Chapter 16: Revengance

A/N: Well with this chapter Harmonic Chaos Chronicles 14 is officially my longest fanfiction! And I could not have done it without the help from authors who submitted OC's and helped with ideas. Or just reviews so thank you!

It was the middle of the night and Rage was adjusting his gloves and looked out of the window as Rainbow Dash rolls over to look at him "Rage what are you doing?" she asks

"I have someplace to be." Rage says "Something I need to do alone…or else…"

"Rage what is it?" Rainbow Dash asks

"It was Xerg he challenged me to a duel and I have to otherwise he threatened your life." Rage responds before leaving without another word

"Good luck Rage…" Rainbow says

Dark Mobius

Rage appears and instantly some of the dark legion's dark spawns attacked him. Without thinking he sliced them through and through. He then heard a voice… "So Rage Chaotic I see you made it." Xerg says appearing

"What to you want Xerg?" Rage asks "Even I know you aren't stupid enough to challenge me to a duel."

"Oh your right." Xerg laughs "I came to talk."

"Well that was one hell of a way to greet a man you want to talk to." Rage responds

"Tell me Rage you say you fight as your duty but I know it's more then that… you waged war on darkness out of your own agenda but why?" Xerg asks

"Oh I see a what's worth fighting for thing." Rage chuckles "well I do it to protect those from what lurks in the dark…. I have seen what it will do to people and I don't want others to suffer the same fate I did." He sighs

"so slicing and killing up other people without mercy is your answer?" Xerg asks

"You mean the Dark Spawns?" Rage asks and Xerg nods "Nonsense they are just beasts made of darkness!"

Are they Rage? Or are you just saying that?" Xerg asks

"I would know if they were people! Those things attack with no mercy no thought for what they are doing!" Rage yells

Xerg then snaps and more Dark Spawns appear from the shadows "did you ever take time to listen?" he asks

Rage was about to responds when a flood of voices hits him

"Why me? Why did I trust them?"

"I had no option but I had no idea this is what it meant!"

"do I have to fight him? Even after the way he slaughtered the others?"

"You hear that? The remorse of the people who chose this path!" Xerg smiles

Rage stands in shock "well they chose it… and that was their problem." He responds

"I had no idea this is what I signed up for!"

"Did they?" Xerg asks as he orders them to attack Rage who slowly blocks the attacks and hesitates on his counters. The shock of the fact he had been killing innocent people was biting him hard… by the time he was done his emotions had him tired…

"so what will happen when the protector is lost?" Xerg asks

"this feeling…" Rage pants he had never felt it before… "What..is it?"

"Only nature running its course… what you thought this whole time they were just energy forms? But no that the illusion is broken what? You now realize you have been a cold blooded killer the whole time? Don't fret the remorse it's just nature… grass grows, rain falls, the seas rage and the strong hunt the weak. You see Rage you are not so much different from us a killer."

"I..I am not a killer!" Rage growls

"This whole time you held the darkness back knowing it would make you a bloodthirsty killer… but now you know it still held you… you are just as dark as the rest of us!" Xerg laughs

"N-no it's not t-true!" Rage pants struggling to keep his composure

"What was that name you were called as a kid? The one your Family gave you? Rage the Reaper was it?" Xerg asks "back when you fed the darkness… lived up to your family name?" Rage looks at Xerg shocked by his knowledge of Rage's early past which he had tried so hard to forget himself. "You should have kept it… then we wouldn't be here. You'd have joined us and none of this would have ever happened. So what do you say? How about we end this foolishness… once you side with us!"

"…You know what Xerg…" Rage pants "I maybe I was wrong…" Rage stuggles to get up and Xerg runs over to him

"So I got through huh?" he asks brushing Rage off "We will rid this universe of pointless fights and bloodshed by having darkness rule with an iron fist keeping everyone in line! What do ya say?" he asks putting a hand out and Rage shakes it

"You're not crazy…" Rage huffs as Xerg pulls him into a friendly hug "You're bat-shit insane!" he yells pushing him out of the hold and kicking Xerg back "I locked that darkness away and I have known it was back for quite a while… that is what my Blood Form is isn't it?" he chuckles "but do you really want to know why I got that name?" Rage chuckles glowing as he slowly merges to his Blood Form "Because… you should always fear the reaper's rage!" he yells slicing a blade at Xerg

"So… I guess there is no getting through to him is there?" Xerg sighs "very well I will kill you here then!" he yells

(Music: The Stains of Time-Metal Gear Rising: Revengance)

Xerg leaps for Rage who blocks the attack before countering only for Xerg to hit him in the back. "You are no match for me!" he laughs

"Oh yeah?" Rage laughs as a large amount of energy forms "Dark Chaos Salvation!" he yells as the energy explodes badly injuring Xerg. "You want to know something Xerg…. If you really want to know what I fight the darkness for it is to get revenge on it for what it has done to me and to avenge those I were unable to protect so I guess you could say… I want Revengance." He chuckles

"You…are…one…of…a…kind….Rage…The…Hedgehog…" Xerg gasps with his dying breath as Rage forms back to normal

"you're damn right about that." Rage says before returning home and collapsing on the couch from sheer exhaustion

(Music End)

To be continued

I know it's short but hay it's Christmas time and I needed an excuse to tell you guys that I will take a break for the next few days to be with some family. So until the next time this is Sonicfan0987 signing off!