Author's note: Shadow narrates this part.
"Maria". The name seemed so distant, so far off. Like a forgotten memory of long past. I had forgotten about her. I had forgotten about everything in this world. I wandered through time and space, like a shadow. Never staying in the same place or same time. To see me would be the rarest of coincidences. I passed through this world like a ghost, never staying longer than a few minutes in the most remote of places. How he found me I don't know. The Doctor, Doctor Robotnic found me. Somehow, someway, he did it. I was floating through a jungle. Ever since the incident a year ago, my powers had increased. My ability to harness the power of chaos was multiplied tenfold. I don't really know how it happened. After I fell towards earth, my entire body was engulfed in flame, yet I felt no pain. I was in a dream-like state, and when I awoke, I looked around myself. I was badly injured and could barely breathe. My eyes were only half opened and I could barely make out my dim surroundings. Tiny shards of green glass-like things lay scattered about me. What they were, I may never know. But I think they were the reason I survived. I closed my eyes. It required too much energy to try and open them. Then I heard a voice; a soft soothing voice that I shall never forget. I felt gentle hands slowly lift me off the ground. But I began to loose the little strength I had left, and I fell unconscious.
I woke up abruptly after restless sleep filled with nightmarish dreams. I tried to sit up, but I was too weak. "Try not to move a lot," the kind voice spoke. "You haven't recovered your strength yet." I opened my eyes and looked around. "Where am I?" I asked. "Who are you?
"I'm Tical," she answered.
I was lying on a mat on a wooden floor. Tical was sitting by me.
" I found you lying on the ground barely breathing. You're lucky I found you. How did you manage to hurt yourself so bad?"
"..."
"Well, now that you're awake, I can heal you. It's impossible to do it while your unconscious."
Tical placed her hands slightly above me. Her hands began to glow and emit a blue light. I felt a tingling sensation similar to how I feel right before I execute Chaos Control.
"How strange," I thought. "Does she posses the ability to harness chaos? How then, are her powers different from mine?"
The rays began to intensify. It felt like billions of gig watts of electricity surged through my veins. I screamed. "What's wrong!?" Tical asked, taking her hands away from me. "That should have been a painless process. Unless.Do you.can you harness it? Can you also control the Chaos?"
".Yes." I finally answered.
"Then that is why...I'm sorry. You should be healed partially.but I'm afraid you'll have to stay in bed for a while still."
The next few days went by quickly. I healed fast, but Tical never spoke to me. Finally, she asked me:
"Is your name.Shadonic?"
"No," I replied.
"I'm sorry then.never mind."
Soon after I left, but I never found anything else out about her.
But anyway, I was floating through a dense jungle when I heard a voice call out to me. "Shadow!!!"
I turned to see Doctor Robotnic standing before me.
"What is it, Doctor?" I asked.
"Shadow, I need your help."
"No."
"Shadow, please, you don't understand. It's very important."
"I know how bad you want to conquer the world, Doctor, but I will not help you."
"It's not about that, Shadow!"
"Then what, Doctor? What do you want?"
Gern was shaking. He could not believe it.
"Gerald Robotanic. My great-grandfather." Gerald looked around slowly.
"Who are you?" He asked, glaring at Gern.
"I'm you great-grandson, Gern." He replied excitedly.
"Why have you awakened me?"
"I need your mind. You have an IQ of 500! Together, with your mind and my ambition, we could rule the universe!!"
"I have no interest in your ambitions. I wish only to destroy this and every world for what they have done to me."
"What are you saying?"
"You would not understand. Leave me alone."
"Gern was crushed. Never before had anyone ever refused him of everything. He was infuriated.
"If you won't agree to this, I'll send you back from where you came!" He shouted.
"You couldn't do that if I let you," the grim old man calmly stated. "I am no fool. In my countless years of research, I have learned secrets unfathomable, and, I have learned to harness the power of the Chaos."
With those words, the grim man of long past warped out of sight.
"Sonic, are you okay?" Tails asked.
" Yeah I think so." Sonic said, getting up.
"Who was that?"
"I don't know.but he got the last chaos emerald; we have to stop him!"
"Shadow, did you see a Robot that looked like you?"
"Yes."
"What did it want with the chaos emeralds?"
"He was going to revive Gerald Robotnic."
"So that's it.we have to stop them. My grandfather will stop at nothing to carry out his vengeance."
Tical: Oh, no. I feel a strange disturbance.the chaos emeralds have been united! It is too late. I have failed my duty as guardian of the chaos emeralds. and now a great power has been awakened. And yet I feel an even worse danger is foreboding on the planet of Chaos." Anishta, coudadapala siva ." The apocalypse is here.
