The Chaos Between Us

Chapter 4

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   I go over and sit down on a different rock near him so that we can speak. "Well? What is it? I don't have all the time in the world!" He tells me with a bit of an attitude. "I know... I just don't know where to begin. It's going to change your life in many ways. I don't know where to begin.." I tell him as my mind is racing with possibilities on what to say and begin with. Shadow raised a brow in interest and cocked his head to the side. I take a few moments to gather my thoughts before I look up at him. "I was adopted by a lovely human couple when I was a baby. Then when I was barely four years old, they gave birth to a little human girl. She was sick. Sick with one of the rarest diseases out there. Our grandfather was a professor and a scientist. He took my little sister to a spaceship to keep her safe from all the sicknesses on Mobius that could kill her. The spaceship was called, The Space Colony Ark." I pause for a moment, letting everything I just told him, sink in. His eyes widen as he realizes what I am telling him. 

   "Maria... So, you were her adopted older sister?" He asks as he puts the puzzle pieces together. "Correct." I tell him as I look at the ground. "So, that would also mean that Professor Gerald Robotnik, Maria's grandfather, was also your grandfather." He said aloud as he continued to process this information. "Yes, Gerald Robotnik was my grandfather." I confirmed for him. I was going to take this as slow as I needed to for him. I'm not going to overload him with everything. "So, how are you still so young? That was way over fifty years ago!" Shadow points out. "Ah, that will be answered here in a bit. My grandfather took Maria to the Ark, but left me on Mobius with Maria and I's parents. Then, when I was about seven years old. Our parents and I were on a walk and they were ambushed and then killed. I was left by myself by the perpetrators. I was found by police shortly after and they alerted my grandfather of Maria and I's parents death and put me into his custody. This is around the time he created you I believe." I explained to him part of my life's backstory for a moment.

   He was taken aback. He realized that I had lost my whole family. My parents in front of my eyes, as he had lost Maria, who he saw as a sister-who was also my little sister, in front of his eyes. "That's not the end of it though... My grandfather kept me on Mobius for a reason. He turned me into another one of his experiments, because of you. Now, do not misinterpret what I said. I am not blaming you or angry with you. You have not wronged me, so I have no reason to. I was made to be your counterpart. Would you like to know why?" I told him as I felt myself get worked up to cry. I took quiet deep breaths to calm myself. Shadow took notice as he was processing this information. "... it looks like you need a break and I would personally like a small break to process everything that I have learned." Shadow told me with a hand up to stop me. I nodded. "I-I'll be back." I told him as I stood up and walked away. Tears began to build up in my eyes as my back was to Shadow. I sped walked out of the cave out into the forest, tears streaming down my face. I never got the chance to really mourn the death of my parents or even Maria. 

   I go up to a nearby tree and punch it. I get frustrated and upset further as I think about my family. I lost my parents in front of my eyes, and I never really had the chance to spend even a single moment with Maria as her older sister. My bad memories of my time in the laboratory came to mind which made me break down into tears further and continue punching the tree over and over. I've always kept a calm attitude for most of my life, at least around others. By myself... I fall apart like this. I've punched this poor tree so many times, I've made a rather large indentation in it. I stop punching the tree when I feel a stinging sensation on my knuckles. I look at them and realize I've made them bleed. I begin to sob louder as I sit at the base of the tree. I tried to take deep breaths to calm myself, though it didn't seem to be working. I couldn't stop crying, my emotions were too strong to be easily stored away and bottled up again.