Preparations.
Knuckles sat in front of the master emerald in Indian style staring hard into it. He waiting long for some kind of sign that the emerald usually showed him, but he got nothing.
"Show me something, damnit." Knuckles thought with the light of the emerald glaring off his eyes. He closed his eyes and let out a heavy sigh. "Why am I even helping them?" He thought on. Suddenly a bright flash of light came from the emerald he closed his eyes and sighed again. "What?" He asked looking up at Tikal who was now sitting on the top of the master emerald.
"You know what. Why are you being so down?" She asked crossing her legs. Knuckles put an annoyed look on his face and answered.
"What kind of question is that? I think you know why Tikal." He answered standing up. Tikal quickly sighed and hoped of the emerald.
"If I knew why I wouldn't be asking you, now would I?' She replied.
"Heh...why not? You already know everything else about me." He answered as he turned toward the stairway. "How is that anyway? I've only known you for two years." He said folding his arms.
"Yeah...but I've known you longer." She thought staring at the ground.
"Why do you insist on helping me all the time?" He asked. Tikal smiled and answered.
"Why do you accept my help all the time?" She asked back. Knuckles' eyes got wide a little and a look of realization came across his face. There was a short moment of silence after that but Tikal broke it as she went on.
"What Chaos did was my fault....I shouldn't have sealed him away. He's like a brother to me, he wouldn't think of harming me in any kind of way. I was a fool to think that I could hold his emotions inside him and pretend it never happened...but even after all that..he forgave me." Tikal said stepping over to his side. "All that happened because I thought I didn't need anybody's help....I tried to walk a long path alone." She continued.
"Why are you telling me this?" asked Knuckles.
"Because you're making that same mistake. And I won't allow that because I..." She stopped and looked at the ground and sighed. Knuckles looked at her with a puzzled look and his head tilted slightly.
"You what...?" He asked.
"Never mind...it doesn't matter if you know or not. It can't happen..it just can't." And with that she vanished instantly without any bright lights she simply disappeared without ant sign or warning of any kind. It was almost as if Knuckles had blinked and she wasn't there anymore. Knuckles sighed without turning back because he knew she was gone.
"If only...you were like me..."He said quietly.
"See... I knew it." A familiar voice said coming from behind. Knuckles turned around and saw Sonic approaching him with his arms folded.
"I'm not in a laughing mood right now, so what is it?" Knuckles snarled. Sonic merely smiled and answered.
"Did you find anything yet?" he asked stretching.
"Didn't I say I'd tell you if I did?" Knuckles shot back.
"Let's not get started....let's just take care of what we have to first." Sonic replied putting his arms out. Knuckles opened his mouth to speak but stopped when something hit him like a ton of bricks. A certain fact was thrown into his mind out of nowhere.
"The jungle...very deep." He said with a blank look. Sonic cocked his eyebrow and opened his mouth slightly.
"What?" He said puzzled.
"It's in the jungle.." Knuckles continued.
"What's in the jungle?" Sonic asked on.
"The location moron, He's doing it in the jungle." Knuckles added. Without a second thought Sonic speeded past Knuckles causing a gust of wind and dust to form. Knuckles turned and faced in the direction that Sonic ran of calmly as a bright pink light formed into Tikal behind him. Knuckles didn't turn to face her but spoke.
"Why'd you help me?" He asked.
"Just be glad that I did." Tikal said as she slowly raised her arms and vanished again. Knuckles sat silently but showed his teeth.
"WHEN I NEED HELP I'LL ASK YOU!!" He shouted as he turned toward the master emerald again.
A large cloud of dust was seen from a far as Sonic raced across an open field as the stars shone brightly above. A soft vigorous fluttering sound was heard as Tails followed close behind. The Ground below them parted as sonic raced over it. The dust was being carried away by the breeze and the only sound heard was that Tails as he propelled himself above the ground. The ran moved on until the landscape changed into the familiar Mystic Ruins area. The raced side by side up the hill where the workshop was located to find that not a soul was around. They expected it to be guarded by G.U.N. troops, but oddly...it was empty.
"This is weird..they should be here." Tails said walking towards the workshop. Sonic stood behind him scanning the area for any intruders but he too found none.
