Shadow's Odyssey 2: The Chaos Continues

The factory lit up with glorious explosions. Omega tore through wave after wave of Eggman's robots. All was beautiful destruction. Omega wondered if this was what adrenalin felt like. Physical feelings and emotions were always something he struggled to understand.

One of the few he had learned was confusion, which he certainly felt now. Just what was Shadow doing?

Eventually, Eggman's robots stopped coming, leaving Omega with the feeling referred to as 'disappointment.'

Then Shadow stepped into view.

"Has your brain malfunctioned? Why would you free our enemy?"

Shadow held up his hands in a placating gesture. "Listen… Omega. I can explain this. You see… I need him. I must return to that other galaxy."

"Why?"

"I'm worried about the clones. I realized something that might be a danger to them, so I have to get back there quickly."

"Why did you not inform Rouge and I of this? Did you learn nothing?"

"I didn't think you would understand."

Omega experienced another familiar emotion: offence. "The only thing I do not understand is your logic. Are we not classified as friends?"

"Okay, okay, you're right. And now that you're here and you know what's going on, why don't you help me?" Shadow offered.

"What help do you need?"

Just then, their conversation was interrupted by a call from Rouge. "Omega, Shadow's been possessed! If you see him, don't listen to anything he says!"

Omega looked back at Shadow and experienced what he had been told was an 'OH SHIT!' moment.


Rouge arrived downstairs to find Omega attempting to fight Shadow without killing him and with only one arm. Omega had various slash marks and stab wounds all over his body.

Omega was designed to be able to take a lot of punishment, but that laser sword cut through him with ease.

"Let's get out of here!"

As Shadow spun to face her, Rouge threw down a smoke bomb to blind him. When the smoke cleared, the bat and robot were gone.

Sidious went back upstairs to check on Eggman. "Have you made yourself useful?"

"Of course, I have! I found a way to pick your galaxy out from the millions of your universe among millions of universes!" Eggman clacked a few keys on his keyboard. "And there it is!"

"Good. Now get started on building us a way to get there. I shall return shortly."

"Where are you going?"

"To pick up something I need."


Tails got up from the couch and went to answer the urgent knocking on his door. He opened it to find a frazzled Rouge and Omega carrying his severed arm.

"I need you to reattach this."

Team Dark showing up on his doorstep was not a particularly unusual event so Tails wasn't fazed. "I see. Come in."

They all went to Tails's workshop, and Omega made himself comfortable on the workbench.

"So… wanna tell me what happened?" Tails asked as he got out his tools.

Rouge sighed. "Well, it's a long story-"

"Shadow was teleported to an alternate dimension and got possessed by an evil wizard and now he's working with Eggman." Omega interrupted.

"-but that's the short version."

Tails blinked slowly. "Okaaay."

"Is Sonic here?" Rouge asked.

"Yeah, I'll get him." Tails went outside and twirled his tails to fly up to the roof. "Sonic, wake up!"

"Huh?" The blue hedgehog sat up. "Oh hey, buddy. What's for breakfast?"

"We have a problem. A Shadow-related problem."

"So it's going to be that kind of day is it?" Sonic hopped off the roof.

They went into the workshop with Rouge and Omega and Tails got started on the repairs.

A while later, Omega was repaired and Sonic and Tails were brought up to speed.

"So, what's the plan?" Sonic asked.

"First, we need to capture Shadow. Then, we need to find the Jedi." Rouge answered.

"Well that sounds easy enough. Let's go!" Sonic darted outside. Then he came back in. "Quick question: Where's Shadow?"

Before anyone could answer, a red form appeared behind Sonic. "Can anyone here explain why Shadow stole the Master Emerald?"

Rouge let out a very long sigh. "Take a seat."

One explanation later…

"I see, that explains a lot. So how are we supposed to find these wizards?" Knuckles asked.

"That part's simple. Eggman is already building a portal that will take us to that dimension." Rouge said.

"We need to capture Shadow so that he's not a threat. You can help out and we can recover the Master Emerald in the process." Sonic proposed.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go!"


