Beta Project: Epsilion
by Visler
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Author's Note: Sorry about the delay on this chapter. I had writer's block again.
Anyway, I hope you like it.
Shadow
PS 'Thoughts of Obsidian' and '5 UNKNOWN' have been updated
WARNING: SLIGHT SWEARING
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----- Chapter 10: ARK -----
He was late, but knowing the blue hedgehog as well as she did, this was normal. He usually
didn't wake up until eleven at least. She sighed and watched the horizon as Knuckles
impaciently paced behind her. Like his color, the echidna had a fiery disposition, but still
managed to maintain some manners. Unlike a certain hedgehog she knew.
An orange, two-tailed fox suddenly appeared in the sky. Miles Prower, better known as Tails,
hovered above their heads for a second, then landed. He smiled at the ground squirrel and
echidna.
"He slept through his alarm, but don't worry. He's coming," Tails beamed proudly.
"I'm already here, lil bro," Sonic said a little groggilly.
"It's about time!" Knuckles exclaimed halting his pacing.
"Sorry, but I usually don't shake hands with 6:59 AM," replied the hedgehog yawning.
"Um... Sonic... Where's Shadow?" Sally asked looking around. Sonic blinked.
"I guess he's still asleep."
"You mean he's not with you?" Knuckles exclaimed in disbelief.
"No. He slept outside last night. In a tree near here if I remember corectly," Sonic answered
looking around.
"Didn't you offer him a place to stay?" asked Sally. Sonic noted the hint of worry in her
voice, but pretended he didn't notice. He squinted at a tree and smiled before making his
way towards it. Sally, Knuckles and Tails all followed suite.
"Of coures I offered him a place to bed down. I would have given up my bed to him if he wanted
it, but he wouldn't even come into the village."
"Sounds like something Shadow would do," Knuckles mumbled looking over at Sonic. The blue
hedgehog's emerald green eyes were focussed on a tree and he was smiling. Knuckles followed
his gaze and stood dumbfounded.
"What would I do?" Shadow whispered focussing his ruby eyes on the red echidna. He smirked and
faded away. He materialized on the ground facing Sonic. "You failed to tell me something last
night, Faker."
"I did?" Sonic asked scratching his head. The obsidian hedgehog rolled his eyes and sighed.
"You never told me when you were planning on leaving." Shadow replied turning away. Sonic
winced.
"Sorry."
"Excuse me for interupting, but are you two planning on leaving any time soon?" Tails asked
impaciently. Shadow snickered and crossed his arms.
"That's Shadow-inian for 'yes'," Sonic teased and recieved a glare from the dark hedgehog.
The glare faded as his ears twitched.
"Someone's coming," he whispered turning in the direction of the sound.
"Good hearing..." Sally comented quietly. Shadow glanced at her.
"Five bucks says it's Amy." Soinc complained tapping his foot.
"It's a shame the way you treat that girl." Shadow whispered angrilly. "And yes, it is Amy."
"Damnit!"
"Sonic! Be nice and watch your language." Tails scolded. The blue hedgehog frowned at him,
then turned to see the pink hedgehog coming closer. He could tell now that she was carrying
her Pick Pick Hammer and she had a small pack on her back.
"Is she coming with us, Sally?" Knuckles asked looking at the young hedgehog. She appeared
tired and angry. He noticed how her gaze shifted to Shadow and immedeatly brightened. 'You've
gotta be kidding me!'
"I asked her to join us last night. I thought an adventure would cheer her up, so please be
nice, Sonic."
"Me be nice?! She won't even accept my appology. Why should I be nice?" the blue hedgehog
asked crossing his arms.
"Maybe if you weren't so mean to her in the first place, she would let you appologize," Shadow
whispered mockingly. Sonic balled up his fist, but knew better than to attack. Amy finally
reached them and immedeatly glared at Sonic. The blue hedgehog looked away.
"Good morning," Knuckles replied calmly. Amy looked at him and forced a smile.
"Are you ready to go?" Sally asked placing a hand on the younger girl's shoulder. She nodded.
"Then lets get the show on the road."
"Good idea." Knuckles replied following Sally as she and Sonic took the lead. Amy followed
after Tails. She hesitated and looked over her shoulder to see Shadow hanging back. He
sighed and looked up at the sky.
"Soon..."
