How To Save A Life

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How To Save A Life; Shadow finally catches a break...
Topic Started: Aug 10 2008, 08:41 AM (84 Views)
The Grey Wyvern	Aug 10 2008, 08:41 AM Post #1
Shadow Posts: 92 Group: C-Rank Mobian Member #6,358 Joined: March 1, 2008 Gender: Male Favorite Sonic Game: Sonic 3 & Knuckles	A one-off story written largely to try and lift Cy-Fox's love interest out of a bad mood. "Silver? I need to ask you a really big favour..." Oh, this is gonna be interesting... "What kind of favour?" Shadow grinned. "I need you to show me how to time-travel with Chaos Control." "Riiiiight..." Silver took a sip of coffee and regarded Shadow thoughtfully. "May I ask why?" A manilla envelope thumped onto the table. Silver reluctantly put down the paper and opened it, then paged through the contents. "Is there a point to...? Oh." Shadow had highlighted a sentence at the end of the coroner's report. With immediate emergency treatment followed by swift transfer to the care of a properly-equipped trauma team, Ms Robotnik might well have survived. "Shadow, I hope you realise that messing with the past is not something you should do lightly. If you screw this up, you can-" "So I'll try not to step on any frigging butterflies!" Shadow snapped. "Read the rest of the report; they just walked off and left her! All I have to do is wait until they go, then get her patched up enough to Chaos Control the hell out of Dodge and right into the best ER in the country." "If she survives being time-shifted forward fifty years in that state, for which I'd give her less than a fifty-fifty chance." "Better than she'd have if we don't try," Shadow pointed out. "And at least I'd... be there for her. Nobody should have to die alone like that..." After a long moment, Silver nodded. "Alright. But you owe me bigtime for this, okay?" "How about I set you up on a blind date with Blaze and we call it even?" Silver chuckled. "Deal." Maria stared defiantly up at the GUN soldier, her hands tightening on the jettison lever. She forced herself to ignore Shadow's frantic hammering on the hatch, and jettisoned the pod. I'm sorry, Shadow. I know you'd give anything to take my place, but it wouldn't matter in the end. And at least this'll be faster than NIDS... The bullet tore into her shoulder, smashing her collarbone. Maria slammed backwards into the hatch and slumped to the ground, bleeding heavily. "Goodbye, Shadow," she whispered. "I love you..." The GUN soldier spat in disgust. "Stupid furry-loving Bleep," he grumbled. "The captain's gonna have my arse for this-" Something hit him in the small of the back with incredible force, pitching him to his hands and knees. A boot caught him in the ribs and flipped him over, and he gasped as he recognised his attacker. "You-!" The fire extinguisher came down like a sledgehammer. Shadow stepped back, panting heavily, and regarded his handiwork with sick satisfaction for a long moment. Causality's a big grown-up ineffable force of the universe; it can look after itself, he reflected. Besides, damned if karma didn't owe me that one... Everything hurt. Pain seemed to radiate from her shoulder out to her entire body, holding back the warm, peaceful sea of nothingness she knew was just out of reach. "Hurts..." she whispered. "I know, Maria, I know. I can't make it go away yet, so you have to be strong for a little while longer, okay?" The voice... The nothingness receded as fast as lightning, more pain taking its place, but it didn't matter any more because it was him! "Sh... Shadow...?" A hand found her own and squeezed. "Yes. I'm here, Maria. I came back for you." "How...?" "I'll tell you later. Don't let go of my hand, okay? This is gonna feel kind of weird..." She felt some indescribable form of energy flowing from his palm to hers, strange and new yet... comforting somehow. He squeezed her hand so tightly it almost hurt, and then... It was light and darkness and it was burning hot and it was icy cold and it was agony and it was ecstasy and it was utter silence and it was terrible deafening noise and it was... Well, 'kind of weird' didn't really cover