Sorry this a little late! Once again, I've been pretty busy.

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Momoko T. Kitsunee: Yep, I am referring to Team Dark's theme song. It's pretty cool. XD Welcome to my fanfic, and thanks for reviewing!

Shadowchaos1000: Aw, thank you very, very much! You made me so incredibly happy! And I love your idea, thanks for sharing it! Thanks for your review!

Hissara: Hmm, I do like the idea, I'll have ponder upon it. Thanks for it! And thank you for reviewing!

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And also thanks to Airiko-the-Angel13 and reyrocks for your reviews!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Sonic series

CH. 9 Reflection

A special thanks to Shadowchaos1000 for the idea for this chapter! And to Scarabug, whose review had made me decide to pursue the theme in the last chapter further!

Once finished in the Battle Simulation Ground, Shadow met Maria out in the hall. She seemed a little shaken.

"Are you all right?" Shadow asked.

She nodded. " . . . Yeah. Listen, I have to take care of a few things, but I want to talk to you. Meet me in our secret room, okay?"

He frowned. "Okay."

She walked off and he headed down the hall in silence. Rounding a corner, he pulled up short, startled.

A boy was standing there. He had light brown hair and different colored eyes.

"I saw you," the boy said flatly.

Shadow frowned. "Uh . . ."

"I saw you fighting."

"Oh."

"You're powerful. You could kill all of us."

Shadow cocked his head to the side. "Why would I do that?"

The boy just stared at him.

A little irritated, Shadow walked past him.

"How did it feel?" the boy suddenly asked.

Shadow turned, looking at him.

"Was it hard to destroy all those things?" the boy pressed.

"No. It was easy."

The boy nodded, as if satisfied. "You're dangerous."

"Don't tell me what I am!" Shadow snapped.

"You are what you were created."

Suddenly Shadow had shoved the boy against the wall, gripping his shirt collar.

The hedgehog said in a low voice, "What do you think you know about me?"

The boy returned a cold stare. "What do you know about yourself?"

The glare faded from Shadow's red eyes. He let go of the boy and turned, heading off down the hall.

What did he know about himself? Less than he thought. That boy had a point. Why was he created? To help Maria, of course, and others like her. Then why could he do such incredible things? Why did the Professor have him fight the Combat Units? Did it matter if he could defend himself or not?

It wasn't like him to use force, but he still had an adrenaline rush from fighting the Combat Units. And the way Maria had looked at him . . . Had he done something wrong?

Sighing, Shadow headed off to the secret room.

A little short, I know, but I felt that it ended an idea. I'm still taking suggestions! Please review!