This is something that only appeared in the prototype of the comic
It was all started from this-
I screamed out your name as I chased the darkness that kidnapped you and pulled you away. You reached out your hand even though you know struggling didn't help anything and you cried- which I would kill the one who made your cried when I found him. But the darkness was very quick at swallowing you down…
"Sonic! I'm coming! I'm coming for you!"
Five years later as I awoke
The prototype of the ultimate life form- Biolizard was destroyed by our teamwork. And as a result, the Ark was crashing towards the earth as it was planned. Now there was only two minutes left for its crash. Earth, for me it has no feelings but a damn planet. But as I remembered my only friend, she wanted to go and see when she was feeling better and therefore, she loved it. Unfortunately, she died saving me before she had the chance to visit this beautiful planet.
And this planet is very important to everyone who lived there. And you looked at me and said "Let's do this!" with a smile on our faces andyou made the conclusion and we all accepted to do what we must do:
"We can't let them down! CHAOS CONTROL!"
As we blasted out a huge amount of energy, the teleport transferred the Ark to somewhere else not crashing down to the planet. But at the same time to transfer this huge kind of object, I had to put away my inhibitor rings to unleash the power that equals to it sized. And that drained my power off. But my mission was completed. As my power drains, my time has come. So that,Maria… is this… enough?I have done my purpose…now that I have fulfilled my promise… it is time to join you there, Maria.
But as I closed my eyes, I opened them once because of you.
"Hey! Faker!" You said as you reached out your hand to me. I wondered what that was for. I wondered… "Sonic?"
You used one finger to twirl the inhibitor rings near and grabbed them as you flew to me.
"Come on! Be happy for once! We did it!
"You need these, right?" You asked as you gave me those rings. "Let's head back home as you can thank me later."And you thumbed up and smiled kindly. I just didn't understand… why Sonic… why? I thought as I felt that my blood flushed to my cheeks.
I looked at the planet, it is blue as you but, I wondered, why are you so nice to me? I held my hand out but as I remembered that I had nothing to do as my purpose was done other than death and the reunion with my friend in another world, I held my hand back and looked away, since I am not going to use that again.
"I don't need them." I narrowed my eyes and looked at you again. You were shocked "What?" But there was no surprise for me. Because it is not like what I going to live and there is nothing to live for, because the time has come. "What's the point? I'm going to die here anyways."
You were more stunned by the word 'die': "Die?" I didn't hear you say it but I could be so sure that you were frightened by that word from your face expressions.
I had been living for damn 50 years more since I woke up a couple days ago… or not. Then you seemed want to get the conversation better so you held my hand:
"Whoa there, emo hog! My head hurts…" you whispered the last words as you were like frustrated at talking to me when you used two of your fingers squeezed the area between your eye brows. …did you just say to my face I'm an emo hog? I supposed my expression must be 0[ ]0 "Are you stupid? You just can't die!" You gave a little laugh before you continued: "Stop joking around stop joking around!"This time you smiled with a bit of worry.
Joking… did you just say I was joking? I was outrage, but at the same time as I let it out, I calmed down. But from my tune I could sense that I was keeping my temper…no longer.
"You just don't get it."
MY DAMN TIME OF SLEEPING, WAKING UP AND FILLED WITH HATRED, AND DIE FOR THE PROMISE I MADE IN THESE DAMN YEARS WERE NO JOKE! You just don't get it. As much as I was stunned when you said me an EMO hog which was WHAT THE HELL? I have emotions than those emotionless fools! Or… more than you know! And it's my own choice whether I should die or should not!
"I don't joke." I said cruelly as I balled up the hand that was held by you and snapped your hand as a withdrawal. You seemed a little worried but still no idea for what I did.
"Shadow? What's the matter with you?"
A flash of cold light went through my eyes as I grumble, in angered before I busted: "What the hell is wrong with you? I'm worried that all that kindness had blinded your judgments. LOOK AT ME! I'M A MONSTER! I'M JUST LIKE THAT THING WE KILLED!"
And then I started to explain my miserable past. As far as I remember clearly, I was an experiment made by the hands of the greatest scientist, Prof Robonik. He created me was only to find a cure for his dear granddaughter's disease. She was a very and only close friend of mine even she was having that terrible disease1. She was nice, lovely and as a result, she was the only person I cared about… but, in the end I just was a killing machine as soon as G.U.N2 found out about me and so they came to the Ark and arrested and attacked people in the Ark. And even the girl, my dear friend, her name was Maria.
