Hey guys, I finally decided to create a story with my favorite character as the main character and one of my own. There's only one new characters in here and three more on the way. This story might get confusing at times so ask any questions you want and i'll answer them. I've been trying so hard to come up with a story about Shadow's past, because I think his past idea was just brilliant and whoever came up with it should get a big round of applause. This story kind of stretches it out a bit. It'll have parts in it that were original and are actually what happened to him and then there are parts that I squeezed in and made up. If you know as much about Shadow's past as I do you'll be able to pick them out, if you can't tough pickins, haha, just kidding, if you don't understand then ask. This story starts from the time Maria was shot to the present to actually it might go even farther. I'm not exactly sure if any of my characters like Gabbriella and Kiara will be in here, but who knows maybe i can squeeze them in. I'm so excited! This is a story I've been working on for weeks and maybe a month or two so be nice. Here we go.
Chapter 1
Dear Journal,
I finally finished Project: Shadow and Maria seems to like him. Though something seems wrong. He seems to have developed more feelings and thoughts than I had hoped and are beyond my or even his control. I've decided to create an experiment. Something powerful and something that is able to contain Shadow. I feel as if I'm getting weaker every day, every minute, every second and I know that I can't be around forever to make sure that everything goes ok and to make sure Shadow stays stable. Black Doom has finally left and I know he wants to use Shadow for an evil purpose in the future. Though I'm not exactly sure what it is, I'm not about to sit here and let him do what he's gonna do. Who knows what he'll do. I know that Black Doom will be able to get through to Shadow if his plan goes through as he hopes. The experiment I will create will take my place in the future. Watching him and studying him as Shadow gets older and the next passing of the Black Comet gets closer. I hope and pray that everything will turn out for the best. I have decided to name my experiment Iris. It seemed like an appropriate name. Iris was the greek goddess of the rainbow and maybe, just maybe she can shine light on the dark future of the world below us. I've overheard the people of Earth, GUN is planning on invading Space Colony ARK and shut down Project: Shadow. I can't let them do that. Maria needs me to make her better and I intend to. I fear this is the last entry in this journal and hopefully someone will find it and read this page. Iris is Earth's last hope. If something goes wrong with Project: Shadow, it could mean a deadly consequece to the entire human race. I'm counting on Iris to save humanity.
Professor Gerald Robotnik
Space Colony ARK
November 1963
'A hundred days have made me older,
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face,'
Maria sat playing with her dolls and both her and Shadow were laughing. Just then someone banged on the door behind them. "Open this door! We're here for Project: Shadow!"
'A thousand laughs have made me colder,
And I don't think I can look at this the same,'
Maria gasped and Shadow took her by the hand and pulled her out the other door. The GUN agents knocked the door down and saw Shadow run down the hall with Maria. Prof. Gerald opened the door as Shadow and Maria ran past. "Where's the party?" Just then the GUN agents ran past and Prof. Gerald shut the door and ran to the unfinished Iris. "Oh what to do! What to do! Maria! Shadow!"
'But all the miles that separate,
They dissapear now when I dreaming of your face,'
Prof. Gerald ran the other way to the escape pod room. Shadow and Maria ran into the room and Shadow let go of Maria's hand and ran to the controls and set the landing point to Earth. "Maria, come on! Take my hand!"
'I'm here without you baby,
But you're still on my lonely mind,
I think about you baby,
And I dream about you all the time,
I'm here without you baby,
But you're still with me in my dreams,
And tonight,
It's only you and me,'
The GUN agent ran into the room and saw that Shadow was trying to escape. One of the agents targeted Shadow with his gun.
'The miles just keep rolling,
As the people leave their way to say hello,'
Maria saw that he was going to shoot Shadow and ran over and pushed Shadow into the escape pod blocking him right when the bullet was shot. "Maria!" Shadow shouted as the glass to the escape pod closed.
'I've heard this life is overrated,
But I hope that it gets better as we go,'
The bullet pierced through Maria's back, knocking Maria to her knees. Maria crawled slowly to the escape pod controls and uttered her last words to Shadow.
'I'm here without you baby,
But you're still on my lonely mind,
I think about you baby,
And I dream about you all the time,
I'm here without you baby,
But you're still with me in my dreams,
And tonight,
It's only you and me,'
"Please...Shadow...you're Earth's last hope..." Maria breathed heavily as she was able to pull herself up to the lever that was connected to the escape pod. "...Not all humans are bad...give them the chance to live...I won't be able to help you...Shadow..." Shadow banged on the glass of the escape pod. "Maria!"
'Everything I know,
And anywhere I go,
It gets hard but it won't take away my love,
And when the last one falls,
When it's all said and done,
It gets hard but it won't take away my love,'
A tear streamed down Maria's face. "Shadow...please...help them..." Maria grabbed her chest and squinted. "Goodbye...Shadow the hedgehog..." Maria fell to the floor, but was able to pull the lever that sent the escape pod to Earth. The GUN agents ran out of the room hoping to catch the escape pod in their ships. When they left, Prof. Gerald ran out to his granddaughter and cuddled her in his arms and wept over her.
'I'm here without you baby,
But you're still on my lonely mind,
I think about you baby,
And I dream about you all the time,
I'm here without you baby,
But you're still with me in my dreams,
And tonight girl,
It's only you and me'
Then all of a sudden he stopped. Prof. Gerald looked at his lifeless granddaughter and then at the ground and thought for a minute. Prof. Gerald's eyes got wide and he smiled and then smiled at his granddaughter. He picked her up and slowly walked back to his lab where Iris was kept. He layed Maria on a scanning table and a bright light covered Maria and then the tube, in which a grey hedgehog was kept, glowed. The liquid inside shimmered and covered the hedgehog with light. Just then GUN agents bursted into the room and dragged Prof. Gerald out of the room and the GUN agents left. Scientists that hid away from the GUN agents looked for anything they could take with them just in case Prof. Gerald was able to get free. They walked into his lab and saw the hedgehog in the tube, they opened it and carried her to their ship and placed her in a suspended animation capsule. The ship flew to Earth and the hedgehog was given to a family that was good friends of Prof. Gerald. The Ushama's were happy to watch after the hedgehog until Prof. Gerald was able to get out of jail (or insane asylum depends on what you look at). For the next 30 years, Dr. Ushama guarded Iris and finally died leaving the task to his 40 yr old son, Prof. James Ushama. During this time, Shadow was kept on Prison Island. Prof. Ushama stood by the little grey hedgehog's capsule, watching...waiting...wondering what she would be like.
20 years later
Eggman bursted into a room of a building on Prison Island. After killing off some guards he stole Shadow and brought him onboard his ship. Eggman pressed some buttons on his machine and Shadow sat up. At that same moment, miles away, the little grey hedgehog's eyes bursted open and she looked forward with an evil look in her eyes.
Alright that's enough for now. That was the long boring part. I was just trying to get through the part you already knew. The next chapter will start the interesting stuff. haha. I can't wait. Please review even though i probably just wasted 10 minutes of your life reading this stupid story, i promise that it will get better, so read it. Finally the secrets to Shadow's past will be found and explained if you ask me. please, i would love to answer any questions you have because i love to talk about Shadow. yay!