Chapter 39: Early in the Morning stories

She starts to regain consciousness from being choked out and finds herself in a cell. She tries to move but can't. It seems she has her hands tied up. She looks around at all her possibilities. No window, no one to contact, no one in there except her. The room is a big enough space to exercise and stretch but she is tied up in a chair and a bed with sheets beside her. Commotion and words are being heard from outside her cell with the locked steel door. Someone calls to open it up and the doors are unsealed. The mystery enters.

Sally: "So what's the plan? You use me as ransom for Shadow?"

?: …

Sally: "Are you Shy? You got butterflies?"

?: "Yes."

Sally: "Huh?"

?: "I-I've… N-never been this close to theeee… Female Anatomy."

Sally: "Hmmm."

Sally's conscience: "He seem so nervouse. He's never seen a woman? I wonder what his intentions?"

Sally: "You mean you creatures don't have woman?"

?: "We do, but this is actually my first time face to face with someone of the opposite sex."

Sally: "That's wonderful. Do you mind telling me where I am?"

?: "At an abandoned prison. In the middle of a jungle."

Sally: "What jungle?"

?: "An abandoned city that's deep in the jungle far away from Acorn kingdom."

Sally: "Crap."

The mystery bows on one knee and holds his arm on the knee and his hand on his heart.

?: "Please excuse me for the misunderstanding, princess of Acorn. Under orders of my master Lord Gloom, we were told to capture you. I am a faithful servant for the Black Arm's and ask for your forgiveness. It is a great honor to be in the presence of the heir of acorn and Leader of the freedom fighters, your highness."

Sally: "Uhhhhh, Thanks."

?: "I have so many questions about the Society your bloodline ruled. For starters may I ask how did you stop Dr. Ivo Robotnik otherwise known as Eggman now-"

Sally: "I have a question for you? Who are you?"

?: Oh I uhhhhh… I don't have a name."

Sally: "Can you please tell me what you are planning?"

?: "Planning for what?"

Sally: "Planning your kinds Agenda."

?: "That information is classified."

Sally: "Everyone or including you?"

?: …

Sally raises an eyebrow and moves her head forward as the mystery stay's silent.

Sally: "Do you know what I mean?"

?: "I-I… Oh… Uhhh"

Sally: *Sigh* "Nevermind."

She looks at the figure in black with armor on all around is body like he is a government death squad. He doesn't look human. He's clearly some sort of mobian but you can't figure out what he possibly is underneath all that. He has the symbol of the fist with thorns on his outfits chest. Clearly black arm. She sits there pondering in her mind what he is but can't.

Sally: "What are you?"

?: "I am Black Arm."

Sally: "What kind?"

?: "That information is Classified. To everyone including you."

Sally: "Hmph."

?: "M-May I ask y-you something?"

Sally: "Sure."

?: "H-how do you... W-well, your kind and…"

Sally: "Yes?"

?: "How do Y-you and your K-kind… R-r-repopulate?"

Sally's eyes go wide as what he just asked. He clearly has the mind of a child. He doesn't look like a child but more like Sheltered from the whole world. He does have terrible social cues.

Sally: "D-do you know how your people repopulate?"

?: "We do."

Sally: "So, it shouldn't be any different right?"

?: "They say it is different."

Sally looks at him in question. She can't tell if he's serious or not. She doesn't lie. But he can't tell secrets. He may not look like much but she knows he may mean business. She doesn't whether to tell him or not but he does look Friendly.

Sally's conscience: "He does have Gloom's flare. Somehow his shadow. Maybe that's all black arms. He's sincere. He doesn't sound like a threat. I think I might have been sheltered his whole life."

Sally: "You see, when a man and woman love each other they get to know each other a little more."

?: "What's love?"

Sally: "Wow okay. You uhhhh… You never went to the outside world, have you?"

?: "Only to complete my missions."

Sally: "I might have to take you one day."

?: "Take me? No, you can't take me."

Sally: "Listen, if you unbind these ropes maybe I can…"

He pulls out a combat knife and cuts the ropes on her. She's free to roam now.

Sally: "Thanks now we can get out of here."

She tries to stroll pass him but he holds her by the stomach and pushes her back a bit.

?: "Forgive me your highness, but I can't let you leave."

Sally: "Don't underestimate the princess."

She walks up towards him and tries to attack him with a few claw strikes but she misses. He grabs her hand and pulls her arm behind her back and pushes her away from him. She gets annoyed by it and runs up with a high knee kick. He ducks and watches her run and hit the cell door. She turns around to see him standing there waiting.

