Chapter 7
"Looking good Tails!" Sonic exclaimed as he looked at the newly developed shoe. "Other than the look, what is the technology behind it?"
"Well," Tails began. "The first thing I did is create a much stronger, more flexible composite material to form the base of the shoe. After, I pretty much went crazy! I made a complex system of tiny aluminum wires which are embedded in the base of your shoe. They all run to a collection of switches, or a computer, which tells where to transfer the heat to. For example, if the back of your shoe becomes hotter than the front of your shoe, then it transfers the heat from the back of the shoe to the front of your shoe by connecting the two wires which comes from the front and back of the shoe, and then the heat naturally flows. However, it is much more complex than that. If you look at the bottom of the shoe, you'll see about 200 small pinheads. Those are the heads of all the wires, and each one runs to the tiny computer. Each wire has an address. So if the computer reads that the wire at address (2, 10) (which is the pinhead that is 2 to the right and 10 up.) then it will transfer the heat from only that wire to a much cooler wire. This computer is able to do this about twice the speed of the fastest CPU (Central Processing Unit). So this chip can do this approximately 10 trillion times in one second, all of it while maintaining a size less than 1/100 of the size. Also, there are small wind tunnels which serve to do the same thing, but instead of transferring heat it transfers cooling air from the wind hitting the front of the shoe to the hotter parts of it. I don't want you ruining this shoe, so I made sure to put a device inside the chip that reads the stress levels of all the wires. It finds the average stress level and transfers the information to your comm.-watch. Shadow's shoes were updated and has the same technology also."
Sonic stared at the shoe. The classical buckled red shoes were no longer needed, and now he has a shoe worth much more, it has a place on the bottom that is curved inward, which allows him to grind on rails much easier. (If you want a picture, just go find Sonic's shoes which were in Sonic Adventure 2.)
"Well its time to go!" Shadow said.
"How exactly are we going to get to the ground when we are at 100,000 ft?" Sonic asked.
"Well." Tails began once more. "There are pods in the control room that launches you to any target within 200 miles from us. You sorta get launched in a capsule that has the same technology as a missile. It will guide you towards the target and then it will launch you out of the capsule and straight to the target. You'll see how it works, but right now you guys need get to the Chaos Emerald. My radar is picking up robots within 20 miles of the area." Tails ran to the control interface while pointing Sonic and Shadow to the loading area on the right. Sonic and Shadow immediately hopped into the capsules. It had a cushion on the bottom which they can lie on. After they hopped in, and Tails pushed a few buttons, the glass doors to the capsules closed. Tails touched one more button and then they were gone. I hope they will be okay! Tails thought. I never got to test it properly! This was the first time this ever happened.
Sonic stared at the HUD (Heads Up Display) which showed his present altitude, speed and heading. As soon as the altitude hit 15,000 ft (which took literally 3 minutes. He was descending at a unbelievable rapid rate.) another box in the HUD appeared and started to count down till platform launch time. 3…2…1… Suddenly, an explosive detonated and blew off the semi-sphere cover. Sonic stared at the ground below, and then quickly realized a flaw in the system. O GOD NO! He thought with his eyes wide open. The cover which blew off was not pushed far enough away from the capsule and recovered the entrance backwards, giving Sonic a small room to maneuver. The HUD showed that the platform under him will be launched in 3 seconds. Sonic quickly jumped up a small bit, just enough for his whole body to come off the platform. The platform launched and hit the backwards faced cover. The cover was much too hard for it to go through, so the platform bounced off, nearly hit Sonic (who landed back on the bared metal floor of the capsule) and landed right behind him. The HUD showed that the entire capsule will detonate in 30 seconds. What on earth am I to do now! I'm locked in the capsule which is about to blow up in less than 30 seconds. If I manage to get outside, I'll fall too fast for me to land without damaging myself. Then again, if I don't do anything, I'll be in pieces anyways. I'm getting out of this thing, despite the risk It's better to have a broken leg rather than be broken into dust! Sonic jumped to the opposite side of the capsule, then launched himself as hard as he could (which was break necking speed) and at the same time, positioned himself to kicked the inside-out capsule lid. Like it was written, the capsule launched off while he was already propelled out, about 3 seconds before a deafening explosion.
