Darkness Forgotten
Five hours have passed. Shadow and company have gone to angel island to rethink their strategy. As it stood, they had no chance of winning. Shadow , Sonic, Tails and knuckles were really bruised up from their previous fight with Spike. Shadow was highly frustrated by the whole thing. He sat on a broken column the east side of the Emerald alter and pondered hard. He tried desperately to think of a solution. While he pondered his thoughts trailed off into memory and he instantly caught himself yearning for death again. He wasn't surprised by it the thought, in fact he laughed.
"Sister…." He said under his breath. He leaned forward to get a more comfortable sitting position on the column. He slowly closed his eyes and reminisced.
A small barefoot hedgehog boy slowly walked through the quiet halls of a space colony. He had short fuzzed red and black quills. He had blank emotionless look on his face and his eyes were narrowed tightly. He came across a large open window with a young human girl staring out of it. She wore a red tank top with a tight black pair of shorts. She turned and looked at him and smiled down at him.
"Well…….if it isn't little "No name"." She said with a smile. The hedgehog stopped and looked up at her.
"Hello Maria……" He replied in a cold emotionless voice. He stepped over to her side and stared blankly at her.
"So what brings you here?" She asked staring out the window. He seemingly ignored her and continued to stare at her.
"Why do you call me your brother?" The young hedgehog asked. Maria raised her eyebrows a little and stared back at him.
"Because you are. You are my brother." She answered turning her head and staring back out the window.
"But I was created by master Gerald." The hedgehog replied blankly. Maria sighed and stared at him with a smile.
"You've known me your entire ten years of life……..and I've known you since I was three. You practically are my brother." She said staring back out the window. "So get used to it little brother." The small mobian walked closer to her and out his hands on the metallic window ceil of the round large window.
"What are you looking at?" He asked still looking at her. She nodded her head forward to show him and he turned and stared out of it to a magnificent view of mobius.
"It's beautiful……..isn't it?" Asked Maria. The hedgehog stared blankly at the planet and replied…
"Yes……it is." He answered. "Maria………what's it like down there?" Maria sighed heavily and put her hand on her hips.
"From what I remember………It's beautiful…….." Maria answered.
"Then how can something so beautiful be so bad?" He asked in a cold tone.
"It's not……I don't care what grandfather says……it's not. Don't believe any of that……Shadow." She said calmly. The young hedgehog stared over at her with a questioning look. She stared back at him with a similar look only it wasn't as tense as his.
"Something wrong?" She asked.
"Y-you called me Shadow." He replied.
"Yeah…..so?"
"Master Gerald told me shadow was a codename………He said I have no name." He answered.
"That's what I'm calling you……..calling you "No name" for all this time has started felling weird. You like it?" She asked with a smile.
"Yeah…..I do……" He answered with a grin. Maria stepped away from the slowly so that she was able to see behind him and just stood there. Shadow stared at her with question but was struck be realization when she put her left foot behind her right. He tried to move away from her but before he could pain shot across his head as Maria landed a hard kick. He fell hard and rubbed the spot where she kicked him.
"What was that for!?" He shouted up at her. She stared at him and laughed and folded her arms.
"You really have to be on guard more." She replied with a smile.
"I don't get it. Why do we have to spar all the damn time?" Shadow asked standing up.
"You'll find out……….in due time." She said with her eyes closed. When she closed her eyes shadow saw a golden opportunity to get her back for the kick. He put his hand on the ground and a lifted his feet spun around and tripped her. She would have fallen on her back if she hadn't caught herself and sprung into the air. Shadow tried to move away from under her but it was too late and she landed feet first on his shoulders thus pinning him to the floor. She laughed more as her squirmed to break free.
"Nice try." She said with her hands on her knees. Shadow snarled at her and lifted his feet and kicked her in the back causing her to stumble forward giving him enough leverage to spring back to his feet. He put both his hands on the ground and lifted his legs so the he kicked her in the stomach causing her to fall to the ground. He kept going up until he went into a perfect handstand. He smiled at her and kicked his feet playfully in the air.
"Haha! Got you!" He said playfully. Maria stood laughing and approached him slowly.
