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Everyone’s been getting along great with the newest member of the Wachowski Family, Shadow. Everyone except Tails. That won’t do…
Shadow was still learning how to love and open up.
On the ark, he had felt genuine happiness with Maria. Her carefree and caring attitude had started to grow on him.
Until G.U.N came and stripped everything away from him.
They had attacked the facility in an attempt to capture Shadow. Now he was living in house with humans, in a way he saw them as parental figures. And 3 friends, or brothers…He hadn’t put a label on it yet.
Maria died from the explosion of Chaos Energy. His Chaos Energy. The guilt seemed to never cease. Even 50 years later.
Shadow was trapped and placed into a cryostasis pod at a secret G.U.N. base on Earth. When he was awakened by his creator, Gerald Robotnik, also Marias Grandfather, the only he sought after was revenge. “The light shines... even though the star is gone." That was the quote he kept onto so many years after.
5 decades of pain and despair took a ugly form.
He injured Tom, his now father figure. That was something else to be guilt about. Tom had spent 2 weeks in the hospital, as he was told. Shadow had tried to make it up to him, but Tom insisted it was okay. “Everyone deserves second chances,” is what he said.
~~~~~~~~~~~. (1 year and 2 months later)PRESENT TIME~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Shadow liked helping Maddie with lunch and occasionally dinner a few weeks ago he figured out he loved baking/cooking and made it a hobby. Maddie enjoyed the company and Shadow helping. She also found it cute he liked to cook but she didn’t say that out loud.
Sonic was sparring with Knuckles, outside though because they were on thin ice since both Maddie and Tom had warned him repeatedly to not spar inside the house. They couldn’t risk breaking something. Again.
Tails was— well he wasn’t sure what the kit was doing. He figured he was probably working on a gadget. To be truthfully, the ebony hedgehog admired the fox for his intelligence and brave demeanor when faced with challenges. From what he heard, the fox was only 8 years old. His skills were rather impressive for a child
But right now he was just touring the house.
Tom was watching a weird show was called West world but the ebony hedgehog didn’t comment on it.
Ozzy was outside basking in the sun and chasing squirrels.
Tails was— well the hedgehog wasn’t sure what he was doing. If he had to guess the kit was probably working on a gadget or invention.
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Sonic and Shadow have been spending some time together. Mainly because Sonic is just too extroverted and wants to have a good bond with everyone. They race around Green Hill and spar when Shadow wants to. He would say they had a brotherly friendship, despite their rivalry.
Sonic hadn’t had a easy 10 years of his life. He lost his first adoptive mother when he was young and fled here, earth. Shadow could somewhat relate to Sonic
Knuckles definitely had Shadows respect. An Echidna Warrior who had everything taken away from him and was by himself a long time? Shadow knew what that was like. Knuckles was fierce and had a fighting spirit. That was admirable.
Tails also had his moments.
To be truthful, Shadow admired the fox for his intelligence and brave demeanor when faced with challenges. From what he heard, Tails was about 6 or 7 years old. His talents were rather impressive for a child. Shadow himself was 15 f you don’t count the years he spent trapped. That made him the second oldest of the Wachowski kids (Knuckles was 16)
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But then Shadow had a realization. What else does Tails like to do?
Sonic likes to play video games and a good race, Knuckles likes to spar and deep conversations, Maddie likes to bake and garden, Tom enjoys watching shows, soccer games, and Maddie’s food.. Ozzy is well Ozzy, but Tails? Besides gadgets he has no idea what he enjoys or what stories he had to tell about his life.
And it hit him like a ton of bricks.