New world chapter 3: Meetings
Out in space, his mind whirled.
It couldn't be, could it? Stuff like that doesn't happen, right? But that boy was young…the same age as HE was when we first meet.
The look on his face as he ran, that look of pure joy…it was just like his. The way he moves, the way he greets people…it's all the same.
No! Stop thinking like that! It's not possible! This world doesn't work like that!
But…even after all this time, I'm still not sure how I work, how this power I obtained works.
The boy was blonde. Humans don't have blue hair, so maybe…his eyes.
He bent over the world, searching eyes landing on a running figure.
I'll know once I see his eyes.
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Reese jumped over a fallen trash can and hit the ground running. It was still a beautiful day and school was finally out! He had no homework, and the weekend stretched out in front of him like an empty track.
Reese slowed down(just a little bit) as he approached the corner he had to turn. It was a good thing he did because someone else was turning from around the same corner from the opposite way.
They both fell down with a thump.
Reese shook his head, before getting up and approaching the person on the ground. "Sorry about that, are you okay?"
The person froze in the middle of feeling their head. "Yeah, I guess so."
Reese blinked. Kinda a weird thing to say. But they sounded fine.
They were wearing a blue hoodie, and they were probably just a bit younger than Reese himself.
"Want a hand?"
The person tilted their head back, before pulling the hood down. He was a blonde boy, like Reese, and he stared up at him with a strange look on his face. "Your eyes are green." he said. "Emerald green."
"Uh yeah. Why?"
Suddenly, the look on his face shifted from that weird expression to one of determination. He reached for Reese's hand, and Reese pulled him up.
"Have we met before or something?" Reese asked. He did look kinda familiar, and it would explain why he kept staring at him.
The boy gave him a startled look, before beameing. "Yeah, we did." and he said it almost shyly. "but it was a long time ago, so it's okay if you don't remember me."
That would explain it. And yet…
"A long time ago we were good friends." the boy was saying "Is-is it okay if, once in a while-"
Reese nodded. "Sure, why not." he said, shrugging. In the back of his mind, a small voice known as caution was screaming that he was crazy, but he ignored it. Something about the kid's blue eyes and expression, especially the broad smile he was giving him now, made him trust the kid.
"Then, can we meet here tomorrow?"
"Well, there's no school tomorrow…sure."
"Alright!" he jumped into the air, a victory dance. "See you tomorrow Reese!" and he was gone in a streak of blue.
A streak of blue. Reese stared after him…he hadn't told him his name…
He shrugged, and started to walk the rest of the way home. There wasn't anything else to do anyway.
Reese grinned. A new old friend, who seemed just a little weird. Well, this'll be interesting.
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Maria covered a yawn with her hand.
"Tired?"
Maria looked up from the computer and smiled. The two computer experts had finally gotten in to the system, giving Maria something to do. "Just a little. I'm going to stay up a bit longer so I can finish this."
Jean stretched and yawned theatrically. "Fine, if that's what you want to do. But me, I'm going to bed." He walked over to her and paused. "What are you working on, anyway?"
She scooted away to give him room and gestured towards the screen. "Come see!"
Jean scanned it and laughed. "A baby journal of Shadow the Hedgehog?"
She gave him a slightly impish grin. "There's pictures too." she told him, scrolling up and pointing. A baby hedgehog tightly hugging some blue plushy and staring curiously up at the camera.
Jean laughed again. "And with that pleasant image in my head, I'll go to sleep. Tell Richard when he gets back that I've gone to steal the top bunk. See you tomorrow, Maria."
"See you tomorrow Jean." she said, smiling, before turning back to the screen. And then she frowned.
Being alone with Richard was not a pleasant thought. He was hard enough to deal with when there were other people around, he might be impossible to deal with when they were alone.
Maria considered just leaving the room before Richard returned. But this was so interesting, and it would be rude to leave without letting him know what was going on.
The door opened.
Well, I guess that solves that problem, Maria thought, a little amused. And she turned around-and Richard was locking the door. He turned to smile at her.
Except it wasn't a real smile, or at least it wasn't like any other smile that she'd ever seen.
"Hey Maria. Jean's gone to bed?"
Maria couldn't think of a good answer to that question. "Richard, I'm not feeling that well, so I'm going to go lie down now.'
Richard snorted(rather like a big black-haired bull, Maria thought.) and moved towards her.
Maria suppressed the urge to back up and did her best to stand straight. "Richard, unlock the door. I'm going to go now."
He snorted again. "Sure you are. Do you know how long it'll take before we're left alone again?"
"I really don't care Richard!"
"Right, Goldilocks." and he moved to grab her.
Maria shrieked and tried to push him away, but he grabbed both her wrists. So she kicked him in the knee and used that to break away.
He grabbed for her again, but this time she dodged, all the while trying to think.
The door was locked-Jean was asleep-no one was going to come looking for her-she couldn't break the door down!-how-
Richard was about to grab her when "Chaos control!"
And Maria found herself on the other side of the room, a gloved hand wrapped tightly around her wrist.
She turned her head to the side, but saw no one. So she looked down.
Wild black and red spines, a gun in a gloved hand-
He was moving even as she was trying to think.
And the sound echoed through the room as the bullet entered Richard's knee. He grabbed at it, crying out and fell.
"Shadow the Hedgehog." whispered Maria, feeling dizzy.
He turned to look at her just for a moment before jerking his head around(almost like he couldn't bear to look at her) and began to point the gun towards Richard again.
Richard screamed.
"Don't!" Maria yelled.
Both males turned towards her, Shadow with a expression that clearly said "What are you, crazy?" and Richard with a whimper.
"We can tie him up." Maria offered. "and it won't be that long before the ship comes back anyway."
He looked at her, steadily, searchingly for a moment before sighing. "With what will you tie him up?"
Maria thought furiously for a moment. "In my first aid kit…I have some long bandages. We can use those."
Red eyes locked on her blue ones, before he shut them and sighed. "Alright. Do as you wish."
She stepped towards the door before remembering and looking over her shoulder at him. "It's locked."
He motioned her to move aside and when she did, he took a hold of the large red gem he was carrying. "Chaos spear!" Bursts of yellow energy hit the door, knocking it into the corridor.
Maria gave him one last look before heading out the door.
Absurdly enough, she didn't want to leave him. But the quicker she got the bandages, the sooner she could get back.
Back to him.
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(Rubs hands together) Heheheh…Shadow and Maria. ^^ But for some reason, this was a really hard chapter to write. It was that way last time too. Huh. Still not really happy with it, but I have the feeling I never will be, so(shrugs).
Anyway, only two chapters to go until we reach the chapters that I did back up! Less work for me yeah!
And because I forgot to mention it in earlier chapters, there's no actual romance in this fic. You can probably guess which couples I like, but there is no "getting together" or anything(although now I want to write a scene where Reese kisses Amy's hand for some reason…)