12-12-2024, 07:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-12-2024, 07:42 PM by xxphantomxstarxx.)
This next one is my rewrite of the Sonic Heroes Team Dark intro, where Rouge finds Shadow and Omega and they band together and become Team Dark.
Rouge made her way through the dark, dusty hallways and down the blue tubes that once carried a purple liquid her sources called Mega Mack. She passed some run-down robots, shut down in the middle of their tasks, dried Mega Mack in their joints and the separation between metal plates. Others were destroyed, with holes right through them or vital parts of them crushed. Closer inspection revealed blue quills... Sonic had been here at some point. As she walked on, she smiled a little. He must have been why it was shut down. This chemical plant had been Eggman's, after all. Her smile grew as her HoloWatch beeped. She stopped a second later, hand resting on an ID pad.
“This must be it... I've found Eggman's secret treasure!”
She pressed her HoloWatch to the pad. As the door opened, she noticed the dusty interior as the musty scent of a seldom-opened room wafted out like a solid wall of stench. She coughed, squeezing her eyes shut and ducking behind a wall, just in case there were any hidden security measures. She heard no security systems activate so,with a smile, she walked into the stale room and right up to the big tube in the middle, surrounded by a security panel. A quick look to either side revealed nothing. She pulled a small plug-in out of her thigh pocket and plugged it in. The panel's lights turned green and the metal around it rose up a few inches, revealing a green fluid being sucked out of it from the bottom. She heard a harsh thud from inside before the metal continued rising. She stared, watching, barely breathing from excitement.
She stared into the somewhat-familiar red eyes of none other than Shadow. Eyes she'd come to know well in the short time she'd known him. His eyes looked back at her with the unfamiliarity of a stranger seeing her for the first time, unknowing of who she was.
“Shadow?” she asked softly, breath caught in her throat. Six months ago, she watched him die. Now, he just laid there, sopping wet and struggling to get up. Around his ankles and wrists were his inhibitor rings, though he was otherwise entirely naked. She thought back to the inhibitor ring Sonic had given her, which she'd hung on her wall as a reminder of this bizarre hedgehog. Slowly she reached out, but Shadow quickly turned his head to look at something before finding the strength within to launch himself at her, tackling her out of the way as a barrage of gunfire ripped through the air.
“Must eliminate all Eggman robots!” a robotic voice shouted over the gunfire. She quickly looked around but saw no robots from her limited view, thought it was admittedly hard to see anything, pinned beneath Shadow.
“Stay here,” he almost whispered, his voice a low growl as he got up.
Rouge sat up and watched as Shadow took on a barrel-chested robot that seemed to have machine guns for hands. He wasn't as strong or fast as she remembered, but given how he'd fallen through the atmosphere after the final hazard of the second ARK incident, she was surprised he was still alive. And then, the robot's words hit her. The robot who said it was out to destroy all Eggman robots was the only Eggman robot in the room – he bore the signature yellow, black and red paint job, but with the Ω symbol. She stood up as Shadow launched himself into the center of the gunfire. She only had seconds to act and without thinking, she dove to the ground, sliding between the two before getting up and using all her upper body strength to shove the two away from each other.
“Hey, hold up!” she shouted. And thankfully, they stopped. Shadow breathed heavily before promptly flopping to the floor with a wet thud.
“Identify yourself,” the robot stated, machine gun becoming a hand that pointed at her.
“The treasure hunter, Rouge the bat.”
“Known former accomplice and current enemy of Eggman.”
She nodded a little proudly at that last statement.
“Now,” she said, “Why don't we all take a minute to catch our breath and we'll discuss everything like mature, civilized people.”
“I do not discuss things,” the robot replied, “I destroy things.”
“Well it's never too late to change,” she said. The robot just stared at her as she walked off and hopped onto a destroyed pipe still somehow hanging onto the wall despite the numerous bullet holes filling it.
Rouge watched as Shadow looked around at his surroundings with almost no familiarity aside from vague understanding of what the objects around him were. The robot, on the other hand, looked around, head spinning to scan the entire facility before focusing on its hand, which it then spun in a circle as it stared. Rouge frowned and thought for a moment.
“Shadow,” she said, “What do you know about yourself?”
He thought silently, eyes searching, but visibly coming up short.
“You can't remember anything, can you Shadow?” she asked, “And you, robot – you must be mad at Eggman for locking you in this room. How right am I?”
She watched the two slowly nod and a smile grew on her face. She jumped down between them and helped Shadow up.
“Then it's settled,” she said, pulling his hand towards the robot's, “We'll find Eggman together.”
She looked between the two as Shadow glared at the robot before turning away.
“So what's your name?” Rouge asked, “We can't just go around calling you robot.”
“I am called E-123 Omega,” the robot replied.
“That seems a little long, don't you think?” she smiled. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Shadow move to look at the robot again.
“Omega...” he said quietly. Rouge turned to look at him.
“What was that, Shadow?” she asked.
“Omega. We could call him Omega,” he replied, a little louder.
“What do you think about that, Omega?” she asked, turning to face the robot.
“It is suitable,” he replied, “Question. If we are working together, does this mean we are a unit?”
“A unit hunting down whoever Eggman is,” Shadow replied, “I don't know who he is or who either of you are, but I don't really have any choice but to trust you.”
Rouge nodded quietly.
“A team,” Omega said.
