Sonic and Tails emerged from the local chao bar. Tails was wasted and Sonic was helping him up the hill. As they arrived in front of Booboo's house, Tails stopped.
"Don't worry Sonic! I can go the rest of the way!" He yelled in a courageous tone.
"You sure?" Sonic asked.
"Oh, yeah... Watch this!" Tails' tails spun in a circular motion. He lifted off the ground and started heading in the direction of his place. "See."
"Tails! Watch out for that that..." Tails smashed into a very tall tree. "Oooooo, tree!" Tails slid down the tree and landed on the ground sound asleep. "I'll get him in the morning..." Sonic walked up to the house, unknown that he was being watched from the inside. He opened the door and saw the safe was opened and papers were sprawled everywhere. A hand reached out of the darkness and went to grab his shoulder, but Sonic started for the window. The hand reached around looking for him. It snapped its fingers and merged back into the darkness. Sonic looked out the window to see if anyone was around. He started to close it, but heard a thud in the kitchen. Sonic entered the kitchen to see only a beam of light coming from the window. He entered the rays and looked up into the moon. The hand came out of the darkness behind him once more and grabbed Sonic's shoulder. Sonic turned around very slowly and...
(At that moment...)
In China, farmers were seeding their crops when Sonic's ear piercing, girly scream, shrieked throughout the land.
"Sonic calm down, it's me." Shadow said. Sonic let out a sigh of relief. "Now, where is it? Is it safe?"
"Is what safe?"
"The emerald you twit!" Sonic left the kitchen and went into the back room. Meanwhile, Shadow built a fire to light the room. He looked out the window for anyone around while lighting the candles on the table. Sonic came out with a large chest in his arms. He placed it in front of the fireplace. Shadow walked over and watched Sonic open it from behind. Shadow heard a rustling of the leaves and whirled around, hitting his head on the ceiling frame. He fell backward, pushing Sonic into the trunk and the lid snapped closed, locking him in there.
"Shadow! HELP!" He yelled from inside.
"What's the combination?"
"I don't know, I never locked it before..." Shadow looked up for something open it. There in the corner stood a torch blower. Shadow grabbed it and returned to the chest.
"Hold on, Sonic." Shadow turned the nozzle and could hear the gas leaking out. Shadow reached looked around for some matches to light it, but could not find any. Shadow wandered into the kitchen and looked around. Soon he disappeared around the corner.
"What's that I smell?" Sonic muttered from inside the box.
(Outside of the House) A few seconds went by... BOOOOOOOOM!!! The windows lit up and then smoke drizzled out of the frames. Shadow stood in the main room, covered in black and blinking wildly.
"Shadow hurry, I'm running out of air!" Sonic yelled. He shook himself off and looked around. A crowbar was on the mantle. Shadow grabbed it and pried the chest open. He looked in to see Sonic with a black look on his face, twitching. "Dark... No room... walls keeping closing in..." he muttered.
"Sonic snapped out of it!" Shadow picked him up by his shoulder and shook him violently. Sonic snapped back to reality and grabbed the fur on Shadow's chest with both arms.
"It was horrible. I was dark, cramped and cold. The walls seemed to close in on you as your went further. It was like, Pandora's Box, on smaller..." Shadow slapped him in the face and dropped him on the ground.
"Get a hold of yourself man." Sonic got up and looked at Shadow. "Get the emerald!" Sonic reached in and pulled out the bag. Shadow took it away and threw it in the fire.
"What are you doing?" Sonic reached in and pulled it, burning his hands. Sonic dropped it and blew on his hands. Shadow picked it up and threw it back in there. Sonic reached in again and reclaimed it.
"Stop that!" Shadow yelled as he threw it back into the fire. Sonic looked around and picked up some tongs, and grabbed the emerald with them. He pulled it out and held it upright.
"Aha!" Sonic yelled. The emerald slipped out of the tongs. Sonic dropped them and caught it. Sonic yelled in pain from holding the hot emerald. Steam rose as it cooked his hand. He traded hands and blew on the one that was burning. Suddenly he looked at the emerald to see it burning his other hand to. Sonic yelled and traded hands again. This process went on for a while. Finally, Shadow got up and filled a pail of water and dumped it on Sonic's hands, making a sizzling sound. Sonic let out a long sigh. They were now black and charred.