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He kicked the heavy steel door and cried out in pain. He heard Shadow and Knuckles snicker
behind him and was tempted to turn around and flip them off, but he knew Shadow would kill
him. That is of course if Sally didn't get to him first. So he glared at them instead. That's
when he noticed Amy. The usually outgoing, pink hedgehog sat apart from everyone else.
Something he'd expect from Shadow, not her. He sighed and limped over to a rock near her.
It would take Sally and Tails a while to get the engine operational, so he decided to spend
it trying to get Amy to accept his appology.
He sighed and looked at her. She turned away and focussed on a dandelion nearby. He yawned
and sprawled out on the rock as if sunning himself. This caused Knuckles to chuckle so Sonic
stuck his tongue out at him before returning to the task at hand. He looked at Amy hoping
she was watching, but she was still staring at the dandelion. He yawned again and scratched
his back on the rock. A thought struck him and he smiled.
"Your cuz still sending you letters?" Sonic asked out of the blue. Amy looked at him for a
second, then went back to staring at the dandelion. "I'm just curious to know if he's told
you about the girl he's fallen for."
"Yes," Amy replied quietly still avoiding his stare.
"So you know that he's marrying her?" Sonic replied before scratching his back on the rock
again. Amy looked at him again. This time she looked suprised.
"Rob didn't tell me he was going to marry her." This time it was Sonic's turn to be suprised.
"You mean you didn't know?"
"No."
"Damn. I hope I didn't ruin a surprise or something. I thought he woulda told you ages ago.
I wonder why he didn't..." Sonic said looking up at the sky.
"How did you find out about it?" Amy asked watching him.
"I was there when Rob met her. She's an echidna, right?" Sonic asked looking at her.
"Mari-an of the lost tribe is what I heard."
"Yep, that's the one. I wonder if they're married yet. Or worse, what if they have kids?"
Sonic sudenly sat up. "Hey, Knux, what would you call a kid who's half hedgehog and half
echidna?"
"Uh..." Knuckles looked at Shadow as if searching for an answer. The black hedgehog seemed
amused by the question, which suprised the echidna.
"You," the dark hedgehog answered looking at Soinc. The blue hedgehog's face fell.
"Oh you're funny." Sonic replied sarcasticly. "I'm serious. What would you call a hedgehog-
echidna halfbreed?"
"I've never heard of anything like that, but if I had to give it a title, I'd say... Hechidna.
Why?" Knuckles asked looking at the blue hedgehog.
"I was just thinking 'bout Rob and Mari-an's kids." Sonic answered and watched as the echidna
facevaulted. This caused mass hysteria amungst the group. Shadow looked at them confused.
"What are you laughing about?"
"Amy's cousin, a teal hedgehog, and an echidna girl named Mari-an are getting married." Sonic
explained. Shadow shook his head and turned as Sally and Tails appeared out of the space
rocket. Sally was wiping her hands clean of the oil while Tails was putting his gloves on.
Sonic couldn't help but smile broadly. "Ooh. I love a girl who likes to get dirty."
"Get a hobby, Faker!" Shadow's snide remark made everyone laugh except him. He rolled his
eyes annoyed and turned to Sally. "Did you figure out what was wrong?"
"Tails did, actually. Something about the ignition entanderviator (?) being discombobulated."
"What?" Sonic asked confused.
"Basically, a spark plug like fuse that starts to engine so we can take off. It was
disconnected, so we hooked it back up again. Now we can get to the ARK." Tails said proud of
himself.
"What does that mean in english?" Sonic asked turning to Sally.
"My point exactly." Sally smiled picking up her belongings. She turned to everyone and smiled.
"Let's go."
* * * * *
Shadow had directed them to the landing bay with out so much as a second thought. This made
Sonic wonder what the dark hedgehog had locked away in his memory. It was as if he could
accuratly describe something in great detail at the drop af a hat whether it happened
yesterday, or decades ago. This also made him worry. Did Epsilion have the ability to remember
just like Shadow, or was his better?
He was snapped out of his thoughts as the rocket's door opened reveling the metalic interior
of the ARK's landing bay. He looked at Shadow. He was in charge on this one, and the obsidan
hedgehog knew it. He glanced around quickly as if getting his bearings and swiftly led the
team through a pair of double doors. he paused and turned to face them.
"Welcome to the ARK."
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Author's Note: Damn that was long! 1522 words. Oh well. It was a great chapter... I hope.
Please R/R/F.
