Hey guys, I know this is really unprofessional, and weird, and stuff, but I am gonna up everyone's ages. Sonic is now 15. I figured the way I'm writing this story that that will make everything make more sense. So recap, Sonic is 15, Shadow is 16. Is that too weird? Did I f*** up? Please let me know in the review section please.
Nothing else changed about the story, just the ages so, yeah.
On to the story!
-Caiahh Killroze
*** About 2 years after the ceremony, June***
Being retained isn't all bad, at least I have a chance to refresh my skills and my mind of all the busy work I been doing in my normal classes. Although the teasing never stops now by the Median level kids I grew up with. They're always going on about how much I suck at martial arts and how much of a dunce I am. But whatever-, a lot of new students have been admitted into the classes now and they all seem cool. Hehe, good thing I can beat them all though. Sonic snickers to himself as he walked down the large hallways of the main school building towards the dojo which is located about a few blocks away.
The long passageways that connected the main buildings together were full of tall, marvelous windows that let in the warm, soft rays of the sun. Sonic looked outside at a whole class of Great level students that were going outside towards the fields to test their abilities. Seeing this stirred excitement inside of him, he desperately wanted to show off his extreme speed to everyone; he wanted to show off and prove to everyone how much he had improved over the last few months. Hopefully I'll get that chance soon.
Sonic pushed open a double door to head outside. It was super hot out; thankfully there were a breeze that aided in cooling what the intense sunlight warmed. Although it was steamy hot it was nice out. There were elegant Solar Flair flowers that were blooming from the beautiful Rhododendron bushes that lined the steep concrete stairs; butterflies and birds flew around the lovely flowers pollinating the bushes, and not too far off he could smell the smell of freshly cut grass; today is gonna be a good day.
Once the worn down soles of Sonic's shoes hit the bottom of the concrete stairs he blasted down the sidewalk. The wind rushed into his ears and his eyes slightly watered as he sped up even faster. He blazed through an intersection startling a crowd of pedestrians and causing a couple of cars to stomp on brakes. Sonic laughed mischievously then narrowing his eyes as he tried to push past his current speed limit; although his super speed was absolutely terrible for his shoes he didn't care and sped along anyways.
Sonic sped through a neighborhood for a short-cut and dodged the pedestrians and vehicles that were driving through. "Man! I love being fast!" Sonic hollered as he bored down the steaming hot asphalt roads almost hitting his current top speed of 430 miles per hour until his feet felt terribly hot.
"Ahh!" Sonic screamed as he felt molten rubber scorch against his soles and he jumped into the air holding his feet, still going terribly fast. He should have looked where he jumped because there was a tree waiting for him in the air. "Oh noooo!" Sonic said as he slammed into the branches. On his way down he hit a couple of more branches before falling out the tree with a heavy thud.
"Owww… that's gonna leave more than a mark…" Sonic groaned before sitting up and looking down at his feet and gasping in surprise as the cloth parts of his sneakers was smothering with fire. He hastily patted the embers out then realized that his soles were getting a breeze. "Whaa?"
Sonic lifted one of his sore feet towards him and looked astonished as his soles was completely off, bits of it was stuck to his foot; he just flicked those pieces off. Sonic looked behind himself to see two molten soles of his shoes that had fused to the hot asphalt.
The young speedster shook his head in disbelief and shook off his shoes then continued down the sidewalk with his officially destroyed shoes over his shoulder with the strings tied together. Well this sucks… Sonic complained internally as he continued walking along the sidewalk with his feet burning; he crossed the street then walked behind another neighborhood where there was grass so his poor feet can have a break.
Slowly as he walked he could hear some commotion coming from behind two houses that made his ears prick up to tune in. The sounds were soft from where he was but none the less audible. "H-Hey stop! Stop, please! Please!" cried a pitiful, young voice; Sonic couldn't tell if it was from a boy or girl. The sobs and cries were followed by snickers and laughter of older sounding kids.
Sonic went on full alert now and quickly yet silently crept towards the two houses.
"No- I'll do anything- Oof!" there was coughing following those words and verbose wheezing.
"All of ya freaks need to die! Always thinking you guys are better than the rest of us, huh; I'll teach ya!"
"Yeah! You so smart in class but looks like you're not smart enough to get out of an ass whooping!" another male voice sneered, his remark was followed by laughter from two other voices and a whimpering of the pitiful voiced child.