"Sonic look at it. Do you see anything?" Shadow asked as he stared out the window with his arms crossed.
"No." Shadow sighed.
"Wait!" Sonic said. "It says, 'Maybe.'" Shadow turned around to see Sonic holding an 8 ball. "Now it says, 'Yes.'"
"THE EMERALD, SONIC!" Shadow yelled.
"Oh..." Sonic picked up the emerald. "It says, 'Rub me.'" Shadow turned around to see Sonic rubbing the emerald with his hand. Words on the brim of the emerald appeared before Sonic's eyes and began to glow. "I can't read what it says."
"I can..." Shadow could see the reflection of the words glowing on Sonic's face. "Turn it very slowly." The words that ran across Sonic's face were:
'One emerald to control them all, one emerald to flash pretty lights, one emerald to for the ultimate chaos control.'
"Sonic, this is the Chaotic Emerald."
"What are you talking about?"
"I was there..." Shadow sat down at the table staring at it. Sonic sat across from hit and set the emerald on the table. "I was there when he created it."
"Who?"
"Gerald Robotnik..." Sonic's eyes widened.
"After I was created, his said his revenge would not be complete until he had some Pop-Tarts..."
"Wha?"
"Oh, that's a different story. He created this to ensure his revenge. I watched him work on it and it seem the more he did, the madder he went. I knew it contained too much power for even me to control. I asked him to stop, but it seemed like I wasn't there. He finished it and on that same day, one of the security guards found out what he was doing. I hid while they struggled for it. The professor lost and I saw the emerald fall to the ground. After that, the memories of Maria haunted me that day. You see, Sonic..." Shadow looked up to see Sonic snoring in his chair. Shadow picked up an apple from the fruit basket and threw it at him. It hit him in the forehead.
"Yes, evil emerald, professor... lost fight." Sonic said as he yawned.
"Pay attention!" Shadow yelled. They heard whispers from the emerald. Shadow and Sonic looked at each other and back to the emerald.
"Anyway, what..." Sonic was interrupted by the whispers again. "What should(whispers)... What(whispers)...Wha(whispers)...Wh...(whispers)...W(whispers). STOP THAT!" Sonic paused a minute. "What should we do with it?"
"It must be destroyed." Shadow said dramatically.
"That takes to long." Sonic snatched up the emerald. "We'll hide it here nobody knows it here, do they?" Shadow got up from his feet slowly. "Do they? Shadow..."
"I looked everywhere for Big the Cat, but the enemy got him first."
"They tortured him, didn't they? And he knows it's here."
"No, they gave him fish and a brand new set of fishing rods for the information. The screams weren't from terror, but of happiness."
"Take it, Shadow! Take it, far away!" Sonic yelled.
"No, Sonic." Shadow said calmly.
"Take it, please."
"I won't take it." Sonic drew closer to him, causing Shadow to back up.
"Please, I beg of you."
"I will not, get away."
"Will you take it here or there?"
"I will not take it anywhere! I do not want that cursed thing, now go away and let me be." Shadow broke out for a run out the door, watching Sonic gain on him. Not watching where he was going, Shadow smacked his head on the frame, knocking him flat on his back. Sonic lean over him and held something in both hands.
"Will you take it with some Advil? Or maybe with some Tylenol?"
"I do not want it don't you see, now go away and let me be!" Shadow got up and ran outside and down the hill. A cargo box sat at the foot of the hill. One of the sides burst open revealing Sonic holding the emerald.
"Will you take it in a box, or maybe with a fox?" Sonic stepped aside to reveal a hot hedgehog chick wearing very revealing clothing.
"I will not take it in that box, but even though I like that fox. I will not take it don't you see, for its powers will curse me." Shadow took out his Chaos Emerald and threw in straight up in the air. "CHAOS CONTROL!" He yelled as he caught it. Shadow warped down to the river that ran through the neutral garden. Shadow saw a boat and jumped in it. He covered himself with a tarp and pretended to be cargo. "Sonic will never find me here..."
"Hello, Shadow!" Sonic's voice said next to him. Shadow removed the tarp to see him, now his situation is turning grim. (Oh, great now I'm doing it...)
