Limitless
Prologue, Part I: Fog
Thursday, September 3rd, 2012
Where am I?
I hear faint sounds of men talking, but I can't make out their words. Is it another language?
No. It's just distant.
But, how long have I been here? For some reason, the air around me feels foreign. Was I captured? I can't remember. The darkness feels inky, and the air is musky. My senses are overwhelming me, as if I've been asleep for days, or months. My body feels inexplicably fragile – weak.
If only I could stand. As much as I want to, my body seems to rebel against the very idea of it. I'll just rest my head for now. Try and think of what happened. Everything is foggy. How come I can't remember?
It's times like these that make any soldier pray for their deaths to come. As much as that notion seems gratifying right now, I know it's not possible. Or at least I don't think so?
No, I'm the Ultimate Life Form. That's right, I was built by Professor Gerald Robotnik aboard the Space Colony Ark – commonly known as ARK. My initial design was to cure the NIDS afflicted upon my dear friend Maria Robotnik. That's right, GUN killed her. It's all coming back now. After stopping my prototype from destroying the planet, I fell to my doom. My skin burning, the velocity crushing my skeleton – I didn't feel a thing. I was smiling.
But I was saved. By that dastardly man. The one who called himself the grandson of Gerald. A shadow of my creators brilliance, I'd say.
Though, I guess Gerald isn't fully responsible for my creation. Black Doom, essentially my father, helped Gerald complete me. I had been intended to be used as a wager for the Chaos Emeralds not too long ago. GUN had tried killing me, or rather, the Commander, for bringing about the chaos aboard the ARK. I suppose I should take some responsibility.
I'm Shadow the Hedgehog, First Class Officer of the Black Ops division in GUN.
The fog is clearing now. Good. But I still can't see. I've been captured...yeah, that makes more sense. I can't trust GUN anymore, or rather, my division it seems. They're corrupt. They're working for the man intent on world chaos. What was his name again?
Noctis? Yeah, that's it. Enemy number one. How had he managed to create such terror in the world, yet have no ties to anyone on the entire planet? He's like a ghost. No traces of his finger prints, face or DNA on all of GUN's systems. Just what was he?
Foot steps rustle by the entrance to my prison, briefly casting a shadow through the little light being shed into my cell. A couple days ago I would have been able to blast or warp my way free. That man managed to neutralize my power. He called it the Kozir. He's going to use it as a weapon to inflict the entire world.
I have to get out of here, or else the world will be destroyed. Right?
Maria, what do I do?