Okay, I don't own sonic, or anything I write about. Blah blah.
This is an... erm... interesting idea about an after SA2 story. Bascially, another adventure (eww... I hate that word....) with the Sonic gang, and some insights into some of the other characters. And all that jazz. Nothing original in the idea, but I'm trying to write something slightly... different. Apologies for the extensive dialogue in chapter 1.
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The night was cold and sharp. The moon shone brilliantly along with a cascade of stars twinling their purity and innocence onto the Earth. Their reflection on the pond danced around eratically, as two figures sat with their feet in the water, and kicked gently.
"But why did they do that Sonic? Why did they-"
"They were frightened. They didn't know what it, what he, would lead to."
"All that horror because they were afraid? Sometimes I feel like so many people on this world are mad."
"So did he."
They went back to staring vacantly ahead, their minds buzzing with thoughts, with memories. Hedgehog and fox, side by side.
A darker figure lurked in the bushes beside them, waiting.
"I wonder what happened to Eggman?"
"Oh, I'm sure he'll be back. He's not the type to lie low for long. Don't worry! We can deal with him. We have before."
Waiting. I've been waiting forever.
"And Rouge? I never really got to talk to her."
"Oh, I suppose Rouge is off doing something. She doesn't seem the type to settle down."
So, so long. Well now the time is over.
The figure left the cover of the bush, and walked casually over to the pair, as might one who had nothing to hide, one not shrouded by enigma, one, in fact, quite different from Shadow.
He paced right over to the pond, apparently ignoring the two there, and sat down next to Tails, following their lead and dropping his feet in the water, and staring vacantly forwards, into the stars.
Both heads snapped around at the same time.
Sonic's cry of "Shadow!" Was interupted by a splash as Tails fell into the pond. Both Sonic and Shadow automatically reached out to him, as he was floundering, pawing at the water but unable to keep afloat. They hauled him up, an arm each.
Sonic was still staring at Shadow a mixture of shock and suspiscion.
"Shadow. How did you-" he started
Shadow nodded his head towards the dripping, shivering orange heap
"Why don't we get him somewhere warm before we talk"
And so they made their way back to Sonic's house; Sonic with his arm around the shivering Tails, Tails not saying anything but staring at the ground, and Shadow skating very slowly on the light coming out of the bottom of his shoes. All three, silent.
Finally, they reached Sonic's house. It was somewhat isolated, like a scaled-up version of a country cottage, but inside it was full of all sorts of novelty gadgets, from cloks that projected the time on the wall, to lava lamps, to odd figurines that danced when music played. All so lively during a party, or when they were all doing there job, but now lying, unused, with a melancholy air.
They all sat down, Sonic and Tails on the sofa, and Shadow in a chair facing them, and Sonic turned on one of the lava lamps, so a dim red light poured into the room. Tails was sent to the bathroom to dry himself off.
"So, Shadow, you're... back. But, but how?"
Shadow continued to stare at a point just to the left of Sonic's head, and began
"The Ultimate Lifeform was created in two parts. Light and Dark, 'Good and Evil', if you would have it, Black and Blue. We never new each other very well, we were separate" And he said the next word with terrible bitterness "experiments. I was mainly looked after by Maria, you by a man named Richard. Maria spoke of you sometimes. Apparently, while Maria and I became freinds after a short while, you were still treated as the experiment, the lab rat, by Richard."
"But, I don't remember any of this."
Shadow continued as if he had not heard the statement
"And then, G.U.N. came. I remember well how we both fought only to defend our 'keepers', or whatever you may call them, but, eventually, we realised the need for teamwork. We fought, side by side, unarmed at first, but then I snatched a gun from one of Them, althoug you would not touch it. Eventually, of course, we were overcome. Richard surrendered himself, and Maria was shot. We were both captured. 33 years, roughly, we spent, both in different tanks, until we were released by G.U.N. for some experiments. I broke free and, realising that you muyst have gone through the same torures as me, in that tank, I broke open your cell. You, of course, thought that I had come to rescue you, but instead I pinned you down to the floor and used a samll device that I had found to erase all of your memory. then, I released you into the world. It was best.
"I was recaptured soon afterwards, but you were not. I was thought too dangerous to be let out ever again, and put back in my tank. until of course, Ivo released me again, and you know the rest of the story."
"But I still don't-"
"Of course, although the Ultimate lifeform was created in Light and Dark halves, we would not seem overly different, although I am obviously more somber than you, except in extreme circumstances. I have been, ever since They came, in extreme circumstances.
But another thing about the ultimate lifeform being created in two halves was the fact that we act towards one another as Light and Shadow actuallu do to each other. Shadow will always exsist as long as there is light to cause one. Light would not be light if there were nothing but light, so light will always exist without Shadow.
If one of us dies, but not the other, the one who dies will reform, as I did. It does take a while though, and during that while, the survivng one will be noticably weakened. So that is how I came to be again. that is also why I didn't let you die. If you had, and had reformed yourself, you would have started asking questions."
Sonic blinked, digesting this.
At the same time, Tails enters, his fur frizzled up his eyes wide with shock, and still with the last traces of a shiver. He looks from Sonic to Shadow, Shadow to Sonic, both staring just to the left of the other's head, and plonkes himslf down on the sofa.