"Will you take it in this very boat? Or with this complimentary coat? But act now and see, you could win a free music CD."
"AAAARRRGH!" Shadow yelled and dashed away. For how Sonic could find him left Shadow in dismay. Shadow ran far and wide, wondering where he could hide. That fact the Sonic was near, played on Shadow's fright and fear. Soon came up fast, a building, a barn! Shadow entered and hid in the hay, where it felt very warm. Shadow peek out to see, and thought 'Is Sonic going to find me'. (This rhyming stuff hurts my head.) The barn door opened with a loud squeak as Sonic looked in for a quick peek. Shadow dug himself farther in the hay, so Sonic would not find him, not even the next day. Suddenly, something grabbed his arm, and Shadow felt he was going to be harmed.
"Would you take in this barn today? With this soft and warm hay?" Shadow scream just got up to his feet, knowing that he lost to Sonic in defeat.
"Fine, here..." Shadow held out his hand to take the emerald, but Sonic kept it.
"Nah! I wouldn't have made you take it if you didn't want to. I just wanted to play this Dr. Seuss game. Shadow fell over.
Later, Sonic and Shadow arrive back at the house and began packing for Sonic's trip.
"You must leave and head to Station Square. Go to the hotel." Shadow explained.
"Why there?" Sonic asked.
"I will meet you there."
"Where are you going?"
"To see Dr. Eggman, if anyone knows Gerald Robotnik more than me, it would be him." Sonic finished packing and tied the emerald up in the same bag. He took a longer piece of string and fastened it to the bag and hung it around his neck. "Hmm... I always thought I'd be the one to destroy it..." Shadow ginned.
"Looks like I got to it first." Sonic also grinned. There was a ruffle outside, in the bushes below the window.
"Duck!"
"Where?" Sonic looked around. "Oh!" He dropped to the ground looking around wildly. Shadow crept up to the window and picked up a stone that was on the table. He chucked it outside and heard it hit something.
"Oww!" A mysterious voice said.
"Who's there?" Shadow yelled out.
"Nobody!" The voice said.
"Then who's talking?" Then no reply. Shadow looked around and saw a large bowl on the mantle. He picked it up and chucked it outside, hearing break apart on something.
"Oooowwww! Stop that."
"Reveal yourself!" Shadow bellowed.
"Never!" Shadow picked up a very large monkey wrench and chucked it out the window. A metal clank came ringing back. Shadow reached over the ledge and pulled Tails into the house.
"It's you!" Shadow yelled as he threw Tails onto the table. "You were eavesdropping!"
"No, I wasn't! I only followed guys around all night hearing about some emerald created by Gerald Robotnik that'll cause the end of the world."
"Damn it, Miles!"
"HEY!" Tails yelled at Shadow. "I nobody calls me that!" Shadow gave an extremely dangerous look at Tails. "Except you Shadow, you can call me anything you want, at least nothing... unnatural."
"No, I have a better idea." Shadow had a very cruel grin on his face.'
It was now morning and the three traveled to the edge of the neutral garden. Actually, Sonic along as Shadow had a held Tails' hand, dragging him along. They stopped in a clearing and Shadow faced the two.
"Is it safe?" Shadow asked.
"Well, duh..." Sonic said looking in the small sack. "We just left the... AAH! It's gone!" Shadow's eyes widened. Then Shadow begun looking around frantically, but Sonic just stood there.
"Sonic, help me look for it!" Shadow said.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Sonic could no longer keep a straight face. "It's alright, I have it right here..." Shadow knocked Sonic aside his head.
"This is serious!"
"Okay, okay, sheesh..." Sonic said something under his breath, but Shadow couldn't hear.
"Now, never use the Chaotic Emerald. Gerald's forces will be drawn to its energy. Stay out of sight and lay low." Sonic and Tails nodded and they went they're separate ways.
"Tails! Get back here!" Sonic yelled. Sonic ran and grabbed him by his Tails.
"But I don't wanna go." He wined.
"We have to..."
"Oh, al right." Sonic and Tails travel across the large plains, waterfalls and grasslands. They were entering a farmer's field when Tails stopped suddenly falling behind Sonic. Sonic turned to see Tails looking around the field.
"Tails? What is it?" Sonic asked.
