks up at Tom and asks: — You won’t shoot your friend who saved my life, will you? Are you really going to do such a brazen act to kill me because I didn’t even do anything bad to you? Then Tom finally got hit in the head in the figurative sense of the word, and with a sigh he puts the gun away. — Thank you, Tom. — thanks the demon. Tom won't even ask how he knows his name, because he didn't introduce himself. — Sorry, Tom, but he trusts me. He needs our help to get back to where he came from. It’s my own fault that he ended up in our world, which means I need to make amends to him for this guilt. After that, Sonic extends his hand to Mephiles, who takes his hand, and the blue hedgehog helps the crystal one to his feet. The three of them then enter the cave. Once inside, Maddie, Tails and Knuckles were waiting for them. — Guys, this is Mr. Mephiles. — Sonic imagined an alien from another world, whom he personally brought with him. — No, no, just Mephiles! — he corrected the blue one. — Does he talk without a mouth? — Tails was a little scared. — He's a demon! — Knuckles whispered in his ear. — Sorry! Mephiles, these are my friends, Tails, Knuckles, Maddie Wakowski, and I think you already know Tom. — Amazing! — said the demon and, slowly walking along the stone ground, examined the tunnel, passing by Knuckles and Tails. — I wonder if there is an alternative Tom Wakowski somewhere in a parallel universe? — Tom thought out loud. — Hey! - Maddie intervened, and her husband corrected himself: — Well, your alternative version too, Maddie. — Anything is possible. — Tails answers. — Sonic, you could have just shot him with that magic cannon. Why did you personally bring him here? — Knuckles asked. — I had no other choice. Our universe is so alien to him that it is even lethal to him. He weakens and dies while he is here and really wants to return to his home. — Sonic explained to him, after which they followed that crystal demon. Mephiles entered a large hall with magical cells, inside which the rest of the aliens from other universes were kept. He looked around until he saw that Princess Alice was being held in one of the cells. Coming a little closer, he felt Iblis inside her. The demon already wanted to grin evilly and be glad that at least in this universe she exists, and she can free Iblis from her body in this universe in order to later reunite with him. However, he even restrained his emotions so as not to burn his atrocities. He continued to only look at the princess in surprise, and she looked at him suspiciously and did not understand why he was looking at her. — Mephiles? — he suddenly heard the familiar voice of the one who addressed him. The demon turns his gaze to the cage with Silver and, noticing him, is truly surprised. — Silver? — What happened to you? — asked the white hedgehog, because the last time he saw him, he looked almost like Shadow, only also without a mouth and with gray stripes instead of red. — What's happened? — Omega immediately intervened in the conversation, to which Mephiles drew attention. — Which of us is dead? Mephiles widens his eyes, not expecting such a question. — What are you talking about? — You are no more, Mephiles. You are dead. — the robot answers him. The words of the Omega robot also made Sonic surprised. — You must be joking? Yes? — the demon asked him, not wanting to believe it. — What are you saying? — Sonic intervened in the conversation. — Well, he’s alive. Is not it so? — The answer is negative. He died when he was reunited with another demon named Iblis, who broke out of Princess Alice's body when she cried. Then Sonic from my universe, teaming up with his friends, destroyed it. — Omega explained. — This is true. — the red bull Zavok intervened in the conversation. — Many of you who are also sitting in cages also died fighting Sonic. Not only did I personally see this, but news of it spread throughout the entire universe. Dr. Eggman fell into lava, Chaos was destroyed when he tried to drown the city of Station Square on Earth, Metal Sonic was destroyed in an attempt to destroy the real Sonic, and Shadow the Hedgehog died when Sonic and his friends tried to stop the fall of the ARK colony. The chubby mustache bulges his eyes without taking off his glasses. He never expected to hear such news that he might die in the future. Even Chaos silently bulged his green eyes. Except that Metal Sonic turned his gaze to the side, as if