Chapter 3: Conclusion
Three days had past since what had transpired upon ARK. Though it had only been three days the space colony was already completely abandoned.
The humans, Gerald had found out, had been part of a military group called G.U.N. They had been sent to shut the space colony down, destroy it if need be, and silence everyone that worked in it.
Dr Gerald Kintobor stood in the Control Room staring out at the Planet below. He stood there silently as he thought about what he had caused.
He had caused all of this. It was he who had created this colony in the first place. He who equipped it with the Eclipse Cannon. He who openly told the world that he was working on his 'Project Shadow' in a hope to create something of such great power that it could benefit mankind forever.
Dr Gerald sighed. It was his fault that the military had come. It was his fault that the people aboard the colony had been captured, or killed, by G.U.N. It was his fault that his ultimate creation, Shadow, was no doubt in the hands of G.U.N. And it was his fault that Maria was now dead.
It had all been because of him. He had managed to escape the massacre, but Maria had not. He did not know how she had been struck down, but he knew it had been in an attempt to save Shadow.
Gerald had returned to ARK to be greeted by the dead bodies of people he had known for far longer than he could remember. They were friends. And now they were all dead, or missing.
It had taken him a while, but he had gathered every dead body and had given them all a burial in space. Ejecting them out into the black, soundless, void. Hoping that each soul could somehow find peace.
He had done the same to Maria as well. The grief had hurt some much that it had nearly killed him. No parent should have had to bury there own child, but he had. And now he had buried his granddaughter as well.
She had been so selfless, so pure and kind hearted, and now she was dead.
What made it worse was that over the last three days he had tried to contact his grandson, Maria's brother Ovi. But he had not succeeded. He had even risked his own life by entering Metropolis City in search of the boy. But he had not found him. It was as if young Ovi Kintobor had vanished off the very face of Planet Mobius, leaving Gerald Kintobor, well and truly, alone.
Alone. He thought. He then thought about the last words he had said to Sonic before getting him to safety. He had told Sonic that he would never be alone.
Sonic had had a map of South Island, one of Mobius' other continents, programmed into his head. The reason being was that the Kintobor's had a retreat there. It was where they would head to if danger reared its head.
Gerald had prayed that if Sonic survived, that he would make his way there on instinct. If he done this then he wouldn't have been alone as Ovi would have been there waiting. Or at least he was supposed to be. Ovi was now missing, so where did that leave Sonic?
He hoped that Sonic would not be alone. That he would find someone. But for himself, well - it looked as though he wouldn't be alone for that much longer.
Gerald spied two small spacecraft's as they entered an engagement course with ARK. They were no doubt G.U.N ships, coming to finish what they had started. Coming to collect him. They must have figured that he was back up here when they witnessed the escape pods he jettisoned, containing the dead he had found, into space. They'd be pretty hard to miss, even during day, as they burnt up in Mobius' atmosphere on re-entry.
Well they found him, but no matter. He would make the last move in this grand game, and it would be the most devastating move in the history of the game.
Gerald turned away from the window, no longer being able to face it. The people that lived down there, on Planet Mobius, disgusted him. They were monsters and savages. Why he ever choose to help them was beyond him. They deserved everything that was heading there way.
Gerald walked over to a computer terminal and typed something in. Then, taking out a small, brown, leather skinned book he proceeded to place it on top of the terminal. The book was his journals. He had wrote everything in it. Everything about 'Project Shadow' and the Eclipse Cannon. Of course, he had also wrote about Sonic in it, but had had to rip those pages out.
They had been stained and ruined a while back and he had never had the time to re-write them, but was glad now that he hadn't. Because know it gave Sonic a chance to live his life. At least this way he would have a chance in the world, unlike Shadow. Gerald knew that G.U.N would most probably bung Shadow somewhere until a day in the future when they would need him. Humans were stupid in that respect. Though they would take powerful weapons away from each other, they wouldn't destroy them. They'd keep them for a rainy day.
Gerald placed his hand on his journals. "This will tell them a lot, but it will never tell them everything." He said to himself. "Their never be ready for what I have in store for them. Which reminds me."
