----------------------- NYCTOPHOBIA: PARALYSIS OF LIGHT -----------------------
---------------------------------- BY VISLER ----------------------------------
---------------------------------- CHAPTER 6 ----------------------------------
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His head was swimming in dead water; no sound regestering in his brain.
Sensations switched; pain now a dull ache. Something popped an a loud ring
struck his ears. He screamed in pain and covered them in a futile attempt to
excape.
A worried grip on his shoulder pulled him up. The ringing suddenly stopped, and
his hands removed; laid down by his sides. He opened his eyes and caught his
breath.
Sitting before him was a frosted pink hedgehog with cyan eyes. He blinked,
taking in her features. She looked almost like him; two quills bent upwards,
streaked cyan, and abright, although confused, pair of eyes. She smiled.
"Yes, it is a surprise, isn't it?" She laughed in a soft voice. He swallowed
hard; nervous.
"Who- Who are you?"
"My name is Kkaia. I'm the healer here," she answered still smiling. The black
hedgehog glanced around is suroundings.
He appeared to be in a large dome house made of red mud; the walls decorated
with what looked like cave paintings and twigs. The center of a room was a
mystery. Large steps, easily comparable to small day beds lead down to a
boiling pot over a green fire. A pleasing scent of food seemed to be emmiting
from the pot. He looked back at the girl.
"Where is 'here'?"
"There is no name for where we live," Kkaia ansewered softly. Shadow raised
an eyebrow, catching a single word:
"We?"
"Yes, there are more of us. We've been waiting a long time for you to come to
us, Shadow."
"You were expecting me? Why?"
"Because your destiny lies with us," answered a misty voice from the doorway.
Shadow's ruby eyes fell on the bearer of the voice, and his jaw dropped
helplessly.
"Holy shit..." A silver hedgehog smirked and moved towards him followed by an
ice blue colored one. The silver one's silver eyes burned excitedly as she
neared, but the navy-eyed, ice blue hedgehog sat down next to the boining pot.
"Meet the twins," Kkaia said happily. "The silver one here is Visler, and the
other one, trying to sneak some dinner, is Zylex. V, Z, this is Shadow."
"I know his name," Zylex whispered, annoyed.
"You did well for finding him, Kkaia," Visler smiled, moving towards her twin.
"How many are there?" Shadow whispered, surprised that he actually had a voice.
"Let's see... There's me, Visler, Zylex, Tarno, Matrix, Omega, Apollo, Aurora,
and Trisca. That's... Nine," Kkaia smiled, motioning for him to follow her to
the center of the large, circlular room. Shadow winced, placing weight on his
right leg, and limped to the fire pit. Sitting down, he looked at his leg;
bandaged in white cloth. He sighed and looked back at the three in the room.
"Do all nine of you look like me?"
"I thought you said he'd be quite and self centered," Visler smirked, looking
to her twin. Zylex scowled.
"Curiousity overpowers in moments of uncertainty... And I was talking about
Omega," the ice blue hedgehog countered, abiously still annoyed. She watched
as Kkaia stired what ever was in the boiling pot. Her dark eyes fell on the
black addition. He was looking at her curiously. "I'm psychic."
"So that's how you knew I'd be coming."
"You think fast, Shadow," Visler smiled.
"I was made to," the black hedgehog whispered, growing distant. Visler raised
an eyebrow in responce but said notheing.
"I'll... uh... Go tell the others dinner is ready. I'm sure they'd love to meet
you, Shadow," Kkaia winked and ran to the open doorway.
* * * * *
"The Forbidden Zone is on the Floating Island?" Epsilion questioned, shaking
ice droplets from his fur. He looked to Sonic and choked on a laugh. The speed
demon's blue quills had fallen flat, leaden with rain water, and giving the
impression of long hair.
"Yeah. We gatta ask Knux to take us there, 'cause I'm not sure exactly where it
is," Sonic answered, squeezing teh water from his quills. "But first, I'm
waiting out this stupid storm."
"Agreed," Epsilion yawned; white fangs glistening in the faint fire light.
"Nice teeth," Sonic laughed. Epsilion's eye twitched in humor before he turned
away, leaving the tiny cave they had claimed as a shelter. Sonic smiled and
looked at Amy. The dripping wet, pink hedgehog stared out at the gray sky sadly.
He sighed and stepped towards her. "You okay, Ames?"
"I want Shadow," she whispered sadly. Sonic placed a gentle hand on her
shoulder causing her to look at him.
"He's fine, Amy. I just know he is," the cobalt hedgehog whispered, embracing
the younger hedgehog. Epsilion made his presence known and the two hedgehogs
looked at him. The dark hedgehog smiled and tossed both of them a melon.
"Thanks, Ian," Amy whispered, forcing herself to smile. She shivered and
finally shook the water from her fur. Sonic scowled, wet again. Amy giggled and
moved to the tiny fire.
"Aren't you eating?" Sonic asked, looking at Epsilion. The navy hedgehog raised
an eyebrow.