"Maybe they had other plans..let's go inside. Hopefully the planes are still here." Sonic said walking behind him. The two walked up the stairs and Sonic slowly pushed the door open making a space big enough for Tails to get in. When Tails was inside he grabbed a lever on the wall and lifted it causing the hanger to light up. Sonic followed him cautiously to make sure no traps of any kind have been set. It quickly came to realization that the tornado one and two were gone.
"DAMN!" Tails shouted. "I knew it was to good to be true!" While Tails was shouting pissed remarks, Sonic took the time to check the lower deck to find that the cyclone was still there.
"Well at least they didn't find the cyclone..it's still here." Sonic said trying to cheer Tails up.
"That's easy for you to say! I'm the one who repairs the damn things!" Tails snapped back.
"Well get them back....but now let's get the cyclone and go back to the island. We're gonna need it." Sonic added climbing down the ladder.
"Oooooh no! We're not doing one of your barge in specials." Tails said climbing down after him.
"Why not? They've always worked before." Sonic said with a smile.
"Your right..but we're dealing with some crazed old man and his inventions. This is a damn military division we're dealing with." Tails said as he stepped off the ladder.
"And your point?" Sonic added climbing on the back of the cyclone. Tails stepped over to the side of the plane and looked up at Sonic with an annoyed look.
"Do you WANT to get slaughtered?" Asked Tails.
"I do what I have to..I put my life on the line for a living." Sonic added facing the lower hanger door.
"Try to keep in mind that there's a difference between putting it on the line and foolishly discarding it." Tails added climbing into the cockpit.
"Yeah..I'm aware." Sonic said as the plane roared to a start. The metallic door ahead of them opened so the a little moonlight was able to light up the cave walls. The quiet thin waterfall on the outside was reveled through the light. And then without warning, Tails pushed the controls forward so that the plane speeded toward the cave entrance at high speed. Sonic jolted a little but then he realized that Tails always took off to fast. They broke the waterfall and fly upward hard so that the plane was upside down in mid air. They were upside down flying slowly for about five seconds and Sonic tightened his grip so he wouldn't fall off. Then in the blink of an eye it went right side up again and speeded off toward angel island.
The sunset was visable through a large open window of a dark office with mostly black furniture. The carpet was brown and a large G.U.N. logo was made into the floor. Spike's figure was seen on the far side staring out the window with a tense look on his face. Nothing in the room shown any sign of disturbance, there was only absolute stillness and complete silence. Not even his breathing motions were seen and his eyes were tense and gleaming in the distant setting sunlight. The figure of Spear was seen on the far side of the window holding a tech bow and arrows. Three more figures were seen in the back of the room leaned against the walls. One had the figure of a female mobian holding a kitana with the blade gleaming brightly in the faint light that shone through the window. The second appeared to be male chipmunk the gleam of his eyes couldn't be seen for some reason and he had a fierce figure that would intimidate anyone. The third was the only one visible in the light. He was obviously a male hyena wearing a blue G.S.F. uniform. The fur on the sides of his head was wild and messed up. One of his eyes were gray and the other was brown. He had a blank look on his face and he was staring directly at Spike.
"Nice to see you Kalmari...how long has it been? Two years?" Spike asked folding his arms and keeping his sight out the window.
"Yeah..about that long, Spike." The hyena answered back.
"Heh..I guess you three must have come along way to be receiving orders from me....so who's the most skilled of you three?" Spike asked turning a little to face them.
"I'm not sure....but the three of us worked this far, you'd have to think were worth something." Kalmari answered.
"I'll be the judge of that....your first assignment is to keep my sister and her little friends at bay long enough for me to carry out my plan. You shouldn't have any trouble..but if you're as good as were two years ago I suggest you leave."
"That was two years ago Spike! This is now!" Kalmari shouted with the light glaring off his right eye.
"You're right...but the past effects us today. You still can't see out of your left eye can you?" Spike replied with a devious grin. Spear was still quiet, but he slowly loaded an arrow onto the bow he held.
"What happened to my eye is none of your business, sir." Kalmari snarled back.
"And just who the hell do you think your talking to?" Spike snapped back. Then without warning Spear held the bow high and aimed it directly at Kalmari's head. He pulled the wire back and let it go sending the arrow spiraling through the air. Kalmari gasped then closed his eyes and a slit of blood was seen as the arrow made contact. A slight moment of silence followed and the female mobian on the far side of the room opened her eyes slightly and stared at the direction the arrow went.
