Chapter three: The challenge.
Damian had just finished devouring Big the Cat. He took his fishing skills and set to work at catching lunch.
"Come on little buddy, this is a great place to swim"
Shadow turned to see Sonic leading his little angel chao toward the water. The angel chao had a sonic spike, multi colored wings a fire don't on his forehead and a halo above.
"Blue hedgehog!" Shadow yelled.
Sonic looked up. "Shadow, well I'll be!" Sonic declared. "What are you doing here? Poisoning the water supply?"
"No, I came to give my friend Damian here a day in the outdoors," Shadow said. He motioned towards the fishing chao.
"I doubt you make a good father, Shadow," Sonic said with a low voice.
Damian put his fishing rod away and got up. He walked to Shadow's side and looked up at Sonic. "On the contrary, Sonic, Shadow has made a very good father for me," he said sounding like a baby Eggman.
Sonic looked aghast. "How'd you teach him to talk?" he demanded.
"I let him eat the good doctor Eggman," Shadow said. He folded his arms over his chest.
Damian looked Sonic's little Chao in the eyes. With out warning he dashed over and head butted him. The angel chao got up and tried to hide behind a rock for cover. Damian blew some fire on the rock and melted it. The angel chao started crying and trying to escape. Damian floated into the air. Light energy started to flow into his mouth, resembling the mystic lights. "Hell's fire!" he yelled. The energy beam of lightening and fire lanced the little angel chao in half.
"No!" Sonic yelled. His chao faded away. "Alright, Shadow! I challenge you!" Sonic declared. He pulled out the fake yellow emerald.
"What are you going to do with that? Hit me in the head?" Shadow mocked.
"Look, I challenge you to hyper hedgehog battle. You give me three of your emeralds and half of the master emerald," Sonic explained.
"What? Do I look like a fool to you?" Shadow asked more than a little hotly.
"Look, with your four emeralds you'll be able to take on a hyper form, so will I. once we both power up we can have it out the right way," Sonic told him.
Shadow thought about this for a moment. "Why do you need half of the master emerald?" Shadow asked.
"To make it fair. This way neither of us can use the master emerald to cancel out the other," Sonic explained once more.
"Deal!" Shadow yelled. He brought forth three emeralds and let them float over to Sonic. He broke the master emerald in half and gave part of it to Sonic. The ground began to rumble. The four emeralds at Shadow's feet floated up around him. The air became fuzzy with power. "YYYYAAAAAHHHH!!! CHAOS CONTROLL!!!" Shadow yelled as he floated from the ground. In a flash of green lightening he became Super Shadow. His quills turned a platinum color and his eyes silver. He floated five feet above ground with an energy ball surrounding him. He surveyed the land looking for Sonic. "That creep!" Shadow yelled.
"Back atcha!" Sonic exclaimed. He sped up on Shadow from behind. He knocked Shadow to the ground with a football players tactic.
Shadow hit the ground on all fours. In an instant he was back in the air. He rushed at Sonic and grid locked with him. The two hedgehogs started kicking each other in the rib cage trying to take the other down. They flew backwards away from each other, circled around and called out their signature attacks.
"Chaos spear!"
"Sonic Wind!"
They ducked their attacks and rocketed forward. Their auras blazed and flared as they slammed into each other. They circled around and made another go of it. Lightening surged through the sky. "YYYYAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!"
"HERE I COME!"
they struck each other. Their auras made a multi colored wall of energy between them. They spiraled through the air trying to break the others barrier. They lanced through the sky ripping the countryside in half. "Give it up! I'm the better hedgehog!"
"I'm gonna take you way down!"
They landed in City Square. Cars blew up when they reached the heat barrier. G.U.N. robots shorted out and fell to the ground. The people stayed a good fifty yards back from the action. The heat was incredible. The golden hedgehog lunged for the platinum one. Shadow jumped back a little and slammed his fist into the back of Sonic's head. Sonic hit the ground but got up quickly. Shadow floated off the ground and delivered a high kick to the side of Sonic's head. Sonic stumbled back and took off running.
"Oh no you don't!" Shadow yelled. He raced after him. He was doing more flying than running. His left arm was over his face to block and debris and his right arm was used as a rudder. The two hedgehogs raced through the city streets. Shadow matched velocity and tried to run Sonic off the road. Sonic had the same goal in mind for Shadow. Once again their auras clashed and flared. They blew past a few buildings at mach 3.
"Give up and die!"