Dr Gerald typed something into the computer and instantly a diagram of the Bio-Lizard appeared. The over-grown salamander had a new purpose now. It was his fail safe device. It was now 'attached' to ARK on a level that was to hard to explain. What went on inside ARK it knew about. It even had the ability to bond with the space colony in order to follow through Gerald's ultimate plan. This wouldn't have been such a bad thing if it wasn't a plan for revenge.
Gerald heard the distant echo's of the G.U.N ships docking with the ARK, and gritted his teeth. The bastards where back and this time they came to finish the job.
He didn't know whether they came to kill him or not, but he knew that before it came to that they would try to convince him to tell them how to access the Eclipse Cannon.
He wouldn't tell them of course, that would be to easy. He knew that they would eventually break into the heart of the colony and try to use the cannon, that is why he thought up his latest idea.
He could only imagine the bastards faces as they realized it was because of them that they would eventually die.
A crazed smirk appeared on the Doctor's face as he stood there in silence for a while. He then typed something else into the computer as he initiated the recording sequence.
He walked around the front of the terminal and sighed, his grin disappearing. "Computer." He said. "Begin recording."
There was a beep and his request was accepted, and then silence. Gerald stared at the computer for a long while. He heard another echo, not so far off this time. They were getting closer.
Gerald cleared his throat and spoke.
"If you are watching this broadcast, then someone has been stupid enough to try activating the Eclipse Cannon at full power." Gerald begun. "Which proves that I was right. You people are just selfish, power hungry fools. You don't deserve to live - and you won't. I have made sure of that. No doubt the military will soon find out where I've been hiding for these past two days, but it doesn't matter now. It was long enough to complete my work here; to ensure that you will experience the pain and suffering I felt."
Gerald trailed off, as his memories came back to him. They were to much for him to bear, and it was beginning to show. They were driving him insane. Gerald turned away from the camera and stared silently out the window behind him and out into the blackness of space.
"No doubt," he began again thoughtfully. "You want to know why you have been sentenced to this fate." Gerald turned back to the camera and sighed as he gathered himself for a long speech.
"You probably know that I am Dr. Gerald Kintobor," he continued. "What you don't know is that I have been engaged in some important research." Gerald wearily shook his head. The humans down on Mobius probably wouldn't know anything about his 'Project Shadow' unless they were of a higher stature. Not that it mattered. They knew now.
Gerald licked his lips as he quickly thought about Shadow and everything that had happened because of his creation. For the first time since he had begun everything, he beginning to doubt his actions.
"Did I make a mistake by creating the Ultimate Life form? I don't know." He said to himself. "I thought it would benefit the people of Mobius." He paused, he then looked back up at the camera. "How naive I was," he added to himself. Then Gerald cleared his throat and carried on with his speech.
"But no sooner had I completed my work, the military tried to get their hands on it. They invaded ARK." He scowled. "Those idiots! But I should have known this would happen. If I hadn't been so foolish - Maria would - would still be alive-!" It was here that Gerald's voice became broken and grief-stricken. "My own granddaughter - killed in cold blood, while trying to help my creation escape." Gerald stopped, unable to continue.
Once again he looked away, back to the window. Maria would always stand and stare at Mobius from that window, sometimes for hours on end. And now she never would again.
"That was three days ago." Gerald whispered. "ARK has been completely shut down now, probably by G.U.N so that my ideas don't fall into the wrong hands. Everyone is gone, too." Gerald said after a few moments. "Killed or captured, I don't know. I'm - I'm alone now, and soon they'll find me."
Gerald once again listened to the distant echo's. They knew where to find him. He couldn't hide this time. They were here and there was no getting away.
Dr Gerald looked down at his open hands as if he had only just seen them for the first time. "Something's happening to me," he said unsure. "I can't control my thoughts anymore I-I think I must be going insane. I just want it all to end." Gerald then slung his hands down and stared up at the camera. His cold, lonely eyes had disappeared and had been replaced by hate filled ones. His face split into a deranged grin.