"Not bad………except for one thing." She said with narrowed eyes. She lifted her leg and kicked him in the stomach making him fall on his back.
"I wasn't done yet….stupid." She said with a smile. Shadow looked up at her with an annoyed look. He slowly got back to his feet and brushed himself off. He slowly approached her and didn't speak………
A much older shadow raced trough the halls of the ark with his jet skates activated. He was bleeding from the left side of his jaw and his eyes were extremely tense. He caught a glimpse of Maria who was running down the hallway in his direction. She had her fair share of slight injuries as well. He came to halt and gasped desperately for air.
"Master Gerald……t-they………." Shadow began.
"I know……" Maria interrupted. "That doesn't matter…..we have to get out of here." Shadow nodded and took his friend by the hand and continued skating down the hall. They came around a corner but had to duck back when a sudden barrage of bullets came from that end of the hall. When it slowed down Shadow dashed around the wall and quickly came upon five G.U.N. soldiers. He leaped into the air and struck them all in less than a second. They all fell dead just when Maria came from behind Shadow again. He once again took his friend by the wrist and speeded in the direction of the cryogenic chamber room. They went on killing soldier after soldier as they went. Maria showed signs of exhaustion but Shadow wouldn't let her give up. He refused to allow her to die and leave him alone…….Shadow had memorized a short cut from his youth and he had used it time and time again. The only thought on his mind was getting Maria to safety, he felt what happened to him didn't matter as long as Maria was ok. As they went Maria grew more tired by the second, But Shadow's motivation is what kept her going for what she did. Shadow was bleeding out the top of the head by the time they got to their destination. He was getting dizzy from the damage he had sustained and Maria was exhausted.
"Are we almost there?" Asked Maria who barely had any breath left.
"Yeah……..just push on , Maria! Don't give up!" Shadow shouted whipping the blood that ran from his head off his face. Shadow wouldn't leave her side with the fear that she'd be shot. He had never seen her this helpless in his entire life and now here she was with him being her only hope for survival. The quickly knelt down next to a Ice hibernation chamber to avoid anymore gunfire. When it calmed down Shadow got up and looked around to make sure it was clear he motioned for Maria to stand not noticed the single G.U.N. soldier behind him. When he noticed him Maria had already stood and tried to run over to him. Shadow saw the soldier and quickly ran over to him as he took aim and fired. Shadow had already killed him with a blow to the head when his gun went off…….Shadow quickly turned with wide eyes to see his only friend falling to the ground. In a flash Shadow thought about their past, all the fun they had together, his reaction when he found out his true purpose, all the times she had beat him in sparring matches and how he complained and whined when she did. He remembered how she made him laugh (Being the only person able to). And after all the memories went by shadow watched his friend fall to the ground.
"MARIA!" Shouted an extremely shocked shadow as he rushed over to Maria and knelt next to her. He lifted her head and slightly shook her.
"Maria! Wake up! Speak! MARIA!" Shadow shouted with slight tears in his eyes. Maria opened her eyes and smiled slightly.
"Sh-shadow……I'm……..sorry…please….forgive me." She said with blood running down from her mouth. Her eyes started to turn a dark blue color and she coughed. Shadow reached his left hand up and rested it on the large open gunshot wound in the center of her stomach. He began to cry slightly and he looked deeply into her eyes.
"Maria……" Shadow said. He knew there was no way he could save her now and she was slowly dying. Shadow closed his eyes and tears seeped from his eyelids.
"N-no……..don't cry shadow……." Said Maria as she slowly raised her hand to his wounded jaw.
"So you're leaving me now……….." Said shadow sobbing. He lifted he head and rested it on hers. "If so…….I'm dying with you." Maria narrowed her eyes slightly and spoke.
"No…….I can't allow that." Maria said. She used her last bit of energy to push Shadow away from her. She got on her hand and arched back and kicked him hard in the chest sending him falling backward. He landed in a hibernation chamber just as he got his bearings strait. He tried to step out of it but before he could Maria had already hit the switch on it and locked him inside. She collapsed again in front of the chamber and lied with her arms out in front of her. Shadow beat on the glass trying to get out before the timer went off. Maria grinned and stared at him blankly.
