Day: August 1, 2184
Cosmo helped Tails up and threw his arm over her shoulders, carrying her wounded warrior back to the group. Failing to notice Shadow, Cosmo hurried back to the group.
"Shawn!" Cosmo yelled, "Help Tails!"
"I'll see what I can do." Shawn said. Shawn took Tails out of Cosmo's arms and placed him back a little farther in the back of the tower. Meanwhile, Sonic was still trying to make contact with Shadow.
"Hey Shadow! It's Me, Sonic!" Sonic yelled. Shadow continued to walk toward them, still not replying to Sonic. "Can you hear us Shadow?" Sonic yelled.
"Shadow!" Rouge yelled, "How did you survive the chaos control back with the Metarex?" Knuckles was beginning to become impatient and began walking toward Shadow.
"Hey Shadow!" Knuckles yelled, "Why aren't you responding to us?" Suddenly, Shadow threw his fist into Knuckles and sent him flying into a building next to the tower. The impact had caused a massive hole in the building.
"Who is Shadow?" Jane asked.
Rouge looked back at Jane, "Shadow was created back at a place called space colony ARK. He was created to be the ultimate lifeform. When Eggman got a hold of him, he tried to make him destroy and kill everyone in sight. Shadow eventually sided with us and helped stop the metarex. When a massive explosion was about to take us all out, Shadow used Chaos Control and gave us enough time to flee before the blast occurred."
"So why is he hurting us?" Jane asked. She looked back at Shadow, who was looking where Knuckles had been hit at. He began to laugh.
"What's so funny Shadow?" Sonic asked, fists clenched ready for battle. Shadow looked at Cosmo, who was petrified to see him. Cosmo had always been terrified of Shadow ever since he had tried to kill her to stop the metarex from being able to spy on Sonic and his friends. Shadow pointed at Cosmo.
"Do you not see who you are aligned with?" Shadow asked, finally breaking his silence.
"Who?" Sonic asked. He turned around to see who he was pointing at. "Cosmo? Of course we're teammates, why wouldn't we be Shadow?"
"She is a spy for the metarex! We must kill her now!" Everyone tilted their heads and raised an eyebrow.
"Shadow?" Rouge asked, "Do you not know that we defeated the metarex?"
"The Metarex are still here," Shadow said, "We must destroy them and Cosmo."
"Shadow," Sonic said, "The Metarex have already been defea…"
"Enough of this!" Shadow exclaimed, "If you won't kill her, then I guess I'll have to kill her myself!" Shadow charged up a chaos spear and aimed it right at Sonic and company.
"Everyone run!" Sonic yelled. The team then split up and began to run away. Shawn was still stuck trying to help Tails from his injuries, failing to hear Sonic's warning.
"You have one broken Tail." Shawn said, "And your ankle's kind of tweaked. I think I know how we can fix this." Shawn then pulled out a syringe filled with some sort of blue gel and began to put it into Tails tail.
"Ow!" Tails yelled. Then, in a matter of moments, the tail went from a massive pain and began to tickle a little bit.
"That tickles!" Tails yelled, "What's happening?"
Shawn then got up, "It's replenishing the bone faster, stimulating the bone to heal in a matter of seconds." Then, Tails felt the tickling sensation go away. He got up and propelled into the air.
"This is awesome Shawn. Thanks!" Tails said.
Shawn smiled, "No problem." The two then turned around to see Shadow and no one else. He was shaking his head in disapproval.
"It's sad to see that you didn't hear of your friends warning." Shadow said, "It looks like I'm just gonna have to kill you now."
"What?!" Shawn exclaimed, "Why?"
"If I don't," Shadow said, "Then you'll get in the way of me killing that spy for the metarex." Suddenly, Tails was hit with an instant flashback. The fear in Cosmo's eyes as he kept her safe for hours on end, making sure Shadow didn't lay a finger on her. He was able to keep her untouched, but it would cost him many injuries in the process.
"But the metarex are dead!" Tails exclaimed.
"But look who's standing next to you." Shadow said. Tails looked back over at Shawn and sighed.
"Shadow," Tails said, "Shawn did used to work for them, but like I said, they're gon…" Suddenly, Shadow sent another chaos spear at Shawn and Tails. Shawn picked up Tails, turned on his jetpack, and flew away from the tower. The chaos spear barely missed the two and hit the building. The tower then began rumbling and began to collapse. Shadow walked away from the tower as it collapsed behind him.
"Let's go Tails," Shawn said, "We've got to get to the others, wherever they are." Tails jumped out of Shawn's arms and began to fly on his own.
"It looks like the gel is working perfectly!" Tails said as the two flew in the air. Shawn looked below him to see that Shadow was still following closely behind them."
