Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ Released to Destroy ❯ I think it likes me. It has my finger. ( Chapter 5 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

I really need to start giving my chapters good names, I never think about them. I just make something up, often after I’ve written them, which is why they’re often more light hearted than the chapter itself. Who am I kidding, I’ll carry on like this.
Now you people have left me no choice! I will turn a beloved character into a transvestite at some point in the fic! The only way to avoid this horrible fate is to tell me what you think in review form. REVIEW!!!!!
Oh and lunarian, I didn’t mean for that chapter to turn out bold. It just did for some reason I’ll try and make sure the next doesn’t do it, yes I’ve discovered how crap for reviews this place is. Maybe if you have a Fanfiction account you could put this story up there and give a link for people to this story. Cos as I’ve said I cant get on to the damn thing. More girls will likely be offering to Shadow too, just for his reaction.
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Tails had shown Shadow to his hut whilst chatting random talk about Knothole, in all honesty he wasn’t listening very hard. But it didn’t seem to matter, Tails seemed to like talking. And that was fine because Shadow liked being silent. Tails hut was fairly small but easily enough for him, in all he would have been happy to sleep in a tree. Inside the hut were two beds on opposite sides of the room and a fluffy soft red rug on the otherwise cold wooden floor. In a corner was a desk with numerous machines and gadgets on it, some only half complete he could tell. The desk also had a personal computer which was currently on standby.

“I’m gonna take a guess and say you don’t have anything to unpack, but if you did then you could put it on that bedside table” he told him. Scowling even more now Shadow reached into his quills and pulled out some of the more annoying possessions he had managed to keep a hold of. Concealed from view in the spines were two 9mm pistols, one looked very old and worn whilst the other was almost new still with a small GUN symbol on it, what looked like an old credit card, a memory stick and what seemed to be another odd bracelet, this one silver and with a small mechanical unit strapped to it. The pistols reminded Tails of the GUN soldiers Shadow had killed and he was adamant to know what he had done it for. Before he could answer however Shadow seemed to read his thoughts.

“I did kill them for a reason, I promised revenge on those people. GUN especially, and I always keep my promises.” upon seeing the fox’s puzzlement he explained “You were staring at the guns, what else would you logically be thinking of?”

“So now you can stop being evil and trying to kill them?”

“No, this is just the beginning for them. After your wish has been granted and my pesky nephew Julian is destroyed I will carry out my revenge upon all the humans, they will pay.” Tails was slightly scared now, there seemed to be two Shadows. One was thoughtful and fairly decent, if a bit detached and cold, and the other was angry, arrogant and hateful. “You have nothing to worry about though, you are the very first Mobian I have met in my life. And you made a good impression.” Was that a compliment? Shadow seemed to smile briefly at him, before it was taken over by his usual frown.

“Talking about good first impression Aunt Sally wants you to go in for some medical tests in a bit” this got a more intense reaction than he expected from the Hedgehog.

“Tests?!? What kind of tests? I’m not being cut open again like last time that’s for sure!” he told Tails, almost enraged. Tails tried to calm him down, something he was getting good at after practise.

“Relax Shadow” he said in what he hoped was a soothing voice “just some X-rays and blood sample and stuff. She just wants to see what you might be capable of. It happens to most people who join, no-ones going to cut you open.” Shadow had seemed actually worried, and what did he mean again? Had he been cut open before? It seemed a touchy topic so Tails left it out and led him to the medical hut.

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The medical hut was not really named correctly, indeed whilst it had originally been a large hut it had had a basement excavated which not only served as an advanced medical facility but also as a kind of lab, most of the things done there had to do with trying to reverse the roboticisation process. Any badniks captured were also kept here. The basement walls and floor were made of bright shiny steel and dozens of odd machines lined the wall. It was not dissimilar to the room Shadow had been created in but it made him worry. The only real difference was the fact that windows had been put in at the very top of the walls, allowing sunlight through instead of relying on harsh artificial light. In the room already was the otter from the pool, presumably the doctor as he had a white coat and stethoscope, a walrus who had also been swimming (although Shadow didn’t know the names to these species until asking Tails), the Princess, a partly cybernetic Mobian which Shadow knew was a rabbit because the Professor had kept some non-sentient species in the labs for testing and Sonic who was leaning against the wall tapping his foot and covered in plasters and gauze.