"I can't let you die…….not yet……not before you lived your dream. Protect my home shadow………I beg of you…….." As she said those words a blood puddle slowly formed under her slender figure. Her chest sank in showing that her breathing stopped. And she died right there…….with her eyes wide open. Shadow was horrified and enraged by watching her die………..he arched back in the chamber and threw his head back and at the top of his lungs he shouted….
"MARIAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly a white cold vapor suddenly entered the chamber as the timer went of and Shadow felt himself unable to move. He had about ten seconds to think before he fell asleep.
"I'll get them……they'll pay……..I'LL MAKE YOU ALL SUFFER FOR THIS! I SWEAR! Maria…….I promise you……..REVENGE!!!!!!!!"
Shadow opened his eyes again coming out of his memory. He thought long and hard about what he had became…….and what Rouge was seeming to bring him out of. He one again closed his eyes and remembered on.
Two gold furred hedgehogs raced trough what seemed to be outer space. The one with red strips seemed to be pushing further and using more energy than the plain gold one. The two figures raced in front of a large falling structure with determination on their faces. The red stripped one was the first to get in front of the gigantic space station but the plain gold one wasn't far behind. They both fell backward in front the structure fighting hard against the gravity of the planet below. They were both heavily battle damaged from a previous battle. They both raised their hands to the Falling space fortress and simultaneously shouted……..
"CHAOS CONTROL!!!!!" Their hands jolted backward as the space colony was slowly forced back into a different orbit than before. The plain gold hedgehog clenched his shoulder in pain and slowly said….
"We……….we made it." He said slowly taking deep breaths. The red stripped one nodded and relaxed his thoughts slowly dispelling in current state……..The plain gold one felt him grow weak and quickly turned to face him.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" He shouted. Dashing with a gold light over to the red stripped one. Before he could reach him he opened his arms and intentionally fell backward toward the planet below them. The plain gold hedgehog was able to clench his wrist before he fell out of reach. The red stripped one looked up at him with a blank look.
"Sonic……..let me go…….." He said putting his hand on his. He grinned slightly and started relaxing his concentration more.
"No………stop it you FOOL!" Sonic shouted trying to hold his grip. Shadow relaxed more trying to dispel his hyper form.
"Did you hear what I said?………LET ME GO!!" Shadow shouted trying to force Sonic's hand away. Sonic held his grip long enough to frustrate Shadow. Shadow grabbed Sonic by the wrist and pulled himself up so that he came eye to eye with him. He grabbed him by the shoulders and spoke coldly.
"Let me die…….I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO LIVE FOR!!!" Shadow shouted pulling sonic toward him.
"What kind of bullshit is that!? You don't know what life is!" sonic shouted directly in his face.
"…….Why don't you try living like I did………TO LIVE WITH HUMILIATION AND SHAME! LET ME GO, OR I'LL KILL YOU!!!!!" Shadow shouted with a look of rage on his face. He reared back and kicked Sonic in the chest with both feet causing Sonic to break his grip. Shadow broke his own concentration and quickly returned to his normal state. It gave of a flash of light that temporarily blinded Sonic. Sonic struggled to open his eyes for nearly three seconds. When he was finally able to see Shadow had already disappeared. Sonic looked around frantically for him not noticing that he held his bracelet in his hand. He looked down and examined it and then looked down again.
"Damn you………DAMN YOU, SHADOW!!!!!!" Sonic shouted with rage. He slowly felt his current form slipping away from him. Without further hesitation he turned and jetted off in the direction of the ARK.
Shadow was falling head first to Mobius below. He had a grin on his face that showed that he was satisfied with his accomplishments. The burning sensation of the atmosphere pained his body and would have any normal person in agony.
"Maria…….I hope you're able to rest now…….I did it……..I did what you asked me. Now let me join you……please……." He thought with his eyes slightly open.
"It's to bad that bat never knew who I felt about her……….not she'd care from the way she was looking at that damn echidna. Well……..this is it……I'm finally going to die." He continued in his mind.
