#i was like ok time 2 write this starter. cosmo is probs being kept someplace secure that hed be unlikely 2 just stumble into

[badnikbreaker]

@fortruechaos / rouge & a memory? & shadow!

Rouge called him and said, "I need you here, as soon as you can." She hadn't worried he wouldn't show — he always does, when she really need its. And she had needed him here; the normally unflappable thief is clearly on edge when Shadow arrives in G.U.N. headquarters. More surprisingly, she's not bothering to hide how shaken she is for him. She barely bothered to greet the hedgehog when he'd arrived — she'd just guided him deeper into the facility, using the small tablet in her hands to hack the cameras as she went.

"Sorry to bring you here," she says, finally, as they stalk down a hallway. "I know you're on your way out." It inspires a little jealousy when she thinks about it too long — that he can leave — but it's not the point today. "But I need a favor that'll piss off G.U.N., and you're the only one who could do it."

She reaches a large door; high security. The thief pulls a keycard from within her top and swipes through twice, then types something into the tablet. The door opens. Rouge shoots Shadow a look — this one careful, almost guilty — before she enters the almost - lifeless room.

It's full of computers and medical equipment; tools for taking samples and examining them, exam tables with restraints attached. In the center is a large tube — a container of sorts, thick glass shaped like a cylinder filled with liquid and ———

An alien. A girl, almost.

Hair made of green leaves framing a wide, pale face. A dress, or organic matter that looks like it. The strange creature's blue eyes widen upon seeing the pair — it presses a hand the glass, head tilting as it floats within the strange liquid. It's a little taller than it had been, the many years ago when it had been loved. Wires extend from its back, though no pain is visible on its face or in its eyes. Its lips part. It's curious. It doesn't remember having a name.

Rouge lets the scene sink in for a moment. She remembers the alien's name and feels a kind of sickness when she thinks of it. She knows Shadow will, too.

"They haven't begun conducting any real experiments yet — she's only been up and sentient and person - shaped for a few days, based on the data I managed to dig up. But that won't last, and we both know they won't be gentle. I'm not letting G.U.N. cage her —" like it had caged both of them, "— but I'm sure I don't have to tell you why I can't just break her out myself."

"Myself," the creature says, echoing what little she can hear from the bat, the liquid distorting the sound. "Experiments?"

"She's amnesiac. The scientists didn't seem to think that'd last. She didn't remember me when I found her earlier today. Doesn't look like she remembers you, either."