Shining Hope: Heaven and Hell

Yin and Yang

The scene comes to the forest outside of Soleanna, and all was peaceful in the forest.

"AAAAHHHH!!!" a voice screamed.

Well, almost peaceful...

A figure was rolling down a hill within the forest, and eventually crashed into a tree. The figure was a 17-year old pure white hedgehog with five contour quills with blue streaks under each of them. He had ocean blue eyes, as well as yellow markings over his right eye. He wore blue sneakers with yellow straps, orange gloves with the kanji of light on one and a sun on the other. He wore a golden scarf around his neck, and the final touch was the Yin necklace he wore.

"Ooohhh, that hurt." he moaned as he rubbed his head.

"I'm can't believe that you're my twin." another voice said.

The hedgehog turned around to meet another figure. It was a purple hedgehog about the same age as the white one with seven upcurved quills, each one a black highlight on them. He had blood red eyes, red markings over his left eye. He wore black boots, orange gloves with the kanji of darkness on one and a white crescent moon on the other, and a dark blue bandanna around his neck. The final touch to him was the Yang necklace he wore as well. He was nearly identical to the other hedgehog in build and facial features, and an opposite in appearance.

"Now I knew you were an idiot, Shine, but how could you trip so easily like that?" the dark hedgehog scolded.

"It's my not fault I tripped, Havoc." The one known as Shine replied, pouting like a little child. "It was a rock that made me lose my balance."

"Yeah right. You're just a clumsy idiot!" Havoc told him.

"Why do you always have to call me that?" Shine asked him with a whine. "Because that's what you are." The purple hedgehog answered. "Now let's get going. The city is less than a mile away, and every step we make is important to our survival." Havoc continued on, leaving Shine behind. The white hedgehog sighed and followed his twin brother.

At the headquarters of the Guardian Unit of Nations, more commonly known as GUN, the commander was in the control room, sitting in his chair.

"Strange. For some reason, Shadow has yet to return. Something's wrong." the Commander spoke to himself.

"Commander!" a soldier exclaimed as he entered the room, panting heavily.

"What is it soldier?" the Commander asked.

"We have... obtained... classified information... from Future City." the soldier panted.

"How classified?"

"The highest level." The soldier holds up a chip to the Commander. "This contains info on a project that was going on right under us. This is very dangerous stuff that is shown on this chip."

"That is highly impossible, soldier." the Commander replied.

"But it's true!" the solider replied. "Here, let me show you!"

The twin hedgehog arrived at the City of Water, Soleanna, and Shine was looking around in awe of the city.

"This is amazing!" Shine exclaimed, acting like a child. "The water is completely beatufiul, the buildings are pure white, which is great, and the city even has a castle!! This place…" Shine was interrupted when his brother smacked him upside the head.

"We're not here for sightseeing, Shine." Havoc told him. "We're here to get some money quickly, and then get out of here."

"Can't we stay here for a while?" Shine asked. "This place is very beatiful, and I really want to have fun and admire..." The pure white hedgehog was interrupted when Havoc grabbed his ear hard, a dark, angry expression on his face.

"Do you remember what we are? Do you remember what happened earlier this year?" Havoc asked with a small growl. "For all we could know, there could be someone right on our tail! And I, for one, don't want to take chances!"

"You're being paranoid, brother." Shine replied, trying to break free from his brother's grip. "No one outside of it knew about it! No one's after us..." Shine was interrupted when Havoc got right in his face.

"Let me tell you something, brother. True, no one knew about it then, but now, considering what's happened, it's only a matter of time before someone finds out. Someone could be chasing us right at this moment. I'm trying to be safe and keep our lives intact. I don't want to take risks. Do you understand?" Shine nodded meekly, and Havoc let go of his ear. "Listen, what I'm doing is for your own good. I'm not going to have us die for someone else's selfish desires..." Havoc turned around as he continued his speech to Shine.

Shine was already bored and wasn't listening to his brother. He looked at his surroundings, trying to find something of interest to him. He took notice to several children gathered around a building. They seemed to be bored and very depressed at the moment. Shine hated seeing that, and realized he needed to do something about it. Making sure his brother didn't notice, he snuck away and walked to the children. They looked at him with confused looks, and he responded by smiling at them.

"Want to see something cool?" he asked them.

"...I don't want to be used for someone else's stupid plans for conquest. That's the last thing I want our fate to be: tools for another. You understand Shine?" Havoc turned around, only to find no one there. "Shine?" He then heard some commotion to his right, and turned his head. His eyes widened in his shock. "...Oh no."

The children were cheering in happiness as Shine continued to juggle some apples in perfect sync. The kids would throw more apples to him, and he would juggle them along with the others he had. Some other people were interested, and also came to watch him as well.

"Want to see something even cooler?" Shine asked them.

The children nodded eagerly, and then, one by one, he began to throw the apples in the air. Then in a flash of light, a bow appeared in his hand and arrows appeared on his back. He carried these because Havoc made him to, but he just uses them for entertainment.

He began shooting arrows at the apples, and each one pierced an apple in the center. One even pierced two apples at once. Shine then aimed an arrow, and shot it. It bounced off a wall and struck an apple dead on. All the apples fell down to the ground, a hole in each one, right in the middle of them. During his show, more people saw his skills, and soon a crowd had amassed, and they all clapped greatly for the white hedgehog as he smiled happily at them.

"If you all liked that, then I have..." Shine was interuppted when Havoc took a hold of his arm with a hard grip, and began pulling him away from the crowd.

