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The red light vanished in the sky, and scarce few who witnessed it and remained alive grew even more worried, a deep, uneasy feeling settling in their hearts.
Sonic staggered forward on the dirt of Angel Island, laying down Silver carefully, then finally falling flat on his face, exhaustion suddenly creeping in, his energy incredibly low, seeming even more so after using that dark power.
Inside the house, they had been unaware of what had happened outside, though a chill went down all of their spines, and Cosmo, oddly enough, rushed outside, quickly followed by Vanilla, Tails, and Cream.
They missed the modified Eclipse Cannon's blast, but they saw Sonic and Silver, lying on the ground, Sonic now facing upwards, a small smile on his face, as he recognized Tails.
"Hey little buddy…" Sonic said weakly, "I could go for a few chili dogs…"
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Back in the valley, Shadow placed his foot carefully outside the border of the valley. Finding nothing happening, he stepped all the way out, paused, then turned back around, offering his hand to Amy.
Amy took it and stepped out as well, and the two hedgehogs turned to the old man.
"Would you like to come with us Sensei?" Shadow asked, bowing low, Amy pausing, then doing the same, though not as practiced.
"I thank you for your offer Shadow-san, but I am just an old man. This is a fight for you younger folk. I will be safe enough in my valley," Sensei laughed joyfully, then paused, his eyes lighting up.
"I almost forgot…I have a present for you, Shadow-san, and for you, Amy-chan," the old man said, then hurried to his small hut. Within moments, he returned, holding two strange orbs in his hands…
"What are those?" Amy wondered, eyes twinkling with curiosity, peering into the silver orb's surface as he handed her one, then another to Shadow.
"They are special weapons…Legend says only very strong warriors can wield them. They become your own once you have proven yourself to them, and take on a shape," the old man smiled, bowing his head to the hedgehogs, "I pray you find them useful in the future, if nothing else but training."
"Thank you, Sensei," Shadow said, bowing low again, Amy giving another attempt as well.
"You are most welcome…Now I believe you two have work to do…I would suggest checking on your friends first," the old man grinned, patting them on the head.
With one last wave, Shadow and Amy focused, Chaos Controlling away.
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Metal claws raked out from the soil, as Metal Sonic clawed his way back to the surface, red eyes gleaming with rage as he peered around, looking like he was ready to kill someone.
"Metal! The Eclipse Cannon with the Robotosizer seems to have worked. Unfortunately my scanners indicate that neither Sonic nor Silver was caught in the blast," Eggman's voice said, crackling in Metal's head.
"I was unable to stop Sonic, I apologize Eggman-sama," Metal said softly, looking around for any sign of life.
"No worries Metal. Even Sonic won't be able to stand up against the might of the Eggman Empire now! But before we begin an assault on Angel Island, we have a few more pockets we need to take care of. Mystic Ruins, Babylon Rouge, G.U.N.'s Main Base, and a few other places seemed to have also been immune to the Robotosizer blast," Eggman said jovially over the com-link. "We'll head after G.U.N. first, since they pose the biggest threat, outside of Sonic and his friends."
"And what of your other project?" Metal wondered, dusting himself off and proceeding to run a repair program on himself.
"Project Shadow Mach II is going fine. Should be operational within a week, if everything continues on schedule. It's time we put our effort on building a fleet as well. After all, I now have almost the entire population under my control!" Eggman cackled, "Metal, I would like you to oversee the invasion of G.U.N. Headquarters, as I tend to up here on ARK. I'll need ships fast, just in case Sonic and the rest decide to try something bold within a few days."
"Affirmative Eggman-sama," Metal answered, and the com-link was off. "Alright Omega! We have work to do!"
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"I'm to old for this…"
Commander Braxton was over sixty, and had been planning on retiring from G.U.N. command when the next round of promotions came about, and give up his seat to a younger and more capable officer.
Unfortunately the recent string of events wasn't going in his favor. After G.U.N. detected strange amounts of Chaos Energy, a dimensional rift, and finding out about Eggman and another strange hedgehog, G.U.N. had mobilized, sending troops to protect likely targets, and bringing in important people to it's main base, where an anti-chaos energy shield was in place, sparing them from the Robotosizer's blast across the globe.
G.U.N.'s forces were now dismally small, only those who happened to be in the base, and not deployed. Their was rumor a small taskforce was still alive and surviving in the forests of Mystic Jungle, having been joined by a large cat Mobian, but it was just an unconfirmed report for the time being.
They had only a handful of ships, which could conceivably make it to the ARK before Eggman could redirect his forces, but it would put them at a considerable risk, and Braxton wasn't sure if he could spare the men. If only the communications weren't jammed. He might have been able to contact Angel Island, and thus Sonic and the rest.
Heck, Braxton was getting anxious. He would have accepted Shadow's help, if need be.
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Sonic was hungrily devouring anything edible handed to him, and Silver was placed in a special healing tube, and Tails whipped up a machine that would keep his power down, so he wouldn't be able to escape or do any damage.
The door suddenly opened, and Knuckles rushed towards it, and a loud thud was heard. Tails glanced into the hallway, and saw Amy and Shadow, Amy holding up a mallet and the red echidna on the floor, holding his head.