Eggman was still working on the gateway when Sidious returned.

"Is that the Master Emerald?"

"It is."

"Do you know what that means?" Eggman yelled.

"It means I now posses the most powerful thing this universe has to offer."

"It means you've drawn the attention of that stupid echidna! And when he shows up, he's gonna bring Sonic with him!"

"They do not concern me."

"They should! Especially if the damage to my factory is as extensive as I think it is! Working together, the two of them could beat Shadow in a fight, and then where will you be?"

"I've already encountered the echidna's fighting style once. He was strong but his attacks were predictable. And I doubt this 'Sonic' will put up a much better fight." Sidious dismissed. "And even if he does, I posses this." He gestured to the Master Emerald.

Eggman rose a brow. "Can you even use it?"

"I can certainly feel it. The Emerald feels like it contains a thousand hurricanes. So while you finish construction on the gateway, I shall train myself to use it."

Sidious left the room, leaving Eggman contemplate the implications of Sidious learning to use Shadow's powers not only while in possession of the Chaos Emeralds, but the Master Emerald as well.

He didn't think he had ever feared for his life quite this much before.

And the worst part of it all, he was going to have to rely on Sonic and friends to save him.


Eggman put the final Emerald into place. At last, it was finally ready.

Sidious reentered. "Is it ready?"

"It is, but there's still one major flaw. The gateway will only be stable for a few seconds before the Emeralds scatter themselves like last time."

"Then we will find them again."

The alarms went off again.

"I told you this would happen!" Eggman snapped.

Sonic entered the room first. "Hey Shadow! Or Sidious. Or Shadidious."

'Shadidious' ignited the Darksaber. "Sonic the hedgehog. The doctor tells me you're quite the menace. However, Shadow's memories paint you as a mere annoyance."

"Well, it's nice to know he thinks about me."

The other mobians caught up with Sonic and burst into the room.

"Get your hands off the Master Emerald!" Knuckles bellowed and charged in to deliver the first punch.

He was knocked back by a Chaos Spear to the face.

Everyone paused.

Sidious grinned.

"So that's what Shadow's smile looks like. It's just as horrifying as I imagined it would be." Sonic quipped.

He shot forwards in a spindash and landed a solid hit. Shadidious was knocked against the wall. His speed was truly stunning. However, Sidious knew he possessed far more power.

He unleashed a flurry of Chaos Spears and everyone dove for cover except for Omega, who took the hits and brought out his flamethrower.

Shadidious jumped over the flames and swung down at Omega with the Darksaber, only to be knocked out of the air by Sonic.

"Come on man, Shadow's way faster than this! You need to do better."

"Don't give him hints!" Rouge screeched.

"Don't worry guys, this guy's got nothing."

Shadidious swiped viciously at him. Sonic not only sidestepped every blow, he did so while making faces. Shadow was right, he is annoying.

Then Knuckles grabbed him from behind.

"Hold him still for me!" Sonic wound up a punch.

Shadidious disappeared, and Sonic's fist collided with Knuckles's face.

"Oops! Sorry!"

Shadidious appeared back over by the Master Emerald. It was clear this fight was not going well. He needed more practice with Shadow's powers.

"Activate the portal!" He shouted.

Eggman did so.

Within the metal archway that defined the portal, the glow of the Emeralds intensified. There was a crackling of electricity and then a screech like tearing steel as a rift in space and time opened under the arch.

Shadidious heaved the Master Emerald through the portal, then seized Eggman and dove after it. The archway shuddered and cracks began appearing in it.

"Get back here with my Emerald!" Knuckles roared and charged through.

Sonic was on his heals, followed by Omega and Rouge.

Tails paused.

He looked at the trembling archway, hearing the car-wreak scream of metal coming from both the arch and the ominous looking void it contained.

"I have a bad feeling about this."

He jumped through anyway.

The archway shattered with a brilliant flash of light. When it faded, there was no trace of a gateway ever having been there.