----------------------- NYCTOPHOBIA: PARALYSIS OF LIGHT -----------------------
---------------------------------- BY VISLER ----------------------------------
---------------------------------- CHAPTER 7 ----------------------------------
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The frosted pink hedgehog, Kkaia, reentered the dome folowing four.
After noticing the noticing the black hedgehog amung them, the four held
back. But Kkaia went to Shadow and held his hand, pulling him towards
the others.
Three of the four held back, but one stepped forward, extending a hand.
Shadow looked at it, hesitating, then at her. He felt like he was
looking through a mirror, the simularities were that close. She was
black, like him, but not as dark. And she had bright emerald streaks in
her bent quills instead of red.
He took her hand; nervous.
"I'm Trisca, the leader of this small band of hedgehogs," she said
smiling. Her light British accent surprised Shadow, but he didn't show
it. His ruby eyes fell on the four behind and immedeately stopped on a
dark black hedgehog. Trisca followed his gaze and smiled. "This is my
second in command, Omega."
"Pleasure," the all-black hedgehog mumbled.
"Not a very friendly name, is that?" spoke another. Shadow's eyes moved
to her; a deep crimson hedgehog with orange eyes. She smiled. "Welcome,
Shadow. My name is Aurora."
"How'd you know my name?" Shadow whispered, almost inaudably.
"Zylex told us of your coming," answered yet another in a slightly
metalic voice. A deep emerald hedgehog stepped forward from the group.
Shadow blinked noticing the green hedgehog's golden cybernetic arm and
legs. "I'm called Matrix."
"Hi," Shadow swallowed, watching as the gold and emerald hedgehog walked
to the fire pit. The others followed. A soft grip on his shoulder made
him jump. He looked back.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you," the dark teal hedgehog smiled shyly.
His white eyes sparked and shifted to grey. Shadow blinked unsure of
what he'd seen. "Won't you join us?"
"Uh... S-Sure," the obsidian hedgehog stuttered. He followed the
hedgehog to the middle of the red dome and sat between him and Omega,
ignoring the fluctuations of evil that screamed through his head.
"Tarno, I belive it's your turn to serve," Trisca smiled, emerald eyes
focussed on Shadow.
"Nope. It's Visler's. Mine's tomarrow," the teal hedgehog replied after
counting his fingers. Trisca pretended to hit her head and nodded.
"You're right. I'm a day off," the black 'queen' smiled, raising her
hand as if summoning the silver hedgehog to begin. Visler sighed and
stood, raising her hand to the far wall. Shadow watched as an old trunk
opened and wooden bowls flew out followed by spoons.
"Wow. And I thought Epsilion was good," Shadow muttered. Omega's ears
perked up and he turned to the other black hedgehog.
"Who is this Epsilon?" the all-black hedgehog questioned, stealing a
hovering bowl from the air.
"Epsilion, actually. He's my half brother," Shadow answered, cautiously
removing a bowl from the air. He watched as Visler moved her hand,
causing a ladle to float out of the soup. It went to the group's would
be queen and poured; and orange, clumpy liquid splattering into the bowl.
Shadow forced himself not to cringe.
"You have a brother, huh? Zylex failed to mention that," Omega replied
darkly, turning away from Shadow as the ladle poured the orange... stuff
into his bowl. Shadow couldn't help as his upper lip curled back;
disgusted.
"I couldn't agree more," Tarno whispered, obiously catching the obdidian
hedgehog's display. Shadow looked at the dark teal hedgehog curiously.
"How can you eat that?" Shadow whispered. Tarno smiled and shrugged,
holding his nose as the ladle sloshed the orange into his bowl. Shadow
couldn't help but chuckle softly.
"Remind me never to let Apollo cook again," Trisca replied, watching the
clumps splash into the orange liquid; falling from her spoon.
"I concur," Zylex replied bluntly. It would seem that Shadow wasn't
alone in his disgust. Somehow, that made him feel beter about his
reaction to their dinner.
"Is anyone hungry enough to actually eat this... Atrocity?" Visler asked,
moving the ladle back to the pot. Tarno shot up and dumped his share
back where it had come from. Trisca laghed and did the same. "Thank
heavens. I would have thought you all insane if you ate that."
"I already am, so there's nothing for me to worry about there!" Tarno
exclaimed. The room burst into laughter, Shadow included.
