Shadow sits in the waiting room. He sat as he read an article about the anniversary on the attack of the Black Arms. That was Five years ago, and funny enough that’s when he and Sonic started their courtship. He couldn’t help but smile. If it wasn’t for that invasion, he and Sonic would never be where he was, and he would have never gotten to know his great friends.
That’s when a door clicked open and someone called his name. “Shadow?”
XXX
“Shadow. Tell me about your family.”
“I told you. Sonic and his friends are my family now.” Shadow shrugs his shoulders, “Except for Maria and The professor. They were my only family.”
“No Shadow.” His psychologist shakes her head. “I wanna talk about your blood relatives.”
“I don’t socialize with him. We didn’t have the same views for the planet. He felt humans were pathetic and felt that the planet held much potential, and since Maria loved this planet I made a promise to protect it.”
“Come on Shadow. You’re being suppressed. You need to talk about this.”
Shadow sighs in defeat. “Black Doom... Is my father. Biologically speaking. His blood runs in my veins. I was made from his blood.”
His psychologist can see that Shadow was deep in thought. Did she hit a nerve? “Shadow... are you...?
“I’m fine doctor. Just talking about had made me open my mind a little.” Shadow looks up at her as he makes himself more comfortable on the couch. “I’m just thinking a little into it. I mean, Black Doom was a ruler of a planet. The comet was a planet. Which kind of, made me a prince, I guess.”
His doctor looks at him like glass just shattered in her mind before jotting what he just said into her note book. “Wow... Shadow. Um.... You just... Mind blew me.”
“And you know the rules. A prince must marry someone of royal stature.” Shadow smirks.
The doctor just smiles back. “There are rumors that Sonic was born a prince.”
“He doesn’t talk about it much.” Shadow shakes his head. “It’s complicated to follow. His mom left him at a door step, then those care takers passed and he moved in with another hedgehog. Bernadette I think her name is. Calls her mom. Still talks to here, even though we don’t live close to her.”
“She come to the wedding?”
“No. She couldn’t make it. She’s old now. She took Sonic in later in her life. We sent her pictures though. We are thinking about taking a trip. She isn’t very understanding of chaos energy. Just pulling a chaos control out of nowhere could... you know.”
“Kill her?” his doctor asked.
“Yeah... I’m not into that life...anymore.”
She only smiled. “And Black Doom?”
“I killed him.” Then she shot him that look. “Hey. It was either I kill him, or he kills me and the whole planet. He didn’t leave me a choice.”
“Well... yeah, you have a good point. No killing after him though.” His doctor smiles to him. “That must have been weird though. To finally know where you come from.”
“Honestly doctor. I’ve come to terms with the idea that you don’t need to be blood to be family. It’s the people that love you that make you family.” Shadow goes on to explain. “Sonic loves me. He welcomes me into his life. Tails accepted me into him home. Amy, Rouge, Knuckles. All of them were there in my time of need. Gerald, on that tape, before I had to fight Black Doom. The tape that the Chaotix Team went way beyond to recover and play? Gerald called me his son. Me? A black and red hedgehog. Someone who hold no physical attributed from him nor am I even close to his species. And he considered me his son,”
His doctor smiles as she jots everything down. She couldn’t help but smile. This hedgehog, someone who seemed to be misunderstood and hated by all years ago, had always seemed to be able to pull a life lesson out into his sessions.
Shadow continued. “I think what bothers me most... Is the fact that Black Doom created me, and I never knew he existed. I didn’t even know about him, but anyone else did. And...I’m not angry that Gerald didn’t tell me about him. I was young. I started as two gamete cells, like everyone else. Black Doom’s blood, only helped me mature for my gestation period. Then I became a baby and later grew into a child. I know why Gerald never told me. At that age, I wouldn’t have been able to handle it. Gerald was my father and Maria was my sister. She taught me how to read and write, of course at a much faster pace. Gerald helped me control my chaos powers and had helped me how to use them in combat. Black Doom only came and found me when it was convenient for him, when he wanted what was promised. Black Doom wasn’t a father.”
“What sort of chaos powers?”
“Chaos control, Chaos blast, Chaos attack, chaos spear. All with and without an emerald.” Shadow smiled at the memories. “My first car, was a power wheel thing. A two wheeler. Gerald built it for me, and Maria showed me how to ride. Gerald and Maria raised me. I know Gerald betrayed everyone for the power of science but I understand why. And he knew I wouldn’t let his mistake live on. He made me to help this planet and stop Black Doom.”
“You’re ok with the fact that Gerald betrayed the world for science?” she kept writing.
“Doctor.” Shadow shakes his head. “The only thing Gerald was aware of was that Black Doom wanted the seven Chaos Emeralds. Whatever his intentions were, they weren’t know. Gerald was just smart enough to put two and two together. In his eyes, I had to be created. Gerald needed me.”
Shadow’s Psychologist looked at him. For the first time, He had her confused. “Why did Gerald need you?
“Because, Maria was dying. Gerald wanted to use me to help find a cure for his granddaughter’s illness. I had such a powerful immune system that all illness I was given, were completely whipped clean in my system. The only thing left to do was to make my fluids tolerable in everyone’s systems. This included a lot of time and a lot of tests. For Maria, I was willing to do anything.”
“Tell me, what happened Shadow.”
Shadow sunk his head, eyes wide as he remembers that horrible day. “It was that day. I was in the lab, they were drawing fluids from me and testing, doing their best to make it compatible for her. The alarms started to ring and solders were everywhere. I did what I needed. I took the machines off and went for Maria. She was weak and she needed me. I found and we took off, down the corridor. She couldn’t run very fast and in her state, a chaos control could have killed her. A G.U.N. soldier pulled out a gun and shot her. We tried to make it to Gerald but all other ways were blocked. So she pulled me into a room, threw me into an escape pod. She hit the button as she fell to the floor and bled out.”
“I’m so sorry Shadow.” For the first time his psychologist had to wipe a tear as she heard the awful story. It made her understand now, why, he had become a stronger person. “But Shadow, after what happened, why Join G.U.N.?”
“Amy.” Shadow smiles a little. “She helped me see that my promise to Maria wasn’t revenge, it was to protect the planet that she loved so much, and to protect the people here. She also explained that I can’t blame the people alive today for what happened fifty years ago. Besides, it was my understanding the commander who wanted me dead was fired and tried for his crimes. It wasn’t supposed to be a massacre. I was supposed to be found and contained. Sure enough I was. Fifty years later, the Doctor found me.”
“You seem to respect Dr. Eggman.” His psychologist smiled. “Even though he still tried to rule the world.”
“I let Sonic deal with him. The doctor saved my life twice. Once when he released me from my prison and second when his robot saved me from plummeting to earth. He took me in and fixed me up. Still, doesn’t fix the fact that promise to Maria is stronger that of me owing him anything. My loyalty will always lies with protecting this planet... and protecting my family.” Shadow smirks.
The timer goes off, ending their session for the week. Shadow takes his stand, nods to his doctor and makes his way to the hallway.
XXX
He was a little surprised to see Sonic sitting there waiting for him. Which also started tears in his eyes, to think, he actually had family now, after so long of being alone, he had someone, someone who cared for him as much as he did for them. He won’t admit it, but Sonic was the one who saved him the most.
Sonic approached him concerned wiping away the tears. “Shadow? What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, I’m fine.” Shadows face to a stern scowl as Sonic takes his hand and they leave the office.
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