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Into, Across and Beyond! Scripting: One TRUE Last Round

During One More Chance, once Sonic and co. managed to wear down OMT enough, the shapeshifter fled up top to where the Master Emerald was.

OMT!Sonic: He's headed for the Master Emerald!

OMT!Knuckles: We need to get it back, or our world is doomed!

Sonic looked at his cuts, having a feeling he wasn't going to get out of this one alive.

OMT!Sonic: I'll go on ahead after him.

OMT!Tails: Sonic? What are you planning?

OMT!Sally: Sonic, you're injured. Trying to rush ahead now is a suicide mission! Here - let me help patch you up.

OMT!Sonic: N-No, Sal, you can't. There's too little time left to waste here. I need to be the one to do this, for all of you guys. Can you trust me on this?

OMT!Sally: I...

She took a deep breath, having her fingers crossed Sonic knew what he was doing.

OMT!Sally: Alright, Sonic.

OMT!Sonic: As soon as I've driven that faker away from the Emerald, take the chance available to get it back!

OMT!Knuckles: You got it!

OMT!Amy gave him one more hug.

OMT!Amy: Get back safely, alright, Sonic?

OMT!Sonic: I'll do my best, Ames. Alright. Catch you once this is over!

OMT!Cream: Good luck, Mr. Sonic! We believe in you!

OMT!Tails: Be careful!

He nodded with a smile, before racing to the top of the final tower, where OMT awaited Sonic's arrival.

Sonic.OMT: Ah, if it isn't the blue pincushion once more! And you decided to come all on your own with lingering injuries, did you? You must have quite the death wish ahead of you.

OMT!Sonic: If it means you won't be terrorising my world or the further multiverse any longer, so be it! Besides, I already knew I wouldn't be coming out of this one alive, but if I'm going down, you're eating the dust too, freak!

Sonic.OMT: Even if you burned out my shapeshifting significantly, rodent, that Master Emerald of yours is just the tool I need to cement my hold on your pathetic universe and the adjacent Earth for all eternity!

He wasted no time warping to the Master Emerald and absorbing its power. Knowing there wasn't any time to waste, Sonic sped to the gem and grabbed onto it to try and pull it away. Instead, it transformed both into respective Super forms.

Super OMT: You just can't stop meddling in my affairs, can you? Very well... I shall obliterate this planet with all living creatures on it! The critters, your friends, your family, and even all those miserable humans!

OMT!Super Sonic: Not if I have anything to say about it! I hope you're ready for our true... last... ROUND!

He punched OMT square in the face, catapulting him out into orbit as Sonic gave chase for their final battle.

Super OMT: Still holding out hope of some good ending? THEN IT'S TIME TO FINISH THIS GAME PERMANENTLY!!!

OMT pulled out every stop possible to silence the Blue Blur once and for all, who had 600 rings on hand, 1 draining each second, so he knew he had to finish things before those 10 minutes were up. However, he had another problem - from his cuts, flames were coming out as a result of the energy of the Chaos Emeralds within his body, necessitating the need to destroy OMT pronto.

OMT shapeshifted into whatever he could to hinder Sonic and burn out the clock, but where there wasn't any weak points before, there were now, which Sonic took full advantage of to severely damage the shapeshifting maniac, and all throughout, he never let out a single quip, not wanting to waste his breath with his own life on the line.

Once OMT sustained enough damage, he finally lost all patience with Sonic.

Super OMT: Enough of your games, you insignificant speck! IT'S TIME TO TEAR YOUR PLANET APART!

He flew up high into space, forming a huge energy sphere with the intent of obliterating Mobius with everyone on it, before throwing said sphere.

OMT!Super Sonic: Oh no, you don't!

Sonic got in the sphere's way, pushing with all his might to keep it back from Mobius, even as his ring count dropped below 100. Seeing this, OMT sadistically smiled, sending more energy towards it to increase Sonic's struggle.

OMT!Super Sonic: Damn it! Guess I have no choice but to go all-out!

He closed his eyes, drawing on the power of rings from all across the multiverse to aid him, and seconds after he surpassed 1 million rings, he felt he was ready.

OMT!Super Sonic: Now I'll show you!

He used the power of all those rings combined to break right through the energy sphere, shattering it to pieces, before charging straight for OMT, who was now panicking.

Super OMT: What?! IMPOSSIBLE!

He teleported more than he had ever teleported before to try and evade Sonic's speed, which now topped that of which he had ever done before, though his fate was already sealed. Sonic soon collided with him, taking him on a light-speed trip through the cosmos as he powered down and started glitching into all sorts of other forms.