"Oh stop sniveling you two tailed freak!" the pitiful whimpering suddenly stopped and soon after it was replaced with sounds of choking.
Sonic eyes went wide as he ran to behind the house where he was approaching the sounds from. He saw 3 teenagers that loomed over a younger child. One of the bullies, a teenage brown bear was holding up the child; a yellow fox, by the throat. The other bullies: a tiger and light-grey wolf was laughing and cheering their comrade on. The fox was breathing laboriously and had tears rolling down his furry cheeks. His eyes were eyes of fear.
This angered Sonic to the core.
"HEY! YOU BULLIES, LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Sonic threatened with his fist raised and teeth gritted.
The bear turned around with a sneer but kept his grip on the small fox's neck. "Who the hell are you?" The other boys stared at Sonic with similar sneers.
"I am Sonic the Hedgehog!" He pointed to his chest with his thumb. "And if you punks don't leave that little dude alone I promise that I am gonna beat you down!" And with a swift, dramatic movement Sonic pointed at them while gritting his teeth; anger fuming inside of him.
The bear chuckled and looked disbelievingly at Sonic then laughed while looking at his friends. "Come and try me shrimp-Oof!" The bear didn't get to finish his sentence as Sonic jumped towards him at high speed and clocked him right in the jaw. The bear dropped the young fox as he held his face and screamed in agony for a few seconds then snapped his head back at Sonic with anger smoldering in his small, beady eyes.
"YOU'RE DEAD, FREAK!" the bear screamed.
The agitated bear and his comrades jumped towards Sonic which the blue speedster retaliated by jumping back instinctively then zipping to the right making the wolf trip. The bear was on him as quickly as he moved and barely dodged the bear's long claws. When the bear missed Sonic then threw a hard right that knocked the bear's head the left and knocked him off balance. Sonic was about to hit him again but the tiger jumped on his back trying to take him down. Thinking quickly Sonic rolled into a ball and crushed the tiger under him making his attacker to lose his breath.
When Sonic got up his smirk wiped clean from his face as the bear was on him in the second. The bear punched him in the jaw hard making Sonic taste blood, but before Sonic could do anything the bear grabbed his head and gave him a nasty head butt.
"AHH!" Sonic screamed out as his forehead erupted with pain. These guys don't use martial arts at all, they are just fighting ruthless and it seems like the martial arts I'm using against them aren't really hurting them as much as THAT blow did.
Sonic fell backwards and shook his head quickly to get rid of the bleariness that clouded his eyes. Before he knew it a nasty kick to the stomach made him fold like a napkin. Sonic hit the ground hard, holding his stomach and trying desperately to breathe, all the while the bullies started to beat him down with hard stomps and mean kicks.
"Hey! Leave him alone!" he heard the little dude's voice, Sonic peeked open an eye to see the little fox running towards the bullies and then latching onto the tiger's back and pummeling him on the head. The fox didn't quit until the Wolf helped his bully friend and grabbed the little fox by his tails and threw him to the ground.
Sonic saw an opening and rolled out of the bully's way and then getting up; turning on his heel to face the bear again. Sonic thought about their fighting and his fighting, since his fighting wasn't working as well… Sonic narrowed his eyes and threw a mean right hook at the bear. Although the attack left him wide open for a blow Sonic followed through with the punch as they did to him; throwing his whole weight into it and hitting hard.
CRACK!
The bear reared back and hollered with pain as Sonic's fist connected with the bear's nose. The bear fell back onto his back and continued to curse and cuss and holler as he held his nose. Blood spewed from his muzzle; his nose was broken! Sonic looked at his blood-speckled fist with a cocky smirk then stared challengingly at the other bullies that were looking back from their friend that lay on the dry grass in pain then back at the blue hedgehog that just took him down.
"You want some of this too!?" Sonic shouted at them, his blood boiling, his pain ebbing away as adrenaline ran through his body. Sonic felt good about himself right now, a cocky smile just spread over his face as the bullies gathered up their friend and walked away. But not before shouting out a flurry curses and insults. Sonic put up his middle finger at the bullies and then turned back to the little fox that was now picking himself off the ground.
