Authors Note: This Chapter is where things should really pick up hopefully.

Disclaimer: i do not own anybody except Master Emerald Voice.

Between Light and Shadow


Sonic dropped Rouge and Shadow and he collapsed on the ground. He lost his form.
"Thanks Sonic." Rouge said, blowing him a kiss. Sonic blushed and got up.
"Thanks." Shadow cooly said.
"Sonic!" Boomed the emerald, "You have done something terrible. You have summoned the Chaos Emeralds into here. Evil will grow stronger now. You may be able to go Super, but you will be fighting things far too powerful if not.
"Oh crap!" Sonic yelled.
"I will try to create a hiding place for the emeralds." Master said. The area around them warped. It began to mold into a city.
"Cool! Shadow, lets go kick some evil butt!" Sonic yelled. He ran to a half pipe at full speed and began running up the wall. Shadow rushed on the halfpipe and ran on the side of the wall and over a fence. They both went there different ways and Rouge followed Sonic at a much slower rate.

Knuckles and the chaotix powered up the jets. Knuckles looked back at the faces of the inhabitants of the island. They all looked so worried. Some were crying. Knuckles flipped up the landing gear and flew off in the direction opposite of the tornado. It had grown to a massive size, as well as the black spot on the Master Emerald. The green gem glittered with a black light from its once calm green light. Knuckles turned back, thinking of the loss of his friend.
"I miss you Sonic, I really do." Knuckles muttered. He flipped up the landing gear and flew off. The jet rushed off away from the Tornado.

"Hurry Tails!" Amy screamed as the Tornado got dangerously close.
"I have got it covered! WORK!" Tails yelled, kicking the CYCLONE to get it running. It started up. Tails hopped in. Amy did too. Amy began crying as she left her home in the mech.
"Where are you Sonic?" Tails muttered. He knew he wasn't gone. He could feel it.

"This is so cool!" Sonic yelled. He flew off a jump on his board. He went upsidedown and did a method 720. Rouge followed him and did a less stellar trick, a method 360.
Suddenly, a dark Shadow began to loom up behind them. It split into many shadows and they formed into little creatures. They began running really fast at the two.
"Sonic! Behind us!" Rouge yelled. Sonic looked back. He jumped a little. His board flew off. Sonic grabbed Rouge and sped along the road. The creatures were gaining.
"Follow me, set me free, trust me and we will escape from the mean things!" Sonic hummed. Rouge slapped him.
"Sorry." Sonic began to slow down, he was getting tired. The shadows were gaining. Sonic came to a halfpipe along the side of a wall.
"Have you ever run sideways before?" Sonic asked.
"No, why?" Rouge asked, "Wait, Sonic, DON'T!" Sonic zoomed up the half pipe. Rouge screamed. 1 3rd of the shadows followed the 2 along the wall, directly behind them, another 3rd followed above on the wall and the others ran along the bottom.
"Crap these things are fast!" Sonic yelled as he picked up the pace a little as the creatures closed in. 1 took a lunge from above. It dropped down and slashed at the pair. Sonic leaped off the side and then homed in on the creature. He hit it and it fell, but got right back up again. Sonic moved along the wall again and he went up towards the other Shadows.
"SONIC ARE YOU NUTS!?" Rouge screamed. Right before Sonic got to the shadow creatures he leaped off the side and landed on a grind rail. He slid down. Rouge jumped out of his arms and glided down. The shadow beings leaped into the air and jumped down. Sonic leaped off the rail and he sped off. He eventually came to an enclosed area. The shadows leaped down. They were about to attack when they suddenly were scared off.
"Creeps! Come back and fight you weenies!" Sonic yelled.
"SONIC BEHIND YOU!" Rouge screamed. A massive creature loomed up. Sonic whipped around. It was the Biolizard. Sonic leaped just in time to dodge a gravity ball that exploded in a massive blast.
"Dammit!"

Knuckles flew alongside Tails and Amy. The winds were growing to dangerous levels. Tails had trouble keeping the CYCLONE under control. It was being battered about.
"Amy!" Tails had to yell over the wind, "Board the plane! Its not safe in the CYCLONE anymore! I have to stay because the core of the CYCLONE will damage the island if it blows! It has to much firepower and if it blows it will go off with a bigger bang then imaginable!"
"I don't want to! I have to stay with you!" Amy screamed.
"Take her Knuckles!" Tails yelled. Knuckles leaped out on a cord and grabbed onto Amy. He leaped off with Amy in his arms and went back into the plane.
"TAILS!" Amy shrieked. Tails turned towards the Tornado. He got really close to it and then he leaped out and the CYCLONE was rushed up in the swirling mass of wind. Tails whirled his tails and flew off trying to dodge debris flying at him at 300 mph. Tails couldn't keep up with the winds and the debris. A rock smashed his face and he flew back into the Tornado.
"Tails, dammit slow down, come on Amy!" Knuckles yelled. He grabbed Amy and he opened the plane door. He flew out and glided towards the tornado. They were sucked up and vanished.
"Goodbye Knux." Vector said.
"Yeah, see ya later rad red." Charmy said solemnly.

Shadow slid down a rail and saw the two battling the Biolizard. Shadows head began to throb.
"M...A...R...I...A...MARIA, MARIA!" Shadows head exploded with pain as he remembered something, something that he should not have remembered.

"Project Maria is almost complete."

"Maria, Maria, Maria!" Shadow screamed as the memories rushed through his head.

"I promise Maria, I'll give them a chance."

"According to this picture, who are you anyway?"

"You who took everything away from me will die!"

"Say Shadow, what is is like on earth?"

"I WILL NOT FORGET YOU MARIA!" Shadow screamed in agony. He leaped down and slammed the Biolizard in the face. The creature howled in pain. Shadow unleashed a barrage of kicks and punches. The shadowy Biolizard shrieked in suffering. Shadow continued the pummeling, his memories driving him to his fullest. He began to glow, brighter and brighter. Radiant light exploded from him.
"Maria, I will not fail!" A beam of light shot up from Shadow. The Chaos emeralds emerged from the light. They circled faster and faster. They shot into the air and created a multicolored beam that fired at Shadow. An explosion ripped out and Shadow stood covered in silver.
"I am Super Shadow. Biolizard, you return. Well, now I return to kick your ass!" Shadow sped forward and began smashing and kicking everyplace at once it seemed. The lizard howled as the ultimate lifeform ripped through his body. Sonic and Rouge gaped as a silver light whirled around the creature, diving in and out with awsome fury.
"Time to end this Biolizard, CHAOS CONTROL!" Shadow created a ball of energy balancing on his finger tip and it expanded greatly. Shadow threw it and the Biolizard vanished. It appeared in the air. Shadow focused his energy and shaot a massive beam from his hands, completly annhialating the foul thing. Shadow powered down and collapsed, he used all his energy up.
"Shadow, are you all right?" Rouge asked, rushing over to him. Sonic sped over to, picking the worn hedgehog up.
"He should be okay. Can't gaurentee it of course. He looks like he remebered something awful on ARK. Poor guy." Sonic sobbed.