Red Rose, Black Thorns~ [Shadow]

[CrimsonHedgewolf]

Crimson shifted, trying to get comfortable again. Unfortunately, she couldn't. Damn... how is it as soon as I wake up I can't get back to sleep...! There wasn't much use in attempting to sleep any longer than she already had, despite feeling slightly tired, she really didn't need sleep, it wasn't really important to her, but it still felt a little nice to be under warm covers and just being lazy.

It no longer interested her to sleep now, she just decided to wake up and do something else, though she never was good at accupying herself. She walked over to her jacket, everything else she was still wearing except that. Silently, she put it on and adjusted her belt. She may as well see what's been going on lately, maybe G.U.N had stopped trying to track her down. It hurt her head to even think about it, who exactly were they? And...

"Why are they after me anyway?" she sighed in soft monotone, climbing out her window whilst putting her hood up, her spiked down hair resting on her chest as she stuffed her gloved hands into her pockets. Her yellow and red eyes gazed up at the sky. Great. rain... that's all I need...

Crimson sighed as she walked along the edge of the rooftops, she raised her eye slightly at the sight of a few G.U.N squad cars parking in different directions below. This caught Crimson's attention, she wondered what was going on down there.

[nshansen]

Personally, Shadow thought the day was interesting. As he was walking around the streets calmly with the chaos emerald in his hand, he kept a sharp look out for Crimson. While he was looking, he thought about how he got himself into this situation.

Maria Robotnick skipped happily into a random room, following her best friend, Shadow the Hedgehog. She loved the idea of being able to see him again, but the Overlord's words, "Do not betray me" troubled her. The blond didn't like the idea that she would have to lie to her hedgehog friend. It was dark in the room, the only light there was a green light coming from a computer screen.

As Shadow walked up the keyboard that was connected to the computer, Maria decided to try to find the light switch. They were in G.U.N. Headquarters, so her best guess was that there was a light switch in there. She used moved her hand around the wall, trying to bump into the switch. Thankfully, after a minute, she found it and flipped it the other way.

"Shut the door," her best friend said as he moved the mouse around and started clicking on stuff. Instantly, she walked over to the door and shut it, then rushed over to Shadow, looking at the screen. She was very curious on what he was doing.

She noticed a login screen showed up on the screen. She guessed it was for security purposes. Shadow typed in his name on the username text area, and then clicked on the password section. She did her best to figure out her friend's password. Though, the black hedgehog typed so fast, she couldn't even get a letter. When the "Ultimate Lifeform" finished typing, she realized that the password was atleast 24 characters long. "Oh my," she said to herself.

"Shadow? What are you doing?" she asked with a puzzled look. Shadow didn't even turn around. He just kept looking at the screen.

"Doing some research," was all he could say. Wait a second... Couldn't her best friend atleast tell her what he was doing!? Oh well, she hadn't been with him in a long time... He probably wasn't used to having a friend again. Or maybe he made new friends? Who knew? Interesting questions she would have to ask him later.

After a few seconds, Shadow typed in another long password. Then, finally, he told her what he was looking up, "I'm in the G.U.N. database, looking at a interesting subject that probably you don't hear in the newspapers. Its called Project Crimson. I was notified about it from a random agent, and decided to see what it is about. A lab recently was burned up in flames. It was due to a Hedgewolf, or you could say an experimented wolf. Her name is Crimson. It says she befriended two kids before the incident. One, a child, didn't know what she was doing and let Crimson out of her room, and caused the disaster..."

He remained silent for a few minutes, reading more info on the incident. It looked like statistics and stuff. Basically just more details on who died and maybe even some details that the hedgehog didn't want to tell her. Well, she understood, since she was lucky enough to even hear about that. He was part of G.U.N., not her. "You know, it seems that your pasts have a lot in common. Well, based on what I heard." she thought out loud. She instantly covered her mouth with her hand when she thought about what she just said, hoping Shadow ignored what he said. She guessed that Shadow didn't like remembering his past, and so she felt bad about mentioning it.

Though, sadly, the black hedgehog stopped looking at the screen and turned around. "No need to worry, I remember my past. Bringing it up doesn't do anything to me," he told her with his dark tone. Before she could say anything, Shadow's communication device that was resting next to the computer gave her friend a mission.

