Shadow's First Life

Chapter XV

Rock Bottom

I feared nothing. Quite basically, I had nothing to fear. I could not lose anything. I had nothing. That is a fact that I now grimace upon as I recall what happened after I landed. I was stuck in a hot capsule that was stuck somewhere in the middle of the ocean, floating there. I expected to die right there. I later wished I did. Yet now, I am glad that I lived. My life had only recently begun... I floated in my seat for hours. I considered what my sister asked of me in her dying moment. I was so shocked. I could only remember pieces of her request. If I had not taken that promise, I would have committed suicide. You would never know of me, unless by chance the atrocities of GUN are exposed, and even then the brutal slaying may be one crime of many. I would have never known that the men that beat me and violated me were protected by GUN. I know that if I had killed myself, I would have a chance of going to heaven, but since I killed myself I could be condemned. But that is if. This is now.

A helicopter approached me and two men pulled me out of the water, tied my hands and put me in the cargo hold. I did not know where I was going. I was taken to Prison Island. There I saw the faces of people that I sincerely and completely hate. People say that they hate this, they hate that, they hate them, they hate him, and they hate her. They do not know Hate! My Hate was pure, unadulterated, untainted, and final. Most people do not know what true Hate is.

After I was left in a gloomy jail cell, I waited. My body complained constantly. I was starving. I was thirsty. I could see my own ribs. I stopped urinating I was so desiccated. I saw the colonel that locked me up when I was only five years old. He said that my life was over. He stood there in the doorway of my cave, sneering at me. My eyes showed no emotion. "Project! I told you before, and I will tell you again. You are mine! You have nothing! The fools that loved you are dead. You have no purpose but to serve me." I ignored his worthless talk. When he figured it out, he tortured me. He cut me. He beat me. He choked me. He broke my bones! It hurt immensely, but I still had no real fear. He could not bring me much lower. I wanted only to fulfill my promise, but what was the promise? One day I was told what it was...

One day in that hell, I was tied up again, sitting in a corner after the colonel raped me once. I remember when he tied me down and raped me. The bastard urinated on me before he had an erection and ripped me apart. He urinated into my mouth as Adam restrained me and held my mouth open. I was their sex toy. They burned me with cigarettes. My heart was gone, no longer a part of me. My heart was weighted with impossible sorrow and pain. I left it behind me so that I could move forward. I was told what the promise was.

I was left in a room with a screen that activated on its own. I ignored the screen until I heard a familiar voice. "Shadow." It was my grandfather. "Shadow. Listen to me." I turned my weary eyes to face him. "You know what these imbeciles have done! You know what they do! You know as I do what they deserve." His venerable demeanor was replaced with a crazed thirst for vengeance. "Grandpa?" I asked. My voice was cool, collected. "Yes, son." His name for me reminded me of what I was one time. "Maria made me promise something to her when she died. I cannot remember what it was." "Shadow! She wanted revenge! We can get it for her."

Revenge? That is not her at all! Is it? They killed that family, and they killed our parents. Could she have asked for revenge? I remembered the parts of her promise. Shadow, I beg of you..., for everyone on that planet. I know you can do it. Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog. I looked at the image of my beloved grandfather in understanding. I knew what she wanted. I was determined to get it for her. The human race in its entirety shall pay with their lives for my heart, for the death of my friends, my family, my virginity, and for the innocent family I was related to. Grandfather can take care of it. He will make a plan. I will support it without fail, for my life is of no value. Prepare to die, you treacherous race! I may be a person, but you deny it. I don't care. You will regret this!

The End