"With that creature I'll give unlimited power to those who follow me....and I'll demonstrate what'll happen to those who cross me. You don't want to cross me, do you Kalmari?" Spike said turning to face Kalmari. The arrow had barely missed his head and stuck in the wall behind him. A deep cut was on his cheek that was created as the arrow flew by. He put an angry look on his face as he yanked the arrow out the wall and snapped it in half.
"And don't think Spear's aim was off....his aim is NEVER off." Spike said grinning deviously. "Now get out." Kalmari and the other two figures started out but Spike spoke and stopped them.
"Not you two..just him. You two stay." Spike said turning to face them completely. Kalmari snarled angrily and stormed out leaving the other two figures behind. The female shaped one stepping in the light reveling that she was a short slender gray squirrel with shoulder length hair. She would have been quite attractive if it weren't for the deep scar on her left cheek. She had dark brown eyes that seemed to have no life in them.
"Halvia...that's what I'm called." She said coldly.
"Nice name..it fits your looks. How'd you get that." Spiked asked pointing at the large scar on her cheek.
"I've had it for as long as I can remember." She replied running her finger across it.
"A scar that huge? That's unlikely...so what's makes you so special for you to be sent to me?" Spike asked.
"I've fought long and hard to get this far...I won't fail now." She replied.
"Good..because as of now you're not to follow any orders given to you by G.U.N." Spike said grinning. Halvia's eyes widened a little and she replied.
"Wh-what?" She asked with a look of shock.
"What they say doesn't matter. You follow my orders and only mine. G.U.N. is now dead to you." Spike continued.
"What do you mean?" she asked on.
"Well..the current powers will shift to me soon. So from now on you follow me." Spike answered.
"Heh...so the rumors are true about you." The male chipmunk added.
"And what's your name?" spike asked.
"I'm Huang Gai..And incase you hadn't noticed I'm.."
"I have noticed...but it must not be a disadvantage if you've made it this far." Spike interrupted. "how good is your hearing?"
"As good as yours I bet." Huang Gai answered. Spike immediately made a dagger come out of his jacket sleeve and into his hand. He arched his arm back and throw it at Huang's head but amazingly Huang caught it right before it hit him.
"Not as good as mine...but good." Spike said fiercely. "Now if you don't mind..leave I've got planning to do." Spike added on. The two nodded and Huang left leaving Halvia staring at spike for a couple seconds and then so to left. Spike stared over at Spear who was still holding the bow and arrow.
"Why didn't you kill him?" Spike asked.
"Why don't you fuck off? I'm saving all my blood thirst for the fox." Spear shot back.
"We wouldn't even have to go through this if G.U.N. would only train their basic troops better. Ever time a send a unit after them all I get back is corpses." Spike shot back intimidating.
"I still don't feel good about this fight." Spear said looking toward the ground.
"Must you always look for justice in battle!? I'll do anything..ANYTHING to get back at G.U.N! Spear..I need your help for that." Spike said leaning toward his brother. Spear was silent after that. He closed his eyes briefly and leaned his head ground ward then opened them halfway.
"I'm sorry.." Spear said staring at the floor. Spike stared him for a moment then sighed.
"Don't be." He replied.
The sun was completely out of sight over the horizon and night went into to full play. The breeze blew threw Angel Island forest giving it an eerie feel. Two figures were seen in one of the high trees, one sitting in a branch over the other. The higher one was Rouge, sitting with her hands by her side. The lower was Shadow with his back against the tree trunk with on leg stretched on the branch. They were both silent and stared out far enough so they could see were the island ending in the far. Rouge stared at the sky blankly with her eyes half open. Shadow stared at tree line below with the same look on his face as Rouge. He rocked his foot back and forward. He looked up a bit when he saw the moon come over the horizon. That instantly reminded him of the battle with biolizard. It's face. Those eyes....that horrible power...He had barely survived that battle and now here he was with a strong chance that he would have to face it again.
