Past Of Shadow by Zhao Yun 320
Ok guys I'm back with chapter 7 of P.O.S. (shorten it for ya.). Very Sorry for not updating but now I lost my block and decided to end the ShadRouge and start the small ass mention of SonAlly. Again I don't own Sonic and his friends, Sega does. I own Raul the Puma, my girlfriend owns Rosemary the Ocelot, Francis, my friend, owns well…Franklin the Kitsune and Max owns Maximus.
Enjoy and review. I beg of ya to review. It's killing me to see that my lemons were getting the meat of the reviews and I wanna know if y'all like what I type.
'Thoughts'
Storyline
Flash back
"Talking"
Chap: 7 Threats and Peace
The others could only stay in shock when they heard Sally saying 'Black Doom'. Sonic and Shadow, the more shocked ones recovered. Sonic then looked at Sally and asked
"Are you sure that it was Black Doom you saw?"
Sally could only nod when the question was asked. She never knew that Sonic would fret over this one person, but seeing this made here twice as nervous. The Sonic she knew was more cocky than this.
"Is he that bad?" asked Max as he looked at Tails and the others.
They only looked at the Bear as if he had lost his mind. Amy nodded at him, confirming their suspicion. Shadow got up and shook his head.
"That's…putting it mildly there. This guy was responsible for the destruction of Westopolis and more mayhem on Earth. Now imagine what he can do on Mobius…" the others could only stay silent when he said that.
"Sounds like you know the guy…wanna tell us about him?" said Raul.
"Well for starters it begins with me as well…" started Shadow.
"He was an alien that once worked with my…'father'. Dr. Gerald Robotnik…" he started but was interrupted by Raul.
"Whaddya mean by 'my father'? Robotnik's not your old man…" said Raul but Rouge gave him the look of shut up.
"Well…he did give life to me…I'm assuming that he was my parent. I'm not a real hedgehog to be precise. I'm an artificial life form. Years ago…Robotnik and Doom made a deal that had nearly doomed all of Earth and the universe. Doom would give him the means to produce a supreme being…in exchange he give Doom the 7 chaos emeralds. That was fifty years ago, and it was when I was given life…"
Shadow then stopped but started to continue.
"He first came to Earth when I lost part of my memory. He then made the deal that if I gave him the emeralds, he would reveal my past to me. I was shocked to hear that I was not a real hedgehog, but I was scared to hear that I was created to be a tool of destruction…"
"BULLSHIT!" said Raul as he looked at Shadow. The others jumped at this except Rose and Frank.
"Shadow…what he told you was a lie! Both him and Robotnik…you're not a weapon. You're a pure-blood hedgehog man! Trust me I know." said Raul as he gripped Shadow by his shoulders.
"No…I am not a real hedgehog…" he said as he looked at Raul. That earned him a black eye as Raul geared up his fist and slugged him. Sonic and the others were shocked this, but not at Shadow's retaliation.
Shadow slugged the puma in the stomach and followed with a roundhouse kick to his face. Getting up, Raul looked and saw the look of anger at Raul. However he was surprised when Raul got up with his hands glowing with Chaos energy, ready for a fight. Shadow then followed suit and smirked.
"You know you'll be digging your own grave if you TRY to fight me, puma-boy…" said Shadow. After he said that, Raul threw a barrage of Chaos Bolts at him, causing the black Hedgehog to deflect them with a lazy wave.
This left him open for Raul as he tackled Shadow to the ground and started to slug him in the face and nose. Shadow then kicked him off and retaliate with a shower of Chaos Spears to the puma. Blocking them with his own shield of energy, Raul charged at Shadow but was clothes-lined by Sonic as he made an attempt to stop the fighting.
"GUYS! Calm Down!" screamed Sonic as he separated the two. Shadow then dropped his arms as Puma did. But the argument didn't die there.
"Shadow…what happened to you? We used to be friends…both of us…" said Raul as he looked down.
"What do you mean?" asked Sonic as he looked at him.
"Not just him but…what happened to you, Sonic…we were friends back then…and you two…were inseparable…" said Raul as he started to shake.