"I'm carnivourous, you aren't. I wouldn't want to make you uncomfortable, nor
do I feel like hunting in this typhoon. The rain freezes on me and that makes
me lose my agility," Epsilion answered sitting away from the fire. He leaned
his back against the stone wall and closed his eyes.
"Oh..." Sonic whispered, sitting next to Amy near the warm flame.
"Should we wake you when the rain stops?" Sonic looked at Amy in surprise. It
would seem that the month she had spent alone with the dark twins had granted
her their knowledge. She knew more about them than he'll probably ever know.
The azure hedgehog pursed his lips and looked at Epsilion; thoughtful.
"Do as you see fit. I will wait."
* * * * *
Inatimate eyes seared through the rain; watching. The cold machine was on the
trail of one of the black chaos emeralds, but he didn't want to make his
presence known to the trio just yet. The opportunity to steal what his master
awaited would soon arise. Until then, patience was the best strategy.
But Robotnik would want an update on the progress of the mission. The machine
opened a com-link; a microphone dropping down from his stout ear. A holographic
image of the demented doctor shone from his raised wrist. His master didn't
look pleased.
"Master Robotnik, this is Metal Sonic reporting an update on the progress of
Mission Objective: A," the machine's lifeless, metalic voice cut through the
silence relentlessly. Static.
"--is better -e good." Metal Sonic had been corect; his master wasn't pleased.
"I have located one of the nine black chaos emeralds you require, and another
is being sought."
"Good. Bring them -o me."
"I cannot, sir," Metal Sonic droned. His previous experiences with Robotnik
told him to prepare for some screaming.
"Why is that?" To the machine's curiosity, his master's voice didn't hold a
single hint of anger. Annoyance, but not anger. Metal Sonic continued.
"The readings I am recieving tell me that the emerald is inside a living
creature: an obscure, blue hedgehog."
"Inside a dark blue hedgehog? Epsilion?"
"Answer not aplicable. File not found."
"I didn't expect an answer, you idiot! Bring that hedgehog to me!" Robotnik
yelled, his voice crackling over the communicator. So much for a lack of
temperment from the evil doctor. Metal Sonic nodded.
"Objective saved. I shall report back to you with the hedgehog as ordered."
"Good." The link was lost, and the metalic, darkblue hedgehog stood to watch
the cave. Inside was his treasure.
The light will fall.
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Author's Note: I told you they'd get longer. I think this one makes up for all
the pygmy chapters before, wouldn't you agree? Anyway... Keep reading!
R/R/F Please!
Kkaia- pronounced kuh * kay * uh
Visler- I couldn't resist putting her in here !D
Zylex- pronounced zy * leks ('zy' rhymes with 'tie')
---------------------------------- BY VISLER ----------------------------------
---------------------------------- CHAPTER 6 ----------------------------------
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His head was swimming in dead water; no sound regestering in his brain.
Sensations switched; pain now a dull ache. Something popped an a loud ring
struck his ears. He screamed in pain and covered them in a futile attempt to
excape.
A worried grip on his shoulder pulled him up. The ringing suddenly stopped, and
his hands removed; laid down by his sides. He opened his eyes and caught his
breath.
Sitting before him was a frosted pink hedgehog with cyan eyes. He blinked,
taking in her features. She looked almost like him; two quills bent upwards,
streaked cyan, and abright, although confused, pair of eyes. She smiled.
"Yes, it is a surprise, isn't it?" She laughed in a soft voice. He swallowed
hard; nervous.
"Who- Who are you?"
"My name is Kkaia. I'm the healer here," she answered still smiling. The black
hedgehog glanced around is suroundings.
He appeared to be in a large dome house made of red mud; the walls decorated
with what looked like cave paintings and twigs. The center of a room was a
mystery. Large steps, easily comparable to small day beds lead down to a
boiling pot over a green fire. A pleasing scent of food seemed to be emmiting
from the pot. He looked back at the girl.
"Where is 'here'?"
"There is no name for where we live," Kkaia ansewered softly. Shadow raised
an eyebrow, catching a single word:
"We?"
"Yes, there are more of us. We've been waiting a long time for you to come to
us, Shadow."
"You were expecting me? Why?"
"Because your destiny lies with us," answered a misty voice from the doorway.
Shadow's ruby eyes fell on the bearer of the voice, and his jaw dropped
helplessly.
"Holy shit..." A silver hedgehog smirked and moved towards him followed by an
ice blue colored one. The silver one's silver eyes burned excitedly as she
neared, but the navy-eyed, ice blue hedgehog sat down next to the boining pot.
"Meet the twins," Kkaia said happily. "The silver one here is Visler, and the
other one, trying to sneak some dinner, is Zylex. V, Z, this is Shadow."
"I know his name," Zylex whispered, annoyed.
"You did well for finding him, Kkaia," Visler smiled, moving towards her twin.
"How many are there?" Shadow whispered, surprised that he actually had a voice.
"Let's see... There's me, Visler, Zylex, Tarno, Matrix, Omega, Apollo, Aurora,
and Trisca. That's... Nine," Kkaia smiled, motioning for him to follow her to
the center of the large, circlular room. Shadow winced, placing weight on his
right leg, and limped to the fire pit. Sitting down, he looked at his leg;
bandaged in white cloth. He sighed and looked back at the three in the room.
