Chapter 4: Compassion to Resemblance

After the incident, everyone decide to bring their new friends to Rarity's home since it's the closest. In the bedroom, Sunset is fast asleep. After nearing get choked, Shadow decides to stay with Sunset. Rarity and Fluttershy already given her first aid on her neck. Downstair, everyone are discussion about the situation.

Twilight asks, "So it was that aline, Eclipse who was the only making those plant grow around the city."

"That's right, his Black Arm brethren did the exact same thing to our world and a different world," Knuckles says.

"Last time, they dearly destroyed an entire planet," Sonic says.

Fluttershy scaredly says, "That sounds so scary."

"It really is scary," Cream says, hugging Cheese.

"Still, I can't believe there are two of our buddy Shadow. Eve still, is that Shadow is actually related to that creep," Rainbow says.

Twilight says, "I don't think Shadow was even aware of who Eclipse is or is his well, brother."

"And after what Shadow told us on what Eclipse said and did to Sunset, I don't he's too keen on his little plan for our place," Applejack says.

Rarity sighs, "Poor Shadow, he's taking what happened to Sunset rather hard. He think it's his fault he got hurt and Sunset was only trying to protect him."

"Hmm, sounds like the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree,right Shadow," Rouge says, turning to the Shadow from Mobius.

"Hmph," Shadow replies.

Rainbow whispers to Rarity, "This Shadow acts a lot different from ours. At least, ours is a little more social than he is."

"I guess, living in a different planet has different results on his personality," Rarity replies.

Amy decides to speak up, "Still, we need to find Eclipse along with the three Chaos Emeralds before he has the chance to use them or find a way to get the rest of them."

"You're right, and we need to make sure Sunset and both Shadows are safe. From what you guys told us, Eclipse isn't that forgiving towards the Shadow you know from this Mobius," Twilight says.

"But what in the hay does this Eclipse want from ours?" Twilight asks.

"From what he told you, Eclipse was trying to convince him to join him and his Dark Arms to take over this world. Since this Shadow refused to because of you, he's most likely wants to destroy him. Of course, he wants to get rid of Sunset Shimmer," Shadow says.

"Why would he want to do that?" Rarity asks.

"He probably wanted to break your Shadow or blackmail him. From what happened this Shadow cares for all of you, especially Sunset. He can get Shadow to listen or break him if anything happens to her," Rouge says.

Knuckles says, "And after what Eclipse tried to do, I don't think your friend, Shadow isn't going to let her out of his sight."

"And like you Shades, he blames himself for what happened to her," Sonic says.

Twilight and Rarity gets up, "We're going to check on them. Maybe one of us can watch over Sunset."

Twilight and Rarity begin to walk upstairs to check on Sunset and Shadow.

The Mobius shadow gets up, "I'll come with you too."

In the bedroom, Sunset is beginning to wake up. She turns her head and slowly opens her eyes. Then she begins to sit up. After sitting up, she rubs her eyes, and then stretches her arm. Suddenly, she feels her neck hurting and touches it. She looks to see a bandage is wrapped around her neck. Then looks around to see that she's in Rarity's room.

Sunset rubs her head, "How did I get here? What happened? Why does my neck hurt? Where…"

Sun gasps to remember what has happen. Eclipse attacked Shadow, and Sunset has tried to defend him. But then, Eclipse pins her down to the ground and nearly suffocated her, but Shadow has saved her. Then soon lose consciousness.

"That's right, Shadow and I were attacked by Eclipse. I… I would have been dead if it wasn't for Shadow," Sunset says in thought.

"Are you… okay, Sunset?" A familiar voice asks.

Sunset turns her head to see Shadow sitting next to her on the bed.

"I'm fine, just feeling a bit sore on the neck," Sunset answers.

Shadow sighs sadly and gives Sunset a hug, "Sunset, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I allowed Eclipse to hurt you like that."

"It's okay Shadow. None of us could have predicted this. Besides, you saved me from Eclipse. It does seem bad that he got away, but I'm safe because of you," Sunset reassures.

"Somehow I just can't see it that way. I promise to protect this world and you, and I couldn't do that," Shadow says.

Sunset puts him on the head, "This isn't your fault."

"Why do I have to be related to that alien invader?" Shadow asks.

"I'm not sure if he's telling the truth or not, but he seems pretty serious about calling you his brother," Sunset says.

"In a way, it is true," A similar voice speaks up.

Shadow and Sunset turn their heads to see the Mobius Shadow is entering the room along with Rarity and Twilight

"Hello darling, how are you feeling?" Rarity asks.

"I'm feeling a bit better, but my neck still hurts," Sunset answers, looking down at her bandage.

"You just need a little more rest for your neck and try not to talk so much," Rarity says.

Sunset smiles, "I already talk to Shadow since I woke up."

Rarity blushes a little and can tell she's right.

"Anyway, Shades told us more about Eclipse and from their information, we're in a lot of trouble if we don't stop him," Twilight says.

The Mobius Shadow sternly says, "Don't call me Shads, one calling me that is enough."

"Well we have to call you something," Twilight says.

Sunset calmly says, "She got a point, it will be pretty confusing if we call both of your Shadow."

"She does have a point," Shadow says.

Mobius Shadow sighs, "Fine."

