Disclaimer: I do not own any characters in the story, save the new introduced character in this episode, and the one introduced next episode. Sonic and all related characters belong to SEGA.
August 27, 2016 Update: I've reuploaded Chapters 1-6 to fix some typos and instances where I left out a word by mistake.
Sonic X Season 4: Black Arms Saga
Ep. 1: Old Ally, New Nuisance
It was a peaceful, starry night where seven creatures relaxed on a hill near the Master Emerald shrine, waiting for the upcoming meteor shower.
"Oh, I can't wait for the meteor shower!" squealed Cream the Rabbit excitedly.
"Chao!" agreed her friend, Cheese the Chao.
"This meteor shower is truly a sight to be seen," explained Knuckles the Echidna. "I've seen it several times in the past."
"Oh, really?" inquired Rouge the Bat. "How many times is that exactly?"
"Er, I've seen it every time it's happened since I can remember," replied Knuckles. "which is every three years."
"Do you think any meteors will fall on us?" asked Cream.
"Don't worry," assured Miles Prower the Fox, nicknamed Tails. "Meteors deteriorate in our planet's atmosphere, so any that come near us will be the size of a small rock."
Cream was relieved by this, and relaxed some more with Cheese.
"Hey, Sonic!" said Amy Rose the Hedgehog. "Have you ever seen the meteor shower?"
"Once or twice," replied Sonic the Hedgehog. "But this year's will be special."
"Really?!" Amy exclaimed. "Why?"
"'Cause this year," explained Sonic, "I get to see it with my friends."
The others smiled, and Tails began to reflect on the events of the three months that had passed since their journey across space.
Dr. Eggman, their nemesis, had tried a few times to get the best of them, but they always defeated him in the end.
Sonic ran for enjoyment whenever he could, since there wasn't much else for him to do, besides lounge about doing nothing. He had, however, been spending more time with Amy, though he hadn't much say in the matter.
Knuckles and Rouge had been spending more time together, though they often act like it isn't any fun to see the other. While they do converse a lot, Rouge sometimes attempts to steal the Master Emerald, but always gives it back in the end. Their relationship really seems to be that of love and hatred.
Cream and Cheese do as they always have, which is enjoy the carefreeness of childhood. They hang out with Amy a lot, helping her cook. Amy really had developed good cooking skills, and would always cook Sonic meals, and prepare picnics for everyone to go on.
Their friends Espio, Charmy, and Vector of Team Chaotix have been heard of, and now are receiving regular detective cases to do. They still don't get paid much, however.
As for Tails himself, he had begun taking care of the developing plant left by his beloved late friend, Cosmo. He never knew how much he had cared for her, until it was too late. Tails did, however, build a shrine for her, and placed the plant in an incubator at the shrine. After researching botany, Tails gained the knowledge of how to take care of the plant, which he does with excellence. The plant had developed into a creature of Cosmo's species, and currently was in an embryonic state, similar to that of an animal, only a plant version. According to his research, the plant creature was a sort of offspring of Cosmo's, since some plants can asexually reproduce.
"Hey Tails!" Sonic shouted, ending the two tailed fox's thoughts. "You should keep your eyes to the skies! Wouldn't want to miss the show, eh?"
"Heh, yeah," Tails replied sheepishly. "I was just thinking a bit."
"You do that too much," said Knuckles. "Excessive thinking isn't good some times."
"Neither is not thinking," Rouge teased. "That's why you're so dense."
Knuckles grumbled, and everyone else but Sonic and Tails snickered. Sonic thought Tails was still thinking about Cosmo too much, and was concerned. But soon, they all noticed the beginning meteor shower. They were amazed at the amazing spectacle happening in the sky. They all marveled at the wondrous sight, commenting at the sheer greatness of the shower, enjoying every second.
A few minutes in, Cream exclaimed, "Look at that big one!"
The others looked at the large meteor, and suddenly noticed that it wasn't disintegrating. In fact, it was coming right towards them!
"Everyone, run!" yelled Sonic, and they all dashed off the hill, scattering.
The meteor crashed into the hill, throwing dirt everywhere. It skid against the ground, until it finally stopped.
The spectating heroes approached the meteor in awe. The dust settled, and when they looked carefully at the fallen space rock, they gasped. Inside the meteorite, was their ally in battle, Shadow the Hedgehog, whom they had thought died (again).
"Shadow," gasped Rouge.
"Think he's alive?" asked Knuckles.
"Who knows?" Sonic said. "We thought he had died last time."
"That'll be 2,000 yen," said a voice.
The friends looked up, and a creature popped out from behind the meteorite. It bounced down to the ground, and looked up at them, cheerfully.
The creature was pure white in color, had large rabbit-like feet, somewhat long white hair that went to its eyebrows, and two protrusions coming from its head, towards the back. The creature was only about a foot tall.
"Uh, who are you?" asked Sonic.
"My name's Wakai," replied the creature. "I'm a space imp, a creature born from stellar materials that is able to inhabit space."
"Uh-huh…" said Sonic, having never heard of such a creature.
"Well anyway, I found your friend here, floating out in space in a coma-like state, so I decided to bring him where he belongs," explained Wakai. "Now that'll be 2,000 yen."
"Uh, what's yen?" asked Sonic, as he and his friends gave perplexed looks.
Wakai gave a flabbergasted look, and said, "Ya don't know what yen is?"
Sonic and his companions shook their heads. The space imp was in total disbelief.
"Ehn, it's okay," Wakai said unhappily. "I don't need money anyway."
The space imp turned away sadly, and hopped back up to the meteorite.
"Good-bye," he said with a depressed tone. "Enjoy having your friend back."
And with that, the odd creature began floating back up to space.
"Wait!" called Sonic, feeling sorry for the creature. "You don't have to leave so soon."
"Really?" Wakai asked, now excited and thankful. "You'll let me stay a little while?"
"Yeah, if ya don't want to go yet," replied Sonic.
"Oh, thank you!" cried the space imp, as he rushed back to the earth, tears of joy streaming down his face.
By now, Sonic's crew was rather perplexed by Wakai, but the kinder ones among them did feel sorry for him.
"Well, let's get Shadow out of this meteorite now," Sonic said, turning towards Knuckles.
"Right!" replied the echidna. He whipped out a metal digging device, and put it onto his fists.
"Shovel Claw!" he shouted, and rushed towards the large rocky mass. However, when it met the meteorite, the device made a loud "PIIING!" and the force made Knuckles shutter.
"Guess ya can't dig through that, eh?" inquired Sonic.
"Fine," stated Knuckles. "We'll do this old-fashioned way!"
Removing the Shovel Claw, Knuckles punched the meteorite. Pieces of the substance were removed, leaving a hole shaped like the echidna's fist.
"Ow," said Knuckles, retreating his fist to shake away some of the pain.
"That won't do," stated Wakai. "That mineral can't be destroyed efficiently just by punching it. Let me do it for ya. After all, I put him in there."
The space imp placed his hand on the meteorite, and with a glow of white energy, the substance disintegrated. The Sonic Crew was impressed.
"There ya go," said Wakai. The heroes went over to their mysterious ally.
"Hey Shadow, wake up," Sonic said, giving the black and red hedgehog a shake. Shadow did not wake, however.
"Like I said, he's in a coma-like state," explained Wakai. "You won't be waking him up on your own."
"Alright, then," said the blue blur, putting Shadow's arm behind his neck. "Care to help, Knuckles?"
Knuckles unhappily went to help Sonic carry their unconscious ally.
"Okay, let's take him to Amy's," said Sonic.
"Why my house?" complained Amy.
"It's closest," replied Sonic. "Plus it has a spare bedroom."
Amy pouted. Then, the team set off to her house.
_Later…_
"Alright, here we are," said Amy as she opened her front door. "The guest bedroom is the second door to the left." Everyone walked inside.
"Nice place, Amy," said Knuckles.
"Why thank you," Amy replied bashfully.
"Yeah," mocked Rouge. "Nice for someone with poor tastes."
"Yeah, well your tastes are too flashy!" retorted Amy.
"Amy, please don't argue now," squeaked Cream.
"Okay, Cream," Amy said.
Rouge smirked at her fiendishly, causing Amy to glare at Rouge.
"Well, Shadow's all nice and safe in bed now," Sonic said in a joking manner.
"Hm, well it's getting late," Tails said as he stretched.
Cream and Cheese yawned, and the former said, "It's past our bedtime."
"I'll walk you three home," Knuckles told his young friends.
"A woman needs her beauty sleep," said Rouge, and she headed for the door with the others.
This left Sonic, Amy, and the newcomer Wakai alone. Sonic began to walk towards the door, until Amy grabbed his wrist.
"You don't have to go," Amy said innocently. "You can sleep on the couch, and I'll make you breakfast in the morning."
Sonic looked at Amy glumly, and she looked at him with sweet, watery puppy eyes.
"Oh, fine," Sonic gave in.
"Yes! I'll get you some bedding," Amy said cheerfully.
She went to do so. Amy came back with an armful of blankets and pillows. She tucked a sheet into the sofa cushions, and put a blanket and a pillow over that. Then she went to a comfy chair, and set a blanket and pillow on that.
"Um, you can sleep here, Wakai," Amy told the space imp.
"Oh, thank you!" cried Wakai. He hopped onto the chair, put his head on the pillow, and covered himself with the blanket.
"Ah, so comfy…" murmured Wakai as he began to doze off.
"I better hit the sack, too," Sonic said.
"Alright, good night Sonic," Amy said pleasantly as she hugged her hero, who grimaced instantly.
"Good night Amy," Sonic said, hugging her back. They let go of each other, and Amy went into her bedroom. Sonic hopped onto the couch, and put the blanket over his body, as he began to fall into slumber.
Soon Sonic was doing his favorite activity: running. He ran through the woods, jumping off trees as he rushed by at amazing speeds. Eventually, he curved between two trees, and skid to a halt as he landed in sand. He looked at where he was: the beach. He frowned; the beach was not a place he favored.
The blue hedgehog walked along until he saw a bunch of female animals playing volleyball in swimsuits. While he was attracted to females, he was very much not open about this fact.
Sonic continued walking, but soon stopped; something caught his eyes. It was Amy. She was sitting secluded in her one-piece swimsuit, sadly watching the other girls playing volleyball. Why was Amy just sitting there watching? Shouldn't she be playing volleyball with the other girls?
The speed demon started to head towards Amy, when a giant wave crashed onto the shore. Frightened, the volleyball-playing girls ran away. Sonic noticed, however, that Amy was being dragged into the ocean by the wave.
"Help!" cried Amy.
"Amy!" cried Sonic, as he raced to her rescue. However, he stopped because something caught his attention.
In the ocean, was none other than the malevolent Dr. Eggman in one of his machines. The machine had a claw that was holding Amy securely.
"Mwahahaha! Behold!" the doctor proclaimed. "My latest creation, the Egg Octopus! It will defeat you, and send you to a most unfavorable destination: a watery grave!" The round genius laughed. Determined, Sonic rushed to save his admirer, but soon stopped and retreated, on account of his aquaphobia. The stout doctor laughed again.
"What's the matter, Sonic?" Eggman inquired rhetorically. "In over your head?"
Sonic bared his teeth. He ran a little into the water, and spun into Eggman's machine, damaging it slightly.
"Hmph!" grunted the doctor. He fired some missiles from the base of the robot. Sonic used this to his advantage, and spun into each of the missiles until he reached the robot, and spun into it.
Eggman leered at his spiked nemesis, but then smiled evilly.
"I have you now!" he cried cheerfully. Then one of the claws from the machine lashed out and hit Sonic. It followed him downwards, and anchored Sonic to the ocean floor.
Sonic tried to free himself, but to no avail.
"Sonic!" cried Amy.
"Sorry," mocked Eggman. "But your hero can't save you now. He's history!"
Underwater, Sonic was running low on oxygen. Then, he saw something shiny sinking towards him. It landed to his left, and he reached for it. He strained as he stretched, but finally he touched the ring with his fingers, and pulled it into his hand. The energy of the ring allowed him to start spinning, destroying the claw securing him to the ocean floor. Sonic spun out of the water, and hit Eggman's machine, destroying it with an explosion.
"Curse you!" shouted Eggman, as he was sent flying over the horizon.
Sonic spun back, and caught Amy in his arms, then landed in the water, and zoomed to the shore.
The blue blur coughed up the water in his lungs, as Amy looked at him thankfully.
"Are you okay?" asked Amy.
"I'm more concerned about you," replied Sonic, coughing the last of the from his lungs.
"Oh, Sonic," Amy said. "Thank you."
Amy looked at him amorously, and neared her face to his. Sonic gulped, knowing he could not weasel his way out of this. Their faces came closer and closer, as they pursed their lips for a kiss…
"Aw, shucks," came a sudden voice that was not Amy. "I didn't know you cared."
Sonic opened his eyes. Wakai was laying on the very edge of the sofa, and Sonic's lips were touching his cheek.
"Yealch!" Sonic cried in disgust. He retreated to the top of the couch, and fell off. "What're you doing!?" Sonic whispered sharply.
"I got lonely…" whimpered Wakai.
Sonic sighed.
"Well, sleep next to somebody else," said Sonic.
"Like your girlfriend?" Wakai asked, motioning towards Amy's room.
Sonic freaked out.
"She's not my girlfriend!" he whispered harshly.
"Wasn't she who you were dreaming about?" Wakai asked again. "And you guys hugged before going to bed."
"Look, it's complicated," Sonic tried to explain.
"Like, she loves you, but you don't exactly love her, but put up with her love for you anyway?" guessed Wakai.
"Yeah, exactly," Sonic replied, astounded.
Wakai smiled up at Sonic happily.
"Look, if you're lonely," began Sonic, "just find something to keep you company. Not someone."
"Okay," Wakai agreed sadly. He slumped back towards the center of the room, and grabbed some things lying on the table. He went back to the chair at which he had been sleeping, and hopped up with the items to sleep.
"Good night Sonic," said Wakai. "Good night hair brush. Good night tissue box. Good night television remote."
Sonic smiled, said "Good night Wakai," and hopped back on the couch, falling asleep. His sleep did not produce any more vivid dreams like before, thankfully. And Sonic slept peacefully until morning.
The blue blur awoke to the smell of bacon and eggs. The delicious smells led him to the kitchen. Amy was flipping pancakes while frying bacon and eggs.
"Good morning," said Amy cheerfully. "Did you sleep well?"
"Uh, yeah, I slept fine," Sonic replied nervously, remembering the events of last night.
"How about some breakfast?" Amy asked holding a plate with bacon, eggs, and a pile of flapjacks.
Sonic agreed, and sat down as Amy set the plate on the table for him. Then, she got a plate for herself.
Sonic grabbed some bacon and ate it.
"Good," he said while nodding his head.
Amy smiled, and ate some eggs. Sonic did the same by shoveling them into his mouth. Amy neatly cut her pancakes with her knife and fork, while Sonic just stabbed his to put a whole pancake to eat. Amy quietly chewed her food with her mouth closed, while Sonic noisily chewed his with an open mouth. Soon, Sonic's mannerisms grew irritating.
"Sonic!" snapped Amy. "Please use some manners when eating!"
Sonic swallowed his food, and said "Don't worry, I'm done."
Indeed, Sonic's plate was empty. He put it in the sink, and stretched his back.
"Thanks for everything, Amy," said Sonic. "I'll head out in a little bit."
As Sonic stretched his legs, Amy was ready to plead him to stay.
"Sonic, you don't have to-," Amy began to say, but then Wakai came into the kitchen.
"Mornin'!" Wakai called cheerfully. "Your breakfast looks great! Am I allowed to have some?"
"Sure!" replied Sonic. "Amy's a great cook. She'll give you some good food."
"Oh, Son-," Amy started to say in an embarrassed manner.
"Thanks, Amy!" shouted Wakai. "You're grand!"
Amy decided Wakai would interrupt anything else she'd try to say, so she served him a plate of food. She set it on the table, and Wakai hopped onto a chair to eat it. The space imp ate some bacon, enjoying it.
"Mmm, this salty stuff is tasty!" said Wakai. "Sonic sure is lucky to have an admirer to make him food!"
Amy frowned. She wasn't fond of being called Sonic's "admirer"; even if it was true. Amy sighed and turned to leave.
"I'm going to go check on Shadow," Amy said grumpily.
"Amy," Sonic said suddenly in a serious tone.
Amy instantly turned back towards Sonic.
"Be careful," he said, concerned. Amy nodded, and left to go to Shadow's room.
Amy opened the door a crack, and peered inside.
Shadow appeared to be tossing and turning in his sleep. He looked like he was having a nightmare.
Cautiously, Amy stepped into the room. She could hear Shadow panting and struggling.
"Shadow?" Amy said, trying to awaken him. Shadow continued his fitful sleep.
Amy couldn't take watching the poor hedgehog being subconsciously tortured any longer. It was equally painful for her to watch as it was for Shadow to sleep.
"Shadow? Shadow?! Wake up!" cried Amy. And sure enough, the black and crimson hedgehog's eyes sprang open, followed by him bolting up.
Panting, Shadow held a hand to his aching head, and then looked at Amy.
"Who are you?" he demanded. "And where am I?"
"It's me Amy, and you're in my house," replied the pink hedgehog. "Don't you remember me?"
"I don't remember a thing," Shadow replied glumly, "except my name, Shadow, and that horrendous event."
"Do you remember Sonic?" Amy asked hopefully.
"No," the dark hedgehog replied grimly. "Is that someone important?"
"Well, kinda," Amy replied. "At least, he's important to me."
Not interested in such things, Shadow got out of bed, and headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" asked Amy.
"I don't know," replied Shadow, "just out of here."
So Shadow left the room with Amy following him.
Sonic was leaning against the entrance to the kitchen while Wakai ate noisily, as Shadow came towards them.
"Hey, Shadow," Sonic said, trying to be friendly. "Long time no see. How ya feelin'?"
Shadow looked at him with confusion.
"Do I know you?" Shadow asked in bewilderment.
"What, ya don't remember me?" Sonic asked in awe. "Have you lost your memory again?"
Shadow didn't like what Sonic was saying, and he turned to leave and scowled.
"Apparently so," Shadow replied very bitterly. And with that he left.
"Gee, was he always such a jerk?" asked Wakai.
"Pretty much," replied Sonic unhappily.
_Elsewhere…_
Knuckles was sitting against the Master Emerald with his hands behind his head. He was enjoying the peace of mind, until a voice spoke to him.
"Hey there, Knuckles," said Rouge flirtatiously. "Miss me?"
"About as much as I'd miss a cold," grumbled Knuckles.
"Hmph!" Rouge replied in a snooty manner. But then she went back to pestering the echidna. "Think Shadow's awake yet?"
"I don't know, nor do I care," grouched Knuckles. "If you want to know, go to Amy's."
Rouge gave another "Hmph!" and then said "You act like you don't want around me around."
Knuckles was really losing his temper, and shouted "I never want you around! When will you learn that I-"
Knuckles was about to say something very mean, but an awful-sounding laugh stopped him.
"Hohoho!" laughed the evil Dr. Eggman. "Are you two lovebirds arguing as usual?"
Eggman's annoying robots were seated with the Doctor in the cockpit of a new robot. The robot was tall, resembled Eggman, and had a large spiked ball for one hand.
Knuckles and Rouge both blushed a little; Rouge out of embarrassment, Knuckles out of anger.
"What do you want, Eggman?" Knuckles grumbled with disgust.
Eggman smiled proudly. "I'm here to challenge Sonic with my new Egg Breaker! I have devised a plan to defeat him once and for all!"
"Riiiight," said Knuckles as he and Rouge rolled their eyes.
Eggman leered, but then calmed himself enough to ask "Where is he?!"
"He's at Amy's," replied Knuckles "but I'm sure he's left there by now."
Eggman let out a "Hmph!" and turned to go find his nemesis.
Knuckles stood up and called after the Doctor. "If you wanna fight, I'm willing to oblige!"
"I'll crush you after Sonic!" the elliptical genius called back.
"Oh well," said Knuckles. "Hope Sonic enjoys making a fool of him again."
The red fist fighter turned his head, and noticed Rouge carrying the Master Emerald away.
"Get back here you thieving bat!" he roared as he ran after her.
_Meanwhile…_
Sonic was racing after Shadow, hoping to talk things through and figure out a way for his dark doppelganger to adjust to normal life. If it was possible for the Ultimate Life Form. Wakai tagged along too, just for the heck of it. The space imp was supposed to be hanging on to Sonic's spines, but the blue blur was worried he had slipped off.
"You hanging on okay, Wakai?" Sonic asked. The space imp did not respond.
"Wakai?" Sonic asked again, slowing down again.
"Wooooooooooooo!" came the happily screaming voice of Wakai. He shot past Sonic, and the hedgehog sped after him. Wakai was flying through the air about a foot off the ground at high speed. Sonic caught up with him.
"Wakai?" questioned Sonic.
"Man, this is the ONLY way to fly!" Wakai shouted gleefully.
Sonic smiled. "Glad you like this too, Wakai," said the speedster with the spines. "Now let's find Shadow!"
Unfortunately, their search was interrupted when something large crashed in front of them. They were jolted back a bit, and landed on their rears. Sonic looked up to see Dr. Eggman and his robotic henchmen, Decoe, Bocoe, and Bokkun, in the cockpit of a large robot.
"Heeheehee," snickered the fat villain. "I've found you, Sonic!"
"Eggman, what do you want?" Sonic exclaimed, quite annoyed.
"Behold!" boasted Dr. Eggman. "My new Egg Breaker! With it I will defeat you once and for all!"
"In your dreams!" taunted Sonic.
"Hey, if this thing's for breakin' eggs, how's it supposed to defeat Sonic?" inquired Wakai, who was inspecting the machine. "He's not an unborn bird or reptile."
"Who is that?" asked Decoe.
"He looks interesting," stated Bocoe.
"Great," complained Dr. Eggman. "Another one of Sonic's annoying friends. And this one's very annoying."
"Then let's smash 'im!" exclaimed Bokkun.
"Hey, I'm the one you want! Bring it already!" shouted Sonic.
"He's right Bokkun," said the Doctor. "Crushing Sonic's our first priority!"
The Egg Breaker leapt at Sonic with its spiky ball, but Sonic easily dodged.
"That the best you got, Eggman?" the blue blur taunted.
Angered, the Doctor had the Egg Breaker throw its spiky ball at the hedgehog, but again Sonic dodged. When the spiky ball came flying back to connect to the Egg Breaker, Sonic dodged again.
Eggman was furious now. He launched two missiles from the back of the Egg Breaker. Sonic merely jumped over them to spin at Eggman's robot. However, Eggman countered by whacking Sonic with the spiky ball of the Egg Breaker.
Sonic was sent flying back and landed on the ground. He rubbed his head.
"Now!" commanded Eggman as he used the Egg Breaker to throw his henchrobots at the hero. Bukkon grabbed onto Sonic's head, and then Decoe grabbed Sonic's arms, while Bocoe grabbed his legs. Bukkon then put strange silver metallic rings on Sonic's wrists and ankles.
"Huh?" exclaimed Sonic, confused. The robots quickly ran back to Eggman. The Doctor then snickered, and pressed a button on a remote control. Electronic waves of electricity then emerged from the metallic rings, binding Sonic's limbs together. Sonic tried moving his arms and legs, but the electrical waves prevented him from unsticking them.
"Hehe. Can't move any more, can you Sonic?" Eggman sneered, amused at his nemesis' predicament.
"What, you can't beat me with your robot alone, so you resort to cheap tricks?!" snarled Sonic.
Eggman frowned and said, "It's merely the means to an end: the end of your life!"
_Elsewhere…_
Shadow was racing away at high speeds. He had no destination; he was merely trying escape from everything. However, there was one thing he could not escape from: himself. Who was he? Shadow. But who is that? What is his purpose? And why was his only memory that girl's death? And who was she?
Shadow stopped running. He put his hand to his head.
"Just who the heck am I?" he wondered aloud with discontent. "And… who was I?"
"Come back with the Master Emerald!" came the severely enraged voice of Knuckles.
Shadow turned his head to see the echidna chasing Rouge who was flying with the Master Emerald in her hands. Rouge then noticed Shadow, and soon landed to greet him. She placed the Master Emerald on the ground, and Knuckles ran into it, causing the guardian to fall down, holding his head in pain.
"Shadow!" exclaimed Rouge. "You're awake! Are you feeling all right?"
Rouge's words infuriated the Ultimate Life Form.
"Someone else who knows me that I can't remember?" Shadow remarked bitterly.
"You have amnesia again?" asked Rouge.
That was the last straw for Shadow. He gave a rage-filled growl, and took off running.
"I see he's as congenial as ever," Rouge sarcastically joked.
"He probably just found you annoying," said Knuckles, who had climbed on top of the Master Emerald. "After all, you drive everybody batty." Knuckles was grinning as he said this, amused with his own words, while Rouge just got ticked off. She then gave him a backhanded slap, and flew away.
_Back to Sonic's Predicament…_
Sonic was still struggling to move his confined limbs as Eggman loomed closer in his Egg Breaker to finish off the heroic hedgehog.
"Finally," gloated Eggman. "I will destroy you once and for all, and then I'll take over-" Eggman then cried out in pain. Wakai was pulling on his mustache.
"Man," Wakai said in amazement. "Either you have reeeeeeally bad tastes in mustaches, or you have an OUTRAGEOUS nose hair problem you've been neglecting."
"Gaahhhh!" cried the elliptical evildoer. "Get this freak off my lip warmer IMMEDIATELY, you mechanic morons!"
Decoe and Bocoe grabbed Wakai and attempted to pull him off Eggman's 'stache.
"YAAHHHHH!" the Doctor roared in agony. "Don't pullhim off; remove his hands from my whiskers!"
"Whiskers?" inquired Wakai. "Are you really a tusk-less walrus?"
Decoe and Bocoe managed to remove the space imp's hands from their master's mustache. They grabbed Wakai and tossed him off of the Egg Breaker. Dr. Eggman turned his machine to face the imp.
"You will pay for messing with my mustache, you little worm!" snarled the fat genius.
"Um, will five dollars be enough?" Wakai questioned innocently. "'Cause that's all the money I have at the moment."
Eggman growled and had the Egg Breaker raise its spiky ball.
At that moment, Shadow came racing towards them with his eyes closed and an angry expression on his faced. He crashed into the Egg Breaker since he wasn't watching where he was running. He fell down from the impact.
Eggman turned the large machine to look at Shadow and was astounded. Even his robotic henchmen shivered in extreme shock.
"Sh-Shadow?!" he exclaimed. "What're you doing here?!"
At the mentioned of his name, Shadow instantly leered.
"Oh, yet another person who can remember me?" Shadow rhetorically stated with fake questioning in his voice, but real anger. "I'm sick of it! It REALLY ticks me off. Everyone seems to know me, and I can't remember a thing!" Shadow half-knelt, preparing to spin. "I want some answers. But first, I need to let off some steam!" He spun into the Egg Breaker with such force, it was knocked back a few meters. Then he spun into a ball again, hitting the large robot between the legs. He then spun into the robot several times in a blinding fury all over. Then, with a final spin, he slammed into the cockpit, causing a huge explosion that sent Eggman and his three robots flying over the horizon.
"Aargh!" screamed Eggman as he flew until he was just a star over the horizon.
Wakai went over to Sonic. He flicked his wrist, hitting the metallic rings that bound Sonic with his knuckles, which freed the blue dude from his constraints. Sonic then went over to Shadow.
"Shadow…" Sonic said solemnly.
"What?" Shadow replied bitterly.
"Look, we'll find you some answers, pal," Sonic said, trying to be friendly. "No matter what it takes, we'll get your memories back."
"Don't you know anything about me?" asked Shadow.
"Other than what a lovely personality you have," Sonic joked, smiling at his sarcasm, "I don't really. You didn't know much when we first met, and defiantly didn't share much. But I'll help you. We're glad to have ya back, and we'll all be willing to help."
"Thanks, but no thanks," replied Shadow. "I'll find the answers on my own."
"But Shadow-" Sonic started to say.
"Just buzz off," said Shadow. "You really bug me." And with that, Shadow went off.
"We gonna chase after him?" asked Wakai.
"He doesn't want our help," replied Sonic. "It's fine. We'll just give him some time. When he realizes he needs us, he'll come back. That's just how Shadow is."
"I thought you said he had a 'lovely personality,'" said Wakai.
"That was sarcasm," smiled Sonic. "Now come on. Let's go."
And Sonic sped off, Wakai flying after him.
Author's Note: Sorry for the length, but I was trying to make it like an authentic episode of Sonic X. Hope you enjoyed it (at least some part of it). See ya for Episode 2.