Life With Father
Chapter 14
Understanding a little more about your race.
"Curses, I cannot sense them anywhere!" Black Doom yelled out in frustration as he had lost connection with both Shadow and Eclipse and couldn't understand how.
"Then I have no choice but to organise a search for the two of them. I order Eclipse to take Shadow with him to investigate this Master Emerald and fine the remainder of the Chaos Emeralds then they both end up missing, I just do not understand how." Doom frustratedly muttered to himself as he floated down pathways of his home, having not long returned from ARK.
"Regardless of their reasons I need to find them, my plans will not be held back because of a couple of mishaps. If they do not provide me with a solid excuse then I will have them locked up and punished until this invasion is over with." Black Doom grumbled with some anger in his tone.
"I have come too far to be defeated now." Doom thought as he telepathically called upon some of his soldiers that were already down on the planet to group together and search for Shadow and Eclipse.
Black Doom then sent his third eye to join in with the search while he kept trying to reach his two sons. He was beginning to wish he had Eclipse report back their location when they arrived to it but he didn't think something like this would ever happen.
"I am getting nothing, it is as if they have simply vanished and too far away to be sensed…or they could be dead. That is possible and a good reason as to why I cannot sense them any longer." Black Doom muttered as he tried to come up with an explanation, only able to come up with his sons being dead.
"If that's the case then it is no major loss, the invasion will not come to a halt, and the Emeralds are not too hard to gather. An inconvenience for myself to do as I still have perpetrations to make…damn it all where are you both?" Black Doom growled as he was growing concerned for reasons he wasn't all that sure of.
"Double your search and do not leave any corner unturned, I want Shadow and Eclipse found as fast as possible!" Black Doom telepathically called to all of his children who were still alive and was hoping Shadow and Eclipse would hear him too.
"I swear if they are not in any way harmed or in danger then they will soon be when I get my hands on them both." Doom thought as his concerned feelings were growing in an uncomfortable way for him, especially when he was still unable to see any signs of his two sons through his third eye.
"My Lord is all alright, I heard your distress?" Black Death called back to his maker.
"Shadow and Eclipse are missing and I cannot sense them, I have all keeping their eyes out for them both and I have a search party trying to track them down. I am starting to fear the worst, that they are dead. Yes this wouldn't normally bother me and I would simply make replacements but they are not easily replaceable." Black Doom stressed out through the link he was sharing with Black Death, forgetting all about his indifferent comment of it not being a majorl loss if they were both dead.
Well he either forgot he said that or he simply didnt mean it and said it out of habit.
"I do not think they are dead my lord, they are not easy to defeat. It is possible that perhaps they have been kidnapped and being held in a place that blocks out your connection to them." Black Death calmly said as he worded his sentence in a way that wouldn't seem disrespectful or out of line.
"The only way their link to me would be blocked if those humans had an excessive amount of power…the Master Emerald, of course." Black Doom said with frustration then came to the realisation this must be because of the amount of chaos energy the Master Emerald emits.
The Master Emerald is responsible for keeping a huge island afloat in the skies above after all. Whose there to say it wasn't strong enough to block the mind link Black Doom had with his two free-willed sons?
"Master Emerald?" Black Death questioned with a curious tone inside Black Dooms head.
"Yes I discovered a huge amount of power down on this planet and sent Eclipse and Shadow to investigate after I found out it was some Master Emerald that is connected to the seven Chaos Emeralds. We need that Master Emerald so they do not use it to turn the seven Chaos Emeralds against us. They must be very close to it and it is blocking my link with the amount of overwhelming power it is releasing. It is the only other explanation out there." Black Doom theorised and was sticking to that theory.
"It makes a lot of sense but surly it wouldn't interfere with the hive mind link we all have with you. There is no way a gem is more powerful than you my lord or your link to us. We are apart of you after all and bound to you and your will, what could possible out do that?" Black Death bravely said with some concern in his voice inside of Black Dooms head.
"I am more superior than a measly gem! There must be more to it than simply being filled with a mass amount of chaos energy. I need that Master Emerald so I can figure this out, they better come back with it." Black Doom growled with some aggression as he replied to Black Death.
Angel Island…
"You will die trying." Eclipse casually said with a shrug, knowing this was probably true since no one has gone up against his father and won.
