Chapter2
Evil's pull
S H A D O W
Target: Inner warp
Collect: 12% - phase 1 complete
1:How goes the plan?
2:Well. It could be better, though
3:Do not distress, Naad. Patience, for in time all will fall proper, for his sake…
1: We shall soon see. Tugar, what is the graphic shield's strength capacity?
3:87% strength, Wiklos
1:Excellent. And let it proceed…
The next day…
Sonic: running
Time: midday
Place: Angel Island
Sonic raced around the island in a frenzy (a little bit hypoactive, if you ask me), as if he were trying to race off his own quills.
"I warned you not to give him that chili-dog, Shadow," said Knuckles. "Great, look what you did to him- he's in hyper chili-dog mode!"
"Ahahahahahaha, I know how to fix that," said Shadow. He grabbed a tub of water and with difficulty, caught up to Sonic.
"Hey Sonic, guess what?"
"WAAAATT!" came the seriously overexcited reply.
"CHAOS…SPLASH!"
Shadow threw the water all over Sonic, and literally within seconds he went from over-hypoactive to under- timid.
"AAGH! Water! Shadow, what the heck?"
"Hmm…my work here is done" Shadow said, and hence once again returned to his former, less animate self.
"Look Shadow, next time you want a joke go buy a Laffy Taffy, alright?" said Sonic.
Shadow looked less than amused.
Knuckles called out to them, "Hey, get over here! The Master emerald's doing something!"
When Shadow and Sonic got there the emerald was glowing magnificently, with almost blinding light that they had to protect their eyes from. When the light became bearable enough to look at, they could see an image forming within the Master emerald.
"Hey guys, isn't that…"
"Yeah, it looks like…"
"It appears to be…"
"CREAM?"
"Man, what happened to her?" Said Sonic, "was there an accident or something? She looks real beat up- who'd do that type of thing to just a little girl?"
"And what about the others, Sonic? Were they attacked as well?" asked Shadow.
"Hold up, guys," said Knuckles, " I feel a massive negative energy…coming from Mobius. HOLY COW! Look at the city, guys!"
Sonic and Shadow turned to look at Mobius, which was surrounded by some sort of force-field, colored by dark swirls of red and black.
"Huh? What is this?" said Sonic, "our friends are in there! We have to get closer! C'mon, guys!"
"Sonic, I don't think-" Shadow started, but Sonic was hardly listening. He'd already grabbed Shadow and Knuckles and raced off towards the dark shield.
As they raced along the dirt road surface, Shadow thought he'd seen something out of the corner of his eye.
"Sonic, stop! I think I see Cream!" He yelled out.
Sonic stopped dead flat. "Where is she?"
"Flying up there, right over our heads!"
She was, although a little unsteady. And she was clutching her head- it looked like she was in excruciating pain.
"Looks like she needs help, Sonic!" Said Knuckles.
"Alright, here I go! Huh?" Said Sonic, "What the- I'm stuck!" A thin trail of the dark red-black had slid underneath Sonic's sneakers and was keeping him stuck like cement.
"Sonic, hold on, I'll get you out!" Said Knuckles. "What the- hey, I'm stuck too! Hey, look out, Shadow! There's some coming towards you- jump!"
It was a narrow miss. One more second and he would've been stuck like glue…
Suddenly the black-red began to pull Sonic and Knuckles towards town.
"Shadow!" Sonic called out, "listen, ya gotta find Cream, before the worst happens- all that blood she's losing can't be a good thing. Then take her to someplace safe! HURRY SHADOW!"
"I will try, Sonic." Said Shadow.
The black-red shield now completely enveloped Sonic and Knuckles within itself.
Shadow knew that this was the time to leave. He took out a Chaos emerald and said "CHAOS CONTROL!"
The last thing Shadow saw was a smile, a smile of pure evil plastered on Sonic's face, which Shadow hoped with his whole heart that he would never see again in his life.
Will Shadow find Cream in time to get her to safety, and just what is the purpose of the dark shield?