Chpter 2: Condition
Doctor Eggman looked down at his robot, rubbing his mustache he said," Well devastator 3000, it seems that you failed to kill Sonic, what do you have to say for yourself?" Metal Sonic pushed the doctor aside and walked by, turning his head he said," My reasoning is my own, why don't you ask Shadow he was also there."
Eggman nodded his head and walked down the hall, he said behind him," Devastator 3000 go charge up and get repairs, I will call on you soon!" With that the doctor continued walking down the hall, turning down a corridor he walked to the far wall, none of the lights were working, he hit the door button and walked into the final room.
Looking around it took some time to find the hedgehog atop the computer terminal, hitting the light switch on only caused sparks to shoot out from the busted wiring, he said," You really should ask one of the bots to fix the lighting here, it is very difficult to see you in this dark room." Shadow tilted his head down to look at him, he shouts," what is it you want doctor!"
Eggman growled slightly, he asks," I want to know why you're in such a crappy mood all the time, and what exactly Devastator 3000 was doing out there on his first mission?" Shadow back flipped off of the terminal and landed near the doctor, walking out the door he said," First off I am always in a bad mood, I would think by now you would know that, and from what I could tell Devastator 3000 has a wanting to fight Sonic but he wants to do it on his own, he wants to prove to himself that he is powerful at the moment it would be all too simple to take care of Sonic, or so he thinks, he wants the toughest challenge of their lives, and there is nothing you can do to stop that kind of need, I know exactly where he is coming from, I had the same want until my suit was punctured In space and It ruined my lung system, now that dream is exactly that….. A dream!"
Shadow left the room and the large doors slowly slid down and closed, Eggman rustled his mustache some more before clicking on the computer terminal, searching through the data he quickly found what he was looking for. The image played the scene for the earlier spectacle; the two blue hedgehogs collided with furious behavior, after shoving back they each stand for a moment, and then quickly rush each other again.
Eggman nodded his head at points, he fixed his glasses and rewound the tape, sure enough what he saw was true, Devastator reached down and helped the hedgehog up and then took off into the warp field, Tails and Sonic flew back to their ship. He ended the clip, rubbing his mustache he spoke to himself," Well it seems our little robot has a bond with Sonic, can't tell what kind but he is certainly up to something, being his creator I will find out!"
"You really shouldn't talk to yourself you'll end up crazy like that…." Eggman moved his head back and forth but no one else was around, suddenly a figure dropped down in front of him, with a slight irritation he said," Rouge would you kindly not do that, you and your sneaky behavior, it looked like you were trying to get the drop on me, what are you doing in Shadow's room anyway?"
Rouge smiled and replied," I could ask you the same question Eggie, looks to me like your snooping around Shadow's stuff?" Eggman rolled his eyes and said," Oh please if anyone is snooping it is you Rouge, and my name isn't Eggie, I am the feared and brilliant genius Doctor Eggman! Now tell me what are you doing here?"
Rouge walked by throwing her hands up she said," I just wanted to pop in and say hi to my favorite little hedgehog but it seems to me like you're in here instead, looks like I'll have to wander aimlessly looking for him….." Eggman quickly swerved around he shouts," you will do nothing of the sort Rouge, you wait here, Shadow never leaves for too long if I get word you snuck out you will be kicked out of here."
Eggman walked by and shut the door, locking it quickly he walked down the hall shaking his head angrily and grumbling. Shadow shook his head, looking out the window he glared out into space, he says," Because of you I can never again feel joy in life, so now "Devastator 3000" will have to be the one to end your sorry excuse of a life, watch out Sonic nowhere is safe now….."
With disgust he turns and walks through the halls of the battle station he was now in, quickly turning and pulling out a strange cube, one of the edges moved outward in the shape of a key, opening the door to his room, he stepped to the side to let Rouge step by, walking by he said," What do you need Rouge, I have a lot to do?"
Rouge turned around, placing her hands on her hips she said gloomily," Well someone is on the grumpy side today, I just wanted to talk." Shadow jumped onto the main control high above, tilting his head towards her he says," About what?" Rouge smiles and says," well I noticed you haven't been the same since the fight I wanted to check on you, how is your problem?"
Shadow dropped his head down, for a long time the room was silent, rising he sighed and said," It's been five years, five years since the accident with Sonic, I still remember the day as if it were yesterday, how could I forget it ruined me forever….."
Five Years ago….
Shadow glared at his opponent, a large cut along the side of his face, a low cut was visible near his lower lip, staring his opponent down he glared at Sonic who did the same, both combat suit were on and the two were evenly matched, Sonic lashed out in a rocketing attack, Shadow who had been waiting patiently quickly maneuvered around it with a flip, his opponent however expected this, quickly swinging right shadow was knocked to the ground.
Sonic rushed at him in his signature tornado, Shadow countered quickly with his dreaded hurricane attack, both of the high speed moves collided against each other, inside a rampaging wind tunnel the two were now fighting hand to hand, his enemy threw a punch but shadow countered and kicked him back with a low kick to the stomach.
Sonic quickly regaining his ground moved forward and struck rapidly, Shadow quickly countered each attack a quick low jab caught him off and he was flung back, from outside he could hear shouting," You got this guy Sonic, show him no mercy!" "Shadow come on show this guy what it means to be powerful, he's got nothing on you!" From what he could tell the voices were Tails and Rouge.
