I always have long talks to my audiance before I begin a new story.
Ok, to those of you who don't know me, hello, I'm Joe, or XT, whichever you'd prefer. I write. A lot. I write about things that interest me. I write myself into my stories. I am probably not too different from you. I am going to college. I don't always have time to update my stories. I love writing all the same.
A while back, I was tempted with a very interesting idea, and it evolved, (or rather, mutated) into a very scary thought. Let it be known before you even read this story:
"I AM A TAILSMO FAN"
Interesting, right? How, then, could a TailsXCosmo fanboy write a story about Cosmo and Shadow? :O Yeah, it is very interesting.
There is a very particular person I want to read this story, however, I imagine that he/she will not. They already dislike the way my flagship series (Seed of Love) ended, and disabled my account from ever commenting on their own stories (lol, though I like their stories.)
THAT ASIDE. (My apologies that was off topic.) I wrote this story, and am still writing it as of yet. It is interesting. It is the story of a young girl who loves a boy, who is stuck with a different man to take her home. Will she develop feelings for this man as harships test their teamwork? Will they survive these trials? Will she ever be reunited with her beloved two tailed friend?
Only Time can tell.
I bid thee all a well adieu!
Enjoy!
I was there. They didn't see me, but I was there. I, XT-421, matchmaker and time-traveler extraordinaire, watched as Tails pressed the button that killed his beloved. I watched, painfully I might add, as he had his meltdown as he weighted the life of this one girl against the existence of the whole universe. Secretly, I wanted him to put her life over the universes. How cute would that be? I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, the love shared between two people should be more important that the whole universe. Sure, they wouldn't have lived very long, but that's ok, they would have died happy.
But, by shooting her, he gave me a job.
Perhaps you don't know me yet, but, I love this kind of stuff. Helping others hook up with their true loves, stuff of legends! Luckily, I didn't have to do anything, yet.
You see, the moment Shadow and Sonic collided into that beautiful tree, Cosmo and Lucas were instantly vaporized, killing both of them. Now I don't really know how it worked, because I'm not a huge fan of souls and spirits, but my brother James is. I asked him what happened, and he told me it was because her soul was still lingering, apparently that was who Tails was talking to after his own meltdown.
Anyways, Shadow and Sonic both used the Chaos Regeneration ability, in any vain attempt to save Cosmo, and it worked. But, because the light from the explosion was so strong, no one really realized that it did, and, by some stretch, one of Cosmo's seeds that she spewed when she was a tree fell into Sonic's hand. Shadow on the other hand, was floating right next to Cosmo.
Then, Shadow plays hero, punches Sonic and throws him to the Blue Typhoon and Crimson Egg, and then uses a mass Chaos Control on everything in the immediate area, all under the false impression that the explosion was going to be energy, rather than just light and planet eggs. Fleshies are so stupid sometimes. But alas, their mess-ups give me something to clean.
So if you've actually been following me this whole time, you can see where we're at. Sonic is with Tails, the latter, wailing his eyes out because he thinks he killed Cosmo, which he did, but he thinks she's still dead. And Shadow is with Cosmo, both floating in a field of beautiful light which is warming their bodies, and gently massaging a few of their wounds due to the light's Planet Egg and Chaos Emerald Energy.
I'll tell you when I actually come into the story, but other than that, we'll go to a live-action point of view here.
Cosmo floated freely in space. She felt weak, but she didn't know why. In fact, she didn't feel like she knew anything. What's going on? What happened? She felt very warm, like her energy was flowing back into her, just like waking up in the sun, too lazy to get up and move, but feeling alive enough to feel the desire to do something. Upon opening her eyes, she felt very alive again. Light was everywhere, it was like heaven. Heaven! I was shot!
This thought woke her from her drowsy stupor immediately. Fully opening her eyes, she began to look around. She was drifting in space. Something bright was near. Was it an explosion? She had no idea.
*Thump*
What was that?
Cosmo turned to see Shadow, completely unconscious next to her in space. At first, she gasped, scared with the memories of when he tried to kill her, particularly the cold face of his when he told her to close her eyes, all in the intentions of making her death quick and painless.