"Shadow…………what do you think you're doing? Stop……..now." A familiar voice said that echoed in his mind.
"M-maria……." He said outloud.
"You can't die……..not yet……..someone else needs you……shadow…..I think you need her too…." The voice continued.
"She's happy……..and I'll be happy too if I died now." Shadow said out loud as he felt the burning get hotter.
"No……..YOU'RE WRONG!………SHADOW,STOP! PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU! PLEASE STOP!" The voice shouted in a pleading tone. Shadow's eyes opened wide and he tensed his muscles. He felt a little more chaos energy left in him and he shouted…
"CHAOS CONTROL!" He felt his body start to slow it's decent, But he was still falling at a rapid speed. He felt his body break the last layer of the atmosphere and the Chaos energy he used wore off.
"W-why……..why am I still afraid to die?………WHY AM I STILL SO SPINELESS!?" He shouted opening his eyes to see the ground below. He let out a loud deep voiced scream as he saw the ground come into view. He continued screaming until everything went black………..
Shadow broke from the painful memory and stared out onto the vastness of angel island. He looked up to see the large damaged moon in the sky. He felt someone take him by he arm and a familiar touch was felt on his shoulder. He looked to the left to see Rouge with her head on his shoulder. She didn't speak at all and watched the moon. Shadow sighed and put his arm around her waist so the she came a lot closer to him. She gladly accepted the embrace and closed her eyes and let him hold her. She raised her hand and touched him softly on the cheek. She opened her eyes and looked deeply in his and kissed him softly on the lips. He rested his forehead on hers with his eyes open. She had her eyes open as well and they very close to one another's. Rouge smiled slightly as they looked deeply in one another's eyes. She lowered her hand and rested it on his chest and closed her eyes again.
"It doesn't matter to me now…….revenge…..the shame…….it doesn't matter anymore….I'll just……..Throw it all away."
To Be Continued………….
Sonic: -_- Man Maxcell……..not much happened in that chapter.
Chibi Shadow: O_O WOW! I AM IN THE STORY AFTER ALL! ^_^ (The flashback)
Shadow: Blah blah blah……when are me and Rouge gonna do it again?
Maxcell: O_O;; uh……….-_- Don't you think that's enough for one story?
Shadow: No.
Maxcell: Ok, ok! Fine.
Shadow: ^_^ YAY! -_- Now go back and finish the L.O.V.E. chapter.
Maxcell: WHAT!?
Shadow: You heard me!
Maxcell: I told you that……ARGH! Let's do a survey shall we?
Sonic: What kind of survey?
Maxcell: Well……..the little great black furred bastard here just gave me a idea.
Shadow: Black furred bastard? -_-
Chibi Shadow: Well…………what are you gonna do?
Maxcell: Well it's like this………..How would you like for me to write a lemon (My first one) based on this story?
Shadow: REALLY!? O________O
Maxcell: *pulls out a piece of paper* All you have to do is pick which scene……..and the nominees are………..Spike and Aria: Airplane scene. Shadow and Rouge: Couch scene. (I know you want to see that one.) Shadow and Rouge: First night in Tails workshop. (The one that Gave Amy something to laugh about.) Sonic and Amy: What happened after L.O.V.E. 2. Shadow and Rouge: Oh fuck it because there are so many scenes involving those two just pick one. And Sonic and Amy: Hotel scene. If I didn't name one you wanted just tell me and suggest it in your review………….and if you want me to write a lemon on this story YOU MUST REVIEW! I'm going to write the one that gets the most votes! DON'T FORGET!!!!!!
Shadow: ^_^ I've got a better chance than anybody!
Sonic: I'll pay anyone 20 bucks to suggest a lemon with me and Rouge……….
Amy: O_O What!?
Sonic: AH!….uh…..I was only kidding! ^_^;;
Tails: (Without the slightest idea of what everybody is talking about) I wanna fly high……
Spike: Somebody pick the one with me and Aria…….
Maxcell: And now! To put an end to this seemingly endless review, I shall bid you farewell!…….BUT DON'T FORGET TO SUGGEST A SCENE!!!!!!!!
