By
Sakura Courage Solo
Author's Notes:
I got the idea for this fanfic from a role play my friend Vahn and I did on Yahoo. I know I generally don't do comedy type fics, but this seemed like pure gold, so I'm gonna do it. Thanks a lot Vahn-Sama for the idea, I credit you muchly!
Disclaimer:
I don't own Sonic, Shadow or any of the other characters, and I don't get paid for writing this, so cheese off, don't sue me and enjoy the fanfic.
Chapter 1
"Revelation Of A Shocking Truth "
Shadow the Hedgehog yawned one morning as he awoke on the couch, rubbing the sleep from his eyes lazily as he sat up, the sheets he had been sleeping under softly rolling off his slender form as he did so. He stretched a little to wake his toned muscles up before bringing his legs off the cushions and putting his bare feet on the floor.
"Looks like another uneventful day... "
He muttered to himself as he slid his Air Shoes on, then standing up as he heard the sound of someone starting to cook breakfast in the kitchen. He stretched a bit more after standing and strided into said kitchen, seeing Amy there making an attempt to bake Biscuits without burning them for once.
"Morning,Amy... "
He said through a yawn as he strode over to help the Pink Hedgie with the cooking. Amy smiled when she saw Shadow up and greeted,
"Morning Shadow. Sleep well? "
"Yeah. Hey Amy, I wanna thank you for letting me stay at your apartment until I can get a place of my own. "
"Least I can do after you helped my Sonic save the world from the FinalHazard and Space Colony ARK. "
She said with a grin, pouring some Orange Juice as Shadow turned down the oven temperature when her back was turned. He knew she wanted to try to be independant and cook the meals herself, but let's face it, cooking is NOT one of Amy's strong points, so Shadow would do little things behind her back now and then too keep her from burning or messing up some of the food.
"Anyway Shadow, you feeling better today? "
Amy asked, knowing Shadow hadn't been feeling well lately. It seemed to be a mild stomach virus, as at times his meal wouldn't agree with him.
The Hedgehog in question nodded to Amy and made his reply,
"Yeah, I am. I think it was just a 48 hour bug or something. "
"Hmm... no offense, but I never really thought 'The Ultimate Life Form' could get sick. "
Shadow looked thoughtful for a moment as he leaned on the counter before replying,
"Know what? I never really thought that either... I'd've thought Gerald would've made me immune to most any ailment, especially a common stomach virus. "
"Hmmm... maybe he just forgot? "
"I highly doubt that, Amy. As long as it's nothing life threatening though, I guess... "
Amy nodded a little and turned on a timer for something she was cooking, then sitting down at the table and picking up the newspaper.
"Either way Shadow, even 'The Ultimate Life Form' has to have SOME weakness. Maybe common viruses are just that. I mean, you can't be immune to EVERYTHING, can you? "
"I guess not... "
Shadow said, starting to sit down with a glass of milk. Unfortunately, the Hedgehog didn't get the chance to sit down at that moment, feeling his stomach turn just the slightest bit, letting him know what was coming. He'd been living with it for about 2 days now.
Amy watched as Shadow made his way to the bathroom, her ears laying back at the distasteful sounds that came afterward. She was seriously thinking about dragging her friend to the doctor as she went to help him, softly rubbing his back.
"Th-thanks Amy... "
Shadow managed to choke out after emptying the contents of his stomach, the Pink Hedgehog nodding and grabbing a washcloth to help him clean up with.
"I'm really starting to worry about you, Shadow. One minute you're fine, and the next you're making a beeline for the bathroom. I really think you should see a doctor... "
She told him, her emerald eyes holding a croncerned look within them. Shadow sighed, clearing his throat before replying,
"I'd like to Amy, but think about it. If I showed up at the doctor's office, me being genetically engineered and all, they'd wanna start experimenting on me rather than helping me. "
"But we have to do SOMETHING, Shadow. I'm starting to think this isn't just a stomach virus. "
"Aw, come on, Amy. Don't worry, I'm sure I'll be fine. This'll blow over eventually... "
That's when the doorbell rang, Amy immediately getting up to get it. Shadow started to get up, but suddenly realized with a sick feeling within him that he hadn't totally emptied out his stomach before, mentally cursing whatever was wrong with him as he turned back to the bowl to empty out what was left in his stomach.