He frantically searched for a building where he could slow down on. Luckily, he was over downtown Station Square He counted his lucky stars as he saw one below in a foot's reach, enough for him to run down and slow himself. He landed on the vertical window with a squeak, and paced himself to slow down. Just to his right, down on the ground in an alley was a light blue glow. There it is! Sonic thought as he looked just to the right of the Chaos Emeralds location, there he saw Shadow ready to pick up the Chaos Emerald.
Suddenly, there was a bright flash, and Shadow was launched away. Immediately, Sonic leapt off the tall building and landed on a roof top. He was approaching the scene when he saw the cause of the explosion. Some new types of robots, obviously made by Eggman, were approaching the shining jewel.
"Well, I guess its time to have some fun!" Sonic shouted, to nobody in particular. Sonic jumped and landed between the group of robots and the blue jewel.
"So what are your names?" Sonic asked them.
"We are the E-100000 series." Replied the leading robot. "Now please step away from the Emerald and you'll not get hurt."
"Not happening!" Immediately, every robot unleashed a series of bullets, one after the other, turning the wall behind Sonic into a replica of those holed cheese. Sonic leapt, bounced off a nearby wall, and turned into his Sonic spin. A split second before Sonic turned to head for the leading robot, Shadow initiated remote Chaos Control, launched the leading robot into the air, and then disappeared once more. Sonic headed for the airborne robot and attempted to cut right through him. However, he was surprised because for the first time, instead of cutting through the robot, he merely hit him even farther away from himself, indicating the armor was terribly strong. The robot, as if he was Sonic himself, recovered from his hit and landed on his feet, cracking the dry cement. He unleashed more bullets that were more accurate than before. Desperately trying to not get hit, Sonic twirled in the air, and launched himself off all the walls surrounding him at near Mach 2. He managed to accomplish this without getting a scratch. However, Shadow was now in trouble because he was found, and was now getting shot upon. He did nearly everything in his might to dodge the pin-point accurate, steel bullets. He was not yet able to break Mach 1.5. The robots split themselves into two groups, and then started to go for instant kill. Sonic leapt up, bounced off the wall on his right, and the one off his left and then headed for the middle line of robots. All I need to do, Sonic thought, is hit the middle robot as hard as I can, then it will hit the rest of the robots behind, and then soon, I'll have a scrap yard. Apparently, Shadow thought of the same thing, because he was doing the exact same. Sonic managed to hit the middle line of robots. But as the first robot began to fly towards them, the ones behind it jumped into the air. Also, the robots being hit recovered with there booster before they hit each other. Angrily, Sonic turned around and faced the blue Emerald. Then he got an idea.
He ran towards the Emerald, kicked it upwards, then caught it. He quickly jumped towards the end of the ally, rebounded off the wall and headed straight for the E-100000. As he was going into his Spin, he shouted, "Chaos Rush!!" What resulted was a blue flash that ripped through a whole line of robots. Sonic came out of the Rush when he arrived at the side of the street. When he looked back, all the robots he went through were still standing, with a rather large hole in the middle of them. A large, deafening explosion followed which cleared away the remaining robots. In fact, to prevent themselves from being burnt, Sonic and Shadow jumped up and ran up the walls opposite from each other at high speed.
That was when Eggman appeared in his floating vehicle
"Glad to see you are getting acquainted with my new robots!" He shouted from above.
"What are you and Spurino doing?" Shadow demanded.
"Well, I thought that you would have known by now, but I made Spurino. Well sort of. I made him out of pure Master Emerald Energy. It's quite impossible to beat that. However, because I used as much MEE as possible, the Master Emerald ran out and will take some time to replenish itself. The more energy the Master Emerald has, the stronger Spurino will get since he is connected to it. Right now he is handling some cops downtown. I suggest, if you want to keep your 'super hero' label, you better find your way down to the corner of King and Emerald St. Who knows, he might be finished by now." Eggman disappeared.
"It was a hologram!" Sonic shouted. That was when his comm.-watch came alive.
"I'm picking up some major Chaos Emerald activity near King and Emerald St." Tails said from the Blue Typhoon. "Also, when I zoomed in on it, Spurino is down there man-handling about 10 cops. You better get down there before it becomes worse." The comm.-watch shut off. Sonic and Shadow nodded and blazed towards the location. Sonic was easily, dodging cars, while Shadow was using every bit of his reflexes to dodge the vehicles. Suddenly, like as if a cloud lifted from his eyes, he sped up to Mach 2.5. Sonic followed.
