Bored and stuck with this idea...again...

Actually this is sort of a newer idea and has little to nothing to do with Shad/Amy (for once). I'm planning on rewriting Sonic Adventure 2!

(crowd boos and hisses)

Ya ya, I know. Redos and reimaginings of videogames, movies or other media rarely go well here but I've been giving this a lot of thought and I think I can pull this off while still staying true to both original concepts. I say both because I plan to mesh both the videogame and the comic adaptation of the game.

(Boos and hisses grow louder)

Ya ya, Alysa's stuck on the comics again. But really, I think that they should be given a closer look at. Maybe it has something to do with spending three bucks an issue (seriously guys...that's 36 bucks a year...less than what a brand new Sonic game would be, it's almost half that if you get a full year's subscription). Either way I always found the story of the comics much more engaging and fun to follow...

...That is until I started reading the game adaptation of Sonic Adventure 2. It just came across as lazy, not well thought out (hate to say it but the artwork just wasn't Sonic...it was nice and dark but more Batman that Sonic. Maybe I'm just a die hard Yardley fan...), and just did not fit into the continuity very well. It was just there one issue and then it went back to the story thus far with just a wagging finger and lecture from Sonic's parents. Literally! He and Tails climbed through the window of Sonic's room in the middle of the night after their respective adventures (yes adventures, Tails was off fighting Chaos Knuckles...long story). Then Sonic's parents burst in and bust them.

So then why bother rewriting it when I have the beautiful story of the videogame to look at? Well...it's not entirely perfect. There are some plot holes that I want to mend to help explain the story more. Was it fun to follow? Hells ya! But there's things that I want to address, like GUN NOT taking down the Space Colony Ark when they found out about the mega weapons (They didn't know aliens were coming to visit or the Professor's plans to kill them with said weapons) especially since the professor was so HORRIBLY CRAZY ANGRY that he had programmed a colony drop once a specific energy type had been gathered! There are a few other things I plan to address as well, but I don't want to spoil too much for you (then again, this is an adaptation we are all familiar with, but I digress)

So I plan to mesh the best of both worlds going through my version of what the comic adaptation of the game should have been like. It will be placed where it was before: between issues 97 and 99.

Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant! And without further ado, this is the comic fanfic adaptation of Sonic Adventure 2!

He was getting an odd sense of deja vu...

Yes, there had been several times in his life where he found himself in heavily wooded areas running for his life. The last time he could recall running for his life towards the Acorn Kingdom. There, he had been saved by Julius and Charles the Hedgehog, led back to Mobotropolis, and eventually became the ruler of the world. Oh what irony was beheld when he discovered this alternate universe in which he had not succeeded. It had dangled in front of him tauntingly. A challenge too huge to ignore. So far, there had been little to no success.

It had been a while since his last attempt at world domination. Chaos had failed him and nearly destroyed the world. Both Eggcarriers were destroyed and there seemed little hope for him to continue his conquest. So he decided to take some time for introspection. Being a creature of metal and circuitry he had no need for rest and he could evaluate all situations with the utmost diligence. Still nothing truly came to him until his brother and the other Overlanders came to stay in Robotropolis.

Colin had invited his brother and son to have dinner with him and his family. It was all a monotonous blur to Eggman, just an obsticle keeping him from his goal of robotocizing the lot of them. Not to mention the useless tango to convince his family that he was actually eating. They still didn't know he and Snively had been roboticized. It wasn't until they started talking about older family memories that things got interesting.

"Well, you wouldn't remember Grandfather Gerald," Colin had commented, "He died when I was young but I remember everyone getting so upset about the whole thing. He was a bio-engineer working up in a space colony. I remember hearing that there was an accident but everything else about the matter was kept quiet by the United Federation..."

Hearing about the UF, Eggman's interest had been piqued and he began to do extensive research into the matter. It was through those means that he came into the posession of his grandfather's digital diary. Its contents were well worth the hour of hacking necessary to retrieve it. It described an ultimate weapon, called Project Shadow; capable of bringing the entire world to its knees. There were no coordinates as to the location and the information could not be obtained properly from Robotropolis...

Leading to this...his former creation Silver Sonic v.2.0 chasing him through the forests on the outskirts of the United Federation's infamous Prison Island.

"Blast it Snively, where is that back up pod?" he cried out into his spotty connection to his nephew/minion, "I needed it 10 minutes ago."

