Shadow's Odyssey 2: The Chaos Continues

"So, does anyone have any ideas?" Petro asked the group before him.

Eggman raised his hand.

"We're not killing him."

Eggman put his hand down and grumbled to himself.

"If he was able to force his way inside of Shadow, can't you guys force him out?" Rouge asked.

"Possible, yes. But then free, he would be."

"If we can't keep him in and we can't take him out, then what are we supposed to do?" Lando said in exasperation.

"What if we could move him into something else?" Ganodi suggested.

Petor considered the idea. "Something else that isn't connected to the Force…"

"We could trap him inside one of the Chaos Emeralds!" Eggman exclaimed.

"Inside the Chaos Emerald? Is that even possible?" Rex questioned.

"According to my research, yes. The energy in the Emerald would contain him just like energy in Shadow does. But because the Emerald is an object and not a person, he would be left completely unable to act. He'll be trapped forever! Does that work with your stupid moral codes?"

Everyone looked around at each other and nodded.

"Alright. Bring him to the meditation chamber. I'll go find Ezra. We're going to need all of us in order to do this." Petro ordered.


Meanwhile the trio of Mandalorians was camped outside.

"Alright, the probe found him. Now we just wait for the signal."

"I still don't understand what's he's trying to accomplish here. He just allows himself to be captured so we can rescue him a couple hours later? Why don't we just release the virus on this planet and kill them all that way? This whole thing is ridiculous!"

"I don't get it either, but he says it's important so we're doing it. Now start putting the explosives in place."


Petro found Ezra in the training room. Half of their training remotes lay in ruined heaps on the floor. Ezra was making no attempt to defend himself; he was simply trying to destroy as many as possible.

"Lashing out will not make you feel better."

"Then what will?" Ezra growled. "Why do you insist on protecting that evil piece of filth?"

"Ezra, don't you see that this is what he wants? He destroyed the city because he wanted us to be angry. He wants us to lower ourselves to his way of thinking. We're not killing someone if we don't have to."

"The only reason you aren't killing him is because he's possessing Shadow!"

Petro sighed. "I suppose that's true. After all the things that he's done, I did want to kill him. I'm not going to pretend I'm the perfect image of what a Jedi should be. Emotions are difficult to control, and the temptations will always be there. But we must resist them. It would be far easier just to kill him and be done with it, but it wouldn't be right. That's why we've come up with a new plan. It's risky, but it's a chance we have to take."

Ezra deactivated the training remotes. "Then let's do it."


All of the currently active Jedi were in the meditation room. Shadow was the middle of the room, surrounded by them. Petro held the red Chaos Emerald in his hand. The probe droid hovered near the ceiling and watched the proceedings carefully.

The four Jedi reached out with the Force and dived into Shadow's mind. The grabbed hold of the evil Sith's spirit. The spirit was unexpectedly compliant, putting up no fight at all. They pulled it out from the depths and Petro thought he heard screaming, but he couldn't focus on it. He put all of his attention on the Sith spirit, determined to not let it go.

Shadow's body convulsed violently floor. His head turned to look directly at the probe watching the ritual. He furiously blinked at it.


"That's the signal. Start the countdown!"

"Sir, we have enemy targets coming in from the east."

"Ringo must have failed. Come on, let's go give Shadow an extra surprise for when he escapes."

Tails was the first to spot the three Mandalorians flying towards them. "Incoming!"

"More of these guys?" Knuckles exclaimed. "Here, hold this for a second." He shoved Sonic at Tails and hastily began digging a new hole.

Everyone dived into the new tunnel. Once again, the Mandalorians decided against following him.

"This is ridiculous! How are we supposed to beat these guys?" Knuckles grumbled.

"Someone in the temple should be able to help us, if we can get there." Leia said.

"Alright. All of you stay here while I dig my way over to the temple. This will go a lot faster without having to make the tunnel big enough for all of you."


The Jedi finally pulled the evil spirit out of Shadow's body. Shadow went limp, unconscious from the shock. The spirit finally began trying to resist them, but it was no match against four Jedi. They began to slowly push it towards the Emerald.

The spirit let out what sounded like a demonic screech, trying in vain to break the Jedi's concentration. They began to push Sidious into the Emerald. They were so close, Petro could feel it. All they need was one. Last. Push.

But then, a noise broke his focus. He didn't have time to register quite what it was as he saw the ceiling above them begin to crumble.

Petro and Yoda let go of the spirit and redirected their energy to holding up remains of the ceiling before they were crushed. The spirit began to move away from the Emerald, faring much better against only two Jedi.

"I can't hold him!" Ganodi shouted.

The spirit broke from their grip and was now free to move around. It surveyed its new potential hosts. Yoda and Petro were powerful but their wills were clearly too strong for him. The Rodian's will was far weaker but so was her power.

Which left him with only one suitable option.

The spirit swirled around Ezra and began to seep into his body. Ezra fell to the ground and screamed. He fought back with everything he had, but the darkness easily overcame him.

Then Ezra could no longer feel any pain. He no longer felt the ground beneath him. He no longer felt anything.

He could see himself. He could see himself laying on the floor. He saw his eyelids open, but his eyes weren't there. These eyes glowed bright yellow.

And then Ezra faded away into the Cosmic Force, finally understanding the vision he had.