Chapter 6
"Sonic" said Chris.
"The one and only!" Sonic giving a grin and a thumb up. Chris instantly zoomed up and hugged Sonic, reminding Shadow and Rouge of Amy. Tears fell from Chris's eyes as he sobbed over his hero. Chris dragged Sonic into the house and invited the others in.
"So Sonic, how did you end up here?" Chris asked.
"Well..." Sonic said. "It started like this."
Cosmo and Tails had walked for miles and miles, looking for a way out of the snowy forest. They were getting tired now and they could swear they were hearing voices. Suddenly from an ice covered bush who should emerge but Knuckles and Amy Rose. They were both covered with scratches and bite marks, probably from there bickering.
"Cosmo! Tails!" Amy shouted happily. "I thought I was stuck in here with Mr. Grumpy until we found a way out!"
"Hey! I'm not that bad!" Knuckles shouted, offended.
Tails and Cosmo just looked at each other and laughed.
"And that's what happened." Rouge finished, flashing a grin at Sonic.
"You got sucked back here again huh?" Chris said happily. "I just hope we won't have to fight any Metarex on my planet. And it's great to know Cosmo's still okay. I guess no-one we knew died from them now! That's great!"
Chris should not have said that. Shadow's fist clenched and cracked. His stern glare deepened. Rouge looked at Chris as if to say 'I'll tell you later.'
Suddenly an old man charged into the room. He had grey hair, and Sonic recognised him as Chuck, Chris's grandad.
Chuck ran in and stared at Sonic and the others. Sonic smiled and waved. Rouge smirked evilly and Shadow didn't pay any attention at all. He was sulking. Chuck stared, and then looked at Chris.
"Where's Tails?" Chuck asked.
Sonic paused for a second in thought. Where was Tails? He was probably somewhere on this planet. But where?
"I don't know at all."Sonic replied. He rubbed under his nose, and looked at his black doppelganger. Something wasn't right with him. He was more tensed up than normal, and he kept looking out the window.
Shadow stood up and walked up to the door. Rouge followed him and tried to get him to sit down again. He shoved her of and tore the door open. He walked out and when he got to the black gates, ran off at a high speed.
He tore through the streets as he thought. Bystanders and pedestrians gawked at a black blur zooming past them. Shadow stopped at a fig tree, and plonked himself down at the roots. He had a huge headache and felt nauseas. He rolled onto his side, and rubbed his head and looked at the stars.
He saw a bright white star, and a small grey one. Constellations and the moon glowed brightly, Shadow sighed. He felt so familiar with this place yet he couldn't remember it. He groaned, and closed his eyes. He fell into a quite slumber.
Tails, Cosmo, Knuckles and Amy trudged through the snowy forest. Amy kept on complaining and Knuckles was whinging. Cosmo tried to communicate with the trees, trying to find a way out. Everyone was tired and grumpy. Cosmo suddenly stopped and pointed to the left.
"That way!" she said. They all ran to the left until they saw a light.
"Good job!" Amy said. "I'll take the lead now!" she walked towards the light.
Pretty soon they were all out of the forest.
Sleep had overtaken the black hedgehog like a sheet of dark emotion. His dreams only burned with pain. He whined and turned in his sleep, watching a very horrific scene.
Cosmo emerged from the forest last, and shook off the excess snow from her hair. She looked around the surprisingly warm and starry atmosphere. Cosmo smiled, Earth was beautiful. She felt right at home, even though it wasn't.
She looked over to her right and saw an oak tree with twisted roots. The tree had no leaves, and had a clear view to the stars. Underneath the roots lay an equally twisted hedgehog, who was twisting in his sleep. Shadow had sweat running down his forehead, and he was panting.
Cosmo and the others ran over to the restless hedgehog.
'Flashing strobe lights and windows were the only thing he noticed when he ran down the corridor. All he heard was heavy breathing; he turned around to his pursuers. They were black-clad soldiers. The person's hand he was holding gasped. It was the golden haired girl from his visions. Her sapphire eyes were so sot and radiant, they melted him.
They sped down the empty corridor and dashed into an emergency escape pod room. Shadow was shoved into a pod. He yelped and looked at his savoir. She smiled at him and she began to babble something he could not hear. The door opened and the soldiers ran in, she looked at him and said.
"Sayonara Shadow the Hedgehog."
Three bullets passed through her small torso. Blood poured from the wounds and she fell to the ground.
She looked up at him, smiled, and fell to the ground dead.
"MARIA!!" He screamed. It echoed through the quiet valley, hurting everyone in a 15 yard radius. Amy walked over to him and shook him, trying to wake him up. Knuckles shoved her out the way and managed to wake him up. Shadow opened his red eyes and looked around.
"Urgh." He gargled. He looked at them, his eyes half lidded. He was stilled focused on the soldiers who had shot that girl, and punched Knuckles in the gut. Knuckles smashed into a nearby rock. Cosmo and the others all gave a shout. Shadow looked around and saw he wasn't in the tube any more, but instead was in a grassy field with a pissed Knuckles on his case.
Cosmo walked over to Shadow, slowly taking little steps. She knelt next to him and checked his temperature. He was a little hot, but otherwise pretty fine. Shadow stared at her, wondering were he was.
"You were turning in your sleep."Tails said.
"Who's Maria?" The others looked at each other.
