...Eh? What's this? A new Chapter for "Adventure Through the Unknown"?! (-O.O-)
Well... Yeah. Another update, buddies~! :D ..Before I get myself busy tomorrow... I guess a nice, little update for you all won't hurt, right~? x3
Before I start the story, I would like to say a BIG thank you to LovesAnimations1998, Pink Monday, ballandcup, Guest, RAWN89, IOnlyWriteBigStories, Mysterious Girl, ProwerPower85, and glittering wolf for reviewing my story. 'Cause it really makes my day and encourages me to do the best of the BEST~! ^_^-
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I say a special thanks to "RAWN89" for 'beta-ing' my story here! Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and Chapter 3 were already 'beta-ed' by her, and now she's working on Chapter 4~! ^^-
Oh, and note that this Chapter is NOT 'beta-ed' yet. So... expect errors and awkward sentences here. ^^''
Yup, enough for the chit-chat now. Enjoy the story~! ^w^-
DISCLAIMER : I DON'T OWN SONIC, "SEGA" DOES. THE MUSIC MENTIONED BELOW WAS ALSO OWNED BY "SEGA". ^^-
Adventure Through The Unknown
Chapter 10 : An Island's Turmoil
Anyone know what "Prison Island" is?
Prison Island is a large jungle island once used by G.U.N. as a prison and research base...
Why 'once used'?
Because a long ago (not that 'long', really...''), this island is blown up by a certain group of 'two Mobians' and 'one Human', who planted explosives everywhere around the island, blow it up in the process...
Though, the explosives weren't completely destroyed the island.
The explosives had only destroyed G.U.N.'s main base and spilled toxic waste into the clean rivers, making it contaminated.
Now, Prison Island was 'decorated' with free-flowing rivers of glowing radioactive sludge and rampant jungle overgrowth of the once-mighty military prisons. No human G.U.N's soldiers could be seen, while G.U.N.'s mechs, both completely-functioned and error-functioned ones, still maintains a presence there, proving that the island is now pretty much uninhabitable...
In the midst of the 'chaos' that could be found all around the island, a dark-colored portal appeared out of nowhere before a red echidna and a black hedgehog hopped out from it and successfully landed atop the ground below on their feet. Not long after that happens, the portal disappeared...
The two Mobians were no other than the Master Emerald's guardian, Knuckles the Echidna, and the "Ultimate Lifeform", Shadow the Hedgehog.
"Hmm... Where are we?" The red echidna wondered, looking back and forth curiously.
The black one, however, quickly recognized where they are right now. "Prison Island."
"What?"
"Used to be G.U.N.'s base, so I know it." Shadow said while folding his arms "...Hmph, it's still the same as the last time I got here."
Knuckles groaned when heard this. "Last time? Ugh, seriously. Don't remind me about that 'annoying alien' and it's 'army', Shadow. It really pissed me off."
"Black Doom and Black Arms, you mean?" The black hedgehog said as he rose an eyebrow.
"Don't say his name! ...And his army's name, might I add!" The red echidna scoffed "I really hate it when that 'alien' freeze me in place with that 'stupid' gas of his!"
"Black Doom's secret weapon that consist a thin red gas that almost invisible in small amounts that absorbs itself directly into your bloodstream and causes total paralysis to your nervous system, you mean?"
"...Seriously, Shadow. Do you really need to know all of it?"
"Do you really need to get fed-up about it?" The ebony hedgehog said with a harrowing tone, enough to sent a light chill up to Knuckles' spine.
"Errr... N-No. Not really."
"Then just deal with it." Shadow growled with a humph, as he walked away from the spot where he stood. Seeing this, Knuckles let a heavy sigh escaped his mouth before he followed the black one from behind...
Unbeknownst to both Mobians, a big, error-functioned G.U.N.'s mech were right behind them, guns ready to fire. A broken "Fire." came from the mech's sound system before it fired its guns uncontrollably, a bunch of bullets started to 'rain' out from the projectiles held by the mech...
Having a slight of sensitive ears, Shadow could heard something was coming after them from behind. Turning around, he found a 'rain' of bullets were flew to them at such speed.
The ebony hedgehog let out a light gasp before he boosted away from the scene. "If you still want to see the world, then I suggest you torun!"
Knuckles rose an eyebrow upon hearing this. "...Huh? Why should I-- W-WHOA!"
Once the red echidna noticed the bullets, especially the one that almost gave a scratch to his arm, he jumped away from the place he stood and followed the black one from behind...
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*Music Starts : Prison Island (Shadow the Hedgehog)*
A sound of gun-shooting was the only thing that Knuckles could hear besides his quickened-steps. Many bullets embedded itself on the ground or rubbles around, while some were after the red echidna and the black hedgehog not afar in front of the red one.
Upon reaching Shadow's side, Knuckles shouts to him, unexpectedly shouts right to his ear. "What the heck is going on here, Shadow?!"
Instead of answering Knuckles' question, the hedgehog gave the red echidna a death glare, which surprises the red one.
"Don't you yell right in my ear, you dumb!" Shadow cried angrily "It makes my hearing feels like it's going to EXPLODE!"
"M-Man, chill down! Sorry for shouting in your ear, though."
Knuckles then looked to his back while keep running. "Still, you need to wonder..." The red echidna muttered "...Where the bullets come from?"
"One of G.U.N.'s mech, I believe." The ebony hedgehog said as he also looks back while still running "And it seems... This one is the... error ones."
"System and all?" The red echidna gave the black one a questioning look.
