Shadic's Escape Chapter 15: A New Foe
Ok, so I've been alittle delayed with this chapter. Between my Exams at school & my need to play Sonic Heroes at home, who could blame me? ^_^
& I thought that you guys might wanna be fore-warned, an explaination to what Nena did in the last chapter WILL come, but later on in the story.
A NEW FOE
Early the next morning, everyone was awoken by the loud creaking of the metal door being opened.
"Come on you." one of the men from the night before said to Shadic. She was still half-asleep. Clumsily, she got up from the bed.
"Wha' time is it?" she asked groggily.
"Time for you to get moving before I lose my patience." he answered. Shadic moaned, then followed the man. Soon they came to the training room which she had previously left in total chaos. "Have fun." the man said in a teasing way.
"Go jump off a cliff." Shadic replied in the same tone before entering the room. It no longer looked like a forest, now it was simply an empty room. Across from her, a pure white male hedgehog was leaning against the wall. Shadic immediately disliked him, and he didn't seem happy to see her either. He had a long scar across his right eye that ended at his cheek. Around his waist he wore a sort of belt that held a whip and a sword.
"You're late." he said.
"It's not like anyone told me when I had to be where." Shadic said back.
"Don't be late again unless you want to be punished." he told her as he rested his hand on the handle of his whip.
"Right, so, you my trainer?" she asked.
"Yes."
"You got a name or something? Or should I just call you Mr. Trying-To-Be-Scary-But-Looks-Like-A-Wimp?"
"My name is Rain, Miss If-I-Insult-My-Superior-Again-I'll-End-Up-Dead. My job is to teach you your place, and to eliminate your unruly behavior."
"Uh-huh, put in English that means your supposed to break me. Might as well quit now 'cause it's not gonna happen. And as a side-note, you couldn't kill me, because your boss wouldn't want all that money used on me to go bye-bye, get it?" Shadic reminded him. In one swift movement, Rain removed his sword from his belt and held it so that it's point was an inch from Shadic's face.
"Get this, I abide by my own rules, you will too. Or would you rather be speared?" he said. Shadic stared at the sword that was threatening her, and was puzzled. The use of swords had die out thousands of years ago. Hardly anyone owned one anymore, yet alone used it. Why would a GUN trainer choose such an outdated weapon?
"And they say that I have a bad temper." she said, "All right, fine, what do we gotta do first?" she asked with a sigh. Rain returned his sword to his side.
"Finally, a step in the right direction. Lesson one, learn to defeat opponents without relying on your special abilities."
"Well that's completely useless. I have abilities for a reason, so I can use them!" Shadic exclaimed. Rain shook his head.
"You need to learn more about yourself. History 101, the Chaos and Super Emeralds can be deactivated when they are near the Master Emerald. The reason you can use those powers is because of the Super Emerald inside you. If, by chance, your enemy had the Master Emerald, or a part of it, do you know what will happen to you?"
"Power down." Shadic guessed. She had never thought of that possibility before.
"Right."
"So, what do I gotta fight against?"
"Not what, who." Rain said. He removed his weapons and tossed them to the side. "I shall be your opponent. When you can defeat me, you can move on to the next lesson. Any questions?"
"Yeah, are you crazy?" Shadic asked.
"Begin lesson." Rain said, ignoring her question. He stood still, so Shadic made the first move. She raised her fist, with the idea of hitting Rain square in the nose. Rain must have known her plan though, because instead of getting hit, he caught her fist, spun behind her, and held her arm behind her back. "You might as well be telling me what you're going to do. Seems that you've grown too accustomed to fighting with your powers." he let go of her arm. "Try again."
* * * * *
The lesson continued all day and into the night. So far, Shadic had not been successful in defeating Rain. He seemed to know what she was going to do before even she knew. She received a number of injures. Rain only suffered a few bruises. At this moment, he was standing as it nothing had happened. Shadic was completely exhausted. She was panting, sweating, and in a few places, bleeding. Not to mention hungry, because she hadn't yet eaten anything.
"For a weapon of mass destruction, I'd have to say that you are pretty pathetic." Rain said. Shadic let out a low growl. The only thought in her mind was to beat him. The urge to complete her self-appointed mission was so intense that it could have driven her insane. She was unable to play by Rain's rules any longer. Like him, she had her own set of rules.
"Chaos Control!" she yelled. She was behind Rain in an instant, and she performed a Homing Attack. The force drove Rain Face-first onto the floor. He rose slowly, having being surprised by the sneak attack. He had acquired an injury of his own, which began to bleed.