"You know, this place looks a lot like New Zealand." Sonic chuckled and they continued on, unaware of a follower that was dripping wet...
"Don't worry Sonic! I can go the rest of the way!" He yelled in a courageous tone.
"You sure?" Sonic asked.
"Oh, yeah... Watch this!" Tails' tails spun in a circular motion. He lifted off the ground and started heading in the direction of his place. "See."
"Tails! Watch out for that that..." Tails smashed into a very tall tree. "Oooooo, tree!" Tails slid down the tree and landed on the ground sound asleep. "I'll get him in the morning..." Sonic walked up to the house, unknown that he was being watched from the inside. He opened the door and saw the safe was opened and papers were sprawled everywhere. A hand reached out of the darkness and went to grab his shoulder, but Sonic started for the window. The hand reached around looking for him. It snapped its fingers and merged back into the darkness. Sonic looked out the window to see if anyone was around. He started to close it, but heard a thud in the kitchen. Sonic entered the kitchen to see only a beam of light coming from the window. He entered the rays and looked up into the moon. The hand came out of the darkness behind him once more and grabbed Sonic's shoulder. Sonic turned around very slowly and...
(At that moment...)
In China, farmers were seeding their crops when Sonic's ear piercing, girly scream, shrieked throughout the land.
"Sonic calm down, it's me." Shadow said. Sonic let out a sigh of relief. "Now, where is it? Is it safe?"
"Is what safe?"
"The emerald you twit!" Sonic left the kitchen and went into the back room. Meanwhile, Shadow built a fire to light the room. He looked out the window for anyone around while lighting the candles on the table. Sonic came out with a large chest in his arms. He placed it in front of the fireplace. Shadow walked over and watched Sonic open it from behind. Shadow heard a rustling of the leaves and whirled around, hitting his head on the ceiling frame. He fell backward, pushing Sonic into the trunk and the lid snapped closed, locking him in there.
"Shadow! HELP!" He yelled from inside.
"What's the combination?"
"I don't know, I never locked it before..." Shadow looked up for something open it. There in the corner stood a torch blower. Shadow grabbed it and returned to the chest.
"Hold on, Sonic." Shadow turned the nozzle and could hear the gas leaking out. Shadow reached looked around for some matches to light it, but could not find any. Shadow wandered into the kitchen and looked around. Soon he disappeared around the corner.
"What's that I smell?" Sonic muttered from inside the box.
(Outside of the House) A few seconds went by... BOOOOOOOOM!!! The windows lit up and then smoke drizzled out of the frames. Shadow stood in the main room, covered in black and blinking wildly.
"Shadow hurry, I'm running out of air!" Sonic yelled. He shook himself off and looked around. A crowbar was on the mantle. Shadow grabbed it and pried the chest open. He looked in to see Sonic with a black look on his face, twitching. "Dark... No room... walls keeping closing in..." he muttered.
"Sonic snapped out of it!" Shadow picked him up by his shoulder and shook him violently. Sonic snapped back to reality and grabbed the fur on Shadow's chest with both arms.
"It was horrible. I was dark, cramped and cold. The walls seemed to close in on you as your went further. It was like, Pandora's Box, on smaller..." Shadow slapped him in the face and dropped him on the ground.
"Get a hold of yourself man." Sonic got up and looked at Shadow. "Get the emerald!" Sonic reached in and pulled out the bag. Shadow took it away and threw it in the fire.
"What are you doing?" Sonic reached in and pulled it, burning his hands. Sonic dropped it and blew on his hands. Shadow picked it up and threw it back in there. Sonic reached in again and reclaimed it.
"Stop that!" Shadow yelled as he threw it back into the fire. Sonic looked around and picked up some tongs, and grabbed the emerald with them. He pulled it out and held it upright.
"Aha!" Sonic yelled. The emerald slipped out of the tongs. Sonic dropped them and caught it. Sonic yelled in pain from holding the hot emerald. Steam rose as it cooked his hand. He traded hands and blew on the one that was burning. Suddenly he looked at the emerald to see it burning his other hand to. Sonic yelled and traded hands again. This process went on for a while. Finally, Shadow got up and filled a pail of water and dumped it on Sonic's hands, making a sizzling sound. Sonic let out a long sigh. They were now black and charred.
