The Maria Files

Author's note: You know what? I wonder why we don't know much about our brains. You know how people can tell by your brain waves whether you're psycho or not? How come no one knows what's REALLY going on? I'm possessed with finding out… Anyway, all my love to my reviewers…yes, that's right, I'm too lazy to put your names in…Darn my laziness… However, I still love you all, and I'm updating my lovely setting (finally) so you'll see your name there shortly! I'm afraid to have a long Bio, though… (cries)

File 7 Bright Smile

Entry 5 Alive


Shadow blinked. "Who are you again?" he asked.

The blue hedgehog gaped. "You don't remember?" He asked. He looked at Amy. "He doesn't remember?"

"No." Shadow crossed his arms. "Why?"

"…It's him!" Said another voice. There was a fox. He had two tails, long fur and was all brownish. "He's the one who landed from ARK on our island!"

"…Are you here to take Miserie?" Shadow asked. He looked over at Miserie, who had pulled herself into a standing position and was making her way over to Amy. Then he looked back at the fox. "…Well?"

The fox shook his head. "No. I want…" He paused, looking at Shadow. "I want to apologize, because…I know what you went through. I'm sorry. I should have stopped it."

Shadow looked at the fox questioningly.

"It's okay!" Miserie said. Both Sonic and the fox looked at her. Shadow looked too. Amy was helping her and Knuckles to get up and at least closer to the door. "It's okay because we made it through. That's all that matters, right?" She smiled and turned around to help Amy pull Knuckles to his feet.

"…You're right." The fox said. He smiled. "My name is Talon. I'm a Cadet on the Delta Flying Force on Freedom."

"I'm Miserie." She said. "Or did I tell you that? I'm from ARK, yes."

"…From Ark?" Sonic said.

Amy, Knuckles, and Miserie made their way to the door. Amy said, "Yeah, she's with Shadow."

"…With Shadow, huh." Sonic said. He sounded confused.

Shadow turned back to Sonic. "So what are you doing here?" He asked.

"…I came to save Knuckles. And Amy." Sonic said. "With Tails. What are you doing on Earth?"

Shadow shrugged.

Talon looked between both of them. "You two look so alike. Are you twins?"

"…No." Sonic said. He glanced at Shadow. "…Or maybe we are."

"Or maybe you could just leave it at no. The only thing alike about us is that we're hedgehogs." Shadow said. "And that's it."

"…but…" Sonic said, and Amy interrupted him.

"Where's Eggman?" She screamed.

"…What?" Shadow asked. He looked around at Amy, who was pointing at the cockpit.

"He's GONE! Like he wasn't here befo"

"I KNEW we shouldn't have trusted Eggman!" Knuckles pointed at her. "You didn't wanna believe me either!"

Shadow sighed. "Let's get outta here."

"We don't have room on the Tornado for everyone…" Talon said, softly.

"…I'm not coming with you." Shadow said.

"Whaddya mean, you're not coming with us!" Sonic asked. "Yeah, you are!"

"No, I'm not." Shadow said.

"Yeah, you are!" Sonic grinned. "Because we'll need your help, Shadow!"

Miserie said, "…If we don't get out of here soon, we'll be buried." She pointed at the controls. "It's rigged." She explained. "In a few seconds, we'll be three feet under."

"WHAT?" Amy screeched. "How do we stop it?"

"…That's a really good question." Miserie said. "But I don't think we can stop it." She murmured. "It looks like our Doctor was a phony."

"Whaddarewegonnadoooo?" Amy cried.

"…Chaos Control." Sonic grinned.