Yey! (throws confetti around and dances)
"What are you so happy about?" asked Shadow.
"Yea, you're…cheerful today." questioned Sonic.
I finally finished this chapter! It was so hard! Quotes for a fanfic can be murder!
"That's it?" asked Knuckles.
No. This is chapter number 10! (dances) And! My birthday is on Friday!
Everyone cried, "Happy Birthday!"
Thank you! Now, enjoy the story! Lots of fluffy goodness!
Narisha-is-here: Thanks for your review! You give me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside!
Lisa zoomed down the corridor, clutching her left arm, which had been burn and wincing every once in a while. Even though the pain was excruciating, she needed to get to a safe place.
Whilst running, she looked over at large windows going along with the hall and stopped to catch her breath. The hedgehog walked over and placed her hand on the window, making white fog appear around her hand. Then Lisa sighed as she looked down upon the earth, she would save it, somehow.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw movements and turned her head. Outside of the ARK were two figures, jumping around in space, as it seemed. Squinting and placing her head right next to the glass, letting a little bit of blood stain the window, Lisa saw a blue and a black figure jumping into each other while running down a strip of metal. Then the black figure fell behind and vanished in a flash of green light, only to appear in front of the blue one and sent golden rays right at him.
The two continued this until they ran out of sight and Lisa slammed her good hand into the glass.
"The world is in danger and those two idiots are fighting each other! Those Sons of Bitches…" Lisa trailed off, " Well, all I can do is get to the Observation Room and hope everybody's ok."
With that last word she continued limping to her destination.
Floating in space was a long metal platform, which stretched from the ARK as far as the eye can see, and on it were two hedgehogs, beating the pulp out of each other.
Just like Lisa saw, they were jumping in the air and throwing their special attacks at each other, then when one would fall behind he would use Chaos Control to catch up.
Right now Shadow was in the lead and cast his 'Chaos Spear' sending golden arrow like streams of energy at Sonic, and hitting him square in the chest. The aqua hedgehog fell to the ground hard, but rolled out of the way of another attack. Then he shouted "Chaos Control" and transported to in front of Shadow and launched his own 'Sonic Wind'.
The ebony hedgehog was on the ground, grunting in his own pain. Then his eyes widened in realization, he couldn't beat Sonic and Sonic couldn't beat him, they were perfectly tied. He growled, no matter what he wouldn't give up, not to this faker.
So both of them continued the assault until both of them were on the ground gasping for breath. Sonic looked at their surroundings and the two males somehow managed to make their way into the center of the Eclipse Cannon.
Then in a blink of an eye the hedgehogs launched their special moves at the opposite, but both of them missed, hitting machinery of the cannon. The energy caused a fire to start, leading to an explosion and totally destroying the Eclipse Cannon. Luckily, both Sonic and Shadow had Chaos Controlled to safety.
Tails stood out of his walker, walkie-talkie in hand next to Amy, neither of them noticed that Eggman was long gone; they were too busy thinking about Sonic.
"Sonic, I did it…" Tails said into the communicator, hoping that Sonic could hear him.
"Awesome job, Tails!" a courageous voice rang through the walkie-talkie.
"Sonic!" Tails heart skipped a few beats hearing that his idol was still alive. Amy quietly sighed to herself, relieved that Sonic was alive and well.
"Look outside…" and with that Sonic shut off the communicator.
Both the kitsune and the hedgehog ran over to the window, hands and heads pressed tightly against it and white breath clinging to the glass. The Eclipse Cannon started to glow a familiar turquoise color and open to shoot a beam of beautiful but deadly energy. For some reason, it stopped opening and then fire was visible dancing on the metal and there were some small explosions as well.
Then with a blue blur, the famous hero Sonic the Hedgehog was gripping on a nearby pole, close to the window Tails and Amy were peering out of. Then he flashed one of his trademark grins with a thumb's up sign and left to find an entrance back into the ARK.
Dr. Eggman cackled evilly as he made his way to the center console of the Control Room.
