WE welcome you back. WE bet you are wondering why WE say WE instead of I. Well, WE are actually one person, but WE are named 13 storytellers, so that is what WE shall say… Oh forget it! I know that it has been less then twelve hours since I wrote the last chapter, but I'm just as anxious to write it as you are to read it! Me and my other 12 personalities do not own Sonic, Metroid, or Shadow! Got that?

Chapter 2

Chaos Clash

Samus rubbed her back where Shadow had kicked it. How did he move so fast? She wondered, Is this really Black Doom's weapon? No matter, I can handle it! She quickly regained her composure and hit Shadow with a freeze shot before he could react. She aimed for a finishing blow. Then, in another flash of light, she shatters empty ice. She looked behind her he wasn't there. Where did he go? She thought just before she was hit with a homing attack from above. "Is that the best you've got?" Shadow smirked, but he was worried That was a close call with the ice he thought No more games! He was suddenly hit in the back.

Sonic and the others watched as the two titans clashed. "Sonic, we've got to help Shadow!" Tails exclaimed. "Are you kidding? Shadow can take care of himself! Besides, this is better than a Kung-fu movie!" "Yeah!" yelled Charmy "This is like wrestling! Only it's not staged… is it?" "Guys!" Said Knuckles, "That woman… Her armor has the energy I sensed earlier!" "The suspense builds up" Sonic joked.

Shadow put his arms straight toward Samus, concentrating. What's he doing now? Samus wondered, Better not take chances! She quickly went into morph ball form. No matter how fast she moved, Shadow turned in her direction, until… "Chaos…Spear!" a concentrated blast of massive energy came from his arms, narrowly missing a direct hit, but disabling Samus' morph ball. Crap she thought I guess there is a reason he's called the ultimate life form! Time for the echo-visor! The echo visor could detect sound, so if he was going to use a Chaos move, she would know about it.

She suddenly saw a glint in Shadow's hand, and saw that it was a red jewel of some sort. Could that be a "Chaos Emerald"? She wondered But aren't emeralds green? Whatever, I'll beat him and take the emerald, killing two birds with one stone! His power seems to come from it, so I'll get rid of it if I can.

Shadow eyed his opponent. He hadn't had a challenge like this since Black Doom, but he noticed a weakness. She relies on that suit too much. If I can render it useless, I will have won he thought But I'd better watch out for that ice beam! Wait…I got it!

Shadow jumped towards Samus, but she countered with the grapple beam, and tossed Shadow towards a rock. However, he used the rock as a springboard, launching himself forward. Samus launched a Plasma Beam, but Shadow dodged using Chaos Control. "Gotcha" said Samus. She used her Echo Visor to see where Shadow went, and she swung her arm behind her, landing a hard hit. "Ooofff!" grunted Shadow, as he hit the ground. "Rule #1 of fighting:" said Samus "Never use the same trick twice!" Suddenly, her arm cannon short circuited. Damn. Thought Samus He disabled my ice cannon. That seemed to be my best chance. But I'm not losing that easy…

Good. Thought Shadow. Now that annoying ice cannon is kaput. All I need to do now is use my speed to my advantage, and then I can win. Shadow ran quickly past Samus, who was charging her biggest shot ever. She launched a plasma ball 8 feet in diameter. "Try and avoid that!" she called. "Don't need to" replied Shadow "Chaos…Shield!" A red barrier suddenly appeared in front of Shadow, destroying the plasma ball on contact, but a heat-seeking missile, which Samus launched 2 seconds after firing the shot, hit Shadow from behind.

"Chaos Shield?" Yelled a flabbergasted Vector, "Where did he learn that?" "I guess practice is how he kept himself occupied on the ARK" Tails replied "I can't wait to see what else he's learned!"

Samus smiled to herself, she was doing pretty good, but was going to have to do much better if she hoped to win. Suddenly, she was kicked from behind. Damn, I should have remained focused instead of patting myself on the back! She turned around just in time to see a black and red blur whiz to the left. She switched to wave cannon, and fired a bull's eye! "Chaos… Control!" Shadow yelled, but nothing happened! Crap! That cannon must have temporarily disrupted the emerald! No matter, I'm just as strong without the emerald, minus a few abilities. Samus was thinking the same thing, except she thought that the battle was as good as over. She charged up her plasma cannon, and fired. Shadow easily dodged. I guess speed and strength come naturally for him! Shadow ran beside her and punched hard, taking out her thermal vision. Samus turned and fired a Judicator, which Shadow dodged by doing a spin-dash at Samus, but he didn't hit her, because the Judicator reflected back and hit him! The emerald suddenly gained its power back. Shadow then used Chaos Spear to disable Samus' wave and plasma cannons. "How many weapons do you have in there anyway?" Shadow asked, annoyed. "A lot" Samus replied simply, and aimed again. "Fine, you look weakened enough to finish off with one move I hoped I wouldn't have to use!" Samus braced herself. "Chaos… Blast!" A huge explosion of Chaos energy spread in all directions, Sonic and his friends narrowly escaped. Samus, however, wasn't so lucky. Normally, her suit could take a blast like that. But the fight had worn it down to much. Samus was blown off her feet, her helmet fell off, and she fell unconscious. "Time to move in for the kill… Chaos Control! "Shadow warped over Samus, expecting to see a hideous alien like the Black Arms. Instead, he saw a human female. He stopped. I promised Maria that I would protect humans, not kill them. He remembered, and walked away. At that moment, Samus woke up and aimed her cannon at him, but realized that her suit had stopped working.

"Hey!" She called "We're not done here! Where are you going?" Shadow turned to her. "I'm going to the nearest space shuttle, back to the ARK." He said "You have lost this battle, Samus Aron… Yes, I know your name" he added at her astonished look, "I hacked into your computer; I knew you were after me. I already killed Black Doom, by the way. You had old info. You've lost, accept it and go home. This is one bounty you have failed." He walked away, and Samus once again lost consciousness.

Amy ran over to the unconscious bounty hunter. "Do you think she's Okay?" she asked. "Who cares, she tried to kill us!" yelled Knuckles. "It's not her fault, she thought Shadow was evil!" Amy pleaded "We need to help her!" "Okay, let's take her to my work shop; I want to study that armor!" Said Tails.

As they carried Samus back, Ridley watched from above, eying the three emeralds and vulnerable Samus.

Whoa, that was long. So Shadow won. No offense to Samus fans, but WE… err… I like the Sonic series better, though Metroid is still Kickass! That fight was only the beginning, though. Shadow and Samus are going to have to postpone their return trips! This will be one long adventure! Enjoy!