"Sir... trying but you're over... away from Rob...opolis!" Snively called back, "I...time! Pod...soon..."

The connection began to crackle in and out again. Damn these forests and damn that incompetent Snively!

Robo-Robotnik, now Dr. Eggman, was grateful for his new metal form. It would have been nearly impossible to run as nimbly through the dense forest as he did now with his former robust figure. Still, he was running steadily lower on energy and he knew that if he didn't find some salvation soon Silver Sonic would bear down on him and he would be finished. He had wanted to send some of his robotic lackeys here...But who was he kidding? Since when had any of his robots been able to get the job done properly. No, this mission needed a more personal touch. Still, he could have thought this through a little more thoroughly. While he was prepared for some sort of security, he wasn't planning on Silver Sonic being there. His Egg Pod was now in ruins and while he had a chaos emerald on him, his body simply wasn't built to be compatible with it's energy. Had he taken the time to finish his Egg Walker Silver Sonic would have been scrap metal by now. Alas, neither was of any help to him and it seemed there was no escape for him.

He turned around the trunk of a tree. He hoped it would throw off his opponent, if only to give him a moment to focus on a plan of escape.

The ground caved beneath his feet three steps away from where he turned. His fall was recorded as a 46.3 foot drop. Enough to break bones and kill him...if he had any life to give or bones to break. Still, Eggman landed poorly and it was enough to set his CPU into a frenzy. He quickly got up to blend into the shadows of his new environment. He heard the light vibration of Silver Sonic overhead for a few minutes before it passed over. Eggman felt a shaky grin grow on his face.

Eggman gingerly looked up to the hole he had just fallen through, "That was too close," he murmured to himself.

Eggman to take in his surroundings. It was large room, almost the size of a small warehouse. The walls were lined with servers, the lights giving off an almost cosmic look to the place. Just to Eggman's right was a large computer, just akimbo to a large coffin like capsule.

"Could it truly be...?"

He walked slowly to the computer, his former danger and failed connection to Snively long forgotten. He tapped at it experimentally before the screen blazed to life. He then stroked his mustache in thought, "Enter User Data? Ah...Gerald Robotnik?"

Eggman smirked, "Could fate really be this good to me?"

He quickly typed the password from his memory banks, "M-A-R-I-A. Maria."

The computer whirred to life and he was greeted with a wall of information...

For a few moments before the computer screen went black.

Eggman snarled as he slammed the console, "Blast! Out of power."

Still his mind worked through the few possibilities available to him at the moment. He looked over the console before he came across a small nodule on the key board.

"But luck may still be on my side?"

He reached into his pocket and took hold of the chaos emerald hidden in his pocket. He placed it into the nodule, a perfect fit. The computer whirred to back to life as he took a step back, allowing the information to wash over him.

Suddenly there was a hiss behind him. Eggman turned to see the capsule beginning to raise above him. Apprehensive as he was, he was more fascinated than afraid at this.

"Ooho..."

The column rose ten feet above his head before it finally stopped with a click. The top of the column hissed as the tip opened to reveal a dark form rising smoothly from the capsule along with a plume of thick vapor. Actually the form looked rather an awful lot like...

Eggman snarled, "What's that? Is that you, Sonic! Are you trying to foil my plans again!?"

Suddenly he paused as he took in more of the form's appearance. The form was a hedgehog, roughly the same age and height as Sonic. But it most definitely wasn't Sonic. His quills were a midnight black with scarlet red streaks going through them. His arms and legs were the same: black with red shot down the sides. A white tuft of fur on his chest shot through the darkness, along with his bright, red eyes and bright white, red and black shoes and gloves. He wore what seemed like power rings on his wrists, which are folded over his chest with a smirk on his tanned muzzle.

"Wait a minute...you're not Sonic," Eggman breathed, "This is impossible..."

The dark hedgehog regarded him coolly, his smirk growing on his face as a deep, strangly melodic voice said, "My name is Shadow."

He then unfolded his hands, "Since you were so kind as to release me, my master, I will grant you one wish."

Suddenly a roaring sound came from above them as the light from the hole in the ceiling flickered.

Silver Sonic had finally found him.

"Primary target finally cornered," it said monotonously, "Come quietly Dr. Eggman."

Eggman was frozen in place for a moment before he could put two and two together.

"Is that so? Well then, Shadow, prove your worth to the Eggman Empire! Destroy Silver Sonic!"

