Chapter 4: Meeting the SC's
POV: Jenn the Hedgehog
When I woke up I was laying in a strange bed I haven't been in before. I rubbed my head and looked around, darkness surrounding me. I frowned, "Hello? Is there anyone there?" I called out. A soft voice from the corner of the room startled me,
"Good, your awake" the voice said. I blinked and squinted. All I could make out was a purple hedgehog with silver streaks. I blinked rapidly and wiped my eyes. Was I seeing things? I got up and walked over to the figure,
"Why do you look exactly like me?" I frowned, crossing my arms over my chest. The girl chuckled and held out a hand,
"My name is SC-5, the 5th of the Shadow Clones. Your little friend SC-1 is my brother" she grinned. "And to answer your question, you were created from my DNA, you're my exact copy" she chuckled. I frowned and shook my head,
"That can't be…there's only one of me" I said, taking a step back. She grinned and stood up,
"That's what you think. Now come here and no one will get hurt" she said, inching towards me. I frowned and shook my head. She frowned and made a swift movement, grabbing me and tying my hands and legs together. I tried to resist, but it was no use,
"Unhand me you fiend!" I shrieked, getting duck tape over my mouth. I tried to scream for help, but it was too late. I was shoved into a closet and had the door closed on me. Please James, come back…
POV: SC-5(J-Droid)
I laughed evilly when I shoved that pathetic excuse of a clone into the closet. That will teach her to meddle with the man that was supposed to be mine. I grinned and walked outside, making my way to SC-1's house. I gonna love pretending to be her. I walked into the little shop and rang the bell,
"Anyone here?" I called out, leaning on the counter. There was no reply. I frowned and hopped over the counter and I heard the alarm go off. I frowned and ran out of the shop, crossing my arms over my chest, "This sucks. Now I can't go see my brother. Stupid alarm systems…" I mumbled, heading to the Tim Horton's and grabbing a cup of coffee. I then sat down and noticed Shadow and Knuckles sitting together in the corner. I grinned and walked over to them, "Hey there guys" I grinned. Shadow looked up at me and smirked,
"Hey there Jenn, how are you?" he asked. I frowned. Oh yea, I'm suppose to be Jenn the Hedgehog. I smiled and sat down,
"Fine. How are you fa-I mean Shadow" I laughed nervously. He frowned and shook his head,
"You're not acting like yourself. Are you feeling ok?" he asked me. I nodded and smiled,
"I'm fine…just a little bit queasy, but I'll be ok" I lied, sipping my coffee. He shook his head and turned back to his coffee. I shook my head and got up, leaving the coffee shop. Shadow is not like he used to be. No matter. I need to find my brother and my future husband.
POV: James (Sc-1)
Trina and I laid in the bed beside one another. We had originally planned to go all the way, but when it came time we both found ourselves far from ready. We decided to just lie down for awhile, rather then do something we'd both regret. That and Trina didn't feel comfortable since we had nothing to keep it safe. I decided to go along with it as I didn't feel quite ready to try it yet anyway. After awhile of cuddling and sleeping we got buzzed by the alarm. I sat up.
"What's that?" I asked franticly looking around. Trina patted my chest and laid me back down.
"Just the alarm, it just scares off people who try to jump my counter, it goes off once they leave" she explained. Sure enough, moments after it started the alarm shut down. I sighed and got up and she sat up with me. "You okay?" she asked. I shrugged.
"I don't know" I said shaking my head "I just want to get away from this big city, go find my roots" I told her. She nodded and rubbed my back.
"Let's go then" she suggested. I nodded and the two of us got up. She pulled a bag out from under the bed and filled it with some things we would need. As she packed I walked out into the hall and noticed the closet was slightly opened. I crept towards it and opened it fully. Inside hung a lone suit; it was a silver jacket with black rectangular designs on the sleeves. It had a pair of matching silver pants with similar black designs. The ends of the sleeves and bottoms of the pant legs had crimson rims. Their was a pair of blue gloves with black triangles on them, with a pair of shoes that looked like mine, but where blue with black rims and the rims were spiked at the front. I looked over the costume nodding. It looked futuristic. I bit my lip looking it over.
"Nice suit…" I muttered to myself.
