"It hurts..." Sonic said as he lay there on the floor, beaten and bruised. The Friendship had final stopped pummeling him after an hour now.
"I feel so much better..." Shadow sighed.
"Me too..." Knuckles agreed. Suddenly, the sound of machines came from a distance.
"Quick, to the bridge!" Everyone looked at Shadow with an eyebrow raised. "You know... The long one."
"Ooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... Right!" Everyone dashed out of the room and started the Hidden Palace Zone of Moria action stage. Badniks seemed to come from every direction as they cleared the level even more. Soon they were surrounded and could not venture forward.
"I'll handle this..." Knuckles stepped forwards. He stared at the massive group of Badniks and got into his fighting position. The machines stopped and ran away. "Ha! I'm so good..." Knuckles said. A large, earthshaking footstep could be heard. Then another and another.
"Look!" Sonic pointed at a glass of water sitting on the ground. With each footstep, ripples appeared on the surface. They turned around to see something approaching in the dark.
"What is it?" Vector asked.
"The Prototype..." Shadow said.
"I thought you and Sonic killed that thing?" Tails asked.
"No... instead I was able to banish it here using the powers of a Chaos Emerald." Everyone looked at him.
"So what should we do?" Knuckles asked.
"Run!" Shadow said, speeding off.
"What for us!" Everyone yelled after him. They came to a doorway that led to stairs that climbed down.
"OMG!" Shadow yelled.
"Shadow?" Knuckles asked falling behind with Shadow.
"Clean Coal! It's an Oxymoron!" Shadow shook Knuckles by the arms. "Lead them on Knuckles..." Knuckles had a confused looked on his face. "GO!!!" Shadow shoved him off the edge. Knuckles fell down into the dark pit. "Oops..." Shadow went to look over the edge, but Knuckles popped back up over the edge.
"Lucky I can scale walls..." They caught up to the rest of the Friendship and studied the large gap in the staircase.
"Hmm..." Espio thought. He leaped to the other side. "Come Shadow!"
"That is sick!" Tails pointed at Espio. Everyone sweatdropped. Shadow jumped and did a homing attack forward and landed safely on the other side. Tails flew over using his two tails and Charmy got over but barely.
"Come on you two." Knuckles picked up the two chao and looked over to the others. "Go long! Go long!" Shadow and Espio ran down the steps as Knuckles threw Pepper and Berry like footballs across the gap. Shadow jumped and caught Berry and Pepper landed on Espio, knocking him down.
Suddenly, there was a crash at the wall as the Prototype tried to fit its large body into the small doorway. A stalactite fell from the ceiling of the large room and crashed into the other side of the steps on which Sonic and Knuckles stood on. The base of the staircase began to crack and break apart, causing it to become unbalanced. Knuckles and Sonic looked at each other.
"Well, nice knowing you..." Knuckles jumped and glided to the other side.
"What about me?" Sonic wined. He jumped just as the segment began to fall over and did a homing attack towards the group. His missed and fell to his doom below.
"Oh well..." Shadow said. "Not a real loss..." They continued to the bottom of the stairs. Upon reaching the last step, they found Sonic sitting on it.
"Took you guys long enough..." Sonic mumbled.
"But, how... you fell and the screaming... and the pit of doom and..." Shadow's eyes turned to X's and he fell over.
"Don't you know you can can't get hurt from falling from high places in Sonic games?" Everyone one though a moment and agreed it was true. They then turned and headed for the near bridge. The Prototype appeared behind them and let out a vicious roar. Shadow stopped at the started of the bridge and turned to face it while everyone else crossed it. Everyone turned around to watch Shadow face off with the Prototype.
"Go back to the dark!!!" Shadow yelled. The Prototype whipped his face to the front of Shadow's and roared once more. "Eww..." Shadow said holding his nose. He then threw several boxes of tic-tacs in the monster's mouth.
"Shadow!" Knuckles yelled. Shadow ignored him and shot his finger at the beast.
