-Sonic-
As soon as Shadow's recovered, we can go after the last two Emeralds. Tails says Robotnik has them both in the same place, so all we have to do is go get them! Meanwhile, though, we have to wait, and I've never been that good at waiting. It's even worse than normal, 'cause I can't so much as go blow some of those robots up! And...
There!
I haven't told anyone what I've been seeing. Not Amy, not Shadow, not even Tails. But ever since I woke up and Tails told me how long I'd been out for, things have been happening. I usually leave my past behind me, but now it won't leave me alone!
"Metal..." I say, breaking the silence of the empty room. Talking to myself, to a ghost long dead that's haunting me again. Superimposed across Shadow's face, red eyes a near-perfect match, standing silently and watching, flying alongside as I run... fragments of images, appearing for an instant and gone again as though they never were. Here, alone, I ask myself what's happening to me...
Maybe I should tell Tails. I don't know what good it would do, though. He'd probably think I was going crazy, and I need everyone to listen to me. I don't like admitting it... but I'm not sure I can do this on my own. I need them, and I need them to trust me.
What if they shouldn't?
I stand up and shake my head. This is silly! I don't normally think like this! I just need to get out of here, that's all it is; I've been sitting around way too long! I'm going to go check on Shadow. I can't keep just sitting around like this!
Crossing to the door, I open it, seeing my own distorted reflection in its glass panels. On the other side, it almost looks as if someone's standing there, looking at me, my green eyes over –
"Leave me alone!"
I've had enough of this! Slamming the door shut behind me, hard enough that I hear the glass shake in its frame, I race off. I don't know where I'm going, and I don't care, either! I pass Chess as I run, already moving fast enough that I only just glimpse the surprised expression on her face. Racing out of the building with the wind trailing in my wake, I don't know or care where I'm going, what will happen... because I'm free...
I don't know how long I run for. It could be minutes, it could be hours. I lose myself in the rush of the wind, and when I eventually stop, worn out, I have no idea where I am. For the moment, though, it doesn't matter. I sink to a sit against a metal wall and close my eyes. When I open them and look left at the wall, all I see is my own dulled reflection. At last! Heh, I knew all I needed to do was get out and do something!
Wait... what? What's that?
Standing up again, I walk cautiously to the end of this narrow alley between one of Egghead's buildings and an old ruin. What's out there?
What the- hey!
Eheheh... man, has this been a long time in coming. Blame Writer's Block, busyness, and sheer laziness. Sorry, everyone!