"The TRUE ultimate lifeform." He thought as he continued to watch the moon. And then he looked up at Rouge. A sudden felling of guilt swept over him, because he felt as if he had dragged her into all this. That humored him a little because he remembered that he was never meant to feel emotion. And what if he couldn't feel emotion? Would all the trouble he caused before never happened? Or was it unavoidable because of near madness? Hell, those questions would never be answered. And that didn't matter, Shadow understood that now. On one half of his mind: Revenge boiled inside him, But the other half told him to run away from it and put it behind him. He had already chosen to put it behind him, but he couldn't avoid running into his past again. Spike....it was because of him, his fault that he'd run into his past again. Shadow stood on the branch so he could get a better look of the landscape. Rouge looked down at him with a puzzled look but then that was replaced by a sad one as she saw Shadow dive off the branch and disappear in the trees below. She sighed and didn't bother following him with the thought the he needed time to think.
Shadow raced along the forest floor with the wind picking up as he did. Thoughts raced through his mind as fast as he ran. Spike..the brother of one the only people he ever cared about. He was tampering with his past and that filled Shadow with rage. He picked up his speed and leaped into the air and kicked off a tree ahead of him and landing on another nearby. He did this over and over so he quickly moved through them. He could still see that look on Spike's face...his aqua colored eyes blazing in the star light, that arrogant fang reveling smile, those large wings and the sound of chains rattling as he walked. The more Shadow thought about him the angrier he got. By this time Shadow had a complete look of rage on his face and he bared his teeth. He dropped down and landed hard feet first on the forest floor. And Sonic...He would've tried to kill Sonic by now if he didn't need his help. He couldn't stand the thought of relying on him, FOR ANYTHING! That made him even more angry and he came to a stop at the edge of a cliff.
"SONIC!" He shouted. "AFTER THIS IS OVER I'LL GET YOU!!!! YOU HEAR THAT YOU ARROGANT BASTARD!? I'LL KILL YOU!!" He continued on. "BUT FIRST I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO FUCK AROUND WITH MY PAST!!"
To Be Continued..
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Knuckles sat in front of the master emerald in Indian style staring hard into it. He waiting long for some kind of sign that the emerald usually showed him, but he got nothing.
"Show me something, damnit." Knuckles thought with the light of the emerald glaring off his eyes. He closed his eyes and let out a heavy sigh. "Why am I even helping them?" He thought on. Suddenly a bright flash of light came from the emerald he closed his eyes and sighed again. "What?" He asked looking up at Tikal who was now sitting on the top of the master emerald.
"You know what. Why are you being so down?" She asked crossing her legs. Knuckles put an annoyed look on his face and answered.
"What kind of question is that? I think you know why Tikal." He answered standing up. Tikal quickly sighed and hoped of the emerald.
"If I knew why I wouldn't be asking you, now would I?' She replied.
"Heh...why not? You already know everything else about me." He answered as he turned toward the stairway. "How is that anyway? I've only known you for two years." He said folding his arms.
"Yeah...but I've known you longer." She thought staring at the ground.
"Why do you insist on helping me all the time?" He asked. Tikal smiled and answered.
"Why do you accept my help all the time?" She asked back. Knuckles' eyes got wide a little and a look of realization came across his face. There was a short moment of silence after that but Tikal broke it as she went on.
"What Chaos did was my fault....I shouldn't have sealed him away. He's like a brother to me, he wouldn't think of harming me in any kind of way. I was a fool to think that I could hold his emotions inside him and pretend it never happened...but even after all that..he forgave me." Tikal said stepping over to his side. "All that happened because I thought I didn't need anybody's help....I tried to walk a long path alone." She continued.
"Why are you telling me this?" asked Knuckles.
"Because you're making that same mistake. And I won't allow that because I..." She stopped and looked at the ground and sighed. Knuckles looked at her with a puzzled look and his head tilted slightly.
"You what...?" He asked.
"Never mind...it doesn't matter if you know or not. It can't happen..it just can't." And with that she vanished instantly without any bright lights she simply disappeared without ant sign or warning of any kind. It was almost as if Knuckles had blinked and she wasn't there anymore. Knuckles sighed without turning back because he knew she was gone.
"If only...you were like me..."He said quietly.
"See... I knew it." A familiar voice said coming from behind. Knuckles turned around and saw Sonic approaching him with his arms folded.
"I'm not in a laughing mood right now, so what is it?" Knuckles snarled. Sonic merely smiled and answered.
"Did you find anything yet?" he asked stretching.
"Didn't I say I'd tell you if I did?" Knuckles shot back.