OMT: NO! NO!!! THIS CAN'T BE HOW IT ENDS! I AM GOD!!! YOU ARE NOTHING, YOU INFURIATING LITTLE RODENT!!!

OMT!Super Sonic: Well, this world is better off without you, "god"!

As he kept speeding through space, OMT grew more and more unstable, with even his voice glitching out alongside his form (akin to Jafar's death from Return of Jafar). Eventually, he steered off from OMT, leaving him to glitch apart on his own.

OMT: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

OMT finally transformed back into his primordial energy state, before exploding, a bright wave enveloping the whole dimension. Once it cleared away, all the damage OMT had brought upon Mobius was undone, restoring all life and bringing peace once and for all. Across South Island, cheers erupted from the civilians, all proud of Sonic for giving it his all to save everybody.

OMT!Knuckles: He did it... He actually did it!

OMT!Robotnik: I never thought I'd say this, but Sonic has done us all proud.

Tails saw a bright yellow star coming down to the surface, seeing it settle on the shore of Newtronic Island.

OMT!Tails: That must be Sonic! He landed at Newtronic! Come on!

Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream and Sally took the Tornado over to the island to find Sonic. Over where Sonic was, he powered down from his Super form for the last time, with only five rings left as life support, which each chipped away slowly in his last moments. He was left gravely injured from the fires that had spread across his body from his ultimate attack, and wasn't going to live much longer.

OMT!Knuckles: This way!

Sonic saw his friends arriving, and they each quickly saw his condition.

OMT!Tails: Sonic, you... you did it! Y-You really did it!

Each of them came to his side, seeing how horribly injured he was.

OMT!Amy: S-Sonic, you...

OMT!Tails: Hang tight, buddy! We'll see what we can do!

OMT!Sonic: Y... You can't. I... I did my part, f-for all of you...

OMT!Knuckles: Dude, please don't go on us! Oh, damn it! Now you're gonna make me cry!

Sally and Tails came to his side, to ensure he'd be surrounded by his friends in his final moments.

OMT!Sally: You did it, Sonic, my love. You can rest easy now.

OMT!Sonic: I... I've just got one last request, before I, well, speed off to the race track in the clouds.

OMT!Tails: W-What is it, buddy?

OMT!Sonic: Tails, you... You did amazing for your part in r-reversing all the damage that OMT caused, so... I wish for you to take up my mantle as Mobius's new hero.

OMT!Tails: M-Me?! I... I don't know if I'm ready to do it and-

Amy put her hand on Tails's shoulder.

OMT!Amy: Listen... You don't have to be ready right away. We'll give it some time so you can get into the swing of things. Small time baddies to begin with before any big ones.

OMT!Tails: I... Okay. But... do you really think I can do this, Sonic?

OMT!Sonic: I have faith you can, little dude. I believe above all else that you'll do amazing out there.

Tails softly smiled, appreciating this encouragement.

OMT!Tails: Heh, alright. I'll do my best, for you!

OMT!Sonic: Thanks, buddy. You guys t-take care of each other for me, okay? That's all I ask for.

OMT!Sally: We will, Sonic. I promise.

He smiled to them, his eyes slowly closing as his last ring began to drain.

OMT!Tails: You can rest now, Sonic. We'll make you proud.

OMT!Sonic: T-Thanks. Heh... Stay way past cool, guys.

OMT!Cream: Goodbye, Mr. Sonic...

Sally gently laid him down as the five shared a group hug between them, Sonic's passing having left them saddened, but still determined to make him proud.

Sonic's spirit awoke in the afterlife, as he looked out at the Palmtree Panic landscape before him and smiled, knowing his friends would be alright now that OMT was gone. And as he became accustomed to his afterlife...

The ring counter for his physical body hit 0.

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pico-digital-studios · 11 days ago

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Infectious Cases: Major Log 2 - Thomas Wilson

(The following story contains scenes that some readers may find upsetting. Viewer discretion is advised.)

LOG DATE: October 9th 2009 LOG CREATOR: Thomas Wilson VICTIM DATE OF BIRTH: July 2nd 1993 VICTIM DATE OF DEATH: October 8th 2009 LOG EXPORT DATE: July 23rd 2012 MEDIUM OF NOTE: "SONIC 1991"; CD-RW disc

Okay, so I'm not sure if this is ever going to reach anyone back home on Earth, be it audio recording, text, whatever. But I still need to get this out there to warn people of the terror that we're all being targetted by that doesn't care for morality.

Sorry, I should really start out with introductions. My name is Thomas Wilson, or "Tom", as my friends know me by. I was around 16 before I ended up in this place, and it's more than likely that I'll remain 16 for all of eternity.

