Sonic Odyssey Written by Mada and © 2003

PLEASE NOTE: All characters, places and indicia (except Katy The Cat and Nero Foxx) © Sega, Sonic Team Katy The Cat and Nero Foxx © Green Flame

This Fan Fiction is set straight after Sonic Adventure 2

Part 1- Return of Shadow

Sonic was sitting on a rock, resting his head in his hands, he store at the floor, doing something he didn't usually do, and something that might have saved the ultimate life form's life. He was thinking deeply. Not about anything particular really, just mostly about yesterday. He would usually be jumping up and down, shouting at the top of his voice, rejoicing. But not today.after what had happened to Shadow. Sure, the Biolizard was gone. Eggman wasn't showing any signs of evil. Even Knuckles wasn't as grouchy as usual, when he was hanging around with Rouge. Tails had taken to design a new attachment to his Tornado, so it could fly in space and underwater. Amy was over the moon that Sonic was safe, but had connected with Shadow, so she wasn't as happy as the others were. But then there was- "Sonic?" The blue hedgehog hadn't even noticed Amy come in. He looked up slightly and saw Amy standing, looking down at him, glum. " Don't be so upset. There was nothing you could do." There was silence. " I know Amy." " And besides, Shadow was happy to die." she sat down next to Sonic "I mean, he had fourfold his promise to Maria." She tried to lift Sonic's spirit "C'mon, let's go see Tails. It'll take your mind off things." Sonic got up, still hanging his head low, he began to walk in the direction of Mystic Ruins. He stopped suddenly. He felt he had to take a look at the Green Hill Zone.there was something inside him that commanded him to. He felt that this would be the last time he would see it this lush, green and entirely beautiful.

Tails didn't hear Sonic and Amy come in, he was so busy with his update. The Tornado 2 now had a sleek sheet of glass over the cockpit. Because of this, Tails had to fit a door. There was a small cut in the front, shaped like the bottom of some kind of gem or jewel. " Oh! OH! Hi Guys! What's up? Like the design? It looks totally cool! Don't you think? It still needs a Chaos Emerald to power it, but when I get one! I CAN'T WAIT!" he smiled gleefully, then saw Sonic's sad face. "What's wrong, Sonic?" Sonic didn't answer. Tails repeated the question, but still no answer. "Shadow." Amy whispered to him. Then, without warning Sonic yelled and kicked the Tornado, which fell over, while Sonic screamed angrily, Tails shouting to stop in the background. "SONIC!" All Amy could do was watch Sonic rip Tails' workshop apart. And then, he was gone. Quick as the wind, Sonic had vanished out of Tails' lab in a blur of blue light, running across the hills. " Just what got into Sonic then?" " I'm not sure."

They spent the rest of the day searching, but they didn't find Sonic anywhere. By nightfall, they were worried. They had checked with Green Hill, Station Square and even Knuckles, on the floating island. There was no sign of him. But in the Windy Valley, Sonic sat silently, thinking. He knew what to do. He knew where Shadow was. He knew he was alive. He knew where the emeralds where. He knew Knuckles' weakness. He knew how to control the Tornado. Now he had to put his plan to work.

Knuckle's was catching a little shuteye when it happened. His Chaos watch, that Tails had made for him was rumbling and beeping. Knuckle's eyes snapped open and he jumped up. The watch would react with the Chaos Emeralds were removed or being used. Knuckles scanned the area for intruders. When he came across one. " Sonic? This that you?" Knuckles asked, "What are you doing with that Chaos Emerald?" Sonic the hedgehog was standing there, holding the Green Emerald. He was looking at it. He remained silent. "Sonic, if you're thinking of using that emerald, just tell me what for." Silence. "Sonic?" More Silence. Knuckles couldn't take Sonic's games. He was very impatient. The red dreaded echidna dived forward, reaching for the emerald, when he saw Sonic looking at something. Knuckles looked too, to see what it was. But he saw nothing, and by the time he turned back it was too late. " I'm coming Shadow!" Sonic yelled, clutching the emerald tight, yelling over the sound of the emerald doing its work "CHAOS CONTROL!" And then he was gone.

Too Gullible. Sonic smirked as he appeared outside Tail's workshop. He checked the upstairs area, where Tail's slept. The light was out. "Excellent." Sonic whispered to himself, spin dashing, slowly, somehow, into the doors, breaking the lock. He looked around. The lab was almost how we had left it, except that the Tornado 2 was standing. And Green and Purple! Sonic looked on the side. It now said: TORNADO 2: eXtra Power Sonic smiled at the cool new paint job. He walked round to the front and slotted the Green Chaos Emerald in. He jumped into the cockpit and pressed a button marked 'ROOF'. The lab roof then opened, letting Sonic and the Tornado XP slip out. Sonic didn't take his eyes away from the ocean once. He stared ahead, at all times, ignoring the seagulls trying to crap on the XP's window. Then he 'saw it'. The place were Shadow was lying in wait for him. Sonic lowered the plane into the water. Normally Sonic would avoid water, but he had to go in this time. And he was in the Tornado anyway! As soon as he got in he saw Shadow, surrounded in seven different lights. One was grey, one green, one blue, one red, one purple, one yellow and one turquoise. The Super Emeralds.

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