Chapter 25: Future 1
Shadow the hedgehog rose from a ditch that was just now created, Sonic was on his tail.
His hand was glowing red, while he bore a cocky smile.
Shadow and Sonic began fighting violently; there were scars of a newly-made battlefield everywhere.
Neither of them were even breaking a sweat, but they were both harming each other a lot in the process.
Shadow was fighting vigorously, claiming punch after punch.
While Sonic was fighting with more strategy, using a lot of kicking motions and maneuvers.
It was easy to tell that the hedgehogs' skills had advanced a great deal.
Sonic stopped, and Shadow hesitated, sensing Sonic was about to say something.
"All right Shadow, can we cut it out with the games?" Sonic said, still smiling. "You and I have been fighting since who knows when, not that I don't enjoy the challenge, but don't you think it's getting a little old?"
Shadow crossed his arms, annoyed. "Yes, it is a little old."
"Look, all I want is to keep this planet's people safe, is that such a bad thing? What's with you Shadow? Why do you want this crazy guy ruling the planet anyway?" Sonic said.
"I never said I wanted him to rule the planet," said Shadow.
"Yeah, but you sure act like it," Sonic protested. "What's he got on you anyway? He stronger then you or something?"
"Nobody is stronger then me," Shadow said with a grown. "I am the Ultimate Lifeform."
"Then stop taking orders from him," said Sonic.
"I…I can't." Shadow said, turning his back to him.
"It's because of the memory thing isn't it?" Sonic said, as if bored of the conversation. "Look, I've already told you what happened, you liked this girl Maria, and to keep a promise you made to her, you stopped the ARK."
"I know that…" said Shadow.
"Then why are you so dead set with getting your memory back?" said Sonic.
"Because I want to remember her! I want to put a face to the name! Do you understand how hard it is to live with nothing but a faded memory haunting you? I want to understand, what is, who it is I Am." said Shadow.
Sonic sighed, figuring nothing was going anywhere.
"All he's thinking about is himself; not the lives of all those innocent people." thought Sonic.
Sonic stepped forward. "Fine Shadow, lets fight, again and again and again, while you wait pointlessly for some lowlife to break his promise."
Shadow was very angry at the way Sonic was confronting him.
His fists glowed, a deep red, admitting heat.
"CHAOS!!!!" Shadow shouted.
…Sonic had less then a second to think, Shadow was about to use Chaos Blast, and kill him right then and there with a powerful ray of chaos energy, a huge explosion.
Sonic, so quickly you couldn't even see him grab it, took out his Power-Ring.
The Power-Ring gleamed bright, and before Shadow could say, 'Blast.' to use the ability, Sonic plunged forward, grabbed Shadow's glowing red hand, and forced Shadow to grip the Power-Ring.
Now, Power-Rings were very mysterious things.
Like the Chaos Emeralds, they held a great deal of energy within them, and though a smaller amount, they usually gave Sonic adrenalin, and a sort of electric energy to boost his speed.
However, only Sonic was known to be able to use them, nobody else could access their power, but they always did what Sonic wanted them to do.
Shadow couldn't think of finishing his sentence, he was fully distracted now.
The Power-Ring was having a weird effect on him; a shock of pure energy ran though him like a lightning bolt to a metal rod.
Sonic jolted backwards, knowing exactly what was happening.
The Chaos Energy that Shadow was about to use and the Ring's energy, were clashing against each other.
And to add to that, Shadow wore two rings around his gloves that were ideal for controlling his energy and abilities, and were absorbing and rejecting the new energy.
Shadow let out a yell and fell to the floor in agony; the energy was harming him dearly.
The ring dropped to the floor, fully drained.
Shadow's rings were beaming brightly, almost to the point of causing blindness.
Shadow instinctively tossed both of the gold rings off to reduce the pain, and they stopped admitting light and energy.
Shadow was on his knees, still in pain.
Sonic leaned down, and slowly picked up the rings.
"I hate to get rough with you Buddy, but you had me running through hoops for a long time," said Sonic. "Without your rings, you'll have a lot of uncontrolled energy flowing through you, sorry pal, but if you try using your nifty abilities again, you're going to have a lot less energy and abilities, or too much for your body to handle."
Shadow growled, but said nothing and lowered his head ashamed of defeat.
End chapter