Five hours have passed. Shadow and company have gone to angel island to rethink their strategy. As it stood, they had no chance of winning. Shadow , Sonic, Tails and knuckles were really bruised up from their previous fight with Spike. Shadow was highly frustrated by the whole thing. He sat on a broken column the east side of the Emerald alter and pondered hard. He tried desperately to think of a solution. While he pondered his thoughts trailed off into memory and he instantly caught himself yearning for death again. He wasn't surprised by it the thought, in fact he laughed.
"Sister…." He said under his breath. He leaned forward to get a more comfortable sitting position on the column. He slowly closed his eyes and reminisced.
A small barefoot hedgehog boy slowly walked through the quiet halls of a space colony. He had short fuzzed red and black quills. He had blank emotionless look on his face and his eyes were narrowed tightly. He came across a large open window with a young human girl staring out of it. She wore a red tank top with a tight black pair of shorts. She turned and looked at him and smiled down at him.
"Well…….if it isn't little "No name"." She said with a smile. The hedgehog stopped and looked up at her.
"Hello Maria……" He replied in a cold emotionless voice. He stepped over to her side and stared blankly at her.
"So what brings you here?" She asked staring out the window. He seemingly ignored her and continued to stare at her.
"Why do you call me your brother?" The young hedgehog asked. Maria raised her eyebrows a little and stared back at him.
"Because you are. You are my brother." She answered turning her head and staring back out the window.
"But I was created by master Gerald." The hedgehog replied blankly. Maria sighed and stared at him with a smile.
"You've known me your entire ten years of life……..and I've known you since I was three. You practically are my brother." She said staring back out the window. "So get used to it little brother." The small mobian walked closer to her and out his hands on the metallic window ceil of the round large window.
"What are you looking at?" He asked still looking at her. She nodded her head forward to show him and he turned and stared out of it to a magnificent view of mobius.
"It's beautiful……..isn't it?" Asked Maria. The hedgehog stared blankly at the planet and replied…
"Yes……it is." He answered. "Maria………what's it like down there?" Maria sighed heavily and put her hand on her hips.
"From what I remember………It's beautiful…….." Maria answered.
"Then how can something so beautiful be so bad?" He asked in a cold tone.
"It's not……I don't care what grandfather says……it's not. Don't believe any of that……Shadow." She said calmly. The young hedgehog stared over at her with a questioning look. She stared back at him with a similar look only it wasn't as tense as his.
"Something wrong?" She asked.
"Y-you called me Shadow." He replied.
"Yeah…..so?"
"Master Gerald told me shadow was a codename………He said I have no name." He answered.
"That's what I'm calling you……..calling you "No name" for all this time has started felling weird. You like it?" She asked with a smile.
"Yeah…..I do……" He answered with a grin. Maria stepped away from the slowly so that she was able to see behind him and just stood there. Shadow stared at her with question but was struck be realization when she put her left foot behind her right. He tried to move away from her but before he could pain shot across his head as Maria landed a hard kick. He fell hard and rubbed the spot where she kicked him.
"What was that for!?" He shouted up at her. She stared at him and laughed and folded her arms.
"You really have to be on guard more." She replied with a smile.
"I don't get it. Why do we have to spar all the damn time?" Shadow asked standing up.
"You'll find out……….in due time." She said with her eyes closed. When she closed her eyes shadow saw a golden opportunity to get her back for the kick. He put his hand on the ground and a lifted his feet spun around and tripped her. She would have fallen on her back if she hadn't caught herself and sprung into the air. Shadow tried to move away from under her but it was too late and she landed feet first on his shoulders thus pinning him to the floor. She laughed more as her squirmed to break free.
"Nice try." She said with her hands on her knees. Shadow snarled at her and lifted his feet and kicked her in the back causing her to stumble forward giving him enough leverage to spring back to his feet. He put both his hands on the ground and lifted his legs so the he kicked her in the stomach causing her to fall to the ground. He kept going up until he went into a perfect handstand. He smiled at her and kicked his feet playfully in the air.
"Haha! Got you!" He said playfully. Maria stood laughing and approached him slowly.
