The Third and Final Chapter
Looks like she got even farther in her journey! She has everything planned out; getting all the information she needed before she started planning in the beginning. She tracked down the location of the woman who assassinated her mother, knew exactly when she would appear, and even had all the weapons necessary to kill her. She was so vengeful, and filled with excitement as she was standing right in front of the building that she was going to be entering. Shadow was standing next to her, staring at the incredibly large size of the building, which happened to be the Rotterdam Electronics Museum of History. Though, to be honest, it looked more like a large, glass business building that had opaque windows.
"Is she really coming here?" Shadow says irritated, not believing that she would come to a place like this, but Sophia was too focused on her vengeance against the woman.
"I tracked her using a GPS signal on her cellular device. This is where she'll be appearing." Sophia says, as she has the pistol on her, along with her katana, machine-guns, and bullet belts all over her body.
"I'm surprised you know this much about espionage." Shadow says, as they both start walking towards the entrance of the building. Sophia pulls out her pistol and cocks it as they both take a right turn and move to the back end of the building.
"It's a genetic trait. I have a knack for stalking people." Sophia says, as she starts to laugh but stops once they get to the back end of the building. They manage to go through using an emergency exit from outside, and then they climb into a ventilation tunnel inside of the building. Going through was tough for them, because there were fans everywhere. Normally, Shadow would be able to teleport everywhere if he had something called a Chaos Emerald, but unfortunately, not one of them was in their grasp. There were guards all over the building, making sure no intruders get inside. "They say that there's valuable technology from decades ago. This stuff has been some of the most powerful technology in existence." Sophia explains, as Shadow remembers someone like that.
"Hmph. Sounds like the doctor." Shadow says, as Sophia pushes him up against the wall, being startled.
"I didn't see that glass vent!" Sophia says quietly, breathing nervously as she sees a couple of guards trying to stare into the vent, looking for intruders.
"I thought I saw something!" A younger man says, as another man around the same age starts messing with him.
"Yeah right. Bet my grandma that you are too stupid to catch anyone that easily." The other man says, as the man in front of him collapses to the ground, blood pouring from his head in a tiny stream.
"Wha..What the hell?!" The man says, going over to check on the now dead, younger man. However, he gets shot in the head with another bullet, as he too falls to the ground, dead as a doornail.
"She's here." Sophia announces to Shadow, as the woman is seen, sprinting across the two dead men in a serious rush. Sophia attempts to break the glass vent, as Shadow tries to stop her. Shadow fails though, and Sophia front-flips out of the vent, onto the black, marble ground as she draws her pistol and aims it at the woman. She fires, blasting a bullet in her direction, only for the woman to escape as the bullet ricochets off the wall. "Dammit!" Sophia shouts angrily, sprinting after the woman as Shadow tries to go after her, only to be kicked down in the head by someone else.
"Looks like hottie came back to play with me." Ellen says, revealing to be here just in time to stop them. Shadow tries sweep-kicking her off the floor, but she jump up and flips over Shadow, turning around and kicking him in the stomach. Shadow, however, grabs her leg and tries rolling her in the air, as Ellen takes advantage of this and tries kicking him in the face.
"She's better than I expected. I better get serious." Shadow says to himself, as he lets go of Ellen's leg and she falls to the ground, angrily kicking Shadow upwards into his face.
"I thought the Ultimate Lifeform was better than this. Looks like you're a wuss after all." Ellen says sinisterly, as she grins widely and starts laughing while Shadow rubs his face in pain. Shadow glares at her angrily while gritting his teeth in frustration. She gets up and tries punching him in the face, but he grabs her arms and twists them, kicking her in the stomach as she flies a couple feet across the floor. Shadow then runs up and tries stomping on her chest, but she blocks it with her hands and she tries kicking him in the stomach again. Shadow jumps above her in response, dodging the kick and attempting to kick down onto her face. She rolls over and just barely dodges it, as Shadow sweep kicks her and she slides across the floor even more, slamming into a statue of a very popular cell-phone back in the day. "You've got strength for a squirt!" Ellen shouts angrily, getting up and running at Shadow angrily, about to use Tiger Crane style kung-fu on him. Shadow simply grabs her arm and throws herself over him, as she flies into a trashcan next to marble stairs. She then starts tumbling down the stairs, infuriated with her second defeat while Shadow watches with no change of expression on his face. "WHAT THE HELL! GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE…" She screams, as her voice fades away into nothing. Shadow stands there and brushes his hands off, ready to go find Sophia and help her.
