CHAPTER EIGHT

Dark clouds covering the sky, no signs of light. One hedgehog and one bat were walking in the castle that once stood but now is fallen.

Shadow and Rouge walked to the middle of the castle were broken pieces were spread around and the ceiling that is fallen to show its darkness.

"The former king of Soleanna used to reside in this castle. But a major accident occurred ten years ago, and no one's lived here since." Rouge said.

"Accident?" Shadow replied.

Rouge rolled her eyes and continued talking.

"I heard a prototype energy engine failed, which caused the accident. I think the name of the plan was..."

"The Solaris Project" interrupted Eggman.

Rouge and Shadow looked up and found Eggman hovering in the sky.

"It was an ambitious project named after their enteral sun god." Eggman looked down at Rough and Shadow, when he finished talking.

"Doctor!" Rouge sounded a little surprised that Eggman was here.

"It's been a while, my dear Rouge. And of course, Shadow. Not if you'd be so kind as to hand back the Secret of Darkness you took from me." Eggman didn't want any more distractions, he had enough, he needed to get everything he plan on doing before it went haywire.

Or worse!

Eggman called for his robots and they surrounded Shadow and Rouge pointing their guns at them. One of the robots pointed their guns and shot, but was to slow.

Rouge took the sky and Shadow took the ground.

Eggman hit a few buttons on his machine and hit Rouge.

"Ahh..." screamed Rouge.

It worked but the Secret of Darkness was in her hand and fell down with her. Shadow looked up when he heard Rouge screamed and ran to her and caught her. Rouge looked at Shadow and got out of his arms.

Everyone watched the Secret of Darkness fall down.

"No...!" shouted Eggman from his ship.

The Secret of Darkness broken into pieces with purple light coming out. Then suddenly black smoke came out of the scepter and went straight up and moved around the castle destroying all robots.

Shadow and Rouge watched as the black smoke went around and heard Eggman yelling.

"It's no use! Pull back, pull back, pull back!"

Shadow and Rouge watched Eggman fly away.

Shadow and Rouge looked back at the black smoke going up into the sky, then in went down into the ground, under the surface. Shadow and Rouge walked up to where the black smoke was and just stand there observing.

Shadow saw his own shadow on the ground, and his shadow moving to the black smoke. As his shadow was gone, Shadow saw himself. Rouge was just as surprise as himself. "What?! His shadow..."

Shadow saw his shadow had green eye, with gray stripes in his hair, two rings on his wrist and feet, and white gloves and black and white shoes.

"Hah hah... Oh, how ironic fate can be! I would never have believed I would be resurrected through your shade! I thank you, Shadow The Hedgehog!" as he bowed his head to Shadow.

"Who are you? How do you know my name?" Shadow growled.

"I'm Mephiles. Mephiles the Dark." Mephiles started walking up to Shadow and Rouge with his head down and dragging his feet. "What, did you forget me?" Mephiles went on.

Shadow was even more confused, how did Mephiles know him but he didn't?

"I owe much to you, Shadow." Mephiles was standing right in front of him, lifted his head up, to show his green snake eyes to Shadow.

Shadow ran up to Rouge, when Mephiles put up his hands. "Oh, yes. What you gave to me, I now return to you!" Mephiles brought up his hand and a purple with black lines ball, showed up in his hands and continued talking. "A one-way ticket to oblivion!"

Mephiles raised his hand over his head and the ball got bigger, big enough for Shadow, Rouge, and himself to go to oblivion.

The light blinded Shadow and Rouge, they covered their eyes and tried to run away but it was too late, they disappeared.

With Mephiles to join the fun.


BACK TO THE CITY

Silver and Amy wondered around the city, still didn't find Sonic. Amy walking around with her hand over her eyes to block the sun and also to find Sonic easily.

Silver was still dragging himself to catch to her.

"I can't believe we haven't located Sonic yet. Gee, I wonder where he went?" Silver looked up at her, thinking that this Sonic is her boyfriend or something.

Silver looked around to still help Amy, but he found someone who looked familiar. He threw one of his power balls, at him and missed.

Before the power ball, Sonic was carrying Elise to the city, Elise told Sonic she could walk back her kingdom.

But Sonic of coursed still isn't satisfied that they were safe from Eggman. But Elise somehow convinced him.

Elise wasn't paying attention to where she was walking and sometimes she would bump into Sonic by accident, Sonic says it's no problem, but she knew he was just being nice to her.

Sonic is still thinking of what would happen if they did kiss on the hill.

Sonic suddenly stopped Elise from walking.

Elise looked at Sonic worried, unexpected Sonic picked her up fast, a power ball almost hit them. Sonic jumped high enough to miss and landed on his feet.

"Elise go somewhere far from here!" Sonic whispered.

Elise nodded and ran to the nearest wall.

Sonic turned to the hedgehog who threw the power ball and saw him floating himself down.

"I've been looking for you. You're the Iblis Trigger. Your actions will condemn us all." Silver pointed to Sonic.

"Who are you?" Sonic questioned, he hasn't seen this hedgehog before.

"My name is Silver. For the future of the world, I will destroy you!"

Silver used his telekinesis to bring up tables and chairs to throw at Sonic, but Sonic missed all of them, he hit Silver in the stomach, to bring him down. But with some of Silver's telekinesis he threw Sonic across the buildings or into walls.

Sonic went super speed to knock down Silver and it worked.

Silver bended down on his knees and was supporting himself on his hand, while his other one was on his arm, breathing hard, after that big kick Sonic gave him.

Sonic walked up to him.

"Hey..."

Silver hit Sonic with what's left of his power.

Sonic was thrown across to a wall, it took Sonic's breathe away. He fell down onto the floor on his knees, his hands supporting him to get his breathing back.

Silver walked up to Sonic and bended on his knees looking at Sonic.

"Hmph! Is this a joke? How could someone like you cause the destruction of our world?"

"What do you... mean?" Sonic wheezed out.

Silver stood up looked down at the blue hedgehog.

"It doesn't matter. For the sake of the future, The Iblis Trigger must be destroyed!"

Elise heard and saw everything, so this Silver wanted to destroy Sonic, but what did he mean by destroying 'The Iblis Trigger'. Then she remember something at the Sun Festival, before Sonic saved her, she saw a hedgehog that looked different from Sonic, so was it him that was in her vision?

What she didn't notice was Eggman is right behind her.

Silver raise his hand about to kill Sonic right now.

A shrieking scream stopped him.