This Child

Journal Entry #1

  I still don't understand the sudden need to have a journal, but I just couldn't shake off this weird feeling. So, this is now a thing for me. I am to write all of my thoughts, feelings, blah blah blah, journal stuff. When this idea first came to me awhile back, I thought it ridiculous. Stupid. Nowadays, though, it has a different ring to it. The past few months have been one hell of a journey. I've changed. I don't know if I changed drastically or not, but I have other things on my mind. I have to hunt, gather herbs and refill my makeshift water canteen, find or build a suitable shelter, and take care of a child as well.

  I'll start with this since this seems like the best place to begin.

Nearly a year ago, a war started. A war that I, sadly, participated in on the bad guy side. The main reason for it was because of one hedgehog, the Ultimate Lifeform. Shadow the Hedgehog. He singlehandedly ruined my life in the course of a day. By destroying my squad, my family, he took everything from me. When I sought revenge against him, he pummeled me, called me weak and pathetic. Those words; I've never heard them said to me before in my life. Or from what I remember. They drove me over the edge, so I went to Doctor Robotnik.

He helped me fuse with the Phantom Ruby, after a few other subjects. I was the only successful subject. Some time after, I had my first 'fight' with Sonic the Hedgehog. We took him as a prisoner after fooling the Resistance into thinking he's dead. Now, not too soon after this, I had another encounter with Shadow. He didn't remember who I was and what he had done to me. We fought, he lost and fell unconscious, and I took him as another prisoner. Without Shadow there to support the Resistance, the moral would be even lower.

  The Doctor, once he learned the news, grew excited as he could now experiment on Shadow without him dying. This is where the journey begins.