"...Yeah. I guess that's it."
"Man, what a-- W-WHOA!"
Both Mobians were still running when suddenly, a group G.U.N.'s mechs landed from above, surrounding them.
While Knuckles restlessly turned back and forth in place as he watched each mechs take up their position before slowly marching forward, Shadow raised his right hand before a bright light was covering it. Not long after that, the black hedgehog jumped from the ground while brought his light-covered hand just behind his head.
"CHAOS SPEAR!" Shadow cried aloud as he swung his light-covered hand around, unleashing four lights of arrow-head-shaped bolts to four of all the mechs that surrounding him and Knuckles. Once the 'spears' made contact with the said four mechs, it destroyed to nothing but shreds.
Seeing this, Knuckles knew that just standing around would change nothing. Taking up his position, the red echidna charged to one of the mechs before he punch it hard, destroying it to shreds with only one hit. After that, both Mobians continued to attack the mechs with their strength nor powers...
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A moment later, Shadow and Knuckles manage to eliminate all the mechs. The mechs were completely destroyed, became nothing but a pile of shreds. Both Mobians were panting heavily. While Shadow stood still while holding the upper part of his right arm, Knuckles fell on his back before he let a loud groan escaped his mouth.
"Dang it!" The echidna cried aloud "What's up with all of those mechs! Couldn't they detect that we're not enemies?!"
"M-Maybe..." The black one began between his panting "...The mechs that we just fought...were the error ones."
Raising an eyebrow, Knuckles push himself up to a seated position before he glanced to the ebony hedgehog confusedly. "Uh... You okay, Shadow?"
The hedgehog just closed his eyes upon hearing this, still panting. "D-Don't act like...you care about...m-me, you dumb."
Standing up from the ground, the red echidna focused his gaze to the black hedgehog not afar from him. "Seriously, Shadow. I think something was bothering-- WHOA!"
Knuckles step aside when he noticed something almost grazed his leg. Upon noticing that the 'something' was no other than a bullet, both the echidna and the hedgehog turned around, only to find a group of small and big G.U.N.'s mechs were after them. Seeing this, Knuckles felt his jaw dropped.
"...They're the error ones, aren't they?" The echidna muttered, replied by a nod from the hedgehog.
"According to the sparks that came from their bodies..." Shadow said before turning his back on his red 'companion'.
"...The asnwer is 'yes'."
After that being said, Shadow dashed away from where he stood. Seeing this, Knuckles shout; "H-Hey! Wait for me!" before he followed the black one from behind. Their little 'cat and mouse' game has begun...
But unbeknownst to them, a pair of sky blue eyes watching them behind the shadows. The owner of the eyes smirked before pressing a big red button on the middle of some kind of square-shaped device with antenna supporting it...
Still running, Shadow's slightly-sensitive ears caught a faint voice of 'click' not afar behind him. Screeching to a halt, the ebony hedgehog turned around, curiosity filled his mind.
Seeing the black one put a stop to his steps, Knuckles did the same, only that his face still shows that he's panic, not calm like the black one.
"S-Shadow! Why do we stop?!" The red echidna cried aloud somewhat frantically "...And you told me to run to keep alive back then!"
"S-Shut your mouth... y-you dumb." The black hedgehog said between his panting "I think... something will... happen here."
The red echidna rose an eyebrow when heard this. "Oh, yeah? What makes you think something would happen here, huh?"
At the time Knuckles folded his arms, suddenly, a sound of an explosion could be heard as a big, bright orange-yellowish light come from their side, strong wind blowing through the side of their bodies.
The look on the echidna's face quickly changed to an awkward one once he knew what just happened. "I-I..."
"Hmph, told you so." Shadow said with a matter-of-fact tone, as he dashed to the other side of the way, wanted to check the spot where the explosion took place. Seeing this, the now-lumpish Knuckles shook his head many times before he followed the black one from behind...
*Music Ends*
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Upon reaching the spot where the explosion took place, the two Mobians couldn't believe what they saw.
The explosion... it destroyed half of the way, leaving a huge hole in its wake, a pile of shreds could be seen inside it.
"W-What the...?" Knuckles' lilac eyes grew wide once he noticed the huge hole "Is this really the spot where--"
The echidna didn't get a chance to finish when Shadow decided to spoke up. "It is. Didn't you see that thick smoke coming from the hole and the fire that burning the ground around it?"
"Right..." Knuckles muttered "But still, that makes me wonder... How the heck could this happen? Was there a bomb planted in the ground on a certain place of this island?"
"Not likely. Why would G.U.N. planted explosives on their own base?" The ebony hedgehog shifted his gaze from the hole to the red one beside him "...That doesn't make sense, does it?"
"Well... Yeah." The red echidna then folded his arms "Then if it isn't G.U.N.'s doing... Then who?"
"That would be ME!"
(Dun dun duuuuun~!) Aaaaaaaand that's Chapter 10, everyone~! :D
I thanked all Sonic wikis scattered in the internet... :D ..Because it helps me a LOT in making this Chapter~! x3
Also... Is it me, or Knuckles say a lot of ''WHOA'' here...? xD
..Well, enough for my chit-chat now. On the replies~! ^^-
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You know what they said; "Nobody's Perfect". So I beg your pardon if there's some errors and 'weird' sentences in this Chapter. Thank you to you all who've read, fav, follow, and review this story! :) ..Well, as always, next Chapter is in-progress. So stay tuned for more Chapters, everyone! Cheers~! ^^-
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