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PROJECT SELENE AU ESSAY SHJSHSJ

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It was Eggman's most ingenious plan yet. And it didn't even require breaking the world apart! Everything was set into place. All under the watchful eye of his old colleague, Agent Stone.

Dr. Eggman was--to put it lightly, old. His creations, zany, more than usual. His mind... t h e r e.

But his plan would work, it HAD to work... because if it didn't, he knew he wouldn't have it in him to try again. "It's been too long..." Sage would whisper, "Please, rest."

Stone never told him to quit, Stone continued to encourage him. Stone... wanted him to succeed.

So where did it all go wrong?

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This AU takes place in the somewhat distant future; around 20 years.

Sonic is now in his "prime times" as he likes to call them. After his last scrap with the egghead left him... well, without a leg. He really took a "step" back to revaluate his life choices. And figure out more leg puns to cope--

You see, Eggman was.. losing it, everyone noticed; and to the surprise of some, Sonic wanted to help him. To let him down easy, to offer him help to live the rest of his life honestly...

He didn't want--

He was so sure he would've never needed too... but--

He killed him.

It was an accident. He killed him. He killed someone. He didn't mean too, please, please, please.

The world cheered. He promised, he promised, he promised, HE PROMISED H E R.

Sonic was no tech wizz, but he faintly remembers Tails mentioning something about the whole egg network shutting down not soon after his defeat, DEATH. All the badniks he grew up scrapping shut down. Every single one. I'm so sorry Omega, Tails will think of something.

Eggman saw how the chaos emeralds teleported the Ark away from the Earth all those years ago. So he planned to do it again, this time, he would teleport the Earth itself, from the safety of his egg fleet, from the ARK. If any of the world leaders refused his rule, then the Earth would simply blip away.

It was insane.

Sonic should've known it was a trap.

But it was too late.

He was trapped. He was scared.

He couldn't let the chaos emeralds fall into his hands. his cold hands.

So Sonic shattered them.

And he fell. Along with the airship above him, along with the cannon, along with pieces of the ARK. Along with the feeling in his left leg. Everything was gone.

Shadow was there, holding Sonic after he fell from space, like if he let go Sonic would vanish. He'd never seen his rival so, s c a r e d. Asking why, how he could be so foolish.

There were a lot of things left unsaid that day.

He felt lost.

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The chaos emeralds were destroyed, with no temples to revive them, they were drained of all their energy and thrown away like worthless pebbles by anyone who were too naive to know what they truly hold.

Agent Stone knew better though.

Like the doctor, he wasn't too good with... biological engineering.

Trust him when he says he's looked, endlessly for any other option.

But alas, the Gaia manuscripts... the Echidnas... Chaos...

All sing the same tune.

The emeralds needed a living vessel to survive.

How bothersome.

With the network shut down and no time to revive her it right now, he looked for a more suitable option.

Luckily G.U.N had some spare scientists he could, "borrow".

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Dr. Sunniside was more than eager to assist, not like her life was on the line or anything. She found the project fascinating, as well as terrifying.

When word got out that she had collected a singular emerald that still contained whatever little chaos power was left. The last thing she thought was a well dressed "gentleman" kidnapping her and her team; forcing them to stay in their own forsaken lab in the middle of nowhere-- to create a biological creature that could potentially restore the other 6... wherever they were.

Why did he need them?

She wasn't getting paid to ask, not like she was getting paid at all. Besides getting to live she supposed.

G.U.N had disbanded prior to whatever mess the world had found itself in yet again, her skills and intellect were "going to waste" as her new boss said it. Was anyone looking for them? Too many questions, not enough answers. Too little time...

They had no idea where to start, she knew Mobians themselves had a somewhat natural pull towards chaos energy. So they would start from there. And hope for the best results.

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Six...

Six failed attempts, and they were running out of supplies; out of whatever DNA they were given.

The semantics they were able to "borrow" from within what little worked of G.U.N's internal database, held familiar blueprints for a similar experiment.. ironically enough. Though old and unclear, it did hold a lot of research into something called chaos drives.

It took a couple years to perfect, but Dr. Sunniside and her team were able to mimic these drives to power whatever was left of the lab. And hopefully used on the project.

He was getting impatient.

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She wasn't sure what to do with what she was given.

A broken, robot?

She remembered seeing the wreckage live, the colossal pieces of advanced technology falling to the ground.

Nothing should have survived that explosion, much less be minorly intact.

Yet here it was, a oddly mobian shaped robot with blue chipped paint. Complete with a missing left leg. Must've been whatever was left of Robotnik's tech. Of course by now she had already pieced together Agent Stones her boss is involvement, as well as the metal robot.

She just wanted to go home.

It was almost impossible to turn it on, the metal mobian seemed to run on a very specific network; one that was strictly turned off.