“A team...” Shadow softly repeated. Rouge placed Shadow's hand on Omega's and put her hand on top of the pile with a grin.
“A team.”
Rouge made her way through the dark, dusty hallways and down the blue tubes that once carried a purple liquid her sources called Mega Mack. She passed some run-down robots, shut down in the middle of their tasks, dried Mega Mack in their joints and the separation between metal plates. Others were destroyed, with holes right through them or vital parts of them crushed. Closer inspection revealed blue quills... Sonic had been here at some point. As she walked on, she smiled a little. He must have been why it was shut down. This chemical plant had been Eggman's, after all. Her smile grew as her HoloWatch beeped. She stopped a second later, hand resting on an ID pad.
“This must be it... I've found Eggman's secret treasure!”
She pressed her HoloWatch to the pad. As the door opened, she noticed the dusty interior as the musty scent of a seldom-opened room wafted out like a solid wall of stench. She coughed, squeezing her eyes shut and ducking behind a wall, just in case there were any hidden security measures. She heard no security systems activate so,with a smile, she walked into the stale room and right up to the big tube in the middle, surrounded by a security panel. A quick look to either side revealed nothing. She pulled a small plug-in out of her thigh pocket and plugged it in. The panel's lights turned green and the metal around it rose up a few inches, revealing a green fluid being sucked out of it from the bottom. She heard a harsh thud from inside before the metal continued rising. She stared, watching, barely breathing from excitement.
She stared into the somewhat-familiar red eyes of none other than Shadow. Eyes she'd come to know well in the short time she'd known him. His eyes looked back at her with the unfamiliarity of a stranger seeing her for the first time, unknowing of who she was.
“Shadow?” she asked softly, breath caught in her throat. Six months ago, she watched him die. Now, he just laid there, sopping wet and struggling to get up. Around his ankles and wrists were his inhibitor rings, though he was otherwise entirely naked. She thought back to the inhibitor ring Sonic had given her, which she'd hung on her wall as a reminder of this bizarre hedgehog. Slowly she reached out, but Shadow quickly turned his head to look at something before finding the strength within to launch himself at her, tackling her out of the way as a barrage of gunfire ripped through the air.
“Must eliminate all Eggman robots!” a robotic voice shouted over the gunfire. She quickly looked around but saw no robots from her limited view, thought it was admittedly hard to see anything, pinned beneath Shadow.
“Stay here,” he almost whispered, his voice a low growl as he got up.
Rouge sat up and watched as Shadow took on a barrel-chested robot that seemed to have machine guns for hands. He wasn't as strong or fast as she remembered, but given how he'd fallen through the atmosphere after the final hazard of the second ARK incident, she was surprised he was still alive. And then, the robot's words hit her. The robot who said it was out to destroy all Eggman robots was the only Eggman robot in the room – he bore the signature yellow, black and red paint job, but with the Ω symbol. She stood up as Shadow launched himself into the center of the gunfire. She only had seconds to act and without thinking, she dove to the ground, sliding between the two before getting up and using all her upper body strength to shove the two away from each other.
“Hey, hold up!” she shouted. And thankfully, they stopped. Shadow breathed heavily before promptly flopping to the floor with a wet thud.
“Identify yourself,” the robot stated, machine gun becoming a hand that pointed at her.
“The treasure hunter, Rouge the bat.”
“Known former accomplice and current enemy of Eggman.”
She nodded a little proudly at that last statement.
“Now,” she said, “Why don't we all take a minute to catch our breath and we'll discuss everything like mature, civilized people.”
“I do not discuss things,” the robot replied, “I destroy things.”
“Well it's never too late to change,” she said. The robot just stared at her as she walked off and hopped onto a destroyed pipe still somehow hanging onto the wall despite the numerous bullet holes filling it.
Rouge watched as Shadow looked around at his surroundings with almost no familiarity aside from vague understanding of what the objects around him were. The robot, on the other hand, looked around, head spinning to scan the entire facility before focusing on its hand, which it then spun in a circle as it stared. Rouge frowned and thought for a moment.
“Shadow,” she said, “What do you know about yourself?”
He thought silently, eyes searching, but visibly coming up short.
“You can't remember anything, can you Shadow?” she asked, “And you, robot – you must be mad at Eggman for locking you in this room. How right am I?”
She watched the two slowly nod and a smile grew on her face. She jumped down between them and helped Shadow up.
“Then it's settled,” she said, pulling his hand towards the robot's, “We'll find Eggman together.”
She looked between the two as Shadow glared at the robot before turning away.
“So what's your name?” Rouge asked, “We can't just go around calling you robot.”
“I am called E-123 Omega,” the robot replied.
“That seems a little long, don't you think?” she smiled. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Shadow move to look at the robot again.
“Omega...” he said quietly. Rouge turned to look at him.
“What was that, Shadow?” she asked.
“Omega. We could call him Omega,” he replied, a little louder.
“What do you think about that, Omega?” she asked, turning to face the robot.
“It is suitable,” he replied, “Question. If we are working together, does this mean we are a unit?”
“A unit hunting down whoever Eggman is,” Shadow replied, “I don't know who he is or who either of you are, but I don't really have any choice but to trust you.”
Rouge nodded quietly.
“A team,” Omega said.
“A team...” Shadow softly repeated. Rouge placed Shadow's hand on Omega's and put her hand on top of the pile with a grin.
“A team.”