A STORY OF SHADOW.
Chapter 3:On Board of ARK/The Legacy of Dr. Eggman..... By Ninetalesuk.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I don't think I'll add Station Square in this story since it was destroyed by
Chaos in 'Sonic Adventure 1'. Anyway, even it was repaired, where was that bridge?! And also,
in City Escape stage, it looked like San Francisco to me. That is why I called it San Francisco
in the last chapter and it stays that way!







After I lost that blue hedgehog, Sonic, I knew there were now 5 Chaos Emeralds left to find.
I have one and Gerald's grandson, Dr. Eggman has one. All I need to do now is get to the space
colony ARK thats hidden somewhere above this world.

I don't know how I was able to get on board the space colony. I might have used Chaos Control to
board it, I might have found a teleporter and it transported me there... All that matters is that
I'm there and I will soon furfill my promise to Maria....


I walked slowly throughout the colony, holding a torchlight as the lights inside the colony was
out, making the place dark. I was horrified that some of the people that worked for Gerald were
still here. Their skeletons prove it.... There were also robots around, not working. I looked at
one of them and my eyes went wide with horror.... GUN.... The military that held me in a sleeping
prison! What ARE they doing here?! I remembered the memory of Maria... A gunshot! Did the GUN
military attacked us?! I continued with my search, to find the main control room of ARK.



I finally found the main control room and started to type the password in. MA-RI-A. Maria. The
ARK's system was now coming into function.... Then, I heard metallic footsteps behind me. I
turned around, only to see Dr. Eggman coming towards me in his Egg Walker.

I've been waiting for you, doctor," I said to him, smiling. "Now, I will show you the glorious
achivements of what the world's leading scientist, Professor Gerald, has created...."

The console started to power up, giving life to the screen. I continued as the main control room
set itself up "The ARK was the first space colony created by mankind. Not many people know that
the ARK contained a top secret reseach facility, where weapons of mass destruction were being
created. This is one of them...." I pointed to a large machine below me, "A weapon capible of
destroying an entire planet".

I looked towards Eggman, smiling and said "Code-Named..... the Eclipes Cannon."

Dr. Eggman was very thoughtful about this.... "Destroying an entire planet... Was this my
grandfather's legacy?" he mumbled to himself.

"BUT..." I quickly said. "It's been deactived for some time now..." I turned to a small machine
with 7 holes thats big enough for the Chaos Emeralds. I took out the green Chaos Emerald I stole
and tossed it into a hole. The machine started buzzing to life. "To reactivate it, large amounts
of energy are nessicary..."

"Oooh. So THAT'S why we needed the Chaos Emerald..." Eggman said, amazed.

"Exactly!" I said, glad to know that he understands why we need the emeralds. "To reactivate the
machine, we need the 7 Chaos Emeralds. Once you have that, then you have the ultimate power of
destruction to use as you please..."

I lowered my head and slowly brought it back up to face Eggman, "And then...the world could be
YOURS..." I finished.

Dr. Eggman started to laugh "Mwahahaha! Sounds like a plan! I like the way you think, Shadow! I
will get the Chaos Emeralds, use the machine to dominate the world, and build a legacy of my
own-" THATS when we got a new member of our team!

"Do you REALLY think it'll be THAT easy?" a voice was heard, interurpting Eggman. We both looked
up to see a white female bat, hangingupside-down on the ceiling. She leaped down and landed in
front of Eggman. I just watched them and listened.

"I've got a GREAT idea. How about making a deal?" she asked.

"A DEAL?" Robotnik asked, suspicious of this new character that's coming into play. I was
suspicious of her too. Who was she?! Where did she come from?!

"When you grabbed that huge emerald, you said something about a reaction." She continued, still
facing Eggman. "A reaction that it had with the Master Emerald. Now, if you could just let me
borrow that radar, I may be able to help you! What do ya think?"

"If I DO.....what's in it for me?" Eggman said, still suspicious of the bat.

"I have an idea where the other Chaos Emeralds may be." she said, flying into the air. She, then
held a dark blue Chaos Emerald. "It may not look like it, but did you know that I am a treasure
hunter that specializes in ALL kinds of jewels...?"

Eggman gasped when she brought that emerald out and quickly looked at me. I just nodded at him,
thinking she would be perfect to help us collect the 4 remaining emeralds. Eggman smiled and
looked back at the bat. "Very well." is all he said.

"Okay then, it's a deal?" the bat said. "I don't think we've been introduced. I'm Rouge the Bat,
but you can call me Rouge."

With a new member of our team and 3 Chaos Emeralds collected, I figured it won't be long until
we have all the emeralds to use the cannon! NOTHING will stop us!

TO BE CONTINUED.....