((Ok, I put some song links here, but as you can see, they aren't working. So basically, if you want to listen to a song I selected for this chapter, you have to do this. For a link, just put http:/www. than what the link name says like Youtube than add .com and than add the addon that is put after the semicolon, like watch?v=kb8wxZsYcno ;I hope it helps you))

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Mephiles made it to the fortress, not knowing Shadow and his friends were following him. The baby he had was surprisingly quiet, but he didn't think too much of it.

Shadow was in the lead, Rapunzel and Eugene following him. Even though it had been four years since they last came to the fortress, both Rapunzel and Eugene knew where to go.

Mephiles looked down, seeing Shadow and his pathetic friends getting closer to him. He needed to do something to distract them so he can stop them from catching him. He looked at the baby in his grip and got an idea. He looked down at his pursuers and simply tossed the baby aside before landing on the ground.

Shadow ran as fast as he could and leaped into the air, catching Krisie before she hit the ground. He cradled her safely in his arms as Rapunzel and Eugene ran over to him.

"Is she aliv-" Rapunzel began to ask, but stopped once she saw her daughter.

((Never Turn Back - Piano Solo starts playing [Youtube/watch?v=tgzCCNuXamo]))

Krisie had many cuts on her from the broken glass. Her body was almost covered in blood and she wasn't moving or breathing at all.

Shadow closed his eyes, holding his head down. He knew she was dead and it probably was from Mephiles when he smashed through the window. He turned and looked at Eugene and Rapunzel, feeling their loss. "I'm sorry she's dead. I wish I would have been quicker in getting to the castle."

Rapunzel gently took Krisie out of Shadow's arms and cried, burying her face into Eugene's chest. Eugene laid his head ontop of hers, holding her close and cried silently.

((Music stops))

Mephiles watched all of the misery and sadness, started laughing, which caused everyone to look at him with hateful stares. "Awww, too bad it died. That baby would have made a good future slave."

((Indestructible starts playing (skip start and play at 0:32) [Youtube/watch?v=Hj2vU2nr5Jw]))

Shadow growled angrily and charged at Mephiles and punched the evil hedgehog's face. Mephiles was sent sailing backwards, slamming onto the ground. "I'm sending you back to hell where you belong!" Shadow shouted after Mephiles got back up.

The Sol Emeralds were knocked away from his body when he slammed onto the ground landing on the ground in a circular formation. Mephiles got back up, glaring at Shadow angrily. "Killing you will be the greatest thing I will ever do here." He ran at Shadow, growling with frustration and anger.

Shadow also shot forward and the two hedgehogs collided, punching at one another. Mephiles threw two good punches, which sent Shadow backwards. Mephiles laughed evilly and charged forward, elbowing Shadow in the gut, pushing him back, which Mephiles finished with an uppercut to Shadow's face. The black and red hedgehog landed on his back, grunting in pain.

Mephiles walked over to him, about to fire his beam, but suddenly Shadow curled up into a ball, quickly revving himself up and shot forward, slamming into Mephiles, running him over. Shadow quickly uncurled himself and did a long distanced back flip, roundhouse kicking Mephiles in the back of the head, which sent the black and gray hedgehog backwards. Shadow quickly landed and ran over to Mephiles, kicking the hedgehog's chin, sending Mephiles flying up into the air. Shadow used his jet thrusters to fly up and drop kick Mephiles' head, sending him plummeting back to the ground below. Mephiles quickly got back on his feet and leaped into the air as Shadow came back down to the ground and delivered a hard kick to Shadow's face, sending Shadow skywards. Mephiles flew over to Shadow, catching him while Shadow was upside down, preparing to pile-drive him into the ground.

Shadow managed to get out of unconsciousness just in time to realize the ground was rapidly getting closer. He looked up and saw Mephiles plunging him to the ground and quickly swung his right foot forward, nailing Mephiles in the face. The black and gray hedgehog released Shadow while he was knocked backwards. Shadow activated his shoes' jet thrusters and hovered in midair, the palms of his hands glowing yellow. "Chaos Spear!" he shouted as multiple spears of energy shot out.

The yellow spears of chaos energy slammed into Mephiles' body, exploding against his chest, causing him to yell in pain, but two more shots of Chaos Spears slammed into him, causing him to fall to the ground. Shadow charged up more Chaos Spears and flew above Mephiles, firing the spears again, which pushed Mephiles to the ground faster. When Mephiles slammed into the ground, his impact shot up rocks, dirt and grass high into the air.

Shadow landed on the ground safely with the help of his jet thrusters and walked over to where Mephiles landed. The crater Mephiles created wasn't that big in widths, but it was a smallish-sized depth. He looked over to Rapunzel and Eugene, who had been watching the battle. Rapunzel was still holding Krisie closely, hoping that maybe she was unconscious. Shadow felt the need to kill Mephiles to avenge his friend start to take over his emotions. While Shadow was looking at them, a purple beam shot out of the crater, slamming into him and knocked him backwards.

