So a hedgehog and a tenrec walk onto a creepy island

[heyyourenotsonic]

Who: Amy Rose and Surge the Tenrec.
Status: Closed.
Where: Thirst Trap Island
What: Searching for missing ships and crews and generally trying not to die.
Warnings: Violence, blood, zombies, body horror. A little angst for delicious spice.



[ Now that things have gone back to normal (as normal as things can be around here, at least) for the most part, Amy is happy to be out and about. She's been doing little things here and there for money, but when this particular thing came up, she knew she had to do it. Even without a monetary incentive, she would have come to the aid of those in need; and anyone who has gone missing should definitely be found and rescued. It's why she wanders the beach of this uncharted territory now, keeping to herself as she looks around.

The first thing she notices is the weird vibe this island gives off. For a few moments, she wraps her arms around herself and rubs the tops of her shoulders; it's not really chilly, it's just... a feeling.

She doesn't linger long, though. It's basically a ghost town... beach? There's not a lot here, except for the chilling sight of wreckage everywhere, from many a ship. Definitely not a good sign. The pink hedgehog glances up as the gentle fall of rain begins, and for a few moments, she simply stares up into the sky, before she heaves a sigh and shakes her head. ]

Something's wrong with this place.... hnngh. Get it together, Amy -- there's more important things to worry about right now.

[ She huffs and gives her cheeks a few pats, before she takes a deep breath and begins to venture further up the beach, leaving the waves of the ocean behind as she begins to investigate one of the wrecked ships. It looks like it's been there for quite a while -- it's decaying for sure, and she steps through the a gaping, rotted hole in the hull of the large wooden vessel, yelping as the wood beneath her right foot caves and she nearly falls. She barely manages to catch herself before she bites the dust. ]

Oof--!

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[heyyourenotsonic]

[ Amy looks relieved when Surge joins her in the cramped space. It's a temporary reprieve, mostly because the water is slowly but steadily rising, and the sound of giggling mingling with the groans of the adult male and female below make this less than ideal. But for now, they are safe. But it's just temporary.

Amy looks up at the rotting wood above them. There's not enough room for her to swing, but there are other ways. She turns her hammer handle-side-up, and begins to ram it hard into the wood above. ]

I don't... I don't know. I thought this was a rescue mission... when I went to check out a different wreck, there were corpses there, too. This mission is dead in the water. [ She winces at her own words. ] ...literally. And we are, too, if we don't get out. Well. You, at least. You've gotta get out of here.

[ Because Amy's already wet. She hasn't actually drank the water, but she is soaked through with rain, so, she's already assuming that whatever is going to happen to her now isn't going to be anything good. She turns her focus to the splintering wood above, and she uses her leg to scoot the glass frame over to Surge as it begins to crack open. ]

Use this to cover yourself so you don't get wet or uh, woody. This is gonna come down in a sec--

[ A small hole has formed, revealing muted sunlight; filtered by the heavy clouds above the island. Which means Surge needs to get under that glass, because all it's going to take is one more hard hit from Amy until their temporary roof caves on open and lets in water. ]

Get ready to go.

[tenrectricity]

Me?

[ it's all moving too fast for her, she's staring at the hedgehog who seems to be putting herself behind everything. what does surge need to go first for? the tenrec looks at amy for a brief moment before looking at the location she's supposed to go through then down to the glass frame.

from the sound of things and what this girl is trying to do, the tenrec shakes her head. ]

No way, I'm not gunna be responsible for your stupidity!

[ the only one she's responsible for is herself and kit, everyone else is a liability to her. that's why she crosses her arms to look away, and then down to see where the water levels are rising below. it'll drown them out if they don't get to moving, and surge will make the girl move. ]

You and your friends always choose the worst options ever, I can get out, you go first.

[ amy doesn't know, but surge is capable, not as pathetic as she was the first few times they've met in person. it's why she's confident that she doesn't need this at all. ]

[heyyourenotsonic]

You.

[ Amy pokes a hole through the wood above, and then hanks the end of her hammer back out, repeating the process until the hole gets bigger and bigger. Big enough to where Surge and her glass frame can get out, at least. She pauses mid-hit to look back over at the other girl. ]

You're not responsible for me period.

[ As she pulls her hammer back down the last time, she squints up at the cloudy sky above, before she looks back at Surge for a moment. ]

I told you, I'm not going with you. I'm staying.