"Let's not get started....let's just take care of what we have to first." Sonic replied putting his arms out. Knuckles opened his mouth to speak but stopped when something hit him like a ton of bricks. A certain fact was thrown into his mind out of nowhere.
"The jungle...very deep." He said with a blank look. Sonic cocked his eyebrow and opened his mouth slightly.
"What?" He said puzzled.
"It's in the jungle.." Knuckles continued.
"What's in the jungle?" Sonic asked on.
"The location moron, He's doing it in the jungle." Knuckles added. Without a second thought Sonic speeded past Knuckles causing a gust of wind and dust to form. Knuckles turned and faced in the direction that Sonic ran of calmly as a bright pink light formed into Tikal behind him. Knuckles didn't turn to face her but spoke.
"Why'd you help me?" He asked.
"Just be glad that I did." Tikal said as she slowly raised her arms and vanished again. Knuckles sat silently but showed his teeth.
"WHEN I NEED HELP I'LL ASK YOU!!" He shouted as he turned toward the master emerald again.
A large cloud of dust was seen from a far as Sonic raced across an open field as the stars shone brightly above. A soft vigorous fluttering sound was heard as Tails followed close behind. The Ground below them parted as sonic raced over it. The dust was being carried away by the breeze and the only sound heard was that Tails as he propelled himself above the ground. The ran moved on until the landscape changed into the familiar Mystic Ruins area. The raced side by side up the hill where the workshop was located to find that not a soul was around. They expected it to be guarded by G.U.N. troops, but oddly...it was empty.
"This is weird..they should be here." Tails said walking towards the workshop. Sonic stood behind him scanning the area for any intruders but he too found none.
"Maybe they had other plans..let's go inside. Hopefully the planes are still here." Sonic said walking behind him. The two walked up the stairs and Sonic slowly pushed the door open making a space big enough for Tails to get in. When Tails was inside he grabbed a lever on the wall and lifted it causing the hanger to light up. Sonic followed him cautiously to make sure no traps of any kind have been set. It quickly came to realization that the tornado one and two were gone.
"DAMN!" Tails shouted. "I knew it was to good to be true!" While Tails was shouting pissed remarks, Sonic took the time to check the lower deck to find that the cyclone was still there.
"Well at least they didn't find the cyclone..it's still here." Sonic said trying to cheer Tails up.
"That's easy for you to say! I'm the one who repairs the damn things!" Tails snapped back.
"Well get them back....but now let's get the cyclone and go back to the island. We're gonna need it." Sonic added climbing down the ladder.
"Oooooh no! We're not doing one of your barge in specials." Tails said climbing down after him.
"Why not? They've always worked before." Sonic said with a smile.
"Your right..but we're dealing with some crazed old man and his inventions. This is a damn military division we're dealing with." Tails said as he stepped off the ladder.
"And your point?" Sonic added climbing on the back of the cyclone. Tails stepped over to the side of the plane and looked up at Sonic with an annoyed look.
"Do you WANT to get slaughtered?" Asked Tails.
"I do what I have to..I put my life on the line for a living." Sonic added facing the lower hanger door.
"Try to keep in mind that there's a difference between putting it on the line and foolishly discarding it." Tails added climbing into the cockpit.
"Yeah..I'm aware." Sonic said as the plane roared to a start. The metallic door ahead of them opened so the a little moonlight was able to light up the cave walls. The quiet thin waterfall on the outside was reveled through the light. And then without warning, Tails pushed the controls forward so that the plane speeded toward the cave entrance at high speed. Sonic jolted a little but then he realized that Tails always took off to fast. They broke the waterfall and fly upward hard so that the plane was upside down in mid air. They were upside down flying slowly for about five seconds and Sonic tightened his grip so he wouldn't fall off. Then in the blink of an eye it went right side up again and speeded off toward angel island.