"YOU CANNOT PASS," Shadow commanded. "THIS LINE!!!" Shadow took his finger and ran it across the dirt and started walked across the bridge. "We'll that fixed him..." Shadow said clapping hands together. He saw the horror struck faces of the Friendship and turned around to see what they were staring at. The Prototype took a step across the line and onto the bridge. "Hmm... Guys we're going to Plan B."
"Not that!" Charmy yelled.
"It's the only way!" Shadow said. Everyone stared on in the utmost horror. "One..." Shadow started. "Two...Three!"
(At the same time...Note: Read both lines at the same time...)
Shadow: "My Marriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiia" Shadow sang badly.
Friendship: "Oh Maria I love you girl, oh my Maria." They sang badly while snapping their fingers and bouncing to the beat.
The ceiling began to crack from the loud singing and a stalactite began to break loose. Shadow opened his eyes to see the Prototype with his head between his front legs, trying to block out the bad singing.
(Yep, you guessed it, they sing the second part to...)
Shadow: "My Marriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiia I love you!" Shadow sang badly some more.
Friendship: "Oh Maria I love you girl, Maria I love you!" They sang badly some more.
Suddenly, a stalactite crashed down in front of Shadow. They decide to stop singing, so you all can take out your earplugs... One half of the bridge shattered and collapsed, causing the Prototype to fall in the deep, dark, gloomy, creepy, scary, never-ending, large, deep (no wait, did that one already) pit. Shadow watched the Prototype fall in, roaring as he twirled downward. Then he turned around and faced the Friendship and held up a peace sign as they all cheered. Suddenly, you see the Prototype 'swimming' his way back up to the bridge. It reached out its long neck and bit Shadow's tail.
"OUCH!!!" Shadow jumped and fell. He grabbed the bridge edge, but the surface was to slick from the powdery dust. "Help!" Shadow struggled, trying to grab a hold something as he slid farther down. Then he stops and looks at you plainly and shrugs his shoulders, then dives down into the pit.
"SHADOW!!!" Sonic screamed.
"Shadow?" Tails asked. He looked over to the bridge to see him gone. "SHADOW!!!"
"SHADOW!!!" Charmy yelled.
"SSSSSHHHHHHHAAAAAADDDDDDOOOOOOOOWWWW" Knuckles said in slow motion, running with them to the edge of the bridge.
"SSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDOOOOOOOWWWWWW"
Everyone yelled. Sonic came running up to the edge last and looked down into the black pit.
"SSHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWW!!!"
Sonic screamed. Everyone took their fingers out of their ears as they saw badniks coming towards them. Knuckles grabbed Sonic, who was weeping on the floor and they all ran for their lives.
"Slow Motion Time... YA!!!)
They worked their way around the rest of the mine while being fired upon by badniks. Knuckles turned to looked behind him and bent over backwards to dodge a laser. The exit to mine drew closer, and closer, and closer, and until they... got closer, and now they... got closer, finally they... got closer...
...
...
...
Okay they're out now. The Friendship (minus Shadow) sat to-
"Sure rub it in!" Sonic yelled. He started walking off, weeping uncontrollably... Anyways, they sat to rest and grieve over their lost friend.
"Get them up, Espio... We must move out..." Knuckles ordered.
"Give them a minute for Pete's sake!" Vector commanded. He was wearing a commander's hat.
"By night, these hills will be covered by ice cream!" Knuckles countered. Everyone looked at him with an eyebrow raised. "I mean Orcs... NO! Badniks, Badniks is correct... These hills will be covered by badniks... by night... Nightfall that is..." Espio rolled his eyes as he walked over to Tails and helped him to his feet.
"Thanks..." Tails sniffed. Espio walked over to Charmy and saw that he too was in tears.
"Did you know Shadow for long?" Espio asked.
"No, it's not that... It's..." He looked down into his hands and began weeping uncontrollably. Espio peeked to see, only to reveal the broken Britney Spears CD." Espio fell over.
"Sonic!" Knuckles yelled after him. Sonic was making his way down the hill. "Sonic come back!" Sonic stopped and turned around with the Chaotic Emerald in his hand and tears in his eyes.
