I just stared in shock at how quickly the creatures destroyed that monster. I didn't have much time to dwell on it though, I had to help Lisa. There was no way in hell I was letting another person fall to the darkness today, enough of that has been done already it's starting to becoming annoying.

As I approached Lisa, I reverted to my normal form. I saw that the ground around me was becoming devoid of colour and pieces in reality were glitching out. When I was close enough a feeling of fear swept over me from her presence, but I quickly subdued it and I continued walking towards her.

She didn’t seem to even notice that I was afraid of her in the first place, as she kept her stance and her voided eyes remained empty. “Lisa?” I wasn't going to bother asking if she was alright, she clearly wasn't. “Lisa, can you hear me?” I asked as I moved closer and waved slightly. She didn't move.

“Metal…” I heard her say my name in a very hushed voice.

“Yes, it's me Lisa. It's Metal. Now, are you still in control? Do you know what you're doing?” I asked very cautiously. Not wanting to set her off.

Suddenly, I heard her start to quietly chuckle. Which turned to a low giggle...to inane laughter. She hugged the head close to her chest and laughed like a maniac at the sky. She ceased her laughing and set her gaze upon me, I refused to even flinch under her glare. “Metal Sonic...it is you...my friend…” She giggled darkly again before continuing. “Look at you, all shiny and better after going God mode on us...and look at Gale...poor...poor Gale. Nothing but a head and an empty corpse.”

She tossed the head in her hands before holding it close again.

“Ironic isn't it? We thought you were the exact same thing whenever we first came here to save you...now Gale had become what he tried to prevent. Such a shame...such a loss…” As she continued talking about Gale her voice was getting darker and darker, but began to sound like a creepy little girl’s voice at the same time.

“Lisa, I know you're upset, I know you're angry but you need to calm down. Let me try to fix this before you destroy everything.” I stepped in front of her and stared into her empty eyes, feeling the pain seeping through them.

“Metal...I am in so much pain…I've lost the love of my life...my home...and my friends...one by one I lose and lose...now, with everything that's happened...you know what it feels like...don't you?”

As she began to take a few small steps closer I remained in my place, not showing any signs of fear, that would only give her an advantage in this situation. I saw that those creatures were staring at me with hungry expressions. “What are these things?” I asked myself quietly.

“Oh, you're wondering about my little helpers? Meet the Proxies, my little pets.” Lisa explained as she continued to draw closer.

“Lisa...what're you doing?” I asked as she was right in front of me, staring into my eyes with her lifeless voids.

“You understand my pain…” She said quietly before holding out her hand and dropping Gales head which landed with a clang. “You've stuck by me...even now...so…” I could tell she began to smile evilly as she grabbed my arms with and legs with her tendrils, holding me down. As I struggled she leaned down to me and brushed my cheek with her hand. “Come on Metal, why don't you share my suffering!?” She brought her last tendril up to my body and wrapped it around my torso. “Let's suffer together!!! Just you and me!!!”

She drew one of her claw-like fingers across my chest, almost as if she was cutting me open with her nails alone, trying to reach inside my soul. She grabbed the side of my head with her hands and brought her close to mine.

“I don't want to be alone while I'm destroying everything, I want you to be there too. You aren't scared of me, you want to help me...help me now!”

She clamped down on my head and placed her lips on mine, her corruption pouring into my body from the kiss.

I continued to struggle as my systems began to fail to fight off the corruption. “N-No…”

Lisa pulled away and looked at me with a smile. “What's wrong Metal? I thought you wanted me to yourself.”

“N-No...I won't betray Gale...or you…”

Lisa just giggled insanely before smiling and looking into my eyes again. “You don't have a choice…”

She suddenly threw me into the air and her Proxies leapt at me. They bit into my body, corruption pouring into me faster than I could think. I just barely managed to use chaos control to get away before collapsing on the ground. I was aching all over, and the corners of my vision were starting to go dark.

“Oh Metal.” I looked up to see Lisa surrounded by her pets. She stroked one lovingly, as an owner would their dog, before she faced me and started her approach, her Proxies not far behind. “Why do you resist? Don’t you want the world to know your pain? To know our pain? Don’t you want to make them all suffer like we have?”

“No… I don’t… not anymore.” I struggled to get up. I faced her, putting on a brave face, but she was starting to scare me now. The way she talked, the way she walked, it was like something out of a nightmare.

And I couldn’t wake up.

“Hmm… what a shame. Well don’t worry, soon you’ll want to make everyone suffer like I do. We’ll make them suffer… together.” She started giggling madly before she snapped her fingers. Once again her Proxies charged at me, their monstrous bellows unlike anything I’d ever heard. I shot up into the air and took aim at Lisa. I didn’t want to hurt her, but if I ended this fast then I could get us all home and fix everything.

Lisa didn’t expect me to attack her, so she was hit with the full force of the attack. She was thrown back and I went charging after her. I prepared to finish her off by punching her, but then she turned her head. Her eye sockets were gone. She was back to normal.

“Metal? W-What’s going on?”

“Lisa? Oh thank god you’re-” suddenly those eyes returned and a tendril pierced itself through my body. I could feel her creepy smile.

“Oh Metal, you have such a soft heart. It’s nice to know that my face still has an affect on you.” The corruption was spreading through my body again, and once again I used chaos control to get out of it. I looked at her, not believing what she had just done.

“H-How? How could you-”

“It’s very simple Metal. All I did was hide my eyes, and you did the rest.” Once again her maddened giggles sounded off. I could no longer hide behind a brave mask.

This was the fastest I’ve ever been taken down, and if I lose here a lot of people are going to pay the price. But, I didn’t want to hurt Lisa, she was going through too much for that. But then what was I supposed to do? I slowly tried to crawl away from her, which just caused her to chuckle.

“Oh Metal. You’re so cute when you’re trying to get away. But I think we’ve waited long enough. Now come, and be a part of my eternal suffering.” Her tendrils wrapped themselves around me once again and I could do nothing as they lifted me up. Her Proxies started getting excited the closer I got to her, elated at the idea of having a new master. She held me up in front of her, a tendril ready to strike. “Welcome Metal, to your new life.”

”FUS RO DAH!” Suddenly, everyone, including me, was knocked away by some unknown force. As I flew through the air, I felt something grab me and carry me away from Lisa. When I looked up, I saw a gray dragon. It was Gale’s brother,

Alduin.

Author's Notes:

If you're wondering why this is getting updated so quickly is because I'm splitting the chapters we're working on into smaller parts, I like to update one chapter on a story a day, if I don't I lose sleep. But I've been so pissed of lately that I can't get motivated to actually write on another story's chapter.

Leave a comment or whatever the hell you want. I'm done for today.