(Sonic is property of SEGA and Sonic Team.)
Please? Okay… done now. This is either the last chapter or the second to last chapter. It sort of depends.
Maria's POV
"Who are you?"
I asked stiffly.
"I'm Shadow! Ruler of the world! Stop it!"
Shadow yelled.
"I see…"
I had a few ways to test him but first things first, revenge.
"Either way, I'm gonna get even."
I told him.
"Even for what?"
"For making me cry and go on this wild goose chase and leaving behind my teammates, that's what."
I seemingly disappeared.
"Huh?"
I showed up in back of Shadow and gave him a good, hard knee in the back and smiled as he fell to the floor.
"Breeze…"
My voice was barely audible but she came over and helped me.
"Drown him, would you?"
"Huh!"
Shadow squealed.
Breeze made a bubble of water around his head.
"Thank you."
Breeze went back to her seat to watch.
I spun my staff like a wind mill and flames projected from it and ripped at Shadow's quills.
Most people tell the person they're beating up why they deserve it, blow after blow.
But I like to watch them suffer with curiosity and tell them later.
Next I pretty much caned him with my staff with a series of stabs.
I knew that if Shadow was truly evil he would fight back regardless of his clear disadvantage.
"Maria!"
His voice was drowned out by the water and as he tried to breathe in his lungs were pierced by salt water.
So far my vengeance was only beginning.
I pulled him from the ground and flung him into the wall.
If I hold on too long he would turn to ash and I want to see him suffer before he dies.
I punched him over and over again like you'd see in DragonBallZ or something and his singed quills shown through the holes burnt in his royal dress shirt.
His eyes began to glow a bit and he tried punching me but he quickly shut his eyes again and restrained his hand.
"I see…"
I said quietly and stepped back.
I would make this fight scene longer but it's rated K+ and if I kept going I'm sure Shadow would end up either lying on the floor with a knife in his chest or sitting unconscious up against the bloodstained wall with multiple gun wounds.
"So you're trying are you?"
I stuck my right hand into the bubble of water and the water evaporated.
"Tell me, are you Shadow Ultima, and were you or were you not Maria Hedgehog's friend?"
I asked him.
"I am Shadow Ultima and I am Maria Hedgehog's friend! I have been for 6 years!"
He said shaking his head frantically desperately working away his other half.
He reached up and pulled something from my face. It was a pair of glasses. Suddenly the sky was a bright blue, not the blood red it had been before, Shadow was wearing his regular clothes and everything looked untouched. It had all been an illusion.
"Shadow… why?"
"The aliens said that their race was dying and that they needed earth to live on. But I had to make earth safe for them. Now they're making sure they keep their control over earth.
He hung his head low.
He obviously didn't notice my skin turn black and my staff change because he was really surprised when I grabbed a hold of the black of his head and yanked him forward.
Our lips met.
'Ooh! Can I narrate this part?'
No, Shadow! See that up there? It says Maria's POV! My point of view! I narrate!
'Aw, Come on!'
Ugh. Alright. But only a bit… and I get to censor!
'Okay, so I'm still fighting off the alien mind control and I'm thinking: No! Not now! Not right now!'
This, may I remind you is not a kiss, it is merely a part of my flawless plan.
'It was a kiss.'
No it wasn't! It was my first time stealing anyone's soul!
'It was a kiss.'
No, it WASN'T! I was stealing your soul!
'It was a kiss before you stole my soul.'
No it… ugh, whatever, no one cares. Anyway, so at point I breathed in deeply and step backwards exhaling slowly.
'In other words, she stole my soul.'
His body dropped to the floor and I stared at it for a few moments.
"Ha ha ha!"
The body roared with laughter.
"So you really have been controlling him… get out."
I demanded.
"Don't worry, we will. Now that we're found out there's nothing else we can do. But you do know that you've just killed an entire race, do you not? We have no place to live."
"If it's space you need, I know a snazzy little uninhabited place over near Orion."
"Do you?"
"Yeah, it's called Seduction Aurora. You'll know it when you see it. It has Alpha carved into it's surface."
"Thank you, Maria Ultima."
"That's Maria Hedgehog."
"That's what we meant."
The body hung limp again.
I took a look back at Jwan, who was staring blankly at me, and giggled.
"Is… he going to be… okay?"
She stuttered.
"Yeah, just let me restore his soul."
I tucked my hair behind my ear, bent down, and gave him his soul back.
"What the heck… was that?"
He asked me.
"I stole your soul."
My skin was back to its original green.
"So that's what Super Dark Maria's power is, eh? Creepy."
"Better believe it."
So we pretty much spent the day deactivating all of the glasses but it was hours well spent. When Sonic woke up Jwan told the Team the story and Sonic continued to hate Shadow as much as ever. The Dawgz Team was kind enough to drive us all back to the Sonic Team base and let me pick up a few passengers.
When I got home Stella gave me a big hug and cried into my T-shirt. I picked her up and hugged her back.
'And then I run in.'
Stella at this point is frightened half to death, which is ironic seeing as she is death. But I told her the story and she warmed back up to Shadow in no time.
Vivian didn't seem to care whether Shadow was good or bad she liked him… a little too much. Sam, our navigator had her suspicions but kept them to herself.
When we'd all arrived back at the Sonic Team base we all decided that it was time to take a vacation, but where would we go? We came up with some really good ideas but none of them really appealed so we just threw a little party at the base instead.
It was fun.
'Sort of.'
Stop it!
'Well it wasn't all that fun!'
No one cares what you think, Shadow! Shut up!
'You care.'
Who told you that?
'I was pretty sure you did.'
Why'd you believe me? Jeez, sometimes you are really stupid.
'Thanks.'
No prob. Anyway, I could tell you about the party but that's a story of its own.
The End… maybe.
Alright, reviewers, now I need to know, should I put up an epilogue? I already know what's gonna happen but you don't, so do you want to know or not? Tell me! Review! (Please?) Come my way. (Look! I have a new closing!)