Havoc was beyond furious. He just went through a whole speech of how careful they had to be, and Shine had just blown it off and attracted a whole crowd of attention to them. Havoc continued to drag his brother away until he entered an alley so no one could see them. He let go of Shine, who was pouting at what his brother did.

"Why did you do that, Havoc?" Shine whined. "I was having so much fun, and everyone was so happy at what I was doing. Why did you..." Shine stopped talking when Havoc grabbed a hold of his collar and pulled him closer so they were up close.

"What...the hell...were you...think... you were doing?" Havoc said slowly, anger evident in his voice. Shine immediately got scared by him, and Havoc continued. "Do you have any idea what you were doing? Didn't you listen to what I say? The last think we need is to attract attention! We need to stay safe! Do you want to live or be used for someone else's desires?!"

"I-I...I just..." Shine stammered, unable to get any words any words through his mouth.

"Uh! It's always the same with you!" Havoc exclaimed as he pushed his brother away. "You always have to go out there and make everyone happy, acting like a total idiot! You never give a damn about what may happen to us, and would throw our lives away as long as it makes you happy! You're just a happy idiot who doesn't know the predicament we're in! I rather be brothers to a monkey than to be your brother!"

Shine was literally in tears at this point. His brother had said a lot of hurtful things to him. But then, something snapped inside of him. Anger arose along with the sadness, and he finally had enough.

"You're no better!" he snapped at Havoc, who was generally surpised by the outburst. "You're completely selfish! All you care about is money and saving you're own skin! So what if I attract attention?! I don't care!! No one's after us, Havoc! No one knows who we really are! I'm sick and tired of you calling me names and insulting me all the time! It hurts my feelings! You say you don't want me as a brother?! Then fine! We're not brothers, no more!! So now, you don't have to deal with me! Happy now!" Shien then ran out of the alley and towards the forest, leaving his brother in shock.

Havoc felt something in his chest growing. It was cold, unpleasant, and tightening to him. He knew what it was: guilt.

Shine continued to run across the city, tears flowing down his face. He soon exited the city, and was now heading through the forest from which he came from. He was pushing away bushes and branches as he continued to run away from the city, wiping away the tears.

"If Havoc doesn't want me to be his brother, then that's fine." Shine sniffled. "He'll be happy that I'm gone. I bet he's celebrating right now. Well I don't need him. I can get by just fine without..."

Shine tripped on a root and fell face down onto the dirt. He raised his head, his face covered in dirt and tears. He wasn't sure anything could cure his sadness. But then...

"Huh? What's this?"

Shine had noticed something on the ground in front of him. It was a bright-yellow gem, glowing with a bright light. Shine was entranced by it immediately. He couldn't take his eyes off of it. He took a hold of it, and stood up on his feet. He brushed off any dirt that was on it, admiring its beauty.

"So beautiful." Shine muttered. "I've never seen anything like this. I wonder if someone dropped it."

Shine looked around the forest, trying to see if anyone else was here. But while he was doing so, he failed to notice the white aura around his arms. The aura made contact with the gem, and it began to glow brightly. Shine took notice, and was immediately taken back. The gem glowed brighter as it nearly engulfed the white hedgehog.

"What the...?! What's going on?! What's happe-" Shine was cut off as a flash of light engulfed him completely. When it died down, Shine was no longer there...

Havoc leaned on the rail of a bridge, overlooking the rivers in Soleanna. He looked down to the water, seeing his own reflection, which showed the sadness apparent on his face.

"Man, I can't believe what I just did." Havoc said to himself. "I can't believe what an idiot I was. Now who knows where Shine is."

Now Havoc was selfish, but he deeply cared for his brother, and always thought about their safety.

"What am I going to do now? I could look for him, but that could take forever, and he's probably lone gone by now. Oh damn, what am I going to do?!"

Havoc slammed his fists down on the rail, frustration, sadness, and guilt overwhelming him. A lone tear escaped from him and streamed down his face, wondering where his brother could be at this very moment.

The Commander's eyes widened to the fullest at what he was seeing on the screen. After a few minutes of shock, he turned towards the soldier.

"Is this information true?" the Commander asked.

"I'm afraid so." the soldier said grimly. "This project had been worked on for months, and we had no idea it was happening. This is dangerous stuff that was worked on."

"Does anyone else know?" the Commander questioned.

"In GUN, only you, me, and those who had discovered the information. But outside GUN, we have no idea if anyone else knows about this project." the soldier informed him.

"My God..." the Commander mumbled, brushing his fingers through his hair.

But unknown to them, the fox from the GUN Labs, stood outisde the control room, listening to the entire conversation.

"Seems they found out about it quicker than I expected." he though to himself. "I'm going to have to foward my plans faster than intended."

The fox left back to his labs, the Commander and the soldier never knowing his presence.

"What are you going to do about this, sir?" the soldier asked.

"Normally, I would send Shadow for this type of mission, but he's beeen gone for a while, and I've been unable to contact him." the Commander stated. "Seems there's only one other person that is capable of handling this job." He turned back to the soldier, who straightened his posture immediately.

"Get me Asui Hikaru."

Back in Station Square, the male human had exited the apartment he was staying. He walked outside, and stood on the steps. He looked up to the sky, his expression unreadable to anyone who would look at him at that moment.

"Soon, everyone will fear me. Soon I will prove how better than everyone else I am." he said himself. "Soon, I will have the Gaia Twins within my grasp."

The bond between two brothers is in jeapordy as the evil plots began to get underway. What has happened to Shine? Will Havoc be able to repair the damages between them? And who are the Gaia Twins? Find out in the next Heaven and Hell.