"I better find out where she is." Shadow says to himself, now running where Sophia headed to chase down that woman.
In the meantime, Sophia had chased that woman for a while, but failed to get to her. She tried shooting her while she was running, but the woman countered her shot by firing a shot of her own. This deflected the bullets, causing them to ricochet into random places as Sophia continues running, shocked by her impressive reaction.
"How the hell?!" Sophia shouts shocked, as the woman continues running without saying anything. She continues running, the woman doing nothing at all to stop her. The woman runs into a room, but slams the door shut. This prompts Sophia to take out her Katana and shove it through the door, as the woman is startled by the incoming sword.
"Whoa, she's certainly good." The woman says, as Sophia angrily cuts apart the door, walking in with the sword as if she was Beatrix Kiddo from the Kill Bill series. She stares around for the woman, only to see the woman cause herself to trip onto the floor, sprinting out the room as Sophia lies on the ground in surprise.
"Dammit!" She shouts angrily, getting up and throwing stuff everywhere as she angrily sprints out of the room after the woman, who's getting even farther away from her. "What the hell kind of woman is she?! I'm here, trying to kill her and she does nothing to fight me, and she's beating me?!" Sophia thinks to herself angrily, as she continues to pursue the woman, watching her disappear into a hallway. Sophia runs up to the hallway, but before entering, she gets her assault-rifle ready. Entering the hallway, she immediately fires off, but stops in seconds upon realizing that the woman isn't to be seen.
"UUUGH! Where is she NOW?!" Sophia shouts angrily, as she hears a loud noise of two women screaming. "There she is." Sophia says, smiling as she sprints towards the point of where the screams came from. However, she sees Ellen stuck in the trash can, and the woman running upstairs. Sophia runs up and chases after her, as the woman leads Sophia back into the room where they all started at. Upon Sophia's arrival, the woman takes out a smoke bomb and slams it onto the ground, watching Sophia cover her face and close her eyes as the grey smoke begins engulfing everything in sight. Shadow then runs into the smoke in the same place Sophia did. This causes him to run into Sophia, as she stumbles forwards, pointing out her assault-rifle and hitting the woman. She fires, but realizes that she's shooting the wall as one of the bullets ricocheted into her side. "AAAAAH!" She screams painfully, throwing away her assault-rifle and angrily pulling out her katana. In panic, she begins swinging the sword everywhere, hitting all the things that come across her sword in the grey smoke. Opening her eyes for a brief moment, she spots a shadowy figure in the smoke, closing her eyes and instantly jabbing the sword into the figure. She feels the sword penetrate its skin, cutting through it like scissors and paper, as blood soaks the tip of the sword. "What..did...I..hit?" She asks herself confused, as she couldn't see anything in the smoke that started to choke the life out of her. The smoke starts to fade away, and soon enough, Sophia realizes that she punctured the woman after all. However, she looks into her matching eyes and starts feeling regretful, strangely enough.
"Looks like...you got stronger over the years." The woman says in pain, as the sword is seen penetrating right above her stomach. Sophia holds the sword in shock, as she starts widening her eyes in confusion.
"Why...do I have this sudden...regret...of doing this to you?" Sophia asks out loud, as the woman hears her, and starts to explain.
"Well then. It looks like you really do have an amazing memory after all, don't you Sophie C?" The woman says, as Sophia widens her eyes in complete shock, being mind-blown by that name's meaning itself.
"Sophie..C?" Sophia asks herself, as she remembers the woman long back, stroking Sophia's hair when she was 5 years old. The little girl is seen, smiling happily at her mother as she continues to stroke young Sophia's hair.
"Mommy?" The young girl asks, as the mother kneels down to her, smiling happily as Sophia holds her fingers while swinging around in place.
"What is it Sophie C?" The woman asks, as Sophia begins asking her questions.