((Song stops))


Rapunzel and Eugene watched in horror as Mephiles crawled out of the crater and proceeded to Shadow. Mephiles' chest fur was burnt from where the Chaos Spears had hit him. He looked pretty battered from Shadow's assault. The sight of Shadow struggling to get back up caused him to laugh. Shadow was also pretty battered from the fight. Mephiles kicked Shadow in the back hard, sending him flying backwards. Shadow landed in front of the Sol Emeralds, but Mephiles jetted over to him fast and grabbed Shadow's throat with one hand and lifted him up, moving him away from the emeralds.

"It's finally come down to this. I'm so glad I will be the one killing you rather than my creators," Mephiles said.

"What?" Shadow said, looking at Mephiles with a confused and surprised look.

"The true purpose of my creation and coming here to bring you back to my creators so they could kill you. That's why I look like you. I was based off your very own design, so in a sense, I am also the ultimate life form, but after I kill you, I will be the only ultimate life form," Mephiles said, raising his other hand, pointing his palm at Shadow's face. "Sayanora, Shadow the Hedgehog," Mephiles said with an evil laugh as his palm began glowing purple brightly.

Suddenly, a yellow laser beam shot through Mephiles' body, causing him to release Shadow. Shadow landed on the ground and watched Mephiles' body fall to the ground with a sickening thud. Metal Sonic had just saved Shadow. The robot walked over to Mephiles and looked down at Mephiles, yanking him up, which caused a groan of pain to come from Mephiles. Mephiles now had a large wound in the right corner of his torso that caused purple blood to leak onto the ground. "Metal Sonic...you traitor."

"The only one that is ruling this place is me. Not you," said Metal Sonic. With that, he tossed Mephiles' body forward. The black and gray hedgehog slammed against the ground and began rolling over to the foot of his crater. He couldn't move in the state he was in, so he simply laid there.

Shadow charged forward to stop Metal Sonic from getting the emeralds, but he was punched in the gut and kicked away. "Fool, stay away if you know what's good for you." Metal Sonic said before proceeding over to the emeralds. He stood in the circle they made and suddenly the emeralds started floating around him, glowing brightly. His body then started to become white as the emeralds went into him.

When the white light faded, a new Metal Sonic stood before them. He was a little bit taller and there were more head quills then before and they were larger. The quills' positions made them look like there was a starfish connected to the back of his head. Single white stripes were on each quill, like Shadow's and also like Shadow, he now had a white stripe on the corners of his eyes. His ears were now red inside and his nose was black. He had black, curved shoulder plates, large gauntlets and leg armor, which had pointed knee caps and white outlines. A plate covered his pelvis and red and white elf-like shoes were place of his regular robot shoes. He was no longer simply Metal Sonic, he was now Neo Metal Sonic.

Rapunzel and Eugene watched as the sky got even darker and rain began to fall all around. Lightning streaked through the sky, lighting up the scenery and giving Neo Metal Sonic a disturbing look. Rapunzel then noticed the body of Mephiles laying on the ground, not moving. She could see that Mephiles was still breathing, but it was in short, rapid bursts, looking like it hurt for him to simply breath due to the hole in his chest. Rapunzel saw a sharp, jagged rock close by and gently handed Krisie to Eugene. Eugene looked at her, wondering what she was doing as Rapunzel picked up the rock and started walking over to Mephiles.

"Rapunzel?" asked Eugene.

Rapunzel ignored him, still walking over to the dying hedgehog, stopping right in front of him. Mephiles' eyes looked up at her. "What do you want?" he said, coughing pain as he spoke. She glared angrily at Mephiles, raising the sharp rock she held above her head. "This is for my daughter you bastard," she said before slamming the rock down, impaling Mephiles right between his eyes.

Mephiles' arms went up into the air during the impaling, but soon fell back to the ground. The evil hedgehog was finally dead.

Rapunzel went back to Eugene and hugged him. "He's dead. Now our daughter can rest in peace," she said, closing her eyes tightly. Her eyes then sprang open and she got out of the hug, looking at Eugene. "The song. We can bring Krisie back with the song!" she said happily and quickly wrapped some of her hair around Krisie's body.

"Flower, gleam and glow

Let your power shine

Make the clock reverse

Bring back what once was mine

Heal what has been hurt

Change the Fates' design

Save what has been lost

Bring back what once was mine

What once was mine"

After the song, Krisie's wounds began healing up.


Neo Metal Sonic laughed evilly as he watched Shadow get back up and walk over to him. "How do you plan to beat me without the Sol Emeralds' power to help you?"

Shadow stopped in front of the robot and took off both his wrist rings, letting them fall to the ground. "I don't need any damn emeralds!" he shouted before charging at him, a burst of yellow energy surrounding him from the sides and behind.


End of Chapter 7

A/N: Yes I just made Rapunzel swear. Wouldn't you if someone killed your daughter or son and you had to the chance to kill their killer?

Update: I changed the song from Never Turn Back to Indestructible.