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On Broken Wings chapter 6

"Shadow..."

"Who's calling my name?"

"Shadow..."

"It's dark..."

"Shadow..."

"What? What are you trying to tell me?"

"I'm watching over you."

"Who are you?"

"St-... ...s-ee-"

"Huh? I can't understand you."

"D-'t ...-m-..ber"

"I don't understand."

"SHADOW!"

Shadow shot up from his laying position on his bed. Katana sat in front of him and looked at him curiously.

"Chao..." Katana said to the dark hedgehog.

"It was just a dream..." Shadow said to no one in particular. He started to recall yesterday's events from the walk home from the gardens to the present time. Not much had happened beside what had happened in the elevator. He remembered being tired after the got home so he had gone to sleep. But he couldn't shake the feeling that he was missing something.

Shadow got out of bed and picked up his newborn chao. He was about to pick up Katana when he hesitated. Something was different about him from the first time he met him. It might have been his size but there was something else that he couldn't put his finger on.

Pushing the thought aside, he picked up the chao and ventured the dark halls of the basement to climb the stairs that led to the ground level. He was about to go into the den when he heard a new voice. He quickly hid behind the wall near the doorframe.

The voice was female but defiantly not Cream or Amy. Interested, he listened to the conversation between the new voice, the fox, and the blue hedgehog.

"Soooo, did you miss me?" The woman's voice spoke.

"Miss you? You were gone?" This time it was the blue one that spoke.

"What are you doing here, Rouge?" The fox said.

"Ok. Ok. I'm looking for the emerald guardian. That and I heard Sonic's counterpart was back in town. So, where is he?"

"Sleeping again. Man, he sleeps a lot." Tails said.

"I don't think he'll recognize you but you can try. And who is this big guy?"

"That's Omega. And what do you mean 'I don't think he'll recognize you'?"

Shadow didn't stay to hear the rest. He hurried back to his room and shut the door quietly so no one knew he was up if they didn't already. The voice sounded familiar to him but why? Why couldn't he remember anything from before Big found him? What did she mean by "Sonic's counterpart"?

He looked down at the chao he held. His eyes widened with surprise when he realized what was different with his chao because right in front of his eyes it was happening. Katana slowly turned more grey than blue. He remembered what Cream had told him on their way home yesterday.

Flashback-

"Chaos reflect the ones that care for them. If you're good or happy; they turn lighter, if you're bad or depressed; they turn darker."

End Flashback-

'Am I bad? Maybe I'm depressed. Maybe it's the forgotten me...' Shadow was staring down at the chao in thought. When he noticed Katana staring back at him, he looked up and his eyes moved around the room.

He scanned the writing on the walls. The red letters that formed distant words that were out of reach. One thing stood out to him now. Something that he felt close to but made him feel unbearably sad. Yet he couldn't stop himself from walking closer and closer to where it was written. He was put down his chao and continued to move closer to the wall. Shadow traced the letters with one of his gloved fingers than whispered each one.

"M...A...R...I...A...Maria." After he said the name out loud he was overcome by a splitting headache and visions of crimson red; the same color as blood. He blindly leaned against the wall as a girl's voice entered his head.

"Shadow, stay asleep! Don't remember!"

"Shadow! Are you ok?" This voice, Shadow noted, was different from the voice seconds ago but he had heard this voice before, in the den. The visions subsided and he looked over to the person who was next to him from his position of leaning against the wall. It was a white bat that kneeled next to him with worried eyes.

"Who are you?" He asked. This made the bat wince for even though Sonic had warned her he probably wouldn't recognize her; it still seemed to sting.

"My name is Rouge the bat." She said. It was then when Shadow noticed someone else standing in the doorway. He was big and appeared to be a robot of some sort. Rouge noticed he was looking at him and quickly introduced her friend. "That's Omega. I found him in a lab." She left out the part about the lab belonging to Eggman because she didn't want to explain who Eggman was to Shadow.

Rouge helped Shadow up and decided not to ask what had happened. Sonic had told her about the lettering on the walls and it was a bit bizarre to her so she thought it best not to ask many questions. That, and she wasn't sure if she wanted to know.

Without his memory, the Shadow he was before was buried deep inside himself, asleep and only time would tell if he would awaken.

"How do you know me?" It seemed like a long pause before Rouge answered.

"I've met you before."

"You mean like Amy and the others?"

She nodded, "Yes, like that." She then noticed the chao next to him. "Who's this?"

Shadow looked over at his chao. Katana had turned a darker grey from the last time he looked at him. He closed his eyes halfway. "That's Katana. I found him in chao gardens." Shadow seemed more like a little kid now to Rouge than before but it might have been out of confusion like a kid discovering the world.

They both walked upstairs to the others. Sonic had said something about going to see if Knuckles wanted to come live with them and bring his emerald so he would still be guarding it. When they made it to Tail's workshop they saw Knuckles carrying the master emerald over his head. Apparently, he decided to take Sonic's offer. Everyone who lived in the house was now gathered in Tail's workshop.

"So, Rouge. Are you staying?" Sonic asked her.

"Huh? You actually want me to stay?" She blinked at everyone. "Omega too?"

"The more the merrier." Sonic gave her a thumbs up. She nodded in agreement. "It's a good thing we have extra rooms. One upstairs and one downstairs but what do we do with Omega?"

"I do not require a 'room'." He said.

"Just stick him in a closet." Rouge said.

"He can stay in my workshop if he wants." Tails suggested.

"Affirmative."

"Well now that that's settled, welcome home everyone." Amy and Cream greeted them.

To be continued-

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