This one is sad. You have been warned. Children at a certain age do not read this. Skip to next chapter. R&R.
The train stopped. Men were going on board. The day everything changed.
"Shadow the hedgehog, we have you surrounded. Come out or we will use force," the army man shouted. Him and his comrades were armed with guns.
Everything happened so fast. The army men came in. They tried to shoot Shadow, but Maria pushed him down. Shadow heard the gunshot, and watched as Maria fell on top of him. Her blood drenched on his body. A corpse of someone close to him lay on top of him.
The men all aimed at Shadow, ready to kill. The first man dropped to the ground, dead. The men were confused. Another one shot dead. The remaining two men were now aware something was out there. The third man walked out of the door, and came back, lying on the ground with a knife pierced through his skull. The last one panicked, deciding it would be best to finish Shadow off. Shadows appeared behind the man, and with his last knife, slit the man's throat.
"Why? Why did they kill Maria? Why did you kill them?" Shadow asked, serious as ever.
"You don't get it," said Shadows, being serious for once. "It was you. Those men wanted to use you, and if they can't use you, then they'll kill you. Maria always liked you, so she died for you. Look at your hands, covered in her blood. It would be best, if you forgot this.
Later, Shadows walks to 's lab, carrying an unconscious Shadow. He placed Shadow in one cell, then went in his own. They slept, never aging, never dying, waiting to be awakened.