"Huh?" asked Sonic.
"Wha?" asked Shadow as then puma looked up with a glassy eye look.
"Aren't you two supposed to be brothers!" yelled Raul as he looked at them. This shocked the two hedgehogs as they looked at the puma.
"WHAT THE….WE AREN'T BROTHERS!" they yelled together.
"Yes…you are…" said Rose as she too started to cry. The others could only stay silent at this but Shadow broke the silence.
"We cant be…I was born 50 years ago, how the heck…"
"No you weren't" said Rouge as she looked down at the ground. This surprised everyone, especially the two hedgehogs.
"What do you mean Rouge?" asked Shadow as he looked at her. She shook her head and stood silent.
"Back when I was…working with GUN, I ran across your file and found something VERY fishy…it was the mention of your age…I was confused when it said that you're only a year older than Sonic…I too believe that you were 50 years old but…its not your age that's 50 years old…it was the age of a project. One that changed lives." she said with a shaky voice.
"What project?" asked Shadow as he looked at her.
No Answer came from her. Shadow ran towards her and shook her.
"WHAT PROJECT!"
"Project Shadow…it wasn't you… they tried multiple times to create the Ultimate life form from scratch but…no dice from that. They needed a Mobian to begin the project, so they picked you for it and well…you do the rest…" said Raul as he looked at Shadow.
"Then why is it that I can remember parts of Sonic and not that?" asked Shadow as he looked at the blond puma.
"I'm guessing they tried to blank your past but only some…not all." said Raul as he looked at the blue hedgehog. Sonic could only stay silent till now.
"What about me…I can only vaguely remember Shadow but…"
"Dunno about your case Sonic, but only Shads I know about…"
No one else spoke till Sally broke the silence, causing the others to jump.
"Guys, it's getting late and uhh… I hate to say it but we need to start watch for the night. Umm Sonic, I know that you're still not with us but can you help with watch tonight?" asked Sally as she looked at the others.
"Sure thing. One condition…"
"Name it…"
"My friends stay…"
Sally looked at the others, sizing them up and then nodded.
That night…
Shadow was sitting by the bonfire that the FF had started alone. All but him were asleep, allowing him to think alone for awhile. The quiet night both soothed and calmed him to a point where he can think. His eyes were focused on the orange and crimson flame has it danced and moved.
"Can't sleep?" asked a voice behind him. Shadow turned and saw Raul walking behind him.
"Barely…" said the ebony hedgehog as he moved over for Raul to sit.
"Sorry bout earlier…I was still in shock about your story." said Raul as he threw a stray twig into the fire.
"…no prob…"
They sat in silence till Shadow looked at Raul. Raul looked at him with a serious look that mimic Shadow's look perfectly. The ebony hedgehog couldn't resist the urge to laugh at that.
"hahahaha…that was good." laughed Shadow as he started to loosen up.
"Well…at least you still laugh at times. You and Sonic were always laughing at my jokes." Said Raul as he smile slightly.
"…well…its not that I don't believe you but…its kind of hard…" said Shadow as he looked at the fire.
"I know…its hard to believe but I wont force it on ya…" said Raul
"But, I want to know more…I don't know what's worse…the dreams that wont tell me or my memory not letting me get my answer…" said Shadow as he threw a twig as well.
"Well…it's one of the things that drive us…anyway… I'm gonna leave."
"Where to?"
"Aquatic Ruins…I need to get back to my garrison and I AINT getting yelled at by Sally. Trust me…it isn't pretty."
"Wanna know what else isn't pretty?"
"What?"
"Big…fat…German broads…"
That had them laughing out loud, causing a boot hitting Raul in the head. They turned to see who threw the boot.
"HEY DAMMIT, A GIRL NEEDS HER BEAUTY SLEEP, KEEP IT DOWN!" screamed Amy as she poked her head out of her hut.
The two looked at each other and then laughed again, causing the pink hedgehog to huff and grumble as she went back to sleep.
"Ok, man…I'll see you in the morning." Said Raul as he walked away.