"Tricking the fox-boy was way too easy! Now I have all seven Chaos Emeralds!" He said and put the sevenith gem in the machine. Then the human started typing in codes and information to get the cannon to fire.
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! This message flashed up on the screen alerting Eggman.
"What the…what's going on?! What? Why won't the cannon fire?! What's happening here?" he hissed at nobody.
Suddenly, an image appeared beside the warning signal, which seemed to be an old man tied to a chair. He was saying something, which at the time couldn't be heard over the alarm system. Though other people could hear it, like Tails and Amy and everyone else down on Earth.
"It's…It's my grandfather, Gerald Robotnik!" Eggman whispered.
Sonic was dashing down the hallway, when he bumped into Knuckles quite literally. He, like Sonic, was heading for the Observation Deck, so the hedgehog got them there twice as fast.
When the two friends walked in, there was a horrible shaking in the ARK. "What's that… that vibration?" asked Knuckles.
"Hey wait, someone is coming!" Sonic whispered.
Suddenly, Rouge jumped down from the ceiling and landed in front of the boys. Sonic narrowed his eyes and Knuckles growled. Seeing this batgirl when something was wrong with the ARK made his blood boil.
"You! You haven't given up yet?!" he snarled.
"It's all over for us." She said sadly.
"What do you mean?" The echidna demanded.
"I've just received a message…from my boss. This space colony ARK is currently approaching earth at an incredible velocity. It probably…will impact earth." Rouge's ears drooped in her honesty, and the shaking could prove it.
Then the trio heard a noise from behind them, the computer screen behind started beeping and displayed a video message, and it started with an bald old man in a white jacket and a gray whitish mustache that looked strangely familiar, tied to a chair.
"What's that on the screen?" Knuckles asked, but got no reply. Then Tails and Amy came up to them to watch the screen as well.
"This is a death sentence for every human being on earth. If my calculations are correct, then the Space Colony ARK will impact Earth in 27 minutes and 53 seconds. All of you will be destroyed along with your beloved Planet Earth."
Down on the planet, people were running amok, for the real end of the world was coming. The same little girl who had witnessed Eggman's address to the world, was now gripping tightly onto her mother's dress. The mother tried to comfort her daughter, but she knew that there was little hope.
"I plan to give you a taste of my revenge, once all seven Chaos Emeralds are collected. Once I initiate this program, it cannot be disabled. Now all of you ungrateful humans, will feel my lose and despair." The man said.
"Is there anything else you want to say?" a second and younger voice asked.
"No."
"Ready!"
At first there was silence, then, "What was that all about? Who was that?" Amy blurted out.
Next, the ARK's trembling became worse and everyone almost got knocked off his or her feet, struggling to stay upright. Amy failed and held onto Sonic's leg for support and he gave her a hand up, but she wouldn't remove her hand from his shoulder. Then the video started to repeat itself, saying that the world was going to pay for something that had been done.
"Hey, the vibration is getting worse!" Knuckles pointed out.
"Professor Gerald Robotonik!" A new voice called out from behind the group, making everyone jump just to realize it was their old 'friend' Dr. Eggman, "One of the greatest scientific minds in the world, and my grandfather!"
The fat human slowed walked towards the center of the room, saying his little speech.
"You," Knuckles growled, "You're the one behind all of this! Stop this right now, or else!"
"I'd have done this a long time ago, if I had the chance!" Dr. Eggman argued.
Knuckles was about ready to pounce on the bald man, but Sonic calmly walked up to him, trying to solve this in a peaceful manner.
"What do you mean?" The hedgehog asked.
"You're pretty persistent for a hedgehog, aren't you? You're still alive huh?" Eggman sneered.
"Huh, just letting Knuckles pilot the shuttle on the way over here, was more dangerous then you could ever be!" Sonic declared.
Eggman ignored the comment and walked over to Rouge, handing her a black disk.
"What is this?" she asked.
"This is my grandfather's diary." Was the reply.
