Here we are again! Nothing really to say…stop looking at me like that…READ THE STORY ALREADY!
Disclaimer: I own little things, and Sonic the Hedgehog and co. aren't one of them.
"Wha?"
Lisa opened her eyes, then rubbed them and looked again.
"I'm not on the ARK? Wait a second, I remember now, that hedgehog named Sonic…"
As she looked around the room, the sun was shinning, birds were singing and kids were about to be run over in the streets, yep, a normal morning. The female looked down at her makeshift bed, her foot had seemed to look as well as it did before it twisted.
BEEP! BEEP! The clock near the plush couch rang as it struck noon.
I wonder if that Sonic boy is still here? Maybe I should leave, I don't want to be in his way or anything. He is a hero after all and I'm not helpless, defiantly not helpless. I can go out by myself. She thought.
Lisa slowly got to her feet and limped over to the master bedroom where she had seen Sonic disappear into the night before. The door quietly squeaked as it was pushed open and Lisa leaned her head inside. In there was an indigo hedgehog, trapped in a sheet and spread out all over the bed, snoring moderately loud.
She smiled and closed the door, heading back into the main room. On a table, there was a complimentary note pad and pen. The Girl wrote a quick note and placed it on the couch, where she was sure Sonic would see it and headed towards the window. On the way she took an apple from the complimentary fruit basket and stuck it in her mouth.
Lisa unlocked the window and opened it wide, then gingerly hopped onto the ledge. She looked down, not caring about the fact that people were gasping and pointing at her kneeling on the windowsill, just focused on calculating if she could survive the fall.
She then smiled with the apple in her mouth and jumped, after a few hoots from her, still having the fruit in her mouth, she cautiously landed on her feet in a crouch.
Around her, people were shocked about what just happened, most parents pulling their children tightly in their grasps. This new creature in front of the citizens of Station Square stood up and looked around, doing nothing to anybody, just examining her surroundings.
Then she started to slowly walk down the sidewalk, munching on the apple she had. Lisa was just minding her own business, until she bumped into the leader of one of the most dangerous gangs in Station Square.
"Hey Bitch! Watch where you're goin' will ya?!" He shouted turning to Lisa.
"I am truly sorry, I was too busy admiring my surroundings and eating my little snack here," she said pointing to the apple, "To notice you in my way."
"What's your problem bitch? Why you talkin' so funny?" the man asked with the rest of his crew coming over.
"I'm sorry, I haven't gotten out much and was trying to ask you nicely, but if you want this to get rough, I'm down with that." Lisa replied throwing away her apple core and standing with her fists in front of her.
"Aight Biatch! You're askin' for it! Get 'er boys!" The leader pointed at her as his crew ran with their fists ready.
Lisa smiled and stood up straight, hands at her sides, chuckling as the gang rushed toward her to beat the shit out of her.
"Why don't you run girly?! There's no way you can beat us!" a gang member called to her.
Still, she just stood there laughing to herself until she, disappeared?
"URGH!" All of the men fell to the ground clutching parts of their bodies and bleeding wounds, or knocked out on the ground, everyone in the gang, except the leader.
Then Lisa appeared again, crossed armed with an evil type smirk on her face. She started to walk towards the leader, and he turned and ran. He only got a few feet before Lisa "magically" materialized in front of him, knocking him to the ground as well.
She took the human by his neck and said, "Let this be a lesson to you. Do not get in my way! It would also be wise to warn others like yourself the same. For if it comes to it, I will kill anyone who keeps me from my goal, got that?"
The leader nodded and Lisa threw him to the ground. The people around her starred, and turned as they heard police sirens coming to the area. The hedgehog looked around and then turned around ran off in the blink of an eye.
"Ugh…what the…hell?"
Sonic stirred, waking up to the sound of police sirens outside of his hotel. He immediately sat up straight, for the sound was all too familiar to him and he walked over to the window. As he peered down into the street he saw police taking gang members under arrest.
Sonic chuckled to himself and said "Tisk, tisk, tisk." before walking into the main living room of his hotel room to bid a good morning to Lisa.
Though, when he arrived he almost screamed in finding the couch empty. He franticly looked around to see if she fell out of the bed or was in the small kitchen area, but the female was no where to be found.
