Chapter 11: The Attack on GUN

Shadow returned to the house in an instant. The group was gathered around the telephone, listening to a call that had just came in. Shadow was curious and walked up to the phone. Everyone turned to look at him with a grim expression.

Shadow frowned. "Who was that?"

"That was the GUN commander," Chris said. "He's going to Washington DC to talk with the President about the assassination attempt. We still don't know when Sonic is going to attack; it could be any day now. I assume you told the President about Sonic's plot?"

"I did, and he seemed very worried. He must have contacted GUN the moment after I left. If GUN is going to be involved with guarding the President along with the Secret Service, then we might have a chance. I have a plan of attack that might work, but we need to work together."

Espio's eyes widened. "All of us against Sonic and Mephiles? Are you sure that will work, Shadow? The two of them seem more powerful then all of us. Even if we do somehow manage to save the President, we'll have to fight Sonic and may not make it. Ever since he became evil, he's grown more and more powerful every day. I don't know if we can..."

"We have to try," Shadow said. "The main priority of this is to keep the President from being killed. If Sonic succeeds, he could strike fear and terror in the country, and that's exactly what he wants. We cannot fail at any costs."

Blaze was about to speak when the phone rang. She answered it immedietly. "Hello?" she asked.

"Is Shadow there?" a voice said. "This is the GUN commander."

Blaze's eyes flicked to Shadow. "Hold a moment," she said, handing the phone over to Shadow. The black hedgehog took it and held the phone up to his ear.

"Who is this?" Shadow asked.

"It's the GUN commander, Shadow. I need you and your friends to come to the headquarters immedietly. We need to talk about when Sonic is going to attack the White House and what he is planning to do next. Are you available?"

Shadow hesitated and then nodded. "We'll be there in a few minutes," he said, and turned to look at the group. "The GUN commander wants us to head over to the headquarters right now so he can talk about Sonic's plan."

"What are we waiting for?" Charmy said. "Let's get going now!"

He charged out the door, obviously very hyperactive. Espio looked at Shadow and shrugged, then followed Charmy down the street with the rest of the group following them. Once they reached GUN, they saw that the commander was waiting for them. Shadow slowed to a stop and walked up to him. The commander looked very frustrated; he was tapping his foot anxiously and an angry expression was on his face.

"About time you got here," he shouted. "Inside; we need to talk."

The commander led them into the headquarters and sat down at his desk. "I called you all here because Shadow told me that Sonic is planning to kill the President. We need to stop him before he can carry out his plot. Does anyone have any suggestions?"

"We could confront him," Blaze said. "If we all work together, maybe we can stop him."

"We already went through this!" Espio shouted. "He's too powerful, and could kill us all in an instant if he wanted to."

The commander shook his head. "What we need is an army. I'm sure that if we launch an attack, we could overpower him."

Shadow cringed at the thought. "An army isn't going to solve anything, commander."

"Then what do you think we should..."

A massive explosion threw him backwards. Shadow, Chris, Blaze, Amy, and the Chaotix ducked as the blast blew open the wall of the building. Smoke came pouring in, covered by derbies. Everyone got up and saw a dark shape fly into the room. It hovered in the air in front of the commander, and when the smoke cleared, it was revealed to be Sonic. The evil hedgehog grinned as he saw the man in front of him.

"Hello commander," Sonic said. "Time for you to die." He held his hand up as a bright ball of dark energy formed in his hand, and shot it straight at the GUN commander, intent on murdering him once and for all.