"Hey, bro, you're gonna be alright now. I'm sure those dipsticks won't be messing with you anymore!" Sonic said confidently, smiling, he approached the fox and stuck his hand out that wasn't speckled with blood.
"I'm Sonic the Hedgehog, what's your name, kiddo?"
The fox looked up at him hesitantly for a second before returning Sonic's smile. "My name is Miles Prower, but you can call me Tails, if you like! Thank you for helping me out." Tails said sincerely. Sonic and Tails shook hands and before Sonic could say anything else Sonic remembered that he had class at the dojo that he was probably late to now.
"Good to meet you Tai- WOAH!" Sonic held his head in disbelief and panic. "I'm gonna be late!"
"Late? Late where?" Tails questions him.
"The dojo! Ahh man, I have a class that starts in," Sonic looked down onto his watch, "30 seconds. This is supposed to be my year where I don't mess up!" Sonic whined as he picked up his shoes off the ground and inspected them. "Ugh, I can't run in these…" Sonic said to himself then turning around and in shock his jaw dropped as stared up at Tails.
"Du-dude… You're flying?" He saw the blur behind him and concluded that he was using his twin tails to fly. How is that even possible?
"Come on! I'll take you there!" Tails said with a serious face as he hovered over towards him. "Give me your hands Sonic."
Sonic complied and within the second Tails had him airborne. Tails flew as fast as he could towards the dojo, flying over the trees and the houses and the cars. Sonic was astonished and couldn't control his grin. This is so freaking rad!"Tails! This is awesome! How long have you been able to do this?"
"Since I was small!" Tails replied, then with a blush he asked, "S-so you actually think this is pretty cool?"
"Yeah! This is great!" Sonic said, kicking his feet. "Woooooo hooooo!" He kicked his feet some more, fully showing Tails how fun this was.
"You don't think me having two tails is weird?" Tails asked again.
"Weird? No! This is the coolest thing I ever seen! I wish I could fly!"
Tails' small smile grew larger as his confidence and self esteem started to sky rocket. Tails had a wonderful feeling that grew within his soul. He finally did it, he read about it in books and researched it watching others but, never had he ever, had a true friend- Sonic; friend- Tails' first friend! Tails giggled with euphoria as he did his best to fly even faster towards the dojo.
Sonic looked down and saw that the dojo's doors were still open. I must have a little bit time left. "I'm jumping off; Thanks Tails!" Sonic thanked him for the ride and let go of Tails as he pulled off a series of flips before hitting the ground. He tossed his torn up shoes into the trashcan that sat nearby then dashed into the dojo at breakneck speeds. Tails mouth was wide in awe. That was so cool!
Tails lowered himself to the ground until he reached the wooden steps of the beautiful, traditional styled dojo. He looked around before sitting down on the steps and taking a small notepad out of his book bag. He looked thoughtfully at the pad then towards the trashcan Sonic threw his shoes in.
Hmmmmmmmm…
/-/Inside the Dojo /-/
Sonic burst in through the beautiful, all wooden and stone vestibule of the dojo then through another set of doors to where the actual training room was located. Once he entered Master Waizu was just about to start announcements. The elder monkey looked towards Sonic with a frown and motioned him to join the other students. "A couple more seconds and you would have been late, Sonic. You need to be more punctual." He then turned back towards the rest of the students that were sitting on small cushions on the glossy hardwood floor before him.
"Attention everyone; Sonic, General Robotnik, and General Nega from Arch City has arranged a series of exhibition matches for candidates of the Extraordinary Students. Starting Saturday at 12 o'clock sharp, at the outside training grounds of our very own school, students from Arch City will come to prove that they are strong- you, including the median and great class students will be fighting against them to prove that you are stronger."
Multiple students around Sonic began to get very excited and some even started to express their exhilaration with whooping and cheering. Master smiled a small smile of satisfaction before he calmed them all down again. "You are to only fight the same class level you're in, for if you try to fight another class level you'll be without a doubt beaten." He looked around for a second then continued. "The fighting will be divided into Martial arts only, physical competitions such as benching, fastest mile, fastest 100 miles, and top speed as well as other events that will test other abilities. Oh and there will be a no barred martial arts that will include power using. We only have Silver and Memphiles that fits that bill so I don't want any of you children to try to enter that event."
