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- /SHADOW'S PAST/ /
-\ ) / / A Sonic FanFic by Super Sonic /
L /_____________/_______________________________/
____/ The servers are the seven Chaos, Chaos /
SS / is power, power is enriched by the heart... /
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CHAPTER 4
---Shrine of the Master Emerald---
--- 8:00 AM ---
The next day Sonic, Tails, Rouge and Knuckles met. Tails turned on the Emerald Detector.
"The first Emerald is near here...I'm guessing somewhere in Station Square..."
"Let's go then!" Sonic said.
The signal grew stronger as they got to Station Square.
"It's in Casinopolis." said Tails.
They entered Casinopolis and asked an attendant to see the manager. The manager was pleased to see them.
"Nice to see you Sonic and Tails! Hello Knuckles! Er..." He turned to Rouge, "And you are?"
"Rouge the Bat." replied Rouge. "We need your Emerald."
The manager jolted sharply. "How did you know that we had an Emerald?"
Tails waved his detector in the air. "We need your Emerald because we are in dan..."
At that moment a siren blared and a tannoy sounded. "SECURITY BREACH! SECURITY BREACH! SECURITY BREACH IN SECTOR 13..."
"Sector 13?" cried the manager, "That's our safe!"
The heroes ran down and passed the guards in the safe. The safe was awash with dirt and mud. A large hole was embedded in the side of the wall.
"Robotnik!" Sonic growled.
"You go ahead," said Knuckles, "I'll catch up with him, you go get the other Emeralds!"
The heroes followed Knuckles' instructions and followed Tails' directions to the next Emerald.
"The nearest Emerald is on the beach."
"The beach?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah."
"Lets go then!"
---The Beach---
--- 9:12 AM ---
"I know!" exclaimed Tails, "The Mayor is at the beach. he must have brought his Emerald!"
The three remaining heroes searched the beach for the Mayor.
Sonic was the first to see the crowd. He pushed through it to see the Mayor.
"M...My Emerald..." he whimpered.
Sonic turned to see the Emerald float away to sea. He knew what it was, but walked away to tell the others, as there was no way Sonic was swimming, not even for an Emerald.
Two of the flashes on Tails' screen were moving. Then a third moved.
"Another one! Robotnik's got three now in only 20 minutes! How long will it be before he gets them all?"
"Hey, that flash isn't with the others!" Sonic pointed to one flash moving fast along the screen.
"Somebody else is with him..."
"Or against him." Rouge spoke.
"What?"
"Someone may be after the Chaos Emeralds other than Robotnik."
They all thought.
"We've got no time to lose!" cried Tails after a short silence. "The next Emerald is in the Ruins.
The heroes ran at breakneck speed towards the ruins.
---The Ruins---
--- 9:20 AM ---
The Emerald was visible from a distance in the middle of the Ancient Lake. Sonic went to grab it, but the water took form.
"Chaos!" Tails exclaimed.
Chaos took the Emerald and dragged it under the surface.
"I don't know what's going on," said Sonic, "But this is going to be tough. Have you got your Emerald, Tails?"
Tails then realised that he had left his Emerald in his workshop in the ruins. The heroes ran up to his workshop, but it was too late. The place had been ransacked from top to bottom. Sonic saw a person in the shadows outside the workshop. He ran for the mysterious person, but he dissapeared away before Sonic could get anywhere near him.
"There are only two more Emeralds left! We need to find them."
"Sorry Tails," said Sonic, "Only one more."
He pointed to the screen. Now there were two flashes in one place and four in the other. The last one was on the ARK.
"How are we going to get to the ARK?" Rouge asked.
"Rocket. Remember that Robotnik has a rocket to the ARK in his Hidden Base."
"Then let's go!"
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^-. / /_______________________________
- /SHADOW'S PAST/ /
-\ ) / / A Sonic FanFic by Super Sonic /
L /_____________/_______________________________/
____/ The servers are the seven Chaos, Chaos /
SS / is power, power is enriched by the heart... /
___\____________________________________________/
CHAPTER 4
---Shrine of the Master Emerald---
--- 8:00 AM ---
The next day Sonic, Tails, Rouge and Knuckles met. Tails turned on the Emerald Detector.
"The first Emerald is near here...I'm guessing somewhere in Station Square..."
"Let's go then!" Sonic said.
The signal grew stronger as they got to Station Square.
"It's in Casinopolis." said Tails.
They entered Casinopolis and asked an attendant to see the manager. The manager was pleased to see them.
"Nice to see you Sonic and Tails! Hello Knuckles! Er..." He turned to Rouge, "And you are?"
"Rouge the Bat." replied Rouge. "We need your Emerald."
The manager jolted sharply. "How did you know that we had an Emerald?"
Tails waved his detector in the air. "We need your Emerald because we are in dan..."
At that moment a siren blared and a tannoy sounded. "SECURITY BREACH! SECURITY BREACH! SECURITY BREACH IN SECTOR 13..."
"Sector 13?" cried the manager, "That's our safe!"
The heroes ran down and passed the guards in the safe. The safe was awash with dirt and mud. A large hole was embedded in the side of the wall.
"Robotnik!" Sonic growled.
"You go ahead," said Knuckles, "I'll catch up with him, you go get the other Emeralds!"
The heroes followed Knuckles' instructions and followed Tails' directions to the next Emerald.
"The nearest Emerald is on the beach."
"The beach?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah."
"Lets go then!"
---The Beach---
--- 9:12 AM ---
"I know!" exclaimed Tails, "The Mayor is at the beach. he must have brought his Emerald!"
The three remaining heroes searched the beach for the Mayor.
Sonic was the first to see the crowd. He pushed through it to see the Mayor.
"M...My Emerald..." he whimpered.
Sonic turned to see the Emerald float away to sea. He knew what it was, but walked away to tell the others, as there was no way Sonic was swimming, not even for an Emerald.
Two of the flashes on Tails' screen were moving. Then a third moved.
"Another one! Robotnik's got three now in only 20 minutes! How long will it be before he gets them all?"
"Hey, that flash isn't with the others!" Sonic pointed to one flash moving fast along the screen.
"Somebody else is with him..."
"Or against him." Rouge spoke.
"What?"
"Someone may be after the Chaos Emeralds other than Robotnik."
They all thought.
"We've got no time to lose!" cried Tails after a short silence. "The next Emerald is in the Ruins.
The heroes ran at breakneck speed towards the ruins.
---The Ruins---
--- 9:20 AM ---
The Emerald was visible from a distance in the middle of the Ancient Lake. Sonic went to grab it, but the water took form.
"Chaos!" Tails exclaimed.
Chaos took the Emerald and dragged it under the surface.
"I don't know what's going on," said Sonic, "But this is going to be tough. Have you got your Emerald, Tails?"
Tails then realised that he had left his Emerald in his workshop in the ruins. The heroes ran up to his workshop, but it was too late. The place had been ransacked from top to bottom. Sonic saw a person in the shadows outside the workshop. He ran for the mysterious person, but he dissapeared away before Sonic could get anywhere near him.
"There are only two more Emeralds left! We need to find them."
"Sorry Tails," said Sonic, "Only one more."
He pointed to the screen. Now there were two flashes in one place and four in the other. The last one was on the ARK.
"How are we going to get to the ARK?" Rouge asked.
"Rocket. Remember that Robotnik has a rocket to the ARK in his Hidden Base."
"Then let's go!"