"At least now I will have my revenge. As soon as someone activates the Eclipse Cannon, the ARK will start to fall towards Mobius - and when it hits, all you ungrateful creatures will be destroyed. I probably won't live to see it, but Shadow escaped, it is all up to him now - I designed his mind to be perfect - pure."
Suddenly some G.U.N officers burst through the door, all holding guns. They pointed there guns at the Doctor.
"Hands in the air!" One shouted.
Dr Gerald Kintobor looked the man dead in the eye and laughed. "It's too late. Too late for you."
One man spotted the camera and shot it. "There. Now where alone."
Gerald stared at the man, then continued to laugh. "No matter. You will all die anyway." Gerald then walked forward, raising his hands, smiling. "Shall we get this over with."
The G.U.N officer that had spoke indicated towards the door. "After you." He said.
Gerald nodded. He turned, picked up his journal chuckling gleefully to himself, and walked out of the room.
Soon the Control Room fell silent. Then in the distance, was the far off sound of someone laughing insanely.
~*The End*~
Well, that's the end of my little story of the past. What did you think? Good? Bad? Lets get those reviews flowing in shall we.
Did you like the idea of Sonic being the test subject for creating Shadow, the Ultimate Lifeform? That was Thalia's idea you know, and though it may be copied all over the place now, we all know where and how it started. Inside Thalia's head.
Just so you know quite a lot of the text between Gerald and Shadow in the lab (the part where Shadow Chaos Control's out and find's Maria) was also written by Thalia. Yes, Thalia helped a lot in the creation of this story.
I must say that I'm quite proud of the idea of Maria naming both Shadow and Sonic. Way I saw it children come up with thing's all the time so why couldn't Maria be the same. Besides, it beats all that argument's raging about Sonic's real name. I like to think Sonic's real name is, well, Sonic.
Who liked the 'Gerald sending Sonic to safety' scene. Did anyone cry?
Until I put 'Time' up for you guy's and gal's, I'll leave you to your own thought's. Don't forget to review.
Three days had past since what had transpired upon ARK. Though it had only been three days the space colony was already completely abandoned.
The humans, Gerald had found out, had been part of a military group called G.U.N. They had been sent to shut the space colony down, destroy it if need be, and silence everyone that worked in it.
Dr Gerald Kintobor stood in the Control Room staring out at the Planet below. He stood there silently as he thought about what he had caused.
He had caused all of this. It was he who had created this colony in the first place. He who equipped it with the Eclipse Cannon. He who openly told the world that he was working on his 'Project Shadow' in a hope to create something of such great power that it could benefit mankind forever.
Dr Gerald sighed. It was his fault that the military had come. It was his fault that the people aboard the colony had been captured, or killed, by G.U.N. It was his fault that his ultimate creation, Shadow, was no doubt in the hands of G.U.N. And it was his fault that Maria was now dead.
It had all been because of him. He had managed to escape the massacre, but Maria had not. He did not know how she had been struck down, but he knew it had been in an attempt to save Shadow.
Gerald had returned to ARK to be greeted by the dead bodies of people he had known for far longer than he could remember. They were friends. And now they were all dead, or missing.
It had taken him a while, but he had gathered every dead body and had given them all a burial in space. Ejecting them out into the black, soundless, void. Hoping that each soul could somehow find peace.
He had done the same to Maria as well. The grief had hurt some much that it had nearly killed him. No parent should have had to bury there own child, but he had. And now he had buried his granddaughter as well.
She had been so selfless, so pure and kind hearted, and now she was dead.
What made it worse was that over the last three days he had tried to contact his grandson, Maria's brother Ovi. But he had not succeeded. He had even risked his own life by entering Metropolis City in search of the boy. But he had not found him. It was as if young Ovi Kintobor had vanished off the very face of Planet Mobius, leaving Gerald Kintobor, well and truly, alone.
Alone. He thought. He then thought about the last words he had said to Sonic before getting him to safety. He had told Sonic that he would never be alone.