As my own friends know, I'm very big on classic SEGA games, especially those made on the SEGA Genesis. Alex Kidd, Altered Beast, Bonanza Bros., Columns, Shinobi, Sonic the Hedgehog... you name it, it was in my interests! I never really was a big Nintendo guy, especially with them still having their own consoles and SEGA not. Betting you a dollar that the ego they'll inevitably develop will cause problems for their customers further down the line.

So it all began when my parents had to go out shopping a couple of weeks ago, and I was asked to take care of the house while they were out. Nothing out of the ordinary; mainly getting the bins out for collecting, washing any dirty dishes... that sort of thing! Once I finished my chores, I decided to get out my Genesis/CD/32X kit to play a bit of Sonic CD to pass the time.

I was close to pulling off a time warp to the past in Tidal Tempest Zone 1, when I suddenly heard the doorbell ring, which threw me off and botched my attempt. With a sigh in frustration, I paused the game and went to check it out. I looked through the keyhole to check who was there, but there was nobody. Assuming it was just one of the kids doing doorbell pranks, I opened the door, though noticed an envelope left on the floor.

I was honestly confused, considering most people left letters in the mailbox at the front of our porch, and the envelope had no labelling as to who it was addressed to. I took it inside and decided to examine the contents. The only things in there were a CD-RW disc with "SONIC 1991" written in sharpie, and a folded piece of paper hidden within.

Now, you'd assume I'd take the disc and blindly throw it into my Windows XP PC, right? Well, nope. Instead, I chose to look at the paper first, assuming it contained instructions for whatever game was burned onto the disc. What I actually saw made me concerned - a letter addressed to me from my best friend, Kyle.

"Tom,

I'm not sure if you'll be able to read this, but I've not got a lot of time to explain. It's already too late for me and anyone else who used this CD, so I've had to send this to you. I beg of you, please destroy this god-forsaken disc! I can only hope you'll be more successful than me. Just... don't play the game within. It's what he wants...

If you do play it... you can't fight back, delete it or try to resist playing, because he will retaliate without mercy. I suffered greatly for it... nightmares about him plaguing me for days on end... I even tried to destroy it myself, but his influence and hold on me is absolute. I can only hope he's kinder to you than he was for me...

Please... - Kyle"

"Kyle...?" This made me worried immediately. I've never been a fan of horror games of any kind - always felt that they overdo the gore and suspense at every opportunity. I was not going to play whatever horror game lurked on that disc using the blue blur's title, so my first response was to hurry over to check on Kyle post-haste!

Kyle lived in an apartment complex not far from my house before this whole incident occurred, and I used to visit him frequently to catch up with him and learn about the stuff he enjoyed. When I got to the place today, though... the entire building's interior was a mess. I feared the worst right away, hurrying up to Kyle's apartment without any hesitation and opened the door without knocking. If my friend was in genuine danger, I could not afford common courtesy!

Inside, however... there was no sign of Kyle anywhere, nor his parents. The whole apartment was ransacked from top-to-bottom, and only a small patch of blood was left behind. I had a feeling that whoever was here before managed to get to Kyle and make it so I wouldn't find his body, and more than likely hid his parents away for massacring as well.

I felt awful that I couldn't be there for Kyle in time, but I didn't dwell on it for long. After all, I had a promise I needed to fulfill for my friend, and I knew that whatever software was on that CD, it was the cause of letting the killer find Kyle! I hurried back home and pulled out the CD, and got one of my dad's hammers to destroy the dreaded disc with.

As I was about to do so, however, my mind went into some kind of haze, causing me to drop the hammer and put the disc into my computer, which triggered an Autoplay function. As soon as I snapped out of it and realised what had happened, I cursed myself under my breath for going against my gut. After trying and failing to eject the disc, I just decided I had to get to the bottom of this.

The game opened on the Sonic 1 title screen, as if a PC port of the title I already had, but I already picked up right away that something was amiss, especially with Sonic. The inside of his pupils were as red as the banner, his mouth was absent, and the skin on his ears was just gray. This was not just some run-of-the-mill Sonic fangame, and I knew it, no matter how accurate the graphics looked.

Rather than pressing the Enter key, I remembered about the level select code for Sonic 1, and entered it in hopes that I could speed through the game and outwit whatever spyware lurked inside. However, when I did so, rather than a list of levels coming up, this screen (the only other screencap I bothered to take) appeared.

How the hell did this game get my name that fast? The spyware can't have kicked in that soon, right? Only thing I knew there was that, whoever Kyle's killer was, they had some kind of god complex and saw themselves as above anyone else. "Fine," I snarked in response to this. "I'll play along for now."