Sonic looked around him and saw his own excited face being mirrored as other students around him was as ready as he was. That mean tomorrow at 12 he will get the chance to actually prove himself. Finally he'll get some acknowledgement around here; Shadow won't be the only star child of his family. Sonic clinched his fist in determination; he will be the best! He will haveto be the best.
After the announcements Master Waizu initiated another practice bout for the Elemental class students. Sonic won 4 out of 5 serious bouts this week which is a great improvement for him, and Master Waizu took note of it and gave him a nod of approval. Sonic trained hard for the next hour until it was time to go home.
Sonic said goodbye to his friends and was about to leave and go home until a wrinkled hand gripped his shoulder from behind. Sonic looked up over his shoulder in question and there was Master Waizu staring wisely down at him. Master tilted his head towards his personal office and Sonic nodded, heading over there himself while Master talked to a few students.
Sonic opened the bamboo shōji to the right that opened up into the lavish, wide room that was Master's personal office. The floors were the same glossy hardwood that were the floor of the training room, the lightening came from beautiful lanterns that had some type of weird characters, Sonic presumed that they were Japanese characters, he heard Master talking about it when he exchanged stories about when he was growing up. Sonic's nose was attacked by incense that burned in shiny, metal incense holders that hung from the ceiling. And finally there was a single large and low sitting table on the floor that had a very pricy tea cups and a single lavish kettle sitting in the center.
Overall the room had a very homey feeling that calmed Sonic to the point that he wanna pull up a lounge couch and take a nap. After a few seconds Master stepped in and closed the paper door. He smiled at Sonic then went to the table and sat down behind it, facing Sonic; the latter took this as a queue and sat down as well. Master poured Sonic a cup of tea, then himself and took a nice sip before placing his cup down onto the table.
"You've really improved within the past couple of years, Sonic." Master said with seriousness.
"Thank you Master, I had a pretty cool teacher." Sonic said with a smirk to which Master smiled genuinely.
"That you have. Although your math skills still need a bit more work, your science studies are really doing well; physics seems to be your forte. Even your reading comprehension skills are really doing better." Master praised his pupil, "I'd even say that you're ready for promotion, but that isn't fully up to me; the officials have to see that you improved." Master looked at Sonic wisely then continued.
"Are you considering competing in the Mobius vs. Arch City Extraordinary School exhibitions?" Master said then sipping from his cup.
Sonic smirked and his eyes lit up, "Of course I am! I uh- I mean, yes Master, I have considered it."
"Good, that'll be your ticket to promotion." Master said simply then sipping his tea again.
Sonic's eyes beamed; this is it, my chance, this is really my chance to prove everyone! Promotion here I come! Those Arch City kids better watch out! Sonic clinched his fists with determination. "I'm ready to show them all my worth!" Sonic said with a smile.
"Good, don't disappoint me Sonic; I expect you to be showing off your stuff at the exhibitions tomorrow." Master said to him, pointing to him with a wise look upon his face.
"I won't, I promise!" Sonic said with utmost confidence. After Master dismissed Sonic the blue hedgehog bowed slightly to him then exited the room. Sonic opened up the heavy all oak doors, and saw Tails sitting on the bottom step of the concrete stairs!? Sonic's eyes went wide as he saw the yellow fox, Was he waiting for me the whole time?
"Tails? What are you doing here?" Sonic asked, joining him at the bottom step, he saw his shoes was on the left side of Tails, this made Sonic a confused and he scratched his head.
The young fox looked shocked at first when seeing him, "I was waiting for you…" he said sheepishly, he put his pad and pencil down beside him and he laid one of his tails on it to conceal it.
"Oh, that's cool, whatcha got there?" Sonic asked, pointing at the notepad he just hid.
"Oh, uh... just homework…" Tails quickly lifted his tail then put the pad and pencil in his book bag. "So you're one of those Extraordinary Students, huh?" Tails inquired.
"Yeap! One day I'm going to be the best!" Sonic declared as he jumped off the last step of the concrete stairs. "Are you a student? How old are you anyways?" Sonic said now starting to walk down the path.
