Return of Gerlad's Legacy

Chapter 25: Operation

Sonia was in the waiting room outside the infirmary. The two closest men in her life were in there, and she was out here helpless. Shadow had been taken in with multiple shrapnel injuries. His ears damaged. The ear drums were starting to deteriorate, but thankfully his Chaos energy was helping him as much as it could. Shade was in far worse for the wear. His physical mutations had slowed but not stopped. The scales and the mental connection Umbra would be extremely difficult to remove. And if that wasn't enough, his body wasn't healing its wound like it normally did. It was healing slowly, almost non-existent. This was a night that would haunt her if things went badly.

Along with her in the waiting was really the rest of Earth Protectorate. Emily was so tense that a pin dropping would have made her jump. Crystal was almost as tense. Beside her was Lucas who had Crystal's hand in his. He was trying to his own fears for his friend and Shadow. Jet wasn't here because he was on an air strike, but Wave was inside the operating room helping Tails run the medical droids and Hurk and Storm were out in waiting room, playing Go Fish to calm themselves. Sally and the President were off to meet with dignitaries of basically the rest of the world to decide what to do with Umbra. Manic was sending all available droids to fight off the two fronts: Beijing, and to finish the Ukraine. Amy was trying to keep herself from crying. And Whirl was passing in front of the infirmary along with his father.

The two had been in the emergency room for hours. None of the people in the operating room had come out, but droids had come in with equipment, blood, water, skin grafts. No one dared to look inside. Sonia feared the worst and so did everyone else. Neither of them had looked good when they gone into surgery.

She was so kept in thought; Sonia almost did hear the small voice beside her. "Sonia? Is Shade going to be okay?"

Sonia looked to her left to see a young batgirl, her eyes red and puffy from tears. Sonia forced a reassuring smile. This was hard. "Don't worry. Cosmo and the others will fix them up in no time."

Emily looked at her; the tears were starting to flow again. "What will I say to him when he comes out? I hurt h—"

"Don't think like that!" Sonia interjected softly. "He'll understand he's not an idiot. I just hope it will be my little Shade that comes out along with my husband."

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Don't you want the power?

Shade was in the statue room again. They were in same positions as before. No thing had changed.

"Why should I trust you anymore?" he spat at the voice. "You told me Umbra was in China and that he would be in my father's shape. Instead, I find that I have been fighting my father the entire time and almost killed myself. You had me try to kill the man I've wanted to know since I was born! You bastard!"

Shade approached Shadow's statue. The sight of his father in the torture devise still sickened him to no end. He swallowed his fear and touched the statue.

Squish

"Ewww!" Shade exclaimed after he saw what he was standing in. He was standing in biotech. Only one race used biotech: the black Arms. And they were everywhere. There were soldiers everywhere. They walked; they flew; they burrowed. And they were all moving like they were ecstatic. Like something great had happened for them.