Crimson Vision
Chapter 6: The Shadow Serpent
Stealth, silence, magic.
I stand alone in darkness.
It came from nowhere and has a dark purpose.
I am alone in darkness.
Is this an ally of Sonic's? Its powers may surpass mine; but it shall not stand between Amy and me.
I live alone in darkness.
I know no one yet everyone knows me.
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It's been a day since my alliance with Amy. Things are getting grimmer by the minute. I've come in early from my nightly outing because of the police force that is on alert. Seems as though something big stirred them up. Less 'life' for me tonight. I've avoided Sonic by all means just so no more trouble would come up. And Amy has stopped by just to keep me company during the daylight hours. She tells me that Tails isn't doing well in the hospital. He's lost too much blood in some fight that happened a few nights back. At least I wasn't involved in it. Amy has also told me that Sonic is more enraged at me than before. I'm guessing it's because Amy has been disappearing during the day for an unusual amount of time.
I now stood in an empty room at the south end of the house. It was just as dark and cold as it was outside the windows and dirty with dust as well. I rarely came in here since there was nothing much but windows that opened up into the outside world. I was in deep thought about what Amy and I would have to go through in order to uncover my past. Trying to get to the mysterious room was out of the question so we decided to start off with the town graveyard.
CRASH! A window had shattered in the room I was in. I turned to where it came from and I could make out through the darkness a broken window. The hole was fairly small and a breeze came in making it colder. I slowly walked towards the window but stopped as soon as I heard a slithering noise. I my eyes darted looking around the floor even though I was blind as a bat. Suddenly a pair of green eyes shone through the dark catching my attention. We glared at each other, the green figures and I, then it moved towards me flowingly as if on air.
It was some sort of serpent and I cautiously stepped back just in case it attacked.
"Die Shadow…" it hissed.
A talking serpent!? This indeed was a warning sign of impending danger to come. In a flash the serpent lunged out for me but I swiftly dodged its fangs and stepped on its neck. It was powerless and I added pressure to its neck. The creature hissed and flailed about and suddenly sank into the dark floor as if it was quicksand. I lifted my foot and searched the surrounding area for the creature. It had disappeared. Definitely not a good sign.
As the morning came the daylight began its progress and I rested for a couple of hours. As night began fall again Amy and I were preparing to head out to the graveyard. She had made up some story to Sonic saying that she had made a new friend and was going to stay overnight at their place. Heh. Ironic considering I'm her new friend and she is staying out with me for most of the night. We made our last preparations just as the sky grew dark and the daylight disappeared. I wearing my usual trench coat and shades and Amy wearing an all black outfit to match me. We wanted to make sure no one saw us wandering through town to the graveyard. The last speck of light disappeared and we set forth towards the graveyard.
We kept to the alleys and shadows of the street avoiding any place containing light. Amy trailed close behind me as I guided us. Minutes flew by as we stealthily moved through the small town. There were many police cars patrolling making the trip harder for us. Just as we were in viewing distance of the graveyard a few police cars were in out path. There was no other place to go that was shadowed so we had no choice.
"We've come too far to quit Shadow." Amy said.
I nodded in agreement and observed the three cars from the alley we were in. Their headlights glaring down the empty street made it impossible to cross without being detected. Then I look up at the rooftops where there was no light at all. I'd be taking a chance at this but it was our only hope left.
"Grab onto me and try not to scream." I warned Amy grabbing her. "We're gonna try the rooftops so hold on."
Amy wrapped her arms around my neck and in a single bound I bounced off the walls of the small alley and made it to the rooftops. I couldn't stop now that I was here; Sonic could be on the rooftops as well. Just as I landed I dashed off to the next rooftop and onto the next passing the police cars quietly and quickly. As the final rooftop approached us I leapt off of the rooftop and landed on the dark sidewalk below releasing Amy. She seemed calm after all of that and explained that she and Sonic traveled a lot.
Across the street from us was a clear shot the graveyard. No cars, not a being in sight so the two of us shot across the street and over the tall brick wall surrounding the graveyard; I assisting Amy of course. On the other side there seemed to be and endless field of tombstones ahead of us. The place held it's usual somber and morbid appearance with a few trees and shrubbery here and there for some sort of accent. With Amy now leading us we walked through the dead field with crickets singing their songs of sorrow and the moon half hidden by some clouds overhead; a very graveyard- like scene.
