Skaar: Hi! I do not own any of the characters, character designs, or places in this chapter. Just the plot. This is my first story, and the only reason I'm posting it is because my friends made me...
Shadow: Fool, your friends are laughing at you right now.
Skaar: Shut up... By the way, this story is supposed to be confusing for a while, so don't come whining to me if you don't get it at first.
On Mission Island, things were not going well. At least, not for this guard. First that damn portal broke down, then the generator short-circuited, and then the radio broadcast tower broke down, NOW even the walkie-talkies don't work. What the hell's going on? The guard slumped against the wall. Not to mention my relief is late. Where is he? The guard's eyes began to droop. He stifled a yawn. Suddenly his eyes snapped open and he emitted a gurgle. As the guard collapsed, a short, black form stepped over his body. "Human!" The black form spit the word out with vile distain, as if it were a poison. The dying guard looked up at the apparition, and his eyes widened with horror. "Y- you're-!" he choked. The black form looked down with hateful disregard, and raised an axe. "For Aila." The axe swung down, finishing it's work.
"I'M SO BORED!!" Charmie Bee was careening around the outside of Central City's Sonicteam, screaming his head off. Good, he's coming this way. A dark form sat in the shadows, waiting for his prey to come near. In the background, Charmy's wails were drawing closer.
"WHYHASN'TANYTHINGHAPPENEDYETIT'SSOBORINGWHYHASN'TEGGMANTRIEDTODESTROYSOMETHING! WHYHASN'TSOMEONE-oooof!" Charmy's incessant babbling was cut short by a foot to the face. "Killed you yet? I ask myself the same question every time I see you." A dark, menacing form stood with one foot on the stupid insect. Charmy looked up, fear evident in his eyes. "Sh-Sh-Shadow! I… um… PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!!!" Charmie squirmed under the crushing weight of Shadow's foot. " Hey Shad! I know ya hate 'em, but let the bug go!" Sonic the Hedgehog, founder of Sonicteam, came walking up from inside. Shadow growled and lifted his foot. Charmy happily flitted off, as if nothing had happened. Sonic smirked. "I swear he has the attention span of a goldfish." Shadow glared at Sonic. "Why did you make me do that? Just when I could have killed him..." Shadow began wringing his hands angrily, making it look like he was throttling someone. Sonic rolled his eyes. "Chill, Shad! Are the only emotions you feel anger and hate?" Shadow looked blankly at Sonic. "Yes." Sonic smirked again, and put an arm around Shadow's shoulder. "Yep, that's our Shad! Now how about you buy me a chili dog?" "No, and don't touch me." Shadow punctuated his command with a glare. Sonic began to sweat nervously, and stepped back. "Ehhehheh… o-okay then, so why do you think it is that Eggman hasn't attacked yet? By now he would have some crackpot scheme for world domination since last time. What could he- AAAH! A-A-Amy! The annoying pink hedgehog had seemingly popped up from out of nowhere. "Sonic! What a coincidence! Here Cream and I were buying groceries and we- Sonic? Sooonic?" The blue hedgehog was gone. "Oooh! He's so shy! It's so cute! Sooonic! I'll find you!" Amy began a fruitless search for her Blue Hero. Shadow smirked. Amy's desperate, stalker-like personality never ceases to amaze me. Meanwhile, Cream the rabbit came running up the road. "Hello Mr. Shadow!" She curtsied happily. Cream was one of the few people that Shadow didn't despise. He didn't like her either, but she was respectful and knew when to SHUT UP. "Hello Cream." "Mr. Shadow, why does Amy always act so weird when Mr. Sonic is around?" Oh, and she was innocent, too. "I can't explain myself. You'd have to ask her." Shadow said with a rare smirk. Suddenly Tails came running out of Sonicteam. "Sonic! Shadow! Get in here! It's really important!"
As they all gathered around Tail's computer, he began speaking frantically. "I was scanning the military alert frequency on my radio, when they ordered a code red lockdown! Basically, they want all-personnel evacuation of all bases! They only do that during nuclear threats, or during MAJOR enemy attacks! So far, my computer hasn't picked up any radiation, so Eggman must be invading a base. I think the base being attacked is Mission Island, where he activated Shadow." Sonic smiled. "Well, that's not very nice of him, is it? Shad, let's go teach him to play nicer!" Shadow was staring out the window, not paying attention. "If it is Eggman, he moves quickly." Sonic walked over and peered out in time to see a skyscraper collapse. "He's here already!?! But Mission island is so far away!" "Well, let's get started then." Ever calm, Shadow jumped out the window.