"SHADOW, WE HAVE A SPECIAL MISSION FOR YOU. AGENT 1049 WAS LOOKING FOR THE EXPERIMENT PROJECT CRIMSON AND WAS HIT BY A CAR, AND IS UNABLE TO COMPLETE HIS MISSION. WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THE NEXT BEST AGENT FOR THE JOB IS YOU. LOOK UP THE PROJECT AT HEADQUARTERS, THEN LOOK AROUND FOR HER. GOOD LUCK, SHADOW."

"Well, that was a coincidence," Maria said when Shadow picked up the device.

"I'll be there," he replied as he pressed down the button. When done speaking into the device, he looked at Maria and ordered, "Stay here." And then with that, he was gone. Maria stood there and sat down on a random chair next to the wall. She didn't like being alone. But, she guessed it was best if she followed Shadow's orders.

And then that was how he was there. He noticed a few G.U.N. squad cars were parked as he walked. "She must be around here," he thought. He looked up and noticed a figure on the roof tops. "Speak of the devil," he muttered. And then, with a flash, he used the chaos emerald, and then he found himself on the rooftops, looking at the figure that was walking towards where he was.

[CrimsonHedgewolf]

(Great post... I could use a good RP right about now...)

Crimson stopped and just stood there for a long while, staring at the G.U.N squad cars. "What are they even doing down there?" she asked, feeling quite oblivious, she really did have no idea, did she? Her gaze was blank, almost bored looking at the red and blue lights flashed in her eyes. She was completely lost, unaware of the situation, she had no clue whatsoever.

"Nh? Are they... talking?" her voice, it was naturally soft with a slight dullness to it, she crouced down slightly, attempting to hear better, she wanted to know what was going on, though a part of her had a good idea, that particular part caused her stomach to turn slightly, she began to feel a little agitated.

"Alright, the target has been sighted within the area, make sure all troops keep a sharp eye out!" she heard one say, he was obviously of higher authority, his troops saluted him and one by one, began to spread out, this didn't seem good, were they looking for her? Or...

"This doesn't make sense," she merely sighed before continuing to walk, her coat blowing in the wind gently. To be honest, nothing made sense to her, sometimes she wondered if she was ever even born with a mind of her own, she chuckled mockingly at herself by this "Just imagine..." she mused, brushing her gloved finger through her hair. Just as she was about to look ahead of her, she froze, sensing a strong energy nearby, you could say she was somewhat sensitive to such things, but anyway, what mattered to her right now is figuring out where it had come from and where it was.

Though sadly, she soon regretted even wanting to find out, especially after her red and yellow eye focussed on an ebony figure ahead of her. Crimson stopped dead in her tracks, her eyes widened slightly as she looked the figure up and down frantically, like she had never seen someone that was somewhat like her, then again, she never had! He was... a hedgehog, it seemed, black with red streaks, wearing odd looking shoes, red eyes, and a pointed nose.

"Who...?" she was about to ask as she took a step forward, but was interupted by a voice from below.

"THERE SHE IS! TARGET IN SIGHT!" a G.U.N troop shouted as he pointed up at her, other's gazes followed and immediately took out their weapons, Crimson flinched at the sight of this and back away, she looked back at the black hedgehog, confused. He was... one of them? Wait! Oh, no! They were after her!?

Crimson shook her head frantically before turning on her heel and began to run from them, the troops continued shouting. "TARGET IS ON THE MOVE!! ALL UNITS LOCK ON AND CAPTURE THE TARGET!! DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT DESTROY THE TARGET!!" Crimson couldn't believe this, how the hell did she even end up in this mess?! She hadn't done nothing wrong! Her attention was soon fixed on a helicopter flying above her, a search light shone down on her.

Her fist balled up and shook as her body became hostile, agitated even more so."Damn it!" she hissed through her sharp teeth as she flipped around and jumped far back so that she was facing the helicopter, she thrust her fist out towards the helicopter and opened it up, causing a red sphere of light to form before a beam shot out and hit the propellors. She then turned around and continued to flee as the helicopter crashed, luckily no one was seriously hurt, despite her having the intention to.

She picked up the pace even more as two more helicopters were soon on her tail and squad cars drove below her. It was then she noticed that she was running out of path to run on, Crimson looked ahead of her and saw tall buildings for her to scale on, some had pretty small and narrow gaps so it would take some sharp turning to get inside them, G.U.N wouldn't be able to reach her then. So, she leaped towards them and beamed forward, flipping sideways so her boots touched the buildings.

