Team Chaos – Chapter 20: A city in peril; a hedgehog in pain
Sly stopped at the edge of a skyscraper building and looked down upon the mass destruction and fleeing citizens. The other three did the same. Sly shook his head in disbelief. "This is horrible! We have to stop that army of Shadows! Prepare to attack, guys!"
Ratchet turned toward the raccoon. "How do we know Shadow himself isn't down there?"
"We don't. But I honestly believe Shadow wouldn't be a part of this mess! And if he is..." Sadness gleamed in Sly's eyes as he lowered his head. "...we just need to stop this madness, no matter who we are up against!" Ratchet and the other two nodded in agreement with Sly's words.
With that they all free fell from the building top, ready to begin their attack on the clones.
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Sid smashed the door off it's hinges and stormed over to Eggman with ShadowX staggering behind. "What the hell, Doctor?! I think you better double check your resources, or I'll kill you without giving a warning next time!"
Eggman stepped back, startled by the hedgehog's rage. "What do you mean, Sid?"
The furious hedgehog clenched his fists. " The Ultimate Life Form was not there!!"
"Preposterous! One of my drones spotted Shadow in the fox's room! Did you search everywhere?"
Sid rubbed the side's of his head. "Everything was in clear view. Hmph, besides, it's not like he hid under the be-" Sid's eyes widened. 'That skinny little bastard!!"
Eggman shook his head. "This ruins the whole plan!! That hedgehog wasn't supposed to know you were there until after you destroyed him! Now he'll be expecting you to attack again!"
Sid stared at ShadowX, who was laughing for no reason. A smirk crossed the white hedgehog's face as he chuckled. " Well, if there's someone distracting Shadow, I could jump him from behind. Heh. The first thing that the retard will be useful for!"
Eggman smirked as well to Sid's plot. "That will do. But we also need to find a way to distract Sonic and those other infidels!"
"I'm sure they're busy handling the attack on the city. They'll be at that for days..." Sid gave a devilish smile. "That's enough time to put Shadow in his place!"
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Out of the bedroom window, the black hedgehog stared at the chaos in the city nearby. "What the hell is happening? I need to be out there eliminating those vile things! But...in this state I can't do much. If only..." Shadow was about to scratch his head when he felt a hand grab his ear and begin to pull. Shadow yelped in pain as a furious female voice began to talk.
"You should not be up!! You need rest, you need to be in bed!" Amy yelled as she forced him onto the bed. Shadow looked up at her with ultimate confusion. She sighed and rubbed his head. "Shadow, if you don't rest, you won't get well. I love you, and I'm here to make sure you get better." She smiled. Shadow, still confused by her previous action, forced a weak smile onto his lips. Amy turned towards the door, but stopped. "If I catch you out of bed again, there will be hell to pay." Chills ran down his spine at the tone of her voice. She continued out the door.
"What the hell just happened here?" Shadow said to himself.
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Sonic and Knuckles stopped at the corner of a street and scanned their surroundings. Knuckles shook his head. "This is insane! There's millions of 'em. Even though we're some pretty powerful dudes, I don't think we can take out all of these things by ourselves, Sonic."
The blue hedgehog chuckled. "What're sayin' Knux? Of course we can take these guys! Well...at least I can..." Knuckles growled.
Several thumps from behind caught their attention. As they turned around there were four familiar faces behind them. "Hey! Haven't we seen you guys before! We fought you back in the forest!" Knuckles stated as he got into his battle stance.
"Heh. Yeah, and we whipped your asses too!" Ratchet said with pride.
Sly stepped in between the two to prevent a fight. "Hey, hey! Hold on! Tearing each other apart right now is not a good idea. If you've forgotten, the city is being torn into rubble!"
Sonic nodded. "The raccoon's right. We need to stop those Shadow's. You can kill each other later!"
Knuckles crossed his arms. "Fine! But as soon as this is over I'm going to pummel that...that...whatever the hell he is!"
"I'm a lombax damn it! And the names Ratchet!"
Sly grabbed his angered friend and pushed him to the side. "Look, although we have differences, we need to push them aside and work together to stop this!"
Sora stepped forward. "Sly's right. If we keep fight each other, then those Shadow's will have more time to destroy the city!"
Sonic gave a thumbs up. "I hear ya. Let's team up and kick some ass! Behave yourself Knuckles..."
"Hmph! What ever, let's just get down to business already!" The six of them nodded and charged full force toward the army.
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Tails was working on the machine Sly had asked him to build, when Amy closed the bedroom door behind her. The kitsune turned to her. 'What went on in there? I heard you yelling."
"Shadow was out of bed and I had to force him to get some rest."
Tails welded some metal together. "Well, although right now he needs rest really bad, eventually he'll severely need some exercise. So you can't force him to sleep for very long."
"I know, I know. It's just that..."
"You're worried he may end up getting worse?" Tails asked with concern.
"Yes."
"Well even if he is up, you shouldn't worry about him too much. He's a strong guy, Ames, he can recover faster than any of us."
Amy smiled. "You're right, Tails."
"But it's only natural for you to worry. A mother always worries for her young...wait..."
The pink hedgehog stared at the fox. "Just stick to geek talk..." Tails rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.
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Shadow layed in the bed, looking up at the ceiling. "How did this happen? What is this 'Sid' planning?" He clentched his teeth as a shock wave of pain ran through his chest. "Damn. His powers...they're unbelievable. A piercing wound shouldn't even hurt this much! It's like some beast is tearing at my insides constantly..." He breathed several deep breaths to try and relieve the pain, to no avail. "This is pethetic! I look helpless here in this bed!" A severe burst of pain made the hedgehog yell as loud as he could.
Amy and Tails came rushing through the door. "Shadow! What is it?!" Tails asked. Shadow clentched his sides as he continued to yelp in pain. Amy began to panic as she begged Tails to do something. The kitsune grabbed a needle and injected it into Shadow's side. Within a few seconds he began to relax.
"Shadow..." Amy said quietly as tears slid down her face.
"I'm...fine...just had a...shock of...pain there..."
Tails examined his chest. "That guy did some damage to you. Those shocks of pain are probably your body trying to repair itself...the medicine should hold the pain off for several hours. I'll give you another dose then." Amy hugged Shadow around the neck and sobbed. He placed his arm around her and rubbed her back to reassure her that he was fine.
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Sonic kicked several clones into some buildings. He smirked with pride as he took out a few more. Knuckles punched a group of them into the air, while Sly and Sora tagged teamed another group of clones. Ratchet and Jak were positioned on some buildings sniping the clones from a distance. "Alright! Head shot!!" Jak yelled.
Ratchet laughed. "Don't be getting proud just yet, Jak. I got one in an unspeakable place. I'm sure that's worth more than the head..."
"Heh. Then I guess you don't know how to kill them quickly. All you did was cause that thing a catastrophic amount of pain!"
"Hey, you have to admit it was hilarious."
"Yeah...you're right." Jak chuckled. They laughed maniacally at the joke, not noticing the pair of pure red eyes emerge from the shadows behind. The sound of metallic growling startled them both. Jak and Ratchet swiftly turned around to see a blood thirsty clone coming directly at them...
Dun dun dun...cliffhanger! It was my bro's idea so blame him. Even though he helped me spell check, so this chapter should have little errors. Which, btw, brings me to this: I will be re-doing all the previous chapters. Just some minor things like spell checking, changing/adding some sentences, ect... you know, just to make them look more presentable that's all. Anyway, be on the look out for Chapter 21! Hopefully I'll get it done faster than this one. (Which I highly apologize for the wait)