The tombstones we passed were very different in shape and sizes with inscriptions of phrases or sayings or jus the familiar R.I.P. Amy and I descended down a small hill where a small tombstone surrounded by bouquets of flowers was in sight. As we approached the tombstone in large printed letters were the words "R.I.P. UKNOWN." I assumed the grave belonged to the being murdered in the mysterious room.
"Here we are. Do you feel any different?" Amy asked me.
I looked at her and then the grave. I felt nothing but the bitter cold air brush against my fur.
"Nothing." I replied. "What was the point of our trip here anyway?"
"I figured that if you felt strange whenever you went near that upper room you would probably have strange feelings when around the grave of that person who died." Amy explained. "Guess we wasted our time coming out here."
I couldn't agree anymore. Although a fairly decent theory it seemed slightly off from the start. We began to backtrack to where we entered the graveyard when suddenly a hissing noise was heard. Amy spun around letting out a small squeak I, on the other hand, knew who that was. Amy screamed and took cover behind me just as I turned around to see that serpent again with its green eyes glowing and glaring at me.
"Shadow… you must die!" It hissed at me again.
"You have got to be kidding. I can crush you with my foot you diminutive creature." I replied with a smirk, my fangs showing.
The serpent melted down into a black blob that grew at an alarming rate. When it stopped the blob was twice my size and slowly shift shaped back into a giant green and black cobra. Its eyes were now a dark emerald green and it hissed at Amy and me loudly.
"Go and find cover, now!" I shouted to Amy who wasted no time in finding a safe place to hide.
The cobra lunged at me but I dodged its fangs ran to its backside. But the serpent spun around and attacked again. It continuously launched its body at me with mouth wide open and all I could do was run from the monster. It was quick in attacking, almost as fast as I and that was my disadvantage. Suddenly one of its fangs skinned my fur and dark red blood seeped out. Withstanding the pain I continued to dodge the snakes attacks.
I stopped in an opening and the cobra slithered towards me and attacked. But I jumped I high into the air and landed on its back. With a sharp rock I had found I stabbed the cobra in its back. Black blood squirted out everywhere and on me as well. Suddenly the tail of the gigantic snake quickly found its way around my body and I was suspended in the air. I felt the muscles of the tail squeezing me; a great amount of pressure and pain was surging to my head. I tried to yell for help but I became short of breath and felt light-headed.
The pressure slowly disappeared from my head and I began to breathe normally. I was on the cold ground and over near the cobra I could see a slightly blurred Amy trying to fight it with a yellow and red hammer she had. The cobra dove at her numerous times but she dodged it and retaliated with her hammer hitting the giant as hard as she could. Being too dizzy to get up all I could do was watch as my ally defended herself from the cobra. Then it happened. The cobra made a surprise attack on Amy with its tail and she tumbled down the small hill and right into a tombstone; her hammer was knocked away from her in the attack. Amy struggled to get up as the snake approached her but she was limp and helpless.
Suddenly I began to feel hot as a surge of burning energy flowed through my body. I could feel sweat drops fall down my face and my breathing became harder and harder. Clenching onto my chest I fell into darkness.
A graveyard… in blood red? My eyes scanned the area and I saw my target. The giant cobra was advancing upon my ally who was on the ground. My tremendous roar filled the air and got the cobras attention. It approached me and attacked. I blocked its mouth with my claws and pushed away forcefully. The cobra is thrown back but returned to me with more rage. A venomous liquid is sprayed at me but my wings protected my body. The spray of liquid ceased and I threw my wings back. Vengeance is mine cobra! Your blood shall be my reward!
My claws burned with rage and I struck the cobra across its neck. Dark colored blood sprayed everywhere as the cobra cried out in pain. I grabbed onto its neck and break it in half; a loud crack is heard. The cobra limps dead in my claws and I threw it to the ground and tore it to shreds. Blood flew everywhere as I shredded my opponent into pieces. Then I stopped and observed the body parts and organs of the cobra as they melted into a dark liquid that seeped into the ground. I cried out in victory over the battle and look to where my ally is. She is backed up against the tombstone; fear is in her eyes. I approached her and she whimpers. Why are you afraid of me? Am I not your friend? Tears began to fill her eyes and she cried out a plea.
"Don't hurt me Shadow. Please don't kill me." her distorted yet tiny voice begged.
Sirens are heard in the distance; tiny lights are seen on the horizon; faint voices are shouting. I looked down at my ally; she is still terrified of me. Please, come with me. I will not harm you. I held my claws out and she is still scared but then heard the voices as well. She looked at me and finally relaxes. I pulled my frightened ally close to me and let out my final roar. Then… darkness.