They soon adjusted and gripped against the buildings, Crimson's body became a red blur as she ran faster, swiftly turning and running into a gap big enough for her to get into, she leaped again upon noticing a pole, grabbed it and flipped herself forward before letting go and landing in a fire escape stairway. Crimson's legs soon collapsed as she panted heavily, she'd be safe from everyone in here for a while...

All except for one.

[nshansen]

The Ultimate Lifeform looked at his assignment carefuly. Her fur was red, which explained the name "Crimson". She was wearing black and red clothing. Red and black, his two favorite colors. He noticed that her eyes were two different colors, which was yellow and red, plus she had a scar. Strange, but didn't change anything. She was his mission. She was to be captured.

When done, he had a clear image of her in his mind. Perfect timing as well, since one of his fellow G.U.N. troops alerted almost everyone that they were up there. So no conversation? Well, that was good. Less talking, he could finish his mission quicker.

He smirked as the red hedgewolf turned around and started to run. The black hedgehog liked a good chase... And with that, he broke off into a dash after Crimson. As he was running, he noticed the helicopter above them. Hmm... It looked like Crimson woudn't be much of a problem. If she was followed by many G.U.N. troops and a few helicopters, she couldn't- His eyes widened as he observed the hedgewolf almost destroy the helicopter above them. It seems that he had underestimated her.

Now to rescue the people. He instantly stopped running and raised his hand with the chaos emerald. And with a flash, Shadow was in the flying vehicle. He noticed that there was two people in the helicopter panicing. It seemed that there was no one was driving the vehicle. He must have used a parachute or something. Well, he wasn't concerned about it at all. He quickly took the two agents and used chaos control, taking them out of the soon to be crashed helicopter.

Standing on the rooftops of a random building, he let the people go. Then he was simply gone with a flash. Now back to the mission. She couldn't have gone far, since he rescued the people quickly. The black hedgehog appeared on one of the G.U.N. helicopters. There was enough time to see a red blur on the side of a tall building. He quickly used chaos control to get on the building as well. When his shoes adjusted and gripped against the buildings like the hedgewolf before, he ran faster so he could catch up to Crimson. She was a fast hedgewolf, he had to admit, but nothing he couldn't handle.

When he was running a good 10 feet behind her, she ran into a gap. Hmm...

As Crimson panted, a flash was seen. Shadow the Hedgehog was the only one from G.U.N. that could capture her. He wouldn't let them down. He stood in the fire escape stairway, a few feet infront of her. He watched as she panted, waiting for her to say or do something.

(Thanks, you made a good and long post as well)

[CrimsonHedgewolf]

(Heh... thanks, I could use a good RP to help take my mind off things, so thanks...)

Crimson coughed slightly as she panted hard, well, that didn't sound healthy, everytime she breathed her chest hurt, and she felt a wheezing feeling in her throat. She felt pretty much drained, little did she know, she had the cells inside her to thank for that.

She groaned softly as she held her head in her leather gloved hands, her head shook slowly. "What's going on?" she sighed, her voice hinted pain, she felt as if she had a migraine, not a very nice one either. Crimson sat there for a long while, trying to make sense of all this, then again, what sense could be made!? What had she done wrong!?

Either she had done something she doesn't have any memory of doing, or these people were mistaking her for someone else! Crimson gripped her head and hair as she leaned forward whilst on her knees, she just wanted this madness to--

"Nh!?" she grunted softly as she sense the energy again, energy soon followed by a flash of light, causing Crimson to stand and back away, her fang-like teeth bit down on her black coated lip, a sign of fear, despite her body remaining calm. Her eyes widened at what she saw, it was... that hedgehog again. Crimson found herself backing away, though was stopped when her back touched the coldness of the fire escape bars.

It would appear that she was trapped, when really she could've just used her free-running skills to get away... but yet... Crimson stayed. She cleared her throat softly and stared sharply at the ebony hedgehog. "Who are you...?" she question, this time she looked at him more clearly, if he was going to end up as an opponent, she needed to analyze him. Her eyes first focussed on his shoes, they appeared to have small jets in them at least, maybe he needed them to run.

Then again, looking at his legs, they did look quite athletic, which explains why he caught up with her so fast, doesn't it? She then looked at his arms and fists, surely they packed quite a--she couldn't help by notice the white piece of fur on his chest, her tilted to the side, huh, looks a bit like a tree...

