Meanwhile Knuckles and Rogue were climbing the walls on Eggman's base. Rogue was leading the way as Knuckles followed behind.

The echidna jabbed his fist into the side of the fortress.

"I don't see why we don't just bust into the place." He said angrily.

"That would take up to much time." replied Rogue as she looked down at him." And time is of the essence." She looked back at Knuckles as he angrily continued to jab his fists into the wall. He didn't like all the sneaking and being quiet. He would much prefer to run in and take the emeralds and bash down anyone in his way. "Remember." She continued." Stay quiet." Knuckles grunted in reply.

The two continued climbing until they came to the top of the fortress. It was a glass dome and you could see right through it. The two stood cautiously on top trying to make a sound. They peered down and looked at the ground below.

They could see a laboratory, no doubt 's. However it didn't seem as if anyone was around, but still they had to be cautious. As they looked around they saw a container holding the six glowing gems. Rogue starred aimlessly at them. Knuckles gave her a nudge.

"Remember why we're here." He said." Shadow's gonna need these if he's gonna beat Negaduck."

"Right." replied Rogue. Then she looked around for a way in.

"Let's go around." She whispered to Knuckles." Then we'll decrease the risk of-". She was cut off as Knuckles lunged forward and punched through the glass. Then he fell onto the ground below."What happened to being quiet?" called out Rogue from above.

"Are you coming or not?" asked Knuckles. Then Knuckles went over to the box holding the emeralds. Rogue flew down behind him.

"That's funny." She said."There's no alarm."

"Who cares." said Knuckles. Then Knuckles went to grab the emeralds, but as he got close, the emeralds were suddenly sealed away inside a greater container. "What the hell?"

Then Rogue and Knuckles turned around, and standing there was the mad doctor himself, Eggman. In his hand was remote-like object with a button on it. Most likely it closed off the emeralds to them.

"Eggman!" they both exclaimed.

"That's right, it's Me." said Eggman. Then the three took a few moments to look at each other." So." said Eggman finally." To what do I owe the pleasure?"

"Doctor." said Rogue as she stepped forward." This might sound strange but we're all in real danger. There's a crazed maniac out there who's destroying everything, and Shadow's the only one who could stop him."

"Do you mean that duck?" asked Eggman.

"What?" exclaimed Knuckles and Rogue together.

" How do you know about him?" asked Knuckles. Eggman clicked the button on his remote. Then a large TV screen appeared. It was a video of the battle between Shadow and Negaduck.

"I've been watching this whole time." told Eggman." And I must say it's been very interesting."

"I knew you were involved somehow." barked Knuckles at Eggman."Stop all this right-"

"I've nothing to do with this." said Eggman interrupting Knuckles. " Since my defeat those few months ago I've been here, working and collecting the chaos emeralds.'

"So you have nothing to do with this?" asked Knuckles. The doctor nodded back.

"Doctor." said Rogue. Both Knuckles and Eggman turned to her." Would it be possible for us to have those last six emeralds?" Eggman raised an eyebrow at her." This'll sound crazy." continued Rogue." But it's our only hope, we need Shadow to turn into hyper Shadow if he's going to defeat Negaduck."

"Shadow seems to be holding his own fine against Negaduck." replied Eggman.

"We can't take that chance." said Rogue."This is our last chance."

Eggman stood and considered this for a moment. On one hand if he did help they'd defeat Negaduck, but then he have to deal with that blasted Hedgehg and his friends.

On the other hand if he didn't help them, Negaduck could win and thus kill all those who have been a threat to Eggman before. But that means he'd be much stronger than everyone else, even Sonic. The only option Eggman could see then would be to bargain with the duck for supremacy. Thus losing a share of his empire. But Eggman bows to no man.

He had made up his mind.

"I was so hoping to make the ultimate weapon powered by the chaos emeralds." Eggman signed."Oh well." Then Eggman pushed the button on his remote and the container opened up holding the six chaos emeralds.

Knuckles ran over and grabbed the emeralds. Then he and Rogue took off into the air.

"Thank you Doctor." called out Rogue before flying off. Eggman waved the two off. Then he turned his attention back to the TV screen he had and continued to watch the battle. Shadow had just entered his pose.

At the battle. Shadow laid out like a sprinter, his body long and stretched out. Negaduck slowly approached him, thinking in no way could Shadow harm him in such an extreme way. He would soon find out how wrong he could be.

Then Shadow kicked off his back legs and ran towards Negaduck. He was moving so fast he was barely visible, Negaduck had a hard time finding him. Then Shadow upon going so fast curled up into a ball. Then he slammed into Negaduck.

The impact of the hit was devastating, but it didn't end there. Shadow keep moving. He kept moving Negaduck back and back, the duck to weak counter.

Then Shadow kept moving. He slammed Negaduck through a building, then through three walls inside. Then upon hitting that third door Shadow slammed Negaduck into the floor. Then he stood above him.

Negaduck was tired and weak, he could only watch at what happens next. Shadow looked up at the ceiling, the he jumped up and shot through it.

Shadow then reached he top of the building. Then he began running around in a circle at a high velocity. He was planning to make another tornado, but much worse than the last one.

The winds started to roar and howl. Dirt and debris were being thrown around. Even the ground untouched by the battle was being torn up. A giant black tornado began to form around the building Negaduck was in.

