That part with Sky is kind of a reminder of what first happened when I met Sky. I thought he was a girl! Sega owns the Sonic crew. I own Justin and Nathan, Celestialthehedgird owns Celestial and the name Sky belongs to Sky the hedgehog. Sorry for using you Silhouette without proper permission but I couldn't think of anyone that could be closer to Celestial!
Station Square
Tails was walking home after the earlier incident, something in his head knew this was going to cause trouble. A large gust of wind threw him off his feet and some trash also flew by. "What in the-" He looked up in the sky at what looked like a ball of wind, leaves and other debris was caught in it. Tails quickly flew off towards his workshop.
Sonic watched as the sphere flew off faster then a plane. As soon as it was gone, the wind stopped and some fog settled in. He could hear the familiar sound of the tornado; he turned to the edge of the building and watched as the plane was coming up fast. He jumped and landed safely on the wing. "Hey Tails!" He shouted over the engine.
"Hey Sonic, Did you see where it went?" Sonic nodded and pointed and the tornado flew off at full speed.
Amy was down below on the streets when the tornado flew above her. "Oh... They're leaving me behind again." She sighed quite loudly as she just continued walking. "One day we'll be together Sonic, just you wait."
Island
"Are you sure there are no wild animals here... What if they're hiding and just waiting for me to go to sleep, so they can eat me..." Sky rolled his eyes and grabbed the girl by the shoulder and made her look at him.
"There is nothing here but us, okay?" He let go and walked along with the other. "Anyway, if there are any animals here, other than us... Then they will be a great meal." He smirked while she just gagged at the thought.
"That's just gross!" She ran around Sky, as if avoiding him and walked beside Shadow instead. "What are we going to do?" Shadow stopped, as did the others.
"Well, we set up a shelter and live there I guess." He looked around the small clearing they had made it to. "I think this spot will do." A flash of lightning struck the land several times, making a flat black surface. Strong wind blew about, hauling trees from the ground and tearing them into logs. Golden spears flew through the winds and struck the logs, flattening the ends.
Nathan and Justin just stared in awe as the three worked together and made a cabin. Not the best quality but they were not picky. After successfully building their shelter, they gathered leaves and sticks they could use inside.
Rocks covered the floor of the cabin and mud while the beds were made of flattened leaves and logs. "Well can't say it's worse then where we were before." Nathan murmured and happily fell down onto a bed.
Shadows ears moved a little. "What's that?" A sound resembling a chainsaw screamed through the air.
"Sounds like we have company." Sky muttered and went outside, the others soon followed.
When they came to the outside, Sonic was standing in the middle of the clearing with Tails by his side. "Hey Shadow, so this is where you went."
Nathan ran up to the blue hedgehog, almost tripping along the way. "Amazing! You look just like Shadow!" Sonic backed away slightly as Nathan advanced. "Well except the colour and other things... Never mind..." He ran back to the others. "He's just a normal hedgehog, nothing compared to Shadow here."
"You'd probably be able to tell better if you still had your glasses..." Justin mumbled. "Or your contacts...Whatever you used to use."
"I can see perfectly fine thank you!" Nathan pouted and crossed his arms. Another sound that resembled the plane echoed around the forest. A large black helicopter with GUN imprinted on the side landed on the empty side of the clearing and a grey wolf walked out with Rouge and Omega.
The wolf was wearing a uniform that clearly had the same crest. "Hi!" The four escapees stood in fighting stance, some looking more intent on killing him than others. "I'm not here to fight! Or get you back for that matter... I'm just here to chat." He waved his arms in an attempt to live the next few hours.
Rouge just walked over to the group. "Hey..." She looked at Sonic in an almost evil way. "Didn't I tell you to butt out." Sonic shrugged and leaned against the tornado. "Anyway, Shadow... There was a rebellion run by Mascara in GUN, it's not really safe there any more... So Cress here has grabbed some supplies for you guys to live on..."
"Wait... Won't most of this has to be signed off to come here..." Nathan was already digging through some boxes of preserved food and other supplies.
"No problem... You know the mess you guys made..." Sky just walked back into the house and ignored them. "Apparently, we can get away with saying this stuff got destroyed in the process..."
Nathan passed a box to Justin and quickly grabbed another one to look through. "Books! We get books! I love books!"
The female hedgird just slouched and looked bored. "You know maybe all of you should go before the storm starts up." She said loudly enough for all to hear. Nathan and Justin quickly emptied the helicopter and stayed inside, since they already knew what she meant. Lightning struck the ground only a few feet from the helicopter; another struck in front of Sonic and Tails. Which made Tails jump and quickly grab onto Sonic.
Cress stared in awe, loosened his collar a little and then looked at his watch. "Oh wow, look at the time. Rouge don't you think we should leave." He hinted the last words with extra enthusiasm. Cress and Rouge grabbed Omega and dragged him into the helicopter and they flew off.
Tails hopped into the Tornado and Sonic jumped onto the back. "Just don't cause too much trouble, okay?" Sonic commented before they also flew away.
When it seemed they would get no more visitors then Shadow walked back inside, the girl followed.
Shadow and the hedgird just stared in bewilderment when they entered and saw Justin, Nathan and Sky digging through the boxes like children on Christmas day. Shadow slapped his face and shut his eyes. "Hey, I want some too!" The girl ran forward and joined them. Pulling and throwing things about like a wind passing through a yard of leaves.
Shadow walked up to a box of books and picked one out and then sat down and began to read. About half way through the book and Shadow was already lying on the floor sound asleep.