She had no idea why her mind just wandered then, even though it sent a small smirk onto her lips. Her eyes were then met with his next time she looked up at him, they were red, a bit like hers despite having a yellow one, she felt a little uneasy staring at them, they seemed so cold and serious...

Snapping out of it, Crimson shook her head again. "Why are you following me? For two months I've been dealing with those G.U.N troops, dealing with them due to something I have no clue about! There's more important things to other than trying to capture a red and black hedgewolf!" Crimson felt her body shake slightly as she got only a little bit angry, you'd think that this was a lot, when really, people would surprised.

Crimson, feeling that this was only a waste of time, turned around to make her escape, though this was enough time to convince her to stay, or to even apprehend her.

(Oh, go look at her final profle btw, I drew and coloured her final copy)

[nshansen]

(Yeah, I saw that yesterday, really good picture)

The first question was a simple one. In fact, it was probably the question he was asked the most. He looked at her with a cold stare, watching her tilt to the side. It seemed that she was analyzing him. Hmm... Well, that did make sense, since there was a good chance he would have to fight her, well that was what the hedgehog thought.

"Shadow... Shadow the Hedgehog." he replied with his dark tone as she stared into his eyes. "Why isn't she running?" was a question that he thought about. Was she so sure that she could get out of here without being capture, or was she so sure that she couldn't? Hmm...

He simply observed the hedgewolf as she spoke. She seemed clueless. Did she forget? No... That wasn't stated in the file. Though, no one probably has asked that question yet.

"You must be Crimson..." the black hedgehog stated the obvious. He stood there. No movement. No expression. He was on a mission, no more than that. "I must say you had a pretty good strategy... Get here and then you can escape before the G.U.N. troops come. You must've thought it worked, didn't you?"

He then started to pace around, but still kept his eyes on the target. His hands were behind his back, holding the chaos emerald in the both of his hands with a tight grip. "And for why I am following you? My mission is to capture you. I intend on doing it as well, unless you can convince me otherwise." On his last sentence, he noticed that she turned around. The hedgewolf was going to try to escape. Using chaos control, he instantly appeared infront of her.

"You are fast... But not fast enough." he told her with a serious tone. "Where have you gotten these abilities...? You almost destroyed a G.U.N. helicopter. How?" Even though he already knew why, which was because she was experimented on, he was curious if Crimson remembered her past.

[CrimsonHedgewolf]

Crimson halted as her name was spoken, it was then the ebony hedgehog, Shadow, appeared in front of her. Her eyes shut tightly as the light shone in her eyes, giving her a small headache, like the one people would get after waking up to a bright light. Her body bumped into his breifly before she took a step back. What exactly was he trying to do?

Her eyes met his once again as he asked her how she had managed to destroy the G.U.N helicopter, even she wasn't entirely sure. "I... I'm not even sure," she murmued, eyes falling to hers and Shadow's feet. It was then several memories all flashed in her head all at once, which caused her to grip her head with one hand, a soft groan escaped her.

"I don't... even know what I am, but... I know... the damage... I can cause..." Crimson's voice suddenly became desolate as her hand lowered, what did he expect her to say? Such sadness was seen in her big yet beautiful eyes "heh... I think I know why you're here now..." she sighed whilst turning her back on him, she held up her left hand "is it because I killed innocent lives?" she then raised her right "or because I'm an experiment and G.U.N want to use me as some kind of weapon!!?"

She yelled that last part, which soon ended her up in turning to face him with her fists clentched. "I will not go back into a damn test tube so that they can poke at me, jab me with needles, to look at me like I'm an animal in a zoo!" she raised her fist and it soon began to shake "Im not an experiment! I don't deserve to be treated like one! I can't take anymore cells injected in my body! It's corruptive!"

A slight flame lit in her eyes as she stared sharply yet coldly at him. "So, Shadow the Hedgehog! If you think I deserve to be put into the hands of G.U.N, then bring it! I'll do everything in my power to stop you!" she immediately stanced, getting ready for battle, ready to fight for her freedom "either that, or take your troops and leave me!"

[nshansen]

The Ultimate Lifeform listened to the red hedgewolf's first words. She was unsure. So Crimson probably didn't know her own power. Hmm...

Her next words didn't suprise him. Though, he decided not to respond since there was no need to interupt. He saw the sadness in her eyes. Something struck Shadow at that moment. He didn't know what it was, but he was feeling something. It wasn't sadness, pity, anger, or anything like that. It wasn't a happy emotion either.

