Visible and Invisible

Prologue

In the woods. In the woods again, as he had been for the four seasons of the year. The first one, winter, had had Omega, spring had had him to, summer had destroyed him, and fall had wondered were he'd gone. And now it was winter again. But this time it didn't have Omega.

Shadow's lip curved up slightly, "My I'm seeming more and more poetic lately. But always centered around Omega." The scar over his right eye throbbed harder at the mention of Omega's name, he traced it with a finger. Omega had not only left memories... he had left Shadow with two scars. One visible, and one invisible.

His mind drifted back to the memories of what had happened in the spring and summer...

Spring, earlier that year.

Shadow glared at Omega as he dodged a round of bullets, "Omega, why must we train using bullets?" "Your enemies will not attack you with rubber Shadow." Was all Omega would say, Shadow sighed, exasperated. And leapt forward, disconnecting a wire in Omega's arm that would stop him using weaponry. Omega blinked, (if robots CAN blink) and looked at Shadow, "Well done. Last time you failed to stop me and were injured.

Shadow touched his side unconsciously as he frowned at Omega, "Injured is putting it lightly. You tore a chunk out of me with those things." Omega made a noise close to a chuckle. "You did not react fast enough, you paused."

"Hmm... what about that time I almost blew you to bits? You hadn't paused." "Affirmative." They heard a clunking noise and Gamma came out of the trees, "Life-form Shadow, E-123 Omega. Life-form Rouge requires your presence in her dwelling."

Shadow raised an eyebrow, shrugged, and followed Gamma, who was smaller than Omega. Sometimes Shadow wondered what the outcome of a battle between them would be, he did not know he would find out in the summer.

Rouge grinned, "So, "life-form" Shadow, had a nice training session? Didn't get torn up this time?" "No. I disconnected Omega's weaponry." Omega and Gamma were pulling on aprons, when Shadow and Rouge had first seen them do it, it had been very amusing, now it was normality. They went around cleaning, Gamma's arm with a cannon attached could double as a vacuum cleaner.

"So Shadow, any news of Sonic?" "No." Rouge sighed, "Ever since Robotnik was defeated it seems like Sonic was too. Amy has been here for weeks, sobbing her heart out in the room I gave her." "That's what the noise was?" "Yup." Gamma went upstairs and they heard a shriek of surprise. Amy had been tossed through the air by Gamma, Omega caught her before she hurtled to the floor.

"Th...thanks Omega!" "Affirmative." Omega went back to using the feather duster. Amy sat down with them. "What was Gamma doing this time darlin'?" "He wanted to clean the room I was in..." Amy looked sheepish now, "... I didn't keep it as clean as I could have."

Rouge smiled, "That's alright Amy." "Thanks Rouge." Shadow stood and went into the kitchen. "What's wrong with Shadow?" Asked Amy. "Omega's been taking him out for training in the forest, daily, when he is supposed to be out there trying to find Sonic among all the rocky areas that were left with Robotnik's defeat."

Amy stood up straight. "He's supposed to be looking for Sonic and Omega's keeping him here? Omega!" Omega came. "Why are you keeping Shadow here when he should be looking for my Sonic!"

"He requires the training for a future possibility." Amy pouted, "Can't that training come around the time of the possibility?" Omega stared at her with his red eyes, "The time the possibility comes into being might be upon us before we realize, without his training, something may happen we do not want. Machines and life-forms both." Shadow had heard this through the kitchen door. Gamma, who was now in the kitchen with him, paused.

"What does he mean Gamma?" "There might be some data stored on Omega that none but Robotnik could access, it might contain something that could jeopardize the existence of all beings, mechanical or organic."

"That's the plainest I've ever heard you speak." "Affirmative." Shadow went straight past the two females and the robot, "I'm going to look for Sonic." He darted out the door before anyone could stop him, if they had tried to.

Authoress: Thanks to Rik for letting me write this story with his permission. :) It's to explain how the Shadow from his story Dimensional heroes, got the scar over his eye, he was going to write it himself but.... he got a major dose of writers block there. X) So I'm writing it for him. :D I hope I do this correctly.

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Authoress: But I own the miserable Disclaimer who tells you guys what I DON'T own. XD

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