"I see that you are running much faster now!" Sonic shouted, even though he secretly hated the fact that Shadow was as fast as him.
"You really think that I'm going to stay at Mach 1.5 forever!" Shadow replied. "Sonic, you'll never be the fastest one!"
They approached the scene and arrived just as a cop flew into the air. Shadow leapt up and caught him as Sonic initiated Chaos Rush and knocked Spurino into a nearby store. The glass shattered, as well as tables, chairs, and counters. It was a good thing that everyone already had evacuated the store before, or else they would definitely not be okay.
"I see you came back!" Spurino shouted as he got up.
"Yeah, your boss kind of told us to fire you." Shadow sassed. "He said that your doing was too slow and too soft. He also said that your grandmother got stuck in the two edges of the Grand Canyon."
"I would seriously like you to put your money where your mouth is."
"Well, why don't you test me and see if it's already there." Spurino lunged at Shadow, quickly knocking him into the air. He also teleported upwards and smashed in a series of punches and kicks, similar to the one he did when he first met Shadow. However, this time, between every punch and kick, he teleported to a different place near Shadow, making him seem invisible. Shadow dropped to the floor.
That was when Sonic started. He already absorbed the Chaos Emerald, and immediately initiated Chaos Rush. The first hit was at light speed, which nearly aired-out Spurino. (This is when your lungs actually get all the air hit out of them. After, it is really hard to regain a normal breathing process.) He rebounded off a building at maximum speed (literally) and kicked. If Sonic was merely floating in the air, Spurino would have gotten kicked at least 100 meters away from him. However, Sonic was traveling at Mach 2.5, so obviously, Spurino easily cleared 500 meters. The Chaos Emerald that was in Spurino's hand was definitely knocked away. Shadow, ran under it and caught it.
Two fighter jets thundered above at high speed, shaking the neighborhood, obviously causing people to turn their head and look.
"Hey it's the Storming!" Sonic shouted, once locating the thundercloud symbol, indicating its name, and the twin tails at the back showing that it was built by Tails.
"But why are there two?" Shadow asked. His question was soon answered when he realized the colors of the two jets. One was blue, one was black.
"Well, at least we have a better transportation than those faulty capsules."
"You had trouble getting out of that two?"
"Nearly killed myself."
"Look at you two!" Spurino said as he walked towards them. "You guys talk as if you guys are safe. I can't believe how false your sense of security is."
"Now if I were you," Shadow began. "I would look at myself and see who has a false sense of security. You just got launched at least 500 meters away!"
"Yes and you are next!" It seems as though Spurino thought he still had the Chaos Emerald, or else he would have not sprinted towards Shadow. Shadow, disappeared when Spurino tried to kick him. He re-appeared behind Spurino and elbowed him. Naturally, Sonic would have rushed in, but he thought once more, and decided to let Shadow handle it. If he got involved, he would get shouted at for defending Shadow in any way. While he thought this, Shadow managed to get Spurino on the floor. However, it seemed that a cloud had lifted from Spurino's eyes, because he really started to let it loose.
Teleporting about 10 times, Spurino propelled Shadow from one place to another, slowly gaining altitude. At the last hit, Spurino threw a kick which resulted in a large tunnel spanning through 4 rooms of an office building, scaring many inside. I doubt Shadow can take anymore! Sonic thought. He was right. Shadow leapt from the office building, but instead of dropping to the floor, he caught on to the black Storming and rode on one of the wings. Sonic took off in the same direction and speed. Sonic ran on the side walk at a speed just above the jet's. He then leapt up, ran along side a skyscraper. When he ran out of room, he quickly hopped to the opposite skyscraper to gain more altitude. When he had enough altitude he jumped onto the blue Storming.
"Ok Tails!" Sonic spoke into his comm.-watch. We are outside of the Stormings. You can give us full control over the jets." Without a reply, Sonic's comm.-watch beeped, indicating he has control over the jet via his comm.-watch. Both of them, opened the cockpit and slung themselves inside. They begun to ascend into high altitude flight. Less than 10 seconds later, something caught Shadow's eye. But as soon as he turned to the left to see who or what it was, it disappeared. He shrugged and continued. It probably was just a bird or something. He thought. Little did they know that some more disasters would soon rain down creating a typhoon as dark and ugly as coal. After a few hints and passwords received from Tails, the location of the Blue Typhoon were revealed to them, and they begun to fly towards its.