With whatever little power they were able to divert to force its databank to work, Dr.Sunniside and her team had finally found the answer to all their problems.

Encrypted Biodata.

There were two instances, from what they could tell, where this machine copied living creatures biodata. Mobian biodata. Complete with the biological overlay they could use to create a stable lifeform.

The amount of chaos energy the machine had previously been able to withstand with the biodata was incredible.

No DNA required, it would be a copy.

This was their key out of here.

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The 7th experiment was a success.

It survived. When the infant was introduced to long exposure to the chaos emerald, it was able to handle the power extremely well; just like she predicted.

They deemed the lifeform, Selene. Regular updates were given to Stone as requested.

It took 5 years for Selene's development, the child was hedgehog in appearance, taking on the same green hue that the emerald gave off. The emerald used whatever was left of its energy to give its life to Selene.

The infant was given ring like bracelets that would work as cuffs in case of a emergency. They were magnetic in design, and when activated would stick its wearer to the metal walls that made up the lab. It was for her own good.

Next, she was handed her first sets of chaos drives.

She was told to absorb the chaos drives energy, and then redistribute it back. Selene had minor difficultly understanding, but adapted fast. As the years went on, she grew only more curious, asked more questions.. endless questions.

Where did she come from? Here, at home.

Why? Because she would do amazing things of course.

Like a superhero? Yes, exactly.

Dr. Sunniside didn't want to admit it, but she grew found of the child. She missed her own. Her team grew tired, anxious, and Selene seemed to take notice. Dr. Sunniside knew the little one meant well, but the others didn't see her that way. They were trapped because of her.

It was the 8th year, that Stone finally requested a final update before he would come and arrange for everyone's release after he was handed the experiment. They silently cheered, they would not say a word, they wouldn't say a word.

Dr. Sunniside knew better.

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Selene wanted to be just like the superhero's she watched on her tablet. The tablet she totally didn't take from the storage room and wasn't secretly using to watch videos of things outside her home. Her tablet was only able to show nature documentary's and the News for some reason, but she thought it was awesome!

Her favorite one was the blue hedgehog, like her! He was so cool. He would travel around the world meeting all sorts of people, he put a smile on everyone's faces!

She just wished she could do the same with her friends her. They didn't seem happy. They didn't like her. She wanted to be liked. It's not fair.

Every day was the same, chaos drive this and testing that. It was so.. repetitive. I mean, she thought she would always to help the doctor, and she did! Doctor Sunniside said she was helping people, she wanted to help, like him!

She just wished she could go outside, it looked nice.

Her pretty bracelets itched constantly, but she couldn't take them off, because Doctor Sunniside said that would be naughty. Selene was a good girl, good girls listened. She knew that.

But she didn't always listen.. so she continued watching all these videos, learning all these cool things. Because what else could she do.

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Each chaos drive gave Selene a boost of energy, just think what her reaction could be to restoring the chaos emeralds themselves?

Red chaos drives would improve her strength. It was given to her in moderation.

Yellow would improve her swimming ability. She didn't like to go too deep though..

Purple would increase her jump height, and distance.

Green was the most reactive, that would increase her speed. She was incredibly fast, she couldn't control it.

Each time she absorbed these drives, she wasn't always able to return the power, she struggled to restore them. She said it made her cuffs bracelets itch.

Her quills themselves would also react strangely to the chaos drives, they were naturally green because of the chaos emerald. But would momentarily change color given the specific chaos drive absorbed, fascinating.

It wouldn't be long now.

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The fools.

Stone sneered, starting at the wreckage of the lab. When he asked those goons to destroy the evidence everyone included he SPECIFICALLY said AFTER he had collected the project.

Now look at this mess.

He just hoped they hadn't damaged a certain part of the lab too much. He would need it to track down his investment. It better be alive.

Whatever was left of the Metal Sonic would have to do, he should've never left him here with these animals. But, beggars can't be choosers he supposed... once his years of work restoring the network was completed, and retrieving his missing piece, everything would be set into Stone.

For the return of the empire.

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Sonic wasn't expecting to find a kid out in the middle of the forest. But yet here we are.

She looked pretty rough, heck, it was like if the kid just escaped an explosion. He couldn't see any sign of one though..

The kid had stars in her eyes looking at him, nothing he wasn't already used to. The kiddos tended to be that way around him.

After a lot of head nods of yes's and no's.. Sonic put together that she was most definitely alone out here. Go figure.

No parents, no family, she seemed out of it. But whatever it was would have to wait, he wasn't just gonna leave a kid out here alone. He knew what that felt like all to well growing up.. man, she had to be around the same age Tails was all those years ago.