When I pressed Enter again, it just returned me to the title screen, so I let the Autodemos play out while I worked out a way of closing down this game. I tried the Alt+F4 command, but the game was still running. I tried Ctrl+Alt+Del, but the menu for opening Task Manager wouldn't open.

Fortunately, I remembered one more trick - holding down the power button on a computer for 5 seconds triggers an instant shutdown and turns off the PC while forcefully closing all running programs in the process. So that's what I did, and...

Poof! My computer indeed turned off! My plan actually worked! I breathed a sigh of relief, thankful I could outsmart this killer, though remembered the stuff I tried to use earlier. When I powered the PC back on, the game didn't load up immediately again, though the CD drive was jammed for some reason. In response, I just formatted the disc to get rid of the game on there before stashing dad's hammer back to ensure he wouldn't find anything amiss.

I still had a couple of hours before my parents came back, so I decided to head to the local police station to get some information on what happened to Kyle. As it turns out, he was far from the only victim. Several other people, most recently a non-binary kid named Alex, were also killed via whatever spyware was on that disc, and autopsies never found any fingerprints that tied to anybody. The killer must've thought ahead to cover their tracks.

I remembered that I formatted the disc in question, and I reassured the officers that if further developments came up, I'd let them know post-haste. I turned in the disc as the evidence of the crime, and found the game was connected to a version of it with the same name on the GameJolt website that got taken down a month before I received the latest copy. With that, I hoped that, now that the killer had lost all their major methods, things would start to get better again, right?

Wrong.

Over the next few days, I felt really sick, when I had no issues with my body that first day. Mom figured I came down with a viral infection, but couldn't pinpoint the cause, and made sure to get me medicine and support to help me continue through each day. Some days, I could barely stand up and needed to hold onto a wall or railing just to keep balanced.

Even my own computer couldn't provide me any solace. My files were getting messed with, and what I did was only a minor setback to the killer. Whoever they were, they got access to my MSN Messenger account and were using it to catfish unsuspecting people into playing that dratted game, thereby ensuring they could still kill people with it!

Yesterday was when I didn't have a "sick day", and at that point, I had had enough of this elaborate virus. Once my parents were out of the house again, I got to my PC and opened it up. "Okay, you heartless killer!" I barked at the screen as I went to open my antivirus. "I've had enough of your antics! SHOW YOURSELF, DAMN IT!" The second I hovered my cursor over the program, text suddenly appeared - the same lettering used for Sonic 1's "SONIC TEAM PRESENTS" and credits. I realised that the computer had somehow heard me!

"You want to face the embodiment of the universe’s negativity, do you?"

"Just know you made a big mistake opting to resist instead of playing along."

"Even now, many players are in my hands as new guests in my domain."

"You'll make a fine addition to my collection. But for now…"

"IT’S TIME TO FACE YOUR RETRIBUTION, THOMAS WILSON!"

After that last message, two familiar gloved hands grabbed the bottom of the screen as a full-screen "Sonic" let out a loud roar at me accompanied by flashing lights. I turned away from the screen and covered my ears... and then it all suddenly subsided, and my desktop was as normal as it ever had been... at least, for all of 20 seconds.

Suddenly, the taskbar kept bouncing to every side of my screen, and every pixel on there was turning into a haze of static until it enveloped my entire screen. Once it did, a gloved hand I recognised began reaching out of the screen... but it was red, my first sign that something was seriously amiss. Without hesitation, I stumbled away from the screen and watched as the true cause of this mess made itself known by pulling itself out of the screen.

It indeed resembled Sonic's shape, but there was too much amiss. One eye and both ears were as black as voids, with the eye having a glowing red... cross, I think it was? The other, while normal, had red sclera rather than Sonic's now-iconic green, and aside from the red gloves, the only other notable feature was that his shoes were now predominantly white and blue.

No wonder the cops couldn't find any leads. This... thing... is not some ordinary killer! It used that game as an outlet to claim so many people, Kyle included, and everything I did to halt it in its tracks was merely a setback for whatever it wanted! With no time to think, I began to flee as I heard its voice... a low, distorted voice that understood my language but didn't sound human in the slightest.

"You like playing this way? Very well, kid, let’s play your final game of hide and seek. Ready or not… HERE WE GO!"

I learned later that this creature adopted the name of "Toxinfect", and that its claim of embodying all negativity wasn't a bluff. But back to the present - I rummaged from room-to-room while avoiding its gaze, trying to find anything to use as a weapon against the infect. In the kitchen, I came across a knife I could use, but I knew it would not be enough to kill it. I threw it Toxinfect's way, and as expected, it merely slowed the creature down a bit.

