The Big Switch

Chapter 2 – The Science Geek and Lord Emo

"How are you not scared?"

Tails looked up at the seemingly calm Shadow, who had chosen to ignore his question. Now in human form, Shadow was now significantly taller than Tails.

Shadow's face showed a slightly angered expression. Tails, filled with fear, followed Shadow down the empty street, having no one else to turn to in this time of crisis.

"Shadow, where are we going anyway?"

"No one said you had to follow me."

"This is strange…Is everyone else here too?"

Shadow let out an anger filled sigh, "I don't care about the others."

"But…they might be able to help us."

"This is disgusting. Reduced to living in the body of a human…"

"I fear it may be the same for the others…"

"I don't care about the others. I just want to find a way back…fast."

Tails fell silent. He thought back to what had happened before he had woke up in this world and found Shadow. The chaos emeralds…Could that be the reason they had been transported here?

"Shadow?"

"What?"

"Do you think…I mean, is it possible that when the chaos emeralds were exposed, they somehow reacted with each other to bring us here…and in this form?"

"Mmm…I guess."

"Then I guess it's the key to getting back."

"I'll find them. I won't stay this way for a second longer than I need to be."

"I hope Sonic and the others are Ok…"

Shadow filled with rage, "Is that all you care about? Who says they're even here? What's more important right now is what happens to us! So shut up about the god dam others!"

Tails cowered down to Shadow's rage. He nodded silently, but still worried for his friends.

The two continued silently down the streets. In the distance, the noise of a busy town centre echoed over the rooftops. The pair weren't far away. The streets they were in were empty except for a few people hanging about on street corners.

Tails was still thinking about how it was even possible for the two of them to be there.

"We must have fell through a temporary hole in space created by the emeralds, landing us here in this dimension…It must've altered our DNA somehow to fit in with the natural balance of this world-"

"Check out the science geek!"

Tails turned around to look at the person who had interrupted him. It was an older teen wearing a hoodie, seemingly the leader of his gang. Typical chavs.

Tails turned back the way he was walking, choosing to ignore the remark. He was surprised to see that Shadow had begun to approach the gang.

"Do you honestly have nothing better to do that sit here on a street corner picking on random strangers?" Shadow said to them.

The leader of the gang laughed, "What? Now lord emo is going to preach to us?"

"You humans are all alike. Pathetic. Can't get a life of your own. Can't make a worthwhile reason for existence. Is that why you're here?"

"Shadow!" Tails yelled from behind, "Just leave it!"

"You could all drop dead now, and no one would care about a few dead-beats like yourselves."

The gang lunged at Shadow, ready to fight, but before they even had a chance to attack, Shadow's palms began to glow with an eerie light as he sent them flying backwards.

Tails watched in awe. 'Even as a human,' he thought, 'Shadow has the power to harness chaos control!'

The gang lay about the streets, unconscious and wounded. Not caring for what ha had done, Shadow continued to walk down the street as if nothing had happened. Tails had no choice but to follow. Once again, they walked on in silence.

(Illustration up on my Deviant Art)