NYCTOPHOBIA: PARALYSIS OF LIGHT
-------- * BY VISLER * --------
That's right ladies and gents, I'm Baaaack! Sorry it took me so long to
update (I haven't worked on this since March!?!? *faints* ) Let the Paralysis
of Light continue!
-------- * CHAPTER 9 * --------
Sonic couldn't belive the sceen that was frozen before him. Five hedgehogs
of varrying colors, Shadow himself, and a strange tiger pinning a black robot
down were looking at him and Epsilion in surprise. The seven of them were so
surprised by the sudden appearence of the two that no one noticed the black
robot charging up an attack until it was too late.
A thin red beam erupted out at the tiger, blasting it away and allowing the
black robot to bolt upright. Sonic nearly fainted at the sight of the robot.
A near carbon copy of Shadow, but shiny black metal and crystaline red plastic
replaced ebony fur accented by red. Sonic knew just by looking at the machine
who had made it and what it was called.
"Metal Shadow. . ." the whisper was caught by the sensitive ears of the navy
hedgehog standing beside him. Epsilion looked at Sonic in confusion for a
second before the movement of the robot caught his attention again.
"Lifeform Units, surender the Black Chaos Emeralds or be terminated." Metal
Shadow replied, raising his arm as a laser gun unsheathed itself.
"No way!" Sonic shouted, spindashing at the robot. For the first time in his
life, Sonic was too slow. Metal Shadow had turned, aimed and fired the laser
even before Sonic had a chance to get halfway between. Sonic flew out of the
ball he had sunk into and laid sprawled out on the red sand.
"Chaos Beam!" Epsilion shouted, unleashing an ice blue laser beam of his own
unto the Shadow look-alike. The beam struck, forming a layer of ice over the
machine's chest. The machine fired again, striking Epsilion in the shoulder.
"Ian!" Shadow called out, seeing his brother's black blood burn into the red
sand behind him. He bared his teeth and looked at Metal Shadow. "You want the
Chaos Emerald? Come and take it!" Shadow took off, airblading across the red
sands of the desert; heading towards the settlement. He could hear the hum
of Metal Shadow's jet pack as the black robot caught up. One chance. Get
this right. . . He pulled out the black Chaos Emerald and looked into it's
depths. "Shadow Jump!"
He was gone.
* * * * *
Sonic felt something shaking him. His eyes opened to see a deep red hedgehog
smiling down at him. He squinted, trying to remember what happened.
"You okay? You took a nasty hit there." This hedgehog was a girl. Sonic jumped
away suddenly remembering where he was.
"What happened to Shadow?" Sonic asked looking around. He noticed Epsilion
wincing from the cloth pressed against his shoulder by a frosted pink hedgehog.
"The Dark One lurred that mechanical copy away from everyone. We have no idea
where he went." the girl answered following Soinc's gaze. "He'll be fine. Kkaia
is a good healer."
"Kkaia?" Sonic asked looking back at the red female sitting cross-legged beside
him. Her orange eyes moved to look at him.
"I'm Aurora. Tarno is the teal one, Zylex is the ice blue one, Visler is her twin,
the silver one, and Matrix is the green and gold cyborg."
"What about that tiger? Where did that thing go?"
"Tarno is an Animorph. He can change to any animal he wishes. What is your
name?"
"Sonic." the cobalt hedgehog answered quickly. He watched as the ice blue Zylex
moved toward them.
"There is a problem." Another female.
"What is that?" Aurora asked calmly.
"One falls from heaven, two come to destroy, and three to rescue. We're missing
two."
"Is that a bad thing?" Sonic asked confused. Zylex looked at him for a second.
"Where is the third one who came with you, Sonic?"
"Woah! How did you know my name?"
"I'm a psychic. Now, where is the third one? The little girl who came with you?"
"I think Amy's still outside. Why? And if your psychic, where's Shadow?"
"You'll have to wait." Zylex answered moving away. Sonic wathced her go, worried
about the disappearance of Shadow.
'Do not fear for your friend. He will find you shortly.' Sonic looked at Aurora.
He heard her voice in his head, but she didn't look as if she had spoken. She
smiled. 'Everyone here has a gift. I'm telepathic. That's why you can hear me
when I don't speak.'
"Does Shadow have a trick like that?" Sonic was curious about his old nemesis.