While Shadow did this, Amy opened the front door gingerly to see Sonic standing there. The Pink Hedgie's eyes lit up with delight.
"Oh, Sonic, good to see you! You never came to MY apartment before! "
Amy was doing her best to resist the urge to glomp the Blue Hedgie as he smiled to her and said,
"Heh. Well, y'know, just comin' to see how things've been working out with your new... room mate... "
Sonic sort of tapered off in his sentence as he heard the sickly sounds coming from the bathroom, his ears laying back a little.
"That... doesn't sound good. Izzat Shadow in there? "
"Yeah, he hasn't been feeling well the last couple of days. I'm starting to worry about him, Sonic. "
"I didn't think Shadow could get sick... think we should take him to a doctor? "
"He won't go. He's afraid they'll try and experiment on him. "
"Makes sense... "
Sonic scratched his head in thought, Amy letting hin into the apartment as Shadow staggered woozily out of the bathroom.
( A/N : Is 'Woozily' even a real word? Well... it is now, 'cause I say so! XD! )
The Blue Hedgehog almost cringed at the sight. It was really wierding him out to see Shadow of all Hedgehogs sick. Sonic watched the Red Highlighted Hedgie flop down on the couch and walked to him.
"Hey Shadow. Not feeling too well I see? "
Shadow narrowed his ruby eyes indignantly at Sonic, suddenly looking like he was in a bad mood.
"Isn't it obvious, Faker? If I was feeling well, I wouldn't be losing my dinner and midnight snack the wrong way like that! "
"Whoa, Shadow, Chill man! I didn't mean it like that. "
Shadow blinked a time or two, then looked off to the side.
"Eh, sorry. Guess this stomach virus from the past couple days has me edgy. "
"Understandable... "
Sonic said, scratching his head again.
"You should probably get some help with this though... I'm no doctor, but I know enough to know stomach viruses don't normally last over a day at the most. Hey, know what? Tails is a whiz with machines and gadgets. I'm sure he'd probably have some medical tools and stuff and might be able to help you. "
Shadow's eyes went from left to right for a moment as he thought about this, Amy walking up behind Sonic and adding,
"Come on, Shadow. You know Tails won't experiment on you, and you need help. We're starting to really worry about you, Shadow... "
The Black Hedgie finally sighed and sat up, brushing back his red highlighted quills a bit.
"All right, all right. Guess it can't hurt... "
He said, deep down suddenly getting a bad feeling about this whole thing...
Shadow later found himself in a rather chilly room in the back of Tails' Workshop, sitting on an even colder metal table as Tails checked a few things across the room.
"So, you've been throwing up pretty often the past couple of days? "
The Double-Tailed Fox asked, Shadow nodding in reply.
"Yeah, haven't hardly been able to keep anything down. I thought it'd blown over this morning, but just as I was gonna sit down for breakfast, my stomach turned again. "
Tails nodded a little, pondering over what info he had been getting so far.