Morning
"Shadow." Something tapped the end of his nose; he rolled over and groaned quietly. A few snickers and giggles made the dark hedgehogs ears twitch, something furry was forced in his arms. A blanket was covering most of his body; it was soft, fuzzy and very warm. A flash of light that could be seen even with his eyes closed brought him to reality.
"What?" Shadow sat up and heard a lot of tumbling and other things getting knocked over. He looked at the teddy bear in his arms and the pink blanket covering him. His eyes narrowed to slits as he threw off the childish objects.
Sky was sitting and leaning against the wall while reading a book. "Don't look at me, I had nothing to do with it." He licked a feather and turned a page. "They decided it would be fun to make a photo album...and so far they had lots of embarrassing photos of everyone..." He closed the book, stood up and pointed to a large pile of junk. "Except you." He walked outside to leave the others for the taking.
Shadow glared at the pile, already knowing they were inside. He walked over to the large mound and was about to reach in and grab one of them but something already jumped out and landed precisely on top of him, knocking him down. "Hey Shadow guess what?" Shadow looked at the girl sitting on his stomach. "I found the name for me!" The hedgird bounced up and down continuously while holding some books and a camera. "I read this book and it had this really cool stuff happening! It had to do with the sky and lightning and flying and all sorts of things..." Shadow grabbed her by her shoulders and hauled her back so he could stand up.
"And?" She shoved the book in his face and then pulled out a small square piece of plastic.
"I want my name to be Celestial!" She grabbed the book from his hands and showed him the plastic strip. "Shadow, pink is really your colour. Don't you think?" Shadow went to grab it but a different hand grabbed it first. "Aw! Sky give that back!" The bird just smiled and hid it behind his back.
"If you pick the right hand... You get to keep it." The picture of Shadow sleeping with childish items was obviously getting switched between the feathered hands. Shadow rolled his eyes and just walked away.
He walked over to a fold out seat and sat on it with a tired look. "If she wants it, fine. Not like anyone else will see it... Nathan, Justin are you coming out of there yet?"
"Not yet..." Came Justin's muffled reply. Sky reluctantly handed the photo to Celestial, she looked rather pleased and ran over to the pile and jumped in.
Sky and Shadow just stared at the pile in wonder. "I'm curious to think we may be missing something..." Shadow nodded but just yawned and curled up.
Celestial's head poked out from the pile and looked at Sky. "Oh you're curious are you?" She quickly ran out, grabbed him and dragged him into the pile...despite him not wanting to.
Later
Shadow awoke to the sound of rain and water dripping on his leg. "Hey... Shadow..." The soft voice of Nathan reached his ears. His eyes opened and other than some candles lighting small areas of the cabin. Nathan was looking at him straight in the eyes.
"What now?" Shadow muttered and rubbed his eyes.
"Well..." Nathan scratched his head. "We were messing around a lot and then Celestial was saying something that didn't make sense... So we asked her what she was talking about and she said about her imaginary friend... Silhouette." Nathan coughed and looked at the Sky and Justin, who were sitting on the junk.
"You didn't tease her, did you?" Shadow stood up and looked about the one room, she was no where in site.
Nathan shook his head. "It kind of blurted out... I said that there was one person I could remember with a imaginary friend by that name..." He sat on the floor and put the candle down. "Shadow... Before you were created... The imaginary friend belonged to Maria...before she met you." Shadows eyes widened and he looked at the other, hoping this was some kind of joke.
"It's true..." Sky muttered. "I remember her telling me about her...when she was human... She was also locked down in that base before a year was over..."
"But I saw her..." Shadow murmured, not believing what he was hearing to be true. "I saw her die... She couldn't of..." He shook his head. "Where did she go?" They all looked surprised at Shadows turn of attitude. Nathan pointed out the door, as did the others. Shadow didn't wait for a proper reply, he ran out the door.
Nathan looked at Sky and Justin. "Do you think it's really her?" Sky's head dropped and Justin just shrugged. "I guess he'll find out..."
Outside
Shadow ran into the rain, looking around desperately for any sign of her. A crash of lightning cracked the sky in two and struck somewhere in the trees. He ran off towards the lightning, trying to put everything together in his head.
He could see a tree fall and then crash onto the ground. Shadow's ear perked as he heard whimpering, not too far away, he could see Celestials feet... She was sitting at the tree. "Celestial..." He heard her gasp and saw her grip her legs tighter.
"What do you want..." She muttered quite angrily.
Shadow walked over beside her and sat down on the wet yet soft grass. "Are you okay?" He grabbed her shoulder and squeezed it a little.
"Who am I Shadow...who am I?" She shuddered from the icy winds and instinctively wrapped her arms around Shadows shoulders, giving in to his support.
"It's going to be okay..." He whispered soothingly, tears threatening his eyes.
"Shadow..." Celestials grip tightened. "Who is Maria..."
Cabin
Sky was under a pile of blankets and seemed quite content, despite the odd drip or two that hit the ground near him. Nathan was happily curled up and asleep in one of Justin's large arms. Having no luck at sleep, Justin was leaning against a wall with a few blankets and pillows piled on, or around him.
A loud crash of lighting followed by a giggle and a crunch of leaves seemed to be coming from just outside. "Shadow?" Justin asked the empty air. As if on cue, two creatures came through the door...both soaked and dripping from the rain. "Celestial... You're okay, welcome back." Justin whispered so the others would not wake.
"Yeah, sorry about that..." Celestial yawned loudly and walked near Justin, she looked at the pile of blankets and other stuff around him and raised a questioning brow. "And where are we meant to sleep?" Justin's eyes followed her path and just shrugged.
"I've got a spare arm..."
Finally... I think there will be one more chapter and then that will be it... YAY! People walk away and only a few people actually read it. All right! I lost readers! Score!