Hey guys. I'm back but this time it's going to be a multi-chapter fic. Please don't be mad if I mess up your headcanon (or actual canon) as I'm kinda new but I hope you enjoy.

Here goes chapter 1.


"Well, damn." Sonic says, folding his arms. "This is an interesting complication." He hits his fist against the capsule to try and break it which doesn't work. Leaning against the glass, he squashes his face against the wall to try and see what's above the container.

"It's two tubes connected to a mould hooked up to a control panel with a generator." A low pitched voice makes Sonic jump and he whirls round.

"Shadow?" That's a confusing addition to the predicament as Shadow normally has a very good track record of evading Robotnik's traps. He normally just blows up the machines for his world domination.

Shadow doesn't answer. The black hedgehog is sitting cross-legged on the base of the capsule with his eyes closed like he's meditating. For someone trapped, he seems awfully calm.

"What's it for?" Sonic asks, copying his company and sitting on the bottom of the tube.

"Ask Robotnik and find out." Shadow answers, turning his head and opening one eye to stare at Sonic.

"Sheesh. Okay. Fine!" Sonic raises his hands in defence before looking out across the room they're in.

It's like a massive warehouse; with reenforced bars of steel holding up the structure and panels of metal covering brick walls. Everything is draped in sheets and sheets of plastic and the lights point onto the system in the centre. Sonic can see what appears to be a robot guarding the door.

"Hey, Egghead!" He calls, hoping to attract someone's attention and get Robotnik into view to explain all this. "Egghead." He repeats again in a singsong voice, taunting his captor until the doors at the end of the room open and Robotnik comes in, trailed by a man in a white lab coat and semi-transparent goggles that make him look frog.

"Thank you for announcing your arrival, Sonic. We've been waiting all afternoon, haven't we Shadow?" Robotnik sneers, walking forward until his almost up against the glass, staring down at Sonic with his beady eyes.

Shadow doesn't grace him with an answers and continues to remain silent, eyes closed and gloved hands curled round his knees.

"What's all this for? Lemme guess: world domination?" Sonic suggests, jumping to his feet so he can seem a little taller.

"Wrong!" Robotnik says, seemingly proud that Sonic is incorrect about his plan. "It's so much more than world domination. It's universe domination."

Sonic blinks. "Say what now?" He questions, a little confused. After all, if Robotnik can't take over the world, how is he going to manage the universe? Heck, Egghead probably couldn't even take over a house.

"You can laugh now but you won't later." Robotnik tries to sound dramatic and evil but fails. The frog scientist is at the control panel pressing buttons at lightning speed, hands flying over the controls almost as fast as Sonic runs.

"I'm not laughing." Sonic frowns, tilting his head. "Although, tell me how you plan on dominating the universe."

"Well," Robotnik starts, crossing his thin arms across his massive stomach, "the power from the Chaos Emeralds can give me enough power to take over the world but I need more power. So, I plan on making a Master Emerald to aid me in my domination."

Sonic blinks again. "A Master Emerald?" He says slowly. There's only one Master Emerald in existence and currently it's stored in a locked box in another locked box, under a floor board which is under Knuckles' bed which is in his room with a password locked door. That would give Robotnik lots of power but it's impossible to make one surely. "Can I ask how?"

"My harnessing your Chaos energy and the energy from this-" Robotnik pulls out the white Chaos Emerald from behind him and the Emerald glitters under the spotlights burning down on them.

Shadow's eyes open and he rises gracefully, gaze never leaving the Emerald in Robotnik's hands.

"I'm surprised that you were capable of obtaining the fourth emerald. That is impressive." He says, mildly in awe of the gem before him after all the time of searching and never finding.

"Why, does that make me better than you, Shadow?" Robotnik points out, handing the Chaos Emerald over to the man behind the control panel who opens a tray and places in the emerald. The tray whirrs as it shuts and the panel makes several clunky noises before beginning to hum, the power raising the needles on the gauges.

Sonic's fur begins to stand on end of it's own accord. He reaches out to touch the glass and flinches back as energy zaps through him like an electric shock. "Ow." He rubs at his finger tips as the hum increases.

Robotnik lowers his hand onto a large level and slowly pulls it down, a menacing smile growing on his face. There's a loud zapping sound as energy shoots through the tubes connecting the two capsules, the panel and the mould.

Raw power courses through both hedgehogs, rendering them rigid and jerking as if the energy was electricity; their bodies hiss furiously like they're burning and their blood is boiling as Chaos Energy is pulled from them.

Shadow grits his teeth while Sonic cries out in a wordless howl, the pair in immense pain.

Smoke begins to billow out the seams of the mould, dark clouds rising to the even darker roof of the room as Sonic and Shadow are suspended in mid-air by the shear force of the energy transfer.

Sparks fly off the control panel and the man takes a few steps back; Robotnik is already standing far enough away to be safe, marvelling at his contraption.

There's hiss and a mild explosion before the humming stops and the glass around Sonic and Shadow smashes, splitting up into tiny fragments and scattering all across the warehouse floor. The hedgehogs drop to the base of their containers, panting and groaning softly, bodies quivering.

Robotnik is too eager to stop and laugh as he's already jumping up and down as his minion moves to climb a ladder and collect the product.

The hinges on the mould just drop off as it's opened and more smoke rises, leaving the space to reveal the glistening gem. Robotnik gasps, jaw dropping, as the emerald is carried down in a special plastic bag and placed in a box. The man removes his goggles and places the box onto a trolley before wheeling it away to have the emerald inspected.

Robotnik's gaze follows his creation until the door slides shut behind the white tail of the man's lab coat.

"You doubted me, Sonic." He hisses, stalking forward and lifting up Sonic's chin with one cold finger. "You doubted me and now I am more powerful than ever."

Sonic's eyelids flutter, the blue hedgehog feeling completely drained and unable to move. Shadow is much the same.

"Guards. Put them somewhere they can't escape or be rescued while I wait for my prize." Robotnik turns away, waving vaguely to anyone watching. Robots file in and lift the prisoners up, dragging them along the floor and over shards of glass.

"Shadow." Sonic mumbles with what little strength he has left. He reaches out blindly, eyes closed tightly, and yet still finds his friend's hand. "I'm sorry."

He's not sure what he's sorry for but he knows there's a lot and the list got a whole lot longer. He also knows that Shadow is gripping his hand tightly and doesn't appear to want to let go anytime soon.

Sonic doesn't process where they end up in Robotnik's base but the two fall asleep side by side and hand in hand, both now caught up in the on coming storm to befall them.


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Libs ~MusicLoveandMagic~