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; Almost 10 Years After Venice & Florence’s Passing} A small fire crackles and pops inside of a rotting building, with a gapping hole in the side of the room letting the smoke flow out. Silver sits in front of the fire on an old cushion, with stuffing bursting from a large rip in the side of it. He holds the end of a bandage tightly in his mouth to keep it taut as he wraps the rest around his arm. After tending to his injury he releases a sigh, then tosses a piece of wood into his fire. The glow illuminates the room, revealing markings on the wall with a doodle of Iblis above them. The lines are too numerous, stretching across the wall and fading into the darkness. By Silver’s side, leaned against the cushion, is a tattered magazine depicting a beach, with a blue sky and puffy white clouds above it. Nearby on the floor are other reading material scattered about. Silver: *staring at the flames in front of him blankly* … *leans and digs through a grocery bag on the other side of his cushion, then pulls out a protein bar* He goes to open it, but stops when a deep roar rings out from the distance. The young hedgehog’s quills raise as his snout instantly scrunches. Silver: *thinks: It’s back already?!* Argh… *picks himself up and looks out into the city with narrowing eyes* … *glances at his marked wall, then away from it* …you never know if this could be the one to end it all. *takes in a deep breath, then flies out into the city* Nearby, something hops from rooftop to rooftop, then stops to watch Silver fly off into the distance. A girl collie about the hedgehog’s age, holding herself low as her fluffy tail flicks back and forth close to the ground, observes his path with concern. Nova: *thinks out loud as she takes a few more steps forward* Gosh, I hope this strange shift I’m sensing isn’t him about to get himself killed. He already got injured earlier— what’s he doing going after Iblis AGAIN so soon? Not like this fight will end any differently than the last… She tries to count on her fingers, then stops and her eyes dart about as she thinks, but she visibly becomes flustered and huffs in defeat. Nova: …augh. I don’t know anymore. I’ve been watching him for too long, but Mephiles needs him for some reason…so gotta make sure he’s still gonna live to make it to that point. Nothing’s certain anymore with all these odd shifts in the timeline. Nova clenches the rings dangling from chains on her neck and her eyes glow bright orange. She readies herself, then bounds off the roof and continues her pursuit after Silver. Miles later, Silver bursts through savage winds to reach the eye of the storm, where Iblis’ rampage is taking place. Multiple structures already lay in smoldering ruin. Without wasting any time, Silver grabs a chunk of building with his powers and hurls it into the monster’s back. A furious growl comes from Iblis as it turns its attention. Silver: *lands onto a street and grips his fist as he glares right back at the demon* I’m going to make you regret showing your face again! Nova catches herself on the side of a tilted skyscraper's antenna just as Iblis hurls its flaming rocks right for Silver. The collie perches on the structure to watch the conflict. Silver intercepts Iblis’ attack, and throws the magma rocks in one big cluster back at the beast. The two powerful beings repeatedly exchange attacks, with Iblis ripping up a building to swing at Silver, but the hedgehog dodges. Iblis smashes the building down and Silver grabs its pieces to pelt the demon’s armor. Iblis rocky exterior around part of its flowing lava body begin to break from the onslaught, and the beast wails at each hit. And though Silver’s making great progress… Nova: *worried look as she peers at the hedgehog* … Silver: *panting, and occasionally gritting his teeth as he touches his injured arm he keeps moving around* Nova: *thinks: He didn’t let himself rest long enough. What should be an easy fight with how quickly Iblis reformed is giving him way more trouble than it should be.* Silver: *sighs and flexes his wrists, then goes to grab up more debris—* Rearing its head up, Iblis releases a piercing roar, and from the flames swirling around the city, Iblis’ minions take form, surrounding Silver. Biters bark at the young hedgehog and start to circle. Worms hiss at him as their bodies sway, towering over his small stature. And the golems pound their fists together, as some ready their attacks, lifting up large flaming rocks. Silver: *glances at all the enemies* … *smirks as sweat runs down his face* Heh…you think that’ll be enough to stop me? Iblis biters dash towards Silver. The hedgehog leaps back as the worms shoot their attacks, and catches them to slam the spiked balls of magma into the biters. With a BOOM! they explode into ash.
