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Kita: Well, I'm up to my 16th chapter so far. I seem to be slipping' with my descriptions. Don't know why. All I know is that I'm going to try harder to get it to be what I imagined it to be in the first place. So enjoy what I bring to you guys, please.
Broken HopeHis heart felt like someone stabbed it to death with a steak knife. A big steak knife through the middle.
At that very moment, Shadow seemed to have lost himself entirely, almost. His thoughts were scattered about like papers blown by a strong gust of wind everywhere. Fear, Hate, Anguish, Sadness. All of those feelings trying to swirl into a mixture of an undefined proportion which he had never seen before. He could feel his muscles tense slightly, as the heartless robot that stood before him had taken the time to notice the amount of anger the obsidian hedgehog was giving off. Even more puzzling was the crimson hue enshrouding his frame, and completely engulfing the whites of his eyes, though that portion was a much darker hue; the color of blood. The air seemed to be filled with the slight stench of blood, particularly from Amy.
A power he feared of coming out, but Shadow managed to suppress it when he had been released from his prison beneath Prison Island. But this power just emerged for no reason… or could it been because of Amy being hurt? He didn't want her hurt, and somehow, his metal thinking made him think he failed at the attempt… thus many emotions let out like a weakened dam breaking apart from the pressure of the water, spewing millions of gallons of the clear liquid, cement walls crumbling beneath the rampage of the water's savage nature. It was because of pinkie, wasn't it? But why? Why did he crumble his originality to accidentally summon this newfound power he never wanted to use, just for her? Maybe… just maybe, Shadow realized, he might have something for the girl… or was this all a trick of some kind?
She was lying there, still breathing while this menacing robot had injured her to a point she wouldn't get up. Shadow knew he had to do something, but at a glance… someone could tell he was confused, slightly, in a metal way. Harsh words began to pour out of Shadow's mouth, tones of death, and destruction imminent once he was finished…
"You. You had said in that pathetic excuse for a note that she would be unharmed. I came as you said, but something hurt within myself. I have not a clue why there was such pain to my heart... Now on to the final words you'll ever hear. I never trusted robots, and you will regret your actions of harming her. I will fucking murder you, until your functioning ceases to exist. I will make sure of that." The tone barred down to a slightly sickening form of an icy murder.
Those words didn't mean shit to Metal Sonic. The robot was never scared of… well of course Metal wasn't scared. This robot was designed like Sonic, just, with no feelings whatsoever. A silent beep within gave the signal for Eggman to check up upon his faithful robot. Metal limited the conversation to within the core of the head, so the hedgehog wouldn't be able to listen to whom he was talking to.
'Metal, give me a status report. How is Amy fairing? Is Sonic there yet?'
"No, I have damaged organic unit Amy Rose to critical condition. Sonic is not here, but there is an intruder, and I will terminate him because he is in front of myself."
'I didn't give the order to injure her yet, you nimrod. You have an intruder?! Give me onscreen view of the intruder, this instant!'
The visual screen flashed an apparent picture, fuzzed by the computer-screen like display. Eggman looked at the picture closely. 'Metal… Detail the screen to full picture, to clear the fuzziness. I cannot see clearly.' The vid screen suddenly shimmered, to the point the picture visual became clear as crystal. The Doctor narrowed his eyes closely at the screen, but just two seconds later he backed away, in pure fear, and surprise.
'Sha… Sha… Shadow?!? But this cannot be possible! Shadow is deceased!'
Merely, the doctor pounded the control desk with both fists out of anger. Maybe shadow survived, and is now catching on to what he might be planning. Eggman couldn't allow him to interfere with his mastermind plan. 'Metal, destroy the intruder. Immediately!'
"As you command, Doctor."
The communications device cut off once Metal understood what was to be done about the intruder known as Shadow. The robot knew that a fight would commence, once someone makes the wrong move… or a move at all. The scanners didn't indicate anything but silence from the black hedgehog. Maybe the robot will have to make the first move, and indeed he did by using his left metal hand, extending the razor-sharp fingers to take a grasp of Shadow's left arm. He missed grabbing it, rather, neatly slicing into the top layer of skin to cut Shadow's arm. The pain meant nothing to him. It was as if the nerves lost their will to pass the pain sensors on to the brain, to accept it and thus make Shadow in slight hurt. That never happened, as shadow witnessed the act of the attack made against him. Looks like it was truly time to kill this puny robot.
