The stone temple was silent, it had been for the last few hours, both Scourge and Zonic hadn't said a word to anyone, not even each other, Sonic on the other hand was out like a light, as the body he was in was slowly fading, with him included, the threat from the god of death didn't make things any better, as they now had to deal with a growing problem of how to tell the gods of Knowledge and Life what had happened with their youngest son

If they told their parents about what had happened with the three hedgehogs, Sonic would be forbidden to return to the mortal realm for the rest of eternity, and both Scourge and Zonic would be punished as well, but not only that, but Mephilies would have gotten away with killing the youngest prince and possibly do it again. Yet if they were to tell their parents of what happened in an alternative timeline, a war would begin, and it would destroy them all in the process, and all life would cease to exist in their dimension

Scar the small dark choa had been clinging to the white hedgehog, as it too knew there wasn't much time, yet it glared and growled at anyone who came close, protecting it's career, despite knowing there wasn't much that could be done

"Fucking Hell!" Scourge suddenly screamed as he kicked the stone wall of the temple, startling everyone and waking up his youngest brother who was stuck in a mortal body

"Scourge!" Zonic hissed at him "I've told you not to hit the wall whenever your mad!"

"Yeah?! Would you rather me punch you in the face?!" Scourge snapped as he glared towards the oldest of them, yet Zonic stayed silent "Do you know how many times i've fucked up already?! Do you really think I can handle this?! Not only has our brother lied to us! He kept things from us! I understand why! But it hurts! Because the one time we weren't there he fucking died!"

Scourge sunk to the floor as he covered his his face as tears fell, Zonic looked down, he wasn't made, nor was he upset with Scourge, in fact he felt the same, they both understood why Sonic hadn't said a word to them about Mephilies, because he had known that he and Scourge would feel horrible that they hadn't been there, yet Sonic remained quiet, as he glanced to the emeralds, was the chaos reaction worth all this? Would it really be simple enough to tell his parents what had happened... Could he really risk causing a war once again

"Sage... I know your watching..." He suddenly spoke, and all attention had gone to him "I've made my choice... Bring Mother and Father here, you might as well bring the rest of the gods, so they can lecture me on my behaviour" It was a simple request, yet the god of death appeared before him and smiled, a smile that held mischief and a sick sense of glee

"As you wish my prince" He bowed and one by one the gods of both realms appeared, all seemingly surprised to have been summoned, but Sonic's friends had been taken back by the sight of the gods, where as Scourge had quickly regained his composure despite being somewhat terrified

"Sage... Why have you..." A deep voice that belonged to one who looked similar to the stature made of marble that stood outside spoke, their eyes glowed like embers and their quills a shade of grey that seemed to be made of smoke, they trailed off as they looked to the white hedgehog who sat staring at him from the couch where Scar sat in his lap with a toothy smile, yet the hedgehog in question only seemed to smile in his presence

"Hello Father"

To Be Continued

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