I will never, never forget that fateful but damned day.
Maria reached her hand out to the handle of releasing the capsule that I was trapped inside. But as soon as she reached it, a G.U.N soldier came and called her stopped.
"Hey! Stop right there!"
I was stunned, what was she doing? She closed her eyes in remorse before a clear voice of gun rang up. My eyes widened horribly as I watched the bullet went through her chest, the blood started to come out and she fell.
BANG!
"MARIA!"
My scream echoed as tears dropped from her eyes but she was smiling. At the same time, the computer said it started to count down for instate- instated the escape pod… what?
"NO!" She died helping me escape. If I don't do anything quick, Maria is going to die! I WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN! I thought before I raised my fist to punch through the glass but it was so hard and I just made it shattered a little, only.
"Maria!" The computer started to count to one from five. I cursed and wondered,why won't this glass break? I was panting as I was exhausted from the failures of breaking the glass at the same time my knuckles were bleeding as the red sports on my white gloves were getting larger and larger, a really horrible sight and painful, but the pain wasn't as worse as the pain of my torn heart. As I was thinking what I shall do to break that glass suddenly, I was then pulled back by Maria, who sighed:
"Ah…I guess I won't be going to Earth with you, Shadow…"
And of course, I tried to save her too and it would be better without that damn glass between us. The machine counted to four as I screamed out "Maria! NO!" very loudly. I couldn't do anything but watching her dying out on the floor, slowly, painfully… and the countdown had three seconds left. I cursed myself for my uselessness- I couldn't keep my only and best friend safe!
"Please…no …damn it…DAMN IT ALL!"
Tears finally streamed down from my closed eyes as I screamed in despair. And they dropped to the bottom of the capsule. But I just couldn't, why… you suddenly made a wish, as you looked up even you were wounded badly Maria? That made me felt guiltier for not saving you, and got more pain…
The countdown was only two left but the time seemed to pass very slow, as you said to me, with a smile on your face to compare with my sad face:
"Shadow, I beg you please, do this for me.
"For the better future… for all those, who live on that planet… give them a chance… to be happy."
One second left to release the escape pot.
Now as I remember this was my promise to you when that pink hedgehog reminded me of you after I was being filled to get revenge on those people, those who attacked the Ark, and the hero in their eyes I had to kill for seeking revenge… You loved that planet so much even those people hatred you, us, so much that I didn't understand until now; they were just like people in the Ark.
"Let them live for their dreams… I know you can do it…"
Ah…I wished… I saw you hugging me with those angel wings spread out from your back… you are the angel… I really wished it was real… but that meant you were dead… and you released me.
Beep- escape pod now released
The time reduced to zero. And I couldn't stop crying as she said farewell to me.
"Sayonara… Shadow…"
"That thing we just killed was my prototype, and it also escaped with me. However in the end all of Maria's efforts were for nothing. G.U.N soon found me again and put me in Prison Island for fifty years.
"That's why I deserve to die because of me. She wasn't able to live her own dreams."
And I didn't think I had one too. I narrowed my eyes and lowered my gaze before I looked up again to you- with worries on your face. I was wishing that couldn't you just put the hell of being pity to me from your expressions which seemed to be saying: But you don't deserve it… no one does… I didn't care, I didn't fucking care okay? I had lost everything since that day, including the thing that is called 'wish'.
"It was for you to be safe and protect Earth, right?"
You suddenly broke the long silence you made and held those two rings tight in your hands before you continued:
"And Maria made that choice! Because of her dream was…No one is to be blamed for what happened. What happened in the past is in the past, let it go Shadow.
"And I just can't let a FRIEND die!"
… I sighed, I guessed you still didn't understand after I had been explained that much. And I wished I had never explained that to you…
"You JUST don't get it. I only did it because I promise Maria and now Earth is safe. All it and its people need now is the world's fastest hedgehog."
I could chase you down easily…better with a Chaos Emerald…
"And you Sonic, don't even think that we became 'friends' just because we worked together, ONCE. What's more…?
"NO ONE NEEDS ME, SONIC." At the moment I completed my task. And no one would need me anymore once it was completed. So… when something you should had done was done, and when you have nothing to live for, why stay?
SMACK!
A wind suddenly blew across my left cheek before the pain quickly spread over it, making it throbbing hurts. And that shocked me well enoughas I slowly realized that you did a punch on my face.
