Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ No One is Invincible ❯ God Had a Sense of Humor ( Chapter 2 )

God Had a Sense of Humor

By Blue Dragon

The escape pod was almost on fire, and because God had a sense of humor, it happened to be spiraling down towards GUN headquarters at thousands of miles per hour. Fortunately, it was built for those speeds, and Shadow was built for just about anything. Unfortunately, however, it was about to hit the water next to one of the main facilities, and when it did, it created quite a wave.

The wave that resulted from Shadow's pod crashing later became known as God's Teardrop among GUN headquarters. The water rose up in a terrifying glory, cascaded into the clear sky from all directions, keeping its serenity and innocence suspended, and then proceeded to crash down all around the island. The beach was even more drenched than it had already been, the side of the facility was crumbled slightly, and the sounds had raised quite a commotion.

The pod later floated up, sending tiny swells of saltwater every which way, and quietly sloshing around the shallow portion of the sea. The door opened up a bit, casting light onto the creature that proved for the first time that he was built for survival; even in unconsciousness.

Shadow stirred, and then awoke, immediately jumping out of the pod, over the water, and onto the rocky shores.

"Wh . . . what? Maria?" The sun was blinding and high in the sky, and it was really starting to burn. His black fur continuously absorbed heat and almost immediately dried him off.

With a flash of grim and sudden realization, everything came back to him. Maria, the GUN soldiers, Biolizard, everything. The emotional trauma was enough to have him back on the ground.

"Noo!! If I ever see them again . . . ! If I ever see GUN . . . " He looked up to witness the huge GUN logo on the side of the building.

"Damn! Someone up there truly hates me!" He started mumbling to himself as he stood up shakily and a bit cramped up, and started creeping around the side of the building, staring down at his shoes.

First, he had to spend most of his energy trying to get away from GUN, and now, here they were again, right in front of him. Were these the fruits of Maria's sacrifice? No matter, he just had to get out of there. But what of Biolizard? Did he make it? He must have, he was the prototype of The Ultimate Life-form.

The knowledge pieced itself together instantly in his mind, he, the archetype, should surely be able to survive.

After a few seconds of muttering about sand in his shoes, he heard the sound of guns cocking and looked up, only to see eight soldiers and a few robots aiming their weapons at him.

"Uh . . . " He groaned and turned to run, where five more soldiers were waiting for him. "For the love of-"

"Get him!" Shadow was much too tired to move, and the pain of what had happened to him all came rushing back, so he just stood there and waited for the new pain to come. And it did, in spades.

"This is for Jacob, you ass!" He felt blows landed on his side and was overwhelmed as the soldiers continued kicking and striking him with the back of their guns.

"Physical pain is the lowest form of all pain . . . Nothing can heal my heart . . . " Was all he muttered.

They continued to unnecessary pounding of him, making sure to hold him down.

" . . . He ain't in any pain, Captain."

"Let's see how you like this!" Another blow was landed to his already numb head, and he saw the world go white as he blacked out.

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"Thank you God . . . you've brought me to heaven . . . " Shadow stared at the light, and realized that he couldn't move. Then, his vision cleared and he noticed that he was strapped to a metal table. He heard footsteps, but couldn't place them. He took the moment to look at his surroundings. The room had nothing but a floor, ceiling, walls, and a table; the one he was on.

"Welcome, Shadow." It was the general's voice.

"No. I'm in hell."

"Now that we have you here . . . " An unseen door opened, and the man walked in with a morose look on his face and bandages on his fingers. "Why don't you tell us all you know."

Shadow noticed that the General was holding a chaos emerald.

"What is that pretty stone?" He inquired the military officer.

"Pretty stone? Oh, you mean this chaos energy. This, foolish hedgehog, is the stone embodying the energy that you were created with. And using it, we can . . . . stop. I'll do the questioning. You just be quiet and answer."

" . . . ."

"What do you know about `Chaos Control'?" A few guards marched in soon after he had asked the question.

"Sir, we have sedated Gerald Robotnik, the inquisition will begin shortly."

"Good. Have you figured out the capabilities of Chaos Control?"

"Yes, General. We have determined that when touched, it can be used as a powerful teleportation device and-"

"Yes, yes, but didn't you acquire any records?"

"No sir, they were all hidden."

The general frowned in annoyance.

"Then begin the inquisition!"

"Yes, sir." Two soldiers left through the doorway, and two more remained.

"Let's see if you'll show us what chaos control is!"

"I overheard that it can only be fully harnessed by extreme power or chaos energy . . . " Shadow began.

The general started sneering and pushed the pointed end of the purple chaos emerald into Shadow's stomach, causing him to cough.

