SHADOW The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius
3rd Saga: The Black Armed Nocturnus
Episode 86
Previously on Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius...
Sonic awakened within GUN HQ, where Rouge was waiting for him. Despite her 'best' efforts, she couldn't keep him in his room while Commander Tower interrogated Black Soil.
Shadow arrived in the Sol Zone, only to find out that he and Blaze share something about each other... after a long talk, Blaze revealed a Chaos Emerald that mysteriously appeared in the Sol Zone. That same Chaos Emerald was stolen by Swell of the Sol Zone's Babylon Rogues! After a brief chase, Shadow managed to not only take back the Chaos Emerald, but free Swell from the darkness within her.
When Shadow tried to take the Sol Emeralds from Blaze, he dealt with some inner turmoil, which Blaze helped him out with by giving him the Chaos Emerald. Shadow then returned to Mobius, where he found Eggman's airship fleet attempting to do battle with the Black Arms' floating ruins.
Within Casino Night, Mina soon found a Chaos Emerald, which triggered Mammoth Mogul's control over her mind. When she left Casino Night with the Emerald, a Mobian hawk soared after her.
At that moment within the Raiju Temple of Chun-nan's Dragon Kingdom, Black Doom confronted two lynxes who had a Chaos Emerald! Conquering Storm (the head of the Raiju Clan), challenged Black Doom to a duel for the Emerald. "Hmhmhmhm... fools."
Now that Sonic has escaped from GUN HQ with Black Soil, what shall they do now that they've spotted the floating ruins? Can Shadow stay true to what Blaze thinks of him, or will he obey Black Doom's command and steal Eggman's Chaos Emerald? Why are Eggman's forces fighting the Black Arms in the first place? Why does Mammoth Mogul want a Chaos Emerald, and who is that Mobian hawk following his mind-slave? Can Conquering Storm & Lightning Lynx keep their Chaos Emerald from Black Doom? Find out next on Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius!
Chapter Thirty Six: Chaos and Emeralds
As the Mogul-controlled Mina ran across the ocean at a high-speed, she was totally unaware that a Mobian hawk was following her in the skies above... when all of a sudden, the hawk swooped in from behind and swiped the Chaos Emerald!
"Who dares to steal my Chaos Emerald?" Mogul made Mina yell in his voice. When the hawk turned around, he revealed himself to the mind-controlled mongoose as a light-blue hawk with blue eyes, wearing a red headband, red shoes, a grey strap around his shoulder, and red gloves that had sharp claw-like tips.
"My name is not important to 'singstars' such as yourself." The hawk replied as he flew above Mina with the Chaos Emerald in hand. "Now if you'll excuse me, I am off to collect my reward from my robotic client!" He then soared towards the mainland. But Mogul hadn't given up on his prize just yet...
"Return with my gem of power at once!" He ordered as he made Mina chase after the hawk.
At that moment, Black Doom had successfully used the Chaos Emerald to blind Conquering Storm and Lightning Lynx of the Raiju Clan!
"Ngh... you think that merely blinding us will be enough for you to take our Chaos Emerald?" Asked Lightning Lynx after the light from the Chaos Emerald vanished.
"Raiju! To me!" As Conquering Storm said that, a large number of Mobian lynxes wearing appropriate ninja clothing appeared from elsewhere in the temple. "You will have to defeat all of us in order to claim the Chaos Emerald as your own!"
"Hahahaha... fools!" Was all Black Doom said before throwing meteors their way! While all of the Raiju lynxes blocked Black Doom's attack, they had no idea that it was an illusion so the REAL Black Doom could knock out Conquering Storm and steal her Chaos Emerald!
"Conquering Storm!" Cried Lightning as he saw her unconscious. Black Doom then used the two Chaos Emeralds he had to unleash red and purple blades at the remaining Raiju, knocking them out aswell!
"Hahahaha... with these Chaos Emeralds, I am one step closer to acheiving my goal..." He said before sensing another somewhere else. "...and now I shall add to my collection..." Black Doom then vanished with what looked like Chaos Control...
Meanwhile, back on the floating ruins of Glyphic Canyon, Shadow was racing towards the closest battle zone, where he not only saw some Black Arms fighting a couple Egg Pawns, but he also spotted a floating monitor with an antenna spinning on top of it.
"Doctor?" He asked before the monitor turned around to reveal Eggman's face onscreen.
"Ahh, Shadow!" Exclaimed Eggman. "It's been a long time, my furry friend. And I see you've lost your cape."
"Let's skip the plesantries, Doctor." Shadow told him. "What're you doing out here?"
"Isn't it obvious? I'm having my robot army engage these black creatures so I can help save Mobius!"
"...so it's safe for you to conquer, right?"
"While you're here Shadow, I noticed that you were one of the three beings that activated those jewels that allow these ruins to fly. Why don't you destroy them while my robots hold off the black creatures?"
"Why are you asking me to help you when you saw me activate the jewels in the first place?"
"Please. I know you, Shadow. You wouldn't be helping these black creatures unless you had an ulterior motive yourself."
