THE NEED FOR SPEED
The First Signs
Disclaimer : I don't own Sonic the Hedgehog or any other characters in my story from said universe. Last I checked they all belong to Sega's "Sonic Team".
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Sonic the Hedgehog, what person hasn't heard of me? For reasons I don't even know, I have had the power of insurmountable speed for as long as I can remember. Everyone's seen or heard of my adventures, saving the world many times over, all ending about the same.
I run and fight with all my strength, overcoming amazing odds and enemies. Then, just when I cannot run anymore, and the greatest threat appears, I call out my ace in the hole.
The Chaos Emeralds.
Seven gems no bigger than your fist, somehow directly connected to the very energies of the universe. Each a source of nearly limitless power. But when all seven are obtained. . .
But I'm getting ahead of myself. It all began when my last adventure ended. When I walked into that room on the A.R.K. Three of my best friends, our latest ally and my oldest foe, there was an air of confusion.
"But why?" Rouge wondered aloud. "Surely Super Shadow still had enough strength to return after stopping the Final Hazard. Why . . ."
"Why is it that I lived while he died?!" I snapped at her. "That IS what you were going to say, right?"
She just looked away in silence.
"Sonic, she doesn't mean it like that," Knuckles said as he put his hand on my shoulder.
I responded by turning and punching his face with all I had.
Tails' face showed a fearful look I'd never seen him use before.
At least not to me.
"Sonic," Amy began even though it looked like she was still in shock at what had happened.
"Just leave me alone." And with that I walked off to find the nearest escape pod off the A.R.K.
I heard as I left Tails explaining to the others that I'm just taking Shadow's death badly. He didn't know the half of it.
I climbed into a pod and jettisoned it towards the earth, leaving me alone with my screaming thoughts as they boomed in the deafening silence.
Damn him, he really was the better of us two. He was the only one who knew what it was like, and he was smart enough to end his life while he still had some sanity left.
"And now," I whispered, "There's no one left who could understand."
My hand shook, and I curled up in a fetal position, awaiting what I knew was coming. In a matter of seconds, I felt the familiar blinding pain begin in back of my brain. "Damn," I muttered through grit teeth. "It's getting worse. . ."
Slowly the pain began to increase and throb further out into my body. My body trembled, far worse than the pod's turbulence. I was actually lucky, it only took about a minute for me to black out. . .
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A/N: Short I know, but I'm still thinking about how to do this. The other chapters will be longer, I promise. This chapter is mostly just an anchor of commitment to make me finish this. Please R&R but be gentle.
The First Signs
Disclaimer : I don't own Sonic the Hedgehog or any other characters in my story from said universe. Last I checked they all belong to Sega's "Sonic Team".
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Sonic the Hedgehog, what person hasn't heard of me? For reasons I don't even know, I have had the power of insurmountable speed for as long as I can remember. Everyone's seen or heard of my adventures, saving the world many times over, all ending about the same.
I run and fight with all my strength, overcoming amazing odds and enemies. Then, just when I cannot run anymore, and the greatest threat appears, I call out my ace in the hole.
The Chaos Emeralds.
Seven gems no bigger than your fist, somehow directly connected to the very energies of the universe. Each a source of nearly limitless power. But when all seven are obtained. . .
But I'm getting ahead of myself. It all began when my last adventure ended. When I walked into that room on the A.R.K. Three of my best friends, our latest ally and my oldest foe, there was an air of confusion.
"But why?" Rouge wondered aloud. "Surely Super Shadow still had enough strength to return after stopping the Final Hazard. Why . . ."
"Why is it that I lived while he died?!" I snapped at her. "That IS what you were going to say, right?"
She just looked away in silence.
"Sonic, she doesn't mean it like that," Knuckles said as he put his hand on my shoulder.
I responded by turning and punching his face with all I had.
Tails' face showed a fearful look I'd never seen him use before.
At least not to me.
"Sonic," Amy began even though it looked like she was still in shock at what had happened.
"Just leave me alone." And with that I walked off to find the nearest escape pod off the A.R.K.
I heard as I left Tails explaining to the others that I'm just taking Shadow's death badly. He didn't know the half of it.
I climbed into a pod and jettisoned it towards the earth, leaving me alone with my screaming thoughts as they boomed in the deafening silence.
Damn him, he really was the better of us two. He was the only one who knew what it was like, and he was smart enough to end his life while he still had some sanity left.
"And now," I whispered, "There's no one left who could understand."
My hand shook, and I curled up in a fetal position, awaiting what I knew was coming. In a matter of seconds, I felt the familiar blinding pain begin in back of my brain. "Damn," I muttered through grit teeth. "It's getting worse. . ."
Slowly the pain began to increase and throb further out into my body. My body trembled, far worse than the pod's turbulence. I was actually lucky, it only took about a minute for me to black out. . .
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A/N: Short I know, but I'm still thinking about how to do this. The other chapters will be longer, I promise. This chapter is mostly just an anchor of commitment to make me finish this. Please R&R but be gentle.