"Hmm yes you will so you might want to just stay out of his way." Shadow agreed with his brother and using the same casual tone.
"Right so we ready to…" Sonic chuckled nervously then stopped talking as Knuckles voice was heard.
"You all get away from my Emerald or so help me I will make you leave!" Knuckles shouted as he walked up the steps and was near the top.
"Is he being serious?" Eclipse asked as he and Shadow turned around and took a step backwards away from the edge of the stairs as Knuckles was almost at the top and not at all looking friendly.
"Er yeah he will kick us off this shrine then off his island." Sonic said with a small frown as he watched Knuckles finally reach the top and stood there huffing and puffing in anger.
"You all get away from my…Ahhh!" Knuckles shouted then cried out as he was pushed down the stairs by Shadow.
"Shadow!" Sonic shouted out with some anger, but couldn't deny that was kind of funny only now wasn't the time to be laughing.
"What? He was being threatening and I will not tolerate that behaviour towards me and my brother. He should be thankful I allowed him to live." Shadow casually said with a shrug, smirking deviously at his actions.
"He's coming back up, push him down again brother." Eclipse said with amusement as he lent forward slightly and watched Knuckles growl threateningly while rushing back to the top.
"No, don't you dare." Sonic quickly said then walked over to Shadow and grabbed the black hedgehogs arm to pull him back.
"Fine I will then." Eclipse shrugged then grinned as Knuckles was almost at the top.
"Yeah that's a no for you too." Sonic sighed as he gently grabbed Eclipses arm and pulled him back too.
"I will have you for that hedgehog!" Knuckles cried out with rage in his eyes as he stood at the top and glaring at Shadow, who was smirking in amusement still.
"Now Knuckles lets just pretend that didn't happen and move on. It's all in the past now and that is where is should totally stay." Sonic said with a slightly anxious smile at Knuckles, moving forward and making sure the two brothers and Knuckles were between him.
"He damn well pushed me down the shrine stairs. Hey you two, that was not funny!" Knuckles seriously said then shouted as Shadow and Eclipse began to laugh over that.
"Yes it was." Shadow said as he laughed while pointing at Knuckles.
"Agreed, you did not expect it and that is what makes it so funny." Eclipse agreed as he too laughed with Shadow.
"Shut up, I could have seriously gotten hurt!" Knuckles shouted as he was getting more angry at the alien brothers.
"We know." The brothers said in sync and laughed harder.
"They are both insane." Knuckles growled as he looked at Sonic, who was trying to not laugh with the brothers.
"They are unique that's for sure." Sonic thought as he grinned with a shrug.
"Don't mind them Knux, they are very new to this world. To them others getting hurt is amusing and entertaining so count yourself lucky Shads only pushed you down two dozen steps." Sonic said with a wink at Knuckles.
"Shads?" Knuckles raised a brow as he was choosing to ignore the brothers for now.
"Yeah I shortened Shadows name and the one next to him is Eclipse. They are brothers and came to this world with these aliens. Don't worry I am on it and going to do what I can to change their minds in invading. It's their father we really need to watch out for, he's the leader of these aliens and the reason they are all here invading the planet." Sonic explained then lent in closer to Knuckles adding in a hushed voice, "I personally do not believe Shadow is even related to them and he is originally from this world but was stolen by the alien leader like fifty years ago. I am going to take them back with me and explain all this."
"Huh?" Knuckles raised a brow as he was officially growing confused by what Sonic just said.
"Say why don't you come with us?" Sonic said in a more louder voice so to get the Black Arms brothers' attention too.
"I can't, I have the Master Emerald to protect. Call me on my communicator so I can listen in and know what the hell is going on." Knuckles seriously said while also glancing beyond Sonic and over to his beloved Emerald.
"Hey no touching!" Knuckles then called out as Shadow was reaching out to the Master Emerald and very close to placing his hand on it.
"Why not?" Shadow asked with a deep unimpressed frown at Knuckles, hovering his hand over the gem and not showing any signs in retracting it.
"Yeah why can't my brother touch it?" Eclipse asked as he crossed his arms and glared at the red echidna with some aggression.
"Because it is my Emerald and I don't want you touching it!" Knuckles shouted as he was glaring at Shadows hand with rage.
"Don't see your name on it red creature." Shadow muttered in Black Arms as he kept his hand hovering then ever so slightly lowered it closer.
