Hey there! Sorry for the delay, but I have been kind of busy recently... Anyways, here it is. Enjoy!
SURVIVE
-Chapter 7: Here They Show No Mercy-
There were voices that could be heard from the distance. Shadow was unconscious and he couldn´t move. He had handcuffs wrapping his wrists. All was a blur and so unclear. He was poisoned or something like that. He tried to focus and hear those voices:
"…and then I told The Commander: "We´ve got it…" and that´s when all units came blazing to the beach and threw some kind of pink gas that makes people stay asleep and disoriented for a long while."
"Nice going, Peter!"
"Yeah, maybe you´ll get paid even more."
"Well, you never know! Now we just have to look after him. What could possibly go wrong?"
Shadow stood up after being sure those people would not notice he was awake already. He looked around. He was in some kind of jail cell. But this one was small, and instead of metal bars, there were electrical wires.
"Interesting."
With his bare teeth he cut the handcuffs in half and realized he didn´t have his inhibitor rings. If he made a lot of effort, he would probably faint. He had to be careful. He threw a Chaos Spear to the motor that was powering up the wires. The people out the cell noticed it and quickly pointed rifles at him.
"Hey! What do you think you´re doing?!"
"Escaping." Shadow said that rushing out of the place. The people ran after him as fast as they could, but they got extremely tired. Shadow already had a head start, no one could catch up to him with his speed. But as he already realized, his inhibitor rings were gone. He needed to find them and figure out who did this…
-O-O-O-
Shadow found himself in a dead end, and returned. He went into a secret passage that looked like an underground tunnel made by drug dealers. As he exited it, there was a tall, gray building with a big "G" in the middle. The skyscraper was in a base. No windows, therefore, no sunlight. There were robots everywhere with that same "G". People wore black suits, like some kind of military uniform. The environment was cold, and there was barely light.
"Huh. As I expected. G.U.N. is behind all of this after all." Shadow sighed. "I guess it was their chance to take me down once again. I need to find The Commander, right now!"
-O-O-O-
Shadow entered the building making sure nobody noticed him. He checked every single floor. It looked like some kind of Halloween party without decorations or candy. It was not until the final floor, that decoration was modern. There were more advanced electric devices and it looked somehow cleaner than the previous floors. There was just one room in this floor. At the top of the door it said:
-Commander Abraham Tower-
"Hmph." Shadow opened the door with a kick and stood on guard. There were already soldiers pointing at him with their advanced weapons. There was a man sitting on a black chair in front of a maple colored desk, looking outside through the building´s window. He turned around and greeted Shadow:
"Good afternoon, Shadow. I was wondering where you were. I asked my soldiers and they told me you escaped. Of course I did believe you´d come back because I knew you wanted to ask me something. Please, have a seat", the man pointed at the chair in front of him.
"?"
"Oh c´mon, Shadow. There´s no need to be shy."
"…"
"You are testing my patience, black hedgehog! Fine, don´t sit. Tell me what you want before my soldiers get you out of here!"
"Hmph. Fine. I want to know, why am I here? Where are my inhibitor rings? You are the one behind the secret of the fake emeralds, right? Do you have any agreements with Dr. Eggman?!" Shadow asked furiously as he approached slowly to the man. "Why is the world in flames?!"
The soldiers tried to stop Shadow from advancing, but the mysterious man stopped them. Shadow was now standing above the desk looking down to the man.
"My, aren´t we impatient…"
"Tell me everything, "Commander"."
"Hmm, okay. But you have to promise me you will not say a word."
"After being dragged to this place?! Do you think I care?!"
Suddenly two soldiers grabbed Shadow from both arms while others did the same with his legs, making him unable to move. He knew that if he made a powerful move, he would get weak. He had no choice but to stay there.
"Oh, Shadow. What am I saying? I mean, Project Shadow…" the Commander stood up and started to walk around Shadow. "…you were once under our control, fifty years ago. But Dr. Eggman gave you the chance to see the world. And now, we have the opportunity to seal you, once again. We are NOT going to waste this opportunity. It has been totally worth it every single time we tried to get you. And here we are. Now we have you, and you´re not getting out of here, EVER. Justice is finally served!"
"You… are CRAZY!" Shadow received a hit with a gun on the head.
"Leave him!" The Commander exclaimed. "I want him in good condition for tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?"
"Yes, tomorrow is the judgment day! Tomorrow we´ll discover what the president must say about your capture. Soldiers, take him back to his cell! Dismiss!"
The soldiers took Shadow away, and he couldn´t do anything about it.
"Oh, Shadow? Before you go…"
Shadow turned to the Commander. His eyes were on fire. He was so angry like that one time when…
"Sayonara…"
"Your inhibitor rings AND the Chaos Emeralds you had are safe. You don´t need to worry about them."
"…"
"Sorry, I can´t hear you."
"You will pay for this…"
"No, you´re the one paying everything….. EXPERIMENT."
-O-O-O-
The soldiers threw Shadow to his "new" cell, which looked exactly the same as the last one. This one had more security cameras in all four corners and two big-muscled soldiers standing right outside the door.
"What am I going to do?" Shadow said sitting down on the floor.
"…Shadow, the Hedgehog."
-O-O-O-
It was a lovely morning in Emerald Coast. The seaside was as clear as the sky. The waves crashed softly into the pearly sand and the birds were singing happily while the ocean breeze moved through the beach. There was a blue hedgehog lying there, asleep. It woke up and grabbed his head. He looked around and wondered what had happened last night. Just one word in question was said:
"Shadow?"
Ohhhhh... this is getting interesting. So, G.U.N will be the main enemy in the trilogy because why the hell not. We´re changing a few things from now on. Please, review? :) See ya next time!