"After you!"
they stopped in the park and had it out again. It was like the fight scene at the end of The One. This time it was Shadow to leave the scene first. He flew straight up into the air. Sonic was hot on his trail. They landed at radical highway. Shadow flew down the rail on the right and Sonic came down the one on the left. They dashed forward and hit the bounce pads. In the air they jump dashed back and forth at each other. The first downhill stretch. Shadow was in the lead using the light dash. Sonic wasn't far behind. Shadow had to decide. "Take the fast route and get ahead or take the slow route to build my strength," Shadow thought to him self. He took the left way. It was a loop and at the top of the loop was a boost pad. Shadow came out farther in the lead.
Sonic and Shadow where scrapping the whole way. They came to the spot where the goal ring usually is and bursted through the concrete wall. They fell to the water below. Sonic's aura flared and raced across the water as he did in the old days. Shadow was right behind him. They came to a small island. There they rested. Shadow's stomach growled and so did Sonic's.
"Hunger is your weakness."
"As is yours."
Sonic stood up straight and powered down. He slipped the emeralds into a small case that Tails had designed.
"What are you doing? Giving up?" Shadow asked.
Sonic turned his back on him. "I'm hungry. I'm going to go score some chilli dogs. You're welcome to come if you like," Sonic said as he started jogging towards the shore line.
Shadow's stomach growled again. He powered down and followed Sonic. "You're lucky I'm hungry," Shadow warned.
They found a little shack on the beach that sold chilli dogs. They used golden power rings to pay for several servings. All the while they eyed the other warily trying to brace for an unprovoked attack. Afterwards they sat on the beach letting their food digest.
"You know, Shadow, if you weren't bent on world destruction you'd be a pretty cool guy," Sonic told him.
"Its not world destruction I'm interested in," Shadow said as he watched the sunset on the horizon.
"Oh? Then what is it?" Sonic inquired.
"Chaos. Simple chaos is all I want. With Angel island constantly falling and rising again the weather will be un predictable. The people will be in a constant state of panic. Panicked fools are unpredictable as well. The chaos effect will sweep the land," Shadow explained with a dreamy eyed look. "Chaos" he said again as he laid down and went to sleep.
Sonic being the good guy he was wouldn't steal the emeralds in the night, and he had faith in his own case that Shadow couldn't get in. he too went to sleep.
Damian had just finished devouring Big the Cat. He took his fishing skills and set to work at catching lunch.
"Come on little buddy, this is a great place to swim"
Shadow turned to see Sonic leading his little angel chao toward the water. The angel chao had a sonic spike, multi colored wings a fire don't on his forehead and a halo above.
"Blue hedgehog!" Shadow yelled.
Sonic looked up. "Shadow, well I'll be!" Sonic declared. "What are you doing here? Poisoning the water supply?"
"No, I came to give my friend Damian here a day in the outdoors," Shadow said. He motioned towards the fishing chao.
"I doubt you make a good father, Shadow," Sonic said with a low voice.
Damian put his fishing rod away and got up. He walked to Shadow's side and looked up at Sonic. "On the contrary, Sonic, Shadow has made a very good father for me," he said sounding like a baby Eggman.
Sonic looked aghast. "How'd you teach him to talk?" he demanded.
"I let him eat the good doctor Eggman," Shadow said. He folded his arms over his chest.
Damian looked Sonic's little Chao in the eyes. With out warning he dashed over and head butted him. The angel chao got up and tried to hide behind a rock for cover. Damian blew some fire on the rock and melted it. The angel chao started crying and trying to escape. Damian floated into the air. Light energy started to flow into his mouth, resembling the mystic lights. "Hell's fire!" he yelled. The energy beam of lightening and fire lanced the little angel chao in half.
"No!" Sonic yelled. His chao faded away. "Alright, Shadow! I challenge you!" Sonic declared. He pulled out the fake yellow emerald.
"What are you going to do with that? Hit me in the head?" Shadow mocked.
"Look, I challenge you to hyper hedgehog battle. You give me three of your emeralds and half of the master emerald," Sonic explained.
"What? Do I look like a fool to you?" Shadow asked more than a little hotly.
"Look, with your four emeralds you'll be able to take on a hyper form, so will I. once we both power up we can have it out the right way," Sonic told him.
Shadow thought about this for a moment. "Why do you need half of the master emerald?" Shadow asked.
"To make it fair. This way neither of us can use the master emerald to cancel out the other," Sonic explained once more.