* * * * *
He stumbled; foot falling into an indention in the still damp mud. He
corrected his footing and made his way up the stairs ahead of him. His
senses were on high alert, for the red echidna trusted no one when it
came to his emeralds.
The attack came; knocking him from the stairs and pounding him into the
hard ground. He gasped; air knocked from his lungs and beggin to be
replaced. the weight on his chest moved away, giving him a chance to
breathe.
He opened his eyes and focussed on the red echidna. Its violet eyes
looked at him appologeticaly and extended a thick hand to him. He took
it and was lifted to his feet.
"Sorry, Sonic," the echidna replied dropping his hands to his sides. The
cobalt hedgehog rubbed his chest and breathed.
"Damn, that smarts. Don't you ever look before you leap, Knuckles?"
"Bad habbit," Knuckles mumbled, rubbing the back of his head.
"Sometimes, it's safer to leap before looking," came an amused drawl.
Epsilion materialized out of the shadows of the surrounding forest and
smiled. The pink shadow followed, but paused; staring at the place Sonic
had stumbled. She backed away in fear. Sonic noticed this and went to
see what she was looking at.
"Holy shit! Knuckles, did you know you had a visitor last night?" the
cobalt hedgehog exclaimed, knealing beside the foot print in the mud.
Knuckles frowned and went to see for himself.
"I thought someone was here, but whoever it was didn't bother me, so I
didn't go on the offencive. Hey! That looks like Metal Sonic's foot
print!" Knuckles shouted.
"Metal Sonic?" Epsilion almost laughed until he caught the look of fear
and anger in Sonic's eyes. He decided to keep quiet and let them explain.
"Metal Sonic is Robotnik's joke of a clone of Sonic," Knuckles started,
turning to face the navy hedgehog. "But I thought Robotnik deactivated
him."
"So did I..." Sonic whispered looking into the shadows of the forest. He
could have sworn he felt eyes on him, watching. He stared for a few
moments longer, and sighed. He was about to look away, when two lifeless,
red eyes flashed, catching his attention. He swallowed, watching the
eyes watch him.
"Why would that demented doctor reactivate him? There's just no sense to
it," Knuckles thought aloud.
"Shadow..." Amy whispered, fear audible in her voice. Epsilion raised an
eyebrow at her.
"What does he have to do with a mechanical clone?" the navy hedgehog
crossed his arms in thought.
"Knux, can you take us to the Forbidden Zone?" Sonic asked out of the
blue. The echidna face vaulted. He wasn't expecting that.
"Are you crazy!? I'm not going in there!"
"Then don't go in. Me and Epsilion will go," Sonic answered standing up
quickly. The navy hedgehog noted the change in the blue hedgehog and
cast his eyes through the forest. His eyes narrowed, focussing on a pair
of red eyes hiding in the shadows.
'So that's what has him spooked.' thought Epsilion, ignoring the gaze.
'I have to wonder how long that machine has been folowing us... and
why...'
"I don't care what you say, Murice. I'm going to help Shadow!" Amy
yelled, unpocketing her Piko Piko Hammer. Epsilion, having heard only
the last part of a side conversation, backed away from the love sick,
pink hedgehog.
"Stop calling me that!" Sonic warned angrilly.
"Then let me go with!"
"Not a chance! Shadow would kill me if you got hurt!"
"I'm going to kill you if you don't let me go!"
"I'm going to kill both of you if you don't shut the hell up!" Epsilion
warned, fuse lit. Amy immediately backed off. Sonic, noting this, did
the same. The navy hedgehog sighed, extinguishing the flame, and turned
to the echidna. "Knuckles, will you please take us to the Forbidden Zone
so I can get my brother out of there and get Pinky off my ass?"
"Uh... As long as I don't have to go in, and I can leave after I show
you where to go," the red echidna answered nervously and quickly. He was
afraid of Epsilion, and he let it show; a terrible mistake.
"Fine," Epsilion breathed, waving his hand to let the echidna know he
wanted to leave. Knuckles nodded and slithered his way between the
annoyed, dark hedgehog and the annoying other two. He led them into the
forest, away from the watchfull gaze.
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Author's Note: Wow have my chapters gotten longer! Keep Reading! R/R/F
Please!
