-Shadow-
Maria...
It's dark, cold... where are you, Maria...?
They killed her.
I remember... oh, I remember...
They will not harm Sonic... I won't let them. Not him, not me, not again. Even if he is already there.
I'll kill them.
What I forgot, I now remember... everything they did to me.
I fell from the ARK in the capsule, landed somewhere in the countryside. I didn't know how to survive on my own, so I headed for a city. It wasn't what I expected. Nothing was what I expected...
They don't deserve to survive...
Buildings pass me by, grey and broken ruins on every side. It's almost a match for the darkness in my mind.
The city was divided into two sections, one for the humans, one for everyone else. They thought they were so much better than everyone else, so much better than me. I remember being afraid, remember having nowhere to go... remember running from people, knowing the murderers who came to the ARK would still be after me. And they were still after me... they came for me...
I'll kill them...
I don't stop walking, ignoring the pain in my leg. It's nothing compared to what I've felt before. Crossfire's behind me; I noticed him earlier... but I don't care. My gold bracelets are too restrictive, close on my wrists, as if they could hold me. Still walking, I unclip one, push up my glove, and examine the scar beneath, one I caused fighting to break free.
The bracelets remind me of my twin purposes. They were a gift, from my life on the ARK.
Give them a chance to be happy...
They restrain me.
I'll kill them... all of them...
"Shadow!"
It's behind me. It's familiar... I know that voice. It's Amy. Pulling my glove back down over my wrist and clipping my bracelet back around it, I glance over my shoulder to see her running to catch up, her and the others. My slow, deliberate walk doesn't even falter as I look ahead again.
There are still good people in this world... her, Sonic, Tails, the resistance... but not there. Not where Sonic is. Not through that screen.
Murderers...
"Shadow, what are you doing!"
My voice is cold and calm as I reply.
"I'm going to stop them."
"Shadow, who are 'they'? GUN? GUN was destroyed along with everything else when Dr. Robotnik took over!"
I hear her words, but they don't mean anything to me. They have Sonic. And after what they did to me, I will not let them go.