Chapter 2: Razor The Hedgehog
Professor Gerald took the two genetically modified hedgehogs back to his lab. He had them both there, due to their modified genetics they had enhanced abilities such as; the ability to roll into a ball and pursue any target like a homing missile, accelerate by spinning stationary, and jumping wall-to-wall in narrow hallways. They also had altered appearances. One hedgehog was lime green and had cyan streaks on it's head, the corner of his eyes, and on his four limbs. The other was black with red streaks in the same places.
The professor decided to start with the green one. He injected the growth serum into the hedgehog and watched as is grew to a total height of three and a half feet. The professor the re-aligned its body structure so that it's front legs were like arms and hands and his back legs were like legs and feet. The professor gave it gloves, hover blades and power rings for him to wear on his wrists and ankles. The hover blade is one of the professors inventions, it allows it's user not only to defy gravity for a smoother ride but also keeps the user perfectly balanced at all times, but the hedgehog's also supported the ability to allow it to travel at supersonic speeds. The power rings were also created by the professor, they allow the user to increase their natural abilities ten fold, usually they only have one use then they disintegrate, but the ones he designed for the hedgehogs have an unlimited amount of uses by recharging themselves while being used, they are capable of re-generating lost energy faster than they spend energy. Lastly the professor gave the hedgehog the ability of Chaos Control. Somehow the hedgehog also received the ability of Chaos Spear while he was being implanted with the information on Chaos Control. Chaos Spear is an ability achieved with all seven Chaos Emeralds that allows a being to harness chaos energy into a bolt which the user can throw at any desired target to stun or harm an opponent.
During the tests the hedgehog was able to uses Chaos Spear perfectly without the use of any emeralds, it had amazing spinning ability, it could spin fast and hard enough o pierce a planet of diamond without slowing down, this earned him the name Razor the Hedgehog. But it had one flaw, it could not control where it ended up after teleporting with Chaos Control and it could not control time very well with it either. The professor figured it was because Razor was intelligent unlike the Biolizard who must have used Chaos Control as an instinct other than at will. Because Razor could not use Chaos Control effectively, he was labeled as the second prototype.
Although Razor could not use Chaos Control, he still helped the professor with his research and became Maria and Ivo's best friend. He was able to give the kids advanced teaching, leveling them far beyond their age level by at least four or five years. While Razor spent time with the kids, Gerald continued with the second hedgehog. The project of "The Ultimate Life Form" soon became know as Project: Shadow, because of Gerald's idea to give the hedgehog the ability to mimic any attack or fighting style from an opponent at first glance. Gerald did not complete Project: Shadow when it was ready, he kept analyzing it to try to find out why Razor's Chaos Control was random but had no luck. He kept Project: Shadow in the experimental stage and moved on to another research. A comet that passes every fifty years was about to pass by Earth in the next week, almost directly beside Space Colony ARK. The last time it passed, researchers got reading that indicated the comet could not only support life but may already have life on it.