Chapter 7-Open Wounds
"We will now call this meeting of Worldly Representatives United to order. Mr. President, if you will."
It was quite a sight in that room, but Shadow was too preoccupied to notice.
"Thank you. As you have probably seen from the previous videos, the plague to our planet, Dr. Robotnik, has surfaced again. He has, as far as we know, obtained at least four of the seven Chaos Emeralds. We don't know what he intends to do with them, but we don't honestly want to find out."
This took the people, and creatures in the room back to the ARK, a powerful space based cannon, that had the energy and power to level countries if necessary. A smirk came across Shadow's face. Finally, something he could relate to.
"How quaint that you are going to aim in the dark," the black hedgehog commented. "Why try hitting something, when you don't know where it is."
A hush fell over the crowd. The room was quieted as they pondered what he had said, questioning the decisions of the President. But a smile eased onto a blonde human, her eyes icy and blue, a sense of superiority emanating from her.
"Indeed this may be true hedgehog, but representatives, should we wait for light to be shed on this? A light that may show our doom? No. We must rise up against this threat, even if we do not yet know what we are rising up against."
This rallied the people into action. They started to clap, to cheer, as if this was a simple baseball game, and the blonde human had just scored a home run.
How easy it is to manipulate homo sapiens. They are swayed by her words so easily, as if she has just given them the answer to the actual problem. If that was all it took, swinging blindly, Sonic or I could have ended the Doctor long ago.
While Shadow pondered his own plan against the current dilemma, the blonde human swayed down the aisle, causing her to be the main focus of attention. And each moment she did this, the human's began to think that only her plan would work, that she should be in charge.
How easily these humans wish for someone to tell them what to do. Even the ones at the top seem to be begging her for the solution. How pathetic.
"We must strike the thing that opposes us, take it away and lock it up. Robotnik's army is large, not undefeatable.
Shadow perked up at this. "Are you mad human?!? Those robotic armies are close enough to undefeatable at long range, and are just as deadly up close! The likes of the Mobians can handle them, but only a selected few of them are up to that task. Face it, you should stop these silly games and let us handle it."
She smiled mockingly. "Us?As in you, a crippled thing with no record whatsoever, and that sniveling hedgehog next to you, who, though being one of the representatives, hasn't uttered a word."
Shadow was taken aback, but he looked down at his leg and arm, and the wheelchair that supported his delicate frame. So this is what the world's ultimate life form has been reduced to. A pathetic being strapped down to one place.
He looked over at Sonic. And he could only feel for him the utmost pity. He's a wreck. His spines were ruffled in places, like he hadn't bathed in days. (This had been about 4 days since the incident. Hey, world representatives take a long time to gather!) His eyes were black, his shoes were practically destroyed. I'm kind of getting her point on this. We are quite a sight.
Shadow gulped back. "True, but this hedgehog beside me has had no problem defeating that doctor on occasion before, all alone! Ugh, I hate to give him praise!
For the first time the President spoke up. "Ummm yes… about that Mr. Shadow. We consulted the tapes from your fight last week."
Finally that idiot is waking up a little bit! Indeed, Sonic had perked up, if just a small amount at this.
"Ummm, it seems that during your encounter, Sonic entered a state not unlike his Super Form. Except, this one was a bit more, well, destructive. You almost leveled an entire city block on your own."
This silenced the room considerably.
"And Mr. Sonic, I'm sorry that I have to tell you this, but we realize that your reaction came from the four Chaos Emeralds in the area. If you came in contact with those, ummm, reactors again, we fear that you may do more harm than good."
Sonic jumped to his feet. "Are you guys retarded! Eggman's a much bigger threat than you're making him out to be. I can-"
"And that is why it has been petitioned that, until this scenario is over, you are to not participate in the mission. We don't know if you'll do something that you and our country may regret. United take the vote."
A furious scratching of pens on paper took place then. The entire fate of the world was resting on if more than half the room said no. The ballots were collected and counted. Slowly the blonde human, looking as smug as possible, stood up.
"The room has decided. Though obviously not within his intentions," and a private scowl came across the woman's face as she said that, "It has been decided that he will not take place in the attack on Robotnik's fortress. Under the condition that this is to happen, extreme force will be used to apprehend him."
A smug smile took place across the woman's lips, and she added for extra measure.
"So, until the rendering of Robotnik, the hedgehog Sonic will not be able to take part. That is all."
Sonic stood. Shadow turned. Both walked out, into the light of the cruel world.
Sonic wept.
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Sonic stared at Shadow, trying to gauge the reaction that was obviously there, just impossible to see.