Disclaimer: I'm about to shoot someone, dangit! X| I don't own any of the
Sonic crew. Technically I don't even own the villain, just her concept. But
that'll be explained later...
I'm back! Why? Because I never liked it when people took forever to update. It drives me insane, because I would have to WAIT of all things to find out what would happen. And no one I know of actually likes to wait. This last few generations of humans were born impatient. The only virtue we've got is the one we'll shove down your throat if you don't move fast enough.
Thanks to Charizard for putting up chapter eleven of his story; I was frothing at the mouth. One more day, and I think I'da started biting people...wait, I do that anyway... O.o
I wrote a particularly long chapter for you guys, though it isn't the end. We've still got a few chapters to go, and I'm thinking (thinking mind you) about sticking in an epilogue. I also wish to say that we've decided there shall be no lemons or rapes in the story. We're trading them out for fight scenes and some moderately lime-ish fluff. ^.~
Shadow and Sonic: All of which seems to be at OUR expense...
And so, I give you: THE UPDATE!!! Wahahahahahahaha....
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Chapter Ten - In The Cold Hall Of Mirrors
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Shadow had to force his eyes open, shattering the thin layer of frost that had formed on the lids, trying to keep them closed. He pushed himself up onto his hands and knees cautiously, trying to make certain he hadn't been harmed too badly while being transported to wherever he was. His whole torso ached, but any real pain was numbed by the fierce cold.
He shivered as a sharp wind bit into his flesh beneath his thin fur. Hedgehogs lived in fairly warm climates most of the time, so he wasn't well suited to this biting cold. You think that after living outside for so long however would have gotten him used to unexpected temperature changes, but it hadn't. Not really anyway.
"Maria?"
There was no response from his angel guide. He learned why as he looked around in the pitch blackness.
Maria wasn't there.
"Damn," He muttered, his ears flattening against his head. Small wisps of steam whirled around him, freezing to the ends of his fur. He brushed them off, and tried to see if he was in good enough shape to stand.
"No! STOP!!"
His head swivelled round at the familiar voice, only to see Sonic dodging and weaving around in the distance. Various cuts lined the hedgehog's form from the near misses his attacker kept throwing. Sonic was lucky he'd had speed as his natural talent. If it had been anything else, the hero would've been sliced open long ago.
"Stop, please Shadow!"
Now the assailant came into view. Shadow gasped, finding himself looking at a mirror image of well...himself! He stayed stunned for a minute watching disbelievingly as his duplicate chased Sonic, a Chaos spear in hand.
Sonic stumbled and wove, trying to throw his opponent of his trail long enough to get away. But the imposter was fast, faster than Sonic in his injured state. Sonic didn't have much hope of outrunning him.
The mirror's hand went back, and Sonic's scream echoed throughout the dark cavern.
The sapphire hedgehog, faltered, tripping over his own feet, landing in a heap on the cool, glass-like ground. His back had been laid open by the Chaos spear, and his split blood stained his fur a dark purple, pooling under his body.
Sonic tried to push himself to his feet, but couldn't make it all the way up before the Shadow look-alike kicked him roughly in the stomach and sent him tumbling across the ground to land face-down, his blood covering his torso, leaving streaks of sticky, deep violet.
Shadow's eyes widened as his koi's aggressor raised his arm over Sonic's fallen form, a savage grin on his face. Sonic's eyes flickered open and saw the lifted weapon over him, and shut his eyes tightly.
"Shadow, PLEASE!!"
All pain and other thoughts were thrown aside. Shadow was never naturally as fast as his blue double, but his anger fueled him better than any chili dog had ever fueled Sonic. He was up and charging at the mirror of himself in seconds.
He barreled into the creature at top speed, carrying them both a good extra few feet from Sonic's fallen form, tumbling over themselves, each fighting as nastily as they could, one caught by surprise, the other injured.
Shadow bit, clawed, punched, and kicked, but couldn't seem to gain much ground on the monstrosity that looked like him. Likewise, it could not push him back and gain any victories for itself.
Shadow grinned suddenly, and swept his legs under the creature's, knocking it off balance so that he fell onto his back. The image glared up at Shadow, angered. Suddenly its grin matched Shadow's, and it melted away into the ground with a gentle hissing sound.
Shadow stared at the place the image had been for a few minutes then turned back to Sonic.
The hedgehog in question was gasping heavily, trying to drag himself away before the attack on him was renewed. Shadow rushed over to him and knelt down beside him. Sonic snapped at him furiously, trying to keep him away. Shadow grabbed him and pinned him face-down, too busy trying to examine the wound on his koi's back to silence him.
