Lost Causes
I set the coordinates for the cannon's first strike. The military base where the soldiers from the organization that took Maria's life are trained and recruited. I set the cannon to Low Power. I want to enjoy this. I fire it at the planet. I see a small boom come up from where the cannon hit the painting-like Earth. No sound, though. I utilize the ARK's ability to receive satteilite signals to tune into the various News Networks that the Human's televisions have on display. All of the channels enter Breaking News segments to discuss the beam that was launched. "
Sources report that there are one million casualties in the base that once belonged to the government protection agency known as G.U.N." "Sonic the Hedgehog was hospitalized after being shipped back to Earth VIA the twin-tailed fox that saved the city coast only a day ago." Much more news was on, but i disabled the receiver. Amy Rose, the pink hedgehog that Eggman had captured walked into the room. Her face was the personification of sadness, tears simply pouring out of her eyes like waterfalls. "Are you happy, Shadow?!" she asks in between sniffles. "Youv'e taken out G.U.N. and injured my one and only Sonic. Isn't that enough?! Why destroy the planet? Not all humans are bad, y'know!"
She takes out a hammer and attempts to destroy the Cannon. Stupid, insignificant girl. I stop her by knocking her down gently, while explaning. "If you destroy the cannon, all of the excess energy stored will be released. In other words, if you destroy the cannon, you destroy Earth. I don't really care, though. Especially seeing as how i'm destroying the planet, anyway." She slaps me and then walks out of the room. "Women..." I mutter to myself. I'm going to play with the Humans some more. This time, i'll aim for their major legal powers. I can't have even the smallest iota of resistance. I set the Cannon's power to Medium as i fire it at different coordinates than last time.
However, this time, something blocks the beam. I look outside to see that the twin-tailed fox has made an energy shield to protect the planet. He must've caught wind of the destroyed G.U.N. base and is trying to stop me. I must eliminate him. I lock the Cannon's computer so that it will only open with a passwaord that i alone would ever remember. I then take a Space Pod and lanch it. As i drive this ship, the fox notices me. He attempts to establish audio contact. I allow it. Maybe i can talk my way out of this...
"Shadow! I know how you feel about the people down there, but i can't allow you to hurt them. Besides, not all of them are out to get you! Please! Stop this madness!" As im look at his face in the transmitter, it reminds me of Maria somehow. I can't be stopped, though. "If you get in my way kid, you will not live another day..." I meant every word. If the child persists, then i'll kill him. Sure, it's a little dark, but that's why i'm called Shadow. I give the kid one last warning, only to have him begin to fire upon my craft. I raise my deflector shields.
I then do something that one might think unorthodox soon after trading "blows" with this kid. I open the hatch where the missles of my craft lie, and charge my Chaos Powers to them. I then fire one. It breaks through the kid's shields and critically damages his craft. "One last chance, kid. Leave or be destroyed..." i say. He fires his last missle. it packs way more punch, but my shields weaken the impact. "Such a shame. You seemed like such an intellectual,too..." I fire MY last missle. I hear him utter Sonic's name right before his craft explodes. I feel a sadness in my heart that i just can't make out.
