What you expect to be a spawnpoint of You Canât Run is instead replaced with a black void, similar to the one you first experienced when you arrived here. But as you look around you see a large white slender figure appearing in the void, itâs eyes trained on you. It sits on a large throne that materializes behind them while you stare at the figure, itâs eyes never leaving you.
âLetâs see how your first match goes, Iâm sure heâll give you a warm welcome soon enoughâ
You feel an ever crushing weight on your eyes, trying to keep them open and trained on the figure as much as possible, but eventually theyâre forced to close and reopen to You Canât Run.
As you blink, the sound of computers enters your ears as you appear next to a computer. Blaze and Tails are next to you and quickly move toward the center of the map to meet up with the others.
As you move to join them, your gaze is inexplicably pulled toward the computer terminal next to you. Thereâs some surprising detail in it, including the screens with eggmanâs logo and red text below it saying âIntruder detected!â. Reminds you of the disaster, guess whateverâs trapped you here likes to make references, even if no one would be able to see nor understand themâŠ
You quickly run toward the map center after getting briefly distracted by the detail of your surroundings. Though you donât see anyone nearby, you do hear the charge sfx coming from a hallway blocked by a door.
âYOUR STRUGGLE IS PATHETIC!â
you quickly run and see 2011x strangling Tails with Cream running past you, cheese in tow. Running up to the blue menace you see his eyes look toward you while he strangles Tails.
You freeze, trying to think up of options before tails gets downed, seeing those red taunting dots for eyes gives you an idea.
You jab your fingers in a peace sign directly into the black void of 2011xâs eyes and make him recoil and break his grip on Tails.
Before he regains his vision, you scoop Tails into your arms and run off toward the bridge, hoping to find anyone else.
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2011X POV:
Every other stun at least didnât hurt, or the pain felt GOOD, it was just simply an annoyance or a distraction at best, so why was what that human did any different?!?
recovering quickly to continue my fun, I look to see my rage bar..not..fill?
⊠why isnât my rage filling?
Just what is that humanâs deal?!!?
everything they do apart from blazeâs flame spear and silverâs abilities fills my rage, so WHY DIDNT THEY?!
OK, itâs fine. Iâll just use invisibility and go find someone.
I wonât go over there, knuckles has his punch fully charged.
Maybe with Eggman? No, Metal watches him like a hawk and his hp is too high to capitalize off of it yet. stupid rust bucketâŠ
There we go! Cream and Tails! And sheâs in the middle of healing! A perfect opportunity! and theyâve got that human there too, what luck! I can finally get rev-
Wait, whereâs their aura?
everyone else is glowing but THEMâŠ
whereâs their health bar?!
You know what? Iâll just ask them once I scare off those other pests.
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Reader POV:
Ok, theres no flashing in your eyes, no corny one liners, no distorted noise, you should be in the clear!
You slow down and see Cream and blaze on the roof, both looking alert, but Blaze is concentrated while Cream is nervous, poor thing.
âThanks for the save back there! Iâm almost downed! And, not that I donât appreciate it, I just wanna knowâŠwhy are you carrying me still?â
You look at the fox held in your arms before placing him down
âUhâŠim pretty sure Iâm a little bit faster than you, and I could make sure that thing doesnât hurt you by just lifting you out of range of itâs attacks!â
The fox thinks over your answer before nodding in agreement of your logic. You see Cream peek out from behind a generator and quickly run to you.
âIâll help you Mr. Tails!â
Cream starts healing Tails while you stand guard, looking toward both ends of the bridge in case the thing appears again saying one of their corny one liners like-
You quickly push Cream and Tails off the bridge and run off toward the ramp leading to a control room with 2011X right behind you. Once you make it up the ramp though and into the room, you see heâs not chasing you anymore, did he go back for Tails or Cream!? You thought you were distracting enough! Maybe-
âYou know, youâre REALLY interesting for a human.â
He says from behind you. You jump back and see him with his arms crossed and staring at you before disappearing.