It was only then that Silver Sonic saw the hedgehog above him. Shadow regarded the metal Sonic with a growing sneer. Using his height to his advantage, he threw himself against Silver Sonic in a homing attack. Silver Sonic was pushed back and against the wall as Shadow continued his barrage. Silver Sonic was pinned, but then Shadow was barely making a dent on his armor. Using Shadow's next homing attack, Silver Sonic used his arm to bat him away. He then set his boosters ablaze to ram at Shadow full speed. Shadow simply twisted out of the way, using his own momentum to kick Silver Sonic into the opposite wall of the lab. Shadow's gaze then fixed himself on the Chaos emerald in the console. He sped across the room and grabbed the jewel, allowing its power to envelope itself around him.

Silver Sonic was struggling to regain its footing when he saw Shadow coming towards him, "You will not succeed. I will not allow..."

With yet another sneer, Shadow held out his hand. A yellow arrow had formed just outside of his hand, "I am the Ultimate Life form. You are simply no match for me. Accept your fate."

He brought the hand crashing down. It exploded upon impact with the robot, sending debris flying all across the room. Shadow didn't flinch as some of the debris crashed into him. He didn't have a single scratch on him. He turned to see Eggman inspecting a piece of debris from Silver Sonic, what used to be his head.

"A tracker," he finally said, "They'll find out you're loose in a moment. I must say Shadow, you do some impressive work. You were a lot smaller than I expected. However, I believe you'll make an excellent addition to my plans."

Shadow looked at Eggman for a moment, measuring the doctor up. Eggman shifted uneasily for a moment, suddenly remembering just who was in who's mercy at the moment. Shadow's gaze eased up with small smirk.

"You have a plan?" Shadow asked easily, "Because I have a better one."

Eggman's face fell in a frown, "You question my genius?"

"I question your ability to get out of this hole on your own," Shadow fixed his gaze on the emerald, "If you wish, I have much to show you. I am not the only one of the Professor's creations."

Now that caught Eggman's attention, "...Just what did you mean when you said you would grant me a wish...Shadow?"

Shadow's eyes shot up from the emerald to regard Eggman again. He walked towards Eggman, holding his hand out silently. Eggman took it tentatively, an eyebrow raised in curiosity. Shadow then raised the emerald above his head and cried, "Chaos Control!"

A bright green light flashed around them as Eggman felt himself being pulled. It wasn't in any specific direction, it was just a pull in all directions it seemed. It wasn't the most pleasant feeling, but when the pull subsided he found himself on a sand dune just a few hundred yards outside of an old pyramid in the middle of a desert.

"There is a teleporter within the pyramid," Shadow pointed, "You'll need to make your way inside from here."

Eggman regarded the pyramid for a moment, "I'll need some supplies. Head to Robotropolis and..."

"We need more chaos emeralds first," Shadow interrupted, "I've got my own...errands to run. Take all the time you wish. But I will be waiting for you in the Central Control Room on the Space Colony Ark."

"So you're just going to leave me here!?" Eggman fumed, "You impertinent little...How dare you talk that way to your master!?"

Shadow glared back at Eggman for a moment before he held up the chaos emerald, "Patience," he said simply before he disappeared.

Eggman growled with impatience. He couldn't believe his grandfather would allow such a willful creature to exist.

"I'll deal with that later," Eggman decided as he reestablished his connection with Robotropolis, "Snively you useless twit, are you there?!"

"Sir! You're back? What happened?" Snively cried out through the now crystal clear connection, "The pod is still on it's way but...you're not transmitting from Prison Island? What's going on?!"

"Enough questions!" Eggman commanded, "Just send another pod to my new location. I have much work to do on the Egg Walker once I'm back. In the meantime, I want you to make preparations for my absence from Robotropolis for now. You will be in charge with keeping the sheep in line while I look into this Ultimate life form business."

"...Yes sir..." Snively said as he tapped buttons, "Anything else sir?"

Eggman paused for a moment before he added, "Look into the locations of other chaos emeralds. We're going to need their powers for this one. Eggman out!"

"Yes sir!"

The connection went out as Eggman looked over the pyramid, "Shadow the Hedgehog? Just what do you have planned for me, hmm?"

Central City Presidential Office

17:03

The president was in the middle of a huge nightmare. From the reports he had gotten from his commander, Hugo Brass, there had been a break-in at an old laboratory that once housed one of the greatest, if not more deranged, minds the world had ever seen. Silver Sonic had been destroyed and the city was now vulnerable. From what limited information he could gather, there was a weapon being housed there.