"Deal!" Shadow yelled. He brought forth three emeralds and let them float over to Sonic. He broke the master emerald in half and gave part of it to Sonic. The ground began to rumble. The four emeralds at Shadow's feet floated up around him. The air became fuzzy with power. "YYYYAAAAAHHHH!!! CHAOS CONTROLL!!!" Shadow yelled as he floated from the ground. In a flash of green lightening he became Super Shadow. His quills turned a platinum color and his eyes silver. He floated five feet above ground with an energy ball surrounding him. He surveyed the land looking for Sonic. "That creep!" Shadow yelled.
"Back atcha!" Sonic exclaimed. He sped up on Shadow from behind. He knocked Shadow to the ground with a football players tactic.
Shadow hit the ground on all fours. In an instant he was back in the air. He rushed at Sonic and grid locked with him. The two hedgehogs started kicking each other in the rib cage trying to take the other down. They flew backwards away from each other, circled around and called out their signature attacks.
"Chaos spear!"
"Sonic Wind!"
They ducked their attacks and rocketed forward. Their auras blazed and flared as they slammed into each other. They circled around and made another go of it. Lightening surged through the sky. "YYYYAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!"
"HERE I COME!"
they struck each other. Their auras made a multi colored wall of energy between them. They spiraled through the air trying to break the others barrier. They lanced through the sky ripping the countryside in half. "Give it up! I'm the better hedgehog!"
"I'm gonna take you way down!"
They landed in City Square. Cars blew up when they reached the heat barrier. G.U.N. robots shorted out and fell to the ground. The people stayed a good fifty yards back from the action. The heat was incredible. The golden hedgehog lunged for the platinum one. Shadow jumped back a little and slammed his fist into the back of Sonic's head. Sonic hit the ground but got up quickly. Shadow floated off the ground and delivered a high kick to the side of Sonic's head. Sonic stumbled back and took off running.
"Oh no you don't!" Shadow yelled. He raced after him. He was doing more flying than running. His left arm was over his face to block and debris and his right arm was used as a rudder. The two hedgehogs raced through the city streets. Shadow matched velocity and tried to run Sonic off the road. Sonic had the same goal in mind for Shadow. Once again their auras clashed and flared. They blew past a few buildings at mach 3.
"Give up and die!"
"After you!"
they stopped in the park and had it out again. It was like the fight scene at the end of The One. This time it was Shadow to leave the scene first. He flew straight up into the air. Sonic was hot on his trail. They landed at radical highway. Shadow flew down the rail on the right and Sonic came down the one on the left. They dashed forward and hit the bounce pads. In the air they jump dashed back and forth at each other. The first downhill stretch. Shadow was in the lead using the light dash. Sonic wasn't far behind. Shadow had to decide. "Take the fast route and get ahead or take the slow route to build my strength," Shadow thought to him self. He took the left way. It was a loop and at the top of the loop was a boost pad. Shadow came out farther in the lead.
Sonic and Shadow where scrapping the whole way. They came to the spot where the goal ring usually is and bursted through the concrete wall. They fell to the water below. Sonic's aura flared and raced across the water as he did in the old days. Shadow was right behind him. They came to a small island. There they rested. Shadow's stomach growled and so did Sonic's.
"Hunger is your weakness."
"As is yours."
Sonic stood up straight and powered down. He slipped the emeralds into a small case that Tails had designed.
"What are you doing? Giving up?" Shadow asked.
Sonic turned his back on him. "I'm hungry. I'm going to go score some chilli dogs. You're welcome to come if you like," Sonic said as he started jogging towards the shore line.
Shadow's stomach growled again. He powered down and followed Sonic. "You're lucky I'm hungry," Shadow warned.
They found a little shack on the beach that sold chilli dogs. They used golden power rings to pay for several servings. All the while they eyed the other warily trying to brace for an unprovoked attack. Afterwards they sat on the beach letting their food digest.
"You know, Shadow, if you weren't bent on world destruction you'd be a pretty cool guy," Sonic told him.
"Its not world destruction I'm interested in," Shadow said as he watched the sunset on the horizon.
"Oh? Then what is it?" Sonic inquired.
"Chaos. Simple chaos is all I want. With Angel island constantly falling and rising again the weather will be un predictable. The people will be in a constant state of panic. Panicked fools are unpredictable as well. The chaos effect will sweep the land," Shadow explained with a dreamy eyed look. "Chaos" he said again as he laid down and went to sleep.
Sonic being the good guy he was wouldn't steal the emeralds in the night, and he had faith in his own case that Shadow couldn't get in. he too went to sleep.