Note: This one will be a long, but hopefully interesting, chapter…
Chapter 35: Investigation
Que: Three Minutes Clapping (TWEWY)
Apollo, Kratos, Celestia, Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Owlowiscious, and Philomena were already in another area of the Shibuya UG. They had finally arrived at the "crime scene." Well… sort of. Celestia seemed to know where the scream they had heard came from. It was a new friend of one of Twilight's other friends. Celestia pretty much directed them there. Why? Well to investigate it of course. This is exactly what they did.
"Alright, I've always wanted to do something like this" smirked Twilight
"I appreciate it, but please, take this seriously. We need to find anything that will help me determine what happened here" suggested Apollo. Twilight nodded in agreement, then, the group sort of "split up" throughout the area to cover more ground. After searching the area vigorously, they came up with… nothing. Absolutely nothing. The group came back together and Apollo was in a cold sweat, but only momentarily, as he quickly recovered and became serious again.
"Nothing… that's… certainly not good that's for sure. Without evidence I can't prove anything" informed Apollo. Twilight and Spike became slightly depressed at this, but then, Apollo spoke up again.
"However, in this case, it might be a good thing considering the type of incident we're dealing with here. No evidence is actually evidence itself in this case" announced Apollo
"Um… what? What do you mean?" asked Spike. Twilight was serious; she seemed to know where Apollo was going with this.
"I think I know, but, I'll allow Apollo to explain" remarked Twilight. Apollo nodded.
"Thank you Twilight. Whoever did this tried to cover their tracks, which, even I have to admit, they did quite well. They tried to make it seem like nothing happened at all" queried Apollo
"You can't hide everything" realized Kratos
"Exactly. They left behind this 'magical disturbance' that Celestia talked about" added Apollo.
"But… I don't sense anything…" informed Twilight
"Focus real hard Twilight. It's there" suggested Celestia. Twilight did just that. It wasn't soon afterward that it was if a light bulb lit up over Twilight's head.
"Wait… I sensed… something. It's like… the magical energies in this specific area where disturbed somehow" informed Twilight
"Very good Twilight. You just sensed the same thing I did" remarked Celestia. Twilight blushed and was now embarrassed at Celestia's praise. Apollo was still serious though.
"Speaking of which… please don't take any offense for what I'm about to say, but, you know more about it than you're letting on. Can't you please tell me everything about it? I need all the information I can get" asked Apollo. Celestia just smirked, but in a good way
"Well done Apollo, well done. I do know quite a bit about it yes. I will be more than glad to share with you, as well as everyone else here, everything I found out about it" replied Celestia.
Celestia did just that. She told them about Brian Yzerman, Vinyl Scratch, and everything that happened to them up until Brian Yzerman was forced out of the Shibuya UG, which caused the disturbance in the magical energy in the area. Afterward, everyone was tense, even Kratos, although he was only slightly tense. Two weren't tense however. Those two being Celestia and, believe it or not, Apollo, who was just even more serious. Apollo had written everything down and was going through his notes again. He finished and put his notebook away in his suit again. Apollo spoke up.
"I think I know why Brian Yzerman was forced out of this place" announced Apollo. Afterward, everyone was actually quite shocked at this. However, before anyone could say anything, Apollo spoke up again.
"However, I need more information in order to prove it" informed Apollo. Everyone became serious again. But then…
"Hmph. You're pretty good. It's too bad really…" remarked an unknown voice. The group turned to face the voice, only to come face to face with a black, red, and white hedgehog. It was Shadow the Hedgehog.
"How long have you been here?" asked Kratos
"Long enough" answered Shadow
"Are you… Sonic?" asked Apollo
"Of course I'm not! I'm tired of being mistaken for that faker! I'm Shadow, the Ultimate Life Form!" snapped Shadow
"Well sorry but how were we supposed to know that?" remarked Twilight as she rolled her eyes.
"If that's the case, you should know what Sonic is doing… correct?" queried Spike
"I suppose you could say that yes" replied Shadow
"Yet you're still helping him… are you not?" realized Celestia. Everyone became serious now.
"For one reason and one reason only. To get out of here and get back home" informed Shadow
"If that's the case, you don't have to help Sonic to do that. We're trying to get back home too" remarked Apollo
"I work alone" stated Shadow
"So… we've reached an impasse then…" realized Kratos
"It seems so…" remarked Shadow as he took a fighting stance. Kratos stepped forward as did Celestia. However, Celestia was a bit behind Kratos. It seemed as though Celestia was more than willing to let Kratos handle this. But… would things really work out that way…?
End Music
Que: Emptiness and (TWEWY)
Shadow jumped up into the air, curled into a ball, and began to spin very fast. He launched himself towards Kratos, his Homing Attack! Kratos easily moved out of the way avoiding the attack. This kept up for quite some time actually, until Shadow became annoyed. Shadow tried making his attacks faster, to no avail, as Kratos continued to just avoid the attacks easily. Eventually, Shadow did something shocking, yet downright idiotic and quite stupid really. He disappeared, then, reappeared behind Celestia and was attempting to kick her! Everyone became tense and shocked by this, except Kratos and Celestia. Kratos was still just as serious as ever, and Celestia just smirked. Shadow stopped, and wasn't moving. Celestia's horn was glowing. She stopped him easily with her magic. Then… Shadow became tense, for once. A strange orange aura began surrounding Shadow, becoming brighter and brighter, until it exploded in a fiery fashion, blasting Shadow towards Kratos. Kratos reacted immediately. Kratos struck Shadow with harsh ground slashing combos while Shadow was still in the air. Eventually, Kratos ended the combos with a diagonal backward slash that forced Shadow to hit the ground, and he hit it hard.
Shadow jumped back up immediately and was beginning to glow red, he was obviously angry now.
"Chaos Spear!" shouted Shadow as he threw red, small, multiple, knife-like energy shots towards Kratos and Celestia.
Once again, they had no effect, as Kratos and Celestia easily dodged these attacks as well. However, this lasted awhile before anything else actually happened. Eventually, Kratos disappeared! He quickly reappeared… behind Shadow! This not only made Shadow stop his attack, but actually made him tense again as well. Kratos then assaulted Shadow with harsh aerial slashing combos, which once again ended with a diagonal backward slash, and this time, Shadow was flying towards Celestia! During all of this, Celestia's horn was glowing once again, she was preparing another spell. When Shadow was sent towards her, Celestia used the spell. From her horn, Celestia fired an orange, sun-looking fireball at Shadow! Not only that, the fireball was the same size as Shadow. Shadow could not avoid it, and the fireball struck him and exploded in fiery, large fashion. It was too much; Shadow fell to the ground, and wasn't moving. They won.
"Do you understand now?" asked Kratos
End Music
Apollo had already approached Shadow and got down on the ground on his right knee again to talk to him. Unfortunately… Shadow was already disappearing.
"Please… tell me what you know" suggested Apollo. Shadow just smirked.
"Sorry… I don't know anything. I probably know about as much as you do. Believe me or not, I don't care. But, I'm telling the truth" replied Shadow as he then fully disappeared. This only made the group become serious again.
Things… were finally coming to a head. Only a few confrontations and fights were left…
To be continued…
P.S.: All of the groups will be coming together soon. Excited yet? _