"He's gaining on us!" Shawn yelled to Tails.
"Shawn over here!" Tails yelled. Shawn looked over to Tails and saw that he was pointing at a building. Shawn saw that the group was at the top of the building, waving to the two.
"We've got to keep them safe!" Shawn said. He flew down to the ground to meet with Shadow.
"Computer, we're gonna need a big gun for this." Shawn said, "Load me a rapid-strike CS-18, set the ammo to dark."
"Roger that sir," The CPU said. Then, on command, the gel on his back began to form into a new rifle he had yet to try before. The weapon had a heavy barrel, which would increase his accuracy, and was a merge of an M16 and an M240 machine gun. The gun had a rapid fire feature which would be able to launch up to 700 bullets a minute. Shawn pulled the rifle off of his back and aimed it at Shadow.
"Shadow listen to me!" Shawn said, "I don't want to shoot you, because I know you can be a valuable teammate along our side to stop the dark monsters. But you have to understand something."
"Understand what?" Shadow asked, "That you are full of crap and that you don't even know what the dark monsters are?" Shawn grits his teeth.
"Here," Shawn said, "I will prove to you right now that there are no metarex remaining. Computer, scan for any metarex in the universe."
"Roger sir, this may take a little bit." Said the CPU.
"I know that your little cyborg is just going to lie and say that there isn't any left." Shadow said.
"Shadow, why do you have to be so stubborn?" Shawn asked.
"I'm not stubborn," Shadow said, "I'm just doing what's best for Sonic and his team, and that's killing you and Cosmo."
"That's not going to happen." Shawn said. He pressed a button that sent the weapon into rapid fire mode and pulled the trigger. Bullets filled the air as he began firing at Shadow. Shadow dodged the bullets with Chaos Control and disappeared.
"Shawn!" Sonic ran up next to him, "You're not going to be able to kill him with bullets,"
"Well, how are we going to kill him?" Shawn asked.
"We're not going to kill him." Sonic said, "We're going to try and reason with him and get him to understand that the metearex are gone." Tails flew down next to the two, "Why doesn't he understand that they are all dead?"
"Maybe it was from the amount of Chaos Control he used to buy us the time we needed to save us from the aftermath of the final battle with the metarex." Tails said, "Or it could be that it's a completely different Shadow. Remember that there are hundreds of Shadow androids."
"Both very valid points, brother," Sonic said, "but how are we going to prove that the metarex are gone?" Sonic asked.
"When will you realize you're all just blinded?" Shadow said from behind him, Shadow punched Sonic, who was sent flying across the Seedrian Street and was left unconscious.
"Sonic!" Everyone yelled.
"My Sonikku!" Amy yelled as she jumped from the roof to care for Sonic.
"Shadow!" Shawn yelled, "Enough is enough! Why won't you understand that the metarex are gone?" Shawn asked.
"Because I'm doing this for Maria and Molly!" Shadow yelled.
"Who is Molly?" Shawn asked.
"She was someone I met with some rebels," Shadow said, "When she and I learned that the rebels were siding with the Metarex, we tried to stop them, but she was killed in the process. I swore from that moment I would fight for her and Maria to make sure no more innocent people like her are murdered from Metarex scum like you!" Shadow launched another Chaos spear at Shawn. Shawn dodged out of the way, missing the spear by mere inches. Shawn pulled out a Dessert Eagle sidearm and began to fire at Shadow. Shadow quick stepped from side to side, dodging the bullets with ease. The group left the roof and joined Shawn and Tails on the ground.
"Stop this Shadow!" Amy said with tears filling her eyes, "Can't you see we're telling you the truth?" Shadow ignored Amy's statement and continued to fight Shawn. Shawn had ignored Sonic's warning and continued to fire at Shadow.
"Hah!" Shadow laughed, "You think you know how to use a gun?" Shadow used chaos control and landed right in front of Shawn. He kicked the weapon out of Shawn's hands as the sidearm flew into the air. Shadow obtained the sidearm and fired into the group.
"That's how you use a sidearm!" Shadow crushed the weapon in his hands and walked away from Shawn. Shawn turned around to see everyone huddled around someone. Shawn pushed through everyone and saw someone lie on the ground. Shawn dropped to his knees to see that Shadow had fired at Jane. The bullet had come in direct contact with her right shoulder blade. She was on the ground screaming in agony. Shawn's hands began to tremble. He stood up and looked back at Shadow who was laughing, "Your empathy for each other is childish! This is the exact reason why you will never be able to stop the metarex."
Shawn walked towards Shadow as a black aura shone around him.
"YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!" Shawn screamed as he used his sonic boosters and went towards Shadow.
End of Part 34