"It might be something you're eating. Have you had anything unusual lately? Maybe anything that didn't look quite right? "
Shadow pondered this a moment before replying,
"Well... not really. Since this started, I'm pretty sure I've had pancakes, a cheeseburger, a few sodas, a bowl of ramen, pepperoni dipped in whip cream, chocolate ice cream with cheez whiz, some Sushi with strawberry sauce... "
Just listening to the last few combinations were making Tails feel ill. He shook his head and said,
"Shadow, it's no wonder you've been sick, eating those wierd... concoctions is the only word I can come up with for them! "
The Hedgie blinked a time or two and said,
"Well, I liked them. You don't have to rub it in... "
"I'm not, I just... guh, man... do you always eat like that? "
Shadow blinked again, his ears tilting to the side a little in thought as he replied,
"Come to think... no, I don't. In fact... before I started eating them, I probably would've thought them disgusting myself... "
"That's odd... y'know what, Shadow? I think maybe this is beyond my knowledge. I think our best bet might be to look into some of Gerald's filework. We might just be able to find something about this there. "
"... Tails, how do you propose we find ANY of Gerald's files? Any files like that were lost after the incident at the ARK with the FinalHazard. "
That's when a soft, female chuckle suddenly emitted from the rafters above, both furries looking up to see a certain White Bat Girl hanging down.
"Rouge? What're you doing here? "
Tails asked, the Bat smirking and dropping down from the ceiling, Shadow mentally telling himself that Rouge wouldn't be here if she didn't have a reason.
Rouge landed gracefully and stood up straight, smiling at the two males in the room as she said,
"You two need some of Gerald's files, right? Well, I might just be able to help with that. "
She reached into her pocket, pulling out the disk she had saved all of the ARK's data to before, which included all of Gerald's research files.
"Here, all of Gerald's research files on Shadow. Hope you find what you're looking for. "
The White Bat handed the disk to Tails, Shadow standing up and walking to Rouge.
"Not that I'm no appreciative Rouge, but... why are you helping all of a sudden? "
"What can I say, Shadow? I may be a rough and tough Jewel Thief, but that doesn't mean I don't help others when they're in need. Besides... "
She reached forward and pinched Shadow's cheek, the Hedgehog suddenly looking ready to kill as she said,
"Your face just doesn't have that cute glow when you're not feeling well, know what I mean? "
Shadow growled slightly and shoved Rouge's hand off his face.
"Rouge, I oughtta... ! "
"Um, guys? "
Tails interrupted.
"Can we set this aside for now and see if we can find out what's wrong with Shadow? "
Rouge smirked and nodded, Shadow huffing slightly, but nodding in agreement as well.
It wasn't long before the group of Shadow, Sonic, Tails, Amy and Rouge found themselves standing in front of one of Tails' larger computer consoles, the Twin-Tailed Fox sliding the disk into said computer and starting to scan through the data.
"Well... I don't see anything there that would help is... "
Amy stated as Tails scrolled through a list of research datafiles. Sonic shrugged slightly and said,
"Maybe Shadow really does just have a Stomach Virus. "
"Hey, wait a sec. What's this? "
Tails wondered aloud as he stopped scrolling, noticing one file with a name that differentiated from the others. All the other research files had Gerald's name and a date on them, while the one that caught Tails' eye had the name "Kendo Robotnik" on it with no date at all.
"KENDO Robotnik? "
Amy asked, blinking in confusion.
"Who's that? "
"Professor Gerald's Twin Brother. "
Shadow stated, looking down at the floor. Everyone looked to the Black Hedgehog in surprise.
"Gerald's... Brother? "
Sonic asked, Shadow nodding and adding,
"Before Maria died, as you know, Gerald was dedicated to helping people. Kendo however... Kendo was a madman from the beginning. An Evil Scientist, one might say. Anyway, the only reason Gerald ever had Kendo around at all was because they were Brothers, and Kendo had ways of finding out info that Gerald needed, but couldn't find out for himself. Kendo was really after Gerald's research on me the whole time though, and even talked me into going with him for a bit when I was young and naive. Kendo did some pretty painful experiments on me... until Gerald caught him, that is. He had Kendo escorted away, and he was never allowed back in Gerald's lab ever again. After that,I've no idea what happened to Kendo. "
Everyone was silent by now, letting what they had just heard sink in. No one had had any idea until now that Gerald had had a Brother, let alone a TWIN Brother.
