Chapter 1- Midnight reurns. Everybody's like huh?
Shadow sat on the hill that over looked Knothole city. He had been living there for a year now and he didn't feel welcomed at first, but gradually he learned to adapt to his new home. He tilted his head slightly to the side as he saw a trail of dust speeding up the hill.
He looked closer and saw Knuckles running up the hill frantically. "MOVE!" he screamed to Shadow as he ran by the black and red hedgehog.
Shadow thought for a moment and then chased after Knuckles. He finally caught up with his speeding friend.
"What's up with you?" He asked.
"ROUGE IS TRYING TO KILL ME!" Knuckles yelled continuing to run.
"What'd you do?" asked the curious hedgehog.
"I don't know, but she's really REALLY mad!" Knuckles suddenly fell over a rock. "Noooo!" he screamed.
Shadow came to a screeching halt and turned around. Then he saw Rouge running up with a fiery rage. The angered bat then attacked Knuckles and began to hit him repeatedly. Shadow watched with horror as Knuckles was mauled by Rouge.
After she was done, Rouge walked away with an attitude. Shadow's eyes were wide as we walked over to Knuckles.
"Are you... umm... never mind..." Shadow shook his head and walked away.
He went back to his hill and looked around. He then saw Espio walking toward's his dojo being followed by Hope, his human apperentice. He shuddered and looked away. He wasn't a friend of Hope's. Hope didn't like him at all. He couldn't figure out why but he knew to avoid her as much as possible.
Meanwhile...
Sonic took his daily run to clear his mind. He wasn't quite himself yet after the loss of his best friend Tails. He ran everyday to help shake the feeling of sadness and it worked. That is until he went to sleep. His dreams were haunted with traces of the fallen fox.
He closed his eyes and breathed deeply as he picked up speed. The rush of air some how relaxed him. When he opened his eyes, he was at the edge of the lake. He stopped before he hit the water.
His eyes trailed over the shimmering water as it sparkled under the sun. A small grin spread across his lips. He remembered how Tails used to love playing in the water. She would playfully splash him and he'd get mad, but then laugh eventually.
The smile dropped to a frown as tears started to well up in his eyes. Thinking about Tails always made him cry. He wiped them away and sighed. Then he sat at the edge of the water and used a stick to make circles in the water. A single rolled down his face and landed in the lake.
In Espio's dojo...
Hope watched Espio as he practiced his ninja star aim. His concentration was unbreakable. Hope smiled. She stood and walked around the dojo. She noticed a picture on the wall with Tails and Espio in it. Tails looked so happy in the picture.
Hope's muscles tightened and without control, she threw the star she was holding onto as hard as she could across the room. Espio looked up at her and noticed the star enlodged in the wall. Hope's hand was balled into a tight fist as she walked out to where the waterfall was located.
Espio tilted his head to the side slightly and shook his head. He felt bad for Hope. Tails was like her sister and then all of the sudden she disappeared. He sighed and went back to his training.
Meanwhile in Eggman's base...
A black and red fox stood inside some sort of machine fillied with some sort of green liquid. There were wires connected to her body and her eyes were shut tightly. Suddenly, her eyes shot opened. She looked around, her eyes glaring. Then she began to bang on the glass with her fists.
Finally, she broke the glass and fell unto the floor. She panted. They she shook her body to shake off the odd liduid that she had been kept in. She stood much straighter and looked up as an alarm went off. She covered her ears in irritation and cestroyed the source of the alarm.
When she landed back on the ground, she heard clapping. She whirled around and saw Eggman.
"Who are you?" she snapped fiercely.
"I am Dr. Eggman, your creator." he sneered.
"My... creator...?" the confused fox repeated slowly.
"That's right. I created you right here in this lab." he said with a smirk.
The fox looked at him with deep confusion. She blinked a few times before looking around.
"So where are we, Egghead?" she asked mockingly with a small laugh.
"Don't disrespect me! I could easily have you destroyed?" Eggman snapped.
The fox shot a nasty glare at him. "Whatever... answer my question." she snarled
"We are in my base. This is where you were made." Eggman said with a twisted grin.
"Really?" the fox said skeptically.
"You are my property, so don't get any ideas little missy." Eggman said in a know-it-all tone.
The fox scowled. "Property? I'll show you pro..." she began angrily.
Then she got an idea. A mischevious grin crossed her lips.
"This is your base, you say?" she said slyly.
"Yes it is." Eggman said proudly.
"Will you show me around then?" asked the black and red fox.
"Why certainly."
The fox followed Eggman throughout the entire base. Sh etook notcie of few things. Then they came to the generator room. While Eggman was explaining things, the fox's grin got wider as she heard the word: "explosion." She suddenly kicked Eggman down to the ground. Then she tied him up and pushed him up against the main genorator.
"You little traitor!" screeched he furious doctor.
"Hey, haven't you ever heard the expression 'sly as a fox'?" she said laughing. "Oh hey, by the way, do I have a name?"
"Project 3469." Eggman grumbled.
She made a buzzing sound. "WRONG! My name's Midnight, fool!" she cried. "Remember it in the after life!"
With that she destoryed as many machines as she pleased and left the room. She fled the base and stood at a distance and watched the base get demolished taking Eggman with it. She laughed. Then she started to run and didn't stop until she came to a city.
She jumped careless unto the trees and stood over looking all of the town. She then spotted Sonic and friends and she relised that that was her sworne enemy. Her eyes narrowed as she jumped down from the branch. She knew her mission: to destroy Sonic and his friends.
She decided to put on an act to get closer to Sonic. And then when he time was right... she'd strike! He grinned at the thought as she walked over casually.
"Hey you guys! What's up?" she said as innocent as possible.
Everyone turned around and looked at the young fox in shock.
"T-Tails?" Sonic studdered.
"No, no Sonic. It's Midnight now. I've grown accustomed to it." She said with a grin.
"Midnight... you're... alive...!" Shadow said slowly.
She nodded and smiled. "It's been a long time Shadow." she said softly.
Shadow blushed slightly. No one noticed... except Rouge that is... she bit her lip, stiffling laughter.
"So what'd I miss?" Midnight asked curiously.
"Nothing much. Things were completly quiet without you around." Vector said with a wide grin.
"It's still boring as ever here." the fox said with her hands on her hips.
Suddenly she saw Hope who was looking at her curiously. Midnight looked at her with confusion as Hope walked up to her.
"Who are you?" asked Hope.
"The name's Midnight." The fox replied. "Who are you?"
"I'm Hope." she said shortly.
"Hmm..." Midnight looked away.
"Well it was great meeting you." Hope walked back to the dojo so she could metitate once more.
Midnight sighed and looked at everyone else. She smiled innocent and sauntered away. 'I got them right where I want them.' she thought to herself. 'Pretty soon, they'll all die!'
-End of chapter-