The sunset was visable through a large open window of a dark office with mostly black furniture. The carpet was brown and a large G.U.N. logo was made into the floor. Spike's figure was seen on the far side staring out the window with a tense look on his face. Nothing in the room shown any sign of disturbance, there was only absolute stillness and complete silence. Not even his breathing motions were seen and his eyes were tense and gleaming in the distant setting sunlight. The figure of Spear was seen on the far side of the window holding a tech bow and arrows. Three more figures were seen in the back of the room leaned against the walls. One had the figure of a female mobian holding a kitana with the blade gleaming brightly in the faint light that shone through the window. The second appeared to be male chipmunk the gleam of his eyes couldn't be seen for some reason and he had a fierce figure that would intimidate anyone. The third was the only one visible in the light. He was obviously a male hyena wearing a blue G.S.F. uniform. The fur on the sides of his head was wild and messed up. One of his eyes were gray and the other was brown. He had a blank look on his face and he was staring directly at Spike.
"Nice to see you Kalmari...how long has it been? Two years?" Spike asked folding his arms and keeping his sight out the window.
"Yeah..about that long, Spike." The hyena answered back.
"Heh..I guess you three must have come along way to be receiving orders from me....so who's the most skilled of you three?" Spike asked turning a little to face them.
"I'm not sure....but the three of us worked this far, you'd have to think were worth something." Kalmari answered.
"I'll be the judge of that....your first assignment is to keep my sister and her little friends at bay long enough for me to carry out my plan. You shouldn't have any trouble..but if you're as good as were two years ago I suggest you leave."
"That was two years ago Spike! This is now!" Kalmari shouted with the light glaring off his right eye.
"You're right...but the past effects us today. You still can't see out of your left eye can you?" Spike replied with a devious grin. Spear was still quiet, but he slowly loaded an arrow onto the bow he held.
"What happened to my eye is none of your business, sir." Kalmari snarled back.
"And just who the hell do you think your talking to?" Spike snapped back. Then without warning Spear held the bow high and aimed it directly at Kalmari's head. He pulled the wire back and let it go sending the arrow spiraling through the air. Kalmari gasped then closed his eyes and a slit of blood was seen as the arrow made contact. A slight moment of silence followed and the female mobian on the far side of the room opened her eyes slightly and stared at the direction the arrow went.
"With that creature I'll give unlimited power to those who follow me....and I'll demonstrate what'll happen to those who cross me. You don't want to cross me, do you Kalmari?" Spike said turning to face Kalmari. The arrow had barely missed his head and stuck in the wall behind him. A deep cut was on his cheek that was created as the arrow flew by. He put an angry look on his face as he yanked the arrow out the wall and snapped it in half.
"And don't think Spear's aim was off....his aim is NEVER off." Spike said grinning deviously. "Now get out." Kalmari and the other two figures started out but Spike spoke and stopped them.
"Not you two..just him. You two stay." Spike said turning to face them completely. Kalmari snarled angrily and stormed out leaving the other two figures behind. The female shaped one stepping in the light reveling that she was a short slender gray squirrel with shoulder length hair. She would have been quite attractive if it weren't for the deep scar on her left cheek. She had dark brown eyes that seemed to have no life in them.
"Halvia...that's what I'm called." She said coldly.
"Nice name..it fits your looks. How'd you get that." Spiked asked pointing at the large scar on her cheek.
"I've had it for as long as I can remember." She replied running her finger across it.
"A scar that huge? That's unlikely...so what's makes you so special for you to be sent to me?" Spike asked.
"I've fought long and hard to get this far...I won't fail now." She replied.
"Good..because as of now you're not to follow any orders given to you by G.U.N." Spike said grinning. Halvia's eyes widened a little and she replied.
"Wh-what?" She asked with a look of shock.
"What they say doesn't matter. You follow my orders and only mine. G.U.N. is now dead to you." Spike continued.
"What do you mean?" she asked on.
"Well..the current powers will shift to me soon. So from now on you follow me." Spike answered.
"Heh...so the rumors are true about you." The male chipmunk added.
"And what's your name?" spike asked.
"I'm Huang Gai..And incase you hadn't noticed I'm.."
"I have noticed...but it must not be a disadvantage if you've made it this far." Spike interrupted. "how good is your hearing?"
"As good as yours I bet." Huang Gai answered. Spike immediately made a dagger come out of his jacket sleeve and into his hand. He arched his arm back and throw it at Huang's head but amazingly Huang caught it right before it hit him.
"Not as good as mine...but good." Spike said fiercely. "Now if you don't mind..leave I've got planning to do." Spike added on. The two nodded and Huang left leaving Halvia staring at spike for a couple seconds and then so to left. Spike stared over at Spear who was still holding the bow and arrow.
