I do not own Sonic or any other characters, except for Obsidian.

A Day at the Beach

It was a beautiful day on a tropical island; a warm sea breeze blew softly across the sands. It was the perfect vacation spot for the blue hedgehog laying on the beach, that is, if he was on vacation.

Sonic sat up with a gasp, and looked around. The others were no where to be seen. He placed a hand on his throbbing head, trying to remember what had happened. He remembered sneaking into Metal's base to rescue Shadow… then it hit him like a ton of bricks, the plane had been shot down by one of the guard bots! In a flash he was on his feet racing down the beach.

"Knuckles, Tails, Shadow!" Sonic's voice rang out all over the island. Suddenly his calls were muffled as the speedster landed face first in the sand. He jumped up and scanned the sands for the thing that had tripped him. What he saw sent him into a fit of laughter. Sticking out of the sand was a single shoe, with fire spewing from the soles.

"Shadow turn off your rockets so I can get you out."

A muffled response was followed by the flames shooting out faster.

"You look like you don't need my help. So unless you enjoy playing ostrich you'll turn off your rockets."

An audible growl came from beneath the sand as the flames stopped.

Sonic gripped the foot and pulled, out of the sand came a hedgehog that was almost identical to Sonic except he was black with red stripes and wore a scowl.

"I didn't need your help blue hedgehog!"

"It sure looked like you did faker." Sonic laughed as Shadow brushed the sand from his fur.

"Well I wouldn't have if you hadn't given me a shot to inhibit my chaos powers!" Shadow took a threatening step towards Sonic.

"Listen Shadow I didn't give you that shot, I already told you it was Metal Sonic."

"A likely story..." Shadow mumbled.

"Look, we have to find Knuckles and Tails and then we have to hide." Sonic said as he sped off, throwing sand all over Shadow.

Shadow growled, as he took off after the speeding blue blur.

Meanwhile in the jungle…

"Do you think Sonic is ok Knuckles?" Tails asked the muscled red echidna as he crashed through the underbrush.

Knuckles smiled at the young fox, "That hedgehog is just fine. It would take more than a simple plane crash to stop him."

"Where are we going Knuckles?"

"We're heading to the beach; Sonic is most likely to be there."

"Why do you say that?" Tails asked cocking his head.

Knuckles grinned, "It's easier to run on the beach."

After what seemed like hours of playing gardener, Knuckles finally saw the beach.

"We made it Tails."

"Look there's Sonic!"

Knuckles looked where Tails was pointing; standing on the beach was a hedgehog scanning the sands.

"Sonic, we're over …" Tails call was cut short as Knuckles pulled him down.

"Be quiet Tails, that's not Sonic."

"How can you tell?" Tails asked in a quiet voice.

"Look at the sun reflecting off him."

"Then that's Metal Sonic!"

"Shhh… he doesn't seem to know we're here."

On the beach the metallic blue hedgehog was enjoying the fear coming from the jungle line. Of course he knew the two-tailed brat and the red buffoon were there. He was just waiting for Sonic to show up. Then he would force him to tell him where he had hid his prisoner.

Not far from the scene Sonic and Shadow were racing down the beach. Sonic stopped suddenly, with Shadow a few seconds shy of crashing into him.

"Warn me when you decide to stop like that!" Shadow growled.

"Sorry Shadow. Look you have to stay here."

"I don't take orders from you!"

Sonic shrugged, "Listen, I can see Metal Sonic up ahead and since you don't have your chaos abilities…"

Shadow growled, "Fine, I'll humor you and wait here."

Sonic sped off, leaving a grumbling Shadow behind him.

From the behind the trees Knuckles and Tails watched Metal Sonic intently, barely allowing themselves to breath.

"Hey Knuckles!"

Tails and Knuckles jumped ten feet in the air, Knuckles turned with his fists raised, only to lower them when he saw Sonic doubled over with laughter, rolling on the jungle floor.

"Man I got you two good."

"You sure did Sonic." Tails laughed as he hugged his hero.

"Will you two be quiet, Metal might hear you." Knuckles said as he turned to the beach, "Hey, where did he go?"

"I bet he went after Shadow!" Sonic said as raced to where he had left the dark hedgehog.

Back where Sonic had left him, Shadow was pacing angrily.

"Stupid blue hedgehog, when I get my chaos abilities back I'm going to fry him. How dare he take away my power!" Shadow's mind drifted to that rainy night.

"Who are you?" Shadow gasped as he held his bleeding shoulder, as the rain poured down in sheets.

"I'm Sonic you fool and you are now my prisoner." The hedgehog said as he jumped into the air.

The next thing Shadow felt was a ton of bricks hitting his head, and then blackness. Next thing he was waking up in a dark cell, surrounded by chains and shackles.