he was trying to comprehend it all. But Shadow the Hedgehog was indignant. — What nonsense! I couldn't lose to this faker so easily. I am a ultimate life form. — he said. — Me too. — Terios stated. — We had some running around between Sonic. I used my Chaos control, almost overtook him to hit him and... — after a pause, Terios bulges his eyes and quietly finishes: — I ended up here. — Oh, poor fellows! So Sonic got me so good. — Infinite began to boast, smiling. — He will personally confirm this himself. I recreated the clones of Zavok, Shadow, Chaos and Metal Sonic using the ruby of illusion, whose power I mastered in order to finish him off. I've calculated everything. They beat him almost to death and threw him to the ground. At that time, I myself absorbed the power of the ruby of illusions even more strongly, began to turn into a clot of pure energy, and then... Then... — at this moment the jackal paused and bulged his only intact eye on his helmet. — Oh, damn it! It all ended somehow quickly. — Omega, by the way, you also died. — Dr. Eggman intervened, turning to the red robot. He turned his gaze to the doctor, dumbfounded. — And I too? — Zavok asked himself out loud. — And I? —Scourge asked. — So I too? — Fiona asked, leaning her hands against the invisible wall of her cage. All the prisoners in the cages immediately looked at each other in surprise and could not believe that such a fate was destined for them. Die in your home universes at the hands of your own Sonic. Except for Silver and Princess Alice. Only Alice didn't believe it. She knew that Sonic would never do that to her. Although, maybe this is due to the fact that Iblis is contained inside it. She even thought that maybe her Sonic simply had no other choice, and he would kill her in her world in order to kill Iblis himself inside her for the same thing, in order to save her native universe, where she came from here. — Mephiles, tell me honestly! Did I die there too, fighting my Sonic? Yes? — Leaning his hands against the invisible wall of his cage, the white hedgehog turned to the crystal one. He just made sad eyes, lowered his head slightly and silently nodded in response. Even Silver was upset by the answer he received and sat down in his own cage, wrapping his arms around his legs. At that moment, somewhere in the corner, a portal from a huge ring opened, leading to some kind of nature in the bright light of day. A red echidna in a white dress came out of the portal with some objects in her right hand. She examined all the prisoners and the crystal hedgehog. — Well done! I see that you have caught everyone. But why isn't this one in a cage? — she pointed her finger at Mephiles. — Wait, wait, no! He's not dangerous! — Sonic tried to convince Tikal herself not to lock Mephiles in the same way as the others. However, the echidna did not listen to him and threw one of the rings at the feet of the crystal hedgehog, which also moved him to one of the free cells. The portal immediately closed quickly. The demon, not expecting this, wanted to run away, but invisible walls did not allow him to freedom. — Well, fine, since it makes you feel better! What do you have? — the hedgehog turned his attention to what Tikal was holding in his hand. — This is an ancient artifact. Makhina Disintegratus. — she explained, showing him closer in the light. It was a large, square-shaped box with round openings, similar to portholes in spaceships or submarines. Inside this cube was that same translucent Rubik's cube made of all green colors, which contained Tikal's corrupted spells, with which she tried to make the entire planet Earth forget who Sonic was. — It now contains the spells you ruined, thanks to which these guys got from their universes to ours. With the help of this artifact, I will perform one ritual, cancel all the spells inside it, and our guests, whom you captured, will return to their universes. — AND THEN WHAT??? — Scourge shouted. — Are we going to die again? — No thanks. I'm against it. — said Fiona. — I want to live. — I don't want to die. Let me out of here! — Mephiles panicked and beat his fists against the invisible wall of the cage. — SONIC!!! Sonic himself thought about their words and turned to Tikal: — Miss Tikal, we can’t bring them back!” It's too early! — Why do you say that? — she asked him suspiciously. — They will die there immediately when they return. — You know, Sonic, we have no other