"Not bad………except for one thing." She said with narrowed eyes. She lifted her leg and kicked him in the stomach making him fall on his back.
"I wasn't done yet….stupid." She said with a smile. Shadow looked up at her with an annoyed look. He slowly got back to his feet and brushed himself off. He slowly approached her and didn't speak………
A much older shadow raced trough the halls of the ark with his jet skates activated. He was bleeding from the left side of his jaw and his eyes were extremely tense. He caught a glimpse of Maria who was running down the hallway in his direction. She had her fair share of slight injuries as well. He came to halt and gasped desperately for air.
"Master Gerald……t-they………." Shadow began.
"I know……" Maria interrupted. "That doesn't matter…..we have to get out of here." Shadow nodded and took his friend by the hand and continued skating down the hall. They came around a corner but had to duck back when a sudden barrage of bullets came from that end of the hall. When it slowed down Shadow dashed around the wall and quickly came upon five G.U.N. soldiers. He leaped into the air and struck them all in less than a second. They all fell dead just when Maria came from behind Shadow again. He once again took his friend by the wrist and speeded in the direction of the cryogenic chamber room. They went on killing soldier after soldier as they went. Maria showed signs of exhaustion but Shadow wouldn't let her give up. He refused to allow her to die and leave him alone…….Shadow had memorized a short cut from his youth and he had used it time and time again. The only thought on his mind was getting Maria to safety, he felt what happened to him didn't matter as long as Maria was ok. As they went Maria grew more tired by the second, But Shadow's motivation is what kept her going for what she did. Shadow was bleeding out the top of the head by the time they got to their destination. He was getting dizzy from the damage he had sustained and Maria was exhausted.
"Are we almost there?" Asked Maria who barely had any breath left.
"Yeah……..just push on , Maria! Don't give up!" Shadow shouted whipping the blood that ran from his head off his face. Shadow wouldn't leave her side with the fear that she'd be shot. He had never seen her this helpless in his entire life and now here she was with him being her only hope for survival. The quickly knelt down next to a Ice hibernation chamber to avoid anymore gunfire. When it calmed down Shadow got up and looked around to make sure it was clear he motioned for Maria to stand not noticed the single G.U.N. soldier behind him. When he noticed him Maria had already stood and tried to run over to him. Shadow saw the soldier and quickly ran over to him as he took aim and fired. Shadow had already killed him with a blow to the head when his gun went off…….Shadow quickly turned with wide eyes to see his only friend falling to the ground. In a flash Shadow thought about their past, all the fun they had together, his reaction when he found out his true purpose, all the times she had beat him in sparring matches and how he complained and whined when she did. He remembered how she made him laugh (Being the only person able to). And after all the memories went by shadow watched his friend fall to the ground.
"MARIA!" Shouted an extremely shocked shadow as he rushed over to Maria and knelt next to her. He lifted her head and slightly shook her.
"Maria! Wake up! Speak! MARIA!" Shadow shouted with slight tears in his eyes. Maria opened her eyes and smiled slightly.
"Sh-shadow……I'm……..sorry…please….forgive me." She said with blood running down from her mouth. Her eyes started to turn a dark blue color and she coughed. Shadow reached his left hand up and rested it on the large open gunshot wound in the center of her stomach. He began to cry slightly and he looked deeply into her eyes.
"Maria……" Shadow said. He knew there was no way he could save her now and she was slowly dying. Shadow closed his eyes and tears seeped from his eyelids.
"N-no……..don't cry shadow……." Said Maria as she slowly raised her hand to his wounded jaw.
"So you're leaving me now……….." Said shadow sobbing. He lifted he head and rested it on hers. "If so…….I'm dying with you." Maria narrowed her eyes slightly and spoke.
"No…….I can't allow that." Maria said. She used her last bit of energy to push Shadow away from her. She got on her hand and arched back and kicked him hard in the chest sending him falling backward. He landed in a hibernation chamber just as he got his bearings strait. He tried to step out of it but before he could Maria had already hit the switch on it and locked him inside. She collapsed again in front of the chamber and lied with her arms out in front of her. Shadow beat on the glass trying to get out before the timer went off. Maria grinned and stared at him blankly.
