Shadow's Odyssey 2: The Chaos Continues
"All of you back off!" Sabine shouted, pressing her gun against Eggman's head. "Or I plug Shadow's friend here full of laser bolts!"
"We're not friends."
"And you keep quiet."
The Mandalorians in black armor looked at each other, not sure what to do. They watched helplessly as Shadow's personal scientist was shoved down the hallway.
"You don't have to be so aggressive you know!" Eggman complained.
"We should blindfold him, so he doesn't see where our hideout is." Tristen ripped off a piece of Eggman's coat and tied it around his eyes.
"Hey! This is my favorite coat!"
Tristen ripped off another piece to use as a gag.
After what seemed like several hours, the blindfold and gag were removed. There was a strange person standing in front of Eggman. "Who the heck-"
The person suddenly punched him in the stomach. "You will speak only when spoken too. I have questions for you. Who are you? And what makes you so important?"
"I am the genius Dr. Eggman Robotnik! I'm the smartest man in this universe or any other."
"What use does Shadow have for you?"
"To put it simply, I am his slave. Any time he wants something built, he unfreezes me and I have to build it. But now that I've been… somewhat rescued, I can finally put my plan into motion to kill him."
"And what is your plan?"
"Part 1: escape. This was extremely difficult. I took me forever to boost the signal of the communicator in my glove. I wasn't even sure I still had any robots still active in this dimension, but it was my only chance."
Eggman's interrogator ripped off his gloves, threw them on the floor, and torched them with a flamethrower.
"Stop ruining my outfit! Do you have any idea how-"
She punched him in the stomach again. "Your plan."
"Er, right. Part 2: well, there's several different versions of the plan depending on where Sidious is at with his plan. Things like how many planets he's conquered by this point, who's still alive, how many Chaos Emeralds he's collected. I know he has at least one."
"Wait. Who is Sidious?"
"He was originally the chancellor of the Republic, and also secretly a Sith Lord, whatever that is. He was killed, but somehow possessed Shadow's body and now rules Mandalore."
"…Are you making things up just to confuse me?"
"Look I know it sounds complicated to someone of your average intelligence. I'm still working out the science of how he was able to do it-"
She punched him in the nose.
"Ow! Is that really necessary? I'm telling you everything you want to know!"
"I'm starting to think you're not really important at all and the only purpose you serve is to waste our time."
"Look. Sidious plans on taking over the entire universe. And possibly even more universes. I'm the only one that can stop him!"
The interrogator gave him a flat look. "Really. You're going to save the universe."
"The multiverse, actually."
She rolled her eyes.
"All I need is some information about where Sidious is at with his plan."
"We don't know anything about his plan. All we know is that he's not on Mandalore at the moment."
"Not on Mandalore… that means he's going out and taking care of something in person, which means there's only a few things it could be. If he's still early on in his plan, he's looking for the Jedi to get information from them. Or he's out looking for some guy named Skywalker, he used to be Sidious's apprentice or something. Or he's going to torment Shadow by killing someone close to him."
"I thought Sidious was Shadow."
"Haven't you been paying attention? I said Sidious is possessing Shadow. I overheard him talk to Shadow. Or I assumed he was talking to Shadow, but I think that makes more sense than him trying to psychologically torture a wall."
"Who are these people who are close to Shadow?"
"There's Rouge and Omega, but I'm not sure if he knows where they are. He probably wouldn't go chasing after them and instead wait for them to come to him. There's also this also this Jedi kid he started hanging out with for some reason. I don't know how it happened, but apparently, they're close now or something. But Sidious would need him alive to gain knowledge about where the Jedi are at, and as long as he doesn't find out that Shadow is Sidious, he would probably wait until all the other Jedi are dead to kill him."
"So, he's out killing Jedi right now?"
"Maybe, but there's one other group of people that Shadow cares about…"
Cody radioed Rex. It had been three days since he had left with the mysterious droid, and he was hoping to hear some good news. But when Rex answered the call, the look on his face told Cody that there was no good news.
"Are you sure it was him?"
"No, I not sure! But looked like him. It moved like him. But it doesn't make any sense!"
Cody sighed. "Weather or not it is Grievous, it's still a serious threat. I'll alert the people of Coruscant immediately.
Static swept across Rex's image just before the connection died. Cody tried to get the signal back, but it was gone.
An alarm sounded.
Cody checked the monitor. The Temple was going into full lockdown. What was happening? He switched over to the surveillance cameras. Most of the cameras showed clones looking around in confusion. One of the clones suddenly fell. Then another. And another.
None of them got back up.
Cody zoomed in on one of the bodies. It had a big slash mark across its chest. Cody grabbed his old blaster. He stepped out into the hallway and felt a gust of wind blow past him. Cody frantically looked around but saw nothing. The gust of wind blew past him again. Cody raised his blaster only find that it had been cut in half. He threw the pieces to the ground.
"Enough games! Whatever you are, come face me you coward!"
A small, dark figure emerged.
"Shadow! Or… Sidious!"
"It's both, actually. Shadow's still here. You know, I dreamed of the day the clone army would storm the Jedi Temple and exterminate the Jedi. But instead, I'm the one storming the Temple to exterminate you. How ironic."
Sidious pulled out a red glowing Emerald. Cody charged at him. Sidious casually raised his arm and Chaos Speared him through the chest.
As Sidious searched the Temple for any more survivors, he was distracted by a pounding feeling in the back of his mind.
Shadow was enraged.
Sidious grinned sadistically in response. "You freed them from my control to save their lives. But in doing so, you made them worthless to me. They could have lived on, being valuable assets to my empire. But your decision to free them got them all killed."
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"
"Go ahead then. Try to kill me."
Shadow violently tried to push Sidious from his mind, only for Sidious to shove him back down into the depths of his subconscious.
Sidious rubbed his forehead to make headache Shadow just gave him go away. "Your resistance is pointless. I'm the one in control. And you better get used to watching your friends die, because this is only the beginning."
