Nite's head was killing him, his mind was trying to remember but something was holding it back something was preventing him from unlocking the truths within the deep, dark recesses of his soul.
He tried to ignore the pain as he looked around the room; it was filled with scanning equipment, huge containers filled with strange liquids, computer consoles even several life support systems. But that wasn't what bothered him, what bothered the wolf was the fact that his scent was so strong in one of the containers.
"YARRRGGGHHHHH!" he yelled in pain as it once again took over and closed his eyes tightly shut.
"Is this…is this…where I was born!"
OOO
"What is this?" Gerald demanded from no one in particular. He just yelled in frustration at the readings he was getting from the "experiment".
"Chaos manipulation: positive. Super form: possible. Speed: Sonic class…but its power! Its power is pathetic…not to mention that it won't accept my programming!"
He turned and glared at the creature floating in the huge glass test-tube like container. A humanoid wolf with black fur, along with black gloves and boots all with red straps, it also wore a small black leather coat.
His glare looked at the creature in disgust, his first and only ever failed experiment. A blemish on a perfect record. He tapped the subject release button on his console.
"Failure!" Gerald's voice rung out through the cold room as the giant test-tube began to open and the liquid inside spilled out along with the being that was floating in it.
The wolf lay shivering on the cold floor, 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…"
His eyes filled with love that only a father could have as he gazed at the slumbering, floating form of his greatest creation, his greatest achievement. The true Ultimate Life Form. A being rivalled by no other, one that would rid him of those damn Shadows.
"Yes…Miles, Joz, Shadow! It will be time to meet your maker soon!"
With that his insane laughter filled the room.
OOOMeanwhile 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. Unscathed.
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?"
Then something in its mind clicked, its brain filling with information that it didn't know that it possessed. And something else, an overwhelming hatred for the one that had disposed of it with no remorse.
It glared up the pit it had fallen down as the metal doors closed.
"I am Nite the Wolf…a by-product of the Shadow Project, a by-product of…Sonic the Hedgehog…Gerald Robotnik…I will make you pay for disposing of me without a second thought…you will die by my hand!"
OOO
Nite's head suddenly stopped hurting, but he stayed crouching down on the ground his eyes wide in amazement. Was that why he was created, was he little more than an accident, one of Gerald's failed experiments…he shook the thoughts from his mind. If he truly was then he was an Ultimate Life Form…like Shadow…like Sonic…part of his mind growled at the thought of the blue hedgehog but he quickly silenced it. Sonic was a hero, not his enemy.
Just then he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"Hey mate! We've been lookin' all over for ya!"
He turned and smiled as he saw his two closest friends running down the hallway towards him. Nack and Spike, once his fellow Hunters. But what where they doing here?
"Huh? What are you guys doing here?"
They stopped in front of him and smiled. Nack was the one to speak.
"Well you know that Sheila…"
"Amy…" Spike corrected.
"Yeah her, well she said you was acting weird and were headin' out here…"
"We thought you might need our help but from the look of those bots back there and the remains of Pluto, it seems we were mistaken"
Just then, for no reason what so ever the wolf grabbed both his friends in a crushing hug.
"You guys are the best!"
"AIR!" the two gasped, Nite quickly let go of them and smiled sheepishly.
"Hehehe sorry about that"
Nack rubbed his back "I want to believe that mate…"
Just then the door behind them slammed shut and several other hidden doors in the ceiling burst open. An endless swarm of gunner drones pilling out and taking aim at the group.
"Looks like we got company!" yelled Spike, keeping his cool.
"Blast em Nite!" yelled the not so cool-headed Nack.
"I can't…something in here is blocking my weapons!"
"Then we're screwed!"
With that the army of drones flew at the three Hunters, firing everything they had as they charged. The three didn't know what to do; they were trapped, outnumbered and well pretty much screwed.
So they charged back, they would fight with their bare hands if they had to. They punched, kicked, smashed and homing attacked endless numbers of drones, they had to have destroyed no less than one hundred of them.
"Its no use…there's too many" Spike's cool calm façade was quickly dwindling away. Just then the porcupine noticed one of the drones taking aim from behind Nite "Nite! Look out!"
With that he threw himself between the robot and Nite, using himself as a living shield as the machine fired its energy type blast catching him in the hip. He yelped slightly in pain before collapsing to the floor, still alive but now very much unable to run. The robot that had shot him was quickly destroyed by a rather peeved Nack.
"YOU DAMN DIRTY MACHINE! YOU HURT MY MATE! DIE! DIE! DIE!"
"Spike…" Nite's voice was weak at seeing his best friend sacrifice his own well being for his. And it would all be in vain they would die here…
"Unless…" Nite had an idea. He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out the Red Chaos Emerald. The drones were closing in and the Hunters were now grouped close together.
If I really am an Ultimate Life Form then…He concentrated as hard as he could, searching for the skills in his new memories, he even closed his eyes to do so, and there it was! He hoped: "Chaos…"
His friends looked at him wide eyed as they were covered in a green aura then.
"CONTROL!"
With that the three fighters disappeared, leaving the robots to ponder over what happened.
"NOT POSSIBLE" "DOES NOT COMPUTE" "ILLOGICAL"