"I feel so much better..." Shadow sighed.
"Me too..." Knuckles agreed. Suddenly, the sound of machines came from a distance.
"Quick, to the bridge!" Everyone looked at Shadow with an eyebrow raised. "You know... The long one."
"Ooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... Right!" Everyone dashed out of the room and started the Hidden Palace Zone of Moria action stage. Badniks seemed to come from every direction as they cleared the level even more. Soon they were surrounded and could not venture forward.
"I'll handle this..." Knuckles stepped forwards. He stared at the massive group of Badniks and got into his fighting position. The machines stopped and ran away. "Ha! I'm so good..." Knuckles said. A large, earthshaking footstep could be heard. Then another and another.
"Look!" Sonic pointed at a glass of water sitting on the ground. With each footstep, ripples appeared on the surface. They turned around to see something approaching in the dark.
"What is it?" Vector asked.
"The Prototype..." Shadow said.
"I thought you and Sonic killed that thing?" Tails asked.
"No... instead I was able to banish it here using the powers of a Chaos Emerald." Everyone looked at him.
"So what should we do?" Knuckles asked.
"Run!" Shadow said, speeding off.
"What for us!" Everyone yelled after him. They came to a doorway that led to stairs that climbed down.
"OMG!" Shadow yelled.
"Shadow?" Knuckles asked falling behind with Shadow.
"Clean Coal! It's an Oxymoron!" Shadow shook Knuckles by the arms. "Lead them on Knuckles..." Knuckles had a confused looked on his face. "GO!!!" Shadow shoved him off the edge. Knuckles fell down into the dark pit. "Oops..." Shadow went to look over the edge, but Knuckles popped back up over the edge.
"Lucky I can scale walls..." They caught up to the rest of the Friendship and studied the large gap in the staircase.
"Hmm..." Espio thought. He leaped to the other side. "Come Shadow!"
"That is sick!" Tails pointed at Espio. Everyone sweatdropped. Shadow jumped and did a homing attack forward and landed safely on the other side. Tails flew over using his two tails and Charmy got over but barely.
"Come on you two." Knuckles picked up the two chao and looked over to the others. "Go long! Go long!" Shadow and Espio ran down the steps as Knuckles threw Pepper and Berry like footballs across the gap. Shadow jumped and caught Berry and Pepper landed on Espio, knocking him down.
Suddenly, there was a crash at the wall as the Prototype tried to fit its large body into the small doorway. A stalactite fell from the ceiling of the large room and crashed into the other side of the steps on which Sonic and Knuckles stood on. The base of the staircase began to crack and break apart, causing it to become unbalanced. Knuckles and Sonic looked at each other.
"Well, nice knowing you..." Knuckles jumped and glided to the other side.
"What about me?" Sonic wined. He jumped just as the segment began to fall over and did a homing attack towards the group. His missed and fell to his doom below.
"Oh well..." Shadow said. "Not a real loss..." They continued to the bottom of the stairs. Upon reaching the last step, they found Sonic sitting on it.
"Took you guys long enough..." Sonic mumbled.
"But, how... you fell and the screaming... and the pit of doom and..." Shadow's eyes turned to X's and he fell over.
"Don't you know you can can't get hurt from falling from high places in Sonic games?" Everyone one though a moment and agreed it was true. They then turned and headed for the near bridge. The Prototype appeared behind them and let out a vicious roar. Shadow stopped at the started of the bridge and turned to face it while everyone else crossed it. Everyone turned around to watch Shadow face off with the Prototype.
"Go back to the dark!!!" Shadow yelled. The Prototype whipped his face to the front of Shadow's and roared once more. "Eww..." Shadow said holding his nose. He then threw several boxes of tic-tacs in the monster's mouth.
"Shadow!" Knuckles yelled. Shadow ignored him and shot his finger at the beast.
