Fire and ice 2
Chapter 1: 6 Months later...
Sonic stared at his wall. It was bleak, blank, like a fresh canvas. He was sitting on his sofa, which had dodgy springs, and was falling apart. Normally, the government, or G.U.N would give him money, but as of late, there has been nothing to stop. No robotic armies, no doomsday devices, no evil robots. Eggman just vanished off the map. Sonic had had most of his belongings repossessed. And was going to have his home repossessed soon. He sighed. He was amazed at how fickle the government were, he'd have expected financial support... But he received none. Tails had left him. He always says he is too busy when Sonic asks to visit and he never visits Sonic. Sonic was depressed, and knew he would go mad if this wasn't sorted out soon... He sighed, and carried on watching the wall.
Shadow ran through the city. He could sense the presence of his emerald... but where...? He leaped off the edge of a building, leaped over the next building, and landed two buildings away. In the corner of his eye, he saw a glint. It was the emerald. He was sure, as he recognised the distinct glow. He looked, seeing it in a wheeley bin, a figure was rummaging around. He was human, with a long, bushy beard, and his clothes were wet with sewage water. Flies busily buzzed around him. He pulled out the emerald, and gazed into it's depths for a second, before a backhand caught him across the face, sending him sprawling along the alley. He skidded on the floor for a second, before getting up, taking one last glance at the emerald, then he ran. Shadow sighed. The Sonic and co. had forgotten that the emeralds repel each other after use. One night, the machine started making strange noises, and the emeralds fired out of their slots, putting holes in the walls. Fortunately, Knuckles had sufficiently healed, to not need the machine. Shadow had been looking for his emerald for a long time. He stared into it's green depths. He felt powerful with it.
Tails continued work on the tornado 4. He had finally left Sonic. Sonic was a dirty, lying gloryhog. He kept his distance now, after Sonic -once again- claimed all the glory for the cyborg battle. Tails riveted a blue metal plate to the plane chassis. Well it was no problem, he was going solo. Sonic won't know what hit him, when he becomes a nobody. Tails grinned, as he fastened an ionised-plasma launcher to the nose-cone. When this beauty's finished, Sonic will be left in the dust!
Knuckles scratched his back with a spike... They were more useful than meets the eye. He looked into his famous jewel, and saw his reflection, staring at him. It looked different, with the scars on his head, as if a great spider had made a web, it sat there, covering every inch of his head. He wasn't sure if they would ever heal... He had been keeping in contact with Tails, who had decided to lose contact with Sonic. Knuckles found himself contacting Sonic less... And Tails more... He liked Tail's company; He wasn't big headed, he was modest, he was kind. No. Knux shook these thoughts out of his head. He was a soloist... a lone wolf. Company wasn't his thing.
Eggman sneered. He looked at his brilliant idea. He had tried to install a mind-control chip, but he wasn't great with biology... He preferred machinery... The creature resisted, and the chip failed. He decided to bribe the creature with these tablets he took, they appear to increase muscular performance, at the expense of sanity. The creature was savage, Eggman knew that, but he didn't know the origin of it. It appeared that he was partially echidna, but they were supposed to be extinct. He couldn't come to a conclusion. Firestorm had a strand of echidna DNA, but that was down to corrupt data files in Metal's backup. Eggman continued to study the creature, using various tools, cameras and experiments. He was going to use this creature to take over the world, no matter what.
Notes: Here we go, with F&I 2, Enjoy.