Sage the Hedgehog

Summary: Shadow isn't the only black hedgehog anymore.

A/N: This is a fan fic taking place during Sonic Adventure 2.

Disclaimer: Sonic and company are owned by Sega, but Sage and Ice are mine, so don't use them without my permission.

A/N: This is a story that I had almost finished a while ago, when I was on my Sonic craze. I still like it, and I hope all who read this likes it too. For those that have played the game, it's not all going to happen just as the story says, I just like the story and have added some things that should have been there.

Happy reading

"Destroying those military guard robots was a piece of cake. Now to find out what my grandfather was working on," said the all too familiar voice of Doctor Robotnik.

He walked up in his egg walker to a console next to a heavily fortified door. The screen says Enter Password.

"Enter Password? Now, what was it again…..oh, now I remember. The password is Ma-Ri-A. Maria."

The door opened to reveal a large hole with thousands of tubes lining its walls. Each tube pulsated to its own rhythm. Robotnik jumped into the hole and found an oval container at the very bottom. Just as soon as he reached the container, it began to open up. Mist pored out of the top, obscuring his vision as to what was inside.

"What's happening!" He saw a hedgehog emerge from the top. It looked like Sonic, but his eyes were getting too old to tell for sure. "Sonic, is that you? Are you trying to foil my planes again!" But as the figure emerged into the light, he saw that it wasn't Sonic. Its body was black with red streaks in its hair, red eyes, and a white tuft of fur on its chest. "You're not Sonic! Who are you!"

"My name is Shadow," drawled the strange hedgehog. "Since you were so kind enough to release me, my master, I will grant you one wish." But before Robotnik could ask Shadow what he meant, alarms started to go off. The noise was defining. A huge guard robot appeared at the top of the hole. "Behold my true power," Shadow stated before jumping up to where the robot was.

The robot then immediately jumped into the air and started to fly around. When it was close to Shadow, it unleashed a spray of bullets, all of which Shadow avoided. It then landed and unleashed a wave of rockets, all aimed at Shadow. Again, he avoided each one. 'That was too easy,' thought Shadow. Then Shadow charged at the robot, jumped in the air, and landed on the cockpit. He punched through the glass, hitting the pilot in the face.

The blow knocked the unfortunate man unconscious. Shadow, not wanting this flying death machine to operate again, reached down and yanked out a control panel. Other panels soon exploded, and Shadow jumped down and away from the now exploding robot.

He sauntered over to Robotnik.

"That was brilliant, Shadow," applauded Robotnik. "But what did you mean when you said you would grant me a wish?"

"Bring more Chaos Emeralds."

"Wha…."

"I'll be waiting for you, on the space colony ARK." And with that, Shadow left.

Robotnik stared at the space that once held the magnificent hedgehog. "ARK? I'll have to look into it more when I reach the base."

Meanwhile, on the streets of Station Square, a black female hedgehog walked on the sidewalk in the rain. She has silver streaks in her hair, silver eyes, a black backpack on, and a huge black hammer at her side. Passersby give her odd glances and move out of her way, but she didn't seem to notice. 'They'll never understand what I went through,' she mused. And she muttered "I must find it at all costs…"

-Somewhere in the desert-

"Just let it go," A female bat named Rouge said. "You just don't know when to give up, do you?"

"What are you talking about? That emerald is mine," said the red guardian of the emerald, Knuckles the echidna, as the huge green emerald gave out its usual glow. "You got that? The Master Emerald has special powers that neutralize the energy of the chaos emeralds. That makes it very powerful."

Taking advantage of the escalating argument, a huge claw came out of the sky and grabbed the Master Emerald.

"Wha…..THIEF!" yelled Rouge, as both she and Knuckles watched their treasure get away.

"Look who's calling who a thief," said Knuckles.

"I came here following the signal from the emerald," said the taunting voice of Dr. Robotnik from his floating chair. "If I'm not mistaken, this is the Master Emerald. Well, I could always use it for something."

But, as he started to leave, Knuckles jumped up and shattered the emerald into a hundred pieces. A not too disappointed Robotnik leaves muttering "Doesn't matter."

Rouge, on the other hand, was furious. She grabbed Knuckles by the throat and started shaking him while screaming "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY EMERALD?"

Knuckles, releasing himself from Rouge's grip, replied, "I did that to prevent the Master Emerald from being stolen, you idiot! If it is in pieces, I can restore it. And by the way, that's not you're emerald."

"Hmpf. I despise anyone who keeps jewels from me. All of the world's gems are mine to keep."

"Yeah, we'll see about that, bat girl!"

Well, that does it for this chapter. Reviews are welcome.