Shadow's Odyssey 2: The Chaos Continues
Kalani was in his office, running through all the data he had on Grievous and trying to determine what the best defense strategy would be if he were to attack.
And then Sonic rushed in. "Hey is Petro back yet? I need him to tell this guy not to kill me."
"Petro has yet to return. But if someone is trying to kill you I do have an alternative solution."
"For the last time, I'm not killing him!"
"I was going to suggest we keep him in lockup."
"Oh. Yeah, let's do that."
"So we're going to keeping you in here for a while. Don't worry it's only until Petro gets back." Sonic reassured.
The Wookie growled at him.
"Okay, I can see how throwing you into a jail cell might look bad, but it's just to make sure you don't try to kill me. Once this all gets sorted out, we'll all look back on this moment and find it hilarious."
Omega shoved the Wookie into a cell and closed the door.
"Trust me, we're gonna be friends!" Sonic called back before leaving for a run.
The Wookie roared and pounded on the door, but it would not budge.
"Hey! Would you stop with the racket, I'm trying to sleep!"
He looked to the far side of the cell, where a scruffy-looking man climbed out of the bed.
"So, what are you in for?"
The Wookie roared his frustrations.
"You were trying to kill a small, blue creature, huh? What are the odds?"
"You're really trying to be friends with that Wookie?" Boba questioned.
"Well, of course I am!"
"He hates you and he wants your species to die."
"Most of my friendships start out that way. Right, Knuckles?"
Knuckles shrugged. "He's not wrong."
There was a knock on the door.
Sonic rushed to answer. "Petro?"
But it wasn't him, it was a human girl in a long, red dress.
"Um, hi?"
"Excuse me but need to speak to the governor immediately."
"He's a little busy at the moment, but perhaps I could be of assistance?" Sonic offered.
"My planet has been attacked and I need to find my father and brother."
"Let me guess, your planet was attacked by Grievous, right?"
"How did you know?"
"Because that's a problem that everyone seems to be having lately. I'm afraid you're gonna have to take a number."
"Was your planet attacked too?"
"No, my planet's fine. I'm here to stop Sidious from taking over the universe."
"How do you know that?" She questioned.
"Oh, he possessed the body of one of my friends. And he's apparently responsible for Grievous coming back from the dead, so we'll end up taking care of that too. You're welcome to hang out here in the meantime."
"Thank you for your hospitality."
"All right! Everyone, this is… Sorry, what's your name?" Sonic asked.
"Leia Skywalker, queen of Naboo."
Sonic blinked. "Uh, you said you were looking for your father and brother, right?"
"Yes."
"Well, funny story…"
Then from behind, she heard, "Leia?"
She turned around and saw, "Luke!"
"Father killed one of my friends!"
"Mother was kidnapped!"
"He demanded that I go with him!"
"Naboo is overrun!"
They both suddenly cut off and stared at each other, both trying to absorb the news the other had brought.
"…Okaaaay, it looks like you guys have some stuff to talk about." Sonic said awkwardly. "Petro could you come here for sec?"
Sonic led Petro to the holding cell.
"…So, he wants to kill me." He gestured to the Wookie, who was growling at him.
Petro sighed. "I knew this would come back to bight us in the ass one day. I meant to clear this whole thing up years ago, but sadly I get very little free time. It's hard keeping the galaxy together. Especially with so few Jedi." Petro opened the cell. "Hey there, do you remember me?"
He recognized the man's scent. He was glad to see the battered child they had once taken in alive and well.
"What's your name?"
The Wookie introduced himself.
"Chewbacca? I remember you, you're the one who vowed to rip Shadow's arms off. So, here's the thing… I lied."
Petro explained the true story of what happened and his relationship with Shadow.
Chewbacca looked skeptical, then glanced at Sonic again and growled angrily.
Perto blinked. "You think Sonic is putting me up to this? I'm not some helpless kid anymore. I'm a Jedi now."
Chewbacca pushed Petro to the side and charged at Sonic. Petro used the Force to stop the Wookie in his tracks.
"Listen, I'm not his slave!" Petro's comm started beeping.
Kalani's voice came through. "Ganodi and the others have returned. We have new information that we need to discuss."
Petro sighed. "I'm on my way." He pushed Chewbacca back into the cell. "We're going to have to work this out later."
They closed the cell door only for the Wookie to immediately being pounding on it again, vowing to free him from the clutches of the evil slavers.
They started walking back upstairs.
"What is his deal?" Sonic asked.
"It's just like Shadow said: he believes what he wants to believe. He isn't looking for an explanation, he's looking for vengeance."
Minutes later, everyone was together again.
"Well, I hate to say it, but I think we've lost." Lando started.
"We have six out of seven Chaos Emeralds plus the Master Emerald." Knuckles pointed out. "We're doing great!"
"You would make a terrible gambler. Sidious has a virus deadly enough to wipe out every species in the galaxy and has full control over the only cure. Everyone's gonna surrender their loyalty to him whether they want to or not. He doesn't need your magical gemstones for anything."
"He's still going to want them." Petro said. "Any power that he doesn't control is potentially a threat."
"And the Emeralds give him even more power." Sonic reminded them.
"Then what are we supposed to do to stop him?" Lando asked.
"Many steps ahead of us, Sidious is. Prepared for any action we take, he will be. Something unexpected, we must do."
They heard a sudden commotion from outside the meeting room. Kalani's security guards appeared to be arguing with somebody. It was silenced by two blaster shots.
The door opened and Eggman strode through. "Greetings, everyone! Your savior is here!"
