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A lot of you left your reviews asked about dear Shadow. Hopefully you're confusion will end in this chapter since the character will sorta be revealed (Oooh!) But still remember, all Sonic related characters are owned by SEGA! Not by me! Here's chapter 2 titled…
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Something Irregular
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This shrine seemed to be built years ago. The tiled floor lost its color and the windows were covered with dust. There were only two chairs in the whole room. They were in front of a table, and as I walked towards it I noticed a sword was lying down on the table. I figured that people prayed to this sword or something…
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"So how does it feel to be back Shad?" Sonic asked. The rest of the gang went off for a bit. Amy went out for her usual shopping routine. Rouge had to go back to her HQ or else she would be fired. Knuckles went back to his duties of being guardian of the master emerald, and Tails went to go tinker with his toys. Sonic actually kept his patience to sit there and stay with Shadow, suppressing his need to run about with him.
"It feels great, almost like old times." Shadow still spoke with his professor like voice, but now it seemed to be a lighter voice. No hints of vengeance or destruction, those feelings were lifted from his heart.
"What did I miss during my long slumber?"
"Meh, nothing special," the hedgehog shot out under his breath. "The action's been pretty slow, with the old doctor gone there's really been nothing to do around here… Heh, you could say things have been pretty regular around these parts."
"Hahaha," the ebony hedgehog couldn't help laughing. "I bet you're bored out of your wits aren't you?"
"OOOH YES!" Sonic gritted through his teeth. Both hedgehogs started laughing, a good feeling came over both of them.
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"I should SERIOUSLY fire you for leaving me like that Miss Rouge," the man stood by the window, speaking in a serious tone. "Your friend, Shadow, how's he doing?"
The white bat sat there uncomfortably in her chair. After hearing the way her boss was speaking about Shadow yesterday, she didn't think he would care about him.
"He's fine sir, a few fractured bones and scratches but nothing serious." She spoke with her head down and her ears low, trying to avoid her boss' look if he were to turn around.
"I'm glad that you didn't just stay there and never come back Miss Rouge," still sounding serious. Rouge's ears perked up, she started to wonder if he was making her feel guilty on purpose.
"There's news out there Miss Rouge…" He turned around to face her. "There was a lifeform in that capsule, alive and everything."
Rouge rose her head, she knew in a sense that this was her fault.
"It's out of our hands now, it is a civilian. We touch it, we get sued."
"So what do you suppose we do?"
The man chuckled. "We wait, it does something, and we'll get it then. If it doesn't then life goes on, but it wasn't like that the last time now was it?"
The bat disregarded the question. "So how do we know if it does do something? Won't we get it mixed up with someone or something else?"
Then the man sat on his chair again and folded his legs. "Like I said, we wait. You on the other hand, have to look out for this lifeform before something dreadful happens."
Rouge got up to head for the door. The old man quickly said, "Remember Miss Rouge, patience is a virtue."
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Two emeralds, fused together somehow are embedded in this sword. Now I'm starting to hear something in the background. This sword would be great to ward off this creature. I try to pick it up, but it won't budge! How? It's just a sword! Is it fused with this table? I continue to pull and tug at it still won't move. I give one last pull with all my might. The sheathe falls off, I pull so hard my arms are bringing the sword closer to me. I hit the floor and feel a sharp pain on my face as I black out…
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Hours passed and Sonic was still with Shadow getting to leave. As he was headed out the door the same thought that had came to him the day before popped into his mind again.
"Shad…" Sonic said halfway through the room's door.
"Yes?"
"Can you forgive me?"
The other hedgehog chuckled. "For what?"
"Nothing… Forget it, just a joke." Sonic turned around and gave his famous grin. "See ya later," he gave a quick wave and left.
Sonic got home to his apartment, a place where he wouldn't be bombarded with fans, and found Knuckles sitting on his couch. He seemed to be a little disturbed.
"What's wrong Knux?" Sonic asked as he walked in.
"I sensed something irregular earlier, and it wasn't a good feeling." He grunted, showing that he was most definitely was pissed.
"Well, what was it?" Sonic sat across from him on the other couch.
"A vision came to me…"Knuckles folded his arms. "The eradius stone, a stone similar to the chaos emeralds, yet weaker, has awoken. According to legend, only a chosen warrior can awaken this stone in it's resting place, a sword."
"So what does this mean? Is it bad?"
"Oh yes," Knuckles said, "The legend also says that when the stone is awakened, the tides of war will awaken with it…"
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"Are you alright there kid?" an old voice asked me lying down on the floor. I slowly opened his eyes, but some cloth was over my left eye.
"Heh heh… Almost took your eye out there kiddo." The person removed the cloth from my eye. I opened my other eye but things were a bit blurry.
"Well at least you can still see with that eye kid. You can, can you?" The old person, an orange cat, threw the blood stained cloth in a bin.
"I can see fine," I said. I spoke as if I've known this language for a long time… Did I? I also felt like I knew where I was. Maybe not a pinpoint location, but the name Station Square keeps popping up into my head.
"Hmm… Well do you have a name kid?" The orange cat looked back at me and I couldn't think of anything… A name? Did I even have a name?
"I… Don't remember," I told the guy.
"Heh, I figured. This gal I know'll take care of ya. She helps people with cases like these until they remember who they are."
Maybe this woman will help me compared to this jolly, fat cat. He grabbed his phone and dialed in the woman's number.
"Hey Angie, it's me…. Yeah, I got a…a jackal here he's lost his memory… You won't believe how, he grabbed my sword right off the altar! Yeah… You'll send Ray? Alrighty then, you know where I am... Bye."
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The abandoned house was their home for years. The two animals stayed there away from society, they stayed there waiting. One of them a lizard with red-violet and yellow scales was modifying his mechanical arm for the fifth time. The other, his brother, was a wolf light gray wolf who always walks with his eyes half open. As the reptile continued to work on his arm, his brother walked into the room.
"You're still not done?" The wolf's cold voice was scary, but the reptile was used to it.
"It seems that I had made a miscalculation, give me time and I'll be done soon." The other brother sat down on the couch and thought to himself.
"Do you feel it?" He said, "It seems like our youngest brother is awake."
"Yes," the other brother replied while putting his tools down. "I've felt it all day… Brother Ray will get to him first… Don't you think?" As soon as the reptile brother finished his sentence, the wolf's half lidded eyes opened.
" It's that time of the day again?" the reptile laughed.
"Oh yes…" His brother hissed under his breath. He left the room and out of the house.
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A sky blue canine walked in through the door and the orange cat got up to greet him.
"Ray, my old friend! I'm so glad you came!" Ray gave a smile at the feline and looked back at me with his yellow eyes. For some reason, I think I could trust this guy."