This Scratch project is a part of a story series. You can read the story down below in the "Notes and Credits".
{Setting: Crisis City} A glow illuminates a store as Silver shifts some debris away to reveal many busted cans on the floor, but manages to find two still in tact. Picking them up, he scopes them out before continuing his search, but he eventually only leaves the building with the cans and a bottle of water. Silver: *goes to open the can as his quills glow, but his ear turns when he hears a scream* ! *turns towards the sound* In the distance, a woman cries out, but soon she becomes muddled by strange screeches and roars. Silver listens briefly, then soars off in the direction of the chaos. Turning into a street, he gasps in surprise at the sight of monsters filling the road, further destroying the city. A group are crowding around a woman, who is desperately trying to swing a pipe to keep them away, but to no avail. In an instant, Silver swoops in. Grabbing up a car frame with his powers to slam it into a duo of Iblis biters. Others attempt to pounce on him, but he dodges and hurls chucks of debris at the beasts. The monsters who had initially paid the lady no mind become drawn in by the fight, locking onto Silver. Iblis worms dive into the ground, and launch up from the street after him. Iblis fliers dive bomb the hedgehog with their talons open. Silver: PSYCHO BLAST! Energy erupts from Silver’s body, striking all the monsters around him, eliminating the fliers and knocking back the worms. The woman is flung to the ground and puts herself over something, then watches with wide eyes as Silver continues to destroy the monsters all on his own, soon clearing out the entire street. Once it becomes quiet, Silver lands band onto his and pants as he tries to catch his breath after the heavy power output. Silver: Whew… *his quills lower, but he straightens himself back up and turns to the lady cowering nearby on the ground* …are you alrigh—? *starts to approach her* Woman: ! *sits up and clutches something* GET AWAY FROM ME! Silver: *stops in place* Hey, calm down! I don’t want to hurt— … *stares into her eyes and sees a familiar look of pure terror in them, a look he’s seen many times before* …mmh…hm? *looks at what she’s holding* In her arms is a young child, barely visible with his tattered cloak shielding his body and head. His little dirt ridden face barely peers through the hood. Though he’s clearly also fearful, there’s a hint of curiosity as he looks at Silver. Silver: … *awkwardly looks off, then his ears raise again* A far greater roar pierces the silence, shaking the entire area. The woman hugs the boy while Silver steadies himself. Once the sound and rattling fades, Silver turns right for it with a strange glimmer in his eyes. To Silver’s confusion, a sense of deja vu comes over him, as a fire sparks in his chest, and something presses at his back, pushing him towards the horrific bellow. Silver: . . . *glances at the lady again* Woman: *turning pale with a petrified gaze of recollection* W-why…why has it come back?! Silver: Huh? Wait, do you know what it is— what’s come back? Can you tell me what’s going on? His questions go unnoticed as the poor woman becomes overwhelmed with fear again, simply cradling her child as she whimpers. Silver: *frowns with a somber look at the sight, then carefully approaches a few more steps to set the cans and bottle of water down* Boy: *watches as Silver glows, and the cans appear to magically open on their own* ! He then sees Silver step back, and fly off into the sky, headed towards a distant growing fire storm. Wiggling to get his Mother’s attention, she notices as he reaches for the rations. On his journey, Silver finds himself weaving through powerful tornados of fire. They grab up cars, shipping containers, whole chunks of buildings and more to hurl it back out at a blinding speed. Barely dodging those obstacles, he becomes unable to continue flying, so Silver lands onto the streets, but gets bombarded by more monsters taking form around him. As he fights them though, he takes notice of his psychic energy replenishing. Eventually…after following where his heart has led him, Silver finds himself breaking into the eye of the storm. There, a towering beast stands in a lake of lava, and wreaks havoc on the surrounding area. Its clawed hands dig into buildings and rip them down. Fire erupts from its mouth and bathes a city block. Silver stands atop a skyscraper and watches. A look of disgust on his face soon shifts to fury as he continues to witness the senseless destruction. Unknown to him, his formerly blank gaze…becomes illuminated by passion once again. This passion drives him to fight. And for an entire year, the little hedgehog took on Iblis alone, but eventually that would change…and everything soon after would start to fall into place.
