Hm. I'm REALLY behind on this, aren't I? I'd better get writing again so I can at least be caught up enough for Sonic Next's release.
Shadow the Hedgehog and the others are owned by Service Games (SEGA).
Journal of an Ultimate Lifeform
"Righteous" Vengeance
Turns out I was right about Rouge. The pathetic little creature didn't even try to deny it. Unfortunately, she wasn't just there for the Emeralds. She was also snooping around the ARK's classified files for information regarding the project I originated from. She was wondering if the thing in the file was of the real ultimate lifeform, then what was I? Regrettably, I didn't have an answer…
Luckily for me, the Doctor chose that time to contact me, saying that he had procured the last Emerald and that someone was trying to get to the Eclipse Cannon. Realizing that there was no room for mistakes at this point, I quickly told that traitorous bat to leave the Chaos Emeralds alone if she wanted to live. I wanted to kill her on the spot, but there was no time for that. Before I could leave, though, Rouge insisted on finishing out our conversation. I told her that there was no doubt: I know I'm the real Shadow. However, she brought up the possibility that my memories might be as fake as I am. …I couldn't exactly deny that possibility, but it's still me, Shadow. All that matters is fulfilling my promise to Maria…
After taking a shortcut I knew of, I arrived at the Cannon's runway entrance. Guess who was there?
That's right. THE BLUE HEDGEHOG. I swear, he never ceases to surprise me. I could've sworn that capsule he was in exploded with him in it. As we walked along, he showed me the fake Emerald. It made sense, but there's no way he could've used Chaos Control, even with a fake Emerald. He simply smirked at my disbelief. We then started to jog, and I stated that there must've been more to him than just looking like me. I demanded to know who or what he was. He simply said that he was just a guy that loves adventure and that his name was Sonic the Hedgehog. We then started running. While he had my respect, I still couldn't let him live.
It was certainly a heated battle. The walkway we were on seemed to go on forever. There were meteors everywhere, which made it difficult to line up a decent Homing Attack at times. I was able to shower Sonic with my Chaos Spear attack, but he retaliated with a whirlwind attack he called "Sonic Wind". Hmph. He would have to name the attack after himself. I was winning at first, but, sadly, I must admit that Sonic defeated me and used the fake Emerald to destroy the Cannon.
…Or so they thought. Somehow, the Doctor managed to get away with the last Emerald and put it in the Cannon. Immediately after he did that though, Professor Gerald's program was activated. With the power of all seven Chaos Emeralds, the ARK was able to destroy Earth just by crashing into it. Heh. The fools. They had no idea of Gerald's real plan. Not even his own grandson. Ivo even stooped as low as to ally with Sonic and the others to stop the ARK at the Cannon's Core. Hmph. As if it'll do them any good.
Finally, I've fulfilled my promise. At last, Maria...we have our revenge.
Shadow the Hedgehog
The next few chapters are going to be a bit different. For obvious reasons. If you don't know what I'm taking about, go play Sonic Adventure 2.