"Hmph. You're good, Doctor. Very well... I shall assist you for now." After saying this, Shadow Spin Dashed into the Black Arms attacking the Egg Pawns before he raced towards one of the jewels, with Eggman's monitor following him.
"Just make sure you destroy those jewels before my prototype air fleet is destroyed." Eggman warned. Shadow soon arrived at one of the temples with the jewels inside, and spotted a Black Arm aiming what looked like a turret at one of Eggman's airships. "Quickly, Shadow! Disable that turret before it destroys one of my ships!"
"Yes, Doctor." Shadow replied before attacking the large Black Arm controlling the turret with Homing Attacks, Spin Dashes and Chaos Spears. Eventually, the creature was eliminated, and Shadow threw a Chaos Spear at the jewel, which destroyed it, causing the temple to rumble...
"Nicely done, Shadow!" Praised Eggman. "Hurry, let's move towards the next power source."
"I'll meet you there, Doctor." Shadow replied as he revealed the Chaos Emerald the Blaze gave him. "Chaos CONTROL!"
Chasing after the floating ruins and Eggman's air fleet, Sonic was carrying Black Soil across the oceans of Mobius, when Sonic suddenly stopped before he ran into a familiar-looking totem pole...
"Whoa... that'll teach me not to keep my eyes on the road!" He exclaimed as he stepped back while Black Soil looked around.
"Where... are we, Sonic?" She asked.
"The Green Hills of South Island." Sonic replied. "Never thought I'd come back here." Suddenly Sonic sensed a familiar presence...
"*gasp* I feel it, too..." Said Black Soil as they both ventured further through the Green Hills. When they arrived at a number of ruins surrounded by lava, Sonic & Black Soil saw six Mobians fighting off some Black Arms soldiers!
"Those must be the Downunda Dags that TodStar told me about!" Exclaimed Sonic, while Black Soil noticed something else about them...
"They have a Chaos Emerald!" She pointed out, which startled Sonic.
While Black Soil threw a Chaos Spear at one of the Black Arms, Sonic Spin Dashed into two more and sliced through another with the Sword of Light, which got the attention of the Downunda Dags.
"It's the Knight of the Wind!" Walt pointed out.
"What up?" Asked Sonic. When Sonic didn't see the Black Arm behind him, Walt threw a black boomerang that had a fuse on top of it, which exploded when it hit the black creature! "Whoa, nice! TodStar told me you guys had some skills!"
"So, to what do we owe the honor, Sir Sonic?" Asked Barby.
"Nothin', really." Sonic replied. "I was chasing those ruins up there with Black Soil here, and I guess I didn't see where I was goin'..."
"Oh. Well, I just assumed you were here cause of this." Said Walt as he revealed a familiar-looking gem.
"A Chaos Emerald!" Exclaimed Black Soil as she seemed drawn to the Emerald, causing the Downunda Dags to gather in front of the Emerald.
"And we knew that these black creatures would want it!" Stu pointed out.
"Hey, wait! Black Soil is-" Sonic's explanation was inturrupted when more Black Arms appeared from the sky! "Let's argue about this later. Right now, we've gotta deal with these creeps!" Hearing this, Sonic, Black Soil and the Downunda Dags formed a circle in front of all the Black Arms approaching them...
As they approached the mainland, the Mobian hawk noticed that the mind-controlled mongoose was still in hot pursuit of him, so he attempted to swerve through a bamboo forest within Chun-nan.
"You will not escape me, you feather-headed fool!" Mogul warned through Mina as he made her continue to chase the hawk. While the hawk was merely swinging through the trees, he unintentionally dropped the Chaos Emerald, and Mina had passed it without Mogul knowing it was there! Someone who DID know it was there was Black Doom, and he had obtained it with ease.
"Should Terios complete his mission, there is now only one Chaos Emerald left..." He muttered before vanishing once more. Emerging from the bamboo forest, the hawk and Mina arrived near a temple that seemed abandoned.
"There is no escape for you now, hawk..." Mogul warned. "Surrender the Chaos Emerald to me now, and I shall spare your insufferable life."
"If you think I am going to give up my pay just to..." Said the hawk, but he stopped as he couldn't seem to find the Emerald in question. "Where is the Chaos Emerald?"
"If you are trying to fool me, you are more of a sorry Mobian than I gave you credit for." Mogul said, making the hawk mad.
"NOBODY makes a fool out of Predator Hawk!" He warned as he approached Mina with his claws fully visible. "NOBODY! Now... where is that Chaos Emerald?"
"Did I hear someone say 'Chaos Emerald?'" Asked a voice unknown to either Predator or Mogul. When they turned around, they saw a large number of pink Mobian bats wearing ninja-like attire, aswell as a female bat in front of them, wearing a white veil that covered her mouth, a purple dress and a large amount of jewelery while holding a red fan. "Because my loyal Yagyu Clan had claimed it for their Bride many nights ago."
"And you are..?" Asked Predator.
"I am Rich Nights." Said the female bat. "The Bride of the Yagyu Clan. And that Chaos Emerald you claim to have lost belongs to me. Hand it over, and we won't have to get our hands dirty..."