So, the bat jogged over to the console, and put the disk in a slot. After typing in some information, words started to appear on the screen and Rouge started to read them out loud to everyone.
"I don't quite know what happened, or what went wrong. Was it a mistake to create the ultimate life form? I thought it would be something that would benefit mankind. But then the military guards landed on the colony that day. They had been sent to destroy the research project that I had been working on. My colleagues at the research facility, my granddaughter Maria, I hope you are all safe.
"The colony was completely shutdown, probably to keep the prototype from falling into the wrong hands. The ARK was shut down under the premise that there had been an accident.
"I found Maria's name under those who died when the ARK was shut down. She meant everything to me, and I couldn't bear the thought that she died, because of my research. I lost everything! I had nothing more to live for…I went insane! All I could think about was to avenge her! Somehow…someway.
"I grew scared as I could no longer control my thoughts. All I could think about is that I wanted it all to end.
"Based on my original projections, I was able to complete my project, Shadow. I designed its mind to be perfect, pure. I will leave everything to him. If you wish, release and awaken it, to the world!
"If you wish to fill the world with destruction…" She concluded, "Oh, so that's why you release Shadow from the base."
Eggman interjected, "The core of the Eclipse Cannon is now highly reactive and explosive. This is because the energy of the Chaos Emeralds is overpowered. If the colony collides with earth, it will shatter into pieces like my grandfather predicted. That mad scientist!"
"That should be you right?" Amy joked.
"We have to stop the space colony now!" Tails cried.
"The space colony ARK position may have shifted due to the amount of energy given off by the emeralds. We have to stop the energy." assumed the doctor.
"But…how?" The fox-boy inquired.
"That's it! There is a way to stop the energy!" Rouge turned and looked at Knuckles and his Master Emerald, "We have to use your emerald. You're the one that told me that the Master Emerald has to power to stop the Chaos Emerald."
"That's right, if I use this then I might be able to stop the emerald." The guardian announced.
"The reaction of the Chaos Emeralds is moving towards the cannons core! It may be too late!" Miles observed on the computer screen.
"There might be some time left if we pull together, we might be able to get to the shortcut that leads to the core." Dr. Eggman pointed out.
"No worries! Just leave it to me, I'm the worlds fastest hedgehog!" Sonic showed everyone his famous pose and grin.
"Then, let's get to work!" The human shouted.
"Well, If you guys are heading towards the core, you're going to need my help." a familiar voice called behind them.
Everyone turned and to their surprise saw Lisa there, leaning against the door fame into the room. Sonic's eyes narrowed when he noticed that her clothes were tattered and torn in several places and there were a few bloodstains.
Dr. Eggman's eyes also had emotion to them, one of hatred, but of a different kind. He still remembered when she stole the 3 Chaos Emeralds from him, and had gotten away with it too.
"Who are you and what do you mean?" questioned Knuckles.
"Yes, I have been wondering that same question, you seem too clever, powerful and have too much knowledge in what's going on to just be an innocent bystander. There's more to you than what you have told us and I think it's time the truth gets to be told." Dr. Eggman demanded.
Sonic knew what Eggman was talking about, along with Rouge, because he too, was wondering the same thing, How does Lisa know all of this and what does it have to do with her?
Meanwhile, Amy Rose, Miles and Knuckles looked completely clueless, with Shadow nowhere to be found.
The white hedgehog sighed and started to walk towards the group with the slightest limp, "Well, this isn't the best timing, but you have the right to know the truth."
Lisa walked right up to the computer and minimized the page with the ARK's blueprints and uploaded a new one, with the title of Crew and Staff. Several people raised their eyebrows, but let her continue until she input a final password and opened the page she was looking for, and then stepped away to let them look while she explained.
"My real name is Luna the Hedgehog. I was Professor Gerald Robotonik's assistant here on the ARK 50 years ago. I was one of the scientists to help create Shadow, the Ultimate Life Form. I lived here with Shadow, Maria and Gerald, Shadow and Maria being my best friends in the whole world. Life was perfect. That was until," She choked in mid-sentence, tears were forming in her eyes, though when she tried to wipe them away, the just came back.