[ She means that, too. She glances back down at the rising water, noticing the family is stumbling around beneath them, all of them... except for the eyes that peer up at them from the depths below. Way more than just one pair; they're watching, waiting for the water to rise so they can come and get their prey and drag them back down. One of the smaller, child like corpses is already pulling itself onto the table Surge had been standing up on, its water logged, yellow eyes staring up at the two intently. ]

I don't know what's happening, but if I'm going to turn into that, [ She jerks a thumb down to the horrors lurking beneath them. ] I'd rather do it here and far away from you or anyone else, the last thing you need is to get hurt, and I don't want to be responsible for that either, thanks.

[tenrectricity]

Are you stupid?

[ is she dumb, does she want to die? turn into that? who says she's going to become that at all? it's enough to irritate surge, the girl staring at the hedgehog trying to find it in the look the other has in her eyes why. what does it matter if she gets hurt, it's not like amy should care about that since all her friends do is try and hurt surge. ]

You have to be, get you fill of hurting me now free! You're used to this, what's stopping you!? So come the hell on, you go through and I'll find my own way out.

[ why does surge want her to leave, well, like before. she doesn't want to be the blame that everyone points fingers at. she gets enough of that already, and then kit will be blamed by proxy all because of the water issue she's suffering from. the tenrec takes a step closer towards the girl. ]

I know you hate taking responsibility.

[ as much as surge has complained, has blamed them, it's only fair that she should. what gives amy the right to avoid this too? she can hear the cry of a child, then a giggle, and when she peers down from where she came before there's a child with the umbilical cord still attached, rotted and in various colors.

it calls for its mother, reaching up hoping to get closer. ]

[heyyourenotsonic]

Why would I hurt you? What reason would I have to do that? There's really only one person I've ever wanted to hurt, and that's Eggman. And he's not here. So why do you constantly think I'm out to get you? I don't want to hurt you, or anyone else.

[ This girl doesn't listen, does she? How many times does she have to repeat herself? It's getting old, and it's getting old quick. ]

Please listen to me. I don't WANT to hurt you, I don't WANT to turn into that, and I don't want to combine those two things and hurt you if that does happen. I'm going to leave, but after you do and after you get far enough away from me just in case something happens. Anyways, shouldn't you be happy? If the worst case scenario does happen, you'd be rid of me for good. That's what you want anyways, isn't it?

[ Amy also looks down, casting the undead child an extremely tired look. She feels bad still for this kid, these people... but she doesn't feel bad enough not to take her hammer and casually reach down and shove that kid right off the table and back into the water. ]

Nope. You stay right there, kid.

[ She pulls her hammer back up and then looks back at Surge, who, for right now, is the more important priority. ]

If I don't turn into one of those things and we meet again, I want to know your story. I want to try and understand, because right now? I feel extremely out of the loop when it comes to your and your friend. When I told you before that you and I had never met, I wasn't lying. So, if we meet again after this, I want to know everything, and I want to hear it from you. Not Sonic, not Tails, you.

[ She looks back up at the hole she made, before she wearily gestures at it. ]

You need to get going. I'll follow after once you're at a safe distance, but you gotta go.

[tenrectricity]

You don't get it at all.

[ surge's voice is sharp, raising from what it was before, any sorrow that was in her voice is mixed with anger and displeasure. she's shaking at the prospect of how dare anyone tell her what to do. she's tired of it. she's sick to her stomach. ]

All you all do is tell me what I should be doing. Who I can't hurt, who hasn't hurt me. How dare you tell me to leave when you're going to try and die here!? [ does amy take her for a fool, does she think that surge isn't smart? as hard as life has been, she knows when people are making suicidal decisions, her entire life has been that decision within itself. ]

You're STUPID. I HATE YOU.

[ how many times has she told amy these exact words, maybe it's easy to hate. it always have been, during his manipulation, during her moments of realization, it's simply that it's able to condense her anger and insecurity somewhere that isn't happiness. she doesn't know why this specific person always manages to do something wrong to upset her, it's not as bad as sonic because she can keep some conversation, but amy always knows what to say to tap into that hate of hers. ]

Don't tell me what I want, I know what I want!