Sonic started breathing hard. Where is she? Is Eggman after her again? Is she a hostage because I such a damn heavy sleeper?! Such thoughts were running through his head at the speed of light, but he soon grew dizzy and tripped over the couch, landing hard on the floor.
As he sat up, he leaned on his hands with a very annoyed look on his face, when suddenly a piece of paper floated onto his head. Sonic grabbed it and read:
Dear Sonic,
Sorry for leaving you so soon, but I didn't want to spoil your vacation, and I have business I must attend to. Anyway, Thanks for your help and I hope I see you again in the future.
Lisa the Hedgehog
P.S. Don't worry about that Dr. Eggman, I've been through worse and if I run into him, it's pay back time.
For many moments, Sonic just starred at the note, then he finally sighed, I was just beginning to like her to. Wait… He slapped himself, I mean it's a shame she's gone, uhh, I'll go see Tails today. Yea! I'll go visit Tails!
Sonic speedily ran out of the hotel and off to into the city, in the direction of the Mystic Ruins or Tails' Workshop and home to both Tails and Sonic. Unknown to Sonic, he was still clutching the note in his hand, and that he would see Lisa again, and in the near future.
Prison Island-GUN Base
"Muahahaha!!!" The Eggman laughed, shooting bombs everywhere and destroying the military base.
"Those fools! They think they can stop me from getting to my own family's research! I shall teach them to mess with the Robotnik legacy!" Dr. Eggman roared, gunning down guard robots.
The Doctor made his way to the elevator that would take him to the bottom floor, his main goal, in his Eggwalker. A few more guard robots were foolish enough to try and challenge him, but he shot out their circuits with ease.
When he reached the bottom a giant metal door blocked his path. Eggman marched his machine up to the door and over to a control panel.
"Enter user data…Ah…Enter Password…" He muttered reading off the computer screen, "The password is MA…RI…A. Maria!"
As the man typed in the password the door hissed as steam flew by and the metal wall folded away to reveal its insides.
Ivo marched his Eggwalker into the room, and over to a strange console and a lump of wires connecting to a bunch of different machines. For a second, the mad scientist sat in the middle of the room, admiring his grandfather's work from all those years ago.
Again, he walked to the computer and typed in the password "Maria", "Grr…Why did he love my cousin better?" he muttered to himself while working and entered the last piece, the Clear Chaos Emerald.
Finally, the machines all hissed as a compartment was opened, the doctor walked over to see what was his grandfather's latest and greatest creation.
He looked around seeing nothing and growing more impatient. It has to be here, the government couldn't have destroyed it, and besides they feared it! They would never have the guts!
Just then, a shadowy hedgehog figure loomed over Ivo, making him back up his Eggwalker in fear.
"Is that you Sonic? Trying to spoil my plans again?" Turning on a light he took a closer look. "Wait a second, you're not Sonic? This is impossible!"
Standing on top of the piles of machinery, a black hedgehog with red strips starred down at the doctor with interest. This hedgehog and his quills bent upward, golden rings around his wrists and ankles with white and red shoes with a tuff of white fur on his chest.
As Dr. Eggman starred, wide eyes with his mouth hanging open, the hedgehog spoke, "My name is Shadow, and since you were so kind to release me, my master, I will grant you one wish."
"A wish?" The human repeated.
All of a sudden, there was a huge explosion as a robot piloted by a GUN officer stomped into the room. The mecha swiveled around to face Eggman when Shadow stepped in its way.
The office inside was flabbergasted, until he cried into a radio, "This is Scorpion Troop's Hotshot! It has escaped! I repeat. The Ultimate Life Form has escaped! Calling for backup!"
Shadow just smirked as he ran toward the human. He jumped up in the air and landed straight on the cockpit of the mecha, smashing the window to pieces. Feeling generous that day, the ebony hedgehog grabbed the pilot by the collar and threw him to the ground. Then hit the self-destruct button and back flipped off of the machine landing gracefully in a crouch.
As the GUN machine exploded, Dr. Eggman clapped as he watched Shadow walk towards him, "What a beautiful display Shadow! It was spectacular! Though, now onto business, what did you mean when you said you'd grant me a wish?"