Then she remembered what Shadow had done to help everyone, and was felt a little sympathy for him. He must've died with me... Cosmo took his hand, and held it close, afraid to drift away alone.
"Ugggh..." Shadow moaned. Even unconscious, he was still agitated by something.
"Shadow? Shadow, wake up." Cosmo shook him gently.
"Huh?" He questioned, his voice low and muffled.
"Did you die when you hit me?" Cosmo asked, it was an odd question. If I'm dead I'd better get used to it.
"What? No... I don't... die." Shadow groaned, struggling to maintain a steady train of thought. His eyes were still shut, and his face was still scowling.
"But I'm dead..." Cosmo pondered aloud.
"Cosmo?" Shadow's eyes peered open for a moment, then flashed wide, as if he'd seen a ghost. "Cosmo! So it did work."
"What worked?"
"Sonic and I, we used Chaos Regeneration on you, to bring you back." Shadow closed his eyes, temporarily content; he hadn't failed a mission after all.
"So if I'm not dead..." Cosmo still wondered aloud, "I can still see Tails? He, I think he... I think he told me he loved me!" She smiled a smile brimming with joyous elation.
Shadow just nodded, his scowl never ceasing.
"But wait... how'd we get here?"
Shadow opened his eyes again, and looked around. He shook off Cosmo's grip on his arm, and spun to view the space around him.
Shit... We're in the middle of nowhere, with no way to move anywhere... Shadow thought in a growly mood.
"Shadow?" Cosmo asked worriedly as she drifted slowly away from him. Instinctively, she grabbed his arm again.
"Yeah... We're in trouble..." Shadow muttered, looking around for anything that they could use.
Shadow's left bracer was drifting off, away from them, and none of the Chaos Emeralds were within seeing range. No rocks. Only Planet Eggs that rushed away from the bright ball of light, and if those hit, they'd be in more trouble than harm.
Shadow reached for his power bracer silently, but he could gain no momentum. His shoes were as out of power as he was. He drifted helplessly with his face of stone, watching the ring vanish into oblivion.
THIS is where I come in.
Shadow watched as a speck of light appeared behind the bracer.
"Shadow, look at that! There's a hole forming in that light!" Cosmo announced. Slowly, the hole grew, and a robotic, clawed hand, spiky and made of a silvery alien material unknown to Shadow and Cosmo, reached forth, and grabbed the ring. As the hole widened, a face appeared, and a humanoid machine stretched its head into the dimension.
"Mobius, eh? Well, good thing I've mastered this dialect before! Oh, Shadow, are you missing this?" The robot spoke as it glided into the space around them effortlessly, powered by microscopic jets and pressure chambers hidden within its plum armor.
Shadow hesitated before he took the bracer. Once he slid it on, he stared.
Cosmo was immediately curious. "What are you?" She asked quickly.
"Aha! You ask the infamous question! I am Xavier, model number XT-421 of the Rinocian Empire, I am a fully sentient, artificial intelligent lifeform on a mission to heal the hearts of lovers throughout existence!"
"Lovers..." Cosmo's face perked up upon realizing his mission. "You're here to bring me and Tails together?"
"Ohohoho! She's a smart one! You see little Cosmo, while I know that you and Tails care for each other very much, and that you long to be with one another, I feel that that is too easy. Last time I did this, or, rather... allow me to explain. I am an interdimensional being. I exist in multiple places at once, and I can go anywhere I want, whenever I want, to whenever I want with whomever I want to go when and where with." XT stated in a matter of factly tone. "I got word from a future version of my daughter that the relationship between you and Tails deteriorates in a massive war. I wasn't allowed to know the details, paradox and whatnot, but, you see my predicament, correct?" Cosmo nodded wearily at the influx of information, "So, I came back. The other Cosmo in the other dimension in the other time is trying to make her peace with her Tails as time drags on, but this Cosmo, you, has yet to embark on her trip to join with her Tails in her timeline."
"So, I do get with Tails?"
