Memory Lane

Stop Twelve: Lost Memories

Sonic dashed through the forest searching for a certain black hedgehog desperately, even though he wasn't very close to Y/N he still wanting to help and he certainly did not want her to die. Once out of the forest Sonic zoomed through Station Square and straight to Club Rouge where he thought Shadow might be, he burst through the door startling the two Mobians that were inside. Rouge sent the blue hedgehog a glare but it softened into a look of worry when she noticed the distraught look upon Sonic's face. "What in chaos name is wrong with you?!" She exclaimed, Sonic looked to her than the black hedgehog next to her.

"Shadow, Tails needs your help. It's Y/N, I can't really explain but it feels wrong..." He said.

"What do you mean?" Shadow asked and stood up.

Sonic shook his head, "Her chaos energy it feels wrong... It's hard to explain... But you need to come right now." Shadow's confused expression turned serious and he walked towards him.

"Fine I'll help." And with that both hedgehogs ran out of the building leaving the female bat very confused.

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Y/N looked around herself a saw hundreds of yellow glowing balls each one containing a memory of her past, whenever she touched one the memory would play in front of her though she could not interact with it. She did her best to avoid bad memories but as much as she would like to she couldn't pick and choose which memories she would like to see because there were literal balls of light and she couldn't tell the difference between any of them. She loved looking back on much founder memories of her and Tails, like the time he took his first steps on his own and his first time finally figuring how to fly using his namesakes.

Of course Y/N had shed some tears as she reviewed some of the darkest memories she had though there was one that was much worse than any of the torture she had received from Infinite. Y/N looked to her left and was met with yet another glowing ball of light though this one held a much darker aura and instead of the golden yellow it glowed a deep blood red. Y/N was hesitant to touch as she had a feeling she knew what memory it was, she reached out her hand and tentatively touched it. A white light flashed from the orb and engulfed the vixen, blinding her momentarily before she was met with the sight of a much younger version of herself carrying a small bundle. The younger Y/N was smiling down a the bundle and whispering to it as whatever was inside replied with a series of baby gibberish.

Y/N's eyes narrowed as she realized just what memory this was, though she wanted to know for sure and sure enough the smaller fox's ear twitched and she stood up then walked slowly to a door leading into their parents bedroom. The young vixen placed an ear against the door that lead to their parents room with a small frown upon her face. She could hear them talking quietly, and what their conversation was about wasn't okay at all.

"We can't keep IT here, think about what people in the village would say? I mean did you see the look on the doctors face when she first saw IT?" Their father was saying.

"I agree, but what about Y/N? She would be so sad... She's always wanted a sibling. And how would we get rid of IT, we can't just drop IT off at the orphanage." Their mother replied, the fact that they were referring to Tails as 'IT' filled the small fox with rage. It wasn't like he was an alien, Y/N looked down sadly at her baby brother who giggled happily as he was oblivious to the situation that was going on at the moment. Y/N was not about to let her so called 'parents' get rid of her newly born sibling just because of some extra appendage, so she quickly went down the hall and into her room. She set the bundle gently onto her bed, then went to her closet and grabbed a bag. Y/N then proceeded to pack some simple things such as a few pair of clothes, a spare blanket, and a few rings she had been saving for a new toy. Once she had decided she had packed everything she hid the bag underneath her bed and picked up her baby brother again, she had a plan but needed to wait until nightfall to put it into action.

Y/N watched sadly as the two children went back into the hallway and began to head back to their playroom. Though as the passed the room that concealed their parents inside the young Y/N heard yet another shocking statement, "We'll take IT there tonight." Their father said sternly though it didn't matter if he did or not for his spouse didn't even want to argue. That statement alone sent Y/N back to her room and she scooped up a spare black cloak she like to use when she would play pretend with her parents and put it on and flipped the hood up to cover her face. She grabbed her back and secured it then made sure the bundle was still tightly wrapped around her infant brother then crept out of her room, she picked out of her door first to see if the coast was clear then ran to the front door. Once she was outside she bolted down the rode clutching the bundle tightly in her arms, she heard the door open and

her parents shout to her but she didn't dare look back. Y/N only stopped running after she had made it out of the village and deep into the forest because Tails had begun to cry.

Y/N turned away, she couldn't bare to see anymore. She couldn't stand being here anymore she wanted to wake up now, she could handle of her old pain returning all at once. So many old wounds had been torn open, Y/N couldn't take it any longer.

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Shadow looked down at the sleeping fox, Sonic was right. Her chaos energy felt wrong, mainly because it wasn't actually flowing inside her body like it was supposed to, it was all collected very close to her heart. He was surprised she was even still alive at this point, he glanced down at his wrist where his inhibitor ring was absent. Tails was examining it to make a similar replica that could control the flow of energy, he couldn't understand why he felt the need to help her. Back at the lab when he released her he had gotten a feeling that he couldn't ignore, it was almost as if Maria was right next to him urging him to open the stasis tube and let the young mobian out. "I've finished them!" The younger fox's voice happily rang out from her workbench where he had been for the past hour or two, he ran over to the table and showed the older hedgehog the silver rings he had been working so hard on. "This should regulate the flow of her chaos energy." He said, Shadow nodded. Tails then proceeded to slide them onto the female's wrists, they fit just fine not too tight nor too loose.

"How long before they begin to take effect?" Shadow asked.

"They should begin to work immediately but she might not wake up for awhile..." The fox replied with a relieved sigh, Shadow nodded. For a moment they stood there in silence both looking a the sleeping vixen then Shadow began to walk to the door.

"Now that that's taken care of I'll be on my way." Shadow stated.

"Shadow wait!" Tails called out suddenly startling the dark hedgehog for a moment, he turned to face Tails again with a questioning stare. The fox seemed to squirm a bit under his cold gaze but spoke nonetheless. "I wanted to thank you... For saving Y/N... and, and for helping me out with the rings I really appreciate it..." He said quietly, Shadow's eyes softened slightly then he turned again to the door.

"You're welcome." He said quietly as he left. Though a small smile found its way onto his muzzle as the words left his mouth, he left the workshop without anymore words being said.

Tails took his eyes off the now closed door and looked back to his sister. Her face was no longer scrunched up in pain but it looked as if she was sleeping peacefully, Tails let out a sigh of relief again happy that all of that was taken care of. Now he had to just wait for her to wake up, and hopefully she would be just fine....

Right....?