[ the crying child that rises with the water below, how it makes it up to the cracks, inflated flesh of an arm thumping onto the worn wood by surge's foot. water drips, the weather outside only becoming harsher as the wind picks up. surge lifts her foot, and as the child's head comes up, the tenrec's shoe comes down, crushing the creature with a nasty pop that stains her pants and splashes red and black onto the floor.

a flash of light covers her body, white and blue sparks starts to circle around her as her body is unable to hold it in. the girl's eyes become brighter than ever before, nothing like amy saw before when they had dulled, this is like something is living wild within surge. she smacks her hands together, sparks shooting off and disappearing. it's like a machine that's close to exploding, but rather than smoke coming off of her, it's simply sparks as flashes of lights dance across the metal circles of her wrist.

the electricity manages to hit the water by their feet, popping and crackling loudly almost like a storm. there's reasons why she can't listen to amy, not only because no one tells surge what to do anymore, it's because there's something of a goal she's crafted ever since deciding to kill sonic. she'll end the cycle in her own way. surge steps forward, electricity bouncing off wildly now as a a current of it engulfs her inside body hiding her within a shame of blueish white.

if she wants to know about surge, then she has to play by surge's way. how dare she say that surge can explain herself, but also say in another breath how this is how surge will get rid of her. if surge kills her, it'll be by her own methods that she chooses herself. this isn't anything orchestrated by her, this isn't what she wants. don't lie to her, don't act like she wants to understand surge's pain if she's so keen on dying. ]

I WANT TO BE A HERO AND I'M NOT GUNNA LET YOU RUIN IT!

[ the metal piercings of her attire glow brighter than herself, indicating that the electricity must be tuning with this specific jewelry. in her eyes, the iris gains a zig-zag pattern that hangs off the edge, and the bumps along her bracelet eject like antennae, an electrical current lights up a bright blue as a massive strike of electricity leaves from surge's body and explodes directly onto amy's own body, considering she's wet from falling in the water and hasn't dried properly, the electrical flow swallows here easily.

whatever creatures are close to them are also damaged by the attack, their bodies kissed with electrical strikes and their bodies exploding upon impact. the surge manages to light up the area, a bright spark that depending on where people are placed can probably see from a distance. because this only lasts for so long, ejecting that much energy only results in all that surge has kept in herself leaves the girl empty, knees dropping to the ground as smoke wafts off of her, tears building in the corner of her eyes, until lids shut, the front of her face pitched black as she drops against the ground. ]

[heyyourenotsonic]

No, I don't get it, you're right.

[ Seriously, HOW many times does Amy have to confess that? Every time she and Surge come face to face, it's the same thing over and over again. The arguments, the yelling. It's not pleasant for either party involved, which is why Amy has done her damn best to avoid the tenrec the last several days. She legitimately doesn't know how to deal with Surge, and that's because she knows next to nothing about the other girl.

And here it comes again, the 'you're stupid, I hate you' line. It doesn't upset Amy anymore, not like it had the first few times. She's used to it from Surge now and has come to honestly expect it. So when it finally comes, the pink hedgehog simply closes her eyes. ]

I know you do, I know. I'm sorry you feel that way, Surge.

[ The other girl is more agitated than she's ever seen her, though. Her eyes flick back to the green girl, watching in both amazement and confusion as sparks of electricity begin to build not only around her, but ON her. That's a new trick, one she's not seen Surge use before -- including her eyes. Huh. ]

H-Hey, no one is trying to--!

[ 'take that away from you' is what she wants to end it with. But she can't. She literally can't even speak, because the electricity that had been crawling off of Surge sparks and ignites, and all Amy can see is white. It hurts; it hurts a LOT but after a few seconds she goes numb, and everything goes black. Amy slumps, unconscious -- the last thing she thinks she can hear is another thump. But who knows. ]

[kitsunami]

[ it doesn't take long for kitsunami to reach them.

he would recognize that flash of light anywhere—a jolt of white, almost bluish electricity that struck through the sky like lightning. whatever he was doing before doesn't matter. in an instant, his hydro-coil tails are pushing him towards his destination.

what's left of the babies has been torn apart by the overcharge, and it doesn't take long for kit to come across two unconscious bodies.

naturally, the green one is the one he approaches first, picking up surge with a shaky voice. ]

Surge—Surge, are you okay?

[ if she doesn't answer, he'll leave here and now. ]

[tenrectricity]

[ she's a little out of it, her body overheated and weak, but she manages mumbles enough so that whoever is nearby can hear. besides, the tenrec can hear her name called, she knows who it is, so he request will be followed through either way. it's just the moving that hurts, but one hand comes to kit's shoulder with a weak hold. ]

Get her... out... I'll ...fine...

[ surge will be fine, it just takes... time, but it hurts to move. the water below is still building up, but not as fast as it was... perhaps the creatures here were causing the water to move at a quick pace? ]

[kitsunami]

[ kit hears what she's asking, but honestly a frown is pulling at his lips. still... he's not one to disobey a direct order from surge, so once she's able to get to her feet, kit will make his way to amy, pulling her into his arms.

it isn't difficult to leave the area with kit's skills in consideration, the water bending away where they pass. it's only when he and surge are leaving the location, amy left resting on the doorstep, that kit pulls out his shellphone. ]