Chapter 6: The Shadow Serpent
Stealth, silence, magic.
I stand alone in darkness.
It came from nowhere and has a dark purpose.
I am alone in darkness.
Is this an ally of Sonic's? Its powers may surpass mine; but it shall not stand between Amy and me.
I live alone in darkness.
I know no one yet everyone knows me.
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It's been a day since my alliance with Amy. Things are getting grimmer by the minute. I've come in early from my nightly outing because of the police force that is on alert. Seems as though something big stirred them up. Less 'life' for me tonight. I've avoided Sonic by all means just so no more trouble would come up. And Amy has stopped by just to keep me company during the daylight hours. She tells me that Tails isn't doing well in the hospital. He's lost too much blood in some fight that happened a few nights back. At least I wasn't involved in it. Amy has also told me that Sonic is more enraged at me than before. I'm guessing it's because Amy has been disappearing during the day for an unusual amount of time.
I now stood in an empty room at the south end of the house. It was just as dark and cold as it was outside the windows and dirty with dust as well. I rarely came in here since there was nothing much but windows that opened up into the outside world. I was in deep thought about what Amy and I would have to go through in order to uncover my past. Trying to get to the mysterious room was out of the question so we decided to start off with the town graveyard.
CRASH! A window had shattered in the room I was in. I turned to where it came from and I could make out through the darkness a broken window. The hole was fairly small and a breeze came in making it colder. I slowly walked towards the window but stopped as soon as I heard a slithering noise. I my eyes darted looking around the floor even though I was blind as a bat. Suddenly a pair of green eyes shone through the dark catching my attention. We glared at each other, the green figures and I, then it moved towards me flowingly as if on air.
It was some sort of serpent and I cautiously stepped back just in case it attacked.
"Die Shadow…" it hissed.
A talking serpent!? This indeed was a warning sign of impending danger to come. In a flash the serpent lunged out for me but I swiftly dodged its fangs and stepped on its neck. It was powerless and I added pressure to its neck. The creature hissed and flailed about and suddenly sank into the dark floor as if it was quicksand. I lifted my foot and searched the surrounding area for the creature. It had disappeared. Definitely not a good sign.
As the morning came the daylight began its progress and I rested for a couple of hours. As night began fall again Amy and I were preparing to head out to the graveyard. She had made up some story to Sonic saying that she had made a new friend and was going to stay overnight at their place. Heh. Ironic considering I'm her new friend and she is staying out with me for most of the night. We made our last preparations just as the sky grew dark and the daylight disappeared. I wearing my usual trench coat and shades and Amy wearing an all black outfit to match me. We wanted to make sure no one saw us wandering through town to the graveyard. The last speck of light disappeared and we set forth towards the graveyard.
We kept to the alleys and shadows of the street avoiding any place containing light. Amy trailed close behind me as I guided us. Minutes flew by as we stealthily moved through the small town. There were many police cars patrolling making the trip harder for us. Just as we were in viewing distance of the graveyard a few police cars were in out path. There was no other place to go that was shadowed so we had no choice.
"We've come too far to quit Shadow." Amy said.
I nodded in agreement and observed the three cars from the alley we were in. Their headlights glaring down the empty street made it impossible to cross without being detected. Then I look up at the rooftops where there was no light at all. I'd be taking a chance at this but it was our only hope left.
"Grab onto me and try not to scream." I warned Amy grabbing her. "We're gonna try the rooftops so hold on."
Amy wrapped her arms around my neck and in a single bound I bounced off the walls of the small alley and made it to the rooftops. I couldn't stop now that I was here; Sonic could be on the rooftops as well. Just as I landed I dashed off to the next rooftop and onto the next passing the police cars quietly and quickly. As the final rooftop approached us I leapt off of the rooftop and landed on the dark sidewalk below releasing Amy. She seemed calm after all of that and explained that she and Sonic traveled a lot.
Across the street from us was a clear shot the graveyard. No cars, not a being in sight so the two of us shot across the street and over the tall brick wall surrounding the graveyard; I assisting Amy of course. On the other side there seemed to be and endless field of tombstones ahead of us. The place held it's usual somber and morbid appearance with a few trees and shrubbery here and there for some sort of accent. With Amy now leading us we walked through the dead field with crickets singing their songs of sorrow and the moon half hidden by some clouds overhead; a very graveyard- like scene.