it. "Hey! Hey! Somebody help me!" "Huh? What in the...? Jesus!" "Paging Doctor Petersmith, Doctor Petersmith to obstetrics please." "Someone get a gurney, stat!" "What the hell's going on?" "I just found them in the parking lot-" "Never mind, it'll wait. Listen buddy, you need to keep that IV bag higher than her when we lift, alright?" "Do I look like I don't know what I'm doing to you, wise guy?" "Okay, great. Ready? One, two... three...!" "What we got?" "Female, approximately seventeen years old, ID in the name of... Maria Robotnik? Bullet wound to right shoulder, suspected broken clavicle but no arterial bleeding." "Gotcha. We got a blood type?" "No... Wait a sec, she's got a medical bracelet for- NIDS? That is weird..." "We'll chase it up later. Jane, prep 5ccs of morphine, please. That thing got her blood group on it? Okay, forget it, go with O-negative for now. Right... Maria? Maria, can you hear me? Wiggle the fingers on your left hand if you can." "Blood pressure's at one-ten over sixty." "Ouch! Mike, you got that O-Neg?" "Right here, doc!" "Get it set up; IV's already in. Jane, go with half a dose now but be ready with the Narcan if her BP dips..." Maria awoke slowly from what had felt like a bizarre and vivid dream. Her shoulder ached horribly and her throat was rather dry, but she was otherwise surprisingly comfortable... And there was no ringing in her ears, no pins and needles in her fingers and toes, no headache. For the first time in almost five years, she felt... healthy. Maria opened her eyes to see a plain, institutionally white tiled ceiling. This was vaguely reassuring. She turned her head slightly, and saw a small machine displaying her vital signs. There were no wires that she could see, for some odd reason. Turning her head in the opposite direction, she saw a small nightstand with a water carafe and a glass. Kind of well-appointed for a GUN prison hospital, she thought to herself muzzily. And who was that guy who sounded like...? Shadow! Maria sat bolt upright, or tried to. Pain shot through her shoulder, forcing her to drop back into the bed with a muffled yelp and some quite unladylike language. "Got to get up," she hissed. "Got to get out of here..." "Got a hot lunch-date, huh?" enquired a friendly yet bossy voice that could only have belonged to a nurse. "Not big on hospital food," Maria replied dryly. In more than one sense of the word, in fact; her throat felt like cotton. "I can relate," the nurse admitted. "How's your shoulder feel?" "Hurts some, but it's not too bad as long as I don't move it much," she replied. The nurse raised her eyebrows and glanced at her PDA. "That's weird; you're almost due another morphine shot. I wonder if they got the dose wrong on your chart...? Oh, of course; they picked up your NIDS when they brought you in." "It's got its compensations," Maria agreed, carefully pouring herself a glass of water with her left arm. "Well, if you're lucky the treatment won't fully kick in until your arm heals-" The nurse rushed forward and thumped Maria on the back as she choked on her water. "Treatment?" she spluttered. "But... but..." "It's been curable for the last thirty years," the nurse replied, confused. "We didn't even know we had any mid-stage retrovirus cultures in storage; you should have started treatment when you entered puberty." Maria shook her head. "That's crazy. My grandfather- The Space Colony Ark research team were years away from a cure when..." "Um, nurse? Could you give Maria and I a few minutes please?" Shadow peered around the door, looking sheepishly triumphant. Maria sat up rather sharply, ignoring the pain. "Shadow! You're okay!" The nurse quietly exited, figuring that things weren't going to start making sense any time soon. Shadow immediately ran to Maria's bedside and embraced her, carefully. "Don't ever do that again," he whispered fiercely. "Do you have any idea what it took to get you back?" "I won't," she promised. "On one condition..." "I'm listening." "I get to do this whenever I feel like it!" Maria placed her good hand firmly against back of Shadow's head and yanked him into a passionate kiss. Shadow returned the kiss, arms