The hedgehog turned away, "Bring more Chaos Emeralds. I'll be waiting for you, on the Central Control Room on the Space Colony ARK." And with that, Shadow walked off, leaving the Doctor very confused.
Shadow POV (YEY ;P)
I heard the machines around me hissing, slowly opening up the door to my prison. I slowly opened my eyes, only to shut them because of them stinging, for they haven't been used for god-knows how long.
Outside, I heard muttering and more machines clinking and clattering, so I tried to open my eyes again. This time they didn't hurt so badly, so I tried moving my arms and legs. Success, they were only a little stiff, but worked fine.
I cautiously stepped out of the containment unit, and took a glance at my surroundings. Still the same machinery, but there was only a fat man sitting in a giant robotic walker in the room.
No GUN guards? Why is this suspicious? But when I took a closer look, I saw that this man resembled my creator, Professor Gerald Robotnik. Robotnik…That takes me back, back when we lived on the ARK. Things were simple back then, just Gerald, Maria, Me, and of course, Lisa. How could I forget about her? The first person I met of my kind, the species of hedgehogs, and my close friend. I wonder if she's alive?
The fat man yelling in anger about a "project" snapped me out of my thoughts; he must be talking about me. I leaped across the room silently and stood on the machinery above him, and the human man finally noticed me.
"Is that you Sonic? Trying to spoil my plans again? Wait a second, you're not Sonic? This is impossible!" he spoke stepping back in fear.
This man who seemed to be a descendent of my creator intrigued me, he appeared to have the intellectual genius Gerald had, and by breaking into the GUN base proved he wasn't working with them, but against them. This is what gave me an idea.
"My name is Shadow, and since you were so kind to release me my master, I will grant you one wish." I said, trying to be sarcastic about the wish part. Though I know I am in this human's debt.
"A wish?" The man repeated.
Just then, a GUN unit blasted a hole in the wall and emerged for the reason of capturing me again. The other human in the room backed up a bit, a safety measure I guess. Though, I just snickered and ran up to the creation. I was the Ultimate Life Form; I had nothing to be afraid of.
I easily landed on the mecha and shattered the glass protecting the human inside. For a brief second, I raised my fists to kill the pathetic creature when I heard two voices in my head.
Don't do it Shadow! He's just doing his job like everybody else! We never wanted you to be a killer! Said a female voice.
I agree, the Shadow I knew would rarely hurt somebody, let alone kill! A quieter feminine voice called.
Maria? Lisa? Is that you? Are you really here? I mentally cried back, but there was no answer. It was just a memory of what they were like, nothing more. Then again, a memory's more than nothing isn't it?
I looked at the scared human, cringing in fear and sobbing lightly. My hand reached out onto his shirt and tugged him up to my face, but then I threw him to the side. Right now, I will listen to their wishes, but I don't have to be happy about it.
I peered around the machine and saw a red button, I've seen in the old movies to NEVER TOUCH THE RED BUTTON! Though everyone always does, and luckily this one had a label underneath it saying, "Self-Destruct". I grinned and pressed it, and then I performed a back flip in mid air and landing next to the fat man.
I calmly walked toward the man, looking at his machine, the words Dr. Eggman were placed all over it with a poorly drawn picture of his face. Meanwhile, this "Dr. Eggman" was clapping, apparently very amused at my power.
"What a beautiful display Shadow! It was spectacular! Though, now onto business, what did you mean when you said you'd grant me a wish?" The doctor asked.
"Bring more Chaos Emeralds," I answered bluntly, 'I'll meet you on the Central Control Room on the Space Colony ARK."
After that, I walked away not caring about what that Eggman guy felt or why I told him to meet on the ARK. All that matters is that I'm out, and it's going to stay that way.
Outside GUN Base-Prison Island (End Shadow POV)
Shadow sat on the top of one of the buildings on the island, starring out into the sea. He was sitting with his knees pulled to his chest, and he sighed and pulled them closer.
It appears 50 years have passed, but where is everyone? Did Maria make it? Is Lisa with her? What happened to Gerald? He thought growing evermore worried and clueless.
Revenge!
