Clash of Ultimates



Disclaimer: STOP TORTURING ME! I DON'T OWN IT! LEAVE MY POOR SOUL ALONE!!! ^_^ All happy now.





Lilac turns and starts running backwards. Sonic, Shadow and Knuckles are rushing as fast as they can toward her. She holds up the Emerald, taunting them.

"Hey boys! Wanna see something cool!?" she calls out.

"Yeah, how about you giving us the Emerald back?!" Sonic shouts back. Lilac laughs, then holds the Emerald out in front of her.

"See ya later!" she closes her eyes for a split-second. "CHAOS- LIGHT!" She shouts, then she is completely gone. The guys stop where she had been standing. There are no tracks, nothing to show where she went. Shadow is the first to realize what happened.

"She can teleport....." he whispers. This is going to make things difficult.







**Back at Eggman Fortress (Should I just pull the power out on him? ^_^)**







Eggman is working on some kind of machine when Lilac appears behind him. He turns around, then splits a huge smile.

"Is this it?" Lilac asks. Eggman gives her a pat on the head.

"Yes it is. Great job." He takes the Emerald and puts it into a slot in the machine. "Now, if we can get the other six, we will be all set." He turns back to Lilac. "Is something wrong?"

"I.....I don't understand." She says. "Why do we have to steal from them. Can't we just ask?" Eggman laughs.

"I tried that already. They don't want the peace I can give them. For some reason, they like war." (Lying as usual..) Eggman gives her the 'I'm daddy, I know what I'm doing' look. "Don't worry. It'll be all right." He says. Lilac turns and leaves. When she is gone, Eggman sighs. "I'll have to make sure she only believes me." He mumbles. Then he goes back to work.





**Back with the good guys**





The boys have gone back to Knuckles' house. Amy and Rouge are a little miffed about being left behind, and let the boys know it the moment they are in hearing distance. When the girls run out of breath, Sonic fills them in on what happened.

"She can do WHAT?!" Rouge shouts. Sonic sighs.

"She can teleport with the Chaos Emerald. Just like Shadow here can use Chaos Control." Sonic turns to Shadow. So does everyone else. Shadow, not liking all the sudden attention, turns away. Knuckles goes inside the house, leaving the others to figure out what is going on.

"Eggman's using her to get the Emeralds. We have to stop her." Amy says.

"Easier said than done." Sonic says. "If she can teleport...." Shadow interrupts him.

"If she has the Emerald. If we can get to the Emerald before her, we can stop her." Shadow smirks. "We just need to know where the Emeralds are being kept." All eyes turn to Tails.

"I can find them. No prob." He says. Sonic nods.

"In the meantime, we should try to find out about her. If we can find a weakness, we can destroy her before.....she..." Sonic trails off. The others notice why. Shadow's eyes watered up when he said 'destroy her'.

"You have a crush on her, don't ya?" Rouge says. Shadow turns away again. "I'm right." She says. Sonic whistles.

"You're not helping here." He says to Shadow. Shadow turns back with a death glare.

"Can't we stop her without killing her?!" he practically shouts. Sonic thinks a moment.

"If we can, we will. I don't want to destroy her. If we find another way, then we will use it." Shadow finally calms down. Sonic looks right in his eyes. "Just don't forget what side you're on." He says. Shadow clenches his fist, but does nothing else. Then Knuckles calls them all inside for a special news program.





**Eggman Fortress**





Lilac is in her room, waiting to hear where the next Emerald is. As she is lying on her bed, she wonders about what she is doing. Stealing the Emeralds, it's just not sitting right with her. But, Father said it was for a greater good. So why does she feel so strange?

"What is wrong with me?!" she wonders out loud. Then she goes over to her desk. She picks up a green shard from the table and ties a string around it, then puts it on like a pendant. "I hope Father won't be mad I took this before I gave him the Emerald..." she whispers. The shard glows slightly. She goes into a closet and puts on a deep blue dress. She hides the shard under the collar of the dress when she is finished. Within moments, Eggman comes in announcing he has the location of the next Emerald.





To be continued......