Tails jumped off the step as well and quickly following him, putting Sonic's battered up shoes into his bag as well. "I didn't want to become an Extraordinary Student; fighting isn't really my thing, so I'm just a regular student. I go to Robotnik High School, I'm 8-"
Sonic stopped dead in his tracks and turned to face Tails with a huge shocked look on his face. "HIGH SCHOOL!? You look like you're just in starting middle school!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Yeah, I am particularly gifted in smarts." Tails said kind of sheepishly, he didn't really like boasting about his vast intellect. "I read my first book just months after being born, built my first model airplane at 3, passed 5th grade level tests and exams by 4 and by the end of this year I should be getting ready to start college courses." Tails said, still scratching the back of his head shyly. Hopefully Sonic didn't think he was too weird…
Sonic couldn't believe his ears. He looked at Tails with utmost astonishment then shook his head. "You are the coolest kid I ever met, Tails." Sonic started walking again with Tails by his side, beaming brightly.
"Soooo, what was that about earlier; you know, with the bullies and stuff…" Sonic and Tails was walking across the street into the neighborhood that Sonic had found Tails, the sun was about to drop down into the land; it's about 6:45.
Tails thought for a second, and frowned. "Those were my classmates. I guess they didn't like how I have two tails or something... they keep calling me a freak and picking on me about my knowledge saying it's worthless and what not." Tails said sadly, his ears drooping a little.
Sonic thought for a second. "What idiots." Sonic shook his head then smiled at his new little friend, "I smarts are nothing to laugh at, that is what makes everything and all things happen; a thought; smarts and intelligence. And for those guys that say that your smarts are no good; ignore that! All you have to do is keep proving to yourself that you're freaking amazing! Shoot, maybe one day you'll build something so incredible no one can ignore it!" Sonic said to him, dramatically moving his hands around as he talked.
"You really think so, Sonic?" Tails looked up to him beaming, his sad tone and face melting away. Sonic grinned at him and threw thumbs up at him. "Of course I mean it buddy!" Sonic grinned wider and so did Tails; this is a wonderful start of a wonderful relationship.
The two pals talked and talked and talked about themselves and all the type of things they were into and how school was and the like. They talked until Sonic reached Tails' house to drop him off, they bid their farewells and Sonic told him if he wasn't busy that they should hangout before the games tomorrow. Tails accepted and so Sonic went off towards his house; surprisingly Tails lived not too far from him; just the neighborhood beside his small neighborhood. Sonic knew he was gonna get a scolding for destroying his shoes once again; maybe for the games tomorrow Shadow will let him use his spare pair of sneakers.
When Sonic got home he of course got the scolding, but was given Shadow's extra pair just as he hoped. But even though it got dark there was no sign of the ebony hedgehog. Sonic's mom and dad got worried and decided to call the school to find out where he is. Thankfully a nice woman had answered their call and told them that Shadow was in a special training program issued by General Robotnik; he will be there for the remainder of the night and he will be fed and taken care of. Sonic's parents; after asking a slew of questions were satisfied and relayed the message to Sonic himself.
Sonic told them all about today's events, highlighting the special event of Master Waizu had in his mind to promote him but he just have to show his worth at the games tomorrow; of which Sonic's mom and dad wished they could go and see their boys but sadly they will have to be absent from it for they had work. Sonic understood but throughout the night he couldn't wait; mind and body at unrest, he was so excited for the games tomorrow. He can't wait for the general and all of the officials to witness his speed; they had before when he was younger, but tomorrow he will just have to ruin another pair of shoes because he is gonna rip up the asphalt with his speed.
Sonic eventually fell asleep and dreamed all about the games tomorrow, all the excitement and happiness incubating inside his dreams; growing into a massive party of euphoria and happiness high; Sonic is so ready for this. He has to be, tomorrow will be his chance.
Time to shine hedgehog.
/-/-/Somewhere unknown/-/-/
Doctors and other figures in sterile white and green medical scrubs walked around briskly picking tools from drawers and placing them beside a shiny, metal plate beside a long, flat stretcher. Shadow lay in that stretcher, arms and legs and chest bounded by leather straps.
The room that Shadow was in contained many different machines and tools that sat on the far walls on his left and right, nothing was near him though, Shadow found that quite peculiar. On the far wall in front of him there was a large, single pane glass window and inside it he can see General Robotnik, and a few other officials staring down at him, they was talking about something but Shadow couldn't hear it.
The walls were white and bare with some metal tubes coming from vents on the ceiling. There was a large circle on the floor with 7 smaller circles around it, Shadow wondered what those were for but looking at his current situation, he can suggest that it has something to deal with him.