Shadow had a smile on his face, feeling that he was a little better, not just from the joke but from being able to talk about his dreams. Getting up he then went back to his hut till he heard a noise.
Looking around, he turned to find the source but was to no avail. Turning back, he went to grab Amy's boot and went to go back to his hut. However a small eye was perched on the branch adjacent from where Raul and Shadow were talking at. The eye then closed and started to shift itself back to the tree and vanish completely.
Acorn Castle
The interior of the once beautiful and noble house of Acorn was now designed to represent one of its opposite nature; dark, cruelty, and evil. The walls that were once a brilliant marble white with gold were now dark and crimson. At the head of throne stood a black figure with yellow eyes that looked like cats eyes with robes of midnight black with streaks of red running along vertically. Along side the table were other creatures that look the same as their master but were smaller.
The leader of inter into one of his men and asked," Any word from our scouts yet?"
One replied," no sire. We had yet to see any word from our scouts from Knothole yet…" as he said this, the eye from the tree appeared and floated right by the creature. As it floated, it changed shape and started to kneel to its master.
"About time…what excuse do you have for wasting my time and my patience?" roared the Shaman as he raised his hand smacked the alien across the face. The fiend cried in pain briefly but recovered and crawled his way to the leader's feet.
"Forgive my lateness, Master Black Doom. However if my apology is not accepted, maybe my news will make up for my late arrival." pleaded the injured black alien.
"For your sake, it better. Now REPORT!" screeched Black Doom as he grabbed the messenger by the throat.
"Master…the sci….scientist had attack a aircraft that was attacked our flight earlier but…the…the ones who rescued the straggler…attacked and repelled the scientist…they were led by that puma…please master…." squeaked the alien as he clutched his master's grip in order to break free, only to have the grip strengthen, further cutting his air supply.
"5 DAYS…of both stealth and reconnaissance of that rat filled village and THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO REPORT! A DIRTY FLEA BAG PUMA KILLS 5 OF MY ELITE FIGHTERS AND REPELS GERALD ROBOTNIK'S GRANDSON WHILE WE FAIL TO CONQUER KNOTHOLE! I SHOULD KILL YOU FOR YOUR FAILURES!" roared Black Doom as he raised his hand that was glowing with Chaos energy.
"But mas-master! SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG STILL DRAWS BREATH!" screamed the scout as he feared for his life.
This news brought a shock to Black Doom as he dropped the struggling scout to the ground and catch his breath.
"Shadow…h…he lives still!" he asked again.
"Yes….(pant, wheeze)…he was talking to the puma as he left for Aquatic Ruins….he was shocked when they started to talk about his…(pant pant, cough) past…." said the black alien as he got back to a kneeling position.
'So…he still doesn't know the truth…maybe.…maybe it can work out to our advantage.' thought the Black Arms leader as he hovered slightly and pondered.
It was a good ten minutes when Black Doom then turned and faced his army. They then lowered their heads in acknowledgment and lowered themselves to their knees, waiting to hear their leader's orders.
"My children…the time of action as come upon us…it seems that our patience has paid off. Our traitorous brother in arms, Shadow the Hedgehog as reveled himself to us and now sided with the Mobian Army… a rather…unfortunate setback that may turn to our favor." the voice of Black Doom had rang through the aliens' ears( or WHATEVER YOU CALL IT for them.)
"At noon tomorrow…we launch an attack on Knothole itself and CRUSH the pathetic Freedom Fighters. As for the Sonic Team…ANNILATE THEM! ALL BUT…Shadow and Sonic the hedgehog…bring them to me alive…they may serve me better alive than as corpses…" said Black Doom as he smirked at the army who got on their feet and raised their guns and weapons in a triumphant roar.
"ALL HAIL LORD BLACK DOOM! ALLL HAIL THE BLACK ARMS!" screeched the demented aliens as shouts rang through out the air of the great castle of Acorn.
Meanwhile…
Slight snoozing was all that could be heard throughout the village, bringing a calming peace to the Freedom Fighters minds. However, Sonic couldn't sleep, despite his long lost headache gone. Again his sleep was plagued by what Raul had told him and Shadow earlier. Grabbing one of the twin swords he had earlier, he walked out the tent that he shared with Tails and Knuckles.