"I wouldn't know. I haven't seen him do anything out of what is considered
ordinaray. But then again, whay is considered ordinary?" She asked, getting up
to move towards the others. Sonic watched her for a few minutes before getting
up himself.
* * * * *
His black eyes watched as the black machine scanned the settlement. He smirked
and lept down from his hiding post. The machine fired. The red beam missed by
an inch. He was impressed by this machine's aim and speed. He landed in front
of it and smirked.
"Hello, Blackie." he teased. He could hear something in the machine beeping
rapidly.
"Scan complete. Life Form Unit useless. Destroy." The black machine rose it's
arm to fire, but he was quicker.
"Come on now. I'm in the same boat as you." the machine fired, but the beam went
straight through. He sighed. "Let me talk to whoever made you. Maybe I can
help you out with what you're looking for."
"Com link open." He watched as the machine's wrist shot a hologram upwards.
He smirked again as a fat man in red and black came into view.
"Finally checking in with a report, Metal Shadow?" the hologram scowled. "What
is that hedgehog doing alive?"
"Life form Unit declares. . ."
"I know where Shadow is heading if that's who you're looking for."
"I'm not after Shadow. Metal, dispose of this worthless hedgehog."
"As you command." Metal Shadow fired, but the beam passed through the hedgehog
again. The hologram's interest had been pricked.
"How did you do that?"
"I'm fast enough to out-run your stupid machine's blast."
"What is your name?" the hologram asked, leaning forward.
"Omega."
"Maybe you can help me defeat that stupid hedgehog afterall, Omega. Metal Shadow,
report back to base with this hedgehog after rondevuing with Metal Sonic. I'm
changing mission layouts. Robotnik out!" The hologram faded from and Metal
Shadow led Omega back across the desert.
Watching from a not to far distance, a pair of purple eyes followed the pair.
A tear left her eye as she took off after the two black hedgehogs.
* * * * *
Author's Note: How was that? Not bad for five months of nothing. Some of you
are wondering 'What the Hell is going on?' Trust me. I remember what I'm doing.
Send me some reviews or flames. I don't care. I like both. Reviews give me ideas
and flames help roast my marshmellows so I can make s'mores. I love s'mores.
-------- * BY VISLER * --------
That's right ladies and gents, I'm Baaaack! Sorry it took me so long to
update (I haven't worked on this since March!?!? *faints* ) Let the Paralysis
of Light continue!
-------- * CHAPTER 9 * --------
Sonic couldn't belive the sceen that was frozen before him. Five hedgehogs
of varrying colors, Shadow himself, and a strange tiger pinning a black robot
down were looking at him and Epsilion in surprise. The seven of them were so
surprised by the sudden appearence of the two that no one noticed the black
robot charging up an attack until it was too late.
A thin red beam erupted out at the tiger, blasting it away and allowing the
black robot to bolt upright. Sonic nearly fainted at the sight of the robot.
A near carbon copy of Shadow, but shiny black metal and crystaline red plastic
replaced ebony fur accented by red. Sonic knew just by looking at the machine
who had made it and what it was called.
"Metal Shadow. . ." the whisper was caught by the sensitive ears of the navy
hedgehog standing beside him. Epsilion looked at Sonic in confusion for a
second before the movement of the robot caught his attention again.
"Lifeform Units, surender the Black Chaos Emeralds or be terminated." Metal
Shadow replied, raising his arm as a laser gun unsheathed itself.
"No way!" Sonic shouted, spindashing at the robot. For the first time in his
life, Sonic was too slow. Metal Shadow had turned, aimed and fired the laser
even before Sonic had a chance to get halfway between. Sonic flew out of the
ball he had sunk into and laid sprawled out on the red sand.
"Chaos Beam!" Epsilion shouted, unleashing an ice blue laser beam of his own
unto the Shadow look-alike. The beam struck, forming a layer of ice over the
machine's chest. The machine fired again, striking Epsilion in the shoulder.
"Ian!" Shadow called out, seeing his brother's black blood burn into the red
sand behind him. He bared his teeth and looked at Metal Shadow. "You want the
Chaos Emerald? Come and take it!" Shadow took off, airblading across the red
sands of the desert; heading towards the settlement. He could hear the hum
of Metal Shadow's jet pack as the black robot caught up. One chance. Get
this right. . . He pulled out the black Chaos Emerald and looked into it's
depths. "Shadow Jump!"