Newest 'Beggers'
- Nic -
- RockChick -
---------------------------------- BY VISLER ----------------------------------
---------------------------------- CHAPTER 7 ----------------------------------
============== * ================ * * * * * * ================ * ==============
The frosted pink hedgehog, Kkaia, reentered the dome folowing four.
After noticing the noticing the black hedgehog amung them, the four held
back. But Kkaia went to Shadow and held his hand, pulling him towards
the others.
Three of the four held back, but one stepped forward, extending a hand.
Shadow looked at it, hesitating, then at her. He felt like he was
looking through a mirror, the simularities were that close. She was
black, like him, but not as dark. And she had bright emerald streaks in
her bent quills instead of red.
He took her hand; nervous.
"I'm Trisca, the leader of this small band of hedgehogs," she said
smiling. Her light British accent surprised Shadow, but he didn't show
it. His ruby eyes fell on the four behind and immedeately stopped on a
dark black hedgehog. Trisca followed his gaze and smiled. "This is my
second in command, Omega."
"Pleasure," the all-black hedgehog mumbled.
"Not a very friendly name, is that?" spoke another. Shadow's eyes moved
to her; a deep crimson hedgehog with orange eyes. She smiled. "Welcome,
Shadow. My name is Aurora."
"How'd you know my name?" Shadow whispered, almost inaudably.
"Zylex told us of your coming," answered yet another in a slightly
metalic voice. A deep emerald hedgehog stepped forward from the group.
Shadow blinked noticing the green hedgehog's golden cybernetic arm and
legs. "I'm called Matrix."
"Hi," Shadow swallowed, watching as the gold and emerald hedgehog walked
to the fire pit. The others followed. A soft grip on his shoulder made
him jump. He looked back.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you," the dark teal hedgehog smiled shyly.
His white eyes sparked and shifted to grey. Shadow blinked unsure of
what he'd seen. "Won't you join us?"
"Uh... S-Sure," the obsidian hedgehog stuttered. He followed the
hedgehog to the middle of the red dome and sat between him and Omega,
ignoring the fluctuations of evil that screamed through his head.
"Tarno, I belive it's your turn to serve," Trisca smiled, emerald eyes
focussed on Shadow.
"Nope. It's Visler's. Mine's tomarrow," the teal hedgehog replied after
counting his fingers. Trisca pretended to hit her head and nodded.
"You're right. I'm a day off," the black 'queen' smiled, raising her
hand as if summoning the silver hedgehog to begin. Visler sighed and
stood, raising her hand to the far wall. Shadow watched as an old trunk
opened and wooden bowls flew out followed by spoons.
"Wow. And I thought Epsilion was good," Shadow muttered. Omega's ears
perked up and he turned to the other black hedgehog.
"Who is this Epsilon?" the all-black hedgehog questioned, stealing a
hovering bowl from the air.
"Epsilion, actually. He's my half brother," Shadow answered, cautiously
removing a bowl from the air. He watched as Visler moved her hand,
causing a ladle to float out of the soup. It went to the group's would
be queen and poured; and orange, clumpy liquid splattering into the bowl.
Shadow forced himself not to cringe.
"You have a brother, huh? Zylex failed to mention that," Omega replied
darkly, turning away from Shadow as the ladle poured the orange... stuff
into his bowl. Shadow couldn't help as his upper lip curled back;
disgusted.
"I couldn't agree more," Tarno whispered, obiously catching the obdidian
hedgehog's display. Shadow looked at the dark teal hedgehog curiously.
"How can you eat that?" Shadow whispered. Tarno smiled and shrugged,
holding his nose as the ladle sloshed the orange into his bowl. Shadow
couldn't help but chuckle softly.
"Remind me never to let Apollo cook again," Trisca replied, watching the
clumps splash into the orange liquid; falling from her spoon.
"I concur," Zylex replied bluntly. It would seem that Shadow wasn't
alone in his disgust. Somehow, that made him feel beter about his
reaction to their dinner.
"Is anyone hungry enough to actually eat this... Atrocity?" Visler asked,
moving the ladle back to the pot. Tarno shot up and dumped his share
back where it had come from. Trisca laghed and did the same. "Thank
heavens. I would have thought you all insane if you ate that."
"I already am, so there's nothing for me to worry about there!" Tarno
exclaimed. The room burst into laughter, Shadow included.
