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Chapter 9, What It Is Like On Earth
11:59pm December 2, 19X3
Maria and Shadow have been asleep for an hour in the closet, dreaming of the Tonka trucks. Thomas opened the closet door, and stared at them, in 2 seconds they were awake, thinking he would say, 'ok, I'll get you the tonka trucks'. He was calm but you from the look in his eyes, he was full of rage. Through gritted teeth he said, "Why. Did. You. Two. Do. That." Maria and Shadow said shamefully, "We wanted the trucks..." Thomas allowed them to step out of the closet, "I was going to buy them for you;" Shadow and Maria looked up at him with smiles. "But I will not now. Shadow, Maria, you will go to bed without a story and thats final." Maria looked up at him and said tearfully, "But I can't go to sleep without my without my story..." Shadow said, "Yeah, me niether." THomas said, "Well, that makes three of us who won't sleep." He lifted Maria and put her in her white and silver crib and Shadow into his polished bare wooden crib. He walked to the door, and without looking back, he slammed the door and locked it from the outside.
10:30am 0ctober 15, 19#9
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Shadow slammed his alarm clock and rolled over. Thomas knew he was like that, so thats why he had another alarm clock on the side he rolled over. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Shadow slammed his other alarm clock. He took it as a signal to wake up. He had the dream about when they tried flushing things down the toilet to get the Tonka trucks again. He always regretted doing that, but Thomas tells him to push it aside, but for some reason he can't.
Shadow was now 16 years old, about 15 years ago, his dream had accured. Shadow looked alnost the same; he still had the scar on his foot though, he knew it probably would never heal.
Shadow now had his own bedroom. It wasn't that big, but it was better then sharing a room, especially with a girl. Maria and him painted the room blood red, it was his favorte color. Shadow thought back to when he was six years old when Maria and him painted the room.
2:16pm March 23, 19X9
Shadow and Maria knew they were going to paint his new room, so they were jumping up and down with joy. Shadow was still a little taller then Maria, but as soon as she turned 8, she grew taller then he was, which made him very jealous. Thomas, Maria, and Shadow went into the same storage room G.U.N. would put everyone in every December 1st when searching the ARK for Shadow.
Thomas opened the door to the storage room and went to the shelf that held all the paint. There were all different colors, but there was only one that Shadow picked, and it was not expected. Shadow pointed at a can of paint that said CAUTION RED, "I want that one!" Thomas laughed, "But this isn't wall paint, this is the paint you put on pipes that are burning hot." Shadow crossed his arms and looked at the ground grudgingly, "But I want it!" Thomas rolled his eyes, "Ok, fine. But don't anyone come to me when they burn their hands off on a buring hot pipe." Maria offered to carry the paint, but it was too heavy, so Thomas took it back.
When they got back to the apartment, they layed newspaper out on the carpeted floor. The walls were an ugly puce color, but the carpets were a pretty cream color. They were already to paint, when the phone rang, Thomas went over to it and gave an annoyed sigh, "Hello?" It was Gerald, he seemed very happy, "Tom! I think I found the cure for stomach cancer!! Come over here, quick!" Without another word, Gerald hung up the phone, Thomas hung up and relunctantly said this to his kids, "Ok, Pop-Pop needs me in the EP room, so I'll be right back, I'll be back in one minute." The kids smiles, "Okay."
Thomas left the apartment and the kids were left in the room, by themselves, in painters clothes with rollers with red paint on them in their hands. The kids grinned and started to paint the room. The room wasn't really big at all, so it didn't take them more then two hours. They had alot of paint on them and out of the blue, Shadow flicked red paint on Maria, "HEY! Why'd you do that?!" SHadow laughed, and got a paint brush and painted Maria's arm. Maria said, "Hey, I have an idea!" Maria painted one of Shadow's quills making it all red. Shadow was very ticklish, so she painted his stomach, he squealed with laughter. Shadow pushed Maria away and grabbed her hair and started to paint it (a/n: Now I have experience painting and it is murder it get it out of you hair. NOT THE HAIR!!!!!!!!!!). After 30 minutes (A/n: Hey, the title of the story), they were cover with red paint head to toe, faces were painted, quilled were, fur and hair was, hands, etc.
