This shouldn't even be called a story. Before you get your hopes up, this is something fairly different. Each chapter will be an excerpt or chapter from a story that is is still in it's fledgling stage. The story may or may not happen, so if you like what you see, leave a review and tell me. I'll be more likely to post it.
The first one's a double show-off. It's from a story that has yet to have a name, but makes references to one I'll definitely be posting called "The Most Dangerous Thing Alive" there's a page of the prologue to that one on my Deviantart. The short prologue will be in comic form over there, and the rest of it will be here starting with chapter one.
Double Spoiler!
Shadow's eyes narrowed as he strode forward. "Lyric." He said quietly.
The snake jerked and turned, then a wicked grin spread across his face. "Onyx. Good to see you. Were you frozen by that blue nuisance as well?" He hissed, twisting and winding gleefully.
"No. Immortality suits me just fine instead." He answered coldly. He didn't bother to correct the snake on the name mix-up.
The snake chuckled. "Details, details."
"You tried to kill me."
He shrugged. I've tried to kill a lot of people. But yes, yes, I apologize." He added casually. "I was aiming for the blue rat. He stole my map, you know." The snake said in an injured tone.
"Likely for a good reason. How did you get free?"
"The rat didn't tell you?" Lyric asked in surprise. Then a wicked grin crawled across his face. "He set me free."
Crimson eyes widened in surprise. "But…he sealed you away in the first place! Why would he free me?"
"Oh he didn't know me when he freed me." The snake chuckled at the bewildered expression on the ultimate lifeform's face. "You may know me in chronological order, but he doesn't."
Shadow took a moment to process this. "Time travel…"He whispered after a moment.
"That's right. When you first met him, he knew future you and future me. When you met him, you knew future him, and present me. When I met both of you, I knew present Onyx, and present Sonic. Now, Sonic knows past and present you, and present me. I know both of you, and you know both of us." The snake explained easily.
Shadow backed up with a snarl. "Then he's not to blame for this! You are! And by the way, the name's Shadow now." He snarled, his quills raising in anger.
The snake chuckled at this. "Really now, no need to be rude." He practically purred. "And put your spines away. So uncivilized. You truly are behind the times, aren't you?"
A growl started in the back of the dark hedgehog's throat, and he spat angrily. "You've been frozen for the past thousand years! How the hell am I the one who's behind?!"
The snake chuckled. "Despite our technologies being far more advanced as I remember them, there are new technologies today that I'm rather fond of. New research considering the brain and body. The like." He slithered forward, his long body curling in a wide circle around the black hedgehog, whose quills were still raised defensively, and his gaze remaining firmly locked with the massive yellow eyes, his ears alert for any sign of the snake's trickery.
"And this has to do with what, exactly?" He growled, starting to feel like he was missing something important. "And why should I care?"
"Well, the amount of recent scientific discoveries is endless." The snake answered, like he had just stumbled upon that one paralyzed hawk's work (Shadow thought he'd heard his name was Steven) and gotten to talk to him first hand. "And it's applicable to more than one field. Lots of it applies to robotics."
"Such as…?" Shadow prompted uncertainly. He was pretty sure this conversation had tipped in the snake's favor, though he wasn't sure how. He had the feeling this was how Sonic felt when a neon sign said "Trap Ahead!" but kept going just to see what it was. Accept he was pretty certain he didn't have a choice whether he continued the conversation or not.
"Well, some recent breakthroughs considering the brain. While our technology was incredible, we had dedicated so little to studying other fields! With my technology and this time's science, there's no limit to what I can do!"
Shadow began to back away. He did not like where this was headed. He stopped when his calf hit the snake's side, who had fairly effectively trapped him. "Ooh, but you'll want to stay and hear this part." The snake hissed excitedly.
The black hedgehog was starting to feel like a mouse when a feral cat taunted it and toyed with it before finishing the job. It was not a feeling he was particularly fond of. "Recent discoveries have been made concerning the brain, how thoughts are passed, what parts of the brain do what, and how to influence them."
Shadow jumped. He whirled and vaulted over the snake, not wanting to stick around any longer. He'd pieced together what Lyric had created. And he wasn't particularly in the mood to be the first test subject.
The reptile had obviously expected this, because he jerked violently, throwing the dark hedgehog off balance when he used his back as a vault, and the tan muzzle plowed hard into the dirt at the sudden movement.
Shadow pushed himself off his face and onto his chest, spitting dirt, and trying to regain his footing. It was all the time Lyric needed. There was a small noise like something snapping together, and everything went fuzzy before diving into darkness.
You guessed it! It's a re-write of Sonic Boom, Rise of Lyric, except Shadow's roles are switched from Shattered Crystal.
In my opinion, the plot for Sonic Boom was great, but the mechanics and such were broken. So, I might end up doing this.
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