"The point of the exercise was to not use your powers." Rain said as he wiped some blood off of his white fur.
"Tell it to someone who cares. I'm outta here." Shadic said. She headed for the door.
"Not so fast, you don't leave until I tell you to do so." Rain said. Shadic kept walking. She would teach him a lesson tomorrow. Before she had reached the door, she felt a searing pain in her shoulder. She cried out in pain and grasped her hurting shoulder. "Never turn your back on an undefeated opponent." Rain said. While Shadic had been leaving, he had retrieved his sword and stabbed her from behind. "Since you cheated, I figured that it would only be fair if I did too."
"What is your problem?!" Shadic asked through gritted teeth.
"You are my problem." Rain answered as he cleaned the pale green liquid from the blade of his sword. "Get out of my sight. You'd better show improvement tomorrow." he said coldly. Shadic stumbled out the door. The guard had been waiting to take her back to the prison sector.
"So, did you have fun?" he asked with a laugh. Shadic glared menacingly at him.
"Shut up." she said slowly and clearly.
* * * * *
When Shadic re-entered her cell, she received looks of worry from Joe and Fran.
"What happened to you?" Joe asked.
"Nothing." Shadic answered.
"A little bit of nothing means a whole lot of something." Fran said. Shadic sat on her bed and began to tear the sheet into strips to wrap around her wounds. It was hard work because the slightest movement made her should hurt worse than it already did.
"C'mon girl, what happened?" Joe asked again.
"Training." Shadic answered simply.
"Against what?!"
"Rain, okay? Don't you ever shut up?" Shadic snapped.
"Rain?!" Joe repeated," Gees! Who the heck are you?"
"Don't you ever do your homework boy?" Fran asked. Joe thought for a moment.
"Uh, no." he answered.
"Take a guess, it ain't that hard. Who do you think she is?"
"A really hot girl." Joe said dreamily. Shadic paused in cleaning her injures.
"Don't make me hit you again." she warned. Fran sighed.
"Who's the only on you can think of that could survive a battle against Rain?" he asked.
"I dunno. Wait, yeah I do, that experiment thing." Joe said.
"There you go." Fran said. In a few seconds, Joe got it.
"Ohhh." he said slowly. Unwilling to be part of the conversation, Shadic finished tightening the strip of cloth around her shoulder, and laid down to rest her aching body before she had to continue training the next day.
Ok, so I've been alittle delayed with this chapter. Between my Exams at school & my need to play Sonic Heroes at home, who could blame me? ^_^
& I thought that you guys might wanna be fore-warned, an explaination to what Nena did in the last chapter WILL come, but later on in the story.
A NEW FOE
Early the next morning, everyone was awoken by the loud creaking of the metal door being opened.
"Come on you." one of the men from the night before said to Shadic. She was still half-asleep. Clumsily, she got up from the bed.
"Wha' time is it?" she asked groggily.
"Time for you to get moving before I lose my patience." he answered. Shadic moaned, then followed the man. Soon they came to the training room which she had previously left in total chaos. "Have fun." the man said in a teasing way.
"Go jump off a cliff." Shadic replied in the same tone before entering the room. It no longer looked like a forest, now it was simply an empty room. Across from her, a pure white male hedgehog was leaning against the wall. Shadic immediately disliked him, and he didn't seem happy to see her either. He had a long scar across his right eye that ended at his cheek. Around his waist he wore a sort of belt that held a whip and a sword.
"You're late." he said.
"It's not like anyone told me when I had to be where." Shadic said back.
"Don't be late again unless you want to be punished." he told her as he rested his hand on the handle of his whip.
"Right, so, you my trainer?" she asked.
"Yes."
"You got a name or something? Or should I just call you Mr. Trying-To-Be-Scary-But-Looks-Like-A-Wimp?"
"My name is Rain, Miss If-I-Insult-My-Superior-Again-I'll-End-Up-Dead. My job is to teach you your place, and to eliminate your unruly behavior."
"Uh-huh, put in English that means your supposed to break me. Might as well quit now 'cause it's not gonna happen. And as a side-note, you couldn't kill me, because your boss wouldn't want all that money used on me to go bye-bye, get it?" Shadic reminded him. In one swift movement, Rain removed his sword from his belt and held it so that it's point was an inch from Shadic's face.
"Get this, I abide by my own rules, you will too. Or would you rather be speared?" he said. Shadic stared at the sword that was threatening her, and was puzzled. The use of swords had die out thousands of years ago. Hardly anyone owned one anymore, yet alone used it. Why would a GUN trainer choose such an outdated weapon?