Did I just saw something sparkling flashed really, really quickly from your eyes? I slowly looked at you as my anger raised and vanished by your expressions and was retaken by pure surprise- you were crying but trying to hide your tears.
"YOU IDIOT! You ARE you one who don't get it…"
What?
"It doesn't matter even if anyone needs you because…
"I NEED YOU!"
(Author: Oh sh*t *yaoi fangirl blush and screaming*)
…What?
The last three words you screamed them out loud before you blushed and cursed for that 'outbreak'. I blushed as well and was very, very surprised. And seemed to me the moment you said the words, the time was stopped. But I somehow felt happy of…
"…W- What did you just say?"
I still asked foolishly but the answer was clear but was itis true- he needs me?
You gripped the ring tightly before you looked away nervously: "I… I mean… without you, I probably wouldn't be able to stop the Ark.
"If something like this happens again, I'll probably need you again, right?"
But things weren't that easy right? Can it not be something like this happens again but something else…? I suddenly saw roses around you as you blushed, and Earth… what was I thinking? As my chest was burning and my heart was pounding against my ribs quickly… what was this strange feeling? I suddenly remember what Maria said- the feeling that I never felt before…
"Maria?" I ran behind her and asked for something that I never understand till now. I asked her what love is, she just smiled warmly:
"It's hard to explain but…" she pointed out a finger towards to my chest, "you'll know when you feel a nice warm feeling, right here."
Here? I pointed towards my chest as well but still I didn't understand. You always would be my closest friend but…
But that feeling only appeared when you told me that you needed me… I didn't know what to do but perhaps I should have confessed to you of my feelings, and of course, I was very nervous:
"Sonic, I…"
AW… HOW CUTE…Before someone broke into the conversation and that, gave me a terrible shock.
"What?"
Who the hell?! I saw there was a shadow before you and it, was smirking evilly with his red eyes that swirls represented his irises. I'M SORRY BECAUSE I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT THIS LITTLE TEA PART. HOPE YOU DON'T MIND. And there he reached out his shapeless hands of darkness to wrap you, around. I didn't want you get caught as I gave out a warning but you seemed didn't understand even you looked around that the darkness was going to wrap around you. Soon I understood as the monster, which came out from the darkness and he looked like you in super form but with murderous, mad features explained. It was useless.
"Sonic! There's someone behind you!"
"What are you talking about?"
SHADOW, HE CAN'T SEE OR FEEL ME. I'M A GHOST TO HIM, TO SUM IT UP.
IMPOSSIBLE! I was scared, for the first time as the monster smirked evilly to me. I declared to know who he was with my voice tingled in fear. He laughed.
IT'S NICE TO FINALLY MEET YOU, SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG. He then gave a little laugh as he said while using his nails that stuck out of his gloves tickled my chin- I just noticed they were torn like his shoes did- and I hatedthat playful but disgusting feeling: WE'LL KNOW EACH OTHER SOON…
GET READY! HA AHAA~ He gave a violent pure evil laugh as I saw white light and strong wind took me away from you. FIRST LET'S GO SOMEWHERE A LITTLE MORE PRIVATE SHALL WE?
"SONIC!"
You worried, and that was the way you cared me, now. You reached out your hand as I also saw fear in both our eyes. But where was I going? I reached out my hand as well although it was too far for you to hold, before I lost my mind.
1 Maria suffered from an illness known as "NIDS" (Neuro-Immune Deficiency Syndrome), and was considered incurable at the time. Prof. Gerald's research aboard the Space Colony ARK was also intended to try and find a cure to this illness, of which, "The Search for Immortality" was hinted at by the President. Gerald reluctantly took on the task to try and save his granddaughter, and named it Project Shadow.
2 G. U. N= Guardian Units of Nations
A/N: I know… I have loads of stories that should have ended already but because of I'm too damn lazy. But that doesn't mean they are discontinued. Besides, I find more interesting ideas when I was being lazy, and they keep my mind awake at night causing me don't have enough sleep. But it's a good thing though because my stories can be finally continued.
This time I found a chance to write a fiction version of the doujin with the same name of this story on DA by the famous Sonic- fan and drawer C2ndy2c1d. It'll be a great pleasure to work with such people on DA like Slifertheskydragon(I did one fiction for her B-day present and it was my first fiction at here). In a young age but already a skillful artist is always a good gift from god, from our parents.
And you, who may have read the doujin may find out there are more things that didn't appear in the comic. Which is I added in to make it looks real, more emotional. I hope that you wouldn't mind and hope you like it, or more, love it.