"Get off me! Let me go!!" Sonic yelled, struggling wildly.
"Hold still, Sonikku!" Shadow hissed, trying to pin him down. "You're losing blood..."
"Don't call me that!" Sonic yelled. "Only Shadow calls me that! Do you hear me?! Only SHADOW!"
Shadow rolled his eyes and gave Sonic a hard thunk on the head. "I am Shadow, you little idjit! Now hold still before you widen the gash!"
Sonic lay quietly now, stunned more or less by the revelation. Shadow thanked the gods above silently, and returning to inspecting the wound.
It wasn't too deep, looking worse than it really was. It looked like he'd been sliced first, then someone had held a torch against Sonic's back to sear the flesh and fur. The sides were burned badly, getting less and less so as he traveled away from the slash. Sonic squirmed underneath him uncomfortably, so Shadow guessed that it must not have felt too good either.
He pulled Sonic upright and placed his hand in front of the hero's mouth. "I want you to bite down the moment you feel any pain, okay?"
"Can I bite now?"
"No, wait 'til I start pressing. I need to see if I can clot the flow of blood."
Gently, Shadow began applying pressure along the sides of the cut, letting blood wash over onto his glove and Sonic's fur. The said hero immediately sunk his teeth deep into Shadow's cloth glove, shuddering as wave after wave of agony swept over him.
Slowly however, his jaws relaxed and the pain faded. Sonic shivered as a wind came, and yelped when it flew across his open flesh, stinging it mercilessly.
"S-sorry about your hand Shadow..." Sonic murmured, looking abashed.
Shadow smiled. "Don't be. These are thick gloves. Chances are you only bruised me. I'm just glad you settled down before you bled too much." He stood up slowly, sighing as he did so. Sonic sighed as well, and followed the suit.
"Come on then, let's see if we can find a way out." Shadow said, taking Sonic's hand in his. A hissing voice abruptly spoke out from behind them.
"I think that'll be hard to do..."
Both spun around in surprise, ready, but in no condition, to fight.
There she was, floating tranquilly just above the glassy floor. Her appearance reflected all over them in every direction, as though they were surrounded by millions of mirrors. Her black wings were spread wide, the tips looking as though they had been dipped in blood. Sonic's blood, Shadow just knew it.
"How nice of you to come visit, Shadow..." She took a step forward, still hovering. Shadow backed Sonic up with him, watching her the whole time.
"I'm just here to get Sonic. We'll be on our way now." He said coolly, sounding much braver than he was really feeling.
She smiled. "Really, I'm sorry you haven't enjoyed your stay..."
Shadow saw this spun around to run, dragging Sonic after him. She was in front of them just as suddenly as if one of her reflections came to life. She grinned, and her eyes glowed a deep red as her grin widened. A large ball of white-hot energy formed in her palm.
"If you're going to take Sonic away, Shadow, I'm afraid I'll have to kill you." She drew back her arm to strike. "No hard feelings...?" She leased the blast.
Shadow leapt to the side instinctively, yanking himself and Sonic out of harm's way, rolling over and over for a few feet before coming to a stop. She pursued, throwing her beams of energy too close to their marks for Shadow's comfort.
One aimed throw met its mark, slicing Shadow across the chest. It was a shallow cut, but enough to suprise him into losing his balance and falling flat on his back, Sonic landing a little ways away.
She towered over him, a bright sphere of light materializing in her hand. "A good try, Shadow. But you didn't quite make it..." She tsked. "I really liked you too..."
Her hand hovered directly over his chest, the illuminating ball aimed at his heart.
"Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog...
Shadow closed his eyes. He heard the whistle to the air as the blast was fired towards him from the kill. His eyelids were brightened by the light, and he readied himself for death.
Then everything seemed to stop.
Shadow opened his eyes, staring up at the shocked human hovering over him. She was staring at him, obviously thunderstruck.
Shadow then noticed the dead weight on his chest. He looked down.
"SONIKKU!!"
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Sonic: O.O .....
Um....oops?
Sonic: OOPS?! OOPS!?! YOU JUST SHOT ME!!!
^-^ Aheheh....well...you see...there's a really good reason for that...
Shadow: What is it?
. Um...I can't say...it'll give away the story...
Sonic: *seething* You just KILLED me!!! And I thought Strawberry was bad!!! X[
*pats his back* Don't' worry 'bout it. At least you saved Shadow...?
Shadow: ^-^ Gosh Sonic, I never knew you cared.
