Happy 20th chapter Anniversity. Here, I used visions of Shadow's 'darker' furutre that us fans love, even that one from the comics. Enjoy.
A Dark Future.
Maria approached the shrine, almost drawn to it. It looked just like the Shrine that Maria saw in Echidnapolios in the past. It was placed high upon two fleet of stone steps and as the young space girl got close to top, she found a metal container, branded with the Ark's insignia, with the words 'Chaos Drives' on it.
Taking a loud gulp to swallow her fears, Maria removed the lid and peered inside to see small cylinders, filled with colorful shards. These shards directly reminded the little missus of the Chaos Emeralds. She remembered eavesdropping on her Grandfather, talking to Locke how he will just study the Emerald and nothing more. Maria shook her head at the sight.
"Gramps, how could you lie to Locke? You two were close friends."
She then turned two the encased Chaos-cyborgs. The young lass pondered how her grandfather created them. It must have been like how like Pachach Mogul was two beings in the Master Emerald, and so Chaos was in it when Gramps scanned it. But since he couldn't properly removed Chaos, gramps must have made clones of him.
As Maria put more thought into this, the more she began to felt drowsy and soon passed out.
000
In a dark chamber, filled with metal panels and thick wires, a big pedestal rose slowly from a dark pit. In the center of the pedestal, a hatch's hydraulic locks hissed open and Shadow slowly emerged out. A strange, yet familiar looking egg-shape man with a goofy mustache in a pair of 'robotic pants' observe the ultimate life form rise.
"Is that you, Sonic?" he asked to the hedgehog, "Have you come to foil my plans again? Wait a minute! You're not Sonic!"
The ebony hedgehog looked down at the egg-man and said in an icy tone, "My name is Shadow. Since you were so kind to free me, my master… I shall grant you one wish."
Wait, Shadow was being cold? But I thought he found his heart.
Shadow was standing atop of bridge in the middle of the night, numerous cop cars were lined up to his position "Maria, I promise you… revenge!"
Shadow, what are you saying?
Shadow in a swampy area, standing on a root of giant tree, talking to that blue hedgehog that look like Jules who was standing on a platform not to far away.
The blue one pointed to Shadow, "I finally found you, faker!"
"Faker? I think you're the fake hedgehog around here. You're not good enough to be my fake."
"I'll make you eat those words!" the blue hedgehog than ran towards Shadow.
"That blue hedgehog… who is he?"
On the ARK, Shadow was standing with a human boy with messy brown hair.
"You look like Sonic. Are you two related?"
Oh ya… his Jules's son. Now I remember.
In a room on board ARK, A pink girl hedgehog is near Shadow and was talking to him.
"Please, Shadow, do it for them, give them a chance."
Shadow took a long look out the ARK's window, looking at the earth below. Then a tear scrolled down his check. This surprised the pink hedgehog.
"Shadow?"
"I've gotta go now. I have to keep my promise to Maria and you." And then the ebony hedgehog took off.
Shadow… if I didn't know better, I swear you have a little crush for a certain little hedgehog…
Super Shadow was seen plummeted down towards earth. "Maria, this what wanted, right? This is my promise I made to you..." And in a flash: he vanished.
What? Shadow, I wouldn't want this… not for anything… for you to…
A white-fur bat in a violet jumpsuit was sitting on top of one of the only computer serves in a wrecked room filled with smoky debris. Below her was Shadow and big red, black, and yellow robot.
"Now I get, now I understand what's this all about." Said the bat. She then turned to the robot "You're mad at Eggman, for sealing you in this room. And you-" she turn to Shadow, who had his back to her, "-you can't remember a thing don't you?
"Then it's settled." The bat jumped off, took Shadow by the arm, and flung him to the robot. The two look like they would fight if the bat didn't say; "Now you two make up so we can start looking for Eggman… together." She then made the two put their hands in and added her own. "Oh yea, baby! This makes us a TEAM!"
"Interesting friends you got their Shadow."
On some sort of bridge, the' team' was examining a plane crash. The robot was looking at a broken dummy of that egg-man. Shadow, on the other hand, was looking at an upper-body part of android of him. The bat sees this and looked concern.
"Shadow…"
The ebony hedgehog looked at her and just said coldly, "Let's go."
So is this Shadow real or fake?
Shadow and Gizoid were standing in front of a defeated robot that looked like Shadow's big bot-buddy. Shadow turn to small a robot and said to him.
"Emerl, do you see? This is the fate for weapons of war."
"I don't understand… I'm sad, Shadow." The Gizoid beeped (more heartfelt then the last encounter) it turned its head to the wrecked one.
The hedgehog lowered his head and said "I know."
But you're not a weapon, Shadow
On a one of the railway systems for the ARK's construction zone, Shadow slowly approached the blue hedgehog.
"You never cease to surprise me, blue hedgehog. I thought that capsule you were in exploded in space."
The blue hedgehog turned around to see Shadow. He soon started to pick up speed
"What can I say? I die hard." He then showed off a yellow Chaos Emerald. "You actually save me, you know."
"That was a Chaos Emerald wasn't, but… there's no way for you to perform Chaos Control using an Emerald that's fake." The two began to speed up. "So… there's more to you than looking like me. Just who is any way?"
"What's ya see is what's ya get. Just a guy who loves adventure. I'm SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!" The two hedgehogs were now going at top speed.
"I see… but you know, I can't let you live. Your adventuring days are coming to an end."
But Shadow…. he's your brother. Wait… you don't know yet.
Shadow was about to punch Locke when-
"DON'T HURT HIM!" said a girl that looked like Maria approached the dark hedgehog, "He may not been nice to you but that doesn't mean you can treat him the same way! I thought you were better than that!" Shadow stopped as he noticed something he didn't want to see in the girl's eyes. "Right now, I'm more scared of you than I am of him!"
Why was Shadow beating up Locke and why does that girl looks like me?
000
BREE-REEE-REEE-REEE!
Maria awoke with a start at the sound of the ARK's built-in, unchangeable, wake-up alarm. She was soaked by her own sweat. She was surprise to find herself in her room again, much less all the stuff she took being by her bedside.
The young girl tried to recollect her memories of last night. She was in the central control room, found the duplicate shrine, and had those visions. THE VISIONS!, she thought loudly, They were like the ones like ones I had with the Master Emerald. But back then, it showed good things about Shadow. And the ones I had…did things changed or all the events I saw will come t pass?
Maria pondered more on this as a report was being announced on the PA system.
"Attention! Attention! The G.U.N. officials will arrive in 1300 hours."
As soon as the announcement stopped, fear had its way into Maria's heart. Everything in her body told her that something bad will happen very soon…