Sunset gets out of bed, "Let's head downstairs and talk about what we need to do about Eclipse so we can plan our next move."

In the abandoned warehouse, Eclipse is able to return after getting pummeled by Shadow. Now that he knows that this Shadow is set on protecting the girl along with this world, he needs to do something about it.

The little Dark Arms happily come out of their hiding place and snuggle with Eclipse. Eclipse feels a little better after being confronted by the only family he has left.

"I'm sorry my little Dark Arms, my mission was a bit of a failure, but I did manage to gather a few information. The Shadow we knows and his friends are here in this world. At this rate, we'll never get our revenge and harvest this world," Eclipse sadly says.

The Dark Arms either fly or jump around with smiles. They then hurry to the entrance. Eclipse is confused at first, but comes to realize what the Dark Arms are doing.

"You want to help me fight, don't you?" Eclipse asks.

The Dark Arms makes happy sounds and nod their heads.

"Hmm, you're right. You all are trained for this, but we can't just approach them. They'll be in a large group," Eclipse says.

Then begins to think very hard, "We need to find a way to get the Shadow who been living in this world alone. I might be able to convince him better without his so called friends with him."

"If that doesn't work, then it looks like I'll have to do things the hard way," Eclipse viciously adds, holding his claw up.

He then manages to calm down. Then he walks to the large bag with the red fruits.

"Alright, we should feed before we go into battle, and most of you need to behave," Eclipse says.

Back in Rarity's living room, everyone are glad to see Sunset is alright, and Shadow feeling a little better. Sort of. Soon, they have explain Sunset everything about the Black Arms and his connection to Shadow and the one from Mobius.

"So that's why Eclipse called Shadow his 'brother' before. It's because he has this Black Doom's D.N.A within him," Sunset replies.

"That's right. Eclipse tired to do the same to me like what he tried to do with your Shadow," Mobius Shadow says.

Pinkie hugs Shadow and says, "As long as we're with him, he can't have him."

"That won't be easy. From what he said earlier, it's like Eclipse thinks Shadow doesn't have a say in this. He tried to force Shadow into being with him or wants to destroy him. Sadly, he wanted to get rid of me too because I got in his way," Sunset says.

"I just can't believe that alien would do that. That is sooo uncool," Rainbow says.

"Still, we need to find him before he plans his next move, and before he brings these uh, Dark Arms with him to battle," Rarity says.

"What exactly are Dar Arms?" Fluttershy asks.

"They're like whips, but also have Black Arm D.N.A. They're Eclipse special experiment. Back on the second Black Comet he had multiple eggs of them but only four manage to survive after the crash to Angel Island," Rouge says.

"That's rough," Applejack says.

"If they're these Black Arms, what make these Dark Arms different?" Rainbow asks.

"They have these ability have hyper go on. They're able to fuse with Eclipse and gave him special ability," Knuckles says.

"Have you met Eclipse before Sonic?" Fluttershy asks.

"Only once, but Shadow, Rouge, and Knuckles know him better than we do," Sonic says.

Shadow asks, "What do we plan to do about it?"

The others look at Shadow with confused expression on their faces.

"What do you mean?" Applejack asks.

"From what I've heard, Eclipse is a danger to this world and everyone on it. He already tried to kill me and Sunset, and I don't want a repeat of that. He posses a threat to the world I swore to protect, I'll do what it takes to stop him," Shadow says.

Tails manage to speak up, "Wow. you sound just like our Shadow when he gets serious."

"Like I tell ya, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree," Rouge remarks.

"Don't even start," Mobius Shadow says.

Shadow turns to Sunset, "Sunset, are you sure you'll be alright."

"I told you, I'll be fine. I just need to take it easy for a while," Sunset says.

"Are you sure? You were almost suffocated. I just, want to make sure nothing happened to you," Shadow says.

Sunset smiles and places shadow on her lap, "I'll be fine. I handle a lot of scrape more than this. And trust me, helping my friends is a lot worth it."

"I just… I don't want Eclipse to hurt you again. He nearly got to both of us," Shadow says.

"Don't worry, this time we'll stick together and make sure Eclipse doesn't get the jump on us.

"Um okay," Shadow says, blushing a little to Sunset.

Mobius Shadow acts like he isn't paying attention, but looks to see how much his counterpart is getting along with Sunset Shimmer. He hasn't seen something like this since his time with Maria.

Mobius Shadow says in thought, "Sunset Shimmer…? She somehow reminds me of…. My lost Maria. Maybe that's why my counterpart is so close to her. I need to be careful about this. If he's anything like me, he;ll take whatever happens to hear very hard like he did before. Eclipse will most likely use her against him."

As the group continue to talk about the plan, they are not aware that they are being spied on by the Darkling and his Dark Arms. He is also able to use the mind link to secretly sneak into their thoughts without knowing. Hel also find interesting information that he is able to use.

"So, the Shadow who lived in this world has strong affection for this Sunset Shimmer. He seem that serious about her since I was close to finish her off. I need to think carefully on how to get him on my side," Eclipse says in thought.

He smirks showing his sharp teeth, "And I think this Sunset Shimmer is the key to get that Shadow to let his guard down. I just need to get her without them noticing. And soon, I'll finally have a brother to join me in my cause."