“Hello Mr Hedgehog, I’m Doctor Michaels if you would just like to lie in this machine then we can begin your medical scans” he gestured to a large white tube which looked like a large version of his cryogenic unit without the windows. Shadow just glared at the Mobians like they were betraying him and Tails saw Sally look at him and gesture towards Shadow. She obviously expected him to calm him down.

“Come on Shadow, you trust me don’t you? You don’t think I would do something that you wouldn’t want me to.” Tails was using his cute innocent face again and Shadow found himself hard pressed to argue. In fact he had a very good reason for being hesitant, whilst he was fairly certain that these inferior creatures wouldn’t try and dissect him for study he was worried that they might attempt and create a copy or a Shadow Android. This reminded him that the Doctor had taken scans too and would likely try and make inferior Robot models based on him.

“I trust you Fuzz-ball your probably the first person I‘ve thought worth my time in fifty years, its just everyone else that I don’t trust.” Tails’ smiled warmly at the compliment. Shadow turned to the Doctor who was whispering to the Walrus.

“Told….Tails…n..Shad….like...other .” was all he caught as his attention was elsewhere and he wasn’t particularly interested. Similar to Mobian Bats he had excellent hearing, but like his (and Tails‘) sense of smell it had to be turned on. Imagine the damage if it was on when a gunshot or explosion went off.

“I will do what you ask Otter, but I promise you. If you attempt to create any copies of me, or dissect me to try and figure out my secrets I will pull you down into a nightmarish world where the only sounds will be your desperate screams as I rip your form apart with my bare hands and teeth. And I always keep my promises.” They had no doubt that Shadow was telling the absolute truth but at the same time couldn’t help feeling that he had left part of it out to give the poor otter a surprise should he be so foolish. Did he say he’d tear the Doc apart with his teeth Sonic thought to himself.

“I..I wouldn’t do something like that, I assure you” the frightened Doctor stuttered.

“Good, I see you’re not a total waste of good cells” to emphasise his point however he bared some of his teeth I a half smile and gave the group a view of the oddly long incisors, they seemed unnaturally sharp and Sally briefly wondered how much damage they could cause if used on someone. Shadow entered the tube and waited for Rotor to close it and commence the scans.

“This may take a while so I hope your a patient person” Rotor warned.

“I once lay in a tube like this unmoving for fifty years with only my own thoughts to keep me sane.”

“So patience isn’t a problem.”

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“Can he hear us Doc” Sonic asked the Otter who was lying down on his own examination table and attempting to relax.

“No the protective shielding would block sound.”

“Thank God, I don’t like that guy. He’s weird, unsettling. I don’t understand why he seems to like you so much Tails. Come to think of it, why do you like him?”
“He’s not weird Sonic. Well maybe a bit but he’s not a bad guy, he just doesn’t trust anyone.”

“Except you it seems” Sally said “Why is that, he seems to change when dealing with you. To everyone else he’s arrogant, violent and cynical. To you he actually approaches pleasant, barely.”

“I don’t know why, I guess opposites attract.” God I hope no one takes that the wrong way, why do I even feel like this. Guys like women, I know I’m not gay. I’ve had crushes on girls, and this feels different.” Sonic entirely missed the hidden meaning in that sentence that most of the others had picked up on, the Otter was sniggering on his table and Rotor had actually gone pale.

“Please Tails, if that was the case you two would be right up against each other” if only…what did I just think?!? “that guy is evil, just a weirdo with a load of hidden motives”

“No use trying to figure out that guy, lets see what the scans tell us” Rotor turned on the monitors connected to the capsule and then plugged Nicole in to help interpret the data. On screen was three pictures of Shadow the first had Shadow’s skeleton on it, the second his muscles and the last his organs. Dozens of tiny green circles appeared on each picture, highlighting parts and annotating them automatically- something that Nicole was doing as she studied the scans.

“Nicole, what are those things?”

“Those circles indicate the parts of Shadow’s body which are abnormal and do not match a normal Mobian Hedgehog’s or Sonic’s body Sally. Shadow may look like a Hedgehog but I do not believe he can accurately be classed as one, he has been modified too much.”