Next Time on Beta Project... Chapter 11: Epsilion's Offence
by Visler
* * * * *
Author's Note: Sorry about the delay on this chapter. I had writer's block again.
Anyway, I hope you like it.
Shadow
PS 'Thoughts of Obsidian' and '5 UNKNOWN' have been updated
WARNING: SLIGHT SWEARING
* * * * *
----- Chapter 10: ARK -----
He was late, but knowing the blue hedgehog as well as she did, this was normal. He usually
didn't wake up until eleven at least. She sighed and watched the horizon as Knuckles
impaciently paced behind her. Like his color, the echidna had a fiery disposition, but still
managed to maintain some manners. Unlike a certain hedgehog she knew.
An orange, two-tailed fox suddenly appeared in the sky. Miles Prower, better known as Tails,
hovered above their heads for a second, then landed. He smiled at the ground squirrel and
echidna.
"He slept through his alarm, but don't worry. He's coming," Tails beamed proudly.
"I'm already here, lil bro," Sonic said a little groggilly.
"It's about time!" Knuckles exclaimed halting his pacing.
"Sorry, but I usually don't shake hands with 6:59 AM," replied the hedgehog yawning.
"Um... Sonic... Where's Shadow?" Sally asked looking around. Sonic blinked.
"I guess he's still asleep."
"You mean he's not with you?" Knuckles exclaimed in disbelief.
"No. He slept outside last night. In a tree near here if I remember corectly," Sonic answered
looking around.
"Didn't you offer him a place to stay?" asked Sally. Sonic noted the hint of worry in her
voice, but pretended he didn't notice. He squinted at a tree and smiled before making his
way towards it. Sally, Knuckles and Tails all followed suite.
"Of coures I offered him a place to bed down. I would have given up my bed to him if he wanted
it, but he wouldn't even come into the village."
"Sounds like something Shadow would do," Knuckles mumbled looking over at Sonic. The blue
hedgehog's emerald green eyes were focussed on a tree and he was smiling. Knuckles followed
his gaze and stood dumbfounded.
"What would I do?" Shadow whispered focussing his ruby eyes on the red echidna. He smirked and
faded away. He materialized on the ground facing Sonic. "You failed to tell me something last
night, Faker."
"I did?" Sonic asked scratching his head. The obsidian hedgehog rolled his eyes and sighed.
"You never told me when you were planning on leaving." Shadow replied turning away. Sonic
winced.
"Sorry."
"Excuse me for interupting, but are you two planning on leaving any time soon?" Tails asked
impaciently. Shadow snickered and crossed his arms.
"That's Shadow-inian for 'yes'," Sonic teased and recieved a glare from the dark hedgehog.
The glare faded as his ears twitched.
"Someone's coming," he whispered turning in the direction of the sound.
"Good hearing..." Sally comented quietly. Shadow glanced at her.
"Five bucks says it's Amy." Soinc complained tapping his foot.
"It's a shame the way you treat that girl." Shadow whispered angrilly. "And yes, it is Amy."
"Damnit!"
"Sonic! Be nice and watch your language." Tails scolded. The blue hedgehog frowned at him,
then turned to see the pink hedgehog coming closer. He could tell now that she was carrying
her Pick Pick Hammer and she had a small pack on her back.
"Is she coming with us, Sally?" Knuckles asked looking at the young hedgehog. She appeared
tired and angry. He noticed how her gaze shifted to Shadow and immedeatly brightened. 'You've
gotta be kidding me!'
"I asked her to join us last night. I thought an adventure would cheer her up, so please be
nice, Sonic."
"Me be nice?! She won't even accept my appology. Why should I be nice?" the blue hedgehog
asked crossing his arms.
"Maybe if you weren't so mean to her in the first place, she would let you appologize," Shadow
whispered mockingly. Sonic balled up his fist, but knew better than to attack. Amy finally
reached them and immedeatly glared at Sonic. The blue hedgehog looked away.
"Good morning," Knuckles replied calmly. Amy looked at him and forced a smile.
"Are you ready to go?" Sally asked placing a hand on the younger girl's shoulder. She nodded.
"Then lets get the show on the road."
"Good idea." Knuckles replied following Sally as she and Sonic took the lead. Amy followed
after Tails. She hesitated and looked over her shoulder to see Shadow hanging back. He
sighed and looked up at the sky.
"Soon..."