"Maria". The name seemed so distant, so far off. Like a forgotten memory of long past. I had forgotten about her. I had forgotten about everything in this world. I wandered through time and space, like a shadow. Never staying in the same place or same time. To see me would be the rarest of coincidences. I passed through this world like a ghost, never staying longer than a few minutes in the most remote of places. How he found me I don't know. The Doctor, Doctor Robotnic found me. Somehow, someway, he did it. I was floating through a jungle. Ever since the incident a year ago, my powers had increased. My ability to harness the power of chaos was multiplied tenfold. I don't really know how it happened. After I fell towards earth, my entire body was engulfed in flame, yet I felt no pain. I was in a dream-like state, and when I awoke, I looked around myself. I was badly injured and could barely breathe. My eyes were only half opened and I could barely make out my dim surroundings. Tiny shards of green glass-like things lay scattered about me. What they were, I may never know. But I think they were the reason I survived. I closed my eyes. It required too much energy to try and open them. Then I heard a voice; a soft soothing voice that I shall never forget. I felt gentle hands slowly lift me off the ground. But I began to loose the little strength I had left, and I fell unconscious.
I woke up abruptly after restless sleep filled with nightmarish dreams. I tried to sit up, but I was too weak. "Try not to move a lot," the kind voice spoke. "You haven't recovered your strength yet." I opened my eyes and looked around. "Where am I?" I asked. "Who are you?
"I'm Tical," she answered.
I was lying on a mat on a wooden floor. Tical was sitting by me.
" I found you lying on the ground barely breathing. You're lucky I found you. How did you manage to hurt yourself so bad?"
"..."
"Well, now that you're awake, I can heal you. It's impossible to do it while your unconscious."
Tical placed her hands slightly above me. Her hands began to glow and emit a blue light. I felt a tingling sensation similar to how I feel right before I execute Chaos Control.
"How strange," I thought. "Does she posses the ability to harness chaos? How then, are her powers different from mine?"
The rays began to intensify. It felt like billions of gig watts of electricity surged through my veins. I screamed. "What's wrong!?" Tical asked, taking her hands away from me. "That should have been a painless process. Unless.Do you.can you harness it? Can you also control the Chaos?"
".Yes." I finally answered.
"Then that is why...I'm sorry. You should be healed partially.but I'm afraid you'll have to stay in bed for a while still."
The next few days went by quickly. I healed fast, but Tical never spoke to me. Finally, she asked me:
"Is your name.Shadonic?"
"No," I replied.
"I'm sorry then.never mind."
Soon after I left, but I never found anything else out about her.
But anyway, I was floating through a dense jungle when I heard a voice call out to me. "Shadow!!!"
I turned to see Doctor Robotnic standing before me.
"What is it, Doctor?" I asked.
"Shadow, I need your help."
"No."
"Shadow, please, you don't understand. It's very important."
"I know how bad you want to conquer the world, Doctor, but I will not help you."
"It's not about that, Shadow!"
"Then what, Doctor? What do you want?"
Gern was shaking. He could not believe it.
"Gerald Robotanic. My great-grandfather." Gerald looked around slowly.
"Who are you?" He asked, glaring at Gern.
"I'm you great-grandson, Gern." He replied excitedly.
"Why have you awakened me?"
"I need your mind. You have an IQ of 500! Together, with your mind and my ambition, we could rule the universe!!"
"I have no interest in your ambitions. I wish only to destroy this and every world for what they have done to me."
"What are you saying?"
"You would not understand. Leave me alone."
"Gern was crushed. Never before had anyone ever refused him of everything. He was infuriated.
"If you won't agree to this, I'll send you back from where you came!" He shouted.
"You couldn't do that if I let you," the grim old man calmly stated. "I am no fool. In my countless years of research, I have learned secrets unfathomable, and, I have learned to harness the power of the Chaos."
With those words, the grim man of long past warped out of sight.
"Sonic, are you okay?" Tails asked.
" Yeah I think so." Sonic said, getting up.
"Who was that?"
"I don't know.but he got the last chaos emerald; we have to stop him!"
"Shadow, did you see a Robot that looked like you?"
"Yes."
"What did it want with the chaos emeralds?"
"He was going to revive Gerald Robotnic."
"So that's it.we have to stop them. My grandfather will stop at nothing to carry out his vengeance."
Tical: Oh, no. I feel a strange disturbance.the chaos emeralds have been united! It is too late. I have failed my duty as guardian of the chaos emeralds. and now a great power has been awakened. And yet I feel an even worse danger is foreboding on the planet of Chaos." Anishta, coudadapala siva ." The apocalypse is here.