"And they say that I have a bad temper." she said, "All right, fine, what do we gotta do first?" she asked with a sigh. Rain returned his sword to his side.
"Finally, a step in the right direction. Lesson one, learn to defeat opponents without relying on your special abilities."
"Well that's completely useless. I have abilities for a reason, so I can use them!" Shadic exclaimed. Rain shook his head.
"You need to learn more about yourself. History 101, the Chaos and Super Emeralds can be deactivated when they are near the Master Emerald. The reason you can use those powers is because of the Super Emerald inside you. If, by chance, your enemy had the Master Emerald, or a part of it, do you know what will happen to you?"
"Power down." Shadic guessed. She had never thought of that possibility before.
"Right."
"So, what do I gotta fight against?"
"Not what, who." Rain said. He removed his weapons and tossed them to the side. "I shall be your opponent. When you can defeat me, you can move on to the next lesson. Any questions?"
"Yeah, are you crazy?" Shadic asked.
"Begin lesson." Rain said, ignoring her question. He stood still, so Shadic made the first move. She raised her fist, with the idea of hitting Rain square in the nose. Rain must have known her plan though, because instead of getting hit, he caught her fist, spun behind her, and held her arm behind her back. "You might as well be telling me what you're going to do. Seems that you've grown too accustomed to fighting with your powers." he let go of her arm. "Try again."
* * * * *
The lesson continued all day and into the night. So far, Shadic had not been successful in defeating Rain. He seemed to know what she was going to do before even she knew. She received a number of injures. Rain only suffered a few bruises. At this moment, he was standing as it nothing had happened. Shadic was completely exhausted. She was panting, sweating, and in a few places, bleeding. Not to mention hungry, because she hadn't yet eaten anything.
"For a weapon of mass destruction, I'd have to say that you are pretty pathetic." Rain said. Shadic let out a low growl. The only thought in her mind was to beat him. The urge to complete her self-appointed mission was so intense that it could have driven her insane. She was unable to play by Rain's rules any longer. Like him, she had her own set of rules.
"Chaos Control!" she yelled. She was behind Rain in an instant, and she performed a Homing Attack. The force drove Rain Face-first onto the floor. He rose slowly, having being surprised by the sneak attack. He had acquired an injury of his own, which began to bleed.
"The point of the exercise was to not use your powers." Rain said as he wiped some blood off of his white fur.
"Tell it to someone who cares. I'm outta here." Shadic said. She headed for the door.
"Not so fast, you don't leave until I tell you to do so." Rain said. Shadic kept walking. She would teach him a lesson tomorrow. Before she had reached the door, she felt a searing pain in her shoulder. She cried out in pain and grasped her hurting shoulder. "Never turn your back on an undefeated opponent." Rain said. While Shadic had been leaving, he had retrieved his sword and stabbed her from behind. "Since you cheated, I figured that it would only be fair if I did too."
"What is your problem?!" Shadic asked through gritted teeth.
"You are my problem." Rain answered as he cleaned the pale green liquid from the blade of his sword. "Get out of my sight. You'd better show improvement tomorrow." he said coldly. Shadic stumbled out the door. The guard had been waiting to take her back to the prison sector.
"So, did you have fun?" he asked with a laugh. Shadic glared menacingly at him.
"Shut up." she said slowly and clearly.
* * * * *
When Shadic re-entered her cell, she received looks of worry from Joe and Fran.
"What happened to you?" Joe asked.
"Nothing." Shadic answered.
"A little bit of nothing means a whole lot of something." Fran said. Shadic sat on her bed and began to tear the sheet into strips to wrap around her wounds. It was hard work because the slightest movement made her should hurt worse than it already did.
"C'mon girl, what happened?" Joe asked again.
"Training." Shadic answered simply.
"Against what?!"
"Rain, okay? Don't you ever shut up?" Shadic snapped.
"Rain?!" Joe repeated," Gees! Who the heck are you?"
"Don't you ever do your homework boy?" Fran asked. Joe thought for a moment.
"Uh, no." he answered.
"Take a guess, it ain't that hard. Who do you think she is?"
"A really hot girl." Joe said dreamily. Shadic paused in cleaning her injures.
"Don't make me hit you again." she warned. Fran sighed.
"Who's the only on you can think of that could survive a battle against Rain?" he asked.
"I dunno. Wait, yeah I do, that experiment thing." Joe said.
"There you go." Fran said. In a few seconds, Joe got it.
"Ohhh." he said slowly. Unwilling to be part of the conversation, Shadic finished tightening the strip of cloth around her shoulder, and laid down to rest her aching body before she had to continue training the next day.