Author's Note: This plot took forever to work through.

Light, the Opposite of Shadow

By Luigi III

Chapter Two: Aboard the Ark…

It had been a whole week since Light was created. As Light learned more and more about the world, it became harder and harder to keep Shadow a secret from Light. Light knew that they were keeping secrets. He wanted to figure out what.

"Hunter." Light called out.

"Yes?" Hunter replied. Light seemed different. He seemed troubled about something.

"GUN is keeping something a secret from me." Light said. "I want to know what." Hunter didn't know how to reply. He was given direct orders to never tell Light about Shadow. Hunter needed to think of something. Fast.

"…N-No." he said. "I-I am unsure what you mean." Light wouldn't buy it. Hunter knew of whatever GUN was keeping secret.

"Hunter-" he tried to say. Hunter cut him off.

"Light, GUN isn't keeping anything secret." he said. "You can be sure of that." Hunter walked away. Light knew that was a lie. EVERY top-secret organization keeps SOMETHING secret. That's kinda why they're top-secret.

Meanwhile…

Shadow woke up. He didn't know where he was, or how long he had been there. All he remembered was being captured on the ARK.

"Awake, Shadow?" a voice asked. Shadow looked at the shadowy figure in front of him.

"YOU!" Shadow yelled.

"Yes, me." the figure said. He hit a switched. "Me, me, me." Shadow felt a sharp pain. He fell unconscious.

That night aboard the ARK…

The teleporter put Light in the ARK's docking bay. Light had questions, and he was determined to get answers.

"Of all the DAMN places for the teleporter to put me!" Light yelled aloud. He swore. It took him an hour, but he finally reached the control room.

"HALT." a robotic voice called out. Light spun around. It was a guard robot. "Identify yourself and mission." Light swore again. He hated the guard robots.

"I am Project LIGHT." he said. "I have been…sent here to obtain data on a GUN assignment." Light worried that the robot wouldn't believe the story.

There was a quick pause, and the robot said "Accepted."

'I dodged a bullet there…' Light thought. He walked up to the console. He didn't know what to do. He was never taught to use computers. He randomly typed in "GUN files," and about thirty pages of folders popped up. '…this could take a while…' Light thought. He searched through the files, finding stuff about the Eclipse Cannon, Chaos Emeralds, the Mecha-Shadow series, and Sonic the Hedgehog. Then, he found a file called "Shadow the Hedgehog." 'Shadow…the Hedgehog?' he thought. 'I've heard that somewhere before…' He opened the folder. It had about 20 documents. Light swore again. He hated reading. He opened the first document.

SPACE COLONY ARK

Now, Light was confused about this. Why were documents about the ARK in this "Shadow's" folder? He skimmed through it.

…Prof. Gerald Robotnik…ultimate life-form…Project SHADOW?

'Project SHADOW?' Light thought. 'That sounds like my name…'

…ARK shut down…GUN…attack? …Maria? Who's Maria?

Light remembered the voices in his head.

"Give them a chance to be happy."

"Maria!"

"Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog."

"This name…" Light began. "Shadow the Hedgehog…who is he?"

"He is the Ultimate Life Form." the guard robot answered. "You are modeled after him."

"I…" am modeled after him? Light tried to say.

"Shadow the Hedgehog, created by Prof. Gerald Robotnik and the evil known as Black Doom. Shadow was actually created to destroy the Earth." Light now realized who he was. Light, the opposite of Shadow. Shadow was created to destroy the world. Light was created to save it.

"Where is Shadow now?" Light asked.

"\DATA CLASSIFIED/" the guard robot warned. "LEVEL ONE CLEARANCE REQUIRED." Light got angry.

"Stupid machine!" he yelled. "Tell me!"

"COMBAT MODE INITIATED!" the guard robot yelled.

"Crap…" Light muttered. Light hadn't finished his combat training, and guard robots were designed to show no mercy. Light ran. He just ran. He didn't pay attention to where he was going. All he knew at that point was running. …then he hit a wall. The robot had reinforcements. Light swore again. He was about to die. Then, out of nowhere, laser blasts struck the guard robots. The robots fell over and deactivated. A figure walked over to Light. "Who are you?"

"My name…" the figure began. "…is Dr. Eggman."

to be continued…