"Based on my original projections,
I was able to complete my project."
Shadow's Past - CHAPTER 12
In front of Shadow he saw the person he had so many thoughts about, but never saw. It looked Shadow straight in the eye.
Shadow stared back in disbelief. "Maria..."
Knuckles shouted to the other heroes. "Tails! Rouge and I will take on Amy! You help Shadow with the other one!"
"No...I can't..." Shadow trembled at the sight of his memory and the thought that she was a prototype.
"Both of us will charge into her, OK?"
"No...I"
But it was too late. Tails had already started counting. On three Tails ran straight for her. Shadow stayed still. Before you could blink Tails was in the side of the chamber unconcious. Maria turned towards Shadow.
"Shadow. The Ultimate Life Form. Not for long..."
"Maria...What are you doing? Why are you here?"
"You ignorant fool! You really thought that I was your friend! Gerald's experiment did work, then..."
Shadow's world fell apart around him like shattered glass. All of his thoughts and feelings, and his purpose in life, had fell away into the space outside of the colony. He fell to the ground onto his knees, then fell flat. He didn't move.
The conflict between Amy, Knuckles and Rouge halted as they all turned and looked at the body of the black hedgehog. Lifeless. That's all it was.
Maria walked slowly up to the dark life form.
"The Ultimate Life Form..."
In the break between the combats Rouge had managed to make her way across to Tails.
"He was." Tails said gallantly. The prototype turned her head and looked at the standing fox, with the symbols of her secret in her hand. Tails started reading the page.
"White Light is made up of the seven colours of the rainbow. If you can, split up the light...clever person, this Robotnik guy was." He took Rouge's bottle and threw it at the prototype. It went through her skin and stuck in her. The prototype squirmed, but after a while stood petrified. Her body started fragmenting and spinning around her. Amy ran over to try and help the fading prototype, but was knocked away by the fragments. The fragments moved to the circle of the Chaos Emeralds and span with them.
"Now one is gone, the other won't be a problem."
"I'm sure I can help." Shadow stood back up with the same strength and determination as normal.
Tails started reading again. "Pink - or red - light stands for fire. To destroy the light, put it out."
Shadow looked at the bottle on the floor where Maria was destroyed. He ran up to the Shrine and picked up the first fallen Emerald.
"Chaos Control!"
In a quick flash Shadow had picked up the bottle, filled it up with water from the Shrine's water system and poured it on Amy.
Amy disintergrated in the same way as Maria, except that her fragments did not join the circle. Instead, the fragments of Maria joined with Amy's. They formed a page. Tails walked up to it and read it.
I was able to complete my project."
Shadow's Past - CHAPTER 12
In front of Shadow he saw the person he had so many thoughts about, but never saw. It looked Shadow straight in the eye.
Shadow stared back in disbelief. "Maria..."
Knuckles shouted to the other heroes. "Tails! Rouge and I will take on Amy! You help Shadow with the other one!"
"No...I can't..." Shadow trembled at the sight of his memory and the thought that she was a prototype.
"Both of us will charge into her, OK?"
"No...I"
But it was too late. Tails had already started counting. On three Tails ran straight for her. Shadow stayed still. Before you could blink Tails was in the side of the chamber unconcious. Maria turned towards Shadow.
"Shadow. The Ultimate Life Form. Not for long..."
"Maria...What are you doing? Why are you here?"
"You ignorant fool! You really thought that I was your friend! Gerald's experiment did work, then..."
Shadow's world fell apart around him like shattered glass. All of his thoughts and feelings, and his purpose in life, had fell away into the space outside of the colony. He fell to the ground onto his knees, then fell flat. He didn't move.
The conflict between Amy, Knuckles and Rouge halted as they all turned and looked at the body of the black hedgehog. Lifeless. That's all it was.
Maria walked slowly up to the dark life form.
"The Ultimate Life Form..."
In the break between the combats Rouge had managed to make her way across to Tails.
"He was." Tails said gallantly. The prototype turned her head and looked at the standing fox, with the symbols of her secret in her hand. Tails started reading the page.
"White Light is made up of the seven colours of the rainbow. If you can, split up the light...clever person, this Robotnik guy was." He took Rouge's bottle and threw it at the prototype. It went through her skin and stuck in her. The prototype squirmed, but after a while stood petrified. Her body started fragmenting and spinning around her. Amy ran over to try and help the fading prototype, but was knocked away by the fragments. The fragments moved to the circle of the Chaos Emeralds and span with them.
"Now one is gone, the other won't be a problem."
"I'm sure I can help." Shadow stood back up with the same strength and determination as normal.
Tails started reading again. "Pink - or red - light stands for fire. To destroy the light, put it out."
Shadow looked at the bottle on the floor where Maria was destroyed. He ran up to the Shrine and picked up the first fallen Emerald.
"Chaos Control!"
In a quick flash Shadow had picked up the bottle, filled it up with water from the Shrine's water system and poured it on Amy.
Amy disintergrated in the same way as Maria, except that her fragments did not join the circle. Instead, the fragments of Maria joined with Amy's. They formed a page. Tails walked up to it and read it.