“I knew it, he’s some kind of freak!” Sonic said sounding triumphant.

“Sonic, these changes are unique. It is certain they were done on purpose to make him a stronger creature, through advanced genetic engineering and partial cybernetics that should be impossible.”

“Cybernetics?” Bunnie was curious as to how much. Everyone was silent and desperate to find out what Shadow really was.

“There does not appear to be an accurate term for what Shadow is in my databanks, it appears Professor Gerald was able to combine the best of both worlds, the regenerative body of an organic but the strength beyond anything mortal. A mind that can use all the capacity a normal brain does not use to make it as fast and capable as a supercomputer, approximately 5% robotic to allow objectives and information to move between the brain and a computer through these leads in his wrists or spine. His nervous system also appears to be tied directly into his shoes for some reason through these retractable pads.”

“I know why those are there!” Tails told them “when Shadow carried me here he skated on air, those shoes let him hover and he uses them like roller-skates. When he turned them on he didn’t do anything, they just turned on by themselves.”

“They likely form a link which he activates through thought. More to the subject Shadow also appears to have an extremely strong field of Chaos Energy around him.” Another picture came up now next to the others showing Shadow’s silhouette surrounded by a bright red aura which also seemed to partially assimilate another smaller but even brighter green aura originating in his head quills. “That is coming from the green Chaos Emerald he possesses.”

“So what does that mean?” Sonic asked the AI but Rotor answered instead.

“Sonic, I’ve been studying the Emeralds we have. They all give out a lot of Chaos Energy around themselves. You know if enough is put together the person in the centre of the field is turned Super if they can control it, well how well they can control it depends on their own tiny amount of Chaos Energy. When there is all seven Emeralds it doesn’t matter much because there is so much power there but you still have to have some, if someone had a huge amount of Chaos Energy in their body they might be able to use Chaos powers with only one emerald, or even none at all.”

“So what can he use it for?”

“After Shadow saved me he explained a bit, he said that Chaos Energy can bend the laws of time and space” Tails said.

“That is correct Tails, all Chaos abilities stem from that power” Nicole told him.

“Well I saw him fighting some of Robotnik’s laser turrets in the basement level and he I saw him rip apart the turrets with a snap of his fingers. Plus, I think he may have slowed down time because he moved faster than Sonic could but didn’t make a sonic boom.”

“It would be interesting to see what else he can do but for now I think we should watch him, we don’t know what his real motive for helping us is” Rotor told them.

“What do you mean? He’s helping because I wished it and he said he would grant my wish.” Tails said surprised but the others didn’t appear to see it like that.

“Come on little bro, you don’t think that’s his only reason for helping us. I don’t even think that is the main reason, he’ll stab us in the back I bet you my shoes on it.” Sonic’s words actually hurt, he trusted Shadow. Could it be that he was using him for his own reasons? Would he betray their trust?

“No you’ll see, he will help us and show you all that he’s not evil!” Tails stormed out of the room and Sonic was about to go after him but Sally stopped him from going.

“Leave him alone Sonic, he needs time to clear his head. I think Shadow’s left him a bit confused.”

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Shadow opened his eyes when he heard the hiss of pneumatics as the pod lid opened, he stepped out into the room and looked for Tails but he was gone. Only the other Mobians remained.

“If your wondering where Tails went he ran of a bit ago when he got his period” the Otter told him smirking.

“You know Otter, my patience is something I pride myself on but I often get irritable when locked in a small place for a long time, I also tend to get violent and disobey certain orders given. Orders like not hurting people in this village.” The tone was a threat by itself and Michaels shut up. “Now lets see what you dug up about me” Shadow walked up to Nicole who was still plugged In and began to flex his wrist. In a few seconds a metallic snaking lead shot out from it and attached into Nicole. The screen began to flicker as he rummaged around inexpertly in her databanks but eventually he found what he was looking for and left the astonished group staring as the lead pulled back into him. The process had barely taken half a minute and he walked out to find Tails.

“Did anyone else just see that?” Sonic asked.

“Nicole are you okay? Did he do anything?” Sally asked her almost constant companion.

“Negative Sally, Shadow only saw what we had scanned of his body. This shows he is able to get past my firewalls fairly easily, it also proves that those leads can transfer information and could be useful for hacking Robotnik’s systems if I am not present.”

