"Guys, we found him!" Rouge said very happily. Knuckles quickly looked over and smiled.
"Yes! Let's go bring in Shadow, and Omega! We'll definitely have more help for our next big mission now. But I think we should lay low. Sonic, you wanna go bring them in?" Sonic nodded, and pulled up his gloves.
"Yeah! I'll be back in a minute!" Sonic dashed out, and into the Mystic Jungle. As he was running though, a few Aero-Chasers came up from behind and flew in front of him. And then they charge their lasers and fire at Sonic. Naturally, he dodged the lasers, quickly stepping to the right, before boosting, and jumping toward one, and kicking it in the head, but then another chaser fired at Sonic, lasering him, but destroying the other robots in the process. He flopped on the wet grass, and was about to be finished by the robot, before laserfire destroys it and guns it down. Omega charged in, and landed with his fist crushing through the robot. Sonic got up, as Shadow teleported next to Omega.
"Looks like you almost got your hide fried, Sonic... What took you?" Sonic snarked, getting up.
"Well, so sorry! I was busy dealing with some Ro-Butt-Nik's dumbots! And you weren't any quicker! You and your Chaos Control!" Sonic grinned, patting Shadow's shoulder. Shadow quickly shrugged it off.
"Come on, Shadow. I gotta take you and Omega back to-" Sonic was interrupted, as the forest was suddenly lit aflame. More Aero-Chasers rushed out of the trees, and fired at the trio.
"Come on guys! We gotta blast outta here!" Sonic pointed deeper into the forest, boosting away. It didn't take long for Shadow and Omega to catch up.
"How long have these robots been pursuing you?" Shadow said, skating next to Sonic. Omega was flying alongside Shadow, looking back and shooting the Aero-Chasers.
"For a little while, right when I started to find you!" Sonic said, before getting lasered and tripping. Sonic was on one knee, and about to be lasered, before Shadow warped and kicked the robot out of the way, while Omega was covering them.
"Lost your footing, faker?" Shadow said. Sonic shook his head and got up, wiping himself off.
"Oh, please! I can do this all day!" He said, before dashing off, Omega, and Shadow close behind. Motobugs were chasing after them now. Sonic knocked into them, and Shadow jumped forward, turned back and used Chaos Spears to take out more robots, before a tree fell down and stopped them in their tracks for a moment. They quickly hopped over, but then someone landed and broke right through the fallen tree. It was Zavok. He was back, and he was angry. Anybody could tell he's a fake, through his glitching, and phasing from reality. Sonic got knocked back, but he caught the grass with his hand, and did a backflip, landing swiftly.
"Enough of all of your foolery, you three are going to be destroyed, right here, right now!" Zavok yelled. Omega turned and put his fist in his other hand.
"SCANS CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE A FAKE. FAKE RELATING TO THE DOCTOR. DESTROY." Omega said, before shooting at Zavok. While Zavok was taking the hits, Sonic rushed over and roundhouse kicked the back of Zavok's head, but then He turned back, knocking the back of his hand into Sonic's face, knocking him back a distance. Then a tree was cut by an Aero-Chaser, and the tree was gonna fall on Sonic, but he rolled out of the way quickly. Meanwhile, Shadow was quickly fighting Zavok, while Omega was covering them by shooting any incoming robots. Sonic quickly rejoined the fight, kicking Zavok in the back, which caught him off guard.
"Agh! Why you little runt! I'm gonna-" Shadow cut off Zavok by kicking him in the head. Sonic jumped up, dodging a punch from Zavok, but then Zavok turned around and launched his fist into Shadow's face, knocking him back a distance, then he grabbed Sonic's leg while he was in the air, and slammed him down. Sonic and Shadow were both knocked down, damaged. Zavok stepped on Sonic's back while he was on the ground, slowly crushing him. He was laughing.
"Hahaha... Goodbye, finally... You puny hedgehog..." But then suddenly, Zavok took a fist to the face from Omega.
"TARGET REACQUIRED TO ZAVOK. BEGINNING ANNIHILATION." Omega then loaded a grenade launcher, shooting one at a time. 'Ker-chunk! Ker-chunk! Ker-chunk!' Zavok knocked one away, then knocked another the other way, then punched right through the third one into Omega, explosions were all around them.
The forest was completely on fire. Trees were falling down, and lighting aflame, and the robot army just wouldn't stop growing. Sonic got an SOS call from Amy.
"Sonic?! Are you okay? The forest is lighting aflame, what's going on?!" There was no response from Sonic.
"S-Sonic?" Eventually Sonic picked up the radio.
