Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ Deliverance ❯ Operation ( Chapter 1 )

  A/N: The sequel to Nothing Lasts Forever. Ya’ll wanted it so here ya go. ^^   Deliverance Part 1   “Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.”
-- Jane Addams   --   Floating motionlessly within the glimmering luminescence of the 7 chaos emeralds, the genuine article Shadow the Hedgehog, had returned. His eyes were shut and his fists were clenched tightly. Hovering for only a few seconds more, the light from the emeralds had begun to fade and once their power subsided, Shadow’s form dropped to the grass as if it weighed nothing.   Remaining still momentarily from his fall, Shadow kept his eyes closed and slowly pressed his thumbs into the moist ground and forced himself up to his feet. Wobbling and losing his balance, Shadow fell over into the grass. Exhaling in irritation, Shadow managed to make his body cooperate and sat on his knees.   Breathing deeply, he forced his eyes to open. They had been so tightly shut, it was a hassle just to open them both halfway. The second he opened them, he had to narrow them from the soft and warm glow of the sun.   The sun… why did something bother him about that?   Shaking it off until he found Rouge, Shadow sighed and crawled over to a nearby tree. Once there, he grabbed ahold of it and pulled himself to his feet. Catching his breath, he inwardly cursed himself from being so weakened. Yet he knew exactly why.   While he was in that lab…someone came into the O.R. with stark white gloves and a mask covering most of their face except for the eyes. Those beady human eyes peering down at him made him get shivers up his spine from just remembering. The person didn’t have a nametag, but it was a human and it was male. Shadow could remember that. That human… he carried a type of syringe and very tiny needle in each hand and all Shadow could really recall seeing was the syringe nearing closer to his arm.   But the needle…what happened with that?   Everything else was too much of a hazy blur for him to remember. He wasn’t sure what else went on in that lab, but he was certain that his body was still feeling the traumas of whatever happened. The aches, pains and scars along his skin proved there were still many untold stories lying beneath.   Breathing lowly, he began to look around for Rouge. She remained nowhere in sight. Both curious and worried as to where she could goto, Shadow fought with his paranoia and tried to teleport on his own—knowing he couldn’t. Disappointed, and even more aggravated that he had somehow lost his voice during the return back to his lost body, Shadow slowly reached down to collect the emeralds. Each one glowed in his hand as he held them—responding to him, even though his original power had been lost to him.   Once he held them all in his arms, they disappeared, but took temporary refuge within his very being. Thanking them softly for complying with such a feat, Shadow didn’t have to worry about struggling without his powers, since he received the fullness of them from the emeralds anyway. But their help was only temporary. Despite the fact they allowed him to utilize some power, his voice still hadn’t returned to him yet. Frowning slightly, but just as quickly pushing it aside, Shadow shut his eyes and concentrated on chaos control. And within mere seconds, he was gone-—off to find Rouge, wherever she would be.   -   Away in the ‘hidden’ sections of GUN, a special type of operation was taking place—with the President in charge of it all. Again feeling ‘generous’ with his favorite ‘betraying’ agent, he decided to cancel her early morning execution and instead conduct a little experiment on her instead. She was to be injected with the genes and DNA of the Ultimate Life to see how her body would react to it. If the experiment proved to be a success, she would be studied more closely and thoroughly and mass productions of the genes would be made into medicines and delivered to people all over the world struggling with illnesses and especially to those who had too much money to know what to do with it. If the experiment proved to be a failure, Rouge would end up indirectly being executed anyway.   So basically, she was being used as a government guinea pig.   And in addition to her being injected with Shadow’s genes, a sample of her ova along with 10 ml of a sample of his sperm were placed in a petri dish mixed along with other proteins and fluids. The process was closely monitored until fertilization began. Once that happened, the specimens were injected into her uterus.    And in case something was wrong with his sperm, which in this case there was, other extra chemicals and proteins were also mixed in to ensure Rouge would absolutely become pregnant. Yet the President knew that she would try to escape somehow, so he had two tracking devices set on her. One was placed in an obvious spot directly behind her right ear while the other was hidden directly underneath the base of her tail. He actually expected and wanted the device on her ear to be found. That way, she would rid herself of it, thinking she had lost the government’s prowling eyes.   But she would still be followed. And also, that way the progression of her childbearing would be monitored as well. There was a little device inside of her that provided the life signs of both the mother and the offspring.   That was enough---for now.   After the procedure was finished, the beady-eyed doctor pulled off his gloves and stepped out of the room.   On the operating bed, Rouge lay, unconscious—having no idea that one of her desires was being fulfilled in such a dishonest and underhanded way. She would finally be able to experience the miracle of having children, but would they be nothing more than by-products of the government? Whatever the answer, she was going to find out in a couple of days…     -- Whew this came out pretty cool. I needed a lot of help with all the biology and what if’s, can’s, cannot’s and NO WAY!’s, so I asked my friend Akari about it and he gave me plenty of info. He also helped give me some ideas with what to possibly add some of the parts in the 5th chap of Nothing Lasts Forever. Thaaaannnk uuuu!! ^^   --There’s going to be some science fiction bending in this fic, but because its set in another world with plenty of hi tech and advanced medical substances and procedures, some things may seem strange, but they work.   -Shadow’s body was lost during the courses of the 5th chap, and the majority of the epilogue, but because he was sent to the location of the chaos emeralds all together like they were, his body was found and placed there for him to return.   ~Catch ya on the flip side. And remember, please give me c-r-i-t-i-c-a-l feedback! I really want and need to get better at writing! Help a sistah out!   ~Mel!