A New Revelation: Chapter Five

            By: Darkstar0007

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            "This sucks. Find anything good yet, Tails?"

            "Nothing yet, Knuckles. I've been searching through all of the news channels, but I haven't seen anything about Eggman yet." Boredom was evident on Tails' face as he continued pressing buttons on the remote browsing through the channels. "Robbery, infomercial, robbery, found it!"

            "It's about time!" Knuckles plopped down on the couch.

            *(very fake sounding accent like in SA2) You are now looking at the rooftop of one of the many tall skyscrapers of Station Square, where Dr. Eggman, the world's worst enemy, stands with his latest weapon of destruction, which appears to be a large cannon-*

            "That's all that I need to hear." Sonic jumped up from the couch. "Guys, it looks like we got ourselves some eggs to scramble."

            "Just a few more minor adjustments and the Chaos Cannon will be ready for its test fire. If I know that hedgehog he's on his way here. Metal Sonic, Shade, go 'play' with our guests." Metal and Shade obeyed their master's order and leapt over the edge of the rooftop.

            "Tails! Which building is it?" Sonic yelled over the loud humming the Cyclone's engine made.

            "It's the taller one straight ahead of us! This is it, Sonic!"

            "You can let us off here!"

            No sooner had everyone stepped out onto Station Square's streets when the rooftop of the skyscraper before them began to emit a green glow.

            "Sonic, he's going to fire it!" The green glow grew and grew until a single ray of chaos energy shot out from the rooftop. It made contact with another building not far from where Sonic and friends stood, blowing it to pieces and sending debris in every which direction. Sonic coughed from the flying dust. "We have company…" Sonic took a fighting stance as Shade and Metal Sonic stepped out from the debris.

            "Tails," Tails turned to Sonic. "We'll hold off Shade and Metal Sonic, you go see if you can keep that cannon from firing again."

            "Good luck." Tails took off in the Cyclone, leaving Sonic and the others to deal with their opposing threat. Sonic turned back to Shade and Metal.

            "You're just in time for the party!"

            "Shall we?" Knuckles cracked his knuckles.

            "We shall."

            "Thirty percent charged back up. This is going rather nicely!"

            "Not for long, Eggman!"

            "You again?! How many times must I tell you that you are only trying to delay the inevitable! I'm going to blow this city to kingdom come, and there's nothing you can do to stop me!"

            "That's what you think!" Tails opened fire on Dr. Robotnick's Egg Walker.

            "You meddling brat! The Chaos Cannon has more than just one use!"

            "What do you mean?"

            "I'm so glad you asked… Yes, one-hundred percent power should be plenty." Eggman pulled a lever on the control panel and the chaos energy inside of the cannon began to glow an even brighter green. "You are so clueless. Not only can the Chaos Cannon reduce large buildings to rubble, but it also has the power to magnify the power of the chaos emeralds several-fold! Let's see what you will do when the tables are turned in my favor!" Eggman topped off his last words with the press of a button. Energy gathered at the end of the cannon before bursting into a beam of emerald green light as energy pulsed through the air.

            "What's going on?!" Sonic jumped back just in time to see the chaos energy hit Shade dead on. "What the heck is he doing?!" Shade could be heard screaming as she was engulfed in a sphere of green light. Suddenly the sphere turned bright red and sent out a giant shockwave, which sent Sonic, Knuckles, and Shadow flying. When they regained their senses, they were shocked to see an enormous crater sitting right in front of them. At the center stood Shade, her fur now a blood red color, along with bright red energy engulfing her body. She flew at them full speed leaving flying dust in her wake. Sonic braced himself for an attack, but none came. "Huh? Where'd she go?"

            "Behind you."

            "Wha-" Sonic was kicked against a parked car. Sonic glanced at Knuckles, busy giving Metal Sonic a few dents in the head. Sonic took out the phone Tails had given him when he heard it ring. "What? I'm kind of busy right now!" Tails' voice came muffled from the other side.

            "I've taken care of Eggman, but he had already fired the Chaos Cannon! Are you alright?"

