The Darkest Side of You (chapter 8)
Amy stepped from the shuttle's exit into the ARK. It felt so barren, despite the room's light and running machinery.
"…..it makes me feel so…..nostalgic…..like nothing had ever happened….and Maria is waiting for me in the residential area…." Shadow said, a sad look on his face.
"It's been five days since Hatoko took Sonic…I wonder if he's alright…." Amy asked worriedly, her eyes looking at the ground in sadness.
"We may as well go for what we came for. Hatoko's records……they should all be accessible through the same password….right? Shadow?" Tails asked as he stepped into the room.
"The password is Maria. M-A-R-I-A…." Shadow spelled it out to Tails so he could take note of it.
Knuckles hopped out. "It sure has been a while…." He said as they began to walk slowly through the quiet halls of the space station.
ARK Central Control Unit
Hatoko looked at the monitor with irritation blazing in her red eyes.
"Looks like the fools are here. Will you prove to me I…can trust you? Sonic…the hedgehog?" Hatoko asked in a slightly worried manner, despite the irritated look that remained on her face.
"……Yeah. I'll do it." Sonic replied silently, his eyes staring at the floor in regret and pained sadness.
She smiled, despite his utter grief.
"That's why….I won't destroy you. You suffer the same fate as Shadow and I. You are the darker side brought out by me. Inner thoughts and wishes you keep inside. Making you kill that girl sets you into enough hopelessness. The darkness shall engulf you and you shall never escape. You are mine forever, and I will never let you go. Especially not to that girl." Her smile turned to hate, her red eyes burned into his green ones.
"Kill her then. I will watch you from here. Now go." Hatoko's eyes glared fiercely.
Sonic obeyed, walking out of the room immediately.
ARK System Records Computer Room
"Records…Shadow Project Zero…Hatoko….password….M-A-R-I-A…." Tails spoke to himself as he typed furiously on the system's keyboard.
"Video records…..September eighth….nineteen fifty-seven….enter…" Tails clicked the video record.
A window popped up, revealing a chained Hatoko. She lay in the dark wearing an oversized black dress. Her disheveled hair fell in front of her face, her red eyes gleamed in the darkness.
Three men in white coats came into the room, flipping on the lights. One held a syringe filled with strange purple substance. She scrapped on the ground helplessly as the needle was plunged into her right arm, the other men holding her back.
"Any reactions?" one of the men asked. "….no not yet. Just leave her." Another answered. They dropped her onto the ground, flipping off the lights and leaving her in the darkness.
"….what….was that? She looked so pitiful…..her eyes were like that of a….a beast…."Knuckles said, shock filling his voice.
Tears were spilling from Amy's eyes as the video ended.
"….How could anyone….put her through something so horrible? Is that how she lived? For all of her life? Living so unsightly?" Amy sobbed quietly.
"You better believe it Amy. She has every right to her revenge, every right to damn this entire world."
"W-What?" Amy looked at the doorway seeing Sonic standing there.
"I've just been ordered to kill you….don't take it too personally. I promise to make this painless." Sonic said, pulling out a black emerald.
"That's the prototype GUN had been creating!!" Tails exclaimed in shock.
Sonic appeared before Amy, ready to strike a fatal blow.
Shadow pushed Amy aside, taking the hit instead. He was blown back by the force. Sonic took this chance to run at Amy. Shadow appeared before him, slapping him aside. He slid to a stop, running back again. Shadow appeared before he could blink, delivering a blow to his stomach.
Sonic kneeled over in pain. Shadow looked at him with an angry glare.
"What the hell is with you?!" he asked angrily.
Suddenly, Sonic appeared before him, slamming his fist into his chest.
Shadow dropped, curling up on the floor in agony.
Sonic walked slowly to Amy.
She dropped on her knees, tears sliding from her fear filled eyes as he stood directly in front of her. She was paralyzed, frozen by her own shock.
Sonic raised his hand, the black emerald morphed into a long sword.
Amy looked into his eyes slowly.
"S-So…Sonic?"
His hand fell to strike her.
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