?: "Your reputation proceeds you, your majesty"

She swings at him with punches that he blocks and dodges. She tries to round house kick him but he ducks at the right moment by sitting down. She attacks him in the chair by sending punches that he blocks. She sends fury have swings and kicks at him that he blocks and dodges while sitting in the chair. He puts his foot on her knee and scoots himself back against the wall while sitting down. She runs up and misses him with a kick through the chair. He moves towards the wall and walks a bit forward from her. She pulls her leg from the chair and studies him a bit. She jumps up and delivering two side kicks with the momentum of the same direction that misses he blocks the first one and ducks from the second one. She lands and tries to sweep him. He jumps at the right moment until sally hurries up and charges at him and tackles him. He holds his ground as he slowly is moved a bit forward. He stops both of them in place and he cracks his neck. She holds on to his waist and lifts her legs up and flexes over his shoulders to his neck. She's lifted up high and she has the knife he kept in his strap. She tries to go for the kill but is stopped by his hand. He pushes her off sending her flying into the chair at the edge of the wall. She lands safe with the knife still in her hand. She looks around and sees him standing their dusting his Shoulders off.

Sally: "Okay you got me."

?: "You must be hungry. Would you like something to eat?"

Sally: "Please?"

He knocks on the door to signal it open and it opens from the outside. Before he leaves she throws the knife at him with intent to kill and he catches it at the right moment. She looks at him shock as he conceals it again.

?: "Let's continue another time."

Sally: "Maybe."

He walks out and the door closes. She stands up and sits on the bed thinking.

The Ark

As Sonic awakens in the research lab with a few doctors above him studying him. He jumps up. Shocked and confused.

Sonic: "Gaaahhh, What were you doing in my sleep? Disecting me?"

Doctor: "No sorry, we were just checking your pulse and studying you to see how your super speed works."

Sonic: *Sigh* "Whatever. Sorry I spooked you. Where is Shadow?"

Shadow: "Over here. Right on time you woke up. They found a way to beat him and they found something unexpected."

Beth: "You just woke up that fast?"

Sonic: "I'm a fast sleeper."

Beth: "Gotta have that power."

Sonic: "In your dreams."

Tails: "Anyway. We found a new method to stoping Gloom."

Sonic: "Lay it on us."

Tails: ".We found a few ways we can stop him with. So shadow, you're part demon right?"

Shadow: "Yeah."

Tails: "So Demons are known to be made from ancient elements. You got a lot of iron in your bloodstream. Rusts corrupts. So we thought why not mercury exploding bullets? Cal .45."

Shadow: "Smart. They won't like that. Especially me."

Beth: "We also made a few inventions that'll help stop them."

She pulls out a ninja Sword.

Sonic: "Woah. So cool."

Beth: "This one is yours. I gathered data from the others that took some of your quills and studied how you react from the energy core's from outside and I came up with a new weapon for you. I manifested a blade for you that can carry and hold the amount of joules and electricity from your body and transfer it into this. From studying the meteorites and Energy core's they get a magnetic pull to anything and anyone with your intent to attack or kill. The Hilt holds a little something from my design in it. The more you use it, the more it charges on its own. The deadlier it can get. We made you a sheath that can charges it and calms it down as well. It's all yours."

Sonic: "This place rules."

Beth: "Come back if you want us to do some more upgrades to it. And you ultimate life form we made you these."

Shadow: "More rings?"

Tails: "Not just rings. From those meteorites and energy cores we did come up with something for you to control your powers. We studied that you get a little bit out of control during encounters and seeings from sonic."

Shadow: "Out of control?"

Sonic: "Eeehhhhehehehe." *Shrugs*

Shadow: "Sometime's do feel this sort of energy in me get out of control. Sometimes I don't feel like it's even me anymore."

Sonic: "We did notice you undergo a transformation back with our first battle with gloom on the island. You got stronger but a little too strong for your own good. You started looking evil ish. Your teeth looked monster-ish. Your muscles got bigger. There was something about it that made you look… Off."

Beth: "Care to explain Shadow?"

Shadow: "I did have evil intentions. Like blackouts. Like I said, I'm not in control in sometimes."

Tails: "I'll keep looking in the books at home for you. Anyway, about those rings They give you a boost. I studied that the Black Arm's do feed of Dark matter. I call them Dark matter rings. From some bits of the black comet we found floating around the ark we concealed them in these rings that'll help unleash some of your powers. So whatever you got locked in there might come out to help or calm you down."

Shadow: "Cool, very Cool."

He looks at the primary gold rings with Black moving darkness moving around in the middle. It makes them look like lava lamps.