“I don’t suppose you managed to get anything from him were you?” Sally hoped they could gain insight into Shadow’s motives, he sure wasn’t going to tell them. And if he did it probably wouldn’t be the truth.

“I was able to take portions from his memory whilst he was braking into mine. I have some visual files and I have gained two things that are of extreme importance to him. The first is the numbers 00:27:53:00, this is odd. It means nothing in any computer code.”

“What’s the second?”

“A name, it is very important. The name is Maria…” the machine seemed to go offline for a while but was in fact just being silent. Static appeared across the screen she was still plugged into and no matter what they said she wouldn’t say anything. When she finally spoke it was odd, her voice had gained….life. It was no longer monotonous but instead sounded afraid and sad. “The name means so much to him, I feel what he feels. It shouldn’t be possible but some of his emotion has flowed over with the name like a virus. Oh God.. she… she died! She’s dead!” the voice was terrifying, Nicole couldn’t cry but if she could she would have. “They killed her! They came and-FILE DELETED” the last voice was Nicole’s old one and her old personality was restored. “I am sorry I had to delete the file Sally, it had corrupted my system.”

“O-kay” Sonic stretched out the word to a good ten seconds “did anyone else find that really creepy, or are you all fine with the fact that one word changed Nicole into a blubbering mess.”

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< br> Shadow found Tails’ strong Fox scent and followed it through the woods, it was around noon now and studied the planet’s foliage more closely now that he was alone, he wondered what it was like at night. That was clearly his element. Tails’ scent reeked of fear and worry but nothing had been following him, so what was he getting worked up about? Shadow began to run now and came to a sunny clearing with another smaller pool of water in it. Sitting against a thick tree with his bare feet in the pool was Tails. He was holding his head in his hands and obviously deep in thought.

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< br> Tails had ran all the way to his own private pool as he had begun to think of it, he usually came here when he was sad, or confused or wanted to just be alone. He even occasionally brought inventions up here to work on when he was having problems. And just once he had come up here to mourn, when one of his friends had been shot by a SWAT-bot.

How could he be having these feelings for Shadow? He seemed to care about him more than anything for no real reason, he didn’t know him very well although he probably knew him better than most ever would. What would Shadow think? Did he feel the same, just better at hiding it?

“Are you okay?” the soft voice so near made him jump, turning he saw Shadow standing next to him. His voice had lost its usual iciness and instead sounded concerned and almost caring. He wasn’t smiling but he was no longer frowning, which was probably the best he would get.

“Yeah I’m fine, why wouldn’t I be?” he answered too quickly and it didn’t take a genius to figure out he was hiding something. Shadow had little or no experience with this sort of thin but even he could tell. He sat down next the Fox, leaning against the tree.

“Your not fine, you ran here. You were holding your head in your hands and you smell worried and afraid” Tails hadn’t known Shadow had as good a sense of smell as he did, what else could the Ultimate Lifeform do?

“Its nothing Shadow, its just. My friends don’t trust you and they all think your evil or something.” this hadn’t really surprised Shadow much.

“They are right not to trust me, if it was necessary to fulfil my objectives I would destroy them all.” Tails looked in surprise at the hedgehog he had been defending.

“Would you destroy me if I got in the way?” he stared into his deep red eyes to look for signs that he might lie.

“No of course not! You’re the first person I’ve met in decades who I haven’t wanted to harm! I will protect you with my life Tails, and I think it is unlikely that I will ever need or want to destroy your friends unless of course Sonic is involved.” That made Tails smile “I am just telling you that I am capable of that and that is why your friends don’t trust me, they simply want to keep you safe from harm. Understand?” Tails nodded and actually felt a bit better for Shadow’s admission. “Besides, what does it matter what people think? The only persons opinion that matters to me is yours.” Tails once again caught the briefest smallest smile that had ever existed, so quick that you couldn’t be sure it was there at all, but he had seen it and that was enough. Then Tails remembered the scans and decided to question Shadow.

“Shadow, on your medical scans we saw some metal leads in your arms, have you had those since you were created?”

