"Let the wind flow through the trees... and the sun lights up the bees..." Maria stroked Shadow's quills as she sang the lullaby her mother had taught her. Shadow lay on the ground, purring. He cracked an eye open and smiled a bit. "Maria, you know I can't sleep right now. I have a meeting with the professor." Maria giggled. "I know... But... Let's just treasure the moment now. I don't like it when you worry about whatever Grandfather has to tell you. I'm sure everything will be fine." "Hm." Shadow shuffled and closed his eyes again. "And we smell the flowers together that day... just you and me..." Maria ended the song but continued to play with Shadow's quills. Shadow opened his eyes again. "I should go-- Ah?" Shadow looked around. The area around was beginning to let on a white hue. "Maria, what's--?" The place got brighter as he took a step in a direction. He was having trouble telling what was what. "Maria?!" Shadow turned over. His head hurt and he was in a darkened room. It looked like one of the hospital rooms inside the G.U.N. base. He then realized that there was a bandage around his chest. Great. They had discovered the scar. It must have got hit again when he had been unconscious. Hopefully they thought it was from when he fell down, and not because of something else. Suddenly, his scar felt tingly. He touched it as his head spun. A sense of... "No!" Shadow sent a chaos spear at the ceiling in a flash of fear. Not Black Doom. He was dead. "I'm just... it was another dream..." Shadow tried to comport himself. He missed when Maria could just pet his quills and make the day better again. He got out of bed quickly. "I have to..." What? There was something important he had to tell Rouge and Omega. But what? He left the room and straight into a nurse. He hated doctors, and didn't want to talk to one now. "Shadow?" The nurse looked at him. "Off so soon? You were just unconscious, and--" "I feel fine, thanks for your time, I have to find Rouge." He quickly left as fast as he could walk. As soon as he had rounded the corner, he began looking for Rouge. She had to be around somewhere... He checked the mess hall. No Rouge, but he saw another familiar face. "Omega!" Omega turned. "Shadow? How are you walking? You passed out." Shadow sighed. "I know. I'm fine now. Where's Rouge?" "Rouge is in the training room," Omega continued, "she wanted to get her mind off 'things'." "Oh." Shadow looked back out the door and then at Omega. "Was it that bad? I feel like it was only a matter of minutes... Maybe thirty?" "It's been six hours, Shadow." Rouge walked in. "Heard you were awake from the nurse. She heard you yell out and leave the room saying you were fine." She raised an eyebrow. "Mr. I-still-have-a-bandage-on?" Shadow quickly took it off. "I forgot it was on. Trust me. I'm fine." Rouge sighed but dropped the subject. "What did you find on that computer?" "Computer...?" "Yeah, the computer on our mission?" Rouge gave him a puzzled look. "Mission? All I remember was the forest..." Shadow instantly regretted saying that when Omega and Rouge shared a glance. "Back to the hospital bed." Rouge ordered. "But Rouge--" "No. You are clearly suffering from memory loss. You need rest and attentive care." Rouge picked him up quickly and into the air. "Rouge! Stop! I'm fine!" Shadow kicked the air, trying to scare her, but not hurt her. "We're going." Rouge flew him swiftly towards the hallway with him still protesting and Omega following behind.
Next: Uhhh maybe tomorrow? Otherwise, next Thursday! Last: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1117943702/ First: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1050703944 Hedgehogs do purr, guys! :D Shadow, Professor Gerald, Maria, Rouge, and Omega belong to SEGA. Art, writing, and uh... the nurse? XD belong to me. Inspiration from @SilverAndKaylee15 for the memory lighting! :D Don’t steal!
