Chapter 25; Aftermath
Shadow landed and looked at Sonic. The blue dragon glared at Shadow in hatred and snarled.
You killed them! Sonic shouted. Why would you do such a thing?
The evil dragon growled. I had my orders from Galbatorix. Now give me your Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald or I'll send you straight to hell!
Never! Sonic told him. Shadow snarled and looked behind him, seeing the emeralds. He smirked and ran towards them but Knuckles slammed his body against Shadow's. The two dragons tumbled to the ground but Knuckles got up and grappled Shadow so that he couldn't move.
Knuckles held Shadow down and growled menacingly. Leave now, before I decide to really hurt you. Tell Galbatorix that we will continue to fight and will never give these emeralds up.
He let Shadow up, and the black dragon looked at him. Then with a loud roar, Shadow spread his wings and took off into the air, flying back to Uru'baen. Once he was out of sight, Knuckles and Sonic turned to the dead bodies of Glaedr and Oromis. The two dragons sighed and turned away, looking at Tails, Saphira and Eragon. The dragon Rider glanced past them to see the bodies and tears streamed down his face.
Are you okay? Saphira asked him.
Eragon frowned and shook his head, wiping the tears from his face. He sniffed and looked back at Sonic. "What are we going to do now? Glaedr and Oromis are dead, and we're outmatched! You saw what Shadow did to them; he could easily kill us also."
Sonic thought about what Eragon said. We must battle him and the other dragons eventually, Eragon. Also, we must find the rest of the Chaos Emeralds if we need to defeat him.
"If we do that, Shadow or one of Galbatorix's minions could find us and take the emerald!" Tails said. "How are we going to get the Chaos Emeralds without them finding us?"
Knuckles looked at him and shrugged. We'll just have to find them and hope they don't come after us, he told Tails. Galbatorix has two and so do we. But we also have the Master Emerald, which shows us where the Chaos Emeralds are and even controls them. That gives us a distinct advantage.
Tails looked at the two dragons and sighed, nodding in agreement.
Sonic looked up to the sky saw that it was getting dark. He walked up to Saphira and the two dragons blushed. Saphira licked Sonic and grinned.
I'm glad you're okay, Saphira said. I was worried that Shadow might try and fight you.
I've beaten him before; it's nothing I can't handle, Sonic told her. Now...I have the feeling you wanted to tell me something?
Saphira nodded and licked him again, blushing madly. The male dragon looked at her in confusion at the way she was acting but said nothing and let Saphira speak.
Sonic, Saphira said. It's mating season.