Sonic had had a map of South Island, one of Mobius' other continents, programmed into his head. The reason being was that the Kintobor's had a retreat there. It was where they would head to if danger reared its head.
Gerald had prayed that if Sonic survived, that he would make his way there on instinct. If he done this then he wouldn't have been alone as Ovi would have been there waiting. Or at least he was supposed to be. Ovi was now missing, so where did that leave Sonic?
He hoped that Sonic would not be alone. That he would find someone. But for himself, well - it looked as though he wouldn't be alone for that much longer.
Gerald spied two small spacecraft's as they entered an engagement course with ARK. They were no doubt G.U.N ships, coming to finish what they had started. Coming to collect him. They must have figured that he was back up here when they witnessed the escape pods he jettisoned, containing the dead he had found, into space. They'd be pretty hard to miss, even during day, as they burnt up in Mobius' atmosphere on re-entry.
Well they found him, but no matter. He would make the last move in this grand game, and it would be the most devastating move in the history of the game.
Gerald turned away from the window, no longer being able to face it. The people that lived down there, on Planet Mobius, disgusted him. They were monsters and savages. Why he ever choose to help them was beyond him. They deserved everything that was heading there way.
Gerald walked over to a computer terminal and typed something in. Then, taking out a small, brown, leather skinned book he proceeded to place it on top of the terminal. The book was his journals. He had wrote everything in it. Everything about 'Project Shadow' and the Eclipse Cannon. Of course, he had also wrote about Sonic in it, but had had to rip those pages out.
They had been stained and ruined a while back and he had never had the time to re-write them, but was glad now that he hadn't. Because know it gave Sonic a chance to live his life. At least this way he would have a chance in the world, unlike Shadow. Gerald knew that G.U.N would most probably bung Shadow somewhere until a day in the future when they would need him. Humans were stupid in that respect. Though they would take powerful weapons away from each other, they wouldn't destroy them. They'd keep them for a rainy day.
Gerald placed his hand on his journals. "This will tell them a lot, but it will never tell them everything." He said to himself. "Their never be ready for what I have in store for them. Which reminds me."
Dr Gerald typed something into the computer and instantly a diagram of the Bio-Lizard appeared. The over-grown salamander had a new purpose now. It was his fail safe device. It was now 'attached' to ARK on a level that was to hard to explain. What went on inside ARK it knew about. It even had the ability to bond with the space colony in order to follow through Gerald's ultimate plan. This wouldn't have been such a bad thing if it wasn't a plan for revenge.
Gerald heard the distant echo's of the G.U.N ships docking with the ARK, and gritted his teeth. The bastards where back and this time they came to finish the job.
He didn't know whether they came to kill him or not, but he knew that before it came to that they would try to convince him to tell them how to access the Eclipse Cannon.
He wouldn't tell them of course, that would be to easy. He knew that they would eventually break into the heart of the colony and try to use the cannon, that is why he thought up his latest idea.
He could only imagine the bastards faces as they realized it was because of them that they would eventually die.
A crazed smirk appeared on the Doctor's face as he stood there in silence for a while. He then typed something else into the computer as he initiated the recording sequence.
He walked around the front of the terminal and sighed, his grin disappearing. "Computer." He said. "Begin recording."
There was a beep and his request was accepted, and then silence. Gerald stared at the computer for a long while. He heard another echo, not so far off this time. They were getting closer.
Gerald cleared his throat and spoke.
"If you are watching this broadcast, then someone has been stupid enough to try activating the Eclipse Cannon at full power." Gerald begun. "Which proves that I was right. You people are just selfish, power hungry fools. You don't deserve to live - and you won't. I have made sure of that. No doubt the military will soon find out where I've been hiding for these past two days, but it doesn't matter now. It was long enough to complete my work here; to ensure that you will experience the pain and suffering I felt."
Gerald trailed off, as his memories came back to him. They were to much for him to bear, and it was beginning to show. They were driving him insane. Gerald turned away from the camera and stared silently out the window behind him and out into the blackness of space.
