Journal of an Ultimate Lifeform
Wishes are Eternal…
Fin
Man, this is hard. I'd rather trash legion after legion of Egg Carriers AND Biolizards than do this. Can't be helped, though…
When I first met Shadow, it was hate at first sight. After all, it was his fault I got arrested to begin with. Boy, was I ever pissed when he got me busted that night. From that point on, all I could think about as they dragged my blue butt to Prison Island was getting free and beatin' the crap out of that faker…and Eggman, 'cause I just KNEW he had something to with it. He ALWAYS does.
I got my chance in the forest, but I, um…lost. There. I said it. He caught me off guard and beat me. I would've won, though, if Eggman hadn't primed the Island to explode. With little time to spare, I rushed over to Tails and Amy and we flew out of there in the nick of time.
Afterwards, we tried focusing our attention on wherever Eggman could've been hiding…especially after he blew up half the moon. I swear, that creep never gives up! But, after a bit of careful planning and "permission" from the President, we managed to trace his location: the Space Colony ARK.
We had to "borrow" a rocket from him, of course, but we made it in. Tails then came up with a plan: he'd destroy the ARK's power supply, while I had to find the control room and slap in a fake Chaos Emerald he created. Knucklehead wasn't gonna help, since he had to gather up the Master Emerald shards we spilled, and it's not like Amy was going to be of any use (really sorry, Ames, but you were just in the way for this Adventure), so it was up to me and Tails. Pretty standard, right?
Well, it wasn't. Eggman managed to capture Amy and Tails before I could put the Emerald in, so I had no choice but to zoom on back the research facility, avoiding Eggman's traps all the way. Once I got there, I came up with the idea of trading the fake Emerald for Amy. Tails was thinking the same thing, and gave me a subtle nod. As I strode over, though, he trapped me in a capsule, claiming that he knew the Emerald I had was fake (though that was to get Tails to blab). Feeling pretty screwed, I handed things over to Tails (since I was positive he'd get the job done) and said good-bye to Amy. Finally with a final smirk from me, the Doc launched me into space.
I wasn't about to give up, though, and tried to think of something, when I remembered what Tails said about the fake Emerald. He said it had the same wavelength and properties, but was less powerful than the real one. If what he said was true then, it was worth a shot, especially now. Heck, if the faker could do it, then, so could I! So, I concentrated my thoughts and called out the magic words…"Chaos Control!"
Next thing I knew, I was back on the ARK in front of Knuckles. My first Chaos Control took a lot out of me, but I didn't have time to rest. I had to make one Final Rush to the control room and slam dunk the fake Emerald in. There wasn't any room for error. Not this time.
Unfortunately, Shadow picked the worst time to find me at the final corridor. I kept my cool, though, and as we walked, I bragged about my survival to the faker. He was pretty shocked, but insisted that he couldn't let me live. Yeah, right. At any rate, all bets were off, and we ran as fast as we could, trying to beat each other to the control room. Shadow tried to pin me with some weird attack called "Chaos Spear", but I countered with my own attack, the "Sonic Wind". We really beat the crap out of each other, but in the end, I won and finished that cannon off for good!
Too bad Eggman got Tails' Emerald anyway and threw it in. Only thing is, it didn't fire the cannon. Instead, it made the ARK come crashing towards the planet and activated a video sequence from Professor Gerald Robotnik, Eggman's grandpa. Basically, he was pissed at the human race for killing his granddaughter, Maria, and wrecking his life, so he built the Eclipse Cannon as payback to the planet, using Shadow as his Reaper or whatever.
Of course, we weren't about to go out like that, so we all teamed up to stop the problem at the source: the Eclipse Cannon's core. Tails went first, then Eggman (a first that still kinda bugs me), Rouge, Knuckles and yours truly. As Knuckles and I made it to the core - which, strangely enough, looked like the shrine of the Master Emerald – the Prototype of the Ultimate Lifeform showed up. Man, this guy was just about the ugliest thing I've even seen! Even uglier than Eggman, and I didn't think that was possible!
Then, the strangest thing happened: Shadow showed up to help! I had no idea why he changed his mind all of a sudden, but I wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth, so Knuckles and I rushed over to the "shrine", while Shadow took care of the Biolizard thingy. Knux said the proper chant and stopped the Chaos Emeralds, halting the ARK's decent…or so we thought. Apparently, the Biolizard used Chaos Control and warped itself ONTO the colony, hell-bent on dragging it into the planet. Out of options, I realized there was only one way to stop it: a Super Sonic Smackdown. Only difference is, I had Super Shadow's help. Which was needed, cause this Finalhazard was really annoying. We defeated it, though and used a joint Chaos Control to halt the ARK's fall.
Unfortunately, Shadow was spent and started falling as I was warped along with the ARK. I don't know if he made it or not, but it wasn't very likely…
Some may believe that the Professor created him to exact revenge on all who lived on the planet, but as far as I'm concerned, he was what he was: a brave and heroic hedgehog…who gave his life to save this planet…
Well, that's that. It's time I headed home to the planet as cool and blue as me!
Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog...
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