Misconception: Revenge
Ch.6
Sonic thought a minute before replying “I can’t describe it. When I reach those incredible speeds, and the wind is whipping through my quills, my feet keeping a constant rhythm and speed, the world’s a blur of beautiful colors, and I can feel wild, free and myself. it’s a wonderful feeling, and all I want to do is run faster and faster and faster. To increase my speed-to go as fast as I can go, and then go supersonic speeds faster than even that! Also, it’s something that I can claim for myself. Tails can fly, Knuckles is strong, and I’m the world’s fastest supersonic hedgehog!” With that, he continued to eat his sandwich. “I see,” Amy replied, looking down at the ground, “Sonic? Do you think that…sometime…I could experience that feeling of superSonic speed that you love?” Sonic looked at Amy and realized for the first time that she not only wanted to marry him, but that she wanted to share his adventures with him. It might have been the feeling in the air, or maybe he was just beginning to like Amy a bit more, or maybe he just felt sorry that she couldn’t meet his speeds and feel the exhilaration he felt, but in the end, he chose his answer. “Do you really want to experience the speeds I can reach?” Amy nodded, looking up at him hopefully. Sonic sighed, he didn’t know why he was doing this, but he was. “Then climb on my back, and I’ll take you for a run.” Amy squealed in delight and held her arms around Sonic’s neck. “Try not to strangle me when I reach top speeds, ok?” She nodded, and Sonic prepared to run.
“Hahahahaha! Oh man, Sonic, I didn’t think you were this close to Amy!”
Sonic groaned, and Amy jumped off him. “Knuckles” Sonic and Amy said at the same time, “what do you want?” Sonic finished.
Knuckles walked over, picked up a sandwich, and began to nonchalantly eat it in front of Sonic, who growled. “Just wanted to tell you that Shadow was just near the emerald shrine, and I have a strong feeling that he’s trying to get a hold of the emeralds. Since I know you have one of them, I wanted to give you a heads up.”
“Thanks, but I can handle Shadow by myself…” Sonic began before Knuckles laughed. Sonic glared at him. “What’s so funny? Huh?” Knuckles just shook his head and walked off, still eating the sandwich. “What was that about?” Amy asked. “I don’t know,” Sonic began, pulling out the blue emerald, which gleamed in the sunlight, “something about Shadow and the emeralds. Oh well, let’s continue our lunch,” he continued, putting the emerald back and reaching for a sandwich before stopping. “Hey…Knuckles’ took my last sandwich!”
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Shadow sat atop a building in the city, his emerald in his hand, looking at it with frustration, tying to sort out his thoughts. Eggman’s tale of his adventure with Sonic and the ARK still playing through his head. Bits and pieces came to him from memory: Sonic calling him a faker, himself running through a high-security building, Rouge asking him “…who, or what, is standing right in front of me? Shadow, your memories may even be fake…” He shook his head to clear his thoughts, and tried to picture that discussion with Rouge. She had a document with her…that told about my past… With that, he chaos controlled away.
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Rouge was in town, gazing in the window of a jewelry shop which displayed a beautiful 4 karat diamond. In her mind, she was devising several ways to get a hold of the precious gem. Shadow suddenly appeared next to her, grabbed her by the arm, and warped away with her.
They appeared on the ARK, and Rouge pulled away from Shadow, a look of surprise on her face. She jumped into the air and began to fly away, but Shadow caught hold of one of her wings and threw her against a wall, where she fell to her knees. He let go of her wing, which was now bent at an odd angle; she wouldn’t be flying for a while. She gripped her wing and glared at him. “That’s no way to treat a lady.” Shadow glared back “you’re no lady.” His gaze softened and he bent down so Rouge could see him eye-to-eye. “You know about my past. You’re an agent for the government, and they told you. Now,” he said, standing and looming over Rouge, “tell me what they told you.”
Rouge stuck her nose in the air, “if that’s how you’re going to ask me for something, then I’m not going to answer. Unless of course, you have something you might want to trade. A gem for some useful information?”
Shadow glared at her “I’m not one to bargain with. You are in no position to try and make deals with me. Tell me the information I need to know, or your wing won’t be the only thing broken…”