Walking outside, he heard a soft yet not very subtle argument in the hut that Team Dark had taken. Knowing that he could get his ass kicked, Sonic turn his attention to the open plain in front of him. Walking there, he sat down and looked at the moon, which was full, casting a light over the area.
"Can't sleep either?" asked someone behind Sonic as he turned around to see Sally walking to his side.
"Nope…too hyped up to do so…" said Sonic as he plopped down on the ground, legs outstretched, body held up by his arms. Sally sat down, legs hanging off the cliff that oversaw the basin. She then turned her head back to the blue hedgehog that was besides her.
'Hmm…he's still that good-looking after all these years…I wonder…what happened to us…' thought Sally as she smiled at him as he looked out to the plains. Her mind then took her back to the time when she and Sonic were dating. All up to the point where he devoted his life to bring down the Eggman Empire and left the Freedom Fighters. She then felt a pang of sadness that cut her thoughts short.
"Sal? You ok?" asked Sonic as he got up and started to stretch. Sally then smiled and got up as well.
"What happened to us?" she asked Sonic before she could think about what she just asked.
"We broke up remember?" he said now getting a little ticked.
"Oh yeah…well who are you dating now?" she asked bluntly as she remembered the case.
"…"
"C'mon tell me." she asked as she got closer to the blue hedgehog. Sonic pushed her off of him lightly and turned away, heading back to his tent.
"Sonic! Wait!" said Sally as she ran and grabbed his arm.
"…lets just say I've moved on…" he said as he stopped. Sally then smirked and slyly said.
"You're a lousy liar…" she said as she pressed her lips against his, only to have herself pushed away from him. She then saw him wipe his mouth and spat to the ground.
"I NEVER lie, Sally Acorn. Do that again and I'll crack that lip of yours…"
"It's Amy. Isn't it…she's took my place is that it?" she asked as she said Amy's name like it's something bad in her mouth.
"…"
"…it is…how did THAT happen? A bet you two made?" she asked, trying to bait Sonic.
"…no…lets just say that she doesn't use people…"
"WHAT?" Sally asked incredulously as Sonic turned and looked at Sally dead in the eye.
"You know what I mean, Sally Acorn…you tried to use me to get her kicked out of the FF and you wanted me to help you take over the land. I told you that I didn't want to be a king and I don't like you as a girlfriend. You're like Fiona, a trickster." he said as he got ticked at the mention of his twin's wife.
"I said I was sorry. I know it was wrong of me…"started Sally but was cut silent from Sonic's look. He didn't want to hear any of it and was tired of even being in her presence, causing him to say this.
"I only came to see how the others were doing and how things were going with the FF. I didn't come back to YOU. Knowing now that you're in hot water, I'm going to help out but on 3 conditions…" said Sonic as Sally crossed her arms.
"Name 'em…"
"1) Don't try to hit on me or break me and Amy up. 2) Don't treat us like dirt. We've been nice to you since we got here and we will but only if its mutual."
"and three?"
"Don't try to hurt Amy or My friends. If you do, you'll pay…DEARLY…" said the speedster as his sword flashed, proving his point.
"Agreed…I won't try anything to hurt your precious Amy. Nor would I hurt Tails or the others. But I got one condition."
"What?"
"After this is over, you introduce me to that nice black hedgehog." said Sally as she had hearts in her eyes, causing Sonic to sweat drop.
"Shake on it then." he said as she spat in her hand like he spat in his, sealing the pact they made.
"Now if you excuse me, I got to go to bed." said Sonic as he made his move to leave. Sally watched as he made his way back to his friends hut, still in love with him but not as a lover nor as groupie. But like Sonia was to Sonic….as a sister to him.
'Take good care of him Amy Rose…of all the girls he's dated, you're the only one who has him tamed…' Thought Sally as she got up and started to make her way back to her hut when she saw Shadow exit his tent again for that night, this time with his bags and with Rouge yelling at him.