"Why didn't you kill him?" Spike asked.
"Why don't you fuck off? I'm saving all my blood thirst for the fox." Spear shot back.
"We wouldn't even have to go through this if G.U.N. would only train their basic troops better. Ever time a send a unit after them all I get back is corpses." Spike shot back intimidating.
"I still don't feel good about this fight." Spear said looking toward the ground.
"Must you always look for justice in battle!? I'll do anything..ANYTHING to get back at G.U.N! Spear..I need your help for that." Spike said leaning toward his brother. Spear was silent after that. He closed his eyes briefly and leaned his head ground ward then opened them halfway.
"I'm sorry.." Spear said staring at the floor. Spike stared him for a moment then sighed.
"Don't be." He replied.
The sun was completely out of sight over the horizon and night went into to full play. The breeze blew threw Angel Island forest giving it an eerie feel. Two figures were seen in one of the high trees, one sitting in a branch over the other. The higher one was Rouge, sitting with her hands by her side. The lower was Shadow with his back against the tree trunk with on leg stretched on the branch. They were both silent and stared out far enough so they could see were the island ending in the far. Rouge stared at the sky blankly with her eyes half open. Shadow stared at tree line below with the same look on his face as Rouge. He rocked his foot back and forward. He looked up a bit when he saw the moon come over the horizon. That instantly reminded him of the battle with biolizard. It's face. Those eyes....that horrible power...He had barely survived that battle and now here he was with a strong chance that he would have to face it again.
"The TRUE ultimate lifeform." He thought as he continued to watch the moon. And then he looked up at Rouge. A sudden felling of guilt swept over him, because he felt as if he had dragged her into all this. That humored him a little because he remembered that he was never meant to feel emotion. And what if he couldn't feel emotion? Would all the trouble he caused before never happened? Or was it unavoidable because of near madness? Hell, those questions would never be answered. And that didn't matter, Shadow understood that now. On one half of his mind: Revenge boiled inside him, But the other half told him to run away from it and put it behind him. He had already chosen to put it behind him, but he couldn't avoid running into his past again. Spike....it was because of him, his fault that he'd run into his past again. Shadow stood on the branch so he could get a better look of the landscape. Rouge looked down at him with a puzzled look but then that was replaced by a sad one as she saw Shadow dive off the branch and disappear in the trees below. She sighed and didn't bother following him with the thought the he needed time to think.
Shadow raced along the forest floor with the wind picking up as he did. Thoughts raced through his mind as fast as he ran. Spike..the brother of one the only people he ever cared about. He was tampering with his past and that filled Shadow with rage. He picked up his speed and leaped into the air and kicked off a tree ahead of him and landing on another nearby. He did this over and over so he quickly moved through them. He could still see that look on Spike's face...his aqua colored eyes blazing in the star light, that arrogant fang reveling smile, those large wings and the sound of chains rattling as he walked. The more Shadow thought about him the angrier he got. By this time Shadow had a complete look of rage on his face and he bared his teeth. He dropped down and landed hard feet first on the forest floor. And Sonic...He would've tried to kill Sonic by now if he didn't need his help. He couldn't stand the thought of relying on him, FOR ANYTHING! That made him even more angry and he came to a stop at the edge of a cliff.
"SONIC!" He shouted. "AFTER THIS IS OVER I'LL GET YOU!!!! YOU HEAR THAT YOU ARROGANT BASTARD!? I'LL KILL YOU!!" He continued on. "BUT FIRST I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO FUCK AROUND WITH MY PAST!!"
To Be Continued..
Chibi Shadow: WOOOHOOOOO!!! Can't wait for that!
Tails: I would be excited...but I don't care. ^_^
Maxcell: Erm...yeah....anywho. It might look like this fic is coming to a close..but we still got a little long way to go! So show me your still reading by reviewing.
Chibi shadow: you don't deserve any reviews! It took you forever to update this fic!
Maxcell: _ I'm sorry....I've been having some "Technical difficulties" and hopefully (I'm praying on this one) I won't have anymore.
Shadow: WHERE'S MY LEMON YOU BASTARD!?
Maxcell: What did you call me!?
Shadow:.....
Maxcell: I'll write it...when I feel like I've had everybody's vote. But anyway the next chap will be up next week. Until then send me some reviews!