Shadow's Shadow

By WolvesRule

Authors Notes: This is my first serious fic I have written for this site, so I don't know how everyone will react.

I will not be naming chapters, because that would take more time than actually writing it.

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Chapter 1.

The crimson hedgehog walked slowly through the pouring rain, unaware of were he was headed. Simply moving, no purpose in a life that always dealt him loss, death and only allowed him what he hated the most. Killing. He had another purpose, he told himself. Something more than living in the hopes of dying. Life couldn't simply be a composition of life and those who end it.

Something approached him, he could feel the movement in the air, and the quiet steady hum of a machine, slowly nearing him. "Shadow, you know that you can't run from your destiny forever. You must help me bring the world into a better place. Under me all will be peace." A voice that could not be mistaken as any but the voice of Doctor Robotnik.

"You use this speech all the time Eggman. Then you go into how everyone has a purpose in life, say that mine is to serve you and yours is to conquer the world. Give up. Life has no purpose. I'll outlive you and inherit you empire anyway, so just shut up." The pessimistic creature retorted.

"The world is ours for the taking. Just come with me." The overweight scientist said, almost asking, close to begging, but at the same time a demand was present.

Shadow simply ignored him, tired of the same soppy debate with the same stupid old man.

Eggman became frustrated. Never being a man of patience, he pulled back, and instead of admitting defeat, yelled "I did not come unprepared! You will pay now!"

Shadow turned around bored and annoyed at the persistence of one so useless. Coming towards him was an army of robots, all unusual as far as Eggman creations go. They were usual robots that normally carried a lance and a shield, but were now covered in what looked liked giant puff bags, and had hoses in each arm. They all at once began to suck up as much as they could, but it did little better than clean Shadow off. Then they fled, leaving Shadow alone with Eggman. The fat man yelled "Charge!" And all the robots that had the giant bags dropped them and brought their guns up, intent on shooting the dark hero as they charged at him. The bags were being collected by small mechanical creatures that looked almost like small bats, only covered in many plates of metal.

Shadow released a Chaos Spear, eliminating several of the charging robots, leaving only a few. Shadow Chaos Controlled and jumped kicked one, dodged the arm of the other as he lunged his arm into the head-case of another, destroying both in an instant. He moved onto the next two, simply tripping them and attacking the last one with malicious continual punches to the head and breast-plate.

He yelled up at their master after he had destroyed the last "There. Your back-up didn't work!"

Eggman looked down on him with a smile as he floated off. He thinks that's it. Ha.

Shadow turned around and continued on his journey. The July rain around had increased, and he started to wander toward a forest a few miles from were the Egg obsessed fool had confronted him. That imbecile. He thought that a few wimpy robots could defeat me? He thought.

The clouds were quickly gaining a grayer color, a sure sign that the sun was setting beyond the already dark gray clouds. Lightning erupted around, jumping around him and almost hitting him, and yet he never flinched. He was too deep in thought. The world has no meaning. Life is pointless. Why try to live a normal lifestyle when you clearly can't?

He approached the trees at the end of the forest, and they almost seemed to glare at him, casting an eerie shadow around him in the quickly fading light.

As he entered the forest he had the feeling someone was following him. Nothings following you. He couldn't shake the feeling though.