"What're you doing?" Trina asked from down the hall. I turned and looked up at her as she came down the hall. She looked over the outfit and gasped.
"What is it?" I asked her. She giggled.
"I haven't seen this in ages, it was my proto-type anti-matter suit" she explained "the little black sections hold anti-matter, but the suit was unstable, so I couldn't use it." She looked up at me "You can have it if you want, I don't need it anymore" she said smiling. I nodded smiling.
"Thanks" I replied kicking off my shoes, gloves and scarf. She watched giggling as I threw on the suit. She looked at me as I stretched my arms out to look over the suit. "How do I look?" I asked her. She tilted her head.
"The suit makes your fur around your mouth look pale" she explained. She led me to the bathroom and I looked in the mirror to see she was right. The fur around my mouth was now almost snow white. I nodded and rubbed my chin.
"I like it" I said, examining myself in the mirror. She giggled and slapped my behind.
"I think it makes you look hotter" she teased. I blushed a bit as she leaned up and kissed my cheek.
"Let's just go" I said, trying to hide my embarrassment. We headed downstairs and exited the room. We started down the street and headed out of the town. We looked back at the city as the sun started to set. I looked at Trina and she looked back at me. Our eyes met. I felt myself blush as we both turned away and continued walking away from the setting sun.
After a few hours of walking night fall had come. I watched the night sky as we headed through the woods. What was my past like? Where had I come from? Was I the only one of my kind? These were all questions I asked myself as we walked. I felt Trina take my hand in hers and I looked down at her. She smiled back up at me and I smiled back. We both looked forward and continued through the woods. I wondered if Trina and I would ever go beyond playful dating and maybe even get married later on. I shook my head. It wasn't something I should think about. I let myself start day dreaming again as we got to a clearing in the woods. I looked around as the moon shone on me and Trina. There was a large, clean tree stump standing in the centre of the clearing. The two of us headed to the stump, but as I got close I felt a sharp pain in my head.
"Ah!" I dropped to my knees holding my head. I felt Trina rush to my side.
"What's wrong?" she asked. I wanted to answer, but I felt a strange force making me feel forced towards the stump. I struggled to get up and placed an open palm on the stump. Trina had her hand on my back as the age lines on the stump shone a light blue. The stump suddenly vanished revealing a staircase that lead underground. Trina and I looked at each other. We nodded at each other and headed down the stairs.
"You sure this is safe?" I asked her. She shrugged.
"Hey if you wanna play it safe, we could go back outside and make sure we don't die virgins before we come back in" she giggled.
"Ha, ha, very funny" I said sarcastically. As we got to the bottom of the stairs, I saw a small switch on the wall. I flipped it and soon the chamber was lit up. Trina and I looked around. My eyes opened wide at what I saw. There, lined up in three large glass cylinders were three hedgehogs. I walked over to them and saw what they were labeled; Shadow Clone- Beta, SC-2[Sean, Shadow Clone- Gamma, SC-3[Jamie and Shadow Clone- Zeta, SC-4[Andrew. I placed a hand on the first cylinder and suddenly felt a rush of thoughts go threw my mind.
First, I was surrounded by these three, plus Jenn after I had saved them from an explosion, then I had helped them, along with Sonic Crew, fight off a giant Eggman robot. After that I was protecting Amy from these three and Jenn. Next I was fighting against Metal Sonic. Finally I transformed into a blur of blue light and destroyed Metal Sonic. After that I had vanished into thin air and awoke standing in front of these three cylinders.
"What's wrong?" Trina asked my grabbing my arm. I shut my eyes and started to chuckle. She backed up and looked at me "James?" she asked with fear in her voice. I turned and held my arms out to her.
"Come give me a hug, babe" I shouted cheerfully "I've found my roots!" She looked at me and then smiled and ran over hugging me. The two of us looked at the cylinders and I nodded. "Okay brothers, time to rise and shine" I snickered.