“Yes, I often wondered if normal creatures had them until I was told otherwise. Watch.” He held up his wrist to Tails and it came out, its exit hidden by the fur. It was around forty centre meter long at the moment and ended in an odd attachment which looked like it could change to fit the plug. Bright silver it moved around randomly only about half a centre meter wide, Shadow seemed to have only partial control over it. Unafraid Tails reached out to touch it and it responded by wrapping around his finger.

“What’s it made of?” Shadow had never wondered but he knew it was strong.

“I never thought to ask, I know it is incredibly strong though. And it hurts a lot when you hit someone with it, Professor Gerald originally intended it to be just for information transferral but later decided that he may as well turn it into something to help me fight as well.”

“What other tricks have you got with you, a detachable exploding toe maybe? Poisonous blood? Glow in the dark ears? Maybe you tail detaches and can be used as a toothbrush.”

“If it does then my Father clearly wanted me to be very multifunctional.” his voice didn’t betray anything and Tails almost believed what he was saying was true. “Come, we should return to the village.

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They had not watched the file they had extracted from Shadow. Sally felt it would probably be safest to watch it with Tails in case Shadow found out. He didn’t seem to want to hurt Tails. Sally was beginning to worry a lot about her adoptive son though, ever since that strange Hedgehog had showed up he had been acting differently, she dared not reveal her full suspicions to Sonic in case he went after Shadow and got hurt but she thought maybe Tails had a crush on the ebony Mobian. She had gone with Sonic, Rotor and Bunnie to the communications hut to report to Sir Charles. Doubtless the robotic hedgehog would want to know about their new arrival. After learning of Shadow sir Charles was intrigued, he had attempted to discover immortal life with the roboticiser but that had just gone horribly wrong, allowing Julian to take over. Now it appeared a human discovered it decades before him, he had heard of a secret project called Project Shadow but it had been shut down ages ago. Was Shadow the result?

“You were right to try and get him on your side Sally, but it is odd that he should pay so much attention to Tails. Still he doesn’t appear to mean him any harm. And this memory could prove an insight into his motives although I agree with your decision to wait for Tails, if he finds out he will be less likely to turn violent. Furthermore if Shadow is a government weapon then logically he should have a file on their database. Try and get Nicole to find it.”

“I will Sir Charles, how did Julian respond to our little theft?” she could only imagine how angry he must have been.

“Actually he’s taking it fairly well, he believed that Shadow might have been a threat. But he has started on some new project, possibly using the data he gathered from Shadow when he was in stasis. I suggest you attempt to find out what it is, I have the location of the lab he’s using here, I’ll send it to you. To be honest I’m a bit puzzled, the lab has almost no guards at all. Its like it doesn’t need guarding. I would like you to check it out tonight if your able.”

“Okay, it will be a good test run on our resident Super weapon, goodbye Sir Charles” She was eager to see what he could do.

“Bye Uncle Chuck, see you tonight.” everyone said their goodbyes and Sir Charles assured them he would attempt to find out more. Just after he had disconnected Tails walked into the room a changed individual, his normal smiling face was back and his Tails rolled side to side lazily, showing he was much calmer. Sally was glad, whatever Shadow had done or said it had actually worked.

“Where’s psycho-hog gone Tails”

“Don’t worry Bunnie, he hasn’t gone on a crime spree or anything. Your carrot patch is safe from tyranny once again, he’s just gone to look around here. I don’t think he’s ever even seen outside before.” Bunnie was a bit mad about that carrot patch joke, everyone made fun of how protective of it she was but she let it pass considering Tails was back to normal.

“Well Tails, now that your back we have something to show you.”

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It was made sure that Shadow wasn’t around but that just made Tails feel even worse, looking at one of Shadow’s memories, especially after he had been told what had happened to Nicole seemed so wrong. But Sonic and Sally were determined. They had Nicole plugged into another larger screen and open the visual file.

“It does not appear to be a complete file Sally but rather a mix of several, I will play what I can.”

A picture appeared on the screen, obviously from Shadow’s point of view. It showed a long metal corridor which he was walking along. He looked left and the Freedom Fighter’s jaws dropped at what they saw. Shadow was in space! To his left was a large window which showed the endless infinity of stars. Just visible was the planet Mobius below the whatever it was.

