Chapter 3: Chaos Control

Sonic slid down the road that led him downhill all the way. He dodged all the cars that whizzed by. Well, maybe he hit a few. At the end of the road he landed and skated across the local skate park. When he was alone he jumped off the board he was riding on. He was hiding in a quiet neighborhood. But then the Police Officers in the area found him and started reporting to their fellow officers. Sonic took off but a helicopter came out of nowhere and lowered down to grab him. Sonic took off as fast as he cared to go. When he was back on the highway he noticed a large truck was coming... right FOR him. He realized this and took off. The truck could keep up with Sonic but Sonic knew that he could stay ahead if he kept his concentration. However the driver broke the windshield and pulled out a machine gun. He fired at Sonic. Sonic dodged all the incoming bullets. As they were coming for a sharp turn on the road, the truck was not able to make the sharp turn and fell on it's side. Sonic noticed that he was alone again. He found a pot hole and went inside the sewer. "Finally. Now to find out what's going on here."

It was nighttime. Sonic left the sewer and didn't see anyone around. "Sonic!"

"Ah! Tails, don't do that." Tails and Amy appeared. "Sorry, Sonic. The Navitailer located an emerald in this area."

"Oh, really?" Asked Sonic. "Well, let's get off the streets first." They moved into a dark alley.

"So, what's going on?" Asked Sonic. "And where's Knuckles?"

"He left to take care of his business." Said Tails. He looked at the Navitailer. "Well, after the Police started chasing you, me and Amy started looking for you. But that didn't feel right. So figuring you could handle yourself me and Amy started looking around for a signal. And we found one signal that trailed off at your pace. I, uh... do hope it's not getting confused with you."

"I don't think so, Tails." Said Amy. "Sonic may be fast, but he's got no chaos power."

"Which still confuses me on how he can use the Chaos Emeralds and the rest of us can't." Sonic shrugged. "We'll find that out later, buddy. Right now I better find out what's getting everyone so eager to play tag with me."

There was a flash behind Sonic. Everyone turned to see what caused it. "What the-" Sonic said. Shadow the Hedgehog stood before them. "Sonic, he's got the chaos emerald. The speed on the signal... it must have been him." Shadow grinned. "I've heard of you, Sonic the Hedgehog. You know, we kind of do look alike a little. It's no wonder the police kept chasing us both."

"Both of us?" Sonic asked, surprised. "So I see. The military has mistaken me for the likes of you."

"Oh. Is that so?" Said Shadow. "Yeah. And you are gonna pay, you fake hedgehog!" Sonic charged towards Shadow. Shadow threw the chaos emerald into the air. "Chaos Control!"

Everything went slow motion for Shadow. He flew off towards Sonic and kicked him, Sending Sonic flying backwards. After landing on his feet Sonic flipped back on his feet. Shadow appeared behind him.

"Taking our time, are we?" He gloated. He gave Sonic another flying kick. Sonic slowly got back up. Shadow appeared in front of him. "Despite how similar we look, you can never keep up with me."

"Says you, faker." Said Sonic. He got up and started spinning around Shadow. "You're going somewhere with this?" A blue tornado began to form. He had the black hedgehog! But when Sonic stopped he noticed he wasn't inside. "Where did you go?"

"Right behind you."

Shadow started beating up Sonic. After the whole beating Sonic couldn't get up. "Oh, don't tell me you can't handle it anymore. I thought you were better than that."

"Just... who are you?" Shadow smiled triumphantly. "I'm Shadow. I'm the world's ultimate life form. And now that I've had my fun with you, Farewell! Chaos-" Shadow disappeared in a second.

Amy Rose ran up to Sonic and held his arm to give him some extra support in getting up. "Are you okay, Sonic? That horrible demon! Who was he?" Sonic finally got up. "I don't know. Whoever this Shadow is... he's got me beat. In fact, he's much faster than me."

"But that wasn't speed, Sonic." Said Tails. Sonic looked at him. "What?"

"According to the Navitailer, the Chaos energy was high, as if it was being used."

"So you're saying..."

"Right. He was using the chaos emerald to warp around you."

"But I thought Sonic was the only one who could use the power of the chaos emeralds." Thought Amy. "That is weird." Said Tails.

There was a bright light behind Sonic. When he turned around he saw the Police. "Don't move, we have you surrounded!" Sonic didn't say anything. So he raised his hands.

After they handcuffed Sonic they lead him towards the helicopter. "You're coming with us, freak." Amy raised her giant Piko Piko Hammer. "Leave Sonic alone! He didn't do it."

"Calm down, Amy. Tails can locate me and you can be the one to free me." He winked at her, showing them the communicator he had on his wrist. Tails looked and noticed he had one on his wrist too. "See you guys later."

He got in the car and they all drove off. Amy Rose stood there watching. "Well, now they've got Sonic. These humans are more stubborn than the ones back home!"

"It's not their fault, Amy. They have no idea about Shadow. But don't worry. We'll free Sonic no matter what!"

To Be Continued...