"If you think you're going to get out of here telling us just that-"

"CHAOS CONTROL!" Shadow yelled, feeling the power of his first Chaos Control. He imagined where he wanted to go, and then felt the blinding energy flow through him. When he landed, he was on a snowy, frigid mountain top. The air was thin, the sun was blocked, and the winds were chilling. The view was amazing, and the general could barely talk.

"W-what the hell did you . . . "

Shadow the Hedgehog had Chaos Controlled the general to the top of Mt. Everest.

"You bastard hedgehog!"

"You know, no human can survive out here for more than a few minutes without the right equipment. CHAOS CONTROL!" Shadow used the move again, this time holding the emerald as he leapt off of the peak, and left the general there.

However, Shadow hadn't completely harnessed the power and ended up Chaos Controlling to a desert. He landed on a cactus and rolled with the emerald through the sands, accidentally activated it, and Chaos Controlled to Hawaii. There, he rolled again, down a few of the rocky slopes, and ended up Chaos Controlling right back to where he had been. The emerald dropped, and the soldiers immediately pinned him back down while throwing a vehement look his way.

"What did you do with him.!?" They asked, pointing guns.

"Ask the hikers on Everest."

"You . . . !"

They tossed their guns and grabbed Shadow by his neck, and slammed him back against the metal bed.

"Bring . . . him . . . back!" They smashed the emerald into his hand and backed away, as Shadow fell down to the ground, muttering to himself.

"What happened to all that I loved . . . ?" He heard Gerald speaking in the next room.

"Somehow . . . we'll repay the humans . . . . those ungrateful fools will feel everything that I have felt . . . yes."

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Biolizard huffed. He felt as if he had shrunk. The bodies were cleared, the people were gone, and he was just left there. They didn't even think that he was worth their time, their energy to research, and they just sealed him up there inside. They even had plans to shut down the colony.

"Damn humans . . . and their problems . . . " He dragged himself as well as he could down the nearest corridor, searching every way he could for a place to sleep. If it was deserted, he might as well live in style.

"Wait . . . Shadow! Did he survive?" He ran down the trail that he had seen Shadow and Maria running down, leaving footprints in the poorly maintained ground. Biiolizard noticed that stray guns and helmets were still strewn all over the place as he ran over bundles of empty magazines.

"Where the heck am I . . . ?"

When he turned the corner, the computer systems had become so poor that it appeared as if he was just standing in the middle of space. On the barely visible floor, he noticed a missing escape pod.

"Shadow, maybe he made it out . . . Yes. I know it, I feel it . . . . " He followed a trail of bullet holes along the wall, and noticed the dried stain of blood near it. He then noticed a trail of it leading away to an empty transport area.

"! Maria! No! NOOO!" He started thrashing.

"I don't . . . . humans . . . why . . . NO!" He didn't know how, or why, why did he care about Maria so much when she never even paid any attention to him? She didn't seem to worry about whether or not he lived or died, so why did he care about her?

"Maria . . . Ma . . . humans." He roared angrily and stomped down the hallway on his two clawed feet, making terrifying stomping sounds as he retreated into the still bright outer hallways towards his old room.

"Those God . . . damned . . . it's their problem. Their problems! Thanks to them . . . all of this happened. They don't deserve to exist, to be free, to be alive . . . they took away everything from me . . . and they still just kill each other. For what? I don't even know . . . maybe they deserve to kill each other . . . and just all die. All of them die . . . I'll kill them all!" In sweet irony, Biolizard stumbled upon an open door, in it, a ransacked room that had belonged to a scientist. Popcorn had been spilled, and there was an indention in the wall next to an unmoving bowling ball. A television was still on, and playing a message, the message from Gerald Robotnik.

He listened carefully, and his eyes widened. He noticed writing all over the walls behind the once cheerful scientist, now bitter and sorrowful.

"Intersting . . . Those all look like Gerald's old equations around him . . . I'll bet Maria died on him . . . DAMN! Everything revolves around her now . . . "

He remembered the exact words of Gerald Robotnik, and smiled to himself.

"Yes . . . that's it. Yes! The Space Colony ARK. If I can become one with it . . . I'll send it into Earth, and send all of the bitches on it to hell!" He pointed a clawed finger at the planet below and started laughing wildly.

"Die bitches! You'll all die! I'll show you what pain I've felt when you're hit full force with ARK! Hahahaha . . . " He disappeared into a usually forbidden room, now carelessly left open after being pried to that position by GUN.