"I'm warning you hedgehog, do not touch my Emerald." Knuckles growled lowly and gave a look that promised pain.
Shadow smirked a little darkly as he lowered it a tad more, getting the reaction he was after.
Knuckles growled more aggressively and was seconds away from rushing over and ripping Shadow away then chucking him down the shrines steps.
"Shadow please don't touch Knuckles' Emerald." Sonic sighed as he turned around and looked at Shadow with a sad begging expression.
Shadow rolled his eyes and retracted his hand then crossed his arms while muttering under his breath in Black Arms. Eclipse chuckled as he heard the complaints Shadow was saying but chose to keep what Shadow said to himself for now.
"Thank you now lets get moving before Knuckles has a seizure or something. I'll call ya as soon as we get to Tails' place ok Knux." Sonic said with a thankful smile at Shadow then turned back around to look at Knuckles when addressing him.
"Yeah and before you all leave, I catch either of you two near my Emerald then I will not hold back. I will rip you both out of existence then feed your corpses to wild dogs." Knuckles seriously threatened with narrowed eyes filled of promise.
"How dare you disrespect us both red creature. You have no idea who you are messing with and it will be you who will burn." Shadow growled aggressively while narrowing his eyes back at Knuckles, both now in a stare off.
"Yeah I would love to see you try and my name is Knuckles." Knuckles seriously said as he bared his teeth while trying to contain his rage.
This was not a good place to start fighting for the Master Emerald was at risk of getting smashed to pieces again.
"Need I remind you I did knock you unconscious, I spared your life so do not make me regret that decision." Shadow sinisterly said as he began to smirk in an insane manner at the red echidna.
"O-k how about we all just calm down and take in deep breaths before something unfortunate happens." Sonic slightly shouted out to gain everyone's attention.
"You should tell this red one to not upset us both and to watch what he says in front of us. We are not to be take lightly and will end you all." Eclipse firmly said as he gave Knuckles a look of hate for the way he was towards his brother then grabbed Shadows wrist and begin to walk towards the stairs while pulling Shadow along, barging passed Knuckles a little roughly.
"Hey watch it!" Knuckles called out as he turned around and watched the two alien brothers descend down the steps.
"Knuckles please you seriously do not want to make them more upset. They mean what they say and they will succeed. I do not want to lose a friend and if you are gone who will protect the Master Emerald? Just bite your tongue ok and I will sort this all out, promise." Sonic said as he held Knuckles back from charging down the steps and attacking the Black Arms brothers.
"Keep them away from the Master Emerald. No, in fact keep them off my Island. I don't want to see either of them up here regardless of the reason." Knuckles muttered as he figured if Sonic was concerned then he should just let this one go for now.
"Sure thing Knux, I'll call ya soon ok." Sonic grinned with a wink then dashed down the stairs to catch up with Shadow and Eclipse.
"Huh seems like our brothers live and have teleported off the island." Eclipse casually said as he and Shadow stood where their fallen brothers once laid on the ground unconscious.
"It seems so, this is good. It would be an utter embarrassment if they lost their lives against that strange bad tempered red creature. He wasn't even using any kind of weapon but his own fists against three of our strongest brothers." Shadow semi seriously said with a small frown while glancing over at his brother.
"So those guys Knuckles knocked out are the strongest guys you have on the invasion team?" Sonic asked as he stopped beside Shadow and smiling at the brothers in a friendly manner.
"Well not including us both. They are the strongest soldiers bred for war, me and Shadow however are far different from our many brothers. They all lack free will where we do not. We have our own minds and can make our own decisions only we do as we are told to avoid the alternative." Eclipse explained as they all slowly began to walk away from the Master Emerald shrine.
"Alternative? That's the same as facing a punishment from your dad right?" Sonic questioned with a small frown, not liking the fact Shadow may face this if found guilty of treason.
"No, father can get into our heads and control us through the hive mind. He will strip our will and use us to do anything he desires, we will be powerless to stop him and fight back." Shadow casually answered with a shrug, feeling confident his father will not do that to him or Eclipse.
"What the hell? He can like mind control ya both and get you to do anything he wants…that's like totally messed up." Sonic said with shock in his words and looking it too.
