Imprisoned Soul
Chapter 1
A/N: I do not own any of the characters here, they belong to Sega
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It's 2086 and Mobius has changed a lot during the last few decades. Mobius used to be a very peaceful and neutral planet until a dictator known as Absterold. He murdered Queen Aleena and came to power, changing multiple things about this world. But his most famous accomplishment is to have divided the planet into 4 different continents. He made the 4th continent the official "criminal" continent. Meaning that all the jails, criminals and courts would be moved to that continent in order to protect society. The problem was that he had also changed the proccess of civil (suing) and criminal trials. In both trials you only get ONE chance in your life to prove your innocence, and the cases cannot be re-opened. In civil trials, each person has to represent themselves unseat of having a lawyer. And in the criminal trial, only the majority of the jury needs to agree whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty, instead off ALL of the jury members. Because of this, many innocent people went to jail in the 4th continent.
Another, problem with the 4th continent being isolated from the rest of Mobius is that once you are recognized as a criminal and have gone to jail, you mist live the rest of your days in that continent, isolated from non-crimimals. Criminals are fed a gray mush which is basically left overs of food from other continents. The only jobs available are in fabrics. All the fabrics in the 4th continent manufacture everything that is needed in the other 3 continents.
Absterold also deceided that every continent would have a leader. He would lead the first continent, Mephiles would lead the second continent and Stevan would lead the 3rd continent. All 3 off them lead the 4th continent. They bassically wrecked the whole planet with their rules. Many innocent people went to prision for expressing their opinions in peaceful protests, writing newspaper articles criticizing the new government, and even for having conversations against the government on the street. But that would soon come to an end. Soon.
—Shadow's POV—
I raced through Megalo Station in my black and red motorcycle. My heartbeat increased by each second that passed. At this point my heartbeat was probably faster than my motorcycle!
"STOP YOUR VEHICLE INMEDIATELLY!" Yelled a cop from his police car. There where 5 police cars chasing me, but I was sure they were going to increase soon. I should've just stayed in court. No. They would have sent me to the fourth continent. I knew they were going to catch me eventually, but it was worth escaping the continent and spending my last days of freedom. And that was my plan. But I wasn't going to be able to accomplish it if I got caught now.
"Stop your vehicle immediately, this is your second warning!" yelled an officer. At this point there were 9 police cars chasing me. I turned left on Mobius Avenue, avoiding a green Nissan 350z, a blue Mustang from the 90's with red flames and a Toyota. It felt as if oxygen was running out in my helmet, as sweat poured down my forehead. My hands began to sweat as well. I just had to wear gloves, didn't I? "Sir please stop your vehicle! this is your final warning!" yelled an officer. Suddenly, my engine stopped. "Damn I ran out of gas!" I yelled out in frustration, not realizing they could hear. "He ran out of gas! after him!" yelled another officer while getting out of the car.
'Maybe if I teleport...' I thought as I took out a green chsos emerald from my quills. 'This magical gem is my ticket out' I thought nervously, having in mind that it might not work. About 9 police officers walked out slowly towards me holding their weapons and pointing them at me. I held the gem up to my face, took a deep breath and yelled at the top of my lungs "CHAOS CONTROL!"
I closed my eyes tight as I felt myself floating and spinning rapidly. I could feel the contents of my stomach rise up to my throat. I stopped spinnig rapidly just before I vomited and opened my eye. I found myself in a dark alley, not being able to hear any sirens or helicopters. 'This is my chance to escape!' I thought. I turned on my skates and skated away as fast as I could, but someone grabbed me by the arm, causing me to stop. "What the hell?" I said out loud as I turned my head to see a certain blue hedgehog. 'What the hell does he want now?' I thought bitterly. "I'm turning you in!" he said."Sonic...you know I'm innocent, I would never-"
"She would never lieabout something like that!"
"Yes she would!"
"you make me sick!"
"but she did, she even tried to-" I said, not being able to finish my sentence.
I heard sirens out of the sudden; they sounded closer and closer by the second. Sonic twisted my arm as hard as he could, making it crack. I screamed out of pain at the top of my lungs. My arm felt hot as blood rushed through it. A cop came running toward me and handcuffed me, making sharp pain run through my broken arm. "I hope you rot in prision" said Sonic coldly. I growled furiously. "Your lucky I'm the ultimate life form and my arm will heal in just a couple of hours" I muttered. "Don't worry..." said the officer as he ignored me, "...he will"
The cop walked me over to the police car and threw me on the back seat. He closed the door, but I could still hear people outside. They were all looking at me making disgusted faces. The cop climbed on the front seat and started driving away. "Enjoy the view outside the window, cause it'll be the last time you'll ever see freedom!" said the officer with a smirk on his face. Not like I actually cared about what a pig like him had to say.