The hedgehog listened to her as she spoke. Such fury and rage. He felt something... Though he couldn't figure it out. But then Maria's words spoke to him, You know, it seems that your pasts have a lot in common... He looked down at the ground, trying to remember what he was feeling. He looked back at Crimson, and then remembered. Guilt.

As she stood there, with rage growing inside the body, he saw himself back then. He felt like he was one of the men who went after Shadow. And... And killed Maria. He couldn't do it. He couldn't complete the mission. The black hedgehog never thought this would happen, but he just couldn't. He wasn't one of them.

He raised his hands to his mouth. Then he pressed down on the small button on his small communication device, which he had put on his left arm just after he left Maria, with his right hand. "I lost her... She's heading north." he said into the device.

"SHADOW, ARE YOU SURE? WE'VE SURROUNDED THE BUILDING, NO ONE HAS LEFT OR ENTERED THE BUILDING."

"She's fast..." he simply replied as he pressed down the button again.

"ALRIGHT SHADOW, THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION." and then he returned his arms to his sides. He heard yelling outside. It was probably officers telling everyone to head north. He then looked at Crimson, who seemed ready to fight. With his dark tone, he simply said, "Go."

[CrimsonHedgewolf]

Crimson's teeth gritted as Shadow appeared to be doing something, it was then she noticed the communication device, she felt her heart almost leap to her throat, fearing that he'd contact the G.U.N troops, she couldn't let that happen! Just as she was about to charge at him, she then froze at his words that were spoken into the device. Her pace slowed down to a halt as she just simply stared at him, somewhat confused.

"Uh? ... What are you... doing?" she asked warily, not really sure if she could trust him or not. His intentions earlier seemed so determined to capture her, but now... he was letting her escape? Could she really buy this? Crimson took a step back and raised her arm in front of her, as if trying to sheild herself, should he attack.

Crimson frowned softly as she looked Shadow up and down, trying to spot any traces of deciet. "You can't be serious... why would you suddenly just let me go?" she was still angry, and she wanted answers now "answer me! What are you planning, Shadow?!"

[nshansen]

Her first question surprised him... What was he doing? He was letting her go of course. Shadow the Hedgehog never joked around. And he wasn't going to start. Before he could reply, she got into a defensive position. Hmm... What did she think what he was doing?

"I'm letting you go... Crimson," he simply replied in his usual dark tone. He looked at her calmly, making sure to look like no threat. "No plans. No lies. You are free to go. No one is stopping you." He didn't know why she thought he wasn't serious. He just told the G.U.N. forces to leave. What else could he do?

To make it clear that he wasn't going to harm her, he started to walk her direction. And when he passed her, he looked at her through the corner of his eye, waiting for her reaction. Would she leave? Or would she still think he was deceiving her.

[CrimsonHedgewolf]

The feeling of panic and deciet soon washed away as Shadow spoke, though Crimson still appeared somewhat confused, it pretty much hurt her head to even think about it. Was he playing with her mind? Or was he really telling the truth?

Crimson placed her hand over her chest as she frowned gently in his direction, she didn't understand any of this. She watched as he walked towards, yet she made no sudden movement, his gaze on her was returned as she watched him walk passed. "But... why?" she asked, turning around, her gloved hand reached out and grabbed his gently, though after thinking about her question, she soon dismissed it.

Looking down, she felt somewhat grateful, though tried not to expose it from her serious demeanor. "Shadow... than--....ngh!" her grip on his hand loosened as it soon was brought to her head, now what was happening? Whatever it was, it hurt like hell! She felt as if someone was stabbing at her mind, not one of the greatest feelings.

This feeling... it felt... so familiar, but... no, she hadn't felt this in years! Why was it showing itself now!? Her left arm twitched by its side whilst her other just remained by her head, as if trying to maintain the feeling from getting worst... a lot good that did.

"All I am... is a mistake, nothing... a nobody..."

"Not true, Crimson! You have so much good in you! You were born so that others can learn!"

"Learn...? About what?"

"About you, silly! They'll learn to like you! They'll learn to not be scared of you!"

"Sophia..."

"Yeah, she's right! Just you wait and see! When Dad says it's okay, we'll show everyone just how great you are!"

"Justin..."