"I can't let you die…….not yet……not before you lived your dream. Protect my home shadow………I beg of you…….." As she said those words a blood puddle slowly formed under her slender figure. Her chest sank in showing that her breathing stopped. And she died right there…….with her eyes wide open. Shadow was horrified and enraged by watching her die………..he arched back in the chamber and threw his head back and at the top of his lungs he shouted….
"MARIAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly a white cold vapor suddenly entered the chamber as the timer went of and Shadow felt himself unable to move. He had about ten seconds to think before he fell asleep.
"I'll get them……they'll pay……..I'LL MAKE YOU ALL SUFFER FOR THIS! I SWEAR! Maria…….I promise you……..REVENGE!!!!!!!!"
Shadow opened his eyes again coming out of his memory. He thought long and hard about what he had became…….and what Rouge was seeming to bring him out of. He one again closed his eyes and remembered on.
Two gold furred hedgehogs raced trough what seemed to be outer space. The one with red strips seemed to be pushing further and using more energy than the plain gold one. The two figures raced in front of a large falling structure with determination on their faces. The red stripped one was the first to get in front of the gigantic space station but the plain gold one wasn't far behind. They both fell backward in front the structure fighting hard against the gravity of the planet below. They were both heavily battle damaged from a previous battle. They both raised their hands to the Falling space fortress and simultaneously shouted……..
"CHAOS CONTROL!!!!!" Their hands jolted backward as the space colony was slowly forced back into a different orbit than before. The plain gold hedgehog clenched his shoulder in pain and slowly said….
"We……….we made it." He said slowly taking deep breaths. The red stripped one nodded and relaxed his thoughts slowly dispelling in current state……..The plain gold one felt him grow weak and quickly turned to face him.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" He shouted. Dashing with a gold light over to the red stripped one. Before he could reach him he opened his arms and intentionally fell backward toward the planet below them. The plain gold hedgehog was able to clench his wrist before he fell out of reach. The red stripped one looked up at him with a blank look.
"Sonic……..let me go…….." He said putting his hand on his. He grinned slightly and started relaxing his concentration more.
"No………stop it you FOOL!" Sonic shouted trying to hold his grip. Shadow relaxed more trying to dispel his hyper form.
"Did you hear what I said?………LET ME GO!!" Shadow shouted trying to force Sonic's hand away. Sonic held his grip long enough to frustrate Shadow. Shadow grabbed Sonic by the wrist and pulled himself up so that he came eye to eye with him. He grabbed him by the shoulders and spoke coldly.
"Let me die…….I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO LIVE FOR!!!" Shadow shouted pulling sonic toward him.
"What kind of bullshit is that!? You don't know what life is!" sonic shouted directly in his face.
"…….Why don't you try living like I did………TO LIVE WITH HUMILIATION AND SHAME! LET ME GO, OR I'LL KILL YOU!!!!!" Shadow shouted with a look of rage on his face. He reared back and kicked Sonic in the chest with both feet causing Sonic to break his grip. Shadow broke his own concentration and quickly returned to his normal state. It gave of a flash of light that temporarily blinded Sonic. Sonic struggled to open his eyes for nearly three seconds. When he was finally able to see Shadow had already disappeared. Sonic looked around frantically for him not noticing that he held his bracelet in his hand. He looked down and examined it and then looked down again.
"Damn you………DAMN YOU, SHADOW!!!!!!" Sonic shouted with rage. He slowly felt his current form slipping away from him. Without further hesitation he turned and jetted off in the direction of the ARK.
Shadow was falling head first to Mobius below. He had a grin on his face that showed that he was satisfied with his accomplishments. The burning sensation of the atmosphere pained his body and would have any normal person in agony.
"Maria…….I hope you're able to rest now…….I did it……..I did what you asked me. Now let me join you……please……." He thought with his eyes slightly open.
"It's to bad that bat never knew who I felt about her……….not she'd care from the way she was looking at that damn echidna. Well……..this is it……I'm finally going to die." He continued in his mind.