The tombstones we passed were very different in shape and sizes with inscriptions of phrases or sayings or jus the familiar R.I.P. Amy and I descended down a small hill where a small tombstone surrounded by bouquets of flowers was in sight. As we approached the tombstone in large printed letters were the words "R.I.P. UKNOWN." I assumed the grave belonged to the being murdered in the mysterious room.
"Here we are. Do you feel any different?" Amy asked me.
I looked at her and then the grave. I felt nothing but the bitter cold air brush against my fur.
"Nothing." I replied. "What was the point of our trip here anyway?"
"I figured that if you felt strange whenever you went near that upper room you would probably have strange feelings when around the grave of that person who died." Amy explained. "Guess we wasted our time coming out here."
I couldn't agree anymore. Although a fairly decent theory it seemed slightly off from the start. We began to backtrack to where we entered the graveyard when suddenly a hissing noise was heard. Amy spun around letting out a small squeak I, on the other hand, knew who that was. Amy screamed and took cover behind me just as I turned around to see that serpent again with its green eyes glowing and glaring at me.
"Shadow… you must die!" It hissed at me again.
"You have got to be kidding. I can crush you with my foot you diminutive creature." I replied with a smirk, my fangs showing.
The serpent melted down into a black blob that grew at an alarming rate. When it stopped the blob was twice my size and slowly shift shaped back into a giant green and black cobra. Its eyes were now a dark emerald green and it hissed at Amy and me loudly.
"Go and find cover, now!" I shouted to Amy who wasted no time in finding a safe place to hide.
The cobra lunged at me but I dodged its fangs ran to its backside. But the serpent spun around and attacked again. It continuously launched its body at me with mouth wide open and all I could do was run from the monster. It was quick in attacking, almost as fast as I and that was my disadvantage. Suddenly one of its fangs skinned my fur and dark red blood seeped out. Withstanding the pain I continued to dodge the snakes attacks.
I stopped in an opening and the cobra slithered towards me and attacked. But I jumped I high into the air and landed on its back. With a sharp rock I had found I stabbed the cobra in its back. Black blood squirted out everywhere and on me as well. Suddenly the tail of the gigantic snake quickly found its way around my body and I was suspended in the air. I felt the muscles of the tail squeezing me; a great amount of pressure and pain was surging to my head. I tried to yell for help but I became short of breath and felt light-headed.
The pressure slowly disappeared from my head and I began to breathe normally. I was on the cold ground and over near the cobra I could see a slightly blurred Amy trying to fight it with a yellow and red hammer she had. The cobra dove at her numerous times but she dodged it and retaliated with her hammer hitting the giant as hard as she could. Being too dizzy to get up all I could do was watch as my ally defended herself from the cobra. Then it happened. The cobra made a surprise attack on Amy with its tail and she tumbled down the small hill and right into a tombstone; her hammer was knocked away from her in the attack. Amy struggled to get up as the snake approached her but she was limp and helpless.
Suddenly I began to feel hot as a surge of burning energy flowed through my body. I could feel sweat drops fall down my face and my breathing became harder and harder. Clenching onto my chest I fell into darkness.
A graveyard… in blood red? My eyes scanned the area and I saw my target. The giant cobra was advancing upon my ally who was on the ground. My tremendous roar filled the air and got the cobras attention. It approached me and attacked. I blocked its mouth with my claws and pushed away forcefully. The cobra is thrown back but returned to me with more rage. A venomous liquid is sprayed at me but my wings protected my body. The spray of liquid ceased and I threw my wings back. Vengeance is mine cobra! Your blood shall be my reward!
My claws burned with rage and I struck the cobra across its neck. Dark colored blood sprayed everywhere as the cobra cried out in pain. I grabbed onto its neck and break it in half; a loud crack is heard. The cobra limps dead in my claws and I threw it to the ground and tore it to shreds. Blood flew everywhere as I shredded my opponent into pieces. Then I stopped and observed the body parts and organs of the cobra as they melted into a dark liquid that seeped into the ground. I cried out in victory over the battle and look to where my ally is. She is backed up against the tombstone; fear is in her eyes. I approached her and she whimpers. Why are you afraid of me? Am I not your friend? Tears began to fill her eyes and she cried out a plea.
"Don't hurt me Shadow. Please don't kill me." her distorted yet tiny voice begged.
Sirens are heard in the distance; tiny lights are seen on the horizon; faint voices are shouting. I looked down at my ally; she is still terrified of me. Please, come with me. I will not harm you. I held my claws out and she is still scared but then heard the voices as well. She looked at me and finally relaxes. I pulled my frightened ally close to me and let out my final roar. Then… darkness.