{DISCLAIMER: I don't own Shadow the hedgehog, Sonic the hedgehog, the song Get out alive, or anything else you might reconize. I hope Shadow isn't too OOC...
~... If you want to get out alive, run for your life...~
The two ran through the dim corridors. Running for their lives from the intrudors. Then they ran into a room. A pretty blonde girl, Maria Robotnik, shut the door. But it wouldn't stay closed for long. She began quickly typing on a computer. An escape pod appeared. The dark hedgehog, Shadow, thought that they'd both flee, to that beautiful planet they'd both wanted to visit for so long. But Maria was the only one who knew that only one of them could get out alive. And that it wouldn't be her.
Suddenly Shadow was pushed into the vessel. He instantly turned around. "Maria! Maria!" He called as be banged on the glass. She looked at him with her loving blue eyes. They held so much emotion at one time, the owner of those eyes barely even knew how she felt.
The door burst open. The girl looked at it, then back at her friend. He still screamed her name. Begging her to come with him. Wondering why she wouldn't listen. But she knew. She knew that she wouldn't make it if she went with him anayway. So the least she could do was make sure he wouldn't life a life of captivity and cruelty. If only she knew he'd still end up that way in the end.
"Sayonara, Shadow the hedgehog."Were the last words he heard her sweet voice say. That was her last moment alive. The last thing she said before she pulled the lever and - "MARIA!" - before she was shot ... by those damn humans.
Shadow woke up in a cold sweat with a raging headache. "Maria." He whispered as a single tear made it's way down the side of his face. He quickly sat up and scanned his surroundings. It turned out he was in a bed, it was soft and warm. The rest of the room seemed the same way. The walls and floor seemed to be made of mahogany. There were paintings in the room as well. One of a single, large, red rose. Another painting was of a water lily. Nothing too special.
But whatever was in the room still didn't explain how he got there. He tried to look out of a nearby window. But he couldn't quite see. So he decided to get out of the bed. Big mistake. The second his feet touched the floor his knees gave out and he collapsed. The hedgehog was on his hands and knees on the hard, wood floor, in mind numbing agony. How did I get hurt this badly?Shadow wondered. This was odd. With Shadow being the Ultimate Life Form it was rare for him to feel very much physical pain.
As he was trying to figure out a way to bear the pain enough to stand, he heard a gasp from behind him. But he didn't care. He didn't care who it was, human or not. He just wanted someone to end this pain he felt. Seconds after he heard the gasp he was put (with some difficulty) back onto the bed.
"Can you give me your arm?" He heard a light, feminine voice ask. He reluctantly lifted his arm to the assumed female. His vision blurred before he could tell what she wanted with his limb. But he didn't care anymore. Shadow felt a slight pain in his wrist. So he felt it safe to presume that he'd just been given a shot.
"Shhh. You'll be alright in a little while." The voice spoke again. Although he couldn't see who the voice belonged to. The last thing he felt before he drifted was a soft, chaste kiss on his forehead.
Shadow woke up, again. But this time when he sat up and looked around, there was a girl sitting in a chair beside the bed he was in. He looked at her, she was reading a book. But she must have heard him breathing or something. Because she closed the book, seemingly in a hurry, and sat it on a small nearby table. She looked Shadow right in the eye. Hazel met crimson. And the girl smiled. "I'm happy to see that you're awake. I got a little worried." She said.
It was definately the same voice from before.
The dark hedgehog took a second to observe her prior to responding. ... or moving. Her skin was perfect with the slightest tan. She had a brillant smile and long, black, silky, hair. It had dark pink streaks in it and stopped around her waist. And she had ... cat ears? She had a cat's tail as well. They matched the streaks in her hair. Well, at least she's not human...He thought, letting his guard down only slightly. She giggled. "I take it you've noticed my cat-like appengades?" She asked. "Oh, um, yeah." Shadow said.
"So, what's your name?" The girl asked as she stood up. Shadow couldn't help but notice how shapely she was. "...Shadow." He said, only half paying attention now. Partly because the person before him was quite distracting, and partially because he still felt some pain from whatever it was that got him in his weak state. "My name's Natalie. But my friends call me Kat." The lady, apparently named Natalie, said as she streached a dainty hand toward Shadow. He shook her hand lightly. It still hurt to move.
{A/N: Hi! Hope you enjoyed! Tell me if I need to fix anything. I'll do my best to update weekly! Please review! ~XOXO~ }