But such details were apparently above his own pay grade, "Damn you I'm the President of the United Federation, why can't you give me any more information than this?!"

"I'm sorry sir, this is strictly GUN business," Brass said, "But I can say this, we believe that Sonic the Hedgehog was responsible for this mess."

That gave the president pause, "Why?" he asked, "Why would a former ally suddenly turn rogue on us?"

"We can't say for sure," Brass commented, "From what my men can gather from Silver Sonic's wreckage, it was a hedgehog that dealt with him. I only know of one with those capabilities. For now, just trust that the GUN is on the case and will give you a detailed report once this has been dealt with."

With a final salute and without waiting to be dismissed, Brass left the President to stew in his own thoughts.

What he came up with was not good.

"I should be used to the GUN's ways at this point," he thought, "They keep their cards close but I should be able to know what's going on with their operations!"

He sighed, "Why Sonic? There must be something else going on here. But what?"

"Well, I can help you with that..." a voice purred behind him.

He turned sharply behind him to find a mobian bat woman standing behind him from an open window. She was of average height for a mobian, about 3 feet or so. She held herself with confidence and a smug air, her bright turquoise eyes half lidded with bright blue eye shadow to match. Her white hair and fur were pulled back into a short shoulder-length flip. Her muzzle, arms and chest were a sensuous bronze tan. She wasn't scantily clad, but it wasn't particularly modest either. She wore a rather bright jump suit that accentuated her breasts in the shape of a lavender heart outlined in white. The pants portioned looked to be a deep black spandex that hugged her voluptuous curves and plunged into her bright white boots with matching lavender hearts on each toe. Her hands, as most mobians tended to be, were covered with long ball room style gloves with lavender cuffs. One hand rested on her hip, stuck out in an leisurely way.

The President's eyes narrowed, "Who are you? How did you..."

"Now don't you worry your head over something like that," the bat purred again, "Just call me Rouge. And for a price, I can help you with your...information problem."

The President kept his eyes narrowed before he leaned back in his chair, his hands placed together thoughtfully, "How so?"

"I'm glad you asked!" Rouge beamed, "By trade, I'm a treasure hunter. While I specialize in jewels, I do tend to gather some...particularly interesting bits of information."

"Such as?"

"I know that Sonic the Hedgehog has been confined to the borders of Knothole village for a while now," Rouge shifted her hips, now focusing on her fingernails, or rather her gloved hands, "He wasn't there for that little...'break-in' as Commander Brass put it."

"How? And who do you think is responsible."

"Ah ah ah, not so fast," Rouge tutted the president, "You have to pay for that piece of information!"

He raised an eyebrow, "How much?"

Rouge smirked, "2lbs of jewels for every day that I'm out seeking your information. All must be cut and shined, nothing below precious or flawless level."

He paused for a moment, "You're the one responsible for that rash of break-ins within Station Square then?"

Rouge giggled, "Guilty as charged! So, how about we add a pardon to that list of demands and make it 1 and a half pounds a day instead."

It was tempting. He was quite tired of being kept out of the loop. And while he had his own spy network, he had a feeling they were all tied to GUN first and foremost. He hated the idea of throwing the hero of Station Square under the bus more than anything else of course.

Finally he nodded, "You have a deal then."

Rouge was soon outfitted with gadgets from the Secret Service branch of the UF government. From there she made a bee line towards the GUN headquarters. To anyone else, the odds of getting in would have been insurmountable. For Rouge, it was as though nothing was standing in her way as she dodged security guards, pickpocketed keys and hacked passwords through to the center of the building. Here she began hacking the information from Commander Brass's computer. What she found was rather vague but implied a rather disturbing picture of the GUN's methods.

It described a raid of the Space Colony Ark where a Project Shadow had been confiscated and brought to earth. When it had been made clear that the weapon could not be controlled the project had been discontinued. There was a casualty list attached to the closing notes of the project.

However, there was detailed information missing about Project Shadow. And from what she could tell from the files taken directly from Silver Sonic, it was in fact a very well known former overlander dictator that was involved in this mess, not Sonic.

"Guess I'll have to do this the old fashioned way," she decided as she flew away from GUN headquarters. The night was slowly turning back into day as she land gently on a skyscraper and looked up at the sky, "Still, not bad for one night's work."