General Robotnik and the other officials told him that this is an extracurricular program for him and he is to be rewarded handsomely for it. Something told him that something isn't right; the way he was strapped down like this…
The doctors and other scrub wearing officials in the large room stopped moving as they came into a group; they looked up at the sizable window above where General Robotnik and some high ranking officials were standing. Shadow can see the General Robotnik talking to his subordinates beside him to his right. He then returned his eyes back in front of him then he put his hand up as a sign for the doctors. The doctors nodded then began to exit the room except for one female nurse; a pretty lioness.
The attractive lioness walked over to Shadow and bent over by his head so that they were eye to eye. He stared at her, he wanted answers, and he was starting to become impatient. The female nurse smiled then put a comforting hand on his shoulder, using her thumb to slightly stroke Shadow's neck. "Shadow, in the events following my departure I want you to stay strong." Shadow's mouth moved as though he was about to say something but she interrupted. "Don't ask any questions, you're going to be perfectly fine when this is all over, you may feel a bit of pain but soon it will fade away. Do not have any fear; this is to make you harder to defeat, better than the rest, faster than anything, and the strongest you can possibly be. Do not fret; think of this as a training exercise. Good luck, Shadow." She said calmly and smoothly, her suave voice making him feel a bit better. But apprehension started to surmount when she left and he could hear actuators and switches activating.
The floor started to vibrate somewhat and he could feel something coming; something alien to him; otherworldly; supernatural! Shadow shivered as this supernatural feeling wisped and flowed around him, filling the room with a weird pressure.
"H-Hey, what's going on?" His voice echoed in the room, he felt incredibly vulnerable about what was coming.
The vibration grew stronger, this time he could feel that it was coming from below him; directly under the strange circles on the ground. Eventually each individual of those circles split into 6 pieces and started to retract to reveal the artifacts beneath.
From the smaller circles came, firstly, seven strange diamond shaped jewels that radiated with intense pressure; power. Shadow could feel himself catching some of the vibes coming out of them; the vibes were untamed and ruthless. Shadow eyes opened wide in shock and started to protest, he was afraid. "H-hey! Get me out of here! What are those, why do they make me feel this way!?" But of course his cries went on unnoticed.
Exponentially the pressure in the room evolved to even more massive proportions as a herculean sized jewel of brilliant green lust slowly emerged out of the much bigger circle on the floor. Shadow stared wide eyed at it; his heart sped up with trepidation as he waited for the real event to happen. The reason why he is there strapped on this table and isn't being told of the real reason he is there must have a motive behind it; this jewel must be the reason. What type of training is this!? There was some ultimate goal to be made here by the officials; Robotnik…
"HEY! CAN YOU HEAR ME! HEY!" Shadow screamed again at the window where the officials stood stiffly.
Without warning the master emerald started to glow with the utmost brilliance, followed by the other smaller jewels shining as or more brilliant than its bigger counterpart. Slowly, the larger jewel started to rotate slowly which in turn prompted the smaller jewels to start to orbit the larger one, steadily getting faster and faster until the jewels were a mere hovering, white torus that radiated with intense, potent energy. Shadow struggled with all his might but to no avail, he can see the officials including General Robotnik staring down at them; Robotnik's eyes were full of anticipation and excitement while a few of the other officials had worry in their eyes. What were they so worried about, I got to get out of here…!
"Hey! LET ME OUT OF HERE!" Shadow screamed, and as if Shadow's voice was its cue the shining torus that surrounded the large jewel that is the smaller jewels instantly cut off their orbit and flew straight into him.
There was nothing but pain.
Shadow screamed and writhed as excruciating power and heat coursed through his body causing him to convulse powerfully. Sweat popped off his forehead as the pain grew exponentially. Tears of harrow streamed from his eyes and rivers of slobber fell from his lips. Shadow's screams filled the room as he fought against the power. He opened his eyes; they were blood shot, all he could see was the brilliant green jewel- Master Emerald,as if the power coursing through him was telling him about the actual name of the jewel. Shadow tried to fight back the power but it only left him exhausted and defeated as it seemed to have hit Shadow with a powerful blow of supernatural energy.
Don't fight chaos… let it reign; take control of you- become one with me; I am the Master Emerald. I am power. I am absolute. I am without parity.
