CHAPTER 14
CRAP!!! Shadow thought again as he realized that this obstacle is defiantly going to test his skills. For the first time, Eggman was able to read ahead of Tail's, Sonic's and Shadow's actions. Now he caught Shadow in a potentially dangerous trap. Also, with the Chaos Emerald's unlimited potential, things might get much worse than Shadow can handle. However, he might as well play it cool just to keep Eggman guessing.
"Well, it looks like the giant talking egg was able to think for once." Shadow taunted. "I would give you an A+ if I was really trapped here forever." The speakers began to boom out Dr. Eggman's voice.
"I wouldn't be too cocky if I were you!" Eggman spoke through the speakers. "You never know what I am able to do until I do it. Plus I was able to unlock the red Chaos Emerald's true potential. With that, I am able to run all of the Egg Carrier's system at over capacity."
"You really want to run it at over capacity?" Shadow asked. "You can easily destroy the Egg Carrier by doing that. Especially with that high powered Emerald of yours."
"Well obviously I had to take some precautions. But enough of this senseless talking and start DANCING!"
For about half-second, a weird look came over Shadow as he began to wonder what was Eggman talking about. He was in no mood to start dancing. In fact, he never liked dancing. However, his question was quickly answered when the walls of the dark room became alive as the machine guns armed themselves and started firing rounds. Before a single bullet was halfway between Shadow initiated Chaos Control and stopped time. Quickly, while he had time, he thought back to the time just after M-Sonic 2 died and how hard he trained to be able to use Universal Awareness. It took 3 months for Sonic and Shadow to learn UA. Because Tails was an expert at drawing specific amounts of Chaos Emerald Energy for certain things (using mechanical techniques) he helped to teach Sonic and Shadow. However, Knuckles was an expert at martial arts and was able to teach them many tips. Soon all four of them were able to use UA. Four things went through Shadows head in a second. After months of practicing he recited these things in a tenth of a second. Stop, Understand (understands the situation around him and knows where his faults would lie), Retrieve assets (know what senses are available to use), React (start using them).
Shadow was just about to dispel his Chaos Control so he would be able to destroy all the machine guns in the walls, however, someone else had dispelled it for him. Most likely, Eggman was able to disengage it with the red Chaos Emerald somehow. Panicking, Shadow leapt upwards to the roof. However, as soon as his feet touched the roof, he gathered his thoughts and started focusing on his ears and tried to distinguish each sound from each gun and tried to "read" where each bullet is. He soon began to leap off each wall at around Mach 2 dodging the bullets with much effort. Also one by one, he disengaged the guns surrounding him. He soon began to realize that he was not able to think fast enough to dodge each one and they soon were catching up to him. At home, he was able to dodge tennis balls coming at 100 km/h very easily using this technique. However, bullets were much much faster. O crap. I can't lose to Eggman now. He realized that death was nearby. Very soon scratches appeared on his body. He brought his comm.-watch up to his mouth and began shouting to everyone on the team. "Emergency, I need help at the Egg…" and that's all was transmitted. A stray bullet had ripped right through the watch blocking him from the world outside. Shadow began to get angry at how he failed his mission for the first time. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. Sonic finds out how to use the Chaos Emerald's true power, while I stay behind. He gets to rest in the Blue Typhoon while I have to disengage this stupid security thing. Why can't life ever treat me right!!!??? I bet after this, humans might start breathing easier since I was supposed to be created as the ultimate life form.
Shadow landed on a nearby wall and tried to kick a nearby gun. However, instead of feeling the metal hitting his foot, he felt a bullet rip right through his shoes between his toes and that's when he lost all control. What transpired happened in a time of 2.3 seconds.
The purple Chaos Emerald immediately exploded in the same manner the yellow and the dark blue one had when Sonic had unleashed them. At the same time, the Chaos Emeralds created a barrier around Shadow which blocked all the incoming bullets from touching his skin. The purple and the dark blue Chaos Emerald spun around Shadow and powered him, heightening his ability to use UA. Within the next half a second, Shadow leapt off the wall, twisted, turned and easily dodged the flying bullets. As soon as he reached the center of the room, he initiated Chaos Blast. Each bullet was easily deflected and soon there was nothing but smoke, bent metal, darkness, and two standing figures.