Chapter 10: Dreaming

Sonic woke with a start at four in the morning from his dream. It started so peaceful, he had seem the girl, which he found her name was Sarah (at least he hopes), sitting sadly at the end of pool, a waterfall striking the clear surface of the water. She held the cool liquid in her hands as it dripped back down to the body. A small purple flower floated silently to the middle, smearing the paint of its pedals across the top. She was wrapped in bandages, though, wherever she had markings on her body. She had just been 'coded', tattooed in the rank of her people. It then traded over to Knuckles' home on Angel Island, hedgehog warriors laying about everyone on the cut green grass. He looked, horrified, up at his precious jewel, a red hedgehog with the same strange colorings, only orange, as Sarah rested his elbow on the corner of the green gem. He gave an angry sneer, a weird combination, but her had other intensions for the red echidna below him.

Sonic wanted to know just why his dreams were so clear. Why could he see the reflection of Sarah in the water, or the sweat fall from Knuckles face?

"Maybe…"

Shadow and Kyra sat in the position they were in for seconds, half a minute, a minute. She finally turned away, closing her eyes in doing so. His own red eyes then went back to the task of gently guiding his hands to the latch door. But he moved his body first, his hand running into the door, and echoing into the room where soldiers were called to. All of their attention went to the source as they spotted his unmistakable white gloves and air shoes in the darkness.

"Get him!" One of the men shouted as they all led themselves forward.

"Run!" Kyra practically shoved Shadow halfway down the hall, still blushing from touching his fur since she didn't wear gloves. He was face down in the metal now, the shock of being so furiously pushed still ran through him as the soldiers below shot at the metal tunnels leading throughout the building.

"Move it!" She was on her hands and knees, frantic to get out.

"No problem." He brought out his rescued chaos emerald and performed the traditional chaos control, grabbing her arm in time so they could travel fast together. They were out in the nighttime world within minutes, Shadow only slightly panting from the wine ding paths and sharp turns in order to get out of the research lab. Kyra was still out of breath from the sudden rush of power and speed. But just like that, Shadow was on his feet again; right about to jump off the side of the building.

"Where are you going?" Kyra quickly asked.

"Back to what I was doing before." His voice was stern, deep like it used to be.

"You mean beating up humans?"

"No, back to recovering my past." Kyra heard those words, and her eyes thinned. Shadow took one look back, his way of saying goodbye, and jumped, curling into his ball as he fell, and landing just so silently on his feet. He started to walk away, but heard the quiet sound of landing behind him as Kyra stood there again, always behind him. He sighed, figuring she would leave closer to town, and continued on his way.

Sonic was at the refrigerator, his one favorite spot, searching for a treat to fill his stomach. It was still dark, the city lights just starting to appear through the arrangement of windows that made one side of the living room. He picked out a soda and sat down to watch all of the crummy shows that are on in the early morning, not daring to go back to sleep. He sat there, letting the television run, but his attention was on a building across the street. One window was lit, one room was bright, and one animal was up. It was a hedgehog…it was Sarah. Sonic watched in amazement at the fact that he could even see her from where he was, but the fact that she pulled out an outfit…like the one in his dream.
Knuckles sat in the icy moutains of the Island of Angels as he watched his land like a mother watches her child. He could feel a strange disorder in his peaceful vibe that traveled through the trees and the wilderness, alerting him that trouble would soon stare him in the face.
Sorry this chapter took so long to be put on...I was away all weekend...yah well this is a weird chapter to me, but i absolutely love the picture i drew of Sonic's dream, which took me 3 hours to do the first scene and 4 hours to do the second since its on twelve by eighteen paper...thats really big. So enjoy and i'll try my hardest to get more chapters on.