"YOU CANNOT PASS," Shadow commanded. "THIS LINE!!!" Shadow took his finger and ran it across the dirt and started walked across the bridge. "We'll that fixed him..." Shadow said clapping hands together. He saw the horror struck faces of the Friendship and turned around to see what they were staring at. The Prototype took a step across the line and onto the bridge. "Hmm... Guys we're going to Plan B."
"Not that!" Charmy yelled.
"It's the only way!" Shadow said. Everyone stared on in the utmost horror. "One..." Shadow started. "Two...Three!"
(At the same time...Note: Read both lines at the same time...)
Shadow: "My Marriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiia" Shadow sang badly.
Friendship: "Oh Maria I love you girl, oh my Maria." They sang badly while snapping their fingers and bouncing to the beat.
The ceiling began to crack from the loud singing and a stalactite began to break loose. Shadow opened his eyes to see the Prototype with his head between his front legs, trying to block out the bad singing.
(Yep, you guessed it, they sing the second part to...)
Shadow: "My Marriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiia I love you!" Shadow sang badly some more.
Friendship: "Oh Maria I love you girl, Maria I love you!" They sang badly some more.
Suddenly, a stalactite crashed down in front of Shadow. They decide to stop singing, so you all can take out your earplugs... One half of the bridge shattered and collapsed, causing the Prototype to fall in the deep, dark, gloomy, creepy, scary, never-ending, large, deep (no wait, did that one already) pit. Shadow watched the Prototype fall in, roaring as he twirled downward. Then he turned around and faced the Friendship and held up a peace sign as they all cheered. Suddenly, you see the Prototype 'swimming' his way back up to the bridge. It reached out its long neck and bit Shadow's tail.
"OUCH!!!" Shadow jumped and fell. He grabbed the bridge edge, but the surface was to slick from the powdery dust. "Help!" Shadow struggled, trying to grab a hold something as he slid farther down. Then he stops and looks at you plainly and shrugs his shoulders, then dives down into the pit.
"SHADOW!!!" Sonic screamed.
"Shadow?" Tails asked. He looked over to the bridge to see him gone. "SHADOW!!!"
"SHADOW!!!" Charmy yelled.
"SSSSSHHHHHHHAAAAAADDDDDDOOOOOOOOWWWW" Knuckles said in slow motion, running with them to the edge of the bridge.
"SSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDOOOOOOOWWWWWW"
Everyone yelled. Sonic came running up to the edge last and looked down into the black pit.
"SSHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWW!!!"
Sonic screamed. Everyone took their fingers out of their ears as they saw badniks coming towards them. Knuckles grabbed Sonic, who was weeping on the floor and they all ran for their lives.
"Slow Motion Time... YA!!!)
They worked their way around the rest of the mine while being fired upon by badniks. Knuckles turned to looked behind him and bent over backwards to dodge a laser. The exit to mine drew closer, and closer, and closer, and until they... got closer, and now they... got closer, finally they... got closer...
...
...
...
Okay they're out now. The Friendship (minus Shadow) sat to-
"Sure rub it in!" Sonic yelled. He started walking off, weeping uncontrollably... Anyways, they sat to rest and grieve over their lost friend.
"Get them up, Espio... We must move out..." Knuckles ordered.
"Give them a minute for Pete's sake!" Vector commanded. He was wearing a commander's hat.
"By night, these hills will be covered by ice cream!" Knuckles countered. Everyone looked at him with an eyebrow raised. "I mean Orcs... NO! Badniks, Badniks is correct... These hills will be covered by badniks... by night... Nightfall that is..." Espio rolled his eyes as he walked over to Tails and helped him to his feet.
"Thanks..." Tails sniffed. Espio walked over to Charmy and saw that he too was in tears.
"Did you know Shadow for long?" Espio asked.
"No, it's not that... It's..." He looked down into his hands and began weeping uncontrollably. Espio peeked to see, only to reveal the broken Britney Spears CD." Espio fell over.
"Sonic!" Knuckles yelled after him. Sonic was making his way down the hill. "Sonic come back!" Sonic stopped and turned around with the Chaotic Emerald in his hand and tears in his eyes.