Disclaimer: I STILL don't own Sonic Team, Sega, or Shadow the Hedgehog
(A/N):) Oooooooo... smiley face... regains sanity, but did I have any to begin with?... Here's the next chapter in this 11 (I think) part series. Before I forget, I wanna thank slspotlighter for helping with the title. Ok, this chapter is really short and it mainly focuses on Dusk. Sorry 'bout that. So, here it is in all it's glory.
Pink Emerald816: Wow... someone actually likes Dusk. Kewl! Yeah, I didn't use exact quotes from the game because I was tryin' to go for a mix of the SA2B version and the Sonic X version... which is why it probably sucks a little (A LOT). I just gave them my own dialouge 'cause of having a new character, its my own version, etc. I am in control. MUAHAHAHA!
BBfan4evah: YAY! Thank you, Hannah! These chapters will defienetely get better after this second chapter, so if you liked the first one you'll LOVE the upcoming ones.
Dusk stayed quiet in her own pod. She couldn't believe what she had just witnessed. "I wonder how Shadow's doing," she thought to herself after awhile, "He's probably really upset. He and Maria were such good friends." Meanwhile, in Shadow's pod, he was still sitting on the floor, thinking about all that had just happened. After a long time, he got up and looked out towards the stars and Earth. The stars and Earth he and Maria had looked at a million times before for hours. The Earth he and Maria had vowed they would see together someday.
"Maria," the black hedgehog said quietly at first, building up the volume as he went along, "I promise you, I will avenge you someway or another. These people will pay for what they did! This whole world will pay! I'll…I'll destroy their world! They took away the one thing that was important to me, I'll do the same! You will see! They will all see!" He couldn't believe what he was saying. He had been created to help this world, not destroy it. But that was behind him now. They had taken away Maria, his only friend; the one thing that mattered. He would do the same. The two pods went on; alone in space, nearing closer to Earth.
"It's so beautiful," said Dusk to herself. Several minutes passed before she realized she didn't know where she was. The hedgehog looked out to see if Shadow's pod was still outside. It was gone.
"W-Where is he?" Dusk said frantically, looking around outside, "This place doesn't look familiar." Suddenly, she looked to the side of her; she was headed right towards a black hole. Dusk began to panic, as a girl of her age normally would if they were about to be sucked into a black hole. "Wait," she said, "Professor Gerald said Shadow had some control of Chaos or something like that. Maybe I might, too." She stood up. "Um… uh… Chaos Control!" she yelled. Nothing happened. "C'mon, work!" Dusk said as she drew nearer to the black hole. "I have to keep trying," she said frantically, "Shadow wouldn't give up." She closed her eyes and concentrated hard on what she wanted to do. "CHAOS CONTROL NOW!" she yelled. She felt a wave of energy go through her. It was only when she felt she was on land that she opened her eyes.
Dusk exited her pod and observed her surroundings. It was cold and smelled of pollution. "Where is everyone?" Dusk asked herself. She started looking around for someone; anyone. "Shadow!" she yelled, "Where are you?" After awhile, Dusk realized the truth: no one was here… wherever here was. It had started to rain and the young hedgehog was shivering with cold.
"I'll never survive this if I don't find shelter soon," she thought to herself. She suddenly noticed a shack and ran in immediately. Dusk discovered it was even more freezing in there. Nonetheless, she managed to find a ratty, old blanket to keep her warm as she slept in the strange new world she was in. It was only when she heard the sound of footsteps that she woke up. Suddenly, Dusk saw a shadow coming up behind her. She turned and saw a large person standing a few yards away from her.
"Well, well," the shadow said as it walked closer to the gold hedgehog, "It looks like I found myself a subject for my new experiment." Suddenly, Dusk felt dizzy as she felt a sharp pain in her neck, as if something had been injected in her. She started to feel heavier and heavier...
Ooooo... cliffhanger... awkward silence... um... ok, so sorry again about this being more about Dusk than Shadow when it clearly states that this story is about SHADOW and not some random hedgehog I made up. And sorry about how short the chapter was. But, anway, our goodfriend Smiley (here he is :)) would like to remind you to please review and tell the world if you thought this was crap or the best thing since pie. I promise, this WILL get better later on in the third chapter... which I still have yet to write...