The 3 Shadows, Episode 8 - Deep Pressure

By Master hunter

And now for the concluding part of Eclipsed. I've had this planned for a while now and now seems the perfect time to start. If you've been reading Two Tribes you will know that not only have I been to Tenerife but I got a new Creative Zen 20GB MP3 player.

Anyway I had always wanted a two parter however I wanted it all to be about ARK and the Eclipse Cannon. That proved to be too difficult to write so I expanded the story into this. It's perfect as fans may be wondering what happened to the Planet Series. To give you a little hint as to what this fic may be about the next G Planet Series WILL feature in this fic.

You may not have noticed but I have started a Deviant ART account. My username there is Master-hunter-Joz and it contains images relating directly to my fanfiction. Last submission was a picture of Rouge in Joz's Gear.

IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE 3 SHADOWS check out the overview. I also started my full fic section which gives you to option to download and print a fic all at once.

Keep checking my Blog and DA.

Character copyright:

Shadow the Hedgehog, Maria Robotnik, Gerald Robotnik, Ivo Robotnik, ARK, GUN and Project Shadow (the Ultimate life form) are all SEGA SONIC TEAM

Joz the bat aka Master hunter, The Annemuir, Miles Prower, The 3 Shadows, The Deadly gems, G.A.S.H. (Guild for Assassins, spies and hunters), Sapphire the bat, Diamond the Rabbit, Emerald the Chameleon, Ruby Rose, Androids 18b and 18c and anything not from SEGA's games are all Copyright me, Joseph Rafferty aka Master hunter.

THE 3 SHADOWS IS LOOSELY BASED ON THE SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SERIES BY SEGA SONIC TEAM.

All copyright stuff is in Chapter 1

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The 3 Shadows, Episode 8 - Deep Pressure

PREVIOUSLY ON THE 3 SHADOWS:

Shadow was feeling upset as it was the anniversary of Maria's Death. The 3 Shadows were attacked by a robot imitating all of their moves. Teamwork prevailed but they soon found an even bigger threat as Gerald had returned to ARK and created a new weapon. This Eclipse Cannon had the power to destroy Earth in a single blast and Gerald was about to fire it. The 3 Shadows arrived on ARK but were captured by a Mysterious Assassin. Shadow had given up as he didn't feel like fighting but a quick flashback of the thing the drives him soon put life back into him. The 3 Shadows escaped as Joz agreed to take on the Mysterious Assassin, Sapphire, to yet another fight. As the two bats fought Shadow and Miles made their assault on the Cannon's core. They found an Army of Shadow robots waiting for them and were soon defeated. Fortunately a hidden power awoke deep within Shadow. The Chaos Emeralds had awoken his dormant Super power, which made short work of everything. Assuming that without the Emeralds the cannon couldn't fire, Super Shadow warped his teammates back to Earth. However Gerald had made a battery with enough power to fire the cannon anyway. Pushing his super form Shadow went all out and managed to destroy the cannon. This left him exhausted and at the hands of Gerald. Gerald took Shadow to a place called Deep Pressure. Meanwhile Joz and Miles searched for Shadow but found nothing. They had to face up to the unthinkable, Shadow had died.

Will Joz and Miles find Shadow? What is this Deep Pressure? What is Gerald planning this time? Find out in The 3 Shadows Episode 8, Deep Pressure.

Chapter 1 - Gerald will Pay

Joz and Miles returned to Earth on the Rocket they had used to reach ARK. Neither of them said a word as they cried quietly. They knew Shadow had been pushing it earlier and despite saving the world again they couldn't see anyway he could've survived. Maybe if a signal had been found on Earth by Shadows tracker…

BEEP BEEP!

The control panel beeped as a sign saying "Incoming message" flashed.

"Huh?" asked Miles.

Miles pressed a button and The GUN General began to speak.

"Joz, Miles, we've found a signal on Earth. However…" said the General.

"However? That can't be good" said Joz

"The signal is very weak and it appears to be over the Pacific Ocean", said the General, "Our spy satellites show nothing but Blue Ocean".

"That means he's under the surface right. But by now he would've drowned", said Joz.

"Unless Gerald took him to a base under the water", said Miles, "You know what this means. SHADOW'S ALIVE!"

Miles jumped for joy while Joz wiped a tear from his cheek and smiled. Then they both froze.

"But Gerald has him. He's in Danger, we have to hurry", said Joz.

"Though first we need to prepare for an Underwater assault", said Miles.

"What? We have no time for that?" exclaimed Joz.

"Maybe not, but can you breathe underwater cause I know I can't", said Miles.

Joz froze.

"You have a point there", said Joz, "So it's off to the mansion then"

Miles Nodded.

Soon afterwards the re-entered the atmosphere and landed safely outside the mansion. Waiting at the entrance was the GUN general.

"Joz, Miles. On discovering Gerald's secret underwater base we immediately started an assault on it. It was disastrous. The base itself isn't all that well guarded by turrets, though Gerald's latest machines are extremely dangerous", said the General, "Get past the machines and it shouldn't be too difficult to get inside"

"Right. So Miles how long until we're ready to attack?" asked Joz.

"Oh I almost forgot, take this diving equipment. I'm sure you'll be needing it", said the General handing them over some equipment.

"Excellent. I'll just make some quick adjustments and we'll be on our way", said Miles

Later on Joz was growing impatient inside Miles' Lab.

"How much longer Miles?" asked Joz.

"Like I said the last time I don't know. I should be finished very soon though. In fact if I just tighten this bolt. There done", said Miles.

"Finally", said Joz.

Miles turned Joz around and attached something to his wing upgrades pack.

"Stand still", said Miles, "Here take this"

Miles handed Joz a mouthpiece connected to a tube leading to his Wing Upgrade pack.

"I'd avoid using the wing upgrades until we're inside the base. Jet wing won't be as efficient and Stealth and Armour wings will make you sink to the floor. You want to avoid heavy drops. The closer to the bottom, the greater the pressure", said Miles.

"Ok, so I just breathe normally through this thing", said Joz.

"Yes but first you'll need to switch you pack to the new air mode", said Miles

Miles put his wrist shooters back on, which also had a new mouthpiece and tube coming from it. He then picked up two pairs of goggles and handed one of them to Joz.

"You'll also need these. I've given yours tinted glass with the same infra-red, ultra-violet and X-ray modes your shades have. You regular shades will probably burst from the pressure and you won't be able to see without these anyway", said Miles.

Joz took off his specs to reveal his normal blue eyes. He wasn't gemcrazed or using his wealth sense so his eyes were their normal colour.

"Ok we ready to go then?" asked Joz.

Miles jumped into the Tornado.

"Ready when you are", said Miles started the propellers.

"Don't worry Shadow, We're coming for ya", shouted Joz.