"Until…until GUN came onto the ARK. They were merciless; they slaughtered everyone in their way, not even caring who they were! I took Shadow and Maria and ran, right into this very room, but even that didn't stop them. They busted down the door and shot me, but then they turned their attention to Maria. She was working on this very computer, and ejected Shadow down to Earth, but they…they shot her, killing her! She was innocent! But the did it anyway!
"Then, after she was dead, they turned back to me, lying there, dying on the floor. Some of them had mercy in their eyes, but one only had ice, it was almost like he was happy to kill me, but I don't know why. I made a break for it and ended up in the Professor's lab, where I spotted a cryogenics machine, one that the Professor was working on, so I went inside and locked myself in.
"I waited there for 50 years, until a few days ago, there was a disturbance and it was thrown into space and crashed on the planet. I believe you know the rest." The female hedgehog concluded, hanging her head in shame form her past memories.
Everyone glanced at each other, wondering if her story was true, but the file on the computer system claimed that it was.
"If that's true," Amy started, "Why do you like humans?"
"Like humans? Don't make me laugh! I hate humans' guts and I wish that they would all die! Creatures like them don't deserve to live when they make their laws to give everyone the right to live, and then take it away like that. Just because people had different lives up here doesn't mean they deserved to die. I can tolerate them if I have to." She snarled.
"Then what do we call you?" Knuckles asked and everyone stared, "I understand how you must feel about your memories, and if you want to bury them, your name has to go with it. But, you shouldn't forget them, just put them behind you, because the past is past, nothing will ever change that."
The white girl eyed him, then smiled, "If you put it that way, call me Lisa, for that is the name of my new life."
"Ahem!" Eggman coughed and the group looked at him, "Well, if that's all done, we should stop the Chaos Emeralds now, before it's too late."
"You're right, I know the way to the core, just follow me." Lisa replied.
"Then let's move out." The guardian declared and walked out of the automatic doors, with everyone else following him, Lisa and Sonic taking up the rear.
"Are you sure you're up to this? Those wounds, from whatever they are, seem pretty bad." He observed.
"Don't you worry about me hero, I still got some fight left in me." She winked.
Sonic smiled, she was brave in this time of danger, giving him hope. He motioned her to follow him and ran down the corridor, catching up to the others, but Lisa had other plans. She secretly snuck back into the Observation Deck, over to the window with the beautiful view of Earth.
After Sonic ran ahead to the others and stopped next to Amy, poking her in the arm, signaling that he wanted to talk to her privately.
The two hedgehogs walked over to the edge of the hallway letting the others pass before Amy asked Sonic.
"What do you want Sonic?"
"Amy," he began, "I want you to stay here, in the Observation Deck, away from danger."
"What?!" She cried alarmed, "Sonic, you know I'm a good fighter! I wanna help too!"
"Amy, I know that, but," he walked closer and embraced her, holding her close to him, so that his fur tickled her face, "I don't want you to get hurt."
The pink hedgehog was stiff from shock before she hugged Sonic back, tears flowing down her cheeks like a little creek, and replied, even though it hurt her to stay behind, "Ok…"
Sonic brought her in closer and started running his glove through her quills; he knew how much this hurt her. She wanted to help, be a part of the group, like everyone else.
He paused when he heard her squeak, "Just promise me that you'll come back…"
"Of course."
Then Sonic gave Amy a quick little peck on the lips and ran super speed down the hallway with the others. For a moment, Amy stood there with her hand touching her lips where Sonic left his mark, then smiled and headed back into the Observation Deck.
Her white glove was placed on the window, tracing the outline of the planet on the smooth surface. Again, Lisa's memories were taking over and she soon found herself almost in tears.
Behind her, Shadow had walked into the Observation Deck and saw her crying by herself. So, he walked up to her back and slowly wrapped his strong arms in a cuddle, he had felt her jump a bit, then she gave up and lean into his chest.