"GO TO HELL SHADOW! I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU NEAR ME AGAIN! WE"RE OVER!" she screamed as she cried over what god knows what.
While Sonic and Sally were talking….
Shadow was still shifting around on his mat, still plagued by the dreams that haunted his memory. It still based on his past of his and Sonic but it was different.
Flashback
"Where…where am I?" asked the black hedgehog as he woke up in a tube surrounded by scientists and military personal.
One of the scientists came to him and offered his hand. He had a walrus like mustache and a bald head with silver glasses that covered his eyes.
"Its ok…you'll be ok young one. I won't hurt you." he said as the hedgehog looked at him frightened.
"My name is Gerald…I'm your adoptive father…come on, don't be shy…." said the doctor as he came closer to his adopted son, hand offered and with a kind smiled.
"Where's my brother? Where's Sonic?" he asked as he started to cry. He then sobbed as he looked around for any sign of his baby brother.
Not being able to stomach the hedgehog's crying, a little girl ran forward and held the young hedgehog tight and started to pet his quills. This caused few of the scientists to gasp in shock and worry. The girl was to have little contact with anything, much less to the black hedgehog that was altered to be the Ultimate Life Form. However Gerald smiled as the hedgehog started to ease off the tears…
End Flashback
"Maria!" cried Shadow as he shot up out of his sleep, waking up the bat next to him.
"Shadow! Are you ok?" asked Rouge as she looked at the black hedgehog. After they found Sonic and made it to Knothole, Rouge dropped her grudge against Shadow for walking out on her the past 4 days. He still remained stoic to her but was trying to keep his friendship with the thieving femme.
"I'm good…just another dream. Nothing more…" he said but Rouge didn't buy it. She softly kissed his temple, trying to relieve some of the black hedgehog's pain or worry or both. However it did no good for the black hedgehog and cause more stress on him than what was needed.
"Rouge…please…" he said softly trying to pry the bat off of him, but Rouge still continued to kiss him.
"Babe…please st-stop it…." he said as he tried to get up but Rouge pressed him down and started to remove her top, showing her D cup bra and breasts. Shadow then started to get more adamant of getting up. Rouge then started to remove Shadow's t-shirt when he finally pushed her off of him with full force.
"ENOUGH DAMMIT!" Shadow shouted as Rouge was pushed into Omega, who was inactive for the night.
"What the fuck Shadow? I'm trying to help you relax and now your pushing me off of you!" screamed Rouge as she got up still wearing her bra and pants.
"I said I don't want to do this. Let me relax on my own. Okay? I'm sorry but I don't want to do this yet." he said as he got up fixing his attire. Rouge got mad and started to get dressed.
"Well you didn't have to shove me." she said angrily at him as she gnarled her teeth.
"I told you 3 times no. You didn't listen. And another thing is that I thought you broke up with me? I'm not interested in you anymore." he said though he knew it wasn't very smart to say to her.
"WHAT! So all I was to you was a pity fuck!" she screamed at him in rage. Shadow just looked at her like she was loosing her mind.
"NO! It's just…"
"Just what? Too hung up on your past to notice your girlfriend wants to help you?" she asked furiously.
Shadow just didn't have the stomach to listen to her right now so he got up and went for a walk but was pulled back and was awarded a hard smack to the cheek. He looked back at Rouge and saw her enraged and was ready to yell. Thinking quick, he pulled out his .45 and aimed at her. She froze and looked at the black hedgehog in shock.
Taking notice of this, Shadow started to speak.
"What the flying FUCK is your problem? I'm not going to stay here if you keep trying to cause…" he stopped when he saw a bottle next to Rouge's pillow. Rouge tried to swipe it away but was too slow for the ultimate life form.
Shadow kept the gun pointed at her but engaged the safety and lowered it to look at the bottle. It was a bottle of Vodka, and from the looks of it, it was half drunk and had lipstick on the cap.
"Oh my god….PLEASE tell me you didn't…" asked Shadow as he looked back at the thief.