"I'm sorry Knuckles!" Amy shouted, her mallet disappearing, "I was just kinda jumpy and you ran at us…"
"Geez Amy, what is that mallet made of? Titanium mixed with more titanium?" Knuckles grumbled, picking himself back up, "Besides, I've felt worse."
"Shadow! Amy! Where have you two been?" Tails demanded, glaring the hedgehogs.
"Doesn't matter right now," Shadow said quietly, "I'm taking you missed the light show."
Tails gave Shadow a confused look, so the two hedgehogs, the echidna and fox made their way to the main room, for a explanation…
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After Shadow and Amy explained about the red light, Sonic agreeing with them about it, Tails headed to his computer, and within seconds he returned, a fearful look in his eyes.
"I tried scanning the planet for life forms…Taking out plants…There aren't many left…" the kitsune gulped, blue eyes fearful, "There seems to be a small group in Mystic Ruins, and a few others here and there, plus a large group which I think is G.U.N.'s main base…" Tails said quietly, looking towards everyone, "Did he make something that just killed every animal-like?"
"That's not Eggman's style…" Sonic said, recovering nicely as he devoured some fruit. "When I was fighting Metal, he was giving it his all, almost as though he wanted to finish me off before something happened…"
"Maybe we should just check for ourselves," Vector suggested, "And see what happened."
Tails rubbed his chin, frowning and thinking.
"I have an idea…" Knuckles suddenly spoke up, surprising everyone.
"Since when do you have ideas?" Rouge teased, earning a blush from Knuckles, who coughed, then continued anyways.
"We should split up. Some of us should find these guys in Mystic Ruins, another group should try and find anyone else out there, and the rest should head to G.U.N.'s base, or what Tails thinks there is. We should then all meet there. We'll bring the Master Emerald with us as well…And…" Knuckles paused, turning to Amy and Shadow.
"You two have two of the Chaos Emeralds!" Knuckles said triumphantly, "That will help as well!"
"That's not all we gained," Shadow grinned, rubbing the back of his head, "Remember the Elemental stuff?"
Sonic coughed, then looked towards Shadow. The two hedgehogs' eyes met, and they both nodded.
"I'm Water," Shadow declared, closing his eyes as he focused on the water in the air, creating a ball of water in his outstretched hand.
"Wind," Sonic grinned, clapping his hands as the air stirred around everyone, rustling through their fur/quills.
"And I'm Heart!" Amy quipped in, "Though I'm not sure how to use my power yet…"
"Silver's Mind, and Metal Sonic is…well, Metal!" Sonic added, eyes darting towards the room Silver was in, "So we're going to need to turn them."
"You met Silver?" Shadow asked, stepping closer to Sonic.
"Fought him too…He seemed to have learned how to go Super without the Emeralds. Mentioned something about learning it from you…" the blue blur answered.
"He found out where Amy and I were. Didn't think he'd be able to enter the place…He did something with his elemental powers and figured out how to do it by looking into my memory…" the black hedgehog sighed, "That bastard almost killed Amy as well…I almost killed him. Broke his arm at least."
"He healed it when I fought him. He went Super and mixed it with his Mind powers. Unfortunately, he was way to slow," Sonic grinned, "And I didn't mean anything by it Mr. Moody. I just wanted to know the full story, or at least more of it."
Shadow gave Sonic an odd look after being called 'Mr. Moody' but shrugged it off as Tails began to speak again.
"That sounds like a good idea Knuckles…Sonic, Knuckles and I should go find G.U.N. Rouge, Amy, and Blaze should look for any miscellaneous people, since Amy can Chaos Control. The Chaotix and Shadow should look for the people in Mystic Ruins, since it's close by. And Cream, Ms. Vanilla…and…" Tails paused, looking over towards Cosmo.
"I can't believe I almost forget about the alien…So much stuff has been happening…" Tails thought to himself, then shook his head, "Cream, Ms. Vanilla, and our guest should come with Sonic, Knuckles, and me. It would be safer, if we're going to gather at G.U.N.'s base."
"What are we going to do about our…other guest?" Mighty wondered, talking about Silver.
"Good question…Okay, Knuckles will stay here with the Master Emerald and guard him for now, once we find G.U.N.'s base and make the proper preparations, we can Chaos Control back and bring him, Knuckles and the Master Emerald," Tails declared, "Got it everyone?"
Everyone nodded, and they all headed outside, with the exception of Tails, Sonic, Cream, Vanilla, Cosmo, and Knuckles.
Sonic's energy was greatly refreshed, after the food and a brief visit to the Master Emerald, which Knuckles helped use to recover his fatigue.
"Don't take to long! I don't want to have to wait here to long!" Knuckles shouted, "I might be use to it, but that doesn't mean I like it!"
Laughing, Sonic patted Knuckles on the back, then boarded the Tornado IV, with one final comment.
"Don't worry Knuckles! We'll be fine!"
Unfortunately things would not be fine…The Eclipse Cannon would not be able to fire another Robotosizer blast, but that didn't mean Eggman didn't have other tricks up his evil sleeve.
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