- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Alright I'm gonna try to take another kick at this. All Sonic related characters are really copyrighted by SEGA. Professor Clyde and the Eradius emerald are owned by me. (The story is told in and out of a POV of a character whose identity will be revealed later) Here's …
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
New Life
I didn't know how the hell I got here, or where the hell I came from… I had found myself in a huge crater in the middle of what seemed like a desert with cliff walls. Sand was flying everywhere you could barley see what was in front of you. I just decided to keep walking forward. As I climbed outta this hole I noticed other animals dressed up in these weird suits… armed, but were knocked out unconscious probably due to what the hell was hit here. I had a gut feeling that I wasn't with these people, I never knew them… Did I ever know anyone? Shouldn't I know where I am? All of those thoughts were running through my head as continued walking. All I could draw was blank answers, but pulled out more questions. As I continued walking I saw more people laid out on the floor not moving, one of them being a white bat with one huge bust line. When I finally got out of the crater I looked back, to see what caused this mess. In the middle of it all was a capsule dead in the center. It probably released some sort of energy to knock em' out.
Again, I started walking forward. I felt no need to help these people. Step by step I continued walking as I past by tents with computers and radios inside them. I didn't bother to mess with those either. As I continued to walk the site behind me became smaller and smaller. No longer was I surrounded by that dust storm. Instead, I was given the heat of the sun… No shade to hide under. All you could see ahead of you was just more sand ahead to walk across. My march continued. The heat surprisingly did not get to me. As hot as it was I felt cool I wasn't even breaking a sweat.
For hours I walked and walked wondering what happened to that bat I saw and the rest of that crew…
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Damn it! How the hell could this have happened!" the white bat yelled, kicking sand into the air.
"Umm… Miss Rouge how are we gonna explain this to the Chief?" one of the uniform wearing animals asked her. The bat's large ears drooped down, "Crap, now the Chief is gonna be SO pissed. Humph! What do I care it's his mistake."
"What do you mean that it was the Chief's mistake Miss Rouge?" another comrade in uniform asked.
The bat herself who wasn't in uniform stood there, in her purple holter top with purple leather pants. "Well… There seems to be nothing in that capsule. When it landed it was armed with a hell of a lot of concussion bombs, they knocked us all out. If something WAS in there it'd be here with us right now… Unless the capsule itself was soundproof… Damn it! Patterson, how long were we out for!" she yelled pointing to the officer. Patterson was always afraid of his commander, Rouge, when she got angry. He was trembling, pulling out his pocket watch and fumbled around with it.
"Ummm… I'd say f-for about 3 h-hours M-Miss Rouge Ma'am!"
"Call a plane from HQ… Let's get out of here."
"Yes Ma'am!"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It was a little bit after sundown now and I decided that I had walked for enough today… I felt tired and my feet were beginning to hurt. I sat in front of a very large rock in with my knees pulled up to my chest. I looked down at my shoes. From my heel to under my ankle was in black. Across my arch was white with a buckle on the outside parts, and the front was also black. On the side of each shoe was a blue button that I was so tempted to press. When I pressed it, small wheels came out of the bottom of my shoe, two in front and in back of the gold grinding plate. I wore gray socks. My fur was black, with the exception of an area of gray fur that covered the center of my body shaped like a gray cross star or + sign. And I wore blue fingerless gloves over my hands. Funny, I never took the time to look at myself before, not even to see if I was wounded.
More thoughts started running through my head… Why did I feel this constant need to keep on walking forward? Am I looking for something? Why did I wake up here of all places? Where am I exactly? And just who the heck am I? The more I talked the more I drifted into sleep. Slowly, slowly, my eyes closed and I entered in a deep sleep.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"How the hell could you loose a lifeform Rouge!" a human man in his mid 40's, the Chief of the Mobius Spy Association (MSA), yelled, pounding his fists into his desk.
"I told you Chief! The damn thing released concussion bombs! We were knocked out for THREE hours!" Rouge yelled back in defense.
"How could you have screwed this up, huh? Now the government is going to find out! Didn't you think they could find you all KO'ed on the floor like that! We have to keep ourselves hidden… No even needs to find the smallest scrap of evidence about us! Do you know how much you risked being caught out there!" he yelled even more, pacing around his chair.
"But sir, it's not OUR fault! Besides, who cares for some lifeform that probably wasn't even there…" she argued back.
"Miss Rouge! Must I remind you of what happened with the Ultimate Lifeform 2 years ago?" Rouge gasped at what he said, he was talking about Shadow the Hedgehog…her friend.
"Even though he is found now I still wished he were dead."
"He's found!"
"Yes, by the countryside of Station Square… In some farmer's corn crop. He's at the hospital with Sonic and the others…" when he turned around to see Rouge leaving his office, "Rouge! I'M NOT FINISHED YET! YOU GET BACK HERE! DAMN IT ROUGE!" His voice trailed off as Rouge walked off of the floor. She had to see here friend again…
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"I wonder how long he was left there…" the pink hedgehog said.
"2 years…and he hasn't woken up… Is he gonna?" the echidna questioned.
"Shh Knuckles!" the blue hedgehog quickly told him. "He's going to pull through… He has to pull through!" Tears started forming in his eyes. Why? he thought, Why didn't I save him? He wouldn't be like this! Sonic got up to leave the room after that. He walked out of the room and out the hospital.
Sitting on the entrance stairs Sonic was lost in thought. He was thinking about Shadow's recovery… Would he recover? As Sonic was pondering a purple car came speeding down the street and stopped right in front of the building, Rouge stepped out the car and spotted Sonic.
"Where the hell is Shadow!" She yelled running up to him.
"Floor 3 room 20, but he's not awake yet!" Sonic yelled back in fear. By the time he finished his sentence Rouge was already in the building. So he decided to follow her in, they both went into the elevator and then the doors shut.
"Rouge… I gotta ask you something," Sonic said in a soft tone. The elevator bell rang and the doors opened.
"What?" she quickly shot out. She was rushing down the hallway looking at every room number
"Do you think….That what happened to Shadow….Was my fault?" Rouge stopped walking, and Sonic walked right into her slap.
"Snap out of it Sonic! We know what happened that day. You couldn't save… No… Help him then. Now he's back and you're thinking about the past. Think about what is going on now… She walked off in search of the room, and Sonic stood there, shocked. His hand still on his face as he thought about what Rouge said.
"She's right," Sonic said with a smile on his face, "There was nothing I could've done, but now… Now Shad's back, and he's gonna…" Sonic didn't notice he was walking towards the room as he was talking to himself. He paused as he saw everyone was crowded over Shadow's bed, murmuring soft whispers of excitement. Sonic finally got a view of Shadow looking over Knuckles' and Amy's heads. "He's gonna wake up…" And indeed Shadow was, smiling and conversing with the people he knew from his past life. Sonic stood there, silenced by his happiness, and Shadow finally saw his curious face. They smile at each other like two old men at a high school reunion.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - -- -- - -- -- - -- -- - -- -- -- - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - -- - -- ---
Did I sleepwalk last night? How far have I walked? It was weird for me to awake in front of this large shrine. I don't remember stopping here. Did it's owner see me? Would he try to kill me? I sit here… Wondering what this guy'll do to me… Might as well go in
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --