Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic or related characters. They belong to SEGA / Sonic Team.

Author's Note: Hey guys! Taniciusfox here! I'm working on rewriting all of my old story, Arrival of Darkness. I intend to make it more deep, more creative, not to mention better written! I can assure you I write far better then I used to. ;3

?? : Will you shut up and stop rambling! I want to make my debut!

Tani: ....Okay then, Darky. Take it away!

Arrival of Darkness : Chapter One

Location: Unidentified mountain, Eggman's fortress

Deep within the large red, gray and orange structure that was Eggman's fortress, Eggman sat in his throne room. The entire room was dark, apart from a small light overhead. He had his hand on his forehead, trying to think of a way to get rid of Sonic.

"Damnit! Everytime I always get so close! I have everything! Money, loyalty, resources, FEAR! And of course, my own genius!" he said egotistically. "...And yet, HE, despite having nothing but speed and a few rodents by his side, defeats me every SINGLE TIME!!" Eggman slammed one of his fists into the throne.

Unknown to Eggman, he was being watched. From the entrance to the room, blood red eyes gazed upon him as he had his childish outburst. "Pathetic.." the hidden figure chuckled, loudly enough for Eggman to hear as it echoed around the room.

"What?! Who's there!" The lights flickered on, but the ones that went on near the door went back out instantly. The sound of shattered glass hitting the floor let him know some freak was hiding in the darkness, a fast one at that. Eggman didn't even see it take out the lights!

"Come now Doctor...I don't like being in the spotlight..."

"Egg Pawns! Deploy and destroy!" Eggman shouted loudly. At his command, the orange robots that bore a resemblance to him stormed out of hidden passages in the walls, most armed with guns, a few with lances and shields. They fired into the darkness, a few grunts and a loud thud sounding as something heavy hit the floor.

"Haahaa! Victory!" Eggman shouted, raising his fist in front of him. "Go see what it was!" He barked at his robotic minions. One of the robots walked into the darkness, Eggman watching curiously. Only a few moments after it walked in, heavy metal hit the floor, what must have been sparks could be heard, some illumination was resulting from the sparking. Within moments, nearly all of the Egg Pawns had been sliced into pieces, falling apart, some even blowing up as their generators were cut through.

Eggman looked dismayed. Whatever did this was not only fast, but strong! "I see. Sonic! Show yourself!"

As if on command, the doctor heard something hit the floor, this time in clear spotlight. At a glance, the doctor noticed this was not the blue menace, but the black one.

"Sh-shadow? H-how did you escape that stasis pod?! Or are you that fake one the bat girl released?!" Eggman said, in a mix of fear and confusion, maybe a hint of anger.

"As flattered as I am to be mistaken for my blood, doctor..." the thing raised it's head, it's voice and figure clearly saying it was male. Eggman saw piercing blood red eyes, similar to Shadow's. "...I'm afraid you're a bit off. My name...is Darknite." He stood up from his position, walking closer slowly to Eggman, revealing his form.

The hedgehog looked extremely similar to Shadow. His quills looked almost the same, except the red streaks of Shadows were on the undersides. A noticable feature was that on his forehead, rather then the large streak present on Shadow's, was a red crescent mark, tilted on it's side with it's tips upwards. Moving down lower, he could see this hedgehog was thin, but could also see he was fit. He had what looked like chainmail armor covering his upper half. He had some silver shoulder armor, his upper arms were bare, only having black fur. His lower arms however, were covered by gauntlets that were silver. What stood out to Eggman was the creature's fingers had claws at the end. And then Eggman went lower. Covering Darknite's crotch, waist, hips and back end was 4 pieces of plated armor to allow good mobility. Darknite's upper legs were bare, and his lower legs bore similar armor to his lower arms. His feet had shoes that seemed attached somewhat to the lower leg armor. The 'boots' were clearly fully metallic, hence the loud sound Darknite made as he tapped his foot as Eggman observed him.

"Are you finished?" Darknite said, an eyebrow raised.

"Alright then...'Darknite'...what brings you here?" Eggman said.

"Just a moment." Darknite said as he walked back over to the dark entrance, his boots making an audible clank. "Need my blade..." He stooped over, Eggman quickly pulled out a gun he had on him, with a knock out dart in it. He could study this creature, just as he was studying Shadow. He took aim with his goggles, which were more high tech then one would assume, and used the heat seeker option, firing the dart straight at Darknite's neck. Nothing covered it, so the hedgehog was as good as in a coma.

However, just after firing it, Eggman was surprised to see his gun fall into pieces, the end of the barrel falling off. He turned to see Darknite standing right there, a black sword with red runes having cut the gun right through.

"Now now Doctor. I know all too well of your trickery. Now if you don't stop trying to capture or kill me, I'll have no choice but to assassinate you." Darknite disappeared again, this time appearing on top of Eggman's throne. "Alright then, are you ready to hear my reason for being here?"

Eggman gulped. "Go on..." he tried to remain calm, even though Darknite could easily hear his heavy breathing.

"I also seek to defeat the hedgehog, you see...and I've already done you the liberty of getting you on that trek." Darknite reached behind him, pulling something out, dangling his claws before Eggman's face. Eggman gasped at what he saw! If he wasn't mistaken, within the creature's grasp was a Chaos Emerald! Eggman tried to snatch it, but Darknite lifted it back up.

"Be a good boy Doctor...I'll give this to you if you give me something in return..."

Eggman grinned. "And that is?"

"Two things. First, you must allow me to take some rations from your supply of Chaos Drives."

"Agreed." Eggman was grinning wider. 'This will be easy...' the doctor thought. "And the second?"

"I want to work with you...and deliver the final blow to Sonic myself."

"..." was Eggman's response, he was silent. Both because of how Darknite would get that wonderful moment Eggman had craved for years...but mainly because how simple Darknite's requests were.

"And that's all...? You're serious?" Eggman wondered what the catch was.

"Yes doctor. Do you agree?" Darknite was tossing the emerald between his claws slowly, he had also moved back to being in front of Eggman once more, the sight of the emerald taunting the Doctor.

"IT'S A DEAL!" Eggman said, holding out his hand. Darknite took it, his grip extremely cold, yet also very strong. He held out the emerald.

"All yours." Right after finishing his sentence, the fat man snatched it away, grinning over it like a child to the latest best toy.

Darknite chuckled under his breath, walking over to the robots that hadn't blown up, shredding them to pieces with his sword, carefully reaching in and snatching their power source: Chaos Drives. "I'll just get my claws on a few more of these...then I can work on collecting the next emerald for you..." He turned towards Eggman, kneeling and placing his arm across his front. "...my master."

Eggman's focus on the emerald was broken because of those words. "Oh I'm your master am I?" he smirked.

"For giving me the pleasure to get vengeance on that hedgehog...I owe you my service."

Both Eggman and Darknite grinned evilly at those words.