"Muahahahaha! The world will be mine!" Eggman crushed another building with his giant mech suit. Ten minutes later… "Urrrgh…" Sonic eventually located Eggman in the wreckage that used to be his latest invention (three of the ten minutes were spent searching). "Man, that was way too easy." Sonic said with a sigh. "Ah, well get up, you tub of lard. We've got some questions to ask you before we turn you in." Back at Sonicteam, the now very grumpy-looking tub of lard in question had been tied to a chair. "You fools! You'll never defeat me!" Sonic rolled his eyes. "Shut it, you windbag! What do you know about Mission Island's lockdown? We know that you were there, so spill it!" "You stupid hedgehog! How could I have been at Mission Island if I was here ten minutes later!" "How should I know? You tell me how you did it!" "NO! Even if I knew how to travel that fast, why would I tell you!?!" "You tub of lard!" "Deformed rodent!" "Pompous egg!" "Hyperactive, third-grade dropout!" by now, the usually cowardly Eggman had stood up, regardless of the fact he was tied to a chair, and was leaned over face to face with Sonic. Tails muscled in, shoving them apart. "Sonic! Instead of screaming your head off at him, why don't we take a lie detector test, to see if he's lying. Gosh, Sonic! I didn't think that even you would fall for a taunt like that!" Sonic rolled his eyes. "OH COME ON! You know how I am with insults. And waddaya mean, even me?" Shadow looked up. " Sonic, you're not exactly famous around Sonicteam for your prudent thinking." "Aw, shut it, Shad!" Shadow just grunted and grabbed Eggman. "Come on, Doctor. Prower, set up the polygraph in your lab downtown. Sonic, go with him." "But Shad, I-" Shadow sent another glare Sonic's way. "NOW." Sonic sweatdropped anime-style, and scurried out, knowing Shadow's temper for what it was.
Shadow checked to see that they were gone, then sat Eggman back in the chair. "Doctor, I know Sonic poses no threat to you physically, but that is only because of his humane streak. Now me, I would have no qualms about beating the answer to all of our questions out of you. You are going to answer them, either way. Now tell me how you got to Central City from Mission Island." Eggman knew that Shadow did not make idle threats. "I-I was never at Mission Island. The lockdown was caused by something else. When I heard about it, I thought that during the pandemonium I could take the city while you were on the island investigating the source." Shadow stared into his eyes. He could tell Eggman was not lying. "Fine." Shadow shoved Eggman out of the room and into the lobby. He untied him and led him out of Sonicteam, where he glared at him. "Although I will be reprimanded for this, I can't help feeling pity for you. Your grandfather created me, and your cousin helped me realize my purpose in life. You are a cruel, cowardly, man. But for Maria's sake, I will let you go." Shadow glared down at the ground. Damn conscience. Eggman made a hasty retreat.
"Where's Eggman?" back at Tails' lab, the polygraph was all set up. "He escaped." Sonic smirked. Eggman could never have just escaped from Shadow. Shadow must have let him go because of Maria. Sonic knew that her death had wounded him deeply, and he had always blamed himself. Must've felt like he owed Eggman. Like Eggman cared. Shadow glanced over at the polygraph. "Besides, he was telling the truth. The good doctor had nothing to do with Mission Island." Sonic and Tails blinked a few times. "Huh?" Sonic was the first to speak up, and Tails unleashed a babble of questions afterward. "How do you know? Wouldn't Eggman lie about something like that? If it wasn't him, than who was at Mission Island?" Shadow looked up at Sonic. "Well Prower, why don't we find out?" Tails perked up. "Great idea, Shadow! I'll go get the Tornado set up!"
The trio was soaring above the water in no time, much to Sonic's dismay. Tails could fly and Shadow didn't need to breathe as much as normal people, but Sonic was dead if they crashed. "Tails, can't you fly a bit further up from the water?" "You know, Sonic, It's safer in the back cockpit than on the wing." Sonic frantically crawled into the cockpit, only to jump out again. "WHAT THE HECK!?! Tails, your cockpit seat is moving!" They all looked to the seat to find Amy and Cream cramped in it. Because the rear cockpit was higher than the wings and front cockpit, not even Shadow had noticed them there. "Amy? Cream!?! H-how did you get in there?" Tails looked nervous. Then again, He had an obvious crush on Cream. So obvious, in fact, that Cream was the only person in Sonicteam who didn't know about it. Shadow was starting to get suspicious that the feeling was mutual. Amy smiled happily. "Hi, Sonic!" "Amy, what are you doing here!?!" Amy looked at Tails. "Oh, when we saw Sonic and Shadow helping you set up the Tornado, Cream and I got back here so we could come, too!" Shadow looked at Cream. She did not look like she had gone along willingly. "Do you even know where we're going?" Amy blinked a few times. "Um, no, not really." Even Shadow had to suppress a smirk at her stupidity. Tails rolled his eyes. "Well, no turning back now. We're here."
The base showed no sign of life. As they landed the plane, they noticed the radio tower was not responding. Most likely because the top half of the tower was gone. Tails stared in awe. "Eggman couldn't do that." Cream and Cheese hugged on to Amy fearfully. "Amy, I'm scared!" "Chao, Chao!" Shadow was on the alert. "We're being watched." Sonic started looking around. "Where?" "To the left. On top of the building, I think." They looked to the side. A shadowed form shot out of their view. "He's there, alright. Whoever that is responsible for the base lockdown. I don't know who or what it is, but it's not friendly. Amy, Cream, stay here in the Tornado. Sonic, you and I should split up and come at him from both sides." "Ok, Shad!" As Sonic and Shadow jumped out of the plane, the dark form watched.
Skaar: Before you say ANYTHING about how cliche it was, remember It was rushed and my first story. If that is not a good enough excuse, PLEASE Flame me! I want to get better at this! But, If you like it, please review!
Shadow: NOW!!!!
Skaar:... Disturbing...