"Shadow…………what do you think you're doing? Stop……..now." A familiar voice said that echoed in his mind.
"M-maria……." He said outloud.
"You can't die……..not yet……..someone else needs you……shadow…..I think you need her too…." The voice continued.
"She's happy……..and I'll be happy too if I died now." Shadow said out loud as he felt the burning get hotter.
"No……..YOU'RE WRONG!………SHADOW,STOP! PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU! PLEASE STOP!" The voice shouted in a pleading tone. Shadow's eyes opened wide and he tensed his muscles. He felt a little more chaos energy left in him and he shouted…
"CHAOS CONTROL!" He felt his body start to slow it's decent, But he was still falling at a rapid speed. He felt his body break the last layer of the atmosphere and the Chaos energy he used wore off.
"W-why……..why am I still afraid to die?………WHY AM I STILL SO SPINELESS!?" He shouted opening his eyes to see the ground below. He let out a loud deep voiced scream as he saw the ground come into view. He continued screaming until everything went black………..
Shadow broke from the painful memory and stared out onto the vastness of angel island. He looked up to see the large damaged moon in the sky. He felt someone take him by he arm and a familiar touch was felt on his shoulder. He looked to the left to see Rouge with her head on his shoulder. She didn't speak at all and watched the moon. Shadow sighed and put his arm around her waist so the she came a lot closer to him. She gladly accepted the embrace and closed her eyes and let him hold her. She raised her hand and touched him softly on the cheek. She opened her eyes and looked deeply in his and kissed him softly on the lips. He rested his forehead on hers with his eyes open. She had her eyes open as well and they very close to one another's. Rouge smiled slightly as they looked deeply in one another's eyes. She lowered her hand and rested it on his chest and closed her eyes again.
"It doesn't matter to me now…….revenge…..the shame…….it doesn't matter anymore….I'll just……..Throw it all away."
To Be Continued………….
Sonic: -_- Man Maxcell……..not much happened in that chapter.
Chibi Shadow: O_O WOW! I AM IN THE STORY AFTER ALL! ^_^ (The flashback)
Shadow: Blah blah blah……when are me and Rouge gonna do it again?
Maxcell: O_O;; uh……….-_- Don't you think that's enough for one story?
Shadow: No.
Maxcell: Ok, ok! Fine.
Shadow: ^_^ YAY! -_- Now go back and finish the L.O.V.E. chapter.
Maxcell: WHAT!?
Shadow: You heard me!
Maxcell: I told you that……ARGH! Let's do a survey shall we?
Sonic: What kind of survey?
Maxcell: Well……..the little great black furred bastard here just gave me a idea.
Shadow: Black furred bastard? -_-
Chibi Shadow: Well…………what are you gonna do?
Maxcell: Well it's like this………..How would you like for me to write a lemon (My first one) based on this story?
Shadow: REALLY!? O________O
Maxcell: *pulls out a piece of paper* All you have to do is pick which scene……..and the nominees are………..Spike and Aria: Airplane scene. Shadow and Rouge: Couch scene. (I know you want to see that one.) Shadow and Rouge: First night in Tails workshop. (The one that Gave Amy something to laugh about.) Sonic and Amy: What happened after L.O.V.E. 2. Shadow and Rouge: Oh fuck it because there are so many scenes involving those two just pick one. And Sonic and Amy: Hotel scene. If I didn't name one you wanted just tell me and suggest it in your review………….and if you want me to write a lemon on this story YOU MUST REVIEW! I'm going to write the one that gets the most votes! DON'T FORGET!!!!!!
Shadow: ^_^ I've got a better chance than anybody!
Sonic: I'll pay anyone 20 bucks to suggest a lemon with me and Rouge……….
Amy: O_O What!?
Sonic: AH!….uh…..I was only kidding! ^_^;;
Tails: (Without the slightest idea of what everybody is talking about) I wanna fly high……
Spike: Somebody pick the one with me and Aria…….
Maxcell: And now! To put an end to this seemingly endless review, I shall bid you farewell!…….BUT DON'T FORGET TO SUGGEST A SCENE!!!!!!!!