Sonic: Shut up. Both of you.
I'm back! Why? Because I never liked it when people took forever to update. It drives me insane, because I would have to WAIT of all things to find out what would happen. And no one I know of actually likes to wait. This last few generations of humans were born impatient. The only virtue we've got is the one we'll shove down your throat if you don't move fast enough.
Thanks to Charizard for putting up chapter eleven of his story; I was frothing at the mouth. One more day, and I think I'da started biting people...wait, I do that anyway... O.o
I wrote a particularly long chapter for you guys, though it isn't the end. We've still got a few chapters to go, and I'm thinking (thinking mind you) about sticking in an epilogue. I also wish to say that we've decided there shall be no lemons or rapes in the story. We're trading them out for fight scenes and some moderately lime-ish fluff. ^.~
Shadow and Sonic: All of which seems to be at OUR expense...
And so, I give you: THE UPDATE!!! Wahahahahahahaha....
__________________
Chapter Ten - In The Cold Hall Of Mirrors
__________________
Shadow had to force his eyes open, shattering the thin layer of frost that had formed on the lids, trying to keep them closed. He pushed himself up onto his hands and knees cautiously, trying to make certain he hadn't been harmed too badly while being transported to wherever he was. His whole torso ached, but any real pain was numbed by the fierce cold.
He shivered as a sharp wind bit into his flesh beneath his thin fur. Hedgehogs lived in fairly warm climates most of the time, so he wasn't well suited to this biting cold. You think that after living outside for so long however would have gotten him used to unexpected temperature changes, but it hadn't. Not really anyway.
"Maria?"
There was no response from his angel guide. He learned why as he looked around in the pitch blackness.
Maria wasn't there.
"Damn," He muttered, his ears flattening against his head. Small wisps of steam whirled around him, freezing to the ends of his fur. He brushed them off, and tried to see if he was in good enough shape to stand.
"No! STOP!!"
His head swivelled round at the familiar voice, only to see Sonic dodging and weaving around in the distance. Various cuts lined the hedgehog's form from the near misses his attacker kept throwing. Sonic was lucky he'd had speed as his natural talent. If it had been anything else, the hero would've been sliced open long ago.
"Stop, please Shadow!"
Now the assailant came into view. Shadow gasped, finding himself looking at a mirror image of well...himself! He stayed stunned for a minute watching disbelievingly as his duplicate chased Sonic, a Chaos spear in hand.
Sonic stumbled and wove, trying to throw his opponent of his trail long enough to get away. But the imposter was fast, faster than Sonic in his injured state. Sonic didn't have much hope of outrunning him.
The mirror's hand went back, and Sonic's scream echoed throughout the dark cavern.
The sapphire hedgehog, faltered, tripping over his own feet, landing in a heap on the cool, glass-like ground. His back had been laid open by the Chaos spear, and his split blood stained his fur a dark purple, pooling under his body.
Sonic tried to push himself to his feet, but couldn't make it all the way up before the Shadow look-alike kicked him roughly in the stomach and sent him tumbling across the ground to land face-down, his blood covering his torso, leaving streaks of sticky, deep violet.
Shadow's eyes widened as his koi's aggressor raised his arm over Sonic's fallen form, a savage grin on his face. Sonic's eyes flickered open and saw the lifted weapon over him, and shut his eyes tightly.
"Shadow, PLEASE!!"
All pain and other thoughts were thrown aside. Shadow was never naturally as fast as his blue double, but his anger fueled him better than any chili dog had ever fueled Sonic. He was up and charging at the mirror of himself in seconds.
He barreled into the creature at top speed, carrying them both a good extra few feet from Sonic's fallen form, tumbling over themselves, each fighting as nastily as they could, one caught by surprise, the other injured.
Shadow bit, clawed, punched, and kicked, but couldn't seem to gain much ground on the monstrosity that looked like him. Likewise, it could not push him back and gain any victories for itself.
Shadow grinned suddenly, and swept his legs under the creature's, knocking it off balance so that he fell onto his back. The image glared up at Shadow, angered. Suddenly its grin matched Shadow's, and it melted away into the ground with a gentle hissing sound.
Shadow stared at the place the image had been for a few minutes then turned back to Sonic.
The hedgehog in question was gasping heavily, trying to drag himself away before the attack on him was renewed. Shadow rushed over to him and knelt down beside him. Sonic snapped at him furiously, trying to keep him away. Shadow grabbed him and pinned him face-down, too busy trying to examine the wound on his koi's back to silence him.