            "Well, yes, and no. The cannon didn't hit us, but it hit Shade."

            "What?"

            "It powered her up to hyper level and she's beating the stuffing out of us."

            "It did? How?"

            "Don't ask me, you're the technical genius in the group." Sonic thought to himself for a moment. "Tails, I want you to see if you can fire that cannon again and hit us with it!"

            "You WHAT?!"

            "Listen, if it worked for Shade then there's a chance it will work for us, right?"

            "But Eggman could have done something to Shade to make it work. What if it backfires's on you? You'll be vaporized!"

            "Then that's a chance that we'll have to take. She's too strong. Even if the cannon doesn't fire we'll be killed." Shadow picked himself up after taking a beating from Shade.

            "All right, I'll try. Give me a minute."

            "If we have a minute…" Sonic took a deep breath and glanced at Shadow standing next to him. The black hedgehog gave him a reassuring look. They could feel their fur standing on end as the Chaos Cannon charged up. Sonic screamed with pain as the energy hit surrounded him. Shadow was doing no better.

            Tails watched on from the edge of the rooftop. Eggman had long since fled. "Good luck, Sonic."

            Sonic coughed and groaned as he pushed himself up from the ground. He had the familiar feeling of power coursing through his veins that usually accompanies his super level. "So it worked… Shadow?" The golden hedgehog turned his head to see that the now silver hedgehog next to him was all right.

            "You know it's not enough."

            "I guess we'll just have to find out then." Sonic successfully made a few hits, while dodging her own.

            "Chaos Spear!" Bolts of chaos energy rained down on Shade. As she stood back up, the energy around her began to grow. An uneasy feeling grew in the back of Shadow's mind. "Knuckles!"

"What?" Metal Sonic was now no more than a heap of scrap metal.

            "Get as far away from here as you can!" Shadow kept an eye on Shade.

            "You don't mean-" Sonic looked at Shadow with shock. Shadow sighed as if preparing himself.

            "…Kamikaze…"

            "I guess this is it." Energy began to surge out of Shade and spark around her, until she erupted in a giant flash of red light.

            Tails' Cyclone slowly made its way through the debris of what, a few minutes ago, was a city block. "Sonic!" His eyes scanned over the area. "Where are you?!" His eyes fell on a limp, blue body half buried in dirt. "Sonic!" Tails jumped out of the Cyclone and rushed to his friend's side. Sonic weakly opened his eyes and sat up. "Are you okay?"

            "It'll take more than that to rid the world of this hedgehog." He turned his head. "Knux! Hey!" The echidna gave him a thumbs up as he hacked up some dust. Sonic grew silent, though, as he spotted Shadow kneeling by his twin sister's limp body.

            Shadow couldn't believe it. After all of those years, he had seen his sister again. But she was brainwashed by Dr. Robotnick, she didn't even remember him. A single tear fell down his cheek. Why did he always have to be the one to survive? Anyone who had ever been close to him had been killed, and he had always been the only one to live. He didn't know whether to fight back the tears or not, he didn't know anything anymore. Just then, Shade's hand twitched.

            "Great, now my vision's blurring." He wiped his eyes clear just in time to see Shade cough. Shadow never took his eyes of off her, as her eyes weakly opened and she slowly glanced around. He held his breath; he wasn't sure if she was still under Dr. Robotnick's control. Then he got his answer.

            "Sh-Shadow?" He nodded as he smoothed her hair back into place. "I guess, I cheated death for a second time…" Shadow didn't hold his tears back. He didn't have to anymore. He stood, holding her protectively in his arms.

            Sonic stood with Knuckles' help, and couldn't help but smile at the sight before him. "Good job, guys." Shadow returned Sonic's smile, for he now had a reason to be happy. He wasn't going to be alone anymore.

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            Sorry for that last chapter taking so long, but being grounded is never an easy thing. In fact, I haven't even had internet access for almost a month.o_0 Geez… Since this was the first real fanfic I've ever finished, I would greatly appreciate reviews.