This chapter basically is focused on Maru. Find out about his past, and keep it in mind. This will play a big part in Maru's personality.

-Chapter 3-

Maru walked down the corrior and sighed. He hated life up here. Just the same ol' boring place revolving around the sun in the middle of space. Maybe he was tired. Who knew? He didn't even know himself anymore. He entered a passcode and went into his room. It was empty except for a bed, a closet that held his clothes, and a table that held a picture on it. He walked over to his bed and sat down, looking at the photo. It showed himself in between a few other hedgehogs. A large male, and two females. Then he saw himself, smiling. He hated his smile. "Mom...dad...I will find you.." he said to himself silently. Something else caught his attention. He got up and walked over to the window in his room. He could see the great blue planet called Earth. He watched it slowly spin upon its axis. The clouds slowly moving around. He sighed again and looked away as he took off his black metal gloves.

He laid down on his bed and stared at the ceiling. Hearing voices and screams. Crying and yelling. Before he knew it, he was back at home.

FLASHBACK

He appeared in a friendly looking neighborhood, complete with acorn trees and blue birds. Something like a suburbia. He looked around and went towards a house with a mailbox that read "The Const's". He heard giggling and footsteps running towards him. He turned and saw himself running with a female hedgehog with long quills, with a mixture of brown and orange. The two hedgehogs went inside a house, with a mother standing outside on the porch. Cute. Maru soon appeared in the dining room. The ancient shelves covered with trophies and photos. The table with linen cloth and candles. He watched his past self sit down at the table next to the brown and orange hedgehog, both giggling. A big, burly hedgehog walked into the room and gave Maru's past self a hug. The other female hedgehog came in holding a cake. She layed it down on the table, candles lit and the room darkened. Upon the cake, it said "Happy 13th birthday, Maru." He remembered that day, how could anyone forget it?

His past self blew out the candles and the 3 others surrounded him and clapped. He cheered and smiled brightly, until saw them. Maru's eyes went wide when he saw a man in a SWAT-like uniform, advancing towards them with an assult rifle. "RUN!!" Maru yelled at his past self, but he didn't hear him. No one did. A red laser dot was aimed at the mother like figures head. Maru dived in front of her as the gun was fired. The bullets passed through, blood and brain matter was sprayed all over. He heard screams and shreiks all around. Maru got up and noticed he wasn't wounded, but the person he tried to protect was. He seen his past self run with the girl, the father like figure hunched against the wall with blood dripping out of where his eyes were. Maru felt like he was gonna puke. He eventually followed after the kids, worried of what happened to them.

The soldier had them cornered, with his gun aimed perfectly as them both. His past self held his arm as a warm, red fluid ran through his fingers and down his arm. The girl hid behind him, holding onto him as if he were a knight in a crusade. "Come here, boy. No one else will get hurt.." The soldier said, using his hand as a signal to bring him in. "No! I won't!" the little orange hedgehog replied. "Maru!" The girl shrieked, stunned by his defiance. The soldier aimed his little red laser dot at the girls forehead as she peeped out behind the orange boy. "Kid, I could blow her brains out right now. Wouldn't you like to save a life?" Maru's red eyes glanced around the hallway which seemed to get smaller by the second. He finally looked at the ground in defeat, which made the soldier grin an evil toothy grin. "Mag...wait for me." He said silently under his breath as he turned and kissed her cheek. "M-Maru..." she said as tears started to go down her cheek. Maru walked to the gaurd and they both started walking back down the hallway. In a instant, the gaurd turned around, holding a handgun and fired.

END FLASHBACK

Maru woke to the sound of a shreik. He was in cold sweat. He hated that dream. He hated the day he turned 13. He hated life. He looked at his arm and glared at the circular scar on his arm. He let a tear slide down his cheek as he heard the echo of a gunshot from the back of his mind. "Bad time?" said a green echidna, whos eyes shined brightly in the dark. Nix. "Yeah...piss off or I'll break your jaw." Nix grinned and laughed a little. He made way to the door and looked at his orange friend. "The commander is gonna have a big test for us all. So stop shedding tears and be a man." Maru's red eyes quickly glanced and glared at Nix. He shivered and left. Maru looked back at his scar and closed his eyes. "Mag...I'm sorry.."

Well...thats the end of this chapter. Stay tuned, chapter 4 will soon be here.