On Broken Wings chapter 7
"How did I get here?" Shadow asked even though no one was around. Somehow, he was standing on top of water as if it was solid but it was not. Every now and then he'd see ghost-like figures dance before his eyes. The scenery shifted from the water he stood on, to what looked like a battle scene than back to the water. It was like an old tape that no longer worked properly or like a glitch in a game.
"Broken?" He thought out loud yet he was not sure why. The images began to turn more frequent until completely taking over his sight. Still, the picture wasn't completely clear; it was hard to make out some of it and lacked much detail. The ones who he saw were more or less familiar which consisted of mostly his housemates. Some remained unrecognized.
They seemed to be fighting against a strange man with a long mustache. He was able to hear something the one he recognized to be Sonic said but it was warped, "Your finished Eggman!"
"Eggman?" Shadow repeated.
"Shadow, are you gunna sleep the whole day away?" The scene completely changed to the familiar outside of the workshop where he lived. 'A dream?' He thought while now slightly confused.
In front of him stood Amy. Shadow blinked several times contemplating whether he wanted to ask Amy who Eggman was or not, if he even existed. Shadow decided on not asking though, he wanted to dwell on the thought for a little longer. 'Was it a memory?' He wondered to himself.
"It's about to rain, Shadow." She said while pointing up to the cloudy sky. "Come inside." And with that she headed back home swiftly.
It had been a week since the arrival of Rouge, Omega and Knuckles. He looked up at the sky. Nothing much had happened; no events, no memories, no dreams until just a few minutes ago when he did have a dream.
"Shadow! Come on!" Amy yelled to him while standing in the doorway. Katana slept while sitting up next to him. He picked him up and hurried inside while it began to rain lightly.
Everyone had gathered in the den when Shadow entered. The light rain began to pour and lightning now lit the sky while roaring thunder followed. Shadow walked over to the window and looked out at the storm then around the room. Sonic was sleeping, Tails was working on some machine he had, Cream was playing with Cheese, Rouge was teaching Amy how to gamble while Knuckles looked on, and Omega had gone into stand-by mode.
The dark hedgehog looked out the window once again. He watched the raindrops fall from the sky then splatter on impact with the ground. Amongst the grey scenery, he saw something that stood out from all else; a yellow bird. He stared at it for several seconds and in these seconds the lights flickered like fire before ultimately going out.
"A power outage!" Cream screamed with horror.
"I love the dark!" Rouge said happily. With each lightning strike, darkness appeared on the walls. Amy, Rouge and Knuckles heard the front door open; Tails was too distracted to notice and Sonic was asleep, not to mention, Omega who was still on stand-by. Cream and Cheese were still freaking out about the lightning and thunder. They were now trying to hide under the protection of a blanket they had found under the couch.
Knuckles and Rouge went to see what happened at the door and it was then when Amy noticed that Shadow was no longer standing by the window. Amy ran to Rouge and Knuckles at the front door.
"Where's Shadow?" She yelled in worry. They all looked out the door to the mud in front of it. There, they saw footprints of boots that could only belong to the black and red hedgehog, Shadow.
Without thinking much, they rushed out into the storm to find their dark friend.
Somewhere in the forest-
Shadow stared up at the bird where it sat perched on a tree. They were all soaking wet and the trees, from where they stood, gave little shelter.
"I've met you before...haven't I?" Shadow asked the bird as he looked up at it. A girl's voice from before shot through his head again.
"Shadow!" The dark hedgehog stared on at the bird as it soon began to flutter down. It couldn't fly properly due to its' wings being wet. At the same time, Katana used his small wings to fly upward toward the bird causing them to meet in the middle. Flashes of light covered the site but soon faded to reveal a chao with yellow wings.
Katana floated back to be caught by Shadow who was shocked by what happened. He wondered, who was the girl he kept hearing?
Somewhere else in the forest-
"Shadow!"
"Shaaaaadow!" Rouge and Knuckles called. Rouge had insisted that Amy go back to the house. She had convinced her by saying that someone needed to wait for Shadow there incase he returned home. That, and she was sure Cream and Cheese needed a little comfort from their scare.
They continued to call out his name but found nothing for the longest time.
Wherever Shadow is-
He began to hear the voice again as he looked at Katana who he held.
"I look over you from within
A place you cannot see
Within one there is another
And together will shall be."
"Who?" was Shadow's only thought.
"Shadow!" Someone yelled his name so he turned around. He smiled.
"Rouge, Knuckles, what are you-" Rouge interrupted him.
"What the hell are you doing running off like that?" She yelled at him he just stared back in surprise, frowned than answered:
"I-I dunno..."
"Well at any rate, lets get back to the workshop." She said while calming down now. They all walked as if nothing had happened except that it was silent.
In the trees, looking down, unknown to them was a purple chameleon. He didn't know what he had just stumbled upon but it intrigued him. 'What was that?' He thought as he watched them leave. All that remained of them within a few minutes, was their footprints in the mud.
To be continued-
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