Clash of Ultimates



Disclaimer: The usual. I don't see the need to repeat it.



**1st person POV**



What's happening? Something's got me! I.....I feel air. Something is carrying me. Where are they taking me? What's going on? I can hear voices, but I can't make out what is being said. Wait....they just said..



Shadow......





**3rd POV**

**Knuckles house**



"Set him down over here." Knuckles says. Sonic puts Shadow's limp body on the couch. Shadow is still breathing, but slowly. For a moment, no one moves. Then Sonic begins pleading Shadow to wake up. Tails goes over to him and puts a hand on his shoulder. Sonic shuts up, but never takes his eyes off Shadow.

**1st POV (sorry for switching so much, I'll stop soon)**



That voice...I remember it. What is he saying? 'Wake up'? I am awake...aren't I? Something is bright...Wait, my eyes are closed. I can't believe I didn't realize that earlier. Some Ultimate Life Form. Maybe, if I take it slow...



**back to 3rd to stay**



"Shadow?!" Sonic says. The tone causes Knuckles to come running back from the kitchen. The others are there within moments as well. Shadow slowly opens his eyes, then snaps them shut again. Knuckles draws all the shades, making it a bit darker. This time, Shadow keeps his eyes open. Sonic starts talking as fast as he runs.

"ShadowIthoughtyouwereagonerandI'msosorryand....." Knuckles puts a hand over his friend's mouth.

"Slow down or shut up." He says. Shadow just smiles. Tails comes over with a glass.

"Here, drink this." Shadow slowly drinks it. The others are relieved.

"You OK?" Sonic asks. Shadow just nods. "Get some rest. That had to be one hell of a fall." Sonic hears a gasp from behind him. "What?"

"Watch your mouth in mixed company." Rouge says. Sonic rolls his eyes. The rest of the guys just laugh. Shadow leans back and chuckles with the rest of them.





**Eggman Fortress (What are his power bills like anyway?)**



Eggman's newest creation is checking out her surroundings. She seems to have gotten used to herself now. She is walking around, looking at everything. Eggman decides it is time to show her who her "father" is. He walks out into her field of vision. Which isn't hard since he gave her the ability to see up to 5 miles away. For a moment, neither of them move.

"Well, you are even more beautiful than I first thought." Eggman starts. The violet hedgehog seems unsure of this stranger. "What's wrong? Don't you recognize your creator?" Her eyes go wide. Then she runs up to him........and overshoots. She is faster than Sonic and Shadow combined, but her brakes need some work. She does come back.

"My....creator....." She says slowly. Her voice has a pleasant musical quality to it. Eggman just nods.

"Yes. Hmmmmmm.....we need a name for you. Let's see." Eggman looks her over. "How about....Lilac. It matches your coloring perfectly."

"Li....lac." she repeats. Then she nods. Eggman looks at her again.

"Now, how would you like to help your father?" he says. Lilac practically jumps up and down. "I need some special emeralds, but for some reason, no one wants to give them to me. So to benefit everyone, I am afraid we need to steal them back." Lilac nods.

"So where do we start?" she says. Eggman smiles. Then he pushes a button on a nearby console. A picture of the Sonic gang appears in front of them.

"The blue one here is Sonic. He is the leader of this evil gang. The two-tailed fox is called Tails. If you want to annoy him, call him Miles." Eggman chuckles a bit. Lilac is carefully memorizing them all. "The red one over here is Knuckles. The bat is Rouge. The pink hedgehog is Amy, but she shouldn't give you any problems." He looks back at Lilac. "Understand?"

"Who's the black one on the end?" she asks. Eggman looks up at the picture. Shadow is standing on the side.

"That's your prototype. Before you were created, he was the Ultimate Life Form. But now, he is nothing but a weakling." Eggman says. "The fox- boy Tails has a Chaos Emerald. I want you to get that one first since it will be the most difficult." Lilac nods.

"So where is he?" she says. Eggman chuckles and starts to plan.



**Back at Knuckles**



Shadow is up and around. And racing with Sonic. Amy is regretting volunteering to be referee. Every race ends in a dead heat. They finally decide to quit and go back inside. Dinner is on the table.

"I still don't see why we couldn't go to my house." Sonic complains again.

"How about because it looks like a tornado went through it and got scared?" Knuckles counters. Before they can dig in to dinner, they hear something outside. When they go out, they see Eggman's hovercraft zooming away. And a figure standing in the distance, coming closer.





To be continued......