"So? I'm old enough to have a few drinks…" said Rouge as she started to sway back and forth. Shadow saw this and tried to help her but was awarded with a slap to the same spot. As he stumble backwards, Rouge charged after him and started to attack him. Knowing that he couldn't fake his sleep, Omega stepped in and stopped both of them.
"Shadow! Rouge! Cease and Desist! None of you two are in mental health to fight each other…" he tried to say but was awarded a boot to the face when Rouge saw him getting involved.
"Stayyy outta this ya pathetic bucket o…oh man now its kicking in…." said Rouge as she got up and stumbled on to the mat.
Shadow went to help but was dusted aside by Omega. Looking at the bat who was intoxicated, Omega looked back at Shadow and shook his head in a way to tell Shadow to stay back. Knowing that the power figure of Team Dark had separated the two, Shadow complied as Rouge raised her face to him and threw his mat and gear to him.
"Start thinking of moving out of my place when we're done here… cause I don't want you to stay at mine for good. All you did was cause me nothing but grief…we're still on the team but that's as far as we go…I don't care about you any more…" said Rouge as she pulled her bag to the other side of the hut.
Enraged to the point of no longer thinking, Shadow now grabbed his bag but also his sleeping back and gun and said the following.
"I'll better than that, bitch…I've had enough of you!"
As he did this, he looked at the exit and walked out. Now free from Omega's restraint, Rouge ran out and shouted.
"GO TO HELL SHADOW! I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN! WE'RE OVER!"
Present time now…
Walking away from the hut, Shadow continued to walk till he made it to the bonfire. He started to set up his bag when he was stopped by a voice.
"Shadow?"
Raising his gun and pointing it, he turned to see Sally standing there with her hands up and scared. Realizing this, he lowered his weapon and sighed.
"Sorry bout that…I'm just a little stressed."
He sat on the log and holstered his pistol, showing now that he didn't pose as danger to Sally. She softly walked towards him and sat next to him.
"Is…everything ok with you?" she asked softly. He didn't like that question.
"Pardon the language but what the fuck kind of stupid ass question is that?" he answered as he lowered his head to his hands. The last thing on his mind was trying to talk to someone.
"Well…I kinda overheard the yells and I thought it would be best if I came to talk to you…but if you want, I'll leave…" said Sally as she got up but was pulled back by Shadow.
"What made you say that?" he asked. This caused the princess to sit down and place her hand on the ebony hedgehog's own.
"Well, it helped me when I broke up with Sonic and when Tails lost his friendship with the guy all over Fiona Fox. I thought it may help you…" she said as she looked down at the ground. She then felt a hand over hers and started to rub it in a comforting way.
"I'm good. But thanks…besides Faker and Amy, no one ever talks to me." he said as he looked into the fire.
"Faker?"
"My nickname for Sonic…I kept it ever since I lost my memory…but he doesn't mind, I guess…" he said with a soft look.
"…Shad?" he turned to her.
"Yes?" she then looked away when he answered her call.
"Do you think that you two are brothers?" she asked softly.
Shadow was silent for this, causing Sally to tense up from his reaction. Knowing that he didn't want to talk about it, she quickly wanted to change the subject. However he answered first.
"…I don't know…" he said as he looked into the fire.
"Ok..I'm gonna leave you in peace…" she said as she got up. He stopped her again and this time he asked the question that would shocked anyone.
"Sally…can you stay a little longer?" he asked.
She stood there looking into the black hedgehog's wine colored eyes, lost in them. She then smiled softly.
"Better yet….why don't you share my hut with me tonight?" she asked softly.
Staring into her blue eyes, Shadow thought he was talking to an angel. Taking in her features, her auburn red hair pulled to a ponytail, blue vest covering her sky blue shirt and her gray jeans and blue boots, all giving away both the right amount of sex appeal and maturity. He thought that he would get lost into her eyes as he nodded.
"Ok…"
Well looks like things are turning a little better for Shadow now that he has a crush on the Princess. And what about his ex? Will they still be friends or will it be the end for Team Dark? What about the Black Arms and their plan to overthrow the FF? Stay tuned for Chapter 8 of Past of Shadow.
C ya then…
ZhaoYun 320