This is a fan fic, based on the events of Master Hunter's work and Arorn's Darkness Within, which has inspired me to write my own little fic based after the events of Darkness Within. It will explore the past of a mysterious yet hyper character and answer the question: What if Gerald found a way to cheat death…

Disclaimer:

Team Sonic, Team Rose, Team Chaotix, The Dynamic Dynamites, all but one character from the Metal Miscreants one Character from the Hunters and Team Dark's characters, Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik, Prof. Gerald Robotnik, Maria Robotnik, and all other Sonic Characters are copyrighted to SEGA as is the titles Team Chaotix and Sonic Heroes

Joz the Bat (Master Hunter), Miles Prower (character not name), The Annemuir, The 3 Shadows, are copyrighted to Master Hunter as are the names The Ultimate Rouges, Rose Petals

Nite the wolf and Trance the wolf are copyrighted to myself, LoneWolf11

Streak the Hedgehog, Spike the Porcupine are copyrighted to Arorn as are the names the Dynamic Dynamites, the Hunters and the Metal Miscreants

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Sonic Adventure 5: Iron Genius

Prologue: Nite-mares

The laboratory was cold and dull, the metal floor and walls making it seem like a tomb more than a place of work. There were a few huge tubes of glass with metal connection at the top and bottom, tubes leading into this metal frame and control and screens with data read outs on the lower metal casing. The tubes were filled with a strange kind of liquid and two of them had figures floating inside.

"Failure!" Gerald's voice rung out through the cold room as one of the two giant test-tube began to open and the liquid inside spilled out along with the being that was floating in it.

The figure, a black humanoid Wolf lay on the cold floor shivering, its fur wet and matted as it slowly looked up at its creator, its red eyes dull from using them for the first time.

"Where…am I?"

Its voice was weak. Gerald looked at his failed attempt at creating a new ultimate life form and frowned.

"You are in my laboratory base. I am Professor Gerald Robotnik"

"Who…who am I?"

The scientist frowned and stepped over to his console, his back turned to the Wolf.

"You…are garbage…" with that he pressed a button on the console and the floor beneath the wolf dropped down like a door and with a weak cry of surprise it fell into the darkness below.

"Nothing but garbage…" the mad scientist looked over at the beginning of his true creation, his true ultimate life form "Isn't that right…Sonic the Hedgehog…"

Meanwhile the black wolf continued to fall further and further down the strange shadowy pit until it could see light at the bottom. It thought it was going to die, until something unknown deep down inside it told it what it needed to do.

It pulled its knees to its chest and rolled forward until it was spinning in a ball in the air as it dropped, then, just as it was about to hit the ground it uncurled and landed in a crouch on the ground.

It stood up straight and looked at its black-gloved hands in amazement, it possessed such skills. But it was still confused…

"Who am I? What am I? What is my purpose?"

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"Who am I…What am I…What is my purpose…" Nite mumbled the words in his sleep before slowly waking up and sitting up in his bed.

He had been having the same dream ever since the event against Streak, but whenever he awoke, he only ever remembered tiny details of it. But he remembered a little more now; he remembered Gerald's face.