"Amy... It's an ambush! Eggman sent his army and Zavok to kick our butts, and they are! I found Shadow and Omega, but they're not doing too good... If I'm not back in an hour... Then... well, see you on the flipside, Amy..." Sonic turned off his radio, and looked up at Zavok, who was battling Omega. Omega had some burn marks and battle damage, but he still functioned completely fine. Omega launched a very strong punch into Zavok's stomach, launching him back. Meanwhile, Shadow was doing fine destroying Eggman's robots. Sonic was about to get up to join Omega to fight Zavok, but Egg Pawns were launched in, and they immediately open fire on Sonic. He cartwheels out of the way of some shots, and rushes over kicking one down, and then jumping up, and kicking a robot into two others, destroying them immediately. Sonic ran over to Shadow.
"Shadow! This forest is a lost cause! Let's grab Omega and get out of here!" Shadow nods, but then they hear yelling and fast and aggressive footsteps.
"AARRGGGHHH!" Zavok was charging right at them, and Sonic jumps up, and places his hands on Zavok's shoulders, and does a frontflip over him, as Zavok runs into a tree. But then when he looks up, he sees Omega had to reboot and got busted up.
"Shadow! You go get Omega! I'll take care of Big Buff Red Guff!" Sonic stretches his legs, as Zavok walks closer, putting his fist in his palm.
"So, do you have a gigantic bee that I can kick your butt on? Or do you just want to take care of this the easy way?" Sonic says, grinning. Zavok growls and lands a punch, that Sonic easily dodged. While behind Zavok, Sonic jumped on his back, punching the back of his head over and over before, jumping up and on his head, and kicking it, doing a backflip off of it. Zavok just got angrier, and turned around about to punch Sonic in the face, before an orange blur comes by knocking him out from the act. Shadow drifts in the dirt. Sonic looks at Shadow, and smiles, giving a thumbs up. Shadow just rolled his eyes, with the slight smirk. Zavok shook his head, but then summoned a robot army, and made them launch an attack on the duo, laughing.
Sonic ran to his left, and Shadow ran to his right, boosting and smashing right through any robots in their way, before circling around Zavok quickly, creating a gust of wind that picked him up. Then Shadow punched him down, and beat on him, punching and kicking him. Zavok looked bruised and beaten, and was about to do a slow and strong punch. Shadow just stood there, smiling. Sonic then jumped up really high, and launched himself into Zavok, knocking Zavok down, and for the count. Sonic casually walked off of Zavok, and he disappeared into pixels. He looked at Shadow.
"Heh, not so bad, Shadow!" Sonic said, smirking. Shadow crossed his arms, and rolled his eyes.
"Let's just get back to your base before this place burns down on top of us. Omega, let's roll." Shadow said. Omega readied his jet boosters, and the two ran on Sonic's lead.
Meanwhile, the base was worried about Sonic and Shadow. The door opened, and only Shadow came in. His eyes were a bit strange though.
"Shadow! Oh, I'm so glad to see you..." Rouge said. Shadow didn't say much.
"Wh...Where's Sonic?" Amy said. Shadow looked down blankly.
"Gone." The entire base looked shocked. Even Gadget, who had been moping around, had his eyes widened.
"Wh-What?! What happened?" Tails said.
"Look at the forest, kid. It's burnt to the ground. Sonic didn't make it out. Heh, I always knew he was just a poser." Tails furrowed his eyebrows a bit at that remark.
"Sh-Shadow? You realize he's... Gone... Why would you just make short notice of him like that?" Rouge said.
Espio looked suspicious.
"Shadow... If you knew Sonic was in the forest... Why would you just leave him to burn? Who started the fire, or sent the robots?" Espio said. Shadow just shrugged it off. Espio was still suspicious.
"Well whatever it is, we have to give him a proper burial. We can't just leave him!" Gadget said. Shadow shook his head.
"No need. His body is already cremated in what used to be the forest. He's gone for good." Everyone just gave a dirty look at Shadow. Shadow's eyes started to look stranger. His body glitched a bit.
"Sh-Shadow?" Rouge said, then turning around.
"Okay guys... Find a Red Star Ring, Shadow isn't acting right-" Then, Shadow charged a Chaos Spear, and launched it straight through Rouge's abdomen. She fell on her knees, and collapsed. Everyone looked horrified. 'Shadow' started to glitch and turn into a mess. Silver got up from his seat, and tried to freeze Shadow in his place. Shadow struggled and broke free, causing Silver to panic and launch him through the wall and out onto the sandy grass. Shadow drifted, and Silver launched out, shooting psychic blades at him. Shadow was able to deflect all of them, and he ran up and did a roundhouse kick to Silver's head. Espio and Vector came out to assist Silver. Espio threw stars at Shadow, and Vector took the offense, punching Shadow. Shadow kneed Vector in the gut, and warped to behind Espio and kicked out his knees, before punching him down. Amy and Gadget came out. Amy swung her hammer and Gadget threw some flames. While everyone was attacking Shadow, he suddenly...
"Chaos... BLAST!"
((Author's note: Hey guys! Sorry for the delay in updates, procrastination takes over. I promise I'll be working on the story more! Just give it time! Have a good Christmas! =D