In Gerald's office

Three detectives are searching through his files on his laptop and his whole workspace for clues. Charmy is going through his bookshelf to find anything related to shadow and Gloom. Some of them shadow but the others nothing about gloom. He scans through everything twice to find gloom but there's no relation or anything about Gloom.

Charmy: "This guy really wanted Gloom to be a secret."

Vector: "Found anything?"

Charmy: "I got some stuff explaining Shadow but nothing on Gloom. Not a trace of his existence."

Vector: "Not surprised the world's greatest mind made sure he was kept a secret."

Espio: "Nothing in his files. Nothing about Gloom except Shadow."

Charmy: "Are we sure we're at the right place? What exactly are we looking for?"

Vector: "We're looking for clues if there's anything about Gloom or what Tails showed us."

Charmy: "We been here all day. It's 3 in the morning past my bedtime on Mobius. If he wanted to keep him a secret, why here?"

Vectore looks around scanning the room. He looks on Espios laptop and sees a picture of him and Maria. He gets a quick assumption.

Vector: "Maybe he's not the right person to be asking about him? Maybe someone else close to Gloom and Shadow would tell us."

Espio: "So what do we do?"

Vector: "Lets go asks the girls bedroom."

They exit the office and past two guards watching their every move.

Espio: "They certainly have our attention."

Vector: "After sending Maria's and Gerald's final message to Shadow in this place and thus causing him to save the world, they developed a keen eye on us to see if we have anything else."

Charmy: "Nozy jerks."

They reach the room to see a bunny rabbit and a pink hedgehog asleep in maria's bed.

Vector: "Uhhhh… maybe we should come back later."

Espio: "Very wise."

Charmy: "No argument here."

They all back off and go to the infirmary. They see them talking about stuff and come in.

Beth: "Now these bubbles have a sealing to them. Once he's captured in it, he can't teleport out."

Espio: "Forgive our interruption, Ms. Cross, but Shadow, can we investigate Maria's room later until your partner wakes up?"

Shadow: "Use whatever you need out of there. Just… be gentle."

Vector: "We didn't want to disturb Amy, since Sonic pissed her off."

Sonic: "You guys find anything?"

Vector: "We would like to search the girl's room. Maybe she has something we don't know about."

Shadow: "As long as you put everything back."

Charmy: "finally, a break. You guys got any eats?"

Shadow: "Food court is on level 12."

Charmy: "I'm in."

Sonic: "Hey I'm starving too man. We should all get some Z's and continue this later."

Tails: "I'll be here if you need me."

Beth: "I am about to-" *Faints* *Snoring*

The human falls to the ground face first on the labs floor. She's out cold on the ground in the center of the lab passed out.

Tails: "I'll be here with her if you need me."

Sonic: "I'll be around."

He jets out of the room past the chaotix with charmy flying behind his trail towards the food court.

Vector: "I'll be in office."

Espio: "I'll be in the cargo hold if you need me."

They disperse and leave Tails with Shadow and Beth.

Shadow: "Aren't you tired?"

Tails: "Yeah. I might go sleep in the infirmary beds in there. Aren't you tired?"

Shadow: "Yeah. Well I'll leave you to work."

Tails: "Wait. Where's Cream? I haven't seen her since we came here."

Shadow: "Oh, she's in Maria's Room sleep with Amy."

Tails: "Okay. Just checking."

Shadow leaves the room and head's towards Maria's. He passes a room with a bat leaving to find the bathroom.

Rouge: "How's it being back home?"

Shadow: "How's it with Knuckles in there?"

Rouge: "Snores too loud."

Shadow: "I'll take that as in you're enjoying yourself."

Rouge: "It's not that kind of party."

Shadow: "Sooner or later. Hey where's Omega."

Rouge: "He's in there with us. Recharging himself in an outlet in the wall."

Shadow: "You'll find me at my favorite place in the world."

He heads into Maria's room seeing Amy and Cream sleep in bed under the covers. He sits at his chair he always sits at a closes his eyes and keeps his senses open like he always does to maria watching her sleep at night because she was afraid of the dark. Amy opens her eyes and see's her favorite person siting in the corner.

Amy: "Shadow."

Shadow: "Yeah."

Amy: *Mouthing * "Luv you"

Shadow: "Hmph, Sweet dreams."

In the vents waiting for his opportunity to come soon, he waits in the vent above the bed of two friends sleeping. He waits until the chaotix return later to unfold whatever secrets they got waiting for them. He lies and sleeps until when he wakes up they'll be back in the room.

To Be Continued…