snaking around her waist, and only released her when he needed to breathe. "Okay, getting shot was so worth it," she giggled breathlessly. "Hope I don't have to wait fifty-odd years for the next one," he agreed. "Fifty...? Alright, you smug little pincushion. What exactly did you do?" "Right from the top? Got captured by the GUN and put in stasis, finally came out with a bad case of amnesia and got mind-yiffed into helping your cousin Ivo very nearly take over the world before I started getting some of my memory back, got a job with the GUN -who've cleaned up their act in a big way I might add- and finally bumped into a guy from the future who helped me go back and get you." Maria blinked a couple of times. "Time... travel?" "Ultimate Lifeform, baby," Shadow replied, flashing the lopsided grin he only ever used on her. "Showoff," she chided, mussing his quills. Then something occurred to her. "What about Grandpa?" Shadow winced. "He's my next project. The GUN took him back to the surface, and... it's not a nice story." Maria nodded. "Tell me later. Now c'mere!" She kissed him again. Yep, Shadow thought to himself blissfully, I think we can safely say that my life no longer sucks... * * * "No-!" Shadow jerked awake with a gasp, tears in his eyes and his hands shaking. He looked around wildly, then felt the warmth of the body beside his own. He curled up around her, tears falling freely. "Shadow...?" Maria stirred and rolled over. "Oh, Shadow, what's wrong?" "Nightmare," he said shakily. "The nightmare, in fact. Every time I close my eyes, I see it... I see you dying in my place." Maria wrapped her arms around Shadow and hugged him. "I'm so sorry," she whispered. "I know it was selfish, but I couldn't let them kill you. Not when I had so little time left..." Shadow clung to her and wept. "Selfish? Maria, it was the bravest thing you ever did. You saved my life. And it's not like I didn't get to return the favour a few weeks ago," he added with a wry grin. "I just wish my subconscious would update the files some..." "Maybe it needs some more help," Maria purred, her hands roving down his back and toying with his quills. Shadow grinned. "Can't hurt to try," he agreed, gently squeezing her somewhere intimate. Maria inhaled sharply, and melted into his arms as he drew her into a kiss. "You know, it might do you guys some good to actually spend a little time sleeping," Rouge pointed out, not sure if she was amused or exasperated. "Is that the merest smidgeon of envy I hear in your voice?" Maria quipped, pouring herself some coffee. "Nah, Shadow's not my type," Rouge replied. "I like my men a little less... complicated." "Yeah, well this skinny-ass Overlander's still getting more action than you," Maria pointed out smugly. Rouge very maturely stuck her tongue out at her. "Are you sure this is a good idea?" Tails said worriedly. "If you create a time paradox..." "Yeah, yeah, I know. I'll try not to make the whole universe disappear up its own tailhole, I promise," Shadow grumbled. "Good likeness, anyway." Tails regarded the modified robot duplicate previously belonging to Dr Robotnik with some distaste, not at all sorry to be rid of the creepy damned thing. "I hope you know what you're doing," he muttered. The cell was exactly four paces by three, and featureless except for a small light panel in the ceiling and the exceptionally Spartan bed built into the wall. Gerald knew this because he had paced it more times than he could count. There wasn't much else to do, really, apart from thinking. And thinking was a hazardous proposition right now. Damn it, they could at least let me have a few books, he grumbled inwardly. I'm no use to them if I go round the twist, am I? An ear-splitting electronic warble jerked him from his bitter musings. "What the-? Oh, bloody hell..." The smell of smoke began to filter through the air vents. "Hey! Hey, someone let me out of here!" Gerald yelled. "I'm working on it!" Shadow hissed through the door. "Now hush up a second and let me concentrate; we've got about ten minutes before they figure out the fire's a diversion. C'mon, c'mon... Gotcha!" The lock released, and the door slid open