A quick swipe to Sonic's head had him spinning, Shadow took is opportunity and lunged at him, he was able to get three head shots and a gut hit, of course it was weakened by the armor but his attacks were able to get Sonic down more, Shadow smiled at Sonic who turned around and ran to the edge, hopping into the wind cycle he raced around Shadow gaining speed.
Somehow around him, he lost sight of Sonic, trying to locate him he hit the scanner on his button, Sonic was moving too fast for the radar to even pick up, Sonic launched out of the vortex, shadow couldn't even move before Sonic hit him square in the mouth, a sickening crunch echoed as he was launched out of the high speed winds which had already begun to die.
As soon as he hit the wall he fell to the ground, darkness took him before he knew what was happening, he woke up some time later peering up he could see Eggman, Rouge, and some medical bots in front of him, he turned towards the doctor, reaching out trying to touch him which he found difficult for some reason, his breathing had become much thicker than before.
Eggman turned towards him, his face was not happy nor was it angry, he said," shadow your awake, well that's good, I have some good new and some bad news for you to hear…." Shadow nodded his head since it hurt to try and talk, Eggman continued," The good news is that your alive and can still breathe." Shadow looked at him confused, Eggman continued noticing how upset he looked," Now comes the bad news, I'm afraid with all the damage to your Oxygen Respirator and the fact that you lacked oxygen for some time in space due to the fact that you had none since your respirator broke on impact with Sonic, your breathing and health have seriously taken a dive, I'm afraid you won't be able to fight Sonic or use your spin attack, the force and air that it would cause could cause your lungs to expand to far out and explode, I am dreadfully sorry Shadow, take a rest and just relax, it's a lot for someone to take in….. Shadow…. Shadow…..."
Present
Shadow continued," And ever since then my breathing and health have continued to plummet down, about now my lungs as they are can only contain 50% of oxygen that anyone can, my breathing has become unstable and my voice is going to become mute at some point, my body reacts to space as it does to lava, not well, and my heart condition Is at fatal….."
Rouge stood there speechless she hadn't even known it was that bad, then again Shadow always hid how he was feeling, after some time she said," Wow I'm sorry Shad. I didn't know it was that bad, how are Eggman and devastator 3000 taking this?" Shadow shook his head, he responded," first off I never told them this, and second stop calling him Devastator 3000, he doesn't want to go by that anymore just refer to him as Metal Sonic, that is what he called himself, I think it's bett….. better…. Any….. anyway….. Roug-"
Shadow stumbled backwards, falling ten feet down he crashed into the floor below, Rouge quickly racing over put her ear to his chest, his heart was failing again, pressing on his chest she began to pump at his hart trying to get it started, she did CPR for another five minutes a finally got him to cough and breath again and get his chest to beat.
Rising slowly Shadow clutched at his chest and slowly dragged himself up, Rouge held him with one arm, dragging him she carried him out of the room, he whispered," thank you…." Rouge nodded her head while she flew quickly and soon found the Medical ward/Repair ward; Metal Sonic had hopped off of the charging stand when he noticed them.
Racing over he asked," What happened to Shadow?" Rouge began to bring out medical equipment and other various items, she responded," His heart failed again, I had to get it started again and dragged him here to rest and get everything checked." Pulling out the last of the required items, Metal Sonic carefully placed them on the side, slowly they inserted needles and placed a breathing mask on him, Shadow looked to both of them, he said before he fainted," Guys don't give me that face." Metal Sonic nodded his head and Rouge left before she would cry, Metal returned to his charging station, leaving his monitoring systems on before plugging in.
Sonic looked over to Knuckles who returned the glance, Sonic walked over asking him," Hey Knuckles, Tails didn't mention what happened earlier right?" Knuckles shrugged and said," He was talking but I didn't do the listening that he was asking for." Sonic held back his laugh and said," well it's just he says there is a problem with wanting an opponent to get stronger so you two can have an epic duel, is that wrong?"
Knuckles patted Sonic on the shoulder, turning towards him he said," Sonic, if anything you should crave that, if you fight strong people it only toughens you up, beating people when you can easily take them out is easy, but allowing them to grow stronger, now that is real sportsman like, hell f you hadn't given me a chance I would have been dead years ago but you did and I have gotten stronger for it, but why do you ask?"
Sonic rubbed his arm and said," Well Eggman built a new robot, and he let me live when he could have ended it or severely hurt me, why would he do that?" Knuckles smiles and says," Because he is smarter than the others, he wants you to grow stronger, don't you see Sonic, the robot wants a challenge even if Eggman ordered him to kill you he has craving for battle, and are you going to sit here or do something?"
Sonic nodded his head and without another word raced down to another level, Knuckles paced his ear pieces in, listening to his music, suddenly a shadow washed over him, looking he saw Amy with her smiling face, she asks," Have you seen Sonic?" Knuckles points to the stairs, she quickly hops down the stairs after Sonic, Knuckles smiled and says," good luck Sonic!" A hand struck Knuckles on the back of the head.
Glaring back Tails says," you know you didn't have to do that, why did you tell Amy where Sonic is?" Knuckles smiles wickedly and says," Pay back is a bitch!" He hits the button on his screen as soon as Amy walks into the training room, the doors lock behind her, all exits sealed, Tails holds back a laugh but does any way, Knuckles holds his fingers to his mouth so they could listen to the pained misery of Sonic.