Shadow's eyes widen with fear and confusion as the power- the Master Emerald talked to him. He rebelliously fought against it again, unwilling to listen to the mysterious emerald. And once again Shadow was punished back; pain erupted inside of him, he could feel himself about to burst. Frothy foam became apparent on his trembling lips. His eyes twitched as his body recoiled, verbose cries erupted from the hedgehog.
Do not fight against me. Accept my power and become the most powerful being you could ever be. Don't you want to be the most powerful being you can ever be? I can read your wishes, child, I KNOW what you want.
Shadow impulsively fought against it once more, his breaths faltering with each inhale. He screamed when the hexing pain sliced into him once more. He felt as though he was literally about to explode, his body started to bleed from everywhere; his eyes, ears, mouth, nose, all was starting to leak blood which scared Shadow to the core. He shook and convulsed again, he could feel fire in his belly which made him want to just curl up in die. Through each painful convulsion, his body jerked in unruly movements, and with each painful jerk he could feel something breaking his bones. As he screamed with the unbearable pain crushing him he could feel his eyes' integrity starting to become compromised.
Through hazy eyes Shadow looked pitifully up towards the large window pane which the officials stood behind. General Robotnik had a frown now, he slowly shook his head then said something to his subordinates before slowly turning away, walking off, with his aides in tow. Shadow had a different look in his eye now, not fear or confusion, but instead a strong feeling of being wanted, being accepted; that look they gave him- it scared him, it made him… feel… utter sadness.
No… wait, don't leave- wait, please!
Suddenly time slowed for him, he remembered back to when he was an orphan. The loneliness and the strong desire to be loved and accepted hit him like a sledgehammer to the heart. He didn't want to go back to that; he was tired of watching people looking at him disapprovingly, that's why he works himself so hard. He thought he was finally free of that when Mr. and Mrs. Hedgehog brought him in. But that look General Robotnik gave him, made him sadly reminisce back to the feelings he used to have- he wanted to be accepted, welcomed. That's why he has to be better! He has to get better! He has to get stronger!
Yes, that what you are feeling, you don't like that do you- let me help you, to help yourself. Help yourself by accepting me. Become one with me. Accept my gifts in return I hope that you don't stray from your path.
Shadow, now on the edge of death, picked up his bloodied head and stared, with his blind eyes at the Master Emerald, "I ACCEPT YOU! I ACCEPT! I ACCEPT! I DO NOT WANT TO BE WEAK ANYMORE- MAKE ME GREAT!" Shadow wheezes then coughs up blood before continuing, "MAKE ME THE GREATEST I CAN BE! I ACCEPT YOU, MASTER EMERALD, GRANT ME MY WISHES!"
Very well, Shadow, I will grant you your wish.
Immediately Shadow felt a different type of pain, almost a dull like sore pain that washed over his whole body. He could feel his body healing itself- no; the emeralds, healing him. His stomach was returning to its original state, he could feel his bones fusing back together. His skin and fur grew back together, and even the blood evaporated off of him. His eyes returned to its glossy shine, his irises as fiery as ever. His teeth was shiny and free from blood, his lungs healed back together- and in a few minutes he was totally healed, feeling nothing out of place.
But something didn't feel right…
His mind- it felt cloudy. As if something were covering up some information within him.
Suddenly the master emerald and the other smaller chaos emeralds began to go back down into the shafts where they rose out of the floor. The latches on his chest and arms and legs were undone and he felt a strong hand grasp his shoulder. Above him was General Robotnik, smiling a large, almost sadistic grin.
"You have done well my boy. Soon, you will be the strongest being alive- the ultimate life form." The General said, his smile growing somehow larger. "You are now Shadow, the ULTIMATE LIFE FORM! And you will bring every foe before you to their knees. And you will bring this country among the Gods. We, with you, will be undefeatable."
As the general was about to walk off he looked behind him at the ebony hedgehog that was now sitting up on the table, looking confused. "Oh, by the way Shadow, what's your brother's name?" The General Robotnik said slyly.
"What are you talking about?" Shadow said, genuinely confused.
"Perfect…" The mad general said under his breath while walking away, his raspy laughter ringing inside the large white room until he walked out.
Shadow's red eyes followed the General until he walked out of the room, his mind hazy and his confusion at an all time high.
Who was that?
