Project Shadow : The True Me

Chapter Four: What lurks in the shadows.

There it stood...in the specimen container...a very similar type to the one i was in..when i was launched away from the ark, and down to this planet many years ago.
A shadow android.

"W-what?! ....i..i thought i destroyed them all!"
I said to myself,

As i stared more and more trying to see its features from the dim light that i was creating, i noticed that it had sustained heavy damage, and its android like features were showing through its outer layer. It still had some of my characteristics though, i felt uneasy....and i froze simply staring at it...

These things always made me feel this way...its an eirie feeling to look at an android and it truly believes that it is you...id fought several of them prior and they always had put up a helluva fight. They could use all of my abillities, but there were several differences between me and them.

The more i stared at it the more i became curious and decided to approach it until i was touching the outside of the tube.
Its quills had been scratched up so that you could see exposed metal and wires. Some quills remained unscathed, and looked as if they were in prime condition. The further down you trailed the more damaged areas it had. The right side of its chest was flayed open so that metal ribs were visible. Upon closer inspection, one could see through them and into the android like organs it had, which mainly composed of gears and wires.

Its entire right arm was exposed and looked as if it was two pistons connected togeather and the wires acted as if they were the tendons holding it togeather. Its hand looked and mocked that of a normal skeleton, but had slight remains of the glove that use to cover it. As i looked back up and at its face, i noticed the right eye had been uncovered as well. Simply staring into this part, sent chills down throughout me as i was caught looking into its red light bulb for an eye, which was not active at the moment.

" what is this doing here.....how did it get in this....what is going on?.." i thought to myself.

This android did not appear to be functional, rather than simply locked within this glass specimen tube, almost as if it wad being examined....or being rebuilt...but...who would be rebuilding these things? ...and ..why? These questions ran through my mind over and over as I also explored the possibilities as to who it could be. Eggman gave up on these i thought, and i was left eith a blank on anyone else as to who it could be.

"No matter....i can end it here for good.."
I said softly to myself.

Just as soon as I stepped back from the container and was about to shoot a chaos blast at it, i heard a noise behind me that echoed throughout the room. I quickly turned around to face it and prepared to engage whatever...whoever..was responsible for this android.

"Make this easy on yourself and give up now...." i spoke firmly.

"I knew there were more of you....and i will end everyone of you!" The voice said back.

As soon as i heard the voice i tried to identify who it could be. It sounded so familiar and spoke with such firmness yet, sounded as if it was amplified by something.... i felt as if id fought him before and known him for a while.... I knew it was male but had trouble remembering who. As looked towards the area from where the voice came, i failed to identify what lurked in the shadows.

"..hhmph ...you think i am one of those pathetic metal piles of trash?! Come out and see what the true ultimate life form can do..." i said sternly and formed a fist before punching my other hand with it.

" enough talk! I will end you just as i have ended the others!" it said

As it spoke i noticed a light blue glow from two locations ahead of me, in the darkest corner of the room. They appeared to be circles and from the glow they emitted i could identify fingers. As soon as one hand was held up i heard a noise behind me, it was what appeared to be a crate of very large proportions flying right at me. I stood firmly and with one swipe of my hand as it reached me, i knocked it away and sent it towards the specimen container that housed the shadow android, which it was then broken by the crate impacting it with such force.

The sound of glass breaking and the crate falling to pieces drowned out everything, as that was probably the most noise that had been in this place for many years. It was almost deafening from the sudden change in volume. I quickly turned around to look at the figure who stood in the darkness now with a light blue aura around him. The more i studdied him the more i recognised before i finally remembered.

" ..nice try silver...now explain yourself ..or ill get the answers out of you myself..."
I said very firmly and faced him.

As i spoke i quickly noticed that there were new details including a pair of eyes. One golden dot...and one red.. The moment i noticed the red dot. I knew it was another android....an android that mocked silver the hedgehog.

" what?! A silver android?! " i said

I was shocked and in disbelief for a moment before i heard rattleing from under the smashed crate and broken glass. The shadow android had been activated.
Immediately i turned and charged my hand with a chaos spear and aimed right for the silver android.

"Chaos......CONTROL!!" i shouted as i fired a high charged chaos spear towards it.

" its no use!" it shouted back as it fired a mocked version of a psychic knife and met the spear head on, creating a flash that illuminated the room. I glanced around quickly and saw tube after tube. Weather they all were occupied with androids remained a mystery, but i knew that i had to leave this place. For the ones that were close to me, all had two red glowing beads, staring trough the glass at me

"Damn...." i said to myself

As i took a deffensive fighting stance, the lighting to the room was then activated, revealing a large factory like room filled with an old assembly line and android parts littered throughout it. Androids, were building androids.

I kept my composure and my stance but i knew i had to leave...and i had to leave now..