a couple of centimetres. A crowbar did the rest. "Shadow! They told me they had you in stasis!" Gerald hissed. "What happened to the others?" "Most of the civilians got out okay, but we lost about thirty people including the security guys who put up a fight," he replied. "Maria caught a bullet but she's gonna be okay. I'll tell you the rest later." He dragged the robot duplicate into the room and hit a switch hidden under its clothing. "Program Shadow One, three hour delay," he ordered. "Acknowledged," it replied. "What the-?" Gerald spluttered. "Long story. Grab the legs, wilya?" They dumped the mannikin on the bed and pulled the blanket over it, then Shadow grabbed Gerald's arm. "Brace yourself, Professor; this is gonna be really, really weird. Chaos..." "Shadow, what are you-?" "Control!" "Yee..." "...arrrrrgh! Hell's bells, Shadow, what did you just do?" Gerald gasped, getting rather unsteadily to his feet. "Teleported us, oh, about fifty years into the future," he replied airily. Gerald blinked. "You... we... what?" "This might take a while to explain..." A small blonde tornado shot out of the side entrace to Club Rouge and collided headlong with Gerald. "Grandpa! You're okay!" Maria squealed, throwing her arms around him. "Maria!" Gerald hugged her desperately. "I thought I'd never see you again..." "Shadow told me what happened in the old timeline," she whispered. "Grandpa, I'm so sorry; it was me or Shadow, and I knew I didn't have long..." "Are you ever gonna stop apologising for that?" Shadow groaned. "Yes, it would have been nice if you'd let me try and fix the jettison controls on the inside of the pod first and all, but it's not like you're still dead or anything..." Gerald looked up sharply. Shadow smiled ruefully. "I've had a busy couple of weeks." "And this from the guy who used to say he was too geeky to be a hero," Maria giggled, slipping one arm around his waist and bending down to kissing height. Shadow obligingly met her half-way. "Oh, Lord... You're going to be almost as wearing now you're being all touchy-feely than you were when you were still pining for each other, aren't you?" Gerald sighed. They looked at each other, then at Gerald. "Yes, you really were that obvious," he replied. "It was starting to get annoying, frankly." "Well that was... unexpectedly painless," Shadow said after a moment. "I custom-built your DNA, you silly boy," Gerald laughed. "You're about as close to good enough for her as anyone can hope to get." "I'm sure I'm being damned with faint praise here," Shadow remarked slowly. "Well, you're a lot more than just 'good enough' from where I'm standing, Shadsie," Maria told him consolingly. Gerald sighed. "I don't wish to sound ungrateful, but I do wish you'd held off pulling me out of there until the novelty wore off..." "That might take years," Maria pointed out. "C'mon, let's go bring you up to speed over some coffee." "Still a caffeine-junkie, I see." "There are worse vices," she pointed out. Shadow let the familiar banter wash over him and sighed happily. It was good to have his life back. Silver put the history textbook down and sighed. "Of all the ham-fisted... Gah! I'm gonna kill him..." "Like you can judge him for not being subtle," Blaze pointed out. "I was trying to save the world. I wasn't just doing it for pus- Mmmmph!" Blaze gently broke the kiss. "You were when you taught him how," she replied smugly. "Literally." "Well... yeah." Silver decided he could no longer be bothered to argue. The End.
	"If I were really the Planet's Ultimate Lifeform, I'd understand girls." -Shadow, Ghost In The Mainframe Relationship guru to our very own Cy-Fox... God help him.


BelovedDoll	Aug 10 2008, 04:50 PM Post #2
Miss Shadow aka "The Shadowess" Posts: 326 Group: A-Rank Guardian Member #9,230 Joined: July 24, 2008 Gender: Female Current Mood: hacks germs on you	This is a good story. I enjoyed it quite a bit and it`s great to see Shadow happy with Maria back in his arms. ^^ Edited by BelovedDoll, Aug 10 2008, 04:51 PM.
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Miracle	Aug 29 2008, 01:56 PM Post #3
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