He was gone.
* * * * *
Sonic felt something shaking him. His eyes opened to see a deep red hedgehog
smiling down at him. He squinted, trying to remember what happened.
"You okay? You took a nasty hit there." This hedgehog was a girl. Sonic jumped
away suddenly remembering where he was.
"What happened to Shadow?" Sonic asked looking around. He noticed Epsilion
wincing from the cloth pressed against his shoulder by a frosted pink hedgehog.
"The Dark One lurred that mechanical copy away from everyone. We have no idea
where he went." the girl answered following Soinc's gaze. "He'll be fine. Kkaia
is a good healer."
"Kkaia?" Sonic asked looking back at the red female sitting cross-legged beside
him. Her orange eyes moved to look at him.
"I'm Aurora. Tarno is the teal one, Zylex is the ice blue one, Visler is her twin,
the silver one, and Matrix is the green and gold cyborg."
"What about that tiger? Where did that thing go?"
"Tarno is an Animorph. He can change to any animal he wishes. What is your
name?"
"Sonic." the cobalt hedgehog answered quickly. He watched as the ice blue Zylex
moved toward them.
"There is a problem." Another female.
"What is that?" Aurora asked calmly.
"One falls from heaven, two come to destroy, and three to rescue. We're missing
two."
"Is that a bad thing?" Sonic asked confused. Zylex looked at him for a second.
"Where is the third one who came with you, Sonic?"
"Woah! How did you know my name?"
"I'm a psychic. Now, where is the third one? The little girl who came with you?"
"I think Amy's still outside. Why? And if your psychic, where's Shadow?"
"You'll have to wait." Zylex answered moving away. Sonic wathced her go, worried
about the disappearance of Shadow.
'Do not fear for your friend. He will find you shortly.' Sonic looked at Aurora.
He heard her voice in his head, but she didn't look as if she had spoken. She
smiled. 'Everyone here has a gift. I'm telepathic. That's why you can hear me
when I don't speak.'
"Does Shadow have a trick like that?" Sonic was curious about his old nemesis.
"I wouldn't know. I haven't seen him do anything out of what is considered
ordinaray. But then again, whay is considered ordinary?" She asked, getting up
to move towards the others. Sonic watched her for a few minutes before getting
up himself.
* * * * *
His black eyes watched as the black machine scanned the settlement. He smirked
and lept down from his hiding post. The machine fired. The red beam missed by
an inch. He was impressed by this machine's aim and speed. He landed in front
of it and smirked.
"Hello, Blackie." he teased. He could hear something in the machine beeping
rapidly.
"Scan complete. Life Form Unit useless. Destroy." The black machine rose it's
arm to fire, but he was quicker.
"Come on now. I'm in the same boat as you." the machine fired, but the beam went
straight through. He sighed. "Let me talk to whoever made you. Maybe I can
help you out with what you're looking for."
"Com link open." He watched as the machine's wrist shot a hologram upwards.
He smirked again as a fat man in red and black came into view.
"Finally checking in with a report, Metal Shadow?" the hologram scowled. "What
is that hedgehog doing alive?"
"Life form Unit declares. . ."
"I know where Shadow is heading if that's who you're looking for."
"I'm not after Shadow. Metal, dispose of this worthless hedgehog."
"As you command." Metal Shadow fired, but the beam passed through the hedgehog
again. The hologram's interest had been pricked.
"How did you do that?"
"I'm fast enough to out-run your stupid machine's blast."
"What is your name?" the hologram asked, leaning forward.
"Omega."
"Maybe you can help me defeat that stupid hedgehog afterall, Omega. Metal Shadow,
report back to base with this hedgehog after rondevuing with Metal Sonic. I'm
changing mission layouts. Robotnik out!" The hologram faded from and Metal
Shadow led Omega back across the desert.
Watching from a not to far distance, a pair of purple eyes followed the pair.
A tear left her eye as she took off after the two black hedgehogs.
* * * * *
Author's Note: How was that? Not bad for five months of nothing. Some of you
are wondering 'What the Hell is going on?' Trust me. I remember what I'm doing.
Send me some reviews or flames. I don't care. I like both. Reviews give me ideas
and flames help roast my marshmellows so I can make s'mores. I love s'mores.