Disclaimer: Okay, I've said it many times before, I do not own sonic! Yeesh!
Broken Hope"Not to be rude or anything, but what the hey did you just say, Shadow?" Amy wasn't that deaf when she decided to head back when the same little phoenix bird came back to her.
"…Nothing."
Shadow wasn't paying attention for the fact of realizing something indeed; he barely remembered it, but the word…. Actually… name, escaped his lips by a mere fling of his memory. Why did he say it aloud, to where Amy heard it? His past life was a mystery indeed, if it wasn't for the memories of Maria, he would have forgotten the traces of what he was reopened to within the central core of his riddling mind. Very complex, yes.
"Aw come on, I heard something that sounded like a type of weather condition! What was it?"
/ Ugh… Annoying as ever, still. /
"… If you must be persistent to know, I said 'Blizzard'. Now are you satisfied?"
"Blizzard? I don't see any snow around here. Or were you saying that in another way? Like a name or something?"
"…Amy, please. Do not pester me with more questions. I am puzzled by this sudden outburst, and I mean to find out. First, you need to go rest. Shouldn't you be tired by now?"
Amy blinks at Shadow. He was always weirdly silent, mean, and so rude, but that's an Ultimate Life Form for you. Amy was just used to talking to so many people, and usually she talked to the people in Station Square before she decided to stay in the United States because of Sonic.
"I'm not tired yet, and my leg's a little sore, though. I'll be a-okay in no time. Oh? Did you see what I found? Isn't this bird cute?" Amy smiled, as she held out the cute little phoenix that had become attached to her. It chirped quickly, and it looked at Shadow quickly with blue eyes. Looking back at it, with no hate towards the simple little creature that was well given with flames, harmless to Amy, obviously. He didn't say a word, but let his eyes look away. Amy tilted her head, letting the little phoenix sit on her head for a while.
"What's wrong, Shadow?"
"...I don't get you."
"Huh? What about me?"
"Why do you always seem to be so, cheerful… when there's barely anything to be cheerful about this isolated island?"
"Because, that's the way I am. I'm sweet, and I'm hardly ever mean!" Amy says with a smile on her face, as she yawned a bit.
"Um…I guess I am getting' tired."
Shadow gave an inquisitive look; before he leapt off the branch he stood upon, watching Amy for the past few moments. His shoes ignite, allowing him to land softly upon the ground. This pink hedgehog was definitely strange, stranger than the faker he really didn't like. Oh well, the idiot must have made Amy angry that she would get mad at times when his name was mentioned. This also caused him to ponder some, since he wanted to actually repay Amy for helping him remember what Maria told him what he really was created for, and the fact that she crashed into that invisible beetle... But how could he repay Amy for real? He hadn't an answer to that, but he would have a chance to repay her as long as she was here. Shadow wouldn't dare go back out into the open now, since G.U.N. had, of course, seen him. His cover was almost blown, but he could have cared less.
He spots Amy yawning again, carrying the little fiery bird with her on her head. That bird, which was practically only one of three on the island, had grown attached to the girl. Keeping silent, he carefully approaches Amy.
"There's a nearby place you're offered to sleep at, over there," Shadow locates the area with a quick point of an index finger, out a ways, but close to a thicker portion of the forest.
"Thanks, Shadow. C'mon, Maxie, let's go get some sleep." Both the pet, and Amy outstretched, only Amy rubbed her eyes before she walked off into the distance quickly. Soon, in the matter of moments, because she had to be careful of her slightly sore leg, Amy found a nice thick patch of grass beneath a big tree. Apparently Amy noticed it had been laid in before, and she looked back. "Marti, Shadow gave up where he usually sleeps for me? … If this is where he sleeps." The bird peered at the spot, and flew down next to it in a smaller thatch of grass, snuggling into it quickly. Amy sighed a bit, before she set herself down on the thick grass, and slowly closed her eyes until she drifted off to a soft sleep.
Shadow, like the shadows upon the ground, swiftly moved up to the tree, and silently, without waking either occupant, skated vertically up the tree until he did a silent frontal flip, and quietly landed on a thickened branch, just above them. He'd keep watch, just in case, fiery eyes gazing upon the forest, moonlight peeking through the canopy, and unto the floor.
He then, had his quiet time 'alone', thinking about the outburst of that one sole name…
"Blizzard… Why do you come to my mind? I… can't seem to, know you…. But…. I know you… yet, I don't…This is going to take some time to think……"
Amy wasn't quite asleep yet, as she sat up slowly. She was hearing Shadow talk to himself, and she became a bit confused. Blizzard was probably another person he had known; yet this person might have died… Like Maria.
Blinking, she just sat there, until her eyes gave out, and she fell back asleep…
Unknown Location
Mid-Morning"Heeeeellllloooooooooo??? Anyone out there? You can like, let me out now… or do you want me to rot in here like a dead carcass?"
