'It's been a while, huh?'
These word came into his thoughts as the young ivory male stood by the door of his room. He could hear the busy bustling of the SEGA workers. The new game, Sonic Boom, will be released soon and people were getting a make-over; Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Eggman, even Shadow gets to be in it
and him?
nope.
not at all..
He remembered when he was first created by SEGA, he heard that they had big plans for him. And when he was "born" or materialized, they told him that they'd feature him in many games to come, since he had the most interesting powers out of all of them
But after the failure known as Sonic '06, SEGA never kept their promise.
Silver sighs and went back inside. He lay on his bed, just staring on the ceiling
Had the game he debuted not failed, he would have so much more opportunities to be in more games; but fate had planned otherwise. After that disaster, SEGA told him that he should just stand by for any further announcements. But what his bosses didn't know is that they heard them saying they'd put him off from a main game. This disheartened the boy since he was promised big plans for him.
'At least I was in both Rivals games' the young boy tried to be optimistic but still, it was 2D and he didn't get to talk. Sure there were dialogues and everything but still..
"Oh, why do I have the least fans? Why do people hate me? Is there anything I can do to please them? heh.. what am I thinking? Even SEGA lost their faith in me.. I am technically retconned for all I know.." he laughed "I asked if I could be in Boom and Boss said 'we'll think about it'. Face it Silver.. you're useless to the company now" the young teen told himself
Silver remembers SEGA making him part of their games, but they are mostly just appearances, trophies and whatnot, and he was glad they did that, but Silver knew he can do so much more and felt bad when SEGA was thinking so little of him. He never made it in any of the main game series in a long time!
And whenever he remembers the words of his boss it always made him cry
~flashback~
"Hey Silver good news! You're going to be in the Olympic games"
"r-really sir?" the ivory boy asked, his eyes filled with so much hope. After a year of the disaster, he can finally redeem himself
"you heard us, we made a contract with Nintendo for a partnership and you along with the rest will be part of the game where you partake in competitions"
"alright! I can't wait for it sir!"
Silver was so excited.. until..
"Umm.. listen Silver, we.. uhh.. we decided to take your code away from the Beijing Olympic Games.. Something happened and we had to compromise.. We're sorry" his boss sounded so apologetic
"but.. why me? why couldn't it have been Tails, or Amy, or Vector or somebody else?"
"We talked about it and we think that.. for the better good, we had to remove you from the game. But next time we promise you'll be in it"
And it keeps on happening
"Silver the hedgehog, go to the fitting room and get yourself fitted for a knight armor; you're going to be part of the Sonic and the Black Knight game!"
"For real Sir?"
"Yes, but you won't be part of the main story, you're going to be an unlockable character"
"oh" Silver simply stated, albeit quite disappointed "Sir, why am I always an unlockable character? Why can't I be in the main story? Blaze gets to be in the main story, so why can't I?"
"Oh come on now Silver, don't be selfish; Jet will be in it but he is also an unlockable character. We always make you an unlockable character because you are special. We are still planning how you'll get your comeback" The boss smiled genuinely at him "Now, run along and get fitted. By the way, your name will be Galahad in the story"
"Alright Sir" he went out the door
"ughh... Boss, stop giving the boy false hope! He's never gonna be in a main game where he's playable!"
The boss slammed his fist against the office table "I know alright?! I know he's useless to us now but I just don't want him to end up like Mighty! I'd rather have him live a lie than know the truth!"
These words reached the ivory hedgehog's ears as he was still standing out the office door. Tears fell from his golden eyes down to his cheeks as he ran to his room.
~End Flashback~[/b]
Silver wiped the tears forming in his eyes, sighed, then smiled. Sonic Generations was his saving grace; he was beyond happy when he took part in it. He was a boss battle and gave his 100% best at it. After that... he was never used again.
He was thinking about doing something, but he always stops himself because he hopes that things will get better and he will have the opportunities he was promised. Silver remembered hearing rumors about this one character who deleted his own code, but he highly doubted such a thing was even possible. As the years went by however, the thought was becoming more and more possible, and more welcoming.
Silver had been scared before, but now.. he has made up his mind. He waited until everyone went to sleep and carefully snuck out of his room and crept through the empty hallway until he reached the computer room (at least he found the computer room immediately XD)
Using his powers for what could be the last time, he disabled all of the security lasers and cameras and went inside. He searched for his file.
The young teen was about to give when he finally came across a file that said Silver_the_hedgehog.exe
'This is it' Silver thought. He dragged the mouse pointer over to it, his hands shaking in the process. Was he hesitating?
Pressing the right mouse button, Silver hovered at the delete option. Was this really all worth it? It seemed like a good idea at first but now that he was actually here; no.. he made up his mind. SEGA is doing fine without him, and his boss himself even said that he is useless.
With that he clicked delete
and he began to bleed
"AAAAAAAAAGHHH!! W-WHA?" he looked over at his arm and he could see wounds forming as he was slowly depixelating. The pain was horrible as the file continued to delete.
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Silver doesn't know how long he has been in there, but his voice became hoarse from the screaming, he just sat there with a look of defeat on his face, but there was also, relief?
The snow-furred male chuckled as he placed his hand over the grievous wound on his abdomen, his hand covered in the thick red liquid.
"I may be in pain.. but this is better than living and not have a pur-pose" he managed to cough out the words
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Silver just sat there, a weak smile on his bloody face " heh. I c'ld feel my.. my insides d'spearing.. its k'nd 'f... f'nny..he..he..he...*haack* oh...man.."
Shutting his amber eyes shut, he began thinking about the others that he'll leave behind
Oh man, they're probably going to hate me for this but... but then again... I'm sure th-they won't realize I'm gone.. They don't really care 'bout me do they... I'll.. I'll be forgotten and I won't be missed.. No one's gonna miss me... majority of the fans hate me so.. I'm doing all of them a favor
He opened his eyes and looked at the screen
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Using the remainder of his strength, he began writing on the wall using his blood
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Silver the hedgehog grinned.. He was so weak now and his pain is so close to ending.. Most of his body has depixelated and he was barely visible now
"good bye.... cruel life" he uttered as his last words.
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Silver exploded into a million pixels that vanished; removing any evidence of his existence, along with the writing on the wall
Error 404: Silver_the_hedgehog not found