“Do you see that, Shadow was in space!” Sonic exclaimed. As Shadow carried on walking the screen flickered and skipped to another part of Shadow’s memories. Now walking beside him in an almost identical corridor was a Human girl around 15 years old. She had a very pale complexion but was still quite beautiful, she had large blue eyes and a dress that matched. She was speaking but the sound was only partial, for parts of her speech the memory was mute.

“Shadow we…ha…e… tell …..ndfather……love…..li……th..t, I hope……….mad.” She seemed to be worried and Tails wandered what the whole conversation was about, again feeling guilty for seeing into Shadow’s memories. Who was this girl?

“Don’t be…aid…ria” the memory skipped again. It was replaced with the same corridor but drastically changed, and he was running now in the opposite direction. On the floor was a dead man who looked like a scientist propped up against the glass. His chest was full of bullet holes and the blood had flowed freely, drenching his shirt. A few of the rooms occupants retched at the knife stuck in his throat, presumably the bullets hadn’t been enough. His faced was locked in a horrifying open eyed expression. Shadow barely glanced at him before moving on. Going faster now he leapt straight through a steel door, punching through it easily into a large observation room. Inside were several GUN soldiers, recognizable as such from their insignias. Dressed in black clothing and armour with large helmets that concealed their eyes, they carried machine guns and pistols similar to one of the two Shadow had in his room. They turned in surprise and tried to raise their guns but it was too late. Without warning Shadow pounced on the nearest one, a young looking soldier from what could be seen. His helmet was knocked off and they could see his mousy brown hair and matching eyes. The last thing they saw of him was an expression of total fear as Shadow’s head darted in and they could see that he had bitten into the mans neck. He tore away and a spurt of blood appeared across the metallic floor. Next he leapt at another soldier and shattered the helmet with a powerful kick before jamming his hand into the bloody mix of glass and flesh that had been a Human face. The mans head flew back and his body couldn’t follow fast enough, making him flip in mid-air. There was no doubt the two soldiers were dead. Tails retched again and only managed to avoid throwing up at the sight of Shadow’s cruelty. But it was not over.

“St…stay back, I’m warning you Pr…Project.” the last soldier was gesturing his gun towards Shadow and backing away terrified. They heard a deep dark laugh and Shadow’s voice.

“But how will you fire if you don’t have any ammo?” he said mockingly to the confused soldier.

“But I d-” Shadow brought his hand up and they saw it had a Chaos Emerald in it. The emerald flashed once and they saw how Shadow stopped time. The soldier was standing there frozen in place, they only knew time had been stopped because Tails told them this was what he’d seen in the basement level. Casually Shadow walked up to the soldier and took all his ammo, as well as doing something that was concealed by his hands.

The emerald flashed.

“-o have ammo.”

“Check again.” The soldier looked down to find the clip taken from his gun as well as his spares gone. He backed away even further and Shadow turned to leave. He didn’t look back just walked out of the door and closed it, as he was going the muffled words drifted through the door.

“WHERE ARE MY G-” the rest was cut of by an explosion and a groan as the door struggled to contain it. The Freedom Fighters couldn’t figure out what had happened until they looked again.

“What a pathetically stupid creature.” he looked at his hands and dropped the three grenade pins he had taken.

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W oo! Yet another chapter done. That one showed a surprising amount of plot to the end, and those lead things. In the beginning I just intended them to be an explanation to how he could be programmed but now they may have a large part in the story. Its taking way too long for me to get to Tails and Shadow kissing though, I had no idea it was this hard to get Shadow in a relationship without going OC.
Keep reviewing my sole reader Lunarian, I’m gonna try and figure out a nickname for you. Oh and by the way, I originally intended this fiction to be a ShadowXBunnie Rabbot. The only thing that stopped me is the fact that I really couldn’t be bothered doing her accent all the time. It still annoys me now, that’s why she doesn’t have a major part for the moment. I may just give her an accent-ectomy and you can all pretend she’s southern. Southern accents are cute, but impossibly to write. She’s actually my favourite female Sonic character after cream, I don’t know, I have a thing for rabbits apparently.
I seriously had an entire fiction PLANNED out, me planned. I may assimilate it into this one though instead.

I have no idea how long this will be, I may make a sequel after my ShadCream. I don’t know.
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