"Get off me! Let me go!!" Sonic yelled, struggling wildly.
"Hold still, Sonikku!" Shadow hissed, trying to pin him down. "You're losing blood..."
"Don't call me that!" Sonic yelled. "Only Shadow calls me that! Do you hear me?! Only SHADOW!"
Shadow rolled his eyes and gave Sonic a hard thunk on the head. "I am Shadow, you little idjit! Now hold still before you widen the gash!"
Sonic lay quietly now, stunned more or less by the revelation. Shadow thanked the gods above silently, and returning to inspecting the wound.
It wasn't too deep, looking worse than it really was. It looked like he'd been sliced first, then someone had held a torch against Sonic's back to sear the flesh and fur. The sides were burned badly, getting less and less so as he traveled away from the slash. Sonic squirmed underneath him uncomfortably, so Shadow guessed that it must not have felt too good either.
He pulled Sonic upright and placed his hand in front of the hero's mouth. "I want you to bite down the moment you feel any pain, okay?"
"Can I bite now?"
"No, wait 'til I start pressing. I need to see if I can clot the flow of blood."
Gently, Shadow began applying pressure along the sides of the cut, letting blood wash over onto his glove and Sonic's fur. The said hero immediately sunk his teeth deep into Shadow's cloth glove, shuddering as wave after wave of agony swept over him.
Slowly however, his jaws relaxed and the pain faded. Sonic shivered as a wind came, and yelped when it flew across his open flesh, stinging it mercilessly.
"S-sorry about your hand Shadow..." Sonic murmured, looking abashed.
Shadow smiled. "Don't be. These are thick gloves. Chances are you only bruised me. I'm just glad you settled down before you bled too much." He stood up slowly, sighing as he did so. Sonic sighed as well, and followed the suit.
"Come on then, let's see if we can find a way out." Shadow said, taking Sonic's hand in his. A hissing voice abruptly spoke out from behind them.
"I think that'll be hard to do..."
Both spun around in surprise, ready, but in no condition, to fight.
There she was, floating tranquilly just above the glassy floor. Her appearance reflected all over them in every direction, as though they were surrounded by millions of mirrors. Her black wings were spread wide, the tips looking as though they had been dipped in blood. Sonic's blood, Shadow just knew it.
"How nice of you to come visit, Shadow..." She took a step forward, still hovering. Shadow backed Sonic up with him, watching her the whole time.
"I'm just here to get Sonic. We'll be on our way now." He said coolly, sounding much braver than he was really feeling.
She smiled. "Really, I'm sorry you haven't enjoyed your stay..."
Shadow saw this spun around to run, dragging Sonic after him. She was in front of them just as suddenly as if one of her reflections came to life. She grinned, and her eyes glowed a deep red as her grin widened. A large ball of white-hot energy formed in her palm.
"If you're going to take Sonic away, Shadow, I'm afraid I'll have to kill you." She drew back her arm to strike. "No hard feelings...?" She leased the blast.
Shadow leapt to the side instinctively, yanking himself and Sonic out of harm's way, rolling over and over for a few feet before coming to a stop. She pursued, throwing her beams of energy too close to their marks for Shadow's comfort.
One aimed throw met its mark, slicing Shadow across the chest. It was a shallow cut, but enough to suprise him into losing his balance and falling flat on his back, Sonic landing a little ways away.
She towered over him, a bright sphere of light materializing in her hand. "A good try, Shadow. But you didn't quite make it..." She tsked. "I really liked you too..."
Her hand hovered directly over his chest, the illuminating ball aimed at his heart.
"Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog...
Shadow closed his eyes. He heard the whistle to the air as the blast was fired towards him from the kill. His eyelids were brightened by the light, and he readied himself for death.
Then everything seemed to stop.
Shadow opened his eyes, staring up at the shocked human hovering over him. She was staring at him, obviously thunderstruck.
Shadow then noticed the dead weight on his chest. He looked down.
"SONIKKU!!"
__________________
Sonic: O.O .....
Um....oops?
Sonic: OOPS?! OOPS!?! YOU JUST SHOT ME!!!
^-^ Aheheh....well...you see...there's a really good reason for that...
Shadow: What is it?
. Um...I can't say...it'll give away the story...
Sonic: *seething* You just KILLED me!!! And I thought Strawberry was bad!!! X[
*pats his back* Don't' worry 'bout it. At least you saved Shadow...?
Shadow: ^-^ Gosh Sonic, I never knew you cared.
Sonic: Shut up. Both of you.