"Fools . . . I will use this mechanism to sleep . . . . and grow . . . and the next bitch stupid enough to let this thing open will never know what hit him! It's foolproof! Ha!" He cracked his knuckles and walked into the distance, a bright light overtaking him.

"I can hear it now . . . the world in chaos! The humans can't . . . they WON'T leave this place alone for long. I don't care if I never see Shadow again . . . they'll all die . . .all of them . . .yes!" He ran even deeper into the room, after which he fell into a deep, mad sleep.

[50 Years Later]

Shadow could faintly hear typing in the distance. His capsule opened, and he suddenly felt himself wake up, instinctively jumping up from it. The last he remembered, he had been injected with something . . . how much time had passed? There was no way of knowing, it seemed like just a moment to him. He stood upon his capsule.

"This is strange . . . " He noticed a man resembling Gerald walking towards him, shaped like a bulbous egg, save the skinny legs. He wore well-fitting black pants and a reddish coat with semi-elaborate designs. He wore glasses, and the long rusty-brown moustache contradicted his bald head.

"Sonic!? Are you trying to ruin my plans again?"

"So . . . this is where they left me, hmm? Are you with GUN?"

A look of mock concern and then confusion crossed the man's face. " . . . What? No, I broke into this place. What do you care, hedgehog?"

Shadow laughed maniacally and held up his gloved hand as he stared coldly at the man.

"Well, do you know Gerald Robotnik? You sure do look like him. I wonder if you share his dreams, as well . . . ? Dreams and wishes are a funny thing . . . both are filled with hope, but you have to wake up if you want to make things happen . . . "

" . . . . Gerald Robotnik was my grandfather."

"What! Grandfather!? How long ago was it that ARK was attacked?!" Shadow would have normally been panicked, but was now just angry.

"50 years. What do you care? Are you supposed to be the ultimate life-form?"

" . . . And I haven't aged a bit . . . hahahaha . . . !" Shadow went back into a wild laugh. "I am . . . Project Shadow . . . The Ultimate Life-form!"

" . . . Really?" Saying that the Doctor was interested would be the understatement of the year.

"Prepare to be amazed, Doctor. Power isn't something you're just given. I believe that if you obtain power, you are expected to use it by one person or another! And I won't hesitate to justify that claim, either."

"I'm reporting in here, we have a wild one. We've got the intruder here with him." It was someone reporting in from a radio, he seemed to be marching towards them in a medium-sized Mech.

"Copy that. Eliminate the intruder and secure the wild one." The other side answered.

"Hmm. Observe Ultimate Power!" Shadow had a lot of time to get stronger over fifty years, and he didn't hesitate to show it.

"Hot Shot, engage!" The two footed mech ran towards him over the metallic floor and past the scattered crates.

"Hah! You're no match!" Shadow ducked behind boxes and ran past the gunfire.

"This is Hot Shot, we have the wild one on the run." The mech began to fly and target Shadow with its missiles.

"You're kidding!" The hedgehog leapt up and smashed into the cockpit over and over.

"Hot Shot here, I'm losing power! Request assistance!"

"Copy that, no units available, you will have to continue the fight alone, sorry."

Shadow smiled to himself as the pilot desperately fired another missile towards him, and used the opportunity to leap and carefully deflect the beam with the bottom of his hover-shoes.

"Ahh! I'm hit! Mech is inoperable! Request Emergency Medical Assistance!"

"Here we go!" Shadow nodded and crossed his arms, after which he slid into position a good distance away from the flying sparks. Shadow cracked his neck, and began his walk back towards the egg-shaped man, ignoring the cowering pilot of Hot Shot.

"I will grant you one wish." Shadow nodded towards the man. He trusted him.

"My name is Ivo Robotnik. You may call me Eggman, Robotnik, or simply Doctor."

"Doctor will be fine."

"Hmm . . . " Robotnik stared closely at Shadow; he could safely decide that he felt his skills were impressive.

"Meet me aboard the Space Colony ARK" He told Shadow.

Shadow nodded, and walked off.

"You know where that is?" Robotnik was surprised.

"Of course. It is where I was where I was created, after all."

"How do you plan on getting there?"

"Just trust me, I have a plan for everything." Shadow left through the doorway, and into the corridor where discarded robot shells and destroyed mechs lay in Robotnik's wake.

"The first order of business . . . . steal an emerald." All of the pictures of Maria flooded back to him, and his eyes widened.

"Maria . . . ! I will grant your wish through Ivo . . ." He tried not to collapse as the memories flooded back. " . . . I will make them all pay." A relative of Maria had freed him, once again saving him from GUN. A Robotnik had sealed him up in that escape pod, and now it had freed him from a capsule. A true irony, God really did have a sense of humor.