Blizzard the Hedgehog was marching back and forth in front of the large-sealed door. Practically the door was about a foot thick, and she constantly looked around for a way out for the past three hours she was freed by accident. She was getting annoyed by the moments passing by. She began to narrow down the items upon the wall, until she came across a keypad… oooh. Fun… Wiggling fingers upon both hands, she reached up, and began to press random buttons so fast, it was like anyone could hear an 'eeeeeeeee' sound throughout the past five minutes she tried about over ten thousand combinations..
…'Ding!'
"Finally…"
The thick door began to slide open, as she steps out, and then another thick door opened on her path out. Just exactly how many doors were there to lock her up? This was just kinda making her feel a bit odd as she traveled past her fifth door already. Now this was boring as ever as she passed her seventh door. Blizzard was about to give up and go back until the tenth and final door opened up to a new room, and a strange wide room than normal, much larger than what she was in before…
And there was a door on the other side, smaller, and simpler looking. Looking' around, she couldn't make out why they had such a big room in front of ten thick doors. Scratching the back of her head, beneath her soft, yet sharp as metal shards-quills, Blizzard needed to get out and go find out where she was since she lost track of time itself under the constraints of that room that trapped her by a bad man from fifty two years ago. With no clue why she was locked up without good reason, she marches out onto the concrete floor, to feel that something wasn't right.
Sure enough, multiple alarms went off again; soon, the scanners for the internal building were activated.
'ALERT! ALERT! CORE BASE DAMAGED, LOCKED UNIT HAS FLED AREA, CODE RED, CODE RED!' Droned a robotic female voice, booming everywhere.
"Oh fiddlesticks. What's this about now?" The only open door across this unreasonably large room was closing and slowly. Blizzard raced for the door in a blur, she somersaulted beneath the closing door. More doors were closing ahead, and she had no time to waste, since this place was trying to re-trap her! Curling up quickly, she charged up a spin dash, to the point she let go, like a rolling blur with a light blue aura following, escaping each closing door until she reached the last one. Getting up, she was breathing a bit hard… oh hell, who wouldn't after not moving for fifty-two years, and probably out of shape by then for a little bit? Blizzard saw an opening, out in the middle of the base, now that she's reached the surface as she walks out into an open area, the afternoon sun beaming down upon her fur and quills, giving them a little luminous shine.
Guards rushed out, and attempted to surround the innocent-looking hedgehog that looked strikingly similar to Sonic in appearance, except for color hues, and the gender. Looking about, Blizzard tilted her head in confusion. The sounds of gun mechanisms clicking, and cocking gave her the signal she was not on friendly turf…
"Why must everyone be so mean to me when I wanted some fresh air? I hate being locked up down there! It's all musty, damp, and dark!" She sniffled. To be honest, she didn't know she was causing havoc, yet she was being her innocent self. Truly she was innocent by all means, only the past G.U.N. commanders couldn't let Project Shadow gain any remembrance of this other hedgehog that was aboard the ARK years ago. "Please, I just wanna go out… I don't want to be stuck here anymore!" But the G.U.N. Guards weren't convinced. They kept their positions, keeping their weapons aimed at the confused young hedgehog.
KA-BOOM!!!!!!
The moment the huge explosion caused uproar, Blizzard ducked to her knees. The surrounding force was dumbfounded by the blast, which came towards the armored front of the base.
A sentry came running, alerted and white-faced. Blizzard looked to the poor man, and blinked in wonder.
"I-I-i…. Dr. Eggman has launched an attack at full force upon the base!!!"
"Dr. Eggman?!?!"
"…Who's Eggman?" Blizzard spoke out, before all the guards pointed their rifles back at her. Well, she didn't know that Eggman was actually Professor Gerald Robotnik's grandson, but he sounded evil just by trying to attack this place for no reason…
"He's gained entry, and there's no way of stopping him! Everyone, we gotta bail!" Cried a scared guard. Were these guys chicken shits or what?
"Wait one damn moment! Who's Eggman??? Is he a bad person? Cause I don't like bad people! I'll kick his butt, if you guys lemme go…please?"
Every guard looked straight at the shy-like hedgehog. Now they think she has gone nuts or something, unless… she's like Sonic or something, but there's no way. She's been locked up for over fifty years, and she's never seen, or heard about Sonic the Hedgehog. One Guard stepped up to Blizzard, his face stern. " Are you insane? Eggman has advanced weaponry we don't have. And I'm mighty sure he's after you like he was after the other one two years ago."
Blizzard's eyes lit up, yet they seemed like they were on fire, eager for something they've never seen in such a long while. "I'll fight Eggman! I'll prove my freedom!" She enthusiastically cried. "Open that door, I'll kick his behind like there's no tomorrow!"
Definitely almost like Sonic.
Everyone was stunned at this hedgehog's bravery to take on the Doctor. Slowly, the sound of pounding noises, and more explosions were heard on the main gates. Blizzard cried out. "Go! Run, I don't want any of you to get hurt!" They couldn't believe that such a little female hedgehog would attempt to save their lives. Maybe it was a mistake to lock her up in the first place, or was it? But, they escaped through automatic doors, shielding them shut with metal panels. The front base gate burst down, to reveal an EggWalker coming in.
Of course it was the sturdy round Eggman at its pilot seat.