She then held her had up to her mouth and touched the near microscopic microphone hidden in her ear, "This is Rouge reporting. I'm sending information about a Project Shadow. I will continue my research into GUN's and Dr. Eggman's plans as I do so. In the meantime, it seems they've sent Paladin Team Sigma Alpha 2 to apprehend Sonic the Hedgehog as we speak. My suggestion is to allow them to apprehend Sonic without interference from the Presidency. The less they know about how much we know the better. Rouge out."

As she ended her report, she looked down at the information she had been able to print out at the last minute. From what she could tell about the Ark, there were only two ways to go up there. One was by space shuttle. Now she was good, but she wasn't good enough to pull a shuttle out of her back pocket.

But then she didn't need to do that...

The only other way was a portal that was located in one of GUN's desert bases in the badlands south of them.

She gave a small smirk as she made her way to her hideout in the city, "I better get beauty rest then! I've got a date with the doctor to plan out..."

The Great Forest

9:34

Sonic just was not in a good mood.

It wasn't that he cared all too terribly much about losing his knighthood but the fact that he was stuck inside Knothole was just about killing him. He also wasn't allowed to help out as a Freedom Fighter anymore. Not that it stopped him from going on his little jaunt as the Sneak last night to help the Royal Secret Service avoid a disaster.

"Not that Geoffry's going to appreciate it," he thought as he kicked a stone, "If I don't get home soon, he's going to arrest me. For what? Saving his skin..."

He slumped down on a nearby log, "Ok, so losing the sword of Acorns to Eggman wasn't the smartest thing I could have done...But what else could I do?! That's Uncle Chuck still stuck in there! Not to mention so many other robians. I was doing the right thing...right? And keeping me cooped up in the city for doing the best I could obviously wasn't the smartest thing he's done either."

He frowned and was up pacing as quickly and as quietly as he could before slumping down again, "Shoot...what I wouldn't give for a good run...just to get my thoughts in gear again..."

He was suddenly brought out of his reverie when he heard a rustling in the bushes to his left. He let out a sigh, hoping against hope that maybe it was a badnik he could smash. Then again, he knew better. A badnik this close to Knothole? As if...

"Alright then, come on out," he said half-heartedly, "I'm not going to do anything..."

Suddenly Sonic was surrounded by four overlanders in dark green and red armor. All of them were heavily armed, all weapons pointed at Sonic

"Freeze Hedgehog!" one of them cried, "You're coming with us!"

Sonic's eyes bugged out for a moment as he asked, "Have we met?"

Without question, the others started shooting at Sonic in the center. Instantly Sonic dodged and moved to each human in the circle, "You'd think I'd remember you guys! Oh well!"

"Where did he..."

The members of the paladin teamed stopped firing trying to get their eyes back on the speedster again. Suddenly they looked down and realized their weapons were missing.

"The better question is," Sonic commented on the pile of guns he was now standing on, "Where'd your weapons go?"

The men then charged Sonic, fat lot of good it did them as Sonic sped to the side away from the dog pile, twisting out of the way and kicking anyone close enough into a neat pile next to the guns behind him.

"Am I going to fast for you?" he asked tauntingly. He hadn't had so much fun in ages, "Seriously you gotta let me know these things! Wouldn't want to make you guys think you're not on top of the situation!"

His adversaries were now in a neat pile behind him and Sonic couldn't help but give a little laugh as one of them moaned, "Where...is he?"

"No contest!" he smirked, "Sorry guys, but I gotta juice!"

He didn't get the chance as off to the side, he saw a fifth overlander shoot something at him. A net quickly expanded and engulfed him before he had a chance to dodge. It let off a shock wave through his whole body as fell around him. Sonic gave one last cry before all of the events of the previous night, coupled with the net sent him into complete darkness.

"No more fast moves for this hog!" the overlander gloated, "Now let's get him to the chopper for immediate Evac! Commander Brass is waiting for him!"

So there's the first chapter of my newest project. Let me know what you think while I do a little more research as to how I'm going to either get Knuckles involved in this or find another way to help stop the chaos emeralds in the end.

Knuckles' involvement will revolve completely on how in control he was in his chaos state, which is where he is while all this is going on. Tails had been sent to go help him but I'm going to go ahead and retcon that for now. As I said, I'm going to do some digging and see how I can get our favorite red echidna in on the fun. Sit tight, I'll update my other works and this one all in good time!