A New Revelation: Chapter Three

      By: Darkstar0007

      Shadow suddenly became even more interested.

      "Let me guess. Her quills point upward like mine, except for the bottom

two that point down. She has silver-white hair. She possesses the ability to use Chaos

Control, but doesn't need it to run at super-sonic speeds." Sonic and Tails's jaws

nearly dropped. "Her name is Shade."

      "I take it there's still a lot we don't know about you." Sonic shifted his

weight.

      "I see I have some explaining to do." By the look on his face you could

tell that he was trying hard to remember something. "Okay. When Professor Gerald

created me he also created Shade. We were twins. We spent a lot of time together,

in fact, we were inseperatable." Shadow sighed. "When GUN invaded ARK, Shade

had been shot. I never knew if she had lived." Sonic didn't know what to say. "She

had a good heart. If she's working for Dr. Eggman, she isn't doing it of her own free

will."

      "Something still bothers me, though. Just how many chaos emeralds does

Eggman have? And what is he planning to use them for?"

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

      "I guess we'll just have to wait and see what Eggman's next move is. Now that he's rebuilt Metal Sonic, we'll need all the help we can get. I'll fly to Angel Island and try to get Knuckles to fight with us again."

      "Key emphasis on 'try'. That hard-headed echidna won't budge unless the Master Emerald is in danger."

      "True, true. But it's still worth a try. You can't face Metal Sonic and Shade alone."

      "Ah, almost finished." Dr. Eggman made a few last touches to some machinery. "Time and time again I have failed to destroy that troublesome blue hedgehog and his friends. But this time is different. No. Sonic has never before faced something quite like this. Shade and Metal

Sonic should be back any moment now with my chaos emerald." A smirk grew on his face. "Speak of the devil." Eggman said to himself as the door slid open. "Was your mission successful?" Shade held out the chaos emerald she had retrieved earlier. "That makes five chaos emeralds. Everything is going as planned." Metal Sonic then walked through the doorway.

      "I've discovered the locations of the two remaining chaos emeralds. Sonic's fox friend has one of them."

      "Yes, I remember. Continue."

      "The other, is with Project Shadow."

      "But Shadow is dead. Are you positive?"

      "Most definitely."

      Eggman rubbed his chin as he thought.

      "So, Shadow survived his descent through Mobius's atmosphere after all. No matter. Once I've gone through with my planning, no one will be able to stop me. Hahahahahaha!!!" He ended his sentence with the usual evil laugh. Metal Sonic sweat dropped while Shade showed no emotion.

"But for this to happen we need the rest of the chaos emeralds. I have another plan for you two."

      "Shadow."

      "Hm?"

      "Are you sure you don't want the bed?"

      "I'm fine. This couch is the most comfortable thing I've slept on in a long while. Don't worry, I'm content with just this." Shadow and Sonic sat in silence for a while. Shadow sighed. "Thank you."

      "You're welcome… for what?"

      "For being so forgiving of me, even after all that I've done. Even after I tried to eliminate you."

      "No sweat. You may have been acting like a real jerk, but your motives were good."

      "Thank you… I guess…"

      "And anyway, it's nice to have someone around who can almost match my speed…"

      "Almost?"

      "Do I sense a hint of jealousy?"

      "Me? Jealous of you? Faker? Not in a million years."

      "Hey, Shadow. You thirsty?"

      "Now that I think about it. Yeah, sure."

      "How does Pepsi sound?"

      "Fine with me."