Chapter 1: A Shadowed Past
"Storm, come on! Hurry up!" Kyra called over her shoulder as she and her best friend, Storm the Hedgehog, ran up toward an abandoned military base. She and Storm had heard of an ancient project that had been abandoned a long time ago. Kyra wanted to figure out what that project was, and why it was locked away.
Storm on the other hand, disagreed with his human friend. Being blind, he wasn't as adventurous as she was, but he went with her anyways to make sure she didn't get hurt. She was his only friend. "You wait up!" He called back teasingly. "I am blind you know!"
He saw her stop. Yes, he saw her. He had power over electricity and use electrical currents to see some things that could be conductors, like metal and other beings, in auras of electrical light. Kyra stopped and looked at him, she often forgot he was blind because he could get around so well. Smiling she went back and took Storms hand and looked into his electric blue eyes. Though the pupils were a light color, they looked at her, almost right into her soul. He was the only one who understood her better than anyone else.
"Tell me," He said as she started guiding him toward the base. "Why are we here again?"
"I already told you, Storm." Kyra said with chuckle as the two entered the dark base. "There's a project in here I want to find. It had been abandoned several years ago, I want to know what it is and why it was abandoned with the base."
"I still don't like it," Storm said.
"Speaking of 'don't like it'…." Kyra said stopping. "Its really dark in here… I can't see anything…."
Storm could feel the tremble in her hand. He chuckled. "You're still afraid of the dark?" He asked, letting go of her hand and raising his palm to eye level and forming an electric orb just above it.
Kyra frowned at him. "It just makes me nervous, that's all." She said, forcing herself to sound braver.
Storm laughed, making the area around him echo. "Your secret is still safe with me, Kyra," He told her.
"How about I lead for a while."
Kyra nodded. "Sounds good to me,"
Storm took the lead for about a half an hour, exploring every inch of the base. Storm was thinking about how the two met. He was living with his teacher, Eli the Hedgehog, when Eli sent him out on a mission to an abandoned house. As Storm looked around, he saw Kyra for the first time. She was chained to a wall with only a bottle of water. It took Storm and Eli a long time to gain her trust and get her strength back. But she still didn't tell him where she came from or who her family was.
His train of thought was interrupted by a loud crash behind him quickly followed by a curse. He turned around to see Kyra's aura was a red color. He chuckled. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," She said rubbing her foot. "Didn't see that chair."
"How about you walk closer to... Wow!" He said, exclaiming as his sight caught the strong aura of electrical currents through the entire quadrant of the building. "There's electricity still running in here, and its being routed to a certain point of the building."
"That may be where our project is," Kyra said with a smile. "Lead the way, Flashlight,"
"Ha, ha," Storm laughed sarcastically. "Just stay close to me…. Scardycat!"
Kyra smiled and shook her head as she followed her friend.
A few moments later, they stood in a very large room. Kyra could hear the electricity humming around her. But that's not what made her and Storm gasp. In front of them was a chamber that held a black hedgehog with red markings on his quills. He appeared to be sleeping, but it was somehow an unnatural sleep.
Kyra, curiosity getting the better of her, left Storms side and walked up to the hedgehog.
"Kyra?" Storm cautioned.
"I'm just getting a closer look," She reassured him.
She walked up until she was nearly a foot away from his face. She carefully lifted a finger and traced his face with it. He flinched under her touch, making her hand fly back, but he didn't wake. Kyra looked at Storm, who was still not liking this. She smiled at him before turning back and rubbing the back of her fingers on his cheek. The hedgehog sighed. "Mmm… Maria…" He mumbled, so low that she could barely hear him.
"Storm, I think…. I think this is our mystery project," Kyra said.
Suddenly, there was a loud buzz.
"Storm, what's up?" Kyra said.
Storm looked around, the electricity was overloading. The electricity brightened and made things hard to see. The electricity was building at a very dangerous speed.
"Storm!" Kyra shouted, as the hum became a roar.
"The system is overloading!" Storm shouted as he was blinded by the bright aura. "I can't see a thing! Kyra, get away-"
Suddenly, the chamber shifted, letting her plummet. The last thing she saw was dark shape reaching out to her to stop her fall and strong hands grasping her.