Sonic knew he and Shadow never talked about kids.. but its not like he was gonna keep her or anything. Yep nope totally not, he was never once gotten attached to a kid and raised them. Besides, Shads was out doing whatever, he hasn't seen his husband in a few months and it's not like they had a house.

They might've been legally married, but hell they weren't anything close to your average married couple. He loved it though, it worked for them both, with Shadow and Sonic out free to do whatever. He couldn't wait to see him again though.. he guessed he could always explain the random kid later. Oh well!

After taking the kid, who said her name was Selene, to Tails workshop. It took one explanation later for his lil brother genius to take a look at her, they needed to make sure she was alright after all.

Selene stayed relatively quiet for the most part, but slowly started asking all these questions, Tails happily giving her the answers.

The fox had labs almost everywhere around the globe, and traveled just as much as Sonic does.. it took some getting used to, but no matter how far away or tall the fox got, he would always be his kid. As he reminds him constantly for the hedgehogs own amusement.

After Eggman... vanished. His eggtech was left scattered wherever they were last placed or used, Tails had started a movement with some of his fellow "brainiacs" to reuse the badniks for helpful purposes and to reduce less waste. I mean they did see how self sufficient egg tech could be when freed from eggmans clutches.. like all those years ago on scrapnik island when they were kids. It took a while to earn public trust, but everything stayed smooth so far.

After a through check up, Tails said Selene suffered some minor cuts, bruises and burns but nothing serious. When asked again about what had happened.. Selene refused to answer, so they didn't pry. As long as the kids alright.

Tails had asked Sonic while Selene explored outside, what he planned to do. Sonic wasn't sure himself, it's not like the world was being constantly threated by some super evil weirdo anymore, besides the less super genius evil ones he's stopped now and again.

He guess it wouldn't hurt to take the lil one under his wing, until they found her a good home of course. It's not like he had no experience with taking care of a kid before. And he turned out pretty great in his professional opinion!

Tails agreed, while he didn't find anything wrong with Selene at first, he did have a funny feeling that there was more to her than she was letting on. Better to keep an eye just to be safe.

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Shadow was not expecting his meet up with Sonic to include a child. Yet here we are.

He had quite working for G.U.N years ago, soon after they disbanded. A small force was still allowed to operate under certain conditions, but it seemed like a lost cause to the hybrid.

Rouge still worked for them, he couldn't figure out why, she always complained back when they were younger how annoying she found them. Not to mention the history..

It was none of his business he supposed.

He does favors here and there for her, its the least he could do for, who he considers.. family. It took him a long time to consider anyone that.

He guessed time did change him.

Sonic and him had tied the knot years ago, they honestly didn't feel like ever getting married. Not due to anything specifically, but shadow felt like they would just be repeating what they had already felt for each other.. why did everyone have to see it?

But, alas.. they were convinced, Sonic thought it would be funny to get married. Their family was overjoyed to attend, and it wasn't like Shadow got super into it and planned everything; the seating, venue, food, pictures, and--

Okay whatever it was fun he guessed.

He loved that idiot, more than his younger self ever imagined he would've..

He didn't want to leave his side after that incident.. Sonic was bedridden for what seemed like years to the blue blur. Shadow was devastated to see his husband so.. helpless. He should've been there, he should've been faster, why...

The couple always had endless hours of catching up to do when they finally met up, little did he know that came with a kid.

Shadow gave Sonic a firm brow, and after a hasty explanation of the situation. The hybrid was, confused.

The child, Selene. Gave off a strange energy, he wasn't sure if Sonic had felt it too. But something seemed.. off.

After a few days of private discussion, after camping out with her. They decided it was for the best they kept her, for now of course.

Shadow would only stay for the next month or so, G.U.N was going crazy with some accident that happened. Wouldn't be the first time he supposed.. but it sounded bad. Real bad, and he couldn't shake that feeling that it was more, way more than he realized.

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Selene couldn't believe it. She was outside, and it was even better than on the screen.

The grass was greener, the air was fresher, the ground was softer-- in some areas at least with.. what was it called? DIRT! Yeah! Dirt.

The next thing she couldn't believe was her luck, her role model had found her! He knew everything. He'd be able to help her! But...

she did something bad.. very bad, and now they were gone.. she hoped they were okay.. She tried to help, why couldn't she move, why was she stuck, who were those people...--

It wasn't very hero like...

His name was Sonic, and was even cooler in person. She had already met all sorts of people, she couldn't wait to tell the doctor all about it when she finds her again.

Sonic had a super special partner too, named Shadow. She liked his stripes. They offered to take care of her for the time being, it was like she was dreaming.

But she needed to focus, she needed to find out what happened. She would need to tell them.. but, maybe not right now..

For now though, she wanted to see everything! Experience it all! She never felt more free, even more than when her bracelets fell off when she ran away from the rubble.

This was only the beginning.