ECL Shorts 5

Remembrance

ElectricCircuslover: I had this thought of Andy being an old b-x and Shadow still being young due to his undead nature talking at the cliff side. I was kinda touched by this thought. So I decided to write it out, or attempt to anyways. This is ECL Shorts which is a collection of thoughts I'd like to use but can't due to the nature of my writing. I wanted to replicate that feeling from the thought. I kinda teared up while making this. I wanted to do more with this but ECL Shorts are meant to be 2 pages long or smaller. I didn't want to make this a full short story. Plus, my leaky eyes were getting in the way lol

Enjoy lol

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The sun was shining down on the island of Kauai with little to no clouds blocking the sun rays onto a black alien koala on the cliff.

Shadow sat near the edge, looking at the vast ocean that stretched for miles. He felt at peace when he looked at the beauty of the water and people swimming around near the beach on the right side. The black creature enjoyed the solitude and ambient noises from the water splashing against the rocks far below the cliff.

A sound of the a hovering vehicle interrupted the peace that Shadow felt from the scenery. A pink Angel-replica male born Experiment's voice filled Shadow's ears. Shadow didn't look back and continued looking at the ocean as the old born Experiment greeted him from the right side.

"It's a nice view, isn't it, Shadow?" the pink born Experiment said, sounding very old.

Andy smiled as he pressed a button on the command panel of the very small hovercraft, lowering the small ship to the ground next to his younger brother. His fur was a light pink, due to aging for many years. His sounded faint, body withered, and he was incredibly weak. While Andy looked like he could fall apart, Shadow was still as young as ever as if he was twenty seven his entire life.

"Yes it is, Andy. Three hundred years and not one piece of the beauty has been tainted. About the only spot on this island that hasn't become a metropolis," Shadow replied, keeping his eyes on the ocean, which shined from the sun.

Andy smiled, "I remember when I was young and would bring rocks to this place to throw off the cliff. I throw the rocks as far as I could to relieve my stress from work. When you were imprisoned out on this planet my job became a lot less stressful. I'm thankful for that, Shadow. No more paperwork or trainees to train. Just keeping tabs on my favorite brother. It's a shame Stitchie and you didn't see eye to eye before he died. I would've really appreciated that but life moves on. Don't know if my old bones can live another year without thinking about loss."

"Life doesn't last forever, Andy. Mom and dad were really old when they passed away. It hurt me to see mom suffer in that old age when I visited her. She had a good life and dad did as well. I'm glad mom never found out that I died and became a corpse among the living. Always worried she would be disappointed with me while she lived. What I wouldn't' give to be with her again," Shadow said, keeping his eyes on the vast ocean.

"Mom would be disappointed I'm sure, but she would look past all that. You made that woman happy when you came to Earth. Seven years I watched her smile a few times and it brought me so much joy to have her smile again when you came back. It brought a tear to my eye when she found out. That's what I wanted from you Shadow. I wanted you to come back and bring that smile back on her face. I wanted you to move on from your problems and you did. I'm so proud of you, brother. You even got out of your comfort zone and married Gloria. She really needed someone to spend her life with when she was still alive. I'm really happy that she had someone in her life and a real home."

Shadow sighed, "I did love her. She wasn't anything like Sparkle. Gloria was beautiful, kind, outgoing, and, of course, temperamental. That wonderful woman got me moving around on the island and got me to be social, even though some people were very nervous around me. We didn't need sex or kissing to have a great life together. I didn't even mind wearing my gloves in the house when I was with her. Gloria was such an amazing woman. I really wanted kids from her…but…This mutation virus in me and having this body die prevented that from happening. If I only kept myself alive and stopped Jumba from testing on me I could've had that. I'm so stupid, Andy," the black alien frowned.

"Hey man, it wasn't your fault totally. You were very young when Jumba tested on you. You couldn't have known what would happen to you after he injected you with that needle. Forget what you and he did in the past and remember the good things you had back then. You still have me, Shadow. We're brothers and that bond we share will always be strong. You, my children, my children's children are all important to me. Stitchie, mom, dad, and all those important people are still kept alive in memory and they're only alive if you choose to remember them. Remember what mom taught us about o'hana? O'hana means 'family' and family means, 'nobody gets left behind.' That's important to remember. As long as we keep their memory alive, they will always be with us. Always," Andy patted Shadow's back.

"You're right, Andy. I never forgot anything mom taught us. Mom was very special and I'll always remember that," Shadow smiled.

"That's the spirit, Shadow" the pink b-x said, both gazing at the endless ocean.