* * * * *
He stumbled; foot falling into an indention in the still damp mud. He
corrected his footing and made his way up the stairs ahead of him. His
senses were on high alert, for the red echidna trusted no one when it
came to his emeralds.
The attack came; knocking him from the stairs and pounding him into the
hard ground. He gasped; air knocked from his lungs and beggin to be
replaced. the weight on his chest moved away, giving him a chance to
breathe.
He opened his eyes and focussed on the red echidna. Its violet eyes
looked at him appologeticaly and extended a thick hand to him. He took
it and was lifted to his feet.
"Sorry, Sonic," the echidna replied dropping his hands to his sides. The
cobalt hedgehog rubbed his chest and breathed.
"Damn, that smarts. Don't you ever look before you leap, Knuckles?"
"Bad habbit," Knuckles mumbled, rubbing the back of his head.
"Sometimes, it's safer to leap before looking," came an amused drawl.
Epsilion materialized out of the shadows of the surrounding forest and
smiled. The pink shadow followed, but paused; staring at the place Sonic
had stumbled. She backed away in fear. Sonic noticed this and went to
see what she was looking at.
"Holy shit! Knuckles, did you know you had a visitor last night?" the
cobalt hedgehog exclaimed, knealing beside the foot print in the mud.
Knuckles frowned and went to see for himself.
"I thought someone was here, but whoever it was didn't bother me, so I
didn't go on the offencive. Hey! That looks like Metal Sonic's foot
print!" Knuckles shouted.
"Metal Sonic?" Epsilion almost laughed until he caught the look of fear
and anger in Sonic's eyes. He decided to keep quiet and let them explain.
"Metal Sonic is Robotnik's joke of a clone of Sonic," Knuckles started,
turning to face the navy hedgehog. "But I thought Robotnik deactivated
him."
"So did I..." Sonic whispered looking into the shadows of the forest. He
could have sworn he felt eyes on him, watching. He stared for a few
moments longer, and sighed. He was about to look away, when two lifeless,
red eyes flashed, catching his attention. He swallowed, watching the
eyes watch him.
"Why would that demented doctor reactivate him? There's just no sense to
it," Knuckles thought aloud.
"Shadow..." Amy whispered, fear audible in her voice. Epsilion raised an
eyebrow at her.
"What does he have to do with a mechanical clone?" the navy hedgehog
crossed his arms in thought.
"Knux, can you take us to the Forbidden Zone?" Sonic asked out of the
blue. The echidna face vaulted. He wasn't expecting that.
"Are you crazy!? I'm not going in there!"
"Then don't go in. Me and Epsilion will go," Sonic answered standing up
quickly. The navy hedgehog noted the change in the blue hedgehog and
cast his eyes through the forest. His eyes narrowed, focussing on a pair
of red eyes hiding in the shadows.
'So that's what has him spooked.' thought Epsilion, ignoring the gaze.
'I have to wonder how long that machine has been folowing us... and
why...'
"I don't care what you say, Murice. I'm going to help Shadow!" Amy
yelled, unpocketing her Piko Piko Hammer. Epsilion, having heard only
the last part of a side conversation, backed away from the love sick,
pink hedgehog.
"Stop calling me that!" Sonic warned angrilly.
"Then let me go with!"
"Not a chance! Shadow would kill me if you got hurt!"
"I'm going to kill you if you don't let me go!"
"I'm going to kill both of you if you don't shut the hell up!" Epsilion
warned, fuse lit. Amy immediately backed off. Sonic, noting this, did
the same. The navy hedgehog sighed, extinguishing the flame, and turned
to the echidna. "Knuckles, will you please take us to the Forbidden Zone
so I can get my brother out of there and get Pinky off my ass?"
"Uh... As long as I don't have to go in, and I can leave after I show
you where to go," the red echidna answered nervously and quickly. He was
afraid of Epsilion, and he let it show; a terrible mistake.
"Fine," Epsilion breathed, waving his hand to let the echidna know he
wanted to leave. Knuckles nodded and slithered his way between the
annoyed, dark hedgehog and the annoying other two. He led them into the
forest, away from the watchfull gaze.
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Author's Note: Wow have my chapters gotten longer! Keep Reading! R/R/F
Please!
Newest 'Beggers'
- Nic -
- RockChick -