Finally, Tails turned back to the computer terminal and said,
"Well then, maybe something Kendo did then has something to do with what's going on now... "
He immediately opened the file with Kendo's name on it, reading over the contained data.
As Shadow had specified, the data was about when Kendo had spirited the young Shadow away for a while and run his experiments. Tails read on, his jaw finally dropping a bit after he read what the experiments were about.
"Oh, man... guys, look at this. It says here that Kendo couldn't get into Gerald's files to find out how Gerald made Shadow, so Kendo tried to examine Shadow to find out just that, but Shadow's genetic make up was too complicated, so Kendo decided that if he was going to 'clone' Shadow for his own evil reasons, he'd let Shadow do the cloning. "
"... In English, Tails? "
Sonic prompted, patting his foot. Tails sweatdropped and said,
"According to this file, Kendo infused Shadow with an Automatic Reproduction Process that would initiate itself when and if Shadow ever hit the perfect conditions for the process to start under, so Kendo could get his clone with Shadow doing all the work. "
Sonic blinked a time or two, some of the big words Tails was using confusing him.
"... and this means? "
Tails was about to answer, but was suddenly cut off when a loud 'thud' interrupted him, everyone looking to Shadow to see that he had passed out.
"Oh my gosh, is he okay? "
Amy asked worriedly in a panicky manner, Rouge sighing anime style. Sonic sweatdropped.
"Whoa, wonder why Shadow suddenly passed out like that... that's not like him. "
Tails scratched his head and said,
"Guess... Shadow knows what Automatic Reproduction Process means... "
Sonic blinked and turned to Tails.
"Well... what DOES it mean, then? Enlighten us who don't know. "
The Twin-Tailed Fox looked to the Blue Hedgehog and said,
"Well... lemme just be blunt. Shadow's... well... "
"Spit it out, Tails! "
"Shadow's gonna be a Dad, more or less... "
Sonic sweatdropped heavily for a second, the whole thing finally sinking into his brain. There was dead silence in the room for a few minutes... until Sonic fell over with laughter.
"Guh... what a headache... "
Shadow mumbled as he came to a few hours later, finding himself laid up in bed back in Amy's apartment. He looked around a bit before sitting up and mumbled to himself,
"What a nightmare... okay, that's it, no more Vanilla Ice Cream with Beef Ramen Noodles before bed... "
The Black Hedgehog slowly slid out of Amy's bed, wondering how he had ended up there when he normally slept on the couch. He shrugged it off and walked into the kitchen, finding Amy, Sonic and Tails there. Shadow took notice to the fact that the Blue Hedgie had an unusually large smirk on his face, but shrugged it off and said,
"Hey, everyone. Is there... something up for all of you to be here together like this? "
Sonic, Tails and Amy all looked at each other, then back at Shadow. Tails opened his mouth to speak, but Sonic beat him to it and smirked even wider as he said,
"You know good and well what's up, Shadow. Or maybe I should say... 'Mr. Mom'? "
The Blue One snickered at his own joke, Tails for once thinking very strongly of knocking him out as he looked back to Shadow, who was turning white as a sheet upon the realization that it hadn't been a nightmare. Amy stood and went to Shadow.
"Shadow? You okay? "
The Black Hedgehog was in silent shock a moment before managing to reply,
"OF COURSE I'M NOT OKAY! I'M BLASTED PREGNANT! "
End Chapter 1
Hey, everyone! Hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of this fanfic! I sure enjoyed writing it. Thanks for the idea for this fanfic, Vahn! 'grin'
Anyhow, if you like the story, leave me some reviews, okay? I already have all this story written to be honest, but I'll give some suspense and post like... maybe once every few days. In fact, I think I'll post a new chapter every time this story is bumped down from the 'newest chapters' of Sonic Fanfics page. Seems right to me.
Anyway, hope you liked! And even if you didn't, gimme critiques on how I could make it better! Well, until next chapter!
