Shouts, loud footsteps, and bangs. That was what the red-haired boy only heard as he hurried down the shadowy hallway. The darkness around every corner made his sixth sense tingle. Thanks to the sudden blackout, he managed to escape from his cage and make a quick escape. This was it! This might be the only chance in his life! If he failed to escape, security was going to shut and lock the window of freedom!
"Where is he?!" an angry voice shouted, causing the boy to jump and freeze in his path. The boy's cardinal hair whipped in the air as he glanced around his surroundings.
"I'll check this hallway! You guys check the others!" another voice ordered.
The boy looked behind him and saw beams of light emitting large glowing circles on the walls. Footsteps echoing down the hallway caused him to tremble in fear. Feeling adrenaline rush through his veins, the boy hurried down the hallway towards an exit, just as when two men shone their flashlights on him.
"He's getting away!" one of the men shouted in alarm.
At that point, everything was a bluff of colors and mixture of sounds. The only things the boy recalled was pulling the door open, the frightening, monstrous voices shouting and yelling at him to come back, and hurriedly running down a lot towards a street, which was fenced off.
"Run! Run! Run! Run! Don't look back or they will catch you!"The boy's senses screamed as he climbed over the barbed fence. He gasped in pain when a barbed wire dug through his long-sleeved shirt into his arm. "Ignore it! It's nothing!"
Running into the darkness towards nowhere was the only thing the boy remembered at that point. The cool night air felt unusually warm. A small drop of sweat rolled down his pale forehead. He legs shrieked at him to stop however, his willpower refused. If he stopped now, he could never get up and walk again for the time being! Besides, what if one of the men was following him? If he stopped, his efforts to escape will be in vain!
After running for hours, the boy's cramping, exhausted legs finally gave out, causing him to collapse on the ground. Breathing heavily, he looked around his surroundings. Yet, all he saw were blurs of black and white and distorted figures. His head was spinning like a top. His energy dropped below sea-level as his adrenaline went down the drain.
Where he was now was the least of the boy's worry. Using his last strength, he crawled into the bushes. The leaves crunched under his weight as he shifted into a fetal position. The sound of the leaves in the towering trees rustling through the wind gently lulled him to a pitch-black, soundless sleep.
Back at the research facility, a man dressed in a black uniform threw his flashlight at the ground in frustration. "Darn it! I can't believe we let him get away!"
Another man dressed similarly to his partner shrugged his shoulders. "I don't see why that boy's so important. All I know is, he always tries to escape the facility."
"I don't know if this is true but, rumors around the facility say that this boy will change the future of humanity."
Author's Notes: After struggling to finish the other fanfics, I've FINALLY uploaded the first chapter of this story!
OT: Hello, everyone! This is the Ike and Roy story I was talking about a few months ago. It was originally going to be rated M, however I changed the story a little bit, so I don't think it's necessary.
Just a heads up, this is an AU story. So characters who are usually dead in their games are alive and there might be some OOC(?). Also, there will be characters that aren't in the SSB series (Well, not playable at least). I don't think it's a problem, since I've seen a few SSB fanfics with characters from other Nintendo games.
I'm already finished with some of the chapters, so if I have enough time tomorrow, I might upload the first chapter. I added the short prologue to (try to) make the readers interested. Chapter 1's when the gears of the story start rolling.
So please tell me what you think so far! (If you want to.)