Crimson felt her hand shaking as she stumbled back slightly, though it was enough for her to lose her balance, and it wasn't long until she ended up falling over the edge of the fire escape, her mind overriding with so much thoughts and pain for her to even realise.

[nshansen]

The hedgehog didn't respond to her question. If he stayed there longer with her, G.U.N. would probably get suspicious and come there when he was distracted. Then... He didn't know what would happen...

The Ultimate Lifeform knew he could defend himself from the troops, but then he would be on the run again. Personally, he liked being part of G.U.N. It made the black hedgehog feel like he was meant for something instead of being just a simple creation.

Then, he suddenly stopped. Someone had just grabbed his hand. What was it now? He turned his head little, just enough to see the hand grabber. It was Crimson, but why? He noticed she attempted to speak, but quickly stopped to touch her head. It seemed like she was in pain. Though what puzzled Shadow was how?

"Are you okay?" he asked, but still with his dark and cold tone. He waited for her to respond but she did nothing. Though, she started to shake. He wondered if there was something behind her, but no. It looked like her mind was hurting her, nothing else.

She then stumbled back. The black hedgehog instantly rushed over to her and grabbed her hand before she could fall. He pulled her back from the edge, because he didn't want any chances. Then, when she was safe, he wondered if he could go...

No, if he left, she go back to the edge again and fall. With a sigh, he knew he was stuck there for a while. He didn't let go of her hand, making sure she couldn't move to somewhere else, waiting for her to get back to reality.

[CrimsonHedgewolf]

Crimson didn't feel Shadow grab her hand and pull her up, instead she was more focussed on the many thoughts occuring inside her head. She was pretty sure she'd lose all conciousness at some point, though that came quite soon. She two young figures in front of her before her eyes fell shut and her body fell forward.

Her nose and muzzle soon buried in the white piece of fur on his chest, her slight movement made it look like she snuggled into him, even though he was quite comfortable, she couldn't feel this though. Crimson's body drained from all strength and energy, she was in no shape to be running or fighting.

Her hand twitched slightly, being only to feel someone's hand holding hers just for a few seconds, within those seconds, she gently squeezed back on the hand, not wanting to let go.

[nshansen]

Shadow stood there, waiting for the red hedgewolf to say something. Something like "Let go" or "Back!", but sadly there was nothing. Then, to make the situation longer, she fell towards him. Then, which was kind of odd, it looked like she snuggled into him, with her head almost resting on his chest. Its wasn't like he didn't like, or did like it, but he wasn't used to it. The situation never happened before.

She seemed tired, maybe he could rest her somewhere more comfortable and then leave. Would it work? He was about to say "yes" to the idea, but then he felt his hand get squeezed.

"I... Um..." he said lost for words. He didn't know how to respond to this. Well, it didn't hurt him, so it was probably best to just let her rest until she would get better. The black hedgehog sighed again, waiting for Crimson to wake up. As he stood there, his attention was on his surroundings. He didn't feel too good about just standing there. G.U.N. could return any moment and see the "enemy" snuggling one of their best agents. What would happen then?

Probably not the best topic to think about, so he changed his mind's subject. He wondered about what was Maria doing... She could be doing anything by now. She could be in danger, which probably wasn't one of the best things to think about. So, another subject...

What could Rouge and Omega be doing...? Well, better subject than the last one. His best guess was that Rouge was on a mission and Omega... Probably wondering around.

(Sorry for the short post)

[CrimsonHedgewolf]

Crimson groaned as she began to stir slightly, the pain was slowly starting to fade away, the bright side of it was that she hadn't hurt anyone this time. Her eyelids fluttered open quite reluctantly, all feeling returned to her body once again, but once it did... it left her feeling quite confused. She sniffled as something tickled her nose, she pulled away slightly to only find a mess of white fur... that looked almost like a--...wait...

She shuddered as she realised who it belonged to. Her gazed focussed upwards, her eyes met with those of blood red. With him holding her hand, and her looking up at him like that made the situation appear romantic--what!? Instantly, her eyes locked onto his hand holding hers. What the hell did he think he was doing!?

Suddenly, she tightened her grip on his hand and twist it behind his back, then pinned him to the railings. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" she hissed under her breath, gripping his hand even tighter. Crimson was less than pleased to find herself being held by someone, a possible enemy, whilst she was unconsious.

