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Shadow's words fill me with a burning-indescribable rage that starts eating me from the inside. I've never been so humiliated, angry, and-and… this close to snapping before. He keeps going on with his stupid monologue about how amazing and spectacular he is, but all I hear is a horrible buzzing in my ears. I have to shut him up. It's life or death for me.

With a odd, battle-like cry, I lash out at him as much as I can and am surprised that I slice him across the cheek with my talon-like fingers. He's caught by surprise and lessens his grip on me. I kick him off and scramble to my feet. We face each other and he wipes the blood away from his muzzle nonchalantly, his eyes asking me if that's the best I can do.

Oh, that is it!

I lunge at him, fingers outstretched. Shadow sees my attack coming and crouches, kicking me in the back of the head as I near him. I reel and get a face full of dirt, ashes, and the residue from my not-so-successful copies as I skid to the ground.

I. Freaking. Hate. That. Hedgehog.

"You're pathetic," snarls Shadow, encouraged by my humiliation. I pull myself up to my hands and knees, shaking with ire as he continues mocking me. Shut up. Just…just shut up!

I fly to my feet, hands outstretched. In my anger, I release an orb of Dark Chaos Energy and it flies at Shadow. It nails him in the chest, knocking him off his feet and into a column behind him. He grunts in surprise and pain as he slowly slides down to the ground. A cool rush of excitement courses through me. He's in pain! Finally!
I walk towards him, looking forward to bringing him even more pain. Maybe things will turn out well for me after—

A shower of bullets in front of me momentarily breaks my concentration.

Shadow and I look in unison at the source of the sudden firearms. When I see who is responsible for it, I have to fight the urge to scream, "No fair!" like a spoiled little brat. But, it's really not fair! I mean, where the heck did this stupid robot come from?

"Omega," says Shadow quietly, obviously relieved by the robot's presence.

"Now-Is-Designated-Time," says the hunk of tin monotonously. "I-Shall-Assist." Instantly, more firearms replace his hands and he starts sending showers bullets towards me. I don't even bother moving. The bullets hit me, but fall to the ground in a useless pile of dented metal.

I, however, remain unharmed and revived by the fact that this robot cannot harm me. So much for Shadow's cavalry! Who's the Ultimate now?

I spread my arms out and a new army of my countless Aquatic-Demon-Like-Clones. Omega starts shooting at me again but to no avail. And Shadow follows Omega, looking somewhat drained…I guess I hit him harder than I thought.

Well, can you blame me? I was a little more than angry. But, this proves it! I'm not like Shadow! I'm more powerful and more-

A sudden burst of pain on my midsection sends me reeling. I look at Omega and see that he just shot a cannon-like weapon at me. And…it worked? The robot sees that I'm slightly surprised and he attacks me again with the weapon. Again, I'm sent reeling.

No! I will not lose! Not here! Not like this! If you want to win, you can't just defend— I raise my hands above my head— you've got to attack!

With a strange yell I slam my hands down, sending an enormous orb of energy at the two of them. It hits the robot, but does little, if anything, to daunt him.

Omega, now knowing what his Ace in the Hole is, fires shot after shot of that strange weapon. I try to dodge, but he shoots several of them at once, making it close to impossible to evade the attack. My energy level drains…and drains….and drains…on and on…

Suddenly, Shadow is in front of me. Before I can even register what's going on, he socks me in the jaw, almost shattering it. I twist and fly backwards. I hit the ground once, twice, three times before skidding to a stop.

I grunt and haul myself to a siting up position, making the world spin. I stand and stumble around a bit, overcome with vertigo. I see Shadow watching me, his eyes gloating with victory and laughing at me. He's laughing at me.

I snarl furiously and hold my hand above my head. Instantly, a time portal appears and sparks almost welcomingly. I leap into the portal and hear Shadow sputter my name in surprise and anger. I quickly alter the time stream of the portal; ergo if he follows me (and I know he will) then he'll end up in a different time period than I.

But, just wait…when I get enough of my energy back…Shadow the Hedgehog will regret the day he sealed me in that horrible prison.