Chapter 4:
Gerald looked at the G.U.N. soldier incredulously, "They want me to kill both projects and try again?" "Yes, they say they are dangerous." Flame dropped down, the G.U.N. soldiers weapon was up immediately, trained on Flame. She held up a hand, "At ease, I am one of the dangerous projects as you put it, let me show you how dangerous we are." She put a palm on his forehead. And showed him her memories of playing with Maria and the others, of stealing cakes from the kitchen, and of sneaking around at night. She withdrew her hand, and he was so shocked by the break of contact he shot her, she blinked as the bullet went into her side, flames started to crackle around it, and before either of the men could scream, the bullet came out, supported on a small cushion of flame, she picked it up, and smiled at the man, there was a trickle of blood coming from the side of her mouth. "It's okay, the doctors need to see me is all." Then she stumbled out of the room, not once holding her side. The soldier continued turning this information over in his mind, if he reported this he might become a sergeant, but what if the other one could endure equally well? He had to find some way of getting Shadow shot, and if Shadow was equally durable, then he could become a general! He first got to see Shadow when they were almost to the hospital, Flame looked like she was going to vomit blood, her face was pale, but calm, suddenly a blonde girl with a blue dress, bounded around the corner followed by George and Shadow, who would do anything for her, anything. She screamed as she saw the wound, Flame smiled weakly, "It's okay..." "NO IT ISN'T OKAY! SHADOW, QUICK! GET HER TO THE HOSPITAL! GEORGE, GET THE ARMY, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO ASSASSINATE FLMAE!" Gerald was shocked by the command Maria had on the two boys, Shadow grabbed Flame who, knowing it would be okay to allow herself to, passed out. "Grandfather quick..." "This young man did, it was by accident." "By accident?! Flame is delicate, he could have killed her!" Then Maria ran off with George in tow. Gerald shook his head mournfully, "Hmm, well, go and report to your boss, I am not going to kill Flame and Shadow." The soldier walked off, he didn't think that was what command would want now since he had a little information to tell them.
When G.U.N. arrived, Gerald had no idea, "Oh, good morning, to what do I owe the pleasure?" "We have come to train the hedgehog." "What?! What do you mean?" "The one who was able to continue even though it had been shot through the side." "She's a girl for heavens sake! Training, training, why is everything you do to kill?" The Commander looked coldly at him, "Do not play around with me Gerald. We came here with orders and we will carry them out. Come men." Gerald, couldn't do anything but lead them to the hospital were Flame was talking to her trio of friends, hearing the footsteps she pushed Shadow out of sight under the bed while George put Shadow's chair back were he'd found it. They surrounded Flame's bed. "Come with us experiment, you are to undergo training." Flame raised an eyebrow, "And if I don't want to?" "You have to do it whether you like it or not." At that statement her eyes blazed, she got out of bed and surrounded her body with fire, "Get away from me, humans. Gerald, will their training enable me to protect Maria?" Gerald checked, then, nodded. Flame smiled, the flame disappeared, there wasn't even a single scorch mark, anywhere. "Okay, I will, but I refuse to act like a prisoner and walk between two of your soldiers." So in the end, she ended up skipping from side to side of the passageway, talking to the soldiers, even if they didn't reply.
Maria was asleep when Flame came back, even though she'd made herself look energetic after the training and had talked animatedly, the training had shaken her, and she was so tired she wasn't sure she would make it through the rest of the sessions, being tired also scared her. She was an Ultimate Life-form, and they did not get tired. So she sat quietly, watching Maria sleep, then she realized something, her chaos energy, something had happened to it, then she smacked her forehead and smiled, she had forgotten, they had been doing a test involving drawing all chaos energy from everywhere on the ship to see if they could concentrate it into a beam that could slice through anything. So she was safe, it was only loss of Chaos Energy. With this in mind she spent the rest of the night absorbing chaos energy from a fake emerald she had found in another abandoned lab.
Author note: SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED SINCE A FEW DAYS AGO! The one explanatory word I can offer you is: Parents. I sincerely hope that this chapter makes up for the grossly unfair delay to your happiness at another chapter. CrazyNutSquirrel