As I rummaged in the attic, I managed to stumble across a USB cord that hadn't been used in a while. I smirked, having found the perfect tool to destroy the monster. Before I could pull it out, however, Toxinfect got in and grabbed me by the throat, causing me to drop the cord on a nearby table.

"Found you at last!" the infect declared. "You should’ve known that loyalty to Kyle would get you into trouble, one way or another. This would’ve never ended any other way. The moment I intercepted Earth, this was ALWAYS going to happen."

I summoned whatever strength I could to reach the USB cord as it boasted in my face.

"Now that we’re here, I have one final request… KEEP THIS INTERESTING FOR M-"

The second he got to that last sentence, I used every inch of my adrenaline, grabbed the cord and smashed the connector straight into Toxinfect's "good" eye, causing it to shatter, alongside a good portion of its face, and forcing it to release its grip on me as it reeled backwards.

Unfortunately, I wasn't in the clear yet. Toxinfect was pushing all the borders of insanity, cackling with more glee than I ever saw it do, as reality around me was beginning to distort! It then yelled out three words that let me know I had to get out of the house immediately!

"I'LL KILL YOU!!!"

I was genuinely horrified, making a leap out of the attic and ignoring any injuries as I bolted to the front door! I could hear that thing gaining on me while my house distorted further, making me feel like everything I knew was going to collapse any second! I just wanted to escape from the house and never come back! But just as I got to the door, with ferocious inhuman screeching catching up with me... I suddenly lost consciousness...

...

The next thing I remembered, I woke up in a dark cavern, feeling dizzy from what had happened. And I felt... different. Like my body wasn't my own. I rubbed my eyes as I got to my feet, noticing I was wearing white gloves and shoes, alongside blue f... "Hang on..." I thought to myself.

I got up to survey the cave AND my body, and just across from me was a mirror... that highlighted that I didn't look like me anymore - I looked like Sonic! That creature managed to claim me, but... why am I like this? Guess that's one thing I won't learn just by sitting around. Under said mirror was a letter, not unlike Kyle's own. I picked it up and had a look at it. It read:

"Thomas Wilson,

Welcome to your eternal abode. You will never make it back to your human body again… as there’s now no body for you to return to. You will rot in this domain for the rest of your days. It doesn’t matter whether you try to save whoever else falls to me or not. Your time is finally up, and you have lost the fight. Gaze into the sapphire suns, for your will is eternally mine.

Game Over.

Thanks for playing.

- TI"

I growled in frustration, ripping the latter and kicking the mirror to crack it open, before I began to wander out of the cave. When I came out, I shielded my eyes a bit from the sunlight, and the area around me seemed... normal. Golden beach, blue waters, green grass... But knowing Toxinfect, it won't allow it to stay that way for very long.

I can already tell from here that I've got a long road ahead of me. Because Toxinfect erased my body after trapping my soul here, there's no way I'll ever be able to return to Earth... but that will not stop me from helping others do the same! If I can't go home, I'm going to make damn well sure that those who are more fortunate than me can go back home, no matter what!

Like I said, I don't know if this log I've made recalling my experience will reach Earth in any way, but if it does, I want you to take what you've heard/read as a warning - please, be as kind a person as you can. Negativity of any kind fuels its strength, and as much as I refuse to associate it with any pronouns... I'll give it only one thing worthy of credit.

It is smart, and will more than likely not use the same way of claiming unsuspecting victims forever. And it doesn't always use the ".exe" application handle, either. For all I know, it could breach into iMacs or even Linux operating systems, but as long as you never make contact with any medium or software that seems even the slightest bit off, you should be alright.

With that, I've had my chance at preparing myself, so now I've got work to do. I doubt I'll ever make another log, but I still advise all of you listening slash reading to be careful. I wish you all the best of luck.

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As for back on Earth, people say that Tom merely vanished without a trace, as had his parents. Some say they just went on an indefinite vacation, though they started doubting that after enough time had passed, and the rumour changed to them having moved out entirely. Others believed that the Infect managed to claim them as well.

Whatever happened, there's only one thing that was known for certain - the only thing left in the now-abandoned house... was a peculiar-looking plush of Sonic that resembled Toxinfect, sitting on Tom's former bed.

Will they accept His new haven? Probably not, but either way… they must keep this interesting for him, lest they face their final curtain call. Hopefully they can remember to take a breather along the way…

(If you've enjoyed what you read, you can check out the official lore made so far for Toxinfect here!: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vrIT7MDnD7hRgRNVaR98JpF76vkvNTBBkY1A_nvjkNQ/edit?usp=sharing)

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