a debt repaid
another sonic fanfic from jaketheripper
1: rememberance
do you remember the arc, Shadow?
i remember the arc, i remember the pain you went through, the intense rage you felt on that day, i felt it of course, it's what i do, who am i you ask? i am essentially your brother, though you don't remember me, i still remember you.
we were projects, an attempt to create the ultimate lifeform, though i was pretty close, nothing could match your reigning fury and inner strength.
i was an empath, a reptile that needed no sustenance but the emotions of others, that bieng said, i knew what you felt for maria, i felt it myself, but i had no emotions of my own so i knew they weren't my feelings.
i remember how the earth government had ordered the secret project to be terminated, along with all of the people and projects in it, we were running, dr. robotnik got shot, such pain, then such silence i had never felt, it made me feel, empty ,shadow,
that bieng said, i ran after you, knowing that you would know the way out, she jettisoned us both in hope of a better future, we crashed and you were the first one out, as always, i was a little slower, we had to survive, but most of all, i knew it was you who had to live, even if it cost me my life, which it eventually did.
the rest of the time is a blur, trying to help people, you loosing your memory on the account of the trauma you had suffered and me guiding you back to your senses, that day eggman came for us, i didn't want to die, but you had to live, i promised maria that much, so here we are, you lost your memory again and i have to trigger that damned memory reboot thing, okay, lets see, oh yea, i remember the code word, maria!
i see you wake, you jerk your head arround, you scream out in agony at what you remember, i see i've done the job, but you still seem unstable, i have to stop this, but how do i do it?
mabye if the cause of this was here, it would work, i'm going to bring back maria, then mabye i can rest.
if you're wondering where she is right now, i can't tell you, that would be against the ruels, as i pull her from the inky blackness of the inbetween, i see that her form has changed, not her soul in the slightest, but her bodly form will be different, she looks like a blonde hedgehog, shadow, i don't know how you'd feel if you could see her now, i don't know you'd feel if i gave her to you, right in your own room, but i would like to see.
i replenish her, body and soul, giving her clothing and only enough memories to help you recognise her, any more and she would go insane from the memory of bieng killed, i put her down in your room and watch.
she stirs, she looks across the room at you, my heart is filled with her emotions, fright, hope, longing, then she recognises you.
i pump my fist in the air as i watch her crawl up to your bed, she looks at you and she gasps, your eyes open and you freak out, to tell you the truth, you both freak out.
she scoots to the back wall and starts to cry, you sniff the air and your eyes widen, i know what you smell, i watch gleefully as you get out of bed and walk over to her, i can feel your heart rate quicken, you brush some hair out of her face as you look at her properly, you gasp, i chuckle as you utter the word you have only ever said in your sleep since it happened, "maria?"
she nodds, "how do you know my name?" she asks, i smile as you smile, i laugh as you laugh, i feel as if i were kissing her along with you as i feel myself fade, it is finally happening shadow, you have freed me, you and the inner power that makes you the ultimate, it isn't your incredible strength or the fact that your immortal, it's inside your heart, learn to use it.
goodbye.