I looked out the window the whole time while he was driving. I always found ooking at the driveway really soothing. But no this time. I knew I was screwed. Minutes later, we got to the police station. He got me out of the car and walked me inside. Once inside, we walked to a dark room with a metal chair at the center of it. There was a silver metal helmet attatched to the chair. The officet ordered me to sit there and put the helmet on my head. After I put on the helmet he pressed some buttons on the helmet. My ears perked up (sort of) and I heard a beeping sound. The beeping continued as four metal shackles came out of the chair and wrapped me legs to its legs while it wrapped my arms to its armrests. "Any last wishes before you leave the first continent?" asked the officer holding a remote control, pointing at the chair. "A carton of cigarettes would be good" I answered, even though I knew it was meant to be a retorical question. He pulled out a carton from his pocket. "Take mine" he said, "I'll buy one on the way home anyway...cause I can!" he said smirking evily as he put it in my pocket. I felt a strong wind blow out suddenly. "Sorry we're late officer" sonic said. "Yeah, I didn't wanted to miss the show" said Miles Prower bitterly. I could hear the loathe and disgust in the yellow fox's voice.
Finally, the officer pressed a button on the controller, but nothing happened. "It'll take a few seconds" the officer said. "I hope you rot in prision" said Sonic, "you deserve it for what you did to cream" said Miles. I opened my mouth to defend myself but nothing came out. I started feeling dizzy and exhausted. My eyelids began to feel heavy. I took one last look at Miles' and Sonic's hateful expressions before passing out. The last thing I heard was Miles' voice. "You'll pay, Shadow The Hedgehog"
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I woke up wearing an orange uniform and sitting in a metal chair. The room was empty, white, and with no widows. There was only a door, where a prison guard stood. "Get up, lets go" said the guard. I slowly got up and followed him as he started walking. "Okay listen up!" said the prison guard, "you will be here for 20 years, prisoner 55556. You will get 3 meals a day, free time, which lasts one hour, then back to your cell. Do you understand?" he said. "yes...yes I do" I responded. We walked for about 5 minutes, passing mant cells. Yells and whistles could be heard from many of the convicts. "Yeah baby! new Guy at 6 o'clock!" yelled one of them.
We stoped at a cell. It was very dark inside. He opened the cell and handed me a paper bag containing a tooth brush, toothpaste, a soap, a lighter, and a carton of cigarettes. "I found the cigarettes in your pocket. Figured you might beed 'em" he said. I walked into the cell without saying a word and he closed the cell. "Oh by the way, you might wanna watch out after lights out...or in the showers" he said. 'What did he mean by that?' I wondered. But it was too late to ask him anyway since he had already left.
I looked around the cell but it was too dark to see anything clearly. All I could male out was the shape of a bunk bed, a toilet and a sink. I walked towards the bunk bed and sat on the bottom bunk sighing. 'How could I have gotten myself into this mess? How?' I asked myself, knowing that I wouldn't get any answers anyway. Suddenly, I felt the bed move. "Hello?" I asked, not sure if I was talking to someone or something. Sometimes the government send espionage devices to check on Mobians to see if they talked negatively about the goverment. I could feel the bed chsking slightly. that told me that it wasn't an espionage device.
Mind-absently, I put my hand over the sheets that seemed to be shaking. "Are you alright?" I asked completely forgetting about where I was and who I could be talking to. For a second, it felt as if I was back home comforting Cream after a bad day at school. But I snapped back to reality. I took my hand away as soon as I realuzed what I was doing. "P-please...wh-whatever you're gonna do...do it already a-and g-get it over with" said a young shaking, male voice. He sounded to young to be in prision, what could he had possibly done to end here? and what had he meant by "whatever you're gonna do"?
"What do you mean? What are you talking about?" I asked. "The guard said that a criminal level 2 was going to be my cell mate and I just thought-?"
"What does level 2 mean?" I asked interrupting. "It means..." he hesitated and sat up. I couldn't see his face because of the darknesd but I could sort of see the shape. He had four quills and wild hair going all over the place. Unlike me, I had only six quills and no hair. "You're innocent, aren't you? he asked in a serious tone of voice; I could feel his glare. I stayed silent. He had no right to know the answer to that and besides I didn't even know him. Therefore, I couldn't trust him. "Criminals level 2 usual get to it as soon as they get into the cell...it happened to me once and I've seen it happen many times, bro" he said. "Okay...what the hell are you talking about?" I asked frustrated. "What is level 2? I questioned. He hesitated. "Well...sexual offenders...peadophiles...ect." he said. "Did you actually think I would...D-did the cop...but..." I mumbled.
"Did you do it? are you guilty?" he asked as curious as a 6 year-old asking about his birthday present. "No..." I lied, "I did not..."
End of chapter 1
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Author's Note: Thanks for reading :3 and just so you guys know, the other chapters won't be this long.
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