Shadow jerked up, looking around. Who just said that? Why would I want revenge?
REVENGE!
Then all of a sudden, it all came back to him, like a dam breaking open.
Flashback (wOOt!)
Pant, pant, pant.
Three people were running down a metal hallway as red lights were flashing and an alarm was ringing in their ears.
"Come you guys, we're almost there!" cried the leader, who was a white hedgehog with blue strips, wearing a white lab coat. She was holding the hands of a human girl in a light blue dress and petty coat, who was gasping for breathe and stumbling. The human was holding onto another hedgehog, which was black with red strips, who was hovering a few inches off the ground while running, and helping the human maintain her balance.
"I can't run much longer! I can hardly breathe!" wheezed the human.
"Don't worry Maria, I won't let anything happen to you!" replied the black hedgehog.
Behind them, a squad of military soldiers were chasing them and some started to fire their guns, luckily most of them missed, if only slightly. The female hedgehog looked back, a laser was going straight towards Maria! She slowed down and ran right behind the human, taking the blow.
"AHH!" the white hedgehog screamed, tripping a fell down, slamming into the ground, hard.
Maria was jerked by the hedgehog's fall and whipped around. She then planted her feet in the ground to make the black hedgehog stop, and he did so before rushing back to the female's side. After a quick look at her body, he realized that the laser hit her square in the upper back. Both he and Maria grabber her hands and started to drag her along with them.
"No," she whispered, "It's my job to protect you two." After this she made her feet touch the ground and started to run, and while the other two were running and trying to hold her up, she just ran faster. Soon all that they heard from the soldiers were soft, muffled voices in the deep distance.
It appear like time had slowed down, when the white hedgehog was running that fast, but when she looked over at the black male, he was running just as fast as she. Next to them, Maria looked like she was a kite flying behind them, only keeping up because their hands were locked.
"Luna…" the hedgehog next to her whispered who was also looking at Maria.
Luna let go of the ebony hedgehog's hand and replaced it with Maria's, so in order from left to right it went, Luna, Maria and the black hedgehog.
After what seemed like an eternity to the hedgehogs and less than a second to Maria, they reached their destination, the Control Room. Lisa left go of their grasps and turn to lock the guards out of the room, while Maria went over to the computer to ready the escape pods.
After the doors were securely locked, Luna slowly made her way over to the others, and when she tripped, the male was there to help her back up. At this she smiled warmly, despite the situation. Her smile always warmed him up.
Their happiness was cut short when they heard the soldiers came banging on the large metal door, trying to force it open. The white hedgehog released herself out of the male's bind and ran over to the door, her back against it, trying to hold it shut.
"Maria! You and Shadow, get out of here now!" she cried, using all of her strength to keep the intruders out.
Shadow was scared, things were happening and he didn't know what to do. He was the Ultimate Life Form, yet he could to nothing to stop this. At the same time Maria was punching in codes and so forth into the computer, franticly trying to get the program to work.
The pounding on the door became more powerful, Lisa left out a groan, and Shadow looked over at her. Maria walked over to him and took his hand, leading him to the circle imprinted on the ground. Once he was standing on it Maria went back over to the control panel and a glass cylinder fell over Shadow, trapping him inside.
Then it happened.
There was a massive explosion, sending Lisa hurling into the wall, severely hurting her, but all she could do was watch what was going to happen next.
The soldiers ran into the room, firing laser every which way, bouncing off of the glass that held Shadow, but a stray one hit Maria.
Her scream haunted the room, the soldiers ceased their assault, Luna looked on in horror, and Shadow was screeching for her, to help her. Maria slowly got up, and limped over to the control panel again, clutching her stomach while blood seeped onto her hand.
Shadow called out to her once more and this time she responded while typing, "Shadow…do it for me. "
"Maria."
"For all the people on that planet…" she continued, "Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog." and she pressed the launch button.
That was the last he saw of her.
So, how you likey?!?! I'm sorry it took me so long to write this, I had a huge writer's block, not to mention school. Now though, I have a 5 day break, including the weekend, so I hope to maybe post another chapter. I'm also working on another fic, which I haven't posted yet, so that makes things a little slower, but thank you for reading! Please review! Reviews are like sugar! No flames!