"I can break these easy." Shadow thought as he reached for the chaos that flowed through his body. To his surprise the normal warm energy was gone and the only sensation that remained was the sharp pain left over from his healed shoulder. "What is going on?" Shadow wondered as he tried over and over to call out his chaos power. Suddenly he heard the familiar sound of the fox boy's plane. Then he heard gun shots and the annoying sarcasm of the blue hedgehog getting closer.

"Hey Shadow we're here to get you out of yet another sticky situation."

Shadow growled, "Considering you put me in here to start with don't expect me to thank you. In fact, when I get out I'm going to kill you."

Sonic shrugged his shoulders, "If that's what you want to believe, but I'm telling you it was a robot duplicate called Metal Sonic that captured you."

Shadow rolled his crimson eyes, "You'd say anything to save your pathetic blue hide."

"Look, just follow me to Tails' plane. Knuckles is holding off the bots so I can get you out of here." Sonic said as he opened to cell door and started to unlock the chains and shackles. "I would have thought that you could have at least got a couple of these off yourself."

"Like you don't know." Shadow said sarcastically as he followed Sonic down the corridor.

"Know what?"

"That the reason I haven't killed you already is because you took away my chaos powers."

"For the last time it wasn't me, and Tail's might be able to help figure out how to get them back."

"And then I'll kill you." Shadow thought as he jumped onto the plane with Tails and Knuckles.

"Hang on guys; it's going to be a bumpy ride!" Tails said as dodged the rain of bullets the robots were shooting. "Whoa!" Tails pulled the plane almost vertical as a large robot burst from the tree top. The robot opened its chest and a large missile burst out, its heat seeking program locked on the plane.

Shadow was suddenly brought back to the present by, what felt like, a freight train slamming into his stomach. Twisting in midair he managed to land on his feet.

"Who dares…?" Shadow stopped short, standing in front of him was a metallic version of Sonic.

"Good evening Shadow."

Shadow glared at the smirking robot, "So that blue idiot was telling the truth after all. It was you who captured me that night."

Metal laughed, "Yes, and it was I who developed the inhibitor that is coursing through your veins."

Shadow took a step towards him, "You'd better hope my abilities don't come back soon."

"They won't come back until I want them to. You see, I'm the only one with the antidote."

"Give it to me now!"

Metal sneered, "Sure I'll give it to you." He then reached into his chest compartment and threw a canister at Shadow's feet.

Shadow's eyes went wide as he was engulfed in a cloud of smoke, he started coughing violently, and then he slumped to the sand out cold.

"Ultimate life form, ha." Metal thought as he threw Shadow over his shoulder. He had taken two steps when what felt like a rocket crashed into him, sending him and Shadow flying. Metal twisted and landed on his feet while Shadow landed with a thud in the sand.

"Thought you could capture Shadow again Metal mouth?"

"If you and your band of idiots had not busted him out of my prison in the first place I wouldn't have to have come out here."

"Afraid of getting sunburned?" Sonic laughed.

"I will kill you hedgehog!" Metal shouted as he flew at Sonic. Sonic met him halfway.

The entire beach shook with the force of the combatants. Each matched the other blow for blow. It seemed that they were fated to fight forever, that is until Metal managed to grab Sonic around the throat. Sonic struggled against the cold hand but to avail.

Metal grinned, "I have a deal hedgehog, tell me where Knothole Village is and I will spare your pathetic life."

Sonic forced a grin, "I will never tell you rust bucket."

"Then you leave no choice." Sonics' eyes started to glaze as Metal tightened his grip. Suddenly Metal's body was covered in kunies, his body began to shake and spark. With a yell of pain Metal dropped Sonic to the beach and teleported.

Sonic lay where he had fallen, coughing and trying to catch his breath, "Thanks Espio."

A purple chameleon materialized in front of him, "I never have liked robots." He said as he helped Sonic to his feet.

"Sonic are you ok!?" Tails yelled as he and Knuckles ran up.

Sonic grinned at the young fox, "Yeah I'm fine."

"I leave you alone for two seconds and you go and almost get yourself killed."

"I would have been Knuckles, if Espio hadn't shown up."

"So who is this weird hedgehog?" Espio asked as he pocked Shadow's still body.

"That's Shadow, and right now he's the target of Metal Sonic."

"I don't see why, he looks normal enough to me."

Sonic laughed, "Shadow is anything but ordinary. But enough talk, we'd better get him somewhere safe before Metal head comes back."

"You guys can stay at my place." Espio said as Knuckles picked Shadow up.

On the other side of the island Metal Sonic materialized in front of a large steel building. He took one step towards it, and then crumpled onto the sand.

A large Egg Pawn stepped out, "Repair Master." It droned as it drug Metal inside to a large room. The robot placed him inside a large tube, the machine blinked on, the whole base began to hum as the tube filled with a metallic liquid.

I hope you liked my first chapter, this is my first story. Please excuse any errors. Thank You.