âI know your universe better than you know yourself, but I just canât seem to find anything about you. No memories of you appearing with Sonic, no interactions with anyone noteworthy, itâsâŠinteresting.â
He appears yet again behind you and slowly starts walking in a half circle around you.
âSo Iâll just ask, what are you? You make me feel pain, and not the good kind, you donât appear on my abilities at ALL, and somehow, your stuns donât affect me like the others.â
Heâs in front of you now and his voice starts to change from calm to a mix of confused and angry.
âSo, pray tell, what exactly are you? And donât try lying, cause not only will I know, but the consequences wonât. Be. PRETTYâ
heâs floating slightly above eve level now, slowly getting closer to you now. Youâve wasted his time for now, but you need to keep him interested while also making him satisfied enough to not immediately attack you.
ââŠIâm just an ordinary person trying to live through a dead end job. I donât see how there could be anything special with me. I'm just a human living in Station Square, that's all! I only ever saw eggman when he hacked the tvs a when he destroyed the world! That's it, really!â
He stares as you speak, trying to make your story more believable and gets amused at seeing your fearful expression.
...Considering you arenât dead right now, you think you convinced him enough, or maybe heâs just trying to get you off guard to kill you easier.
And his expression starts to break into aâŠlaugh?
ââŠPHA HAHAHAHHHHAHAHAHAHA! OH HO, OH THATS FUNNY! PHAHHHAHA! HEHEHEHeheheh. Iâm sorry, Itâs just so OBVIOUS now that I look a little closer. I know the reason you didnât appear on invisibility or fill up rage or look so DIFFERENT from everyone else here! Itâs because you DONâT. BELONG. HERE.â
He disappears as you run through the section of the map trying to find someone else before he appears again in front of you and swings his arm for an m1
It⊠doesnât hurt as much as you thought?
You trip up a small amount, but you still feel mostly fine apart from feeling like a simple punch on your thigh where he hit you...
2011x hesitates at your lack of reaction before hitting you again and again with the same result of the usual deadly swings being reduced to simple punches.
âWHAT?! why aren't you-...oh YEAH. you don't play by the rules. Fine, If that wonât do anything, then maybe THIS WILL!â
the charge sfx starts as 2011X starts flying toward you and grabs your neck as you try to struggle out of it.
âYOU WILL DIE BY MY HANDS!â
Hands that feel like cold bone wrap around your throat as you try to struggle out of 2011xâs hold.
Your face starts turning a little blue as the hands start to ever so slowly loosen with hesitation plaguing the void beings expression as he starts to look at you more, and how your body actually reacts to a lack of oxygen. whether it's pity or simple fascination, you don't know.
With a sudden startup noise, blaze kicks 2011x away from you and stun them.
You drop to the cold metal floor with Blaze quickly pulling you by the hand as you get your bearings. She throws a flaming javelin and makes 2011x lose sight of you and her while you disappear past a corner and run toward the other survivors.
âWHY were you not with anyone else? you cannot defend yourself, so you HAVE to stay with someone else. we don't need you dying early on and causing the timer to go up!â
Blaze questions you while the others try to look for 2011x and not get too distracted by you.
âI couldnât find anyone else and Tails was in trouble, so I helped him and got him to cream while he recovered.â
âHow could you help him? I thought you werenât able to stun anyone?â
Eggman butted into the conversation before blaze could ask the same question
âI donât know how! I just poked him in the eyes and then picked him up while running away, I didnât even think itâd work in all honesty.â
Eggman stared at you with a blank expression while you looked around, confused on why 2011x didnât attack anyone else here yet.
â...I think I know just what you are now, but right here isnât the place to talk about it. It should explain just what makes you so...werid.â
Eggman said, his statement getting the attention of the other survivors nearby.
âYou found out why they donât have any abilities yet?â Sonic walked up to Eggman.