"He wont do that so long as we obey and do not show signs of betrayal. And that is only if he doesn't desire to kill us straight off. Death is always on the table and it is only a matter of why and how with father." Shadow said with a grin at Sonic while they continued to walk.
"Oh man I seriously need to get them both far away from their dad and hope to chaos himself that their dad wont find them. Well I doubt it he is Shadows father but still, the guy did bring Shadow up I guess." Sonic thought with a small frown on his muzzle, unsure how to even do that task.
"Come to think of it I haven't heard father on the link, do you think he is ok Shadow?" Eclipse asked with concern in his tone as he glanced beside him.
"The link, what's that?" Sonic asked as he wanted to know as much as possible in hopes to find a weakness or a way to put a stop to this invasion fast.
"The mind link we all share with father is a telepathic link directed straight to father. It is a way we can communicate to one another and to father so no matter where we are in the universe we can always talk to one another." Shadow explained with a faint smile to Sonic then added in a slightly concerning tone, "I do not think anything has happened to father Eclipse but we should keep our minds open to avoid suspicion, unless you disagree."
"Agreed, the more we share with father the less likely we are to be dragged home for a punishment." Eclipse replied with a small frown.
"Right so you guys can like talk telepathically anywhere in the universe…can your dad listen in on conversations too?" Sonic asked as he tried to get an understanding while also making sure to not seem too nosy.
"Not just listen in but also see what we see through our eyes and memories. He is our father, our maker, the hive mind to our race. There are no secrets with father and he knows everything we think, see and feel. I am just hoping he isn't seeing and hearing all of this, that he is far too busy to check in with us." Shadow said with some worry in his voice, beginning to grow fearful that his father was indeed listening in on this.
"You know Sonic you are not all that bad, for an inferior being that is." Eclipse randomly said with a teasing tone towards Sonic, changing the subject as he could sense his brothers fears, it making him feel the same.
"Charming, I will take that as a compliment Eclipse. Don't think I'll get a better one than that anyways." Sonic said with a roll of his eyes but was sounding cheerful.
"You seriously wouldn't, Eclipse never compliments anyone so be privileged Sonic." Shadow chuckled as he was starting to feel a little at ease now thanks to Eclipse directing his thoughts away from their fathers possible rage with them both.
"Hey I so do, I compliment you don't I?" Eclipse argued his point with a playful nudge at Shadow.
"Ok let me rephrase that, Eclipse doesn't compliment anyone that isn't family." Shadow rolled his eyes and lightly pushed his brother back in a playful manner.
"You both are pretty close aren't ya?" Sonic asked with a smile as he witnessed the playful banter between the Black Arms brothers.
"Somewhat close yeah, this is actually the first time in many years we have seen each other. I was sent away with Black Death, the secondary hive mind and next in command, to help win another war across the galaxy but I was needed here." Eclipse said with a casual tone like it was no big deal and normal.
"We kept in touch through the mind link and shared story's of our accomplishments, kind of bragged to one another for entertainment. It can be a little lonely when you are the only one that is different." Shadow said with a small frown, sounding a little upset.
"I've had to work harder than anyone just to prove I do belong and that I am worth the effort." Shadow muttered with his frown deepening and looking more angered than sad now.
"Not the only one brother, I cannot tell you how many hard lessons I was made to learn while away with Black Death. I am just fortunate he is a little more patient than father and doesn't lash out half as much." Eclipse sighed as he recalled all the times he was told off and punished for mistakes and not listening.
"It seems to me you both have a lot in common which is probably the reason as to why you get along so well. Anyway we need off this island and to get to my brothers place all without causing a scene with any of your er brothers." Sonic said with a grin as they all stopped walking.
"We can teleport but we do not know were this place is." Shadow replied with a shrug while looking at Sonic.
"Right how about we just teleport off this island then you can follow me there, can you run fast Eclipse? I know Shadow can." Sonic suggested and began to grin as he was going to make this run into a little race.
"Do I look like I have the ability to run super fast or have the damn footwear for it?" Eclipse said with a finger pointing to his bare feet, sounding a little annoyed as this seemed obvious to him that he couldn't and looked as such too.
"Fine point taken but I do have two words for ya…piggyback ride." Sonic grinned with a wink at Eclipse.
"Huh?" Both Shadow and Eclipse tilted their heads at this new phrase, both wondering what it was and why they felt a little uneasy by that grin.
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