(No worries. I kinda want a fight to start now xD)

[nshansen]

As he waited for Crimson to get off of him, he still continued to think about what Rouge and Omega were doing... Until... He noticed that the hedgewolf started to wake up. He looked up at him, but he returned a cold look, telling her to get off. Well, now he could finally get mov-

The next thing he knew was that was pinned against the railing. Hmm... With a flash, he used chaos control with the hand that had the emerald, thankfully the one not in Crimson's hold. He suddenly appeared behind her, looking at her with a cold look.

"I should be asking you the same question..." he replied to her with his usual dak tone. "You went unconcsious and almost fell off. I pulled you back. You, not knowing what you were doing, fell towards me." he gave her a summary of what had happened. He didn't want her to go thinking that he did that on purpose.

The Ultimate Lifeform never intended on this to happen. All he wanted was to get her to safety and leave. That was it. Now, he was stuck in this whole situation. He just wanted to leave, to get back to Maria. His mission was somewhat complete. He found her, but just didn't capture. The black hedgehog turned around towards the exit and started to walk. As he walked, he told her with a serious tone, "Head south. G.U.N. are heading north."

[CrimsonHedgewolf]

As soon as Shadow broke free from her grasp by teleporting, her head hurt a little bit again, she felt slightly blinded. Immediately, she spun around to face him, blinking in confusion by his words, but soon frowned. What exactly was he trying to do? His job, from what she gathered, was to track her down and capture her. But, now, he was just letting her go? And to add to that.... he saved her life...

"Ugh! Listen, Shadow, I have no idea who you are, but tell me..." she began walking towards him "why exactly are you helping me? First you give false information to your troops, and then you save my life? Why? I want to know..." she gazed at him sharply, as if trying to decipher a code, and quite frankly, Shadow was one code she just couldn't crack.

[nshansen]

He suddenly stopped when he heard Crimson speak again... He sighed... Couldn't she just be grateful that he didn't turn her and just walk away. Anyone else he was up against would've loved the idea. He turned around slowly, of course not eager to continue the conversation. He simply stared at her coldly as she spoke.

When finished, Shadow remained silent. Why he did it was too complicated... He didn't want to go into a hour long converesation explaining it to the hedgewolf. He rather just walk away and get on with his life. But now, sadly, she wanted answers. Well, he kind of understood, since he would want answers as well if he was in Crimson's position. He sighed again, extending the length before he would talk a little bit.

"Look..." he began with his dark tone. He paced around a little bit, not looking at the red hedgewolf. "How old do I look?" he asked, beggining a topic. When she finished speaking, or after a minute of silence, he didn't care. He would continue either way. "I'm like you, Crimson. I started off as Project Shadow longer than fifty years ago."

[CrimsonHedgewolf]

Crimson looked away briefly before turning her attention back to Shadow, it was clear that he seemed a bit irritated, despite appearing cold and distant half the time... Crimson merely sighed, but suddenly her ear twitched as he began to speak. How old did he look? Why was he asking that? It seemed completely off topic, but... she guessed it wouldn't hurt by answering him simply...

"No older than sixteen, at least, but what does that have to do with anything...?" but that was soon answered, her eyes widened at what he said next, yes... telling her that he was a Project did in fact shock her, but she was more surprised when he said that he was like her... wait... what did he mean by that?

Crimson took a step back defensively, not believing what he was saying. "N-No... I'm... I'm not a Project, you're nothing like me! You liar! How can I be a Project!? I can't be..."she shook her head frantically, her eyes suddenly glared at him, the flame lit once more "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TO TELL ME WHAT I AM!?!?!"

Right now, Crimson was both scared and angry, her fists were half clentched, red orbs began to make themselves seen in her palms. A possible attack.

[nshansen]

Seeing her anger and rage pleased Shadow. Good. Now, he could leave and he wouldn't have to talk more. Finally, he could return to Maria. The Ultimate Lifeform simply stood there as she yelled in anger at him. Hmm...

He walked up to her and gave her a cold stare. No emotion. Nothing. He even ignored the red orbs that appeared. He didn't care. If she attacked, he could easily use chaos control. "Maybe I'm wrong... One thing I do know is that I don't see you as a enemy, and I'm not going to waste my time fighting you... So don't think about that." and with that, he turned around, but still looking at her with the corner of his eye. If she decided to attack, he would simply use chaos control and knock her out. Then it would be over.

Obviously Project Shadow was more of a sucsess than Project Crimson. Shadow never had these emotional breakdowns...

(sorry for the short post)