âYep, though it may seem farfetched, especially to a numbskull like you. Youâll just have to wait a few minutes until we can leave this marvellous base of mine.â
Eggman replied while Sonic rolled his eyes and went to search for 2011x.
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âWhy did he have that look in his eyes?â You thought, he was so eager to see you die, so why didnât he tighten his grip? He knew you would be an easy kill, so why didnât he finish the job? Why didnât kill you like he said he would? Why didnât you die?
âAnd whatâs on your mind?â
Eggman inquires. Shit you mustâve been spacing out more than you thought.
âoh! Uhm, Iâm just still thinking about that thing that attacked me. I just canât get it out of my head.â
you respond. Looks like that satisfied the mad doctorâs curiosity for now.
âBe shocked LATER. Hesitation here can lead to death, especially against this one. He thrives on the unexpected and getting the jump on his victims.â
2011x teleports behind Eggman and lands a successful m1, causing him to shoot forward. He activates his energy shield, getting in front of you and the bloodthirsty hedgehog. The electricity from the shield crackles with energy and zaps your finger when you get a little too close, along with your hair standing on end. The shield eventually dissipates and Eggman runs off, leaving you to fend for yourself.
âThere goes the doctor, as selfish as ever, leaving you all alone and defenseless.â
He walks forward until youâre in m1 range, but doesnât attack, for some reason.
And he starts speaking, and says something...REALLY surprising.
âDonât be too alarmed there, Both you and I know that I canât hurt you that much. And I, in fact, donât want to.â
this guy. who THRIVES on others torment and suffering...ISNT trying to kill you?
âWhat? Why? I thought you do this for your own enjoyment?â
âAnd thought right you did! But I donât get that satisfaction when I hurt you, I get the sort ofâŠopposite. Your pain isnât amusing like the others, I donât know what you describe it as, but hurting you feels...off. So, I simply wonât be. Consider yourself fortunate that whatever feeling Iâm feeling benefits you.â
A large boom resonates from behind you, that must be the core explosion.
âAh, it seems weâre out of time. Donât worry though, Iâll be seeing you REAL soon, ANOMALY.~â
He fades away from your vision, going into godâs trickery. You hurry it up to the storage room exit, seeing Knuckles and Tails there waiting for you.
Knuckles immediately speaks when you're arrived.
âYou go on ahead. Weâre staying behind in case anyone comes up this way and gets trouble with the killer. Youâre a liability and canât help, so getting out of here is your best option.â
...Okay, ouch. You understand his reasoning, but still.
You walk through the white void and donât feel any ground beneath you. and just like that...POP. You fall flat on your face back at the camp with the green ring floating just above the ground stays behind you.
You get off the ground and dust yourself off before walking to the fire, seeing Cream hugging Cheese and talking with Amy. Amy notices you first though, and looks a bit concerned about something after looking at you.
âhuh? Thatâs not good. Whatâs up with your throat?â
The strangling from 2011x left irritation and bruises against your neck, making it pretty sore, but youâve seen the deaths they all had to suffer. Youâre not complaining.
âJust got strangled by the killer, why?â
Amy looks at you both fascinated and worried
âWell, we feel the pain of all the attacks from the killers, butâŠIâve never seen injuries last on a person like they are with you. it isn't a human thing either, since Eggman hasnât ever had any bruises like that, so Iâm confused on why your injuries are like thatâŠâ
âOh! Really? Weird! I never knew that!â
âYeahâŠit is weird.â
You try to play it casual and try to make it seem like you don't know more than you do...
âSo not only do I not have any abilities, but I also can get hurt WORSE THAN EVERYONE ELSE. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! THIS IS BULLSHIT! STUPID FUCKING OUTCOME KING!â
and the others pop out from the ring one by one...
You finally did your first round, and even with the injuries, youâd say you did pretty well!
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once everyone's back at the island, Eggman has gathered everyone around.
âOkay, lesser minds! Iâve cracked the code on why our little friend here doesnât follow the rules!â
âwhat is it, Egghead?â
Eggman looks distastefully at Sonic before continuing.