This is an... erm... interesting idea about an after SA2 story. Bascially, another adventure (eww... I hate that word....) with the Sonic gang, and some insights into some of the other characters. And all that jazz. Nothing original in the idea, but I'm trying to write something slightly... different. Apologies for the extensive dialogue in chapter 1.
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The night was cold and sharp. The moon shone brilliantly along with a cascade of stars twinling their purity and innocence onto the Earth. Their reflection on the pond danced around eratically, as two figures sat with their feet in the water, and kicked gently.
"But why did they do that Sonic? Why did they-"
"They were frightened. They didn't know what it, what he, would lead to."
"All that horror because they were afraid? Sometimes I feel like so many people on this world are mad."
"So did he."
They went back to staring vacantly ahead, their minds buzzing with thoughts, with memories. Hedgehog and fox, side by side.
A darker figure lurked in the bushes beside them, waiting.
"I wonder what happened to Eggman?"
"Oh, I'm sure he'll be back. He's not the type to lie low for long. Don't worry! We can deal with him. We have before."
Waiting. I've been waiting forever.
"And Rouge? I never really got to talk to her."
"Oh, I suppose Rouge is off doing something. She doesn't seem the type to settle down."
So, so long. Well now the time is over.
The figure left the cover of the bush, and walked casually over to the pair, as might one who had nothing to hide, one not shrouded by enigma, one, in fact, quite different from Shadow.
He paced right over to the pond, apparently ignoring the two there, and sat down next to Tails, following their lead and dropping his feet in the water, and staring vacantly forwards, into the stars.
Both heads snapped around at the same time.
Sonic's cry of "Shadow!" Was interupted by a splash as Tails fell into the pond. Both Sonic and Shadow automatically reached out to him, as he was floundering, pawing at the water but unable to keep afloat. They hauled him up, an arm each.
Sonic was still staring at Shadow a mixture of shock and suspiscion.
"Shadow. How did you-" he started
Shadow nodded his head towards the dripping, shivering orange heap
"Why don't we get him somewhere warm before we talk"
And so they made their way back to Sonic's house; Sonic with his arm around the shivering Tails, Tails not saying anything but staring at the ground, and Shadow skating very slowly on the light coming out of the bottom of his shoes. All three, silent.
Finally, they reached Sonic's house. It was somewhat isolated, like a scaled-up version of a country cottage, but inside it was full of all sorts of novelty gadgets, from cloks that projected the time on the wall, to lava lamps, to odd figurines that danced when music played. All so lively during a party, or when they were all doing there job, but now lying, unused, with a melancholy air.
They all sat down, Sonic and Tails on the sofa, and Shadow in a chair facing them, and Sonic turned on one of the lava lamps, so a dim red light poured into the room. Tails was sent to the bathroom to dry himself off.
"So, Shadow, you're... back. But, but how?"
Shadow continued to stare at a point just to the left of Sonic's head, and began
"The Ultimate Lifeform was created in two parts. Light and Dark, 'Good and Evil', if you would have it, Black and Blue. We never new each other very well, we were separate" And he said the next word with terrible bitterness "experiments. I was mainly looked after by Maria, you by a man named Richard. Maria spoke of you sometimes. Apparently, while Maria and I became freinds after a short while, you were still treated as the experiment, the lab rat, by Richard."
"But, I don't remember any of this."
Shadow continued as if he had not heard the statement
"And then, G.U.N. came. I remember well how we both fought only to defend our 'keepers', or whatever you may call them, but, eventually, we realised the need for teamwork. We fought, side by side, unarmed at first, but then I snatched a gun from one of Them, althoug you would not touch it. Eventually, of course, we were overcome. Richard surrendered himself, and Maria was shot. We were both captured. 33 years, roughly, we spent, both in different tanks, until we were released by G.U.N. for some experiments. I broke free and, realising that you muyst have gone through the same torures as me, in that tank, I broke open your cell. You, of course, thought that I had come to rescue you, but instead I pinned you down to the floor and used a samll device that I had found to erase all of your memory. then, I released you into the world. It was best.
"I was recaptured soon afterwards, but you were not. I was thought too dangerous to be let out ever again, and put back in my tank. until of course, Ivo released me again, and you know the rest of the story."
"But I still don't-"
"Of course, although the Ultimate lifeform was created in Light and Dark halves, we would not seem overly different, although I am obviously more somber than you, except in extreme circumstances. I have been, ever since They came, in extreme circumstances.
But another thing about the ultimate lifeform being created in two halves was the fact that we act towards one another as Light and Shadow actuallu do to each other. Shadow will always exsist as long as there is light to cause one. Light would not be light if there were nothing but light, so light will always exist without Shadow.
If one of us dies, but not the other, the one who dies will reform, as I did. It does take a while though, and during that while, the survivng one will be noticably weakened. So that is how I came to be again. that is also why I didn't let you die. If you had, and had reformed yourself, you would have started asking questions."
Sonic blinked, digesting this.
At the same time, Tails enters, his fur frizzled up his eyes wide with shock, and still with the last traces of a shiver. He looks from Sonic to Shadow, Shadow to Sonic, both staring just to the left of the other's head, and plonkes himslf down on the sofa.