choice. We cannot leave them here forever to live among us. They are strangers to this universe. They don't belong here. It is their destiny to return home and live only there. — But if they go back, they will all die there. They will die at the hands of... Me... From their own worlds. You can't do this to them! — But this is no longer our problem! — the redhead stated sternly, after which she turned her gaze to the prisoners. — And them! — Well, have pity on them! Are you really so soulless and cruel that you will allow them to die in heres worlds? — Sonic asked. — In any grand scheme of the multiverse, this sacrifice is infinitely more important than all their lives combined. — Tikal explained, placing the artifact with the corrupted spells inside on the table and beginning to perform the ritual. — Sorry, Sonic. But this is their problem, since this is their fate. If they die when they return to their home, then they die. These are no longer our problems. The prisoners inside the cells, except Mephiles, who was already miserable, panicked. They began to fight against invisible walls to try to free themselves and shouted, who and how. — NO!!! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!!! LET ME OUT!!! — Silver shouted. — SO-O-ONI-I-IK!!! — princess Alice shouted, turning specifically to him, so that he would not allow Tikal to return them to their worlds and die there. — LET ME OUT OF HERE!!! LET ME OUT!!! — Shadow shouted. — I won’t let myself be destroyed! I want to live. — Omega said. — Damn-damn-damn-damn-damn! — Metal Sonic repeated. — HELP!!! SO-O-OS!!! — Infinite shouted. — FIONA, MY FRIEND, TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY IF I SUDDENLY DIE!!! — Scourge shouted. — CALM DOWN, SCORGE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FAMILY!!! — Fiona shouted back at him, and Scourge almost cried: — OH, IT HURTS!!! I DON'T EVEN HAVE A FAMILY AND I'M STILL SO YOUNG TO DIE!!! — FAKER, HELP US!!! STOP HER!!! — Terios shouted. — SONIC, BELIEVE ME OR NOT, BUT IN MY UNIVERSE I AM A FRIEND FOR YOU, NOT AN ENEMY!!! — Eggman shouted, although he slightly lied about the fact that he was a friend and not an enemy, because in his universe he really was an enemy to his Sonic. — FREEDOM FOR ZAVOK!!! FREEDOM!!! — Zavok himself shouted. They screamed and fought with all their might, but it was all in vain. They had already lost hope and despaired, beginning to say goodbye to their lives. While Tikal was fiddling with her artifact and casting a new spell for her artifact, Sonic changed his view from time to time. He looked first at Tikal, then at guests from other worlds. Only Mephiles raised his gaze to Sonic, cried and whispered loudly so that Sonic could hardly hear him: — Sonic!... — the demon lightly leans his palm against the invisible wall and sobs. — Please! Mephiles' plea for help and his sad look made Sonic himself rethink what he was doing now. He didn’t want them to die when they found themselves at home. Thinking about this, he closed his eyes, clenched his teeth and clenched his fists. The blue hedgehog then opens his eyes with a stern look, realizing what he is about to do. At this time, the ritual was completed and a green button appeared on the top of the artifact. — Almost all! All that remains is to press the button. — she says out loud and prepares to press. But before she had time to do this, Sonic ran past at the speed of a bullet and took the artifact from her table. The red echidna, and even more so Sonic’s friends, were shocked by what they saw. — What are you doing? Without answering anything, Sonic just shoots her with his magic cannon, moving her to one of the free cells, next to Mephiles' cell. — SONIC, WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? — Knuckles shouted, clutching his head. — DON'T STAND SONIC, RUN!!! — Tails shouted, pointing his finger at the exit from the cave and the hedgehog obediently ran out at the speed of sound, holding the artifact with him. — Blockhead! — the red echidna snapped, looking at him menacingly, took out one of the rings and threw it in front of her, opening a portal to the outside. She passes through it and disappears along with the portal. Those who were sitting in the other cells, except for Mephiles, were shocked by what they saw, while Knuckles, along with Wakowski, were shocked at what Sonic was doing now. Only Tails believed his friend that he had now done the right thing.