"Do all nine of you look like me?"
"I thought you said he'd be quite and self centered," Visler smirked, looking
to her twin. Zylex scowled.
"Curiousity overpowers in moments of uncertainty... And I was talking about
Omega," the ice blue hedgehog countered, abiously still annoyed. She watched
as Kkaia stired what ever was in the boiling pot. Her dark eyes fell on the
black addition. He was looking at her curiously. "I'm psychic."
"So that's how you knew I'd be coming."
"You think fast, Shadow," Visler smiled.
"I was made to," the black hedgehog whispered, growing distant. Visler raised
an eyebrow in responce but said notheing.
"I'll... uh... Go tell the others dinner is ready. I'm sure they'd love to meet
you, Shadow," Kkaia winked and ran to the open doorway.
* * * * *
"The Forbidden Zone is on the Floating Island?" Epsilion questioned, shaking
ice droplets from his fur. He looked to Sonic and choked on a laugh. The speed
demon's blue quills had fallen flat, leaden with rain water, and giving the
impression of long hair.
"Yeah. We gatta ask Knux to take us there, 'cause I'm not sure exactly where it
is," Sonic answered, squeezing teh water from his quills. "But first, I'm
waiting out this stupid storm."
"Agreed," Epsilion yawned; white fangs glistening in the faint fire light.
"Nice teeth," Sonic laughed. Epsilion's eye twitched in humor before he turned
away, leaving the tiny cave they had claimed as a shelter. Sonic smiled and
looked at Amy. The dripping wet, pink hedgehog stared out at the gray sky sadly.
He sighed and stepped towards her. "You okay, Ames?"
"I want Shadow," she whispered sadly. Sonic placed a gentle hand on her
shoulder causing her to look at him.
"He's fine, Amy. I just know he is," the cobalt hedgehog whispered, embracing
the younger hedgehog. Epsilion made his presence known and the two hedgehogs
looked at him. The dark hedgehog smiled and tossed both of them a melon.
"Thanks, Ian," Amy whispered, forcing herself to smile. She shivered and
finally shook the water from her fur. Sonic scowled, wet again. Amy giggled and
moved to the tiny fire.
"Aren't you eating?" Sonic asked, looking at Epsilion. The navy hedgehog raised
an eyebrow.
"I'm carnivourous, you aren't. I wouldn't want to make you uncomfortable, nor
do I feel like hunting in this typhoon. The rain freezes on me and that makes
me lose my agility," Epsilion answered sitting away from the fire. He leaned
his back against the stone wall and closed his eyes.
"Oh..." Sonic whispered, sitting next to Amy near the warm flame.
"Should we wake you when the rain stops?" Sonic looked at Amy in surprise. It
would seem that the month she had spent alone with the dark twins had granted
her their knowledge. She knew more about them than he'll probably ever know.
The azure hedgehog pursed his lips and looked at Epsilion; thoughtful.
"Do as you see fit. I will wait."
* * * * *
Inatimate eyes seared through the rain; watching. The cold machine was on the
trail of one of the black chaos emeralds, but he didn't want to make his
presence known to the trio just yet. The opportunity to steal what his master
awaited would soon arise. Until then, patience was the best strategy.
But Robotnik would want an update on the progress of the mission. The machine
opened a com-link; a microphone dropping down from his stout ear. A holographic
image of the demented doctor shone from his raised wrist. His master didn't
look pleased.
"Master Robotnik, this is Metal Sonic reporting an update on the progress of
Mission Objective: A," the machine's lifeless, metalic voice cut through the
silence relentlessly. Static.
"--is better -e good." Metal Sonic had been corect; his master wasn't pleased.
"I have located one of the nine black chaos emeralds you require, and another
is being sought."
"Good. Bring them -o me."
"I cannot, sir," Metal Sonic droned. His previous experiences with Robotnik
told him to prepare for some screaming.
"Why is that?" To the machine's curiosity, his master's voice didn't hold a
single hint of anger. Annoyance, but not anger. Metal Sonic continued.
"The readings I am recieving tell me that the emerald is inside a living
creature: an obscure, blue hedgehog."
"Inside a dark blue hedgehog? Epsilion?"
"Answer not aplicable. File not found."
"I didn't expect an answer, you idiot! Bring that hedgehog to me!" Robotnik
yelled, his voice crackling over the communicator. So much for a lack of
temperment from the evil doctor. Metal Sonic nodded.
"Objective saved. I shall report back to you with the hedgehog as ordered."
"Good." The link was lost, and the metalic, darkblue hedgehog stood to watch
the cave. Inside was his treasure.
The light will fall.
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Author's Note: I told you they'd get longer. I think this one makes up for all
the pygmy chapters before, wouldn't you agree? Anyway... Keep reading!
R/R/F Please!
Kkaia- pronounced kuh * kay * uh
Visler- I couldn't resist putting her in here !D
Zylex- pronounced zy * leks ('zy' rhymes with 'tie')