I am Shadow the Hedgehog the Ultimate Life Form born and raised aboard the Ark! I shall live on... I am the protector of the Ark... I am living proof of the Ultimate Life Form...
This is who I am.
Maria walked down the long halls of the Ark with Shadow in her arms. For some reason, the hedgehog had taking a strange liking to the young teen. Maria looked at the black quilled animal as she passed her grandfathers room. Shadow just looked adorable, all snuggled up.
"... I forbid it!"
The loud voice of Professor Robotnik was heard. It wasn't usual that she would hear him yell, so curiosity killed the cat and Maria decided to peek through the open crack. Inside were two men in business coats and another person with a camera.
"Please Professor! This will take a rise in our economic policies!" One of the business people begged.
"Your asking me to put Shadow in a place were he will be treated as if he was a trophy to look at?! Despicable!"
Maria gasped. So this was whats going on. How dare they treat the life form as if he was something to be judged by many (AN sorry I just loled at this part). She could feel tears ready to drop but she wouldn't let them. She had to be strong and not show her weakness to anyone. Maria felt the quills of the hedgehog move in her palms and she looked down. Shadow looked at her with his black eyes and scratched her palm with his nose. Maria let out a small smile and left. It was if the animal understood the situation she was in.
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"Cmon Shadow, it's not that hard to swim." Maria let out a laugh as she watched poor little Shadow furiously move his paws in the water and yet, he wasn't getting anymore. This has been going on for five minutes and the hedgehog was know frustrated. Why wouldn't he move?! After another minute or two, he finally gave up and just floated on his back, watching Maria laugh.
It was honestly entertaining to watch Shadow try to swim through a bathtub. No matter how hard he tried, he still wouldn't get anywhere. When Maria was finally done with her fit of laughter, she plucked out Shadow from the water and wrapped him in a towel. The hedgehog made a hissing noise as he faced the water.
"That was probably the best minutes of my life Shadow." Maria said with a large smile. If he could, Shadow would've rolled his eyes.
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"Maria look at this!" Professor Robotnik yelled over to his granddaughter as she passed the experiment room. She stepped into the room with Shadow perched on her head.
"What is it grandfather?"
"I've finally finished my prototype for 'Air Shoes'" He declared proudly.
"Air... Shoes?" Maria asked quizzically as she look towards the screen in front of her.
"Watch and observe!" The scientist pressed a red button and two shoes were placed in the middle of the screen. Nothing at first happened. Suddenly, the shoes started to float by themselves.
"Wow! That's amazing!" she exclaimed, "How is it doing that?"
The professor smirked. "Well you can't really see it, but under the shoes there are many openings were a large amount of air is pushed out of. So in simple terms, lots of air comes out from the holes and the shoes float."
Robotnik swore he could see Maria's eyes sparkle in fascination. It was moments like these he was somewhat happy that she had her disease.
"But, can humans use these yet?" She finally asked.
"Sadly no. There just isn't enough pressure for the shoes to sustain all that weight.
"By the way, is there any problems with him?" Robotnik asked as he inspected the hedgehog. It was true, he was sort of changing but nothing major. Some of his quills were starting to grow what seemed like red highlights and his eye's were also turning red.
Maria picked up Shadow from her head and inspected him. "His normal habit's haven't changed but his colors have. I guess he's a fan of the color 'Red'."
Robotnik rubbed his long mustache. "Turn him over for me please."
Maria did so. When Shadow was fully on his back, a white patch of fur was forming between his front paws.
"Maria, I don't think this is healthy." Robotnik said as he scratched the soft patch of fur. "Can I barrow him for a week or so?"
The girls mood fell but she knew it was better for Shadow's health. The hedgehog wiggled around, as if saying 'No! I want to be with her!'
"It's okay Shadow, it won't be that long."
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Maria sat in her room, crying her eyes out. Something has happened to Shadow... let's just say he doesn't have a high chance of living. So there she was, feeling depressed and crying like she's never have been before. Before the creature was made everything around her has been so gloomy. When he was finally made, it was as if Shadow was her light... Or something.
It might've sounded selfish but to her, it was if he was a god. Shadow for some reason encouraged her will to live more so then the fact that she wanted to see how Earth was.
A blaring alarm rang through the whole Ark and the emergency lights sprang into action. The Professors voice was heard down the many halls.
"Alert! Alert! Someone has stolen our creation, Shadow the hedgehog!"
The girl sat up frantically and looked around. How could anyone steal Shadow? Her door opened and an exhausted Robotnik came in.
"Maria, I want you to stay here." He said in between breaths.
"But why?! I love Shadow too and I can't let him just get taken like that!" She tried to yell as she stood up.
"Please Maria, your body can't sustain that much pressure." The professor tried to push her back on to the bed.
"B-But I want to help!" A sudden thud was heard from the opposite side of the room. The two humans stopped their argument and looked at the door. A deformed like creature stood on two feet. It's whole body was black, cept the red markings on the quills, and it's eyes were blood red. The creature barley even made it to about a foot in height. The thing that stood out was the white patch of fir on It's chest.
The creature reached out with it's hand, as if blinded.
"Ma-Mar-i-a?"
And the real story begins. Sorry I didn't post this up sooner. I had this whole chapter done and just needed to proof readed. -gets shot-. Lol. I dunno when the next update is going to be. Maybe I should torture you all and post it really really late. Lol. Thanks for the reviews by the way.