"Shadow," she whispered, sniffling a little bit, "I'm going to go help them."
His arms tightened in a protective gesture and he snarled, "Why? Why help them save the humans, after all they've done to you, to us?"
"Because most of them are innocent, like we were. If we don't do this, then more will die like Maria did, with no involvement at all. Not to mention that we would be killed as well." She answered as she grasped his hands and pulled herself closer into his grip, snuggling her head into his soft fur.
Shadow stayed silent, he knew that she was right, and that they should help but, he couldn't bring himself to it. He sighed and rested his chin on her head, gently stroking her quills, not wanting to let her go.
Lisa had her head in Shadow's chest, listening to his heartbeat slowly comfort her and send her into a dose. She knew what she had to do, because Sonic and the others didn't know about the prototype, but there's always the chance that she could die in the process. She just didn't want to leave Shadow all alone in this world.
Finally, Lisa had built up the courage and pushed Shadow away from herself, and quietly headed for the door. Until Shadow's hand gripped hers, causing her to pause.
"Wait."
The white hedgehog stayed silent, urging him to go on, but he didn't say anything else. Instead, he turned her around and brought his face close to hers, so she could feel his warm breath on her neck.
"Shadow…" Lisa whispered.
Then he brought his hand to her cheek and pulled her into a passionate kiss. The ebony hedgehog pulled her close to his body and continued to kiss her gently.
When he broke the kiss, both of the took a quick gasp of air and stared into the other's eyes, anger into sadness, fire into ice.
"Be careful and come back to me," he said with tears building up in his eyes.
Lisa hugged him close, "Come with me."
She felt wetness hit her cheek, and Shadow's voice quiver, "I…I can't. It just hurts too much."
"I understand." Then she gave him another quick, but loving kiss on his warm lips and ran out of the room, trying not to look behind her.
"Oh! I hate it when they leave me behind." Amy sighed as she saw Lisa run down the hallway she just came from, the direction of Sonic.
"Look it's Shadow." The rose hedgehog observed, for in fact, the male was standing by the window, looking down at Earth.
Amy shook her head, "I've really gotta stop whining. Everyone is trying their best to help out and so must I."
The she ran up to the ebony hedgehog and desperately cried, "Shadow, we need you, please help us!"
Shadow's eyes had a glaze over them, unlike the passion they held just a few moments ago, he almost felt like the 12 year old was trying to lure him in, so he snotty remarked, "It's all going according to plan. There's no reason for me to help them. Besides, there's no way to save anyone."
"There has to be!" the young girl cried, "I know that people can fight over the most trivial things. Some people are selfish, like the professor said…but they're basically good. If they try their best and never give up on their wishes…They always have a reason to be happy. That's why you should help them out…saving them is a good thing. Shadow, I beg you, please do it for them. Give them a chance."
Then a memory triggered in Shadow's mind, it was one he had seen before, but this one had new parts to it. It was when Maria had locked him in the escape pod and had been wounded, leaning against the computer.
"Shadow, I beg of you, please do it for me…for a better future." Maria began.
"Maria!" He heard himself call out.
"For all of the people who live on that planet, give them a chance to be happy…so they can live for their dreams. Shadow, I know you can do it. That's the reason why you were brought into this world. Sayonara Shadow the Hedgehog." That was the last he had heard from her.
"That's what I promised her and I must keep that promise. That's what Maria wanted. Lisa, I know it hurts me, I didn't even realize, or cared that it hurt you as well, maybe even more than it pained me. I will set things right!" The project muttered under his breath.
"Shadow?" Amy questioned, she could have sworn that Shadow had said something.
"I've got to go now. To keep my promise to Maria, and to you." He said and ran out of the room, heading towards the others.
Yey! (continues with party) End chapter!
"That was a pretty good chapter." Shadow said with a blush.
Aww…thank you!
"Who wants to play 'Pin the fake tail with the abnormally large and sharp tack on Chris'?" asked Sonic.
"Me!" everyone cried.
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