Inside the building Negaduck saw it all from the inside. The ground began to shake and rumbled. The walls slowly began to crack and brake. Small bits of debris came down from the ceiling and fell onto Negaduck's face. Then he became frightened. He heard the wind howling and growling around him.

Meanwhile outside Shadow increased his velocity. The winds began to move faster and faster. The ground ripped open around it. The building began to be picked up from the ground and was lifted in the air.

Then Shadow stepped outside his tornado and watched the climax. The winds twirled and ripped the building around.

Inside Negaduck struggled to get out, but couldn't. The building began to crumble. The walls broke down around him. Then he looked up to the unthinkable. With nothing to support the ceiling, it fell down upon him. The last thing he heard was the dreadful howl of the wind. Then the building fell down onto the earth with a mighty crash. It was over, Shadow had won.

Shadow turned to Onega.

"How much time do I have left?' he asked.

"One minute, thirty seconds." replied Omega.

"You can scratch that off." Told Shadow as he walked towards his robotic partner."We're done here."

"Mission completed." Said Omega. Shadow nodded and pulled out a cigarette and his lighter.

It was now that Sonic and the other fallen Heroes began to awake from their sleep. At that time as well Knuckles and Rogue also came back from their mission.

"What happened?" asked Rogue as she noticed all the destruction.

"It's over." told Shadow." I defeated Negaduck."

"No way." Said Mighty as he got up.

"Unbelievable." Said Vector.

Sonic walked up to Shadow.

"I must say." said Sonic." I'm really impressed with you Shadow. You defeated the bad guy, that's something I normally have to do." Shadow shot Sonic a look."Maybe you're a hero after all."

"Don't go making assumptions." replied Shadow. Then he flicked his lighter, but no flame came up. He flicked it again, still no flame.

"Then that means we got these emeralds for no reason." Said Knuckles angrily.

"Don't be mad Knuckles." said Rogue." You and I still got to have our little adventure." Knuckles gave rogue a blank stare.

"I'm sorry." said Julie-Su as she walked over. Knuckles' face turned form blank to frightened." You'll have what now?"

"I can explain." said Knuckles as he looked nervously from Rogue to Julie-Su.

"We'll always have those magical memories right knuckie-bear." said Rogue as she wrapped her arm around Knuckles with a happy smile.

"You'll have what." screamed Julie-Su.

Just then there was a rumbling in the earth. Everyone turned over to the destroyed building where they thought Negaduck lay. A bright light shined through the cracks of debris.

Then suddenly the bright light flashed, and Negaduck came booming out of the debris.

"Better add that minute back." said Shadow to Omega. Then Shadow took a step forward.

"STOP!" yelled Negaduck. He was very angry, he had almost been killed and now he wasn't playing by anyone's rules."Take one more step Shadow and I'll kill everyone over there." Negaduck pointed his finger out angrily and pointed it at Rogue.

Shadow chuckled."Go ahead, kill them all." Everyone turned to him." I don't care about any of these people, It would be a load off my back if you killed them." Then Shadow turned his attention back to his cigarette.

Negaduck was confused. What hero wouldn't care if he killed people? It didn't make any sense. Bu then Negaduck saw something.

Shadow flicked his lighter again and again but still no flame came out. But then Omega bent down, a small flame burning from his thumb.

"Thank you." said Shadow as he leaned in and lit his cigarette. Negaduck smiled and aimed his finger. Shadow stepped away and took a puff of his cigarette.

Just then a lightning bolt shot pasted his face, he turned over to see where it went. It hit Omega, went straight through him. The robot fell to the ground with a giant hole in his torso. Shadow's cigarette dropped from his mouth as fast as Omega did.

"NO." he screamed as he ran to Omega's side. Everyone watched on in horror at he sight. Negaduck stood back in enjoyment.

Shadow ran over and held Omega, holding his head in his hand.

"Omega, Omega!' said Shadow as he looked down at him. Omega's eyes began to flash from red to black." Omega buddy, it's gonna be alright. I'll get you out of here, I'll get you fixed and-". Shadow stopped once Omega reached out his hand and placed it on Shadow's shoulder. Omega took a look into Shadow's concerned face.

"It's alright." Said Omega."I'll be alright." Then Omega laid back in Shadow's hand."Thank you for being my friend." Then Omega's red eyes turned back. He was gone. Shadow stood there and held his lifeless body in his arms.

"It seems I found someone you cared for." said Negaduck with a chuckle in his voice.

Slowly and carefully Shadow laid Omega's head back onto the ground, then he stood up straight.

"You heartless, Ruthless." He grunted. Everyone began to step away from Shadow." Your going to pay for that." Then energy began to flow around Shadow. The chaos emeralds glowed and flew towards him, then hovered around him. As Shadow's anger increased the emeralds moved faster and faster around him. Then Shadow screamed out at the top of his lungs, then there was a blinding flash of light. Everyone averted their eyes.

When the light had gone everyone gazed on a new spectacle. Much like Negaduck before Shadow had transformed. He was now all gold except for the red on the back of his head. He glowed brightly in the night.

Even Negaduck was surprised at what he saw. But Shadow starred him down with a new fire and rage in his eyes. The battle wasn't over yet, now it was time for round two.