Shadow's Odyssey 2: The Chaos Continues

Rex, Omega, Tails, and Luke entered city hall. The receptionist was an old battle droid.

Rex approached him. "We need to see Kalani. It's important."

"I'm afraid Governor Kalani is in a very important meeting right now. You're going to have to wait."

Rex tried again. "This is something that affects the fate of the galaxy."

"Lots of things affect the fate of the galaxy. Governor Kalani is in the middle of one of those things right now."

"We do not have time for this." Omega proceeded to walk right past the desk.

"Hey! Get back here!" The droid yelled in protest.

Omega ignored him and began opening random doors, looking for the governor.

The droid pulled out a blaster from under his desk and pointed it at Omega. "I'm warning you! You don't want to mess with a battle droid!"

Omega paused and scrutinized the scrawny droid. "You… are a battle droid?"

"That's right. I'm unit RO-GR. You can call me Roger."

"…You are what this galaxy considers a battle droid?"

"What is that supposed to mean?" Roger demanded, taking offence to Omega's tone.

"You look like a worthless consumer model."

While the organics present tried their best not to burst out laughing, Roger let out a scandalized gasp.

"Oh- oh yeah? Well this is the model that won the Clone Wars! What do you think about that?"

"Well actually, you only won because the clones abandoned the Republic." Rex felt the need to point out.

"Technicality! And we would have won anyway!"

"Didn't you get replaced immediately afterward?" Omega asked.

"Yep. They sure did." Rex answered while Roger sputtered.

"W-w-well, we defeated them too!"

"No you didn't, they were shut down by the younglings." Rex corrected.

"What about that heroic charge we made on Raxus? You guys never would have gotten past the minefield if hadn't we cleared it for you!"

"So the one great thing you did was blow yourselves up." Omega surmised.

"We've done plenty of great things! In fact," Roger pulled out a data pad. "I have a journal cataloguing all the great battles I've been in!"

Rex rolled his eyes. "Oh, here we go."

Roger began to read. "Chapter 1: The Battle of Naboo. There I was, marching into my very first battle. Those Gungans didn't stand a chance. And then I… got hit with an energy ball and was deactivated. Um… okay that one doesn't really count. That was before the Clone Wars even started."

Tails started rolling his eyes too. "Come on, Luke. Let's go find the governor ourselves."


"The odds of Sidious returning were less than one percent. How did this happen?" Kalani asked.

"It doesn't matter how." Petro answered. "The real question is how do we stop him?"

"If Sidious has revealed himself to you, that means he is prepared for any action you may take."

"It's a pretty safe bet that he wants to kill all of us and take over the galaxy."

"But with no galactic government, conquering the galaxy will be difficult. He would only be able to take over one planet at a time. Once others see what he is doing, they will resist."

"Stop him, it will not." Yoda reminded them. "Warn the rest of the galaxy, we must."

"I calculate only an 11.6% chance of significant numbers believing you. The galaxy has lost much respect for you in recent years."

"Well, we have to do something." Petro pressed.

"To understand Sidious's plan, know what it is, we must."

"I agree. Our focus should be on gathering data so we can prepare a proper counterattack."

"Where are we even supposed to start?" Petro asked.

The door behind them opened. The three of them turned to see a small yellow creature with two tails and a young human man.

"Excuse me, are you Governor Kalani?" The yellow creature asked.

"I am, but I don't have time for whatever your small problem is. Roger should not have allowed you back here."

"Darth Sidious is back from the dead!" Luke blurted.

"And he possessed Shadow!" Tails added.

There was an awkward silence.

Petro stood up and walked over to them. "How do you know about that?"

"I come from the same place Shadow does." Tails said. "A close friend of Shadow's is here too. He's busy harassing your secretary. We came here looking for the Jedi."

"Found us, you have."

Luke blinked in sudden realization. "Are you… Grandmaster Yoda?"

"Indeed I am."

"I'm… Luke Skywalker."

Yoda and Petro exchanged a glance. "A pleasure to meet you, it is."

"I was hoping you could tell me a few things about my father."

Yoda twitched. He exchanged another glance with Petro.

"Couldn't you just ask him?" Petro inquired.

"Apparently not, since he's been hiding the fact that he's a Jedi from me my whole life."

"He's not a Jedi anymore. He left the Order." Petro corrected.

"Well why didn't he tell me and why is he so against me becoming one?"

"I… don't think it's our place to tell you." Petro finally said.

"But that's the whole reason I came here!"

"Shall we resume discussing our real concern?" Kalani drew their attention.

Tails nodded. "He's right. We need to find Sidious and figure out what he's up to. But first we should get Rex and Omega involved in this conversation."


"…And that's the day I learned to never stand within arm's reach of Grievous."

"I like Grievous's style." Omega opined.

Rex went back to being wary of Omega.

Kalani's voice came over the intercom. "Roger, send them to my office."

"The Governor will see you now. His office is down the hall to the right."

They went to the office and introductions were made.

"Wherever Shadow is in the galaxy, he's going to be looking for these." Tails held up the Chaos Emerald.

"The Chaos Emeralds! Of course!" Petro exclaimed, remembering his adventures with Shadow. Sidious had wanted them to power his superweapon. He would undoubtedly want to find them all again.

"The Master Emerald is somewhere around here too." Tails continued.

"There's a Master Emerald?" Petro asked.

"Yes. It's more powerful and it can control the other Emeralds. Finding it is even more important."

"Then that will be our first order of business." Kalani declared. "For now, I have a vault we can keep the Chaos Emeralds in."

"If we're going to do this, the quickest way to cover ground would be to split up." Tails proposed.

"But we only have the one Chaos tracker." Petro said.

"I have one." Omega held up his tracker.

"Me too." Said Tails, holding up another. "You won't believe how many times we've had to do stuff like this."

"Well then, we better get started." Rex said.

Then a call came in from Roger. "Um, Governor Kalani? We have a problem. That Shadow guy is here."

"What? What is he doing?"

"Glaring at me. Like I'm some kind of idiot. He's actually facepalming right now. I think he's mad I saw through his disguise."

Tails rose a brow. "Disguise?"

"Yeah. He shaved his chest and painted himself blue. Honestly, who do think you're fooling?"

"Wait, that's Sonic!" Tails rushed out the door.

Everyone else followed at a slightly slower pace. And sure enough, standing in front of Roger's desk, impatiently tapping his foot, was Sonic.

"Sonic!" Tails launched himself into his arms.

A grin immediately broke out on his face. "Hey, lil bro!"

Roger could only stare. "I'm confused."

"This isn't Shadow." Rouge snapped in annoyance.

Then Omega caught up. "Rouge! I have found the Jedi!"

"That's great news!" Rouge fluttered over to Omega and gave him a hug. "Look what I found!"

"Excellent. Now we have two Emeralds."

Rouge turned her attention to the two Jedi. "So how do we save Shadow?"

The Jedi, who had been smiling at the reunions, turned grim.

"The way…" Petro began haltingly. "…possession usually works… the soul taking over the body… pushes the original soul… out."

"So, what does that mean?"

Petro had become too emotional to speak, so Yoda answered in his place. "Dead, Shadow is."