* * * * *
He kicked the heavy steel door and cried out in pain. He heard Shadow and Knuckles snicker
behind him and was tempted to turn around and flip them off, but he knew Shadow would kill
him. That is of course if Sally didn't get to him first. So he glared at them instead. That's
when he noticed Amy. The usually outgoing, pink hedgehog sat apart from everyone else.
Something he'd expect from Shadow, not her. He sighed and limped over to a rock near her.
It would take Sally and Tails a while to get the engine operational, so he decided to spend
it trying to get Amy to accept his appology.
He sighed and looked at her. She turned away and focussed on a dandelion nearby. He yawned
and sprawled out on the rock as if sunning himself. This caused Knuckles to chuckle so Sonic
stuck his tongue out at him before returning to the task at hand. He looked at Amy hoping
she was watching, but she was still staring at the dandelion. He yawned again and scratched
his back on the rock. A thought struck him and he smiled.
"Your cuz still sending you letters?" Sonic asked out of the blue. Amy looked at him for a
second, then went back to staring at the dandelion. "I'm just curious to know if he's told
you about the girl he's fallen for."
"Yes," Amy replied quietly still avoiding his stare.
"So you know that he's marrying her?" Sonic replied before scratching his back on the rock
again. Amy looked at him again. This time she looked suprised.
"Rob didn't tell me he was going to marry her." This time it was Sonic's turn to be suprised.
"You mean you didn't know?"
"No."
"Damn. I hope I didn't ruin a surprise or something. I thought he woulda told you ages ago.
I wonder why he didn't..." Sonic said looking up at the sky.
"How did you find out about it?" Amy asked watching him.
"I was there when Rob met her. She's an echidna, right?" Sonic asked looking at her.
"Mari-an of the lost tribe is what I heard."
"Yep, that's the one. I wonder if they're married yet. Or worse, what if they have kids?"
Sonic sudenly sat up. "Hey, Knux, what would you call a kid who's half hedgehog and half
echidna?"
"Uh..." Knuckles looked at Shadow as if searching for an answer. The black hedgehog seemed
amused by the question, which suprised the echidna.
"You," the dark hedgehog answered looking at Soinc. The blue hedgehog's face fell.
"Oh you're funny." Sonic replied sarcasticly. "I'm serious. What would you call a hedgehog-
echidna halfbreed?"
"I've never heard of anything like that, but if I had to give it a title, I'd say... Hechidna.
Why?" Knuckles asked looking at the blue hedgehog.
"I was just thinking 'bout Rob and Mari-an's kids." Sonic answered and watched as the echidna
facevaulted. This caused mass hysteria amungst the group. Shadow looked at them confused.
"What are you laughing about?"
"Amy's cousin, a teal hedgehog, and an echidna girl named Mari-an are getting married." Sonic
explained. Shadow shook his head and turned as Sally and Tails appeared out of the space
rocket. Sally was wiping her hands clean of the oil while Tails was putting his gloves on.
Sonic couldn't help but smile broadly. "Ooh. I love a girl who likes to get dirty."
"Get a hobby, Faker!" Shadow's snide remark made everyone laugh except him. He rolled his
eyes annoyed and turned to Sally. "Did you figure out what was wrong?"
"Tails did, actually. Something about the ignition entanderviator (?) being discombobulated."
"What?" Sonic asked confused.
"Basically, a spark plug like fuse that starts to engine so we can take off. It was
disconnected, so we hooked it back up again. Now we can get to the ARK." Tails said proud of
himself.
"What does that mean in english?" Sonic asked turning to Sally.
"My point exactly." Sally smiled picking up her belongings. She turned to everyone and smiled.
"Let's go."
* * * * *
Shadow had directed them to the landing bay with out so much as a second thought. This made
Sonic wonder what the dark hedgehog had locked away in his memory. It was as if he could
accuratly describe something in great detail at the drop af a hat whether it happened
yesterday, or decades ago. This also made him worry. Did Epsilion have the ability to remember
just like Shadow, or was his better?
He was snapped out of his thoughts as the rocket's door opened reveling the metalic interior
of the ARK's landing bay. He looked at Shadow. He was in charge on this one, and the obsidan
hedgehog knew it. He glanced around quickly as if getting his bearings and swiftly led the
team through a pair of double doors. he paused and turned to face them.
"Welcome to the ARK."
* * * * *
Author's Note: Damn that was long! 1522 words. Oh well. It was a great chapter... I hope.
Please R/R/F.
Next Time on Beta Project... Chapter 11: Epsilion's Offence