"Sonic look at it. Do you see anything?" Shadow asked as he stared out the window with his arms crossed.
"No." Shadow sighed.
"Wait!" Sonic said. "It says, 'Maybe.'" Shadow turned around to see Sonic holding an 8 ball. "Now it says, 'Yes.'"
"THE EMERALD, SONIC!" Shadow yelled.
"Oh..." Sonic picked up the emerald. "It says, 'Rub me.'" Shadow turned around to see Sonic rubbing the emerald with his hand. Words on the brim of the emerald appeared before Sonic's eyes and began to glow. "I can't read what it says."
"I can..." Shadow could see the reflection of the words glowing on Sonic's face. "Turn it very slowly." The words that ran across Sonic's face were:
'One emerald to control them all, one emerald to flash pretty lights, one emerald to for the ultimate chaos control.'
"Sonic, this is the Chaotic Emerald."
"What are you talking about?"
"I was there..." Shadow sat down at the table staring at it. Sonic sat across from hit and set the emerald on the table. "I was there when he created it."
"Who?"
"Gerald Robotnik..." Sonic's eyes widened.
"After I was created, his said his revenge would not be complete until he had some Pop-Tarts..."
"Wha?"
"Oh, that's a different story. He created this to ensure his revenge. I watched him work on it and it seem the more he did, the madder he went. I knew it contained too much power for even me to control. I asked him to stop, but it seemed like I wasn't there. He finished it and on that same day, one of the security guards found out what he was doing. I hid while they struggled for it. The professor lost and I saw the emerald fall to the ground. After that, the memories of Maria haunted me that day. You see, Sonic..." Shadow looked up to see Sonic snoring in his chair. Shadow picked up an apple from the fruit basket and threw it at him. It hit him in the forehead.
"Yes, evil emerald, professor... lost fight." Sonic said as he yawned.
"Pay attention!" Shadow yelled. They heard whispers from the emerald. Shadow and Sonic looked at each other and back to the emerald.
"Anyway, what..." Sonic was interrupted by the whispers again. "What should(whispers)... What(whispers)...Wha(whispers)...Wh...(whispers)...W(whispers). STOP THAT!" Sonic paused a minute. "What should we do with it?"
"It must be destroyed." Shadow said dramatically.
"That takes to long." Sonic snatched up the emerald. "We'll hide it here nobody knows it here, do they?" Shadow got up from his feet slowly. "Do they? Shadow..."
"I looked everywhere for Big the Cat, but the enemy got him first."
"They tortured him, didn't they? And he knows it's here."
"No, they gave him fish and a brand new set of fishing rods for the information. The screams weren't from terror, but of happiness."
"Take it, Shadow! Take it, far away!" Sonic yelled.
"No, Sonic." Shadow said calmly.
"Take it, please."
"I won't take it." Sonic drew closer to him, causing Shadow to back up.
"Please, I beg of you."
"I will not, get away."
"Will you take it here or there?"
"I will not take it anywhere! I do not want that cursed thing, now go away and let me be." Shadow broke out for a run out the door, watching Sonic gain on him. Not watching where he was going, Shadow smacked his head on the frame, knocking him flat on his back. Sonic lean over him and held something in both hands.
"Will you take it with some Advil? Or maybe with some Tylenol?"
"I do not want it don't you see, now go away and let me be!" Shadow got up and ran outside and down the hill. A cargo box sat at the foot of the hill. One of the sides burst open revealing Sonic holding the emerald.
"Will you take it in a box, or maybe with a fox?" Sonic stepped aside to reveal a hot hedgehog chick wearing very revealing clothing.
"I will not take it in that box, but even though I like that fox. I will not take it don't you see, for its powers will curse me." Shadow took out his Chaos Emerald and threw in straight up in the air. "CHAOS CONTROL!" He yelled as he caught it. Shadow warped down to the river that ran through the neutral garden. Shadow saw a boat and jumped in it. He covered himself with a tarp and pretended to be cargo. "Sonic will never find me here..."
"Hello, Shadow!" Sonic's voice said next to him. Shadow removed the tarp to see him, now his situation is turning grim. (Oh, great now I'm doing it...)
"Will you take it in this very boat? Or with this complimentary coat? But act now and see, you could win a free music CD."
