Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Shadow all stood in the middle of Tails' garage. Each was getting ready for chaos control. Shadow was adjusting his new wrist cuffs, Knuckles was fiddling with his razor sharp gloves, Tails was getting the emeralds into a bag, and Sonic simply stood there, waiting for everyone else to be ready. Tails handed one of the emeralds to Shadow.
"You sure you can get us up there with only one?" He asked. Shadow rolled his eyes and snatched the emerald from his hands.
"CHAOS CONTROL!"
Without a warning, they were all transported aboard the death egg. Sonic was really shocked.
"Dude! A little bit more of a warning next time!" He complained. Shadow shot him an annoyed look and looked away. He was still mad.
"Ok, ok… We all need to get to the main control room. Follow me!" Tails said, running off down the hallway. Sonic, Knuckles and Shadow followed.
"H-hey! S-Slow down…" Shadow said, lagging behind. Sonic spun around and ran backwards.
"What? Still too slow?" He said, chuckling.
"P-Please…"
Shadow's breathing was heavy. He was barely keeping up with everyone. Knuckles looked back. He could tell something was wrong. Shadow suddenly stopped, taking a knee to catch his breath. Knuckles stopped and ran to his side. Tails and Sonic also stopped.
"You Ok?" He asked. Shadow shook his head. Tails ran to his opposite side.
"What's wrong?!" He asked, worried.
"My… ankle…"
Looking down, he saw his shoes cuff barely covering a deep scar. It seemed so deformed, like it had never had any medical care.
"Can you walk?"
Shadow took a deep breath and attempted to stand, nearly falling.
"Man… I knew something would go wrong. Sonic, carry Shadow!" Tails said, turning around. Sonic took a step back.
"Why me?"
"Two reasons. One, you were the one who pushed him, two, I need Knuckles to break down any doors in our way."
Sonic looked away.
"Fine…"
Tails and Knuckles ran ahead, leaving the two alone. Sonic walked over to Shadow, kneeling down to pick him up. Shadow slapped his hand aside.
"I'm not crippled damnit…" He muttered. Sonic gritted his teeth.
"LOOK I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP YOU! NOW QUIT BEING SUCH AN EGO HOG AND ACCEPT THE FACT THAT YOU NEED HELP!" He yelled. Shadow's eyes widened. Sonic stood there, towering above him, looking down. Shadow let out a sigh, giving up. Minutes later, Sonic caught up with everyone else, carrying Shadow in his arms, bridal style. The four came to a stop in front of a door.
"This is it. Knuckles, if you please…" Tails said, gesturing to the door. Knuckles clenched his fists.
"With gusto!"
With one swift strike, the door was down. Tails ran in and immediately got to work on the computer. Sonic stepped in, looking for a place to set Shadow down. His eyes fell upon an old office chair. He gently sat Shadow in it and ran to Tails.
"Anything I can do?" He asked. Tails held his hand out.
"Mind handing me that red screwdriver?" He asked. Sonic grabbed the screwdriver and handed it to him. A few more minutes passed, and Tails was up to his ears in wires.
"Hang on… there… that should do it!" He said, attaching two wires. The main console screen lit up.
"Nice work!" Sonic said. It was then that it glitches, turning to static. Then, a familiar face appeared on screen… Eggman.
"If you are seeing this, then my plans to take over the world have failed. But my plan B has just begun. As we speak, the entire death egg is being locked down with you on it. You will not oly be witnessing my flying doomship crashing into you're planet… but you will be destroyed with it! BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Sonic's eyes went wide.
"T-Tails…"
"He's right; all the main exits have been sealed. They're all guarded by a 5 digit passcode… I don't have time to crack it…"
"WE CAN'T JUST GIVE UP! WE'LL THINK OF SOMETHING!"
"Sonic… the death egg is less than half a mile from breaking the atmosphere. We have nearly two minutes to stop it… it's impossible… the best we can do right now is warn the people!"
"Well then… we can use the chaos emeralds!"
"The last time someone stopped something this big from crashing, they nearly died… I don't want that happening to you!"
"Tails… That's a risk I'm going to have to take!"