It was a quiet night. Well, was. Up until the alarms went off. A dark figure moved through the shadows faster than the eye could follow towards the base that set the alarm off. Giant spherical tanks rolled up to the gate to prevent the intruder. Scanning the area, they picked up a streak moving at them. FAST! They fired everything, but the streak blew past the shots moving closer to the base. Missiles fired, but the blur shot upwards, going between the missiles as the all turned the same direction and blowing up each other. The figure jumped from robot to robot in a dark sphere, bouncing off or tearing through the metal like it's nothing. A photo dropped from one of the robots, showing a black hedgehog. As he moved closer to the base, bigger mechs were deployed, forcing the dark hedgehog to turn a different way.
He seemed to have luck in avoiding the bots, but stepped on a spring that launched him into the air. Upon recovery, one of the bigger mechs slammed int's arm into the hedgehog, sending him away into the forest. Suddenly, a light shown from where the hedgehog was sent away, and a massive energy sphere shot forward, passing a blue biplane. He blasted through all the bots, tearing the metal to scrap until he was stopped by one and put into the ground. That however, only lasted a second or two as the robot exploded, and a black orb shot into the light, shattering the glass.
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"He's here, he's here. Why must he always get in my way?" a fat scientist in a red and black suit asked. He placed in a red gem into a console containing six more gems of differing colors.
"He doesn't get in your way Doctor Eggman. Shadow tries to stop you from doing all the horrible things you like to do." an anthroporphic rabbit said, holding onto her chao.
"Is that so? Well, he's to late to stop me this time." Doctor Eggman stated, showing the young girl his machine. "Since I inserted the last Chaos Emerald, My energy amplifier is invincible."
"But you can't do that! Shadow will stop you." Cream said.
"Oh I'd like to see him t-" But the doctor was cut off when the wall behind him blew open, in it's place a black hedgehog with red highlights on his eyebrows, quills, arms, and legs stood, his crimson eyes looking right at Eggman. "Sh-Shadow!" Eggman said nervously. Then he got a wicked smile, holding up a detonator. "Not a step closer. All I need is to push this button, so I've got a choice for you, hehe." Eggman challenged, Shadow scowling. "Stop me, or save young Cream here. It's your choice.
"Who says I can't do both?" Shadow asked. Eggman looked nervous, then cocky again.
"Why don't you just give it a try?" He challenged. Shadow cocked an eyebrow, then jumped as bullets flew at him. Moving around, Shadow made sure to steer clear of Cream, then got an idea. He landed in front of Eggman.
"W-wait! DON"T SHOOT!" Eggman yelled, but it was in vain. The robot fired and Shadow jumped, Eggman ducked. His Energy Amplifier was shot and his grip tightened, accidentally pushing the button. "Uh-Oh. HERE WE GO!" Eggman warned as a bright light showed.
Shadow was facing Cream, but turned just as the light enveloped him.
"Cream, look AWAY!" Shadow yelled, but his voice became distant as he blacked out.
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"Ugh, my head." Shadow thought as he came to. He was laying face down in a black void. Picking himself up, he shook his head and looked around before hearing something behind him. He turned to see two bright lights heading his way. He jumped back, only to be in the way of more lights. He braced himself as everything came into color. What he saw...shocked him to say the least.
Shadow looked around, seeing all of the people staring in awe at him.
"What are they looking at?" He thought as two police officers arrived.
"What is that thing?"
"Looks like some sort of big...hedgehog?" The officers questioned themselves.
"Well whatever it is, we should get him out of here." One said, going down to one knee. "Hey buddy? wanna ride with us down to the station?" He asked Shadow, his partner asking if he knew what he was doing.
Shadow crossed his arms. "Do you realize how stupid you look?" Shadow asked.
"Whoa, he can talk?"
"Yeah, and he's got an attitude to boot."
"Now now gentlemen." The apparent sarge cut in. "I think we can handle this." He said, nodding to more officers, surrounding Shadow. "On my mark. Ready? NOW!" The sarge said as all the officers piled on to Shadow, only to realize they missed completely.
Shadow was standing on a car not far away, mocking them. "Hmph. To slow." Then he had a net put around him.
"I GOT HIIIAAAAAAHH!" a rookie yelled as Shadow took off, leaving everybody in a police car.
Shadow raced off into the highway, ducking through traffic when he noticed a spotlight on him. He continued on his way, seeing a barricade up ahead. Smiling to himself, Shadow jumped right over the police, continuing on his way. He turned, throwing a Chaos Spear and destroying the light on him before dashing off into the night unseen.
After running for awhile, Shadow sat down on a light pole, thinking to himself.
"Chaos Control sent me here. I wonder if anyone else was sent with me. Cream was with me when this happened, so it's likely she's around...I obviously traveled through space. Have I also traveled through time?" Shadow thought as he looked up to the moon, making up his mind. He hopped off the light, only to see more cars headed his way. Only these looked special.
"Hey there." The obvious leader stated, getting out of the vehicle. "You're a hard hog to keep up with." Shadow rolled his eyes and turned away. "Whoa, hold on. We don't get such fast company very often."
"Make your point, fast. I need to figure some things out." Shadow said.
"Ooh, straight to the chase. I like that."
"Loosing my patience."
"Point is, we're the fastest things around here. This town is peaceful because we take the hotshot's like you off the streets. So if you want to do this quietly, let's go. But if you think you're the fastest? Think again."
Engines revved, and Shadow knew that was his signal to bail. He turned and ran off, the formula cars keeping up with him. The cars chased after him, keeping up for a short while. They even tried to box him in. Tried to anyways. Shadow jumped and landed on one of their cars, riding it before hopping off in front before speeding up. He turned to see the cars slightly speed up, but knew they would never catch him. Shadow turned his head, seeing the cars separate before he had to step to the side to avoid getting hit.
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"HAHAHA! The only way he'd win now, is if he went super sonic!" Sam cheered himself. But he heard something and turned his head, time seeming to stop as Shadow was next to him one moment before emitting a loud BOOM. "A SONIC BOOM! HE'S MOVING FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND!"
Shadow saw what was ahead. He was running out of road. Deciding to jump it, Shadow leaped off at the last second, soaring through the air.
"Well, that was almost fun." Shadow told himself as he turned to see a very displeased Sam. As he looked down though, he saw where he'd land. "A POOL!? Great." Shadow thought as he hit the water and sank to the bottom.
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Inside the mansion, a girl with blonde hair looked up to see what made that noise. She went downstairs and outside to the family pool.
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Try as he might, Shadow couldn't swim. He tried using his hover shoes, but he was running out of time. He needed to think
*SPLASH*
Shadow looked up as a human girl swam towards him, grabbing his hand and pulling him up out of the pool. Shadow hacked and sputtered out the water.
"Are you ok?" The girl asked. Shadow turned to her, thinking she was around sixteen.
"I'm fine." Shadow responded, spitting the water out.
"You can talk?" The girl asked shocked.
"Why is everyone so surprised by this? Of course I talk." Shadow said irritated.
"I'm sorry, it's just that...we don't have anything like you here." She said.
"You got a name?" Shadow asked.
"Maria...What's yours?" Maria greeted.
"Shadow the Hedgehog." Shadow returned, shaking her hand.