A New Revelation: Chapter Two

      By: Darkstar0007

      Tails jumped up from his seat as Sonic opened the door.

      "Sonic! What happened to you?!"

      "Okay, but you might wanna sit down for this one."

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      Sonic explained in detail what had gone on that night. He got quite a

surprised expression from Tails when he mentioned that female hedgehog.

      "An the weird thing is, she looked almost exactly like Shadow."

      "Woah. Do you think Shadow and the Biolizard were the only eperiments

on ARK?"

      "I don't know, Tails. I don't know..."

      "Whatever Eggman plans to do with the emeralds, we can't let him do it."

      "What are we gonna do about it? We have to keep him from getting all of

the emeralds, but how can we do that when we don't even know where all of the

emeralds are?"

      "Actually, the museum picked up a chaos emerald a few days ago."

      "No kidding?"

      "You could sit outside the museum and wait for Shade to show up again and

hopefully keep her from taking another emerald."

      "It isn't my style to just wait around, but then again, I'd hate to see Shade

get her hands on another emerald. Yeah. That's what I'll do."

      "Okay then. While you're watching for Shade, I'll stick around here and try

to locate the rest of the emeralds."

      "You do that. I know you can find the rest of the emeralds. You're a smart

kid."

      "Thanks, Sonic." Tails smiled and winced as Sonic gave the little fox a

playful noogie on the top of his head.

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      Sonic sat on the cement steps near the front doors of Station Square's

Museum of Natural History and Art. He sighed. It was the second day he spent

camping out in front of the museum's front doors, and it was getting late. He watched

on as a few people passed in and out of the building. He was about to doze off when

his ears picked something up.

      "It's about time." Sonic said to himself as he stood and looked up at the

roof of the museum, where Shade stood. She Chaos Controlled to the ground, scaring

away a couple in the process. "You wanna get away with that emerald? You gotta go

through me first!"

      "If that's the way you want it." Shade dashed straight at Sonic. He jumped

to the side and countered with a Homing attack. She shook off the attack then formed

a Chaos Sword in her hand. Blade raised she charged at Sonic, whom dodged it. This

Went on for a while. They stood a bit in front of each other, not breaking eye contact.

Each clearly showed signs of fatigue. It was then that Sonic noticed something strange

about Shade. It was her eyes. They had no life in them, all they could do was give a cold

stare. Suddenly, the silence was broken as Sonic was knocked to the ground.

      "Uhhh..." Sonic looked up from the dirt just in time to see Metal Sonic

descend from the air. "Just how many lives do you have?!" He made a move to attack

Metal. It missed, giving Metal the edge he needed to send one of his fists to Sonic's

gut. Sonic sprung up from the ground in a Homing attack. Metal dodged it and slammed

Sonic into a nearby tree. Metals claws held Sonic's neck in an ice cold grip against the

trunk. Sonic's past battle with Shaft had left him weak; he could do little to resist Metal's

grasp. He watched with a feeling of helplessness as Shade made off with the emerald.

      "You end now." Metal's robotic voice said with no emotion. It seemed as

though time had slowed down all together. But then, a voice called out.

      "Chaos Spear!" Glowing bolts of energy rained down on Metal. When the

dust cleared, Metal rocketted away in a hurry, apparently not prepared for another

fight.

      "You will live, for now."

      Sonic thought hard for a moment; then it hit him.

      "No... it can't be..."

      "It is."

      "Shadow! You're..."

      "Alive? Yes."

      "But I don't get it. I saw you disappear into the atmosphere with my own

eyes... How did you..."

      "Though I was weak, I still had a shred of energy left, and a chaos emerald.

I Chaos Controlled straight to solid earth. However, I guess the fall did leave its mark."

      "No kidding. You look like you've been through a blender."

      "Heh. You don't look too great yourself." Shadow was right. Sonic was

covered with scrapes and bruises. Then, Sonic got an idea.

      "Why don't you come home with me? Tails can help me explain to you just

what's going on here..."

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      "Geez, what a day." Sonic held an ice pack to his stomach. He and the

other two sat on the living room floor. Shadow's fur was still a little damp from his

shower, after which he looked a lot better. Tails had a look of thoughtfulness on his

face.

      "We still don't know what Eggman wants the chaos emeralds for. But,

Shadow, you may be able to help us shed a little light on the situation."

      "What do you mean?"

      "Metal Sonic wasn't the only threat. Eggman is using another hedgehog.

Thing is, she bears a striking resemblance to you."