Chapter one: Rude Awakenings

Omega Corps Medical wing

"Tyber, Tyber wake up already." Mary said as she sat next to Tyber's bed. "What did this to you?"

"How is he?"

Mary turned to see Robert, her husband and Tyber's father. "Not good, whatever hit him dealt a lot of damage."

Robert shook his head, "Tyber what happened?"

Tyber's mind

Psionics had the ability to sense ripples caused by intense emotion. So Tyber was used to seeing things, but not like this. When he saw something it was an imprint caused by emotion, not a vision, more like watching a history video. But he couldn't explain what he was seeing now. Mainly because he didn't know how far back in time he was seeing, or if he was having a vision of the future, and the fact that he was in a coma and not able to detect emotional ripples confused him to no end.

He was running down a large metal corridor, holding someone's hand. He wasn't sure who it was, but the person was significantly taller than him. He looked back and saw the person's face, it was the face of a young human girl, and she was blond, about ten or twelve years old. He had never met her, but she seemed familiar. She was wearing a light blue dress, but she seemed afraid of something. Both of them were panting, like they'd been running for either a long time, or they'd gone a long distance. A few minutes later she let go of her hand he looked back to see soldiers. G.U.N. soldiers, why was G.U.N. here? He saw her look back at him and hold her hand out, and then he heard the gunshot. He saw the girl fall, when she hit the ground he heard himself yell, "Maria!" He knew he was feeling the emotions of whoever's eye's he was seeing through, and he felt like he lost everyone he ever knew, everyone he'd ever loved. All of them gone, with just one gunshot. He didn't see who pulled the trigger, but he was going to make them pay.

Omega Corps Medical wing

Tyber opened his eyes slightly and groaned, "Ouch."

Mary rushed over to his bed and grabbed his hand, "Tyber can you hear me?"

Tyber nodded, "Yeah, I can hear you. Where am I?"

"You were picked up by a G.U.N. medical crew. Do you remember anything?"

Tyber shook his head, "No, all I know now is that my whole body is hurting.

Mary nodded and hit a button on his monitor, morphine pumped down through his IV and into his body.

Tyber sighed, "That's better. Thanks."

"You're welcome, so you don't remember anything?"

Tyber shrugged, "No, how long was I out?"

"About a month now, you were hit pretty hard."

"Wow, it only felt like a few minutes."

Mary cocked her head to the side, "That's odd, it normally only feels like a second. Did you see something while you were out?"

Tyber nodded, "Not sure what, but I saw something. I was in a base of some kind, it had metal hallways. I was with a girl, human, a few years younger than me. But the thing that scared me the most is that she was killed, by G.U.N. soldiers. We killed her. It just doesn't feel right."

Mary nodded, "When you feel better you should investigate it. Your instincts about things like that are rarely wrong."

"True," Tyber smiled, "I'll look into it."

Omega Corps Archive: Two weeks later

"This is getting me nowhere." Tyber said as he searched G.U.N. records on people named Maria. "Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, maybe I'll be better off asking someone who has been here longer than me." He shook his head, "Who in the world should I ask? Shadow, no he'd more than likely deck me. Maybe I should ask the Commander? He owes me a favor anyway."

G.U.N. Global Defense HQ: Next day
"Tyber, I didn't expect to see you so soon."

Tyber chuckled, "Same here Commander, but I want to call in that favor."

The Commander nodded, "Alright, what do you need?"

"Information, a bio to be precise. I need information on someone, I, saw."

The Commander nodded, "Who did you see?"

Tyber sighed, "Some girl named Maria, I don't know much about her. I don't even know where on earth, or if I was on earth, I am in the vision." Tyber stopped there; he didn't want the Commander to think he was crazy.

"I know Psionic sensitive beings can detect and relive experiences, by finding an Emotional Ripple right?"

Tyber nodded, "Yeah, how did you know that?"

The Commander shrugged, "When you're my age, you know a lot." He motioned for Tyber to continue.

Tyber closed his eyes, "She's ten to twelve years old, taller than me by a significant amount. She's blond, has blue eye's I think?" He shook his head, "She was wearing a blue dress. I was in what looked like a metal corridor, we were being chased, and then she got shot. By G.U.N. soldiers, I heard myself cry out, Maria!" He looked at the Commander and it looked like he was crying. "Commander, what's wrong?"

The Commander wiped a tear from his eye, "The girl you're seeing is named Maria R. she is the cousin of Dr. Eggman, and the granddaughter of Professor Gerald."

Tyber went pale, "You mean, that Maria? The one Shadow tried to avenge by blowing up the Earth?"

"Yes, she was a good friend to me, and to Shadow."

Tyber shook his head, "So what should I do?"

Commander chuckled, "You're the genius General, figure it out." Tyber could tell that the Commander knew what Tyber should do, but wanted him to figure it out for himself.

Tyber rubbed his chin, "I think it's about time I take a trip to the ARK."

Me: Thought that there wouldn't be an author's note? Wrong, how do you like it so far?