"In another dimension, yes." XT smiled. "I know this is difficult to understand, but trust me, I'm not a loony toon. I know exactly what I'm talking about." Shadow just stared incredulously. "Don't give me that look, I'm thousands of years older than you." XT glared.
"So wait, let's cut to the point, are you going to help us or not?" Shadow demanded.
"Don't be so hasty!" He chuckled, "Do you have anywhere else you need to be? You're both dead to the populace! No one knows you're both alive!" XT proclaimed joyously. "Don't take this personally, Cosmo, but I am worried for this relationship between you and Tails. I mean, you're both young, you're both children, are you sure he's the one for you? I don't know exactly.
"I don't need to analyze your mental composition to know what you're thinking; you are dead set at getting Tails with you in the end. That's fine by me. But, I want you to show your love for him. Can you do it? I mean, I could just build a machine to send you back to Mobius, crash land in the spot you first met Tails, and have you two meet in the middle of the air, hugging each other in blissful, youthful, innocent love, but I personally think that sending 9 year old girls with ageless, heartless killers on treks across the galaxy is loads more fun!" Shadow cocked an eyebrow at this machine, apparently, time travel has side effects.
"So... you're not going to help us?" Cosmo looked panicked.
"I am!" XT chirped excitedly. "But, I'm only going to help you a little bit, because I want to see the drama unfold! I will bring you to the nearest planet, and then I will disappear. I'll come back in a year or so to see if you lived or not, using my little biosphere monitor, watching the timeline of this area unfold."
"You want to see her get home, but don't care if she lives?" Shadow asked, disgusted at the robot's lack of humanity.
"Not true! I don't want harm to come to her! But, if she dies, oh well. I can go back in time to this exact moment and restart the whole tale over again, waiting for you two to finally get it right! It may take an eternity, but I'm ready to wait, and I'm sure you'll get it eventually!"
XT gently pushed on their backs, casually speeding up to ridiculous speeds. In space, with no friction, it felt like they were barely moving. But as the stars began to elongate due to the speed, they realized they were traveling very fast.
"There it is, the nearest planet!" XT happily announced. He zoomed in front of both Shadow and Cosmo, and pressed against them, decelerating them drastically before entering the planet's orbit.
From space, the vast, dead forests offered a morbid, dull feeling, depressing Cosmo and of course, not outwardly affecting Shadow.
"Pleasant place, eh?" XT chuckled as he let them hang on to him as his wings and rockets made the drop to the surface a slow parachute ride.
"Thank you, XT, for getting us out of that predicament." Cosmo bowed graciously, Shadow did not respond.
"Don't thank me," XT's smile appeared yet again, "I simply moved you from one problem to the next. Sadly, a life on the run is fraught with danger and uncertainty. Ooh! It'll be so much fun to see later!" He giggled, "Toodles!" XT rocketed off into space where he disappeared as a blip of light.
Shadow and Cosmo looked at each other, and then at their surroundings. Cosmo mentally recalled her thankfulness to XT. He dumped them, alone and without food, on an uninhabited, desolate planet.
Those of you who read my previous stories obviously picked up on a lot in this first chapter, lol. This story takes place roughly after Seed of Love 6, if my memories do not betray me.
Ok, so, my updates will be a little scarce, and definitely sporadic. (If I say "Oh! I'll get this updated next week!" DO NOT LISTEN TO ME! I will be suffering a mental lapse if ever I say that. My word is unreliable.) But, the chapters SHOULD be huge (15+ pages each time, I think.) And you'll find out why sooner than later, I'd imagine.
Also, as a side note, this story is to be read in tandem with it's twin, written by another fellow named Twilitbeing. His story, (named "Second Iteration") is found on the Tails and Cosmo Shrine in the fanfiction section. (Use google.) His story and my story both spanned from the same writing prompt "What would happen if Cosmo actually didn't die in the explosion, or was actually brought to life and was right next to Shadow when she woke up?" Or something like that. Our stories are closely knit in the beginning, and (hypothetically) will drift far from each other as it continues, just to see how two writing styles can alter a plotflow, or, at least, that is my take on it.
Well! I'll be seeing y'all later, hopefully!