POV: SC-5 (J-Droid)
I slowly walked around the town, admiring the lights. I sighed and stared up at the sky. I wonder where my brothers are. They're probably still sleeping somewhere as usual. I shrugged and continued to walk, heading towards the forest I had come from. I frowned, noticing the stump was gone, oh snap. I quickly ran down the stairs and noticed the pods were missing. Someone's gonna be mad I thought to myself, as I ran back up the stairs. I growled and looked around,
"SC-1, 2, 3 AND 4 GET YOUR BUTT'S BACK HERE THIS INSTANT BEFORE I TELL THE PROFESSOR!" I warned. I grumbled when no one answered to my warning. I sighed and headed back to the city, wondering where my stupid brothers went. I headed back into the little shop I had found, "SC-1, 2, 3, and 4 are you in here?" I called out.
"Who is it?" yelled a voice. I grumbled and yelled back,
"For me to know and you to come find out" I grinned. Suddenly I saw a door swing open and SC-1 walked out wearing a weird silver outfit. I frowned, "Hello brother" I smiled. He titled his head, looking at me,
"Brother?" he asked. I nodded,
"Don't you remember me? I'm SC-5 silly" I giggled. He squinted at me,
"Oh yes. The only female Shadow clone" he muttered. I glared and poked his nose,
"And your favorite sibling at that" I nodded, giggling. He cleared his throat,
"And umm. What made you think this?" he asked me. I shrugged,
"We use to always play together when we were younger so I thought maybe…never mind…" I turned away. He shook his head at me,
"Younger?" he asked. I nodded sadly,
"We may be Shadow clones, but we can age too you know" I stuck my tongue out at him. He shook his head, grinning,
"If we're clones of Shadow and Shadow can't age. How are we supposed to be able to age?" he questioned. I giggled,
"Because we also have the DNA from other people. For example, I have DNA from Silver, Shadow and Blaze and you have DNA from Shadow and Sonic" I tried to explain. "Now if you excuse me…I need to go check on my hostage…I mean Jenn…I mean my friend" I laughed nervously. I left and quickly headed to the room, noticing the closet door was opened and the hostage was gone. I growled and headed back downstairs, "Where in the world could she have run off to?" I wondered. I sighed and started to walk, noticing a black and blue hedgehog that was being dragged by a girl. I glared, noticing the girl was my hostage. I snarled and grabbed her by the collar, "Where do you think your going?" I asked her. She gulped,
"Umm…uhh…bye…" she said, grabbing him by the arm and taking off down the road. I sighed and turned away, going off for some more coffee.
POV: Jenn the Hedgehog
I smiled to myself, as I walked down the road. I was finally free from that stupid clone's clutches. I turned and looked back at the hedgehog behind me, "So what's your name cutie?" I asked him. He blushed a little and looked away,
"My name's Jesse the Hedgehog" he replied, turning to look at me. I smiled and shook his hand,
"Nice to meet you Jesse the Hedgehog. I'm Jenn the Hedgehog and my boyfriend is James the Hedgehog" I said, smiling. He nodded and without noticing, tripped and hit his head on the pavement, blacking out. I frowned and leaned over him until he came to.
When he came to he opened his eyes and blinked, looking up at me, "I must take over the world in your name Jenn the Hedgehog!" he said, getting up. "And I must destroy Eggman muhahaha!" he laughed. I blinked and stepped back,
"Ok then…you do that and I'll go this way…o-" I was swiftly dragged off in the other direction. I sighed and was dragged off to an unknown area. When I got there I was surrounded by forest. I raised an eyebrow and sighed, brushing myself off, "So when can I leave this place?" I asked him. He looked back at me and shrugged,
"When I take over the world in your name of course!" he cackled maniacally. I rolled my eyes and started to walk away,
"You can do that and I'm gonna go back to town okay?" I said, beginning to walk away. He was too busy to notice so I took this opportunity to slip away quietly and headed back to town to find my lover. When I got there I headed to the Tim Horton's and ordered a double, double. I sat down and waited patiently, hoping he would show up. I looked up and noticed him walk in through the door. I got up and smiled at him, "Hey" I said to him.
"Ello" he replied, smiling. I smiled a little and stepped towards him. "Yes?" he asked me. I held out my arms to him and smiled sweetly. He picked me up and hugged me tightly, "You're so cute when you're acting cute" he chuckled, squeezing me tightly. I giggled and kisses his lips softly,
"You missed me?" I asked him. He grinned,
"Why don't I show you how much I missed you" he replied, carrying me outside and headed towards my house. I giggled and stayed close to him, happy to have him back.