"AAAARRRGH!" Shadow yelled and dashed away. For how Sonic could find him left Shadow in dismay. Shadow ran far and wide, wondering where he could hide. That fact the Sonic was near, played on Shadow's fright and fear. Soon came up fast, a building, a barn! Shadow entered and hid in the hay, where it felt very warm. Shadow peek out to see, and thought 'Is Sonic going to find me'. (This rhyming stuff hurts my head.) The barn door opened with a loud squeak as Sonic looked in for a quick peek. Shadow dug himself farther in the hay, so Sonic would not find him, not even the next day. Suddenly, something grabbed his arm, and Shadow felt he was going to be harmed.
"Would you take in this barn today? With this soft and warm hay?" Shadow scream just got up to his feet, knowing that he lost to Sonic in defeat.
"Fine, here..." Shadow held out his hand to take the emerald, but Sonic kept it.
"Nah! I wouldn't have made you take it if you didn't want to. I just wanted to play this Dr. Seuss game. Shadow fell over.
Later, Sonic and Shadow arrive back at the house and began packing for Sonic's trip.
"You must leave and head to Station Square. Go to the hotel." Shadow explained.
"Why there?" Sonic asked.
"I will meet you there."
"Where are you going?"
"To see Dr. Eggman, if anyone knows Gerald Robotnik more than me, it would be him." Sonic finished packing and tied the emerald up in the same bag. He took a longer piece of string and fastened it to the bag and hung it around his neck. "Hmm... I always thought I'd be the one to destroy it..." Shadow ginned.
"Looks like I got to it first." Sonic also grinned. There was a ruffle outside, in the bushes below the window.
"Duck!"
"Where?" Sonic looked around. "Oh!" He dropped to the ground looking around wildly. Shadow crept up to the window and picked up a stone that was on the table. He chucked it outside and heard it hit something.
"Oww!" A mysterious voice said.
"Who's there?" Shadow yelled out.
"Nobody!" The voice said.
"Then who's talking?" Then no reply. Shadow looked around and saw a large bowl on the mantle. He picked it up and chucked it outside, hearing break apart on something.
"Oooowwww! Stop that."
"Reveal yourself!" Shadow bellowed.
"Never!" Shadow picked up a very large monkey wrench and chucked it out the window. A metal clank came ringing back. Shadow reached over the ledge and pulled Tails into the house.
"It's you!" Shadow yelled as he threw Tails onto the table. "You were eavesdropping!"
"No, I wasn't! I only followed guys around all night hearing about some emerald created by Gerald Robotnik that'll cause the end of the world."
"Damn it, Miles!"
"HEY!" Tails yelled at Shadow. "I nobody calls me that!" Shadow gave an extremely dangerous look at Tails. "Except you Shadow, you can call me anything you want, at least nothing... unnatural."
"No, I have a better idea." Shadow had a very cruel grin on his face.'
It was now morning and the three traveled to the edge of the neutral garden. Actually, Sonic along as Shadow had a held Tails' hand, dragging him along. They stopped in a clearing and Shadow faced the two.
"Is it safe?" Shadow asked.
"Well, duh..." Sonic said looking in the small sack. "We just left the... AAH! It's gone!" Shadow's eyes widened. Then Shadow begun looking around frantically, but Sonic just stood there.
"Sonic, help me look for it!" Shadow said.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Sonic could no longer keep a straight face. "It's alright, I have it right here..." Shadow knocked Sonic aside his head.
"This is serious!"
"Okay, okay, sheesh..." Sonic said something under his breath, but Shadow couldn't hear.
"Now, never use the Chaotic Emerald. Gerald's forces will be drawn to its energy. Stay out of sight and lay low." Sonic and Tails nodded and they went they're separate ways.
"Tails! Get back here!" Sonic yelled. Sonic ran and grabbed him by his Tails.
"But I don't wanna go." He wined.
"We have to..."
"Oh, al right." Sonic and Tails travel across the large plains, waterfalls and grasslands. They were entering a farmer's field when Tails stopped suddenly falling behind Sonic. Sonic turned to see Tails looking around the field.
"Tails? What is it?" Sonic asked.
"You know, this place looks a lot like New Zealand." Sonic chuckled and they continued on, unaware of a follower that was dripping wet...