"Cease this nonsense at once, you miserable excuse of a leader!" Mogul shouted through Mina, making Rich Nights angry.
"Destroy them both and bring me that Chaos Emerald!" She ordered her clan. The Yagyu bats then charged at Predator and Mina, both of which ran back into the bamboo forest.
"(Grr... I must've dropped that Emerald somewhere in here...)" Predator thought.
"(I must have at least one Chaos Emerald in order for me to achieve the power I so desire...)" Mogul thought as he made Mina run through the forest.
Back on the floating ruins, Shadow had arrived at the last temple that was floating above Mobius, and saw a large airship flying above the ruins that was under heavy fire from the temple below...
"You must disable that temple, Shadow!" Eggman told him. "We can't let those black creatures get their hands on my Chaos Emerald!"
"I'm on it." Shadow replied before attacking the Black Arms within the temple and disabling their turrets, before destroying the jewel keeping it afloat.
"Excellent!" Praised Eggman. "Now, allow my flagship to pick you up before the temple crashes down to where it came from."
"Yes, Doctor." Said Shadow. Soon, a green light emerged from underneath Eggman's flagship and surrounded Shadow before lifting him up to the ship. Before Shadow knew it, he was within the ship's engine room, where a number of Egg Pawns were guarding the Chaos Emerald connected to the ship. Seeing this, Shadow smirked.
Before any of the Egg Pawns knew it, Shadow threw a small Chaos Spear at Eggman's floating monitor, destorying it!
"All Egg Pawns, aquire target: Shadow the Hedgehog." Ordered a computer voice, but by the time the order was issued, Shadow had already smashed all of the Egg Pawns in the engine room and taken the Chaos Emerald!
"Hmph. Never ask for my help again, Doctor." Shadow said to one of the cameras. "Chaos CONTROL!" Watching this from Robotropolis was Eggman himself, and he looked quite angry...
"I told you not to trust him, boss..." Said Orbot, looking at the flashing red in the screen.
"Arr! The Powers of Chaos be a harsh mistress." Cubot pointed out, making the Doctor's face turn red in anger.
"Rrrrgh! JUST GET BACK TO WORK!" He screamed at Orbot and Cubot, before they flew away in fear. "I want my greatest creation airborne by the end of the month. Then ALL of Mobius shall tremble before the might of the Eggman Empire! Gah hahahaha!"
Meanwhile, back on South Island, Sonic had just finished slicing through the last Black Arm in the area (not counting Black Soil).
"All right Sonic, why didn't you want us to smash this one?" Asked Thrash as he pointed to Black Soil.
"She's not like the others, man..." Sonic replied as he walked back to the group. "Black Soil can't stand her own kind." Hearing this, Black Soil nodded in agreement.
"I want nothing to do with those monsters." She added. "If I could change my appearence, I would. But I assure you all, I am no threat to any of you."
"Well in that case, Barby?" Walt said, before Barby handed their Chaos Emerald to Sonic. "Reckon you could get us back to Downunda, Sonic? You can keep the Emerald if you do."
"Sure. I can do that." Sonic replied as he took the Chaos Emerald. "Just stay close to me, you guys. Chaos..."
Later, Shadow had returned to Station Square via Chaos Control, and looked at the Chaos Emerald that he held in his hand.
"Hmm... I wonder how many Chaos Emeralds are left to find..." He thought out loud, before he sensed a familiar presance...
"...CONTROL!" Shouted Sonic as he and Black Soil appeared next to him. "Shadow..."
"Sonic, you need to listen to me..." Shadow told him, but Sonic merely turned away from the black hedgehog.
"Since you kicked me in the head, I don't think so." He said.
"Sonic, please..."
"Terios, you disobeyed my orders!" Shouted a familiar voice. Suddenly, Black Doom appeared before them with Axtius beside him.
"I think it's time we got a few things straight, Black Doom..." Shadow told the large Black Arm before him as he held the Chaos Emerald that Blaze gave him tightly. "My name is Shadow. Shadow the Hedgehog. And I was under orders from GUN to obey you only until the Chaos Emeralds came together." Hearing this, Sonic's eyes widened. "I was created for one reason, and one reason only... to protect Mobius from monsters such as yourself."
"(Man, he sure had me fooled...)" Sonic thought as he slapped himself in the face.
"So this is the path you have chosen?" Asked Black Doom. Shadow merely nodded. "Very well then, Shadow... like your son and your sister, you shall suffer for betraying your own kind!"
"Enough talk! Let's settle this, Black Doom!" Shadow demanded as they, Sonic, Axtius and Black Soil stared each other down, unaware that a blonde Mobian in robot armor was watching from a wrecked GUN robot...
"Please be careful, Shadow..." She said softly.
END OF CHAPTER
Emerald Count:
Red, Yellow and Green Chaos Emeralds - Black Doom
Blue, Purple and Cyan Chaos Emeralds - Shadow the Hedgehog
Grey Chaos Emerald - Sonic the Hedgehog & Black Soil