âYou see, our friend is not from our universe!â
HeâŠhe figured it out?! How?!
âAll of us aren't. everyone's from different versions, no? like the cream kid knowing us despite no one knowing her, or tails knowing sonic but not the other way around. Whats your point?â
âSimple! we may be from different universes, but we all follow the same setup, with us all being enemies! Or would be enemies depending on when we were took here. The newcomer, though, is from a completely different place! Because for all of us in all our universes, we still have chaos energy! Even objects without life have chaos energy, its woven into our universe! So its impossible to have none! Until we met our new arrival, that isâŠâ
They all look towards you now, mostly intrigued, but a few defensive.
Possibilities run through your mind. Should you deny it? Should you tell the truth? That theyâre from a fictional franchise where youâre from? Should you just admit it? What will happen if you do? Will they react well? Theyâre staring. They know. They KNOWâŠ
Theyâre the only people who will actually be with you here, they may discover more anyway, so you should at least tell them the truth. If you donât, who KNOWS whatâll happen if you get in danger and they donât help you thenâŠ
ââŠyeah, yeah heâs rightâ
âYes i- waitâŠyou knew? Why didnât you say anything then?â
âBecause I didnât want you all to think i was crazy! would you guys NOT think I was crazy if I just said "hey, im from a completely different universe where you guys don't exist"? huh?"
"...the newbie DOES have a point."
Sonic says after a bit of awkward silence.
"fine, fine! yes! that WOULD be the most likely general reaction."
Eggman begrudgingly admits, looking away before composing himself.
"though that DOES beg the question...why ARE you here? If you aren't from our universe, then WHY did...WHATEVER is running this hell decide to bring some NORMIE like you?"
"hey, your guess is as good as mine, man. i don't know, really."
Tails exclaims and gets closer to you
"THAT'S WHY YOU COULD PICK ME UP! Since you're from a universe without chaos energy, maybe this pocket dimension has less of a hold on you! and that's why you could pick me up despite not having abilities like us! you're UNRESTRICTED because you don't have any powers or energy TO RESTRICT!"
"oh...huh. That makes sense, you yellow little rodent."
Eggman says after mulling it over.
"...so it's just gonna be...THAT again? like...forever and ever?"
you speak up, after a little bit.
"unless YOU have a way out? Yeah, afraid so."
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EXECUTIONER'S REALM: X'S CASTLE
"UGH! When's that weirdo getting back yet?! I can't wait to make fun of his blood crying ass for getting no kills AGAIN!"
"Patience, super sonic. It'll be any moment now..."
"oh? it appears he's finally arrived. Good, i was getting bored of waiting for his return..."
2011x appears in a flash of zeroes and ones after the round ends, right in the hall of X's castle.
"WELL?! how does it feel to SUCK so badly you blood crying waste of space?!"
"...HELLO? anyone HOME in there?! OI, what's this guy's deal all of a sudden?"
"...hm. There's a new survivor in the realm. They're...different than the others. Very...VERY different..."
"HAH! a new skull to break? AWESOME! WHO'S KILLING THOSE PATHETIC WRETHCES NEXT?! IS IT ME? PLEASE SAY IT IS!"
"let's see here...ah, the faceless one will be going next. How peculiar..."
"Whats about this new survivor that got you acting so weird anyways? well, WEIRDER THAN USUAL! HAH!"
"It's because they're a-...actually...why would I tell YOU? You'll find out when you're chosen as the executioner. Until then? Suffer in uncertainty, you piss colored annoyance."
"WHAT'D YOU SAY TO ME?! I'M GONNA END YOU, FAKER!"
"Entertainment from my younger self! excellent! lets see who wins THIS time..."
"hm? oh, I KNOW who and what this new "survivor" is already. I would tell you, but its MUCH more entertaining to keep it as a surprise, no? now watch the fight, its getting good now!"
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: finally got part 2 out with 2011X! AWESOME! only took...6 months.