"No doubt," he began again thoughtfully. "You want to know why you have been sentenced to this fate." Gerald turned back to the camera and sighed as he gathered himself for a long speech.
"You probably know that I am Dr. Gerald Kintobor," he continued. "What you don't know is that I have been engaged in some important research." Gerald wearily shook his head. The humans down on Mobius probably wouldn't know anything about his 'Project Shadow' unless they were of a higher stature. Not that it mattered. They knew now.
Gerald licked his lips as he quickly thought about Shadow and everything that had happened because of his creation. For the first time since he had begun everything, he beginning to doubt his actions.
"Did I make a mistake by creating the Ultimate Life form? I don't know." He said to himself. "I thought it would benefit the people of Mobius." He paused, he then looked back up at the camera. "How naive I was," he added to himself. Then Gerald cleared his throat and carried on with his speech.
"But no sooner had I completed my work, the military tried to get their hands on it. They invaded ARK." He scowled. "Those idiots! But I should have known this would happen. If I hadn't been so foolish - Maria would - would still be alive-!" It was here that Gerald's voice became broken and grief-stricken. "My own granddaughter - killed in cold blood, while trying to help my creation escape." Gerald stopped, unable to continue.
Once again he looked away, back to the window. Maria would always stand and stare at Mobius from that window, sometimes for hours on end. And now she never would again.
"That was three days ago." Gerald whispered. "ARK has been completely shut down now, probably by G.U.N so that my ideas don't fall into the wrong hands. Everyone is gone, too." Gerald said after a few moments. "Killed or captured, I don't know. I'm - I'm alone now, and soon they'll find me."
Gerald once again listened to the distant echo's. They knew where to find him. He couldn't hide this time. They were here and there was no getting away.
Dr Gerald looked down at his open hands as if he had only just seen them for the first time. "Something's happening to me," he said unsure. "I can't control my thoughts anymore I-I think I must be going insane. I just want it all to end." Gerald then slung his hands down and stared up at the camera. His cold, lonely eyes had disappeared and had been replaced by hate filled ones. His face split into a deranged grin.
"At least now I will have my revenge. As soon as someone activates the Eclipse Cannon, the ARK will start to fall towards Mobius - and when it hits, all you ungrateful creatures will be destroyed. I probably won't live to see it, but Shadow escaped, it is all up to him now - I designed his mind to be perfect - pure."
Suddenly some G.U.N officers burst through the door, all holding guns. They pointed there guns at the Doctor.
"Hands in the air!" One shouted.
Dr Gerald Kintobor looked the man dead in the eye and laughed. "It's too late. Too late for you."
One man spotted the camera and shot it. "There. Now where alone."
Gerald stared at the man, then continued to laugh. "No matter. You will all die anyway." Gerald then walked forward, raising his hands, smiling. "Shall we get this over with."
The G.U.N officer that had spoke indicated towards the door. "After you." He said.
Gerald nodded. He turned, picked up his journal chuckling gleefully to himself, and walked out of the room.
Soon the Control Room fell silent. Then in the distance, was the far off sound of someone laughing insanely.
~*The End*~
Well, that's the end of my little story of the past. What did you think? Good? Bad? Lets get those reviews flowing in shall we.
Did you like the idea of Sonic being the test subject for creating Shadow, the Ultimate Lifeform? That was Thalia's idea you know, and though it may be copied all over the place now, we all know where and how it started. Inside Thalia's head.
Just so you know quite a lot of the text between Gerald and Shadow in the lab (the part where Shadow Chaos Control's out and find's Maria) was also written by Thalia. Yes, Thalia helped a lot in the creation of this story.
I must say that I'm quite proud of the idea of Maria naming both Shadow and Sonic. Way I saw it children come up with thing's all the time so why couldn't Maria be the same. Besides, it beats all that argument's raging about Sonic's real name. I like to think Sonic's real name is, well, Sonic.
Who liked the 'Gerald sending Sonic to safety' scene. Did anyone cry?
Until I put 'Time' up for you guy's and gal's, I'll leave you to your own thought's. Don't forget to review.