Thomas opened the door, and made his way to Shadow red room. Thomas said before looking at them, "Hey guys, sorry, he thought he found the cure for cance but instead made a good substitute for-- OH MY GOD!!!!!!!" He looked at his children and saw they were cover in red paint. Hey went to the coffee table and grabbed another newspaper and made a tralier of it from the bedroom to the bathroom, "Guys! This is going to take forever to come out! They went into the bathroom and took off their clothes (A/N: You have some SICK minds ppl!), but where still mostly cover in paint. Thomas turned on the water in the bath tub and put them in. Maria shouted, "DAD! IT'S TOO HOT!!" Thomas got a brillo-pad and scrun sponge and started to scrub them, "It gets the paint off better."
After about 4-5 hours, the paint was totally off them, the newspaper was removed and all of Shadow's furniture was put in the room. They marveled at there work and went to the playground (A/N: Remember that?).
10:40am 0ctober 15, 19#9
Shadow laughed slightly at his memory, "That was back when I was taller then her." He got off his bed, put on his socks, shoes, and gloves. He was going to do what he has done every morning ever since he was shot; go to the window in the escape pod room and watch the earth for a couple hours.
Thomas was in the kitchen making bacon and eggs, Maria was sitting at the table waiting for the food to be ready. She was wearing a white and baby blue dress, she had a matching baby blue head band. Shadow walked right past them to the front door , but Thomas stopped him, "Tenshi, do you want some breakfast?" Shadow slowly turned around, he looked like he was in deep thought. Shadow looked at a spot right above Thomas's head, as if avoiding his gaze, "No, and, Dad, can you stop calling me that childish nick-name?" Thomas turned off the burner and kneeled down to Shadow, "But, I've been calling you that since you were given to me by Gerald, Tenshi." Shadow rolled his eyes and said under hs breath, "Dumass.." Thomas smaked him across the face, "How dare you call your father that! You know, I didn't have to bring you into my home, you could have been killed by G.U.N. looooong ago!!" Maria just sat and watched, she looked concerned and knew she would have to talk to Shadow after the fight was over.
"Oh, now we're back to the (mimicking Thomas by making circles around his eyes from his thumbs and and index finger to look like glasses, talking in a high, femenine voice) 'I didn't have to bring you into my home!' "
"Why don't you just leave then!!!?"
"Maybe I will!!"
"Fine!"
"FINE!!"
Shadow kicked off the ground and flew out through the door and slammed it shut. He went to the window in the escape pod room and watch the earth.
10:50 am October 15, 19#9
Thomas immediately felt bad for what he said and didn't want to shut Shadow out of his life, him and Maria were all he had left. Thomas relunctantly said, "Maria, your his best friend, go talk to him." Maria, without a second to waste, stood up and walked out the apartment.
11:03am October 15 19#9
Shadow was watching the earth, that room was were he would go to think. He looked down at the earth, it looked so peaceful and quiet, from space, the earth was beautiful, it looked like a painting with the clouds and the green all swirled into one, but someone interuppted his peace; Maria said, "Its beautiful isn't it? Sometimes, it makes me wonder what it is like down there. If it looks like that from here, what down you think it would be like down there?" She walked, so she stood beside Shadow. Shadow did not answer her, for she already knew the answer. Shadow said, "I always wanted to go down to earth, I want to get away from all of this, I want to have the space to be free..." Maria knew he was talking about Thomas, so she changed the subject.
"Shadow, what do you think its like there in earth?"
" (Not even listening to her) The professor said his lifes work was dedicated to all of those who live down there. He once told me that the reason for his existance was making people happy through the power of science..."
"Shadow--"
"Maria... I just don't know anything anymore. (He clenched his fist and looked out into space) I often wonder why I was created, what my purpose is for being here. Maybe if I go down there I will find the answers, maybe...." MariaMaria knew the answer but did not tell him, well, at least not just yet.