"Where's Daddy?" Sophia asks cheerfully, as the woman felt a spear of depression penetrate her, before responding.
"Daddy, has been gone for a while sweety." The woman tells her, as Sophia instantly responds by asking another question.
"Will he come back to us Mommy?" Sophia asks in that young cheerful voice, as the woman was too afraid to tell her the truth. She begins stroking Sophia's already long, blonde hair that was just like her own.
"Don't worry about him Sophie. He'll be alright, and I'll always be here for you." The woman tells Sophia, as she hugs the young Sophia before the older Sophia returns to the present of time. She realizes that the woman in her memory is the same woman that she just penetrated with her sword.
"But...but..that's impossible. I know that you're not…" Sophia explains, as the woman interrupts and begins telling Sophia the truth.
"Sophia, it's the truth. I am your mother." The woman tells her, as Sophia starts to go on about how that couldn't be true.
"THAT'S A LIE! You were the one who killed my mother! You can't be my mother!" She shouts angrily, as the woman ignores these statements and goes on to explain.
"I killed your stepmother." The woman says, as Sophia stands there, wide-eyed and confused, but before she could ask anything, the woman continues to explain. "That woman whom you call your mother, was actually an adoptive mother. She was a pathetic drunk, caring more about freaking drugs and alcohol than her own adoptive child. I couldn't stand there and watch my own daughter being neglected by some piece of crap! I killed her to save your own life from death." The woman explains, as Sophia becomes more infuriated and starts going into a rage.
"WHY WOULD MY MOTHER DESTROY MY LIFE?! You're not my mother! DON'T GIVE ME THIS…" She yells angrily, as the woman angrily interrupts in response.
"Don't you remember when she BEAT YOU?! In the HEAD?! For simply asking her a question?!" The woman ragefully yells, as Sophia stands there, even more wide-eyed as she suddenly remembers the time when the stepmother beat her.
"Shut your mouth little girl. You're gonna get more slashes if you don't shut up!" The stepmother says angrily, as a bullet is shot right beside her. "What the hell was that?!" The drunk mother says, as she angrily pushes the Sophia that's 6 years old to the ground. She witnesses the woman coming out, seeing the drunken stepmother as the mother tries to attack, being intoxicated. However, the woman stabs her in the stomach with a katana, exactly the same as Sophia's, but with inverted colors.
"You drunk! How dare you treat my daughter like trash!" The woman says angrily, watching the drunken stepmother fall to her death, witnessing the blood stain the floor. Sophia by this time had already passed out, as the woman walks over to her and carries her to safety.
"But...But..no!" Sophia says in shock, as the woman starts to go on with her last words to Sophia.
"I'm sorry you had to go through this, Sophie. But, it looks like I'll be moving on now." The woman says, as Sophia starts wanting this to end.
"No, no! What are you doing?!" Sophia goes on about, as the woman starts falling to the floor before her death.
"Goodbye, Sophie C." The woman says with her last breath, falling to the ground in pain as she dies, ending her life. Sophia instantly drops the sword and picks up the woman, not noticing that Shadow was back there, watching them the whole time with sympathetic remorse for Sophia.
"No! NO! You can't die! I just….just." Sophia goes on, eventually coming to see the fact that she's dead. It sliced through her heart as if it was an apple being cut with a machete. "NOOOOOOOOOO!" Sophia screams angrily and regretfully, as she begins to cry into her mother's body. Shadow walks up to her regretfully, as Sophia notices and instantly grabs him, hugging him tightly in a full form of remorse and horror. "Shadow! Why did this have to happen?! Why is she dead?!" Sophia begins asking him, as he holds her tightly, watching her cry into his chest.
"She didn't need this." Shadow thinks to himself, as he continues holding Sophia sympathetically. He begins wrapping his arms around her, hugging her as she continues to cry over the loss of her mother. The vengeance has been met, but yet she regrets it, not knowing the truth all this time. Shadow holds her as they both stand there in sorrow until the sun dies down and night crawls over the sky, ending the day of horror for Sophia, and bringing Shadow to her as her next guide through life. Shadow realizes how much she reminds him of Maria, despite her qualities of fighting and emotional response. This is what makes Shadow want to protect her for life.
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