Turning towards Metal Sonic, Shadow used his right hand, and arm, to come up to his face. Just about an inch away from his nose. The concentration of the Chaos energy within him told him he was going to need some power to vanquish this newfound enemy. Those eerie eyes just look blank, lost in the red. But Shadow could see clearly. With a force of his fist that was near his own face, that gloved hand, with the chaotic energy within, shot at the metallic hedgehog from behind as quickly as someone could count to one. Within that moment, a brilliant flash of orangey energy burst forth from the hand, preferably away from it, but Shadow shouted his other two commonly used words, which formed his main attack as dazzling 'spears', dozens of them of orange tints, and hues danced outwards in large waves created from the controlling the energy, within the small enclosing room towards Metal Sonic's back.
"CHAOS SPEAR!"Metal didn't stand a chance while his back was turned, nor could he move very fast in such a small closure, the robot needed a much more comfortable wider, open space to battle this Shadow on. But currently the attack had seemingly impacted the back of Metal Sonic. This sent him forwards faster, thus ramming himself into a stone wall as quick as he was struck down by the seemingly unavoidable attack. Sparks fly from the torso, as soon as the faker-look alike managed to press himself off the wall. There was a perfect imprint of Metal Sonic's face, body, and limbs engraved into the wall, with cracks springing out into the other parts of the untouched stone. An organic hand grabbed Metal's arm. It was Shadow, again, with a face Metal could not comply with in time until the circuitry became dislodged from one arm, thus the metal tearing sound M. Sonic heard… he comprehended it as Shadow tearing off his left arm with one, strong yank, and twist.
Using this as the sweetest opportunity the 'Ultimate Life Form' had, he used Metal's own hand against him by shoving him against the wall again in a quick slam. Taking the hand in his right, Shadow begins to rigorously jab the sharp-edged digits into the 'skull' of Metal Sonic. Each time he repeated it; it became more and more brutally harder, denting the blue metal. Pang. Pang! Pang!!! PANG!! PANGPANGPANGPANGPANGPANGPANG!!!!! His crazed looks, and attitude drove him to finally slam it down deep, piercing the armor of the head, ruining the outer shell with a sickening screech, thrusting it deep inside to where Shadow drove it almost right through completely. Metal had tried to kick, and claw with his remaining hand, damaging Shadow's head further with punches to the forehead, eyes and even attempted slashes, but found it futile, as the insane Shadow had actually torn through the steel armor… with his own hand being used against him. More sparks flew out, the visual losing its image, almost fading out entirely, until Metal decided to resort to one last option the Doctor constructed into him… only for emergencies… Could this possibly eliminate the black hedgehog?
"Detonation sequence activated. Detonation time is five minutes, and counting. Degree of explosion is within 4 to 5 miles approximately. Goodbye, asshole." Was all Metal said before the red eyes cut out of commission, the chassis slumping back onto the stone ground below, thus signaling shadow he needed to get out of here… or else, he, Amy, and that foxgirl would be blown sky-high.
Jumping away, and taking a look at what he done, the aura ceased around him, his anger ceasing to exist. His whites returned to normal, and Shadow felt a little weakened for a moment, since it was something he never intended on doing.... Stumbling back a bit, he knew he had to get Amy and the foxgirl out… but he needed help… so did Amy, and the other. Looking to the pink hedgehog, he slowly walked over to her. Heaving her up into her arms slowly, she groaned, shaking in pain. Shadow noticed she felt a little cold… probably from the blood loss.
"Forgive me, Amy." Was all he muttered beneath his breath, before he exited the former holding room, or just the prison block. Looking to the foxgirl lying upon the corridor floor, barely alive, he used one hand to shove her over his shoulder, being careful that there are two people he must save. The thought immediately came to him, as he slowly put down Amy and knelt before her body, which was leaning against him. Pulling out the emerald, he concentrated not on healing her, but to get out of here…
A strong gripping hand attached to his arm all of a sudden, a familiar blue figure popping up next to him, almost out of breath, those ice-sapphire eyes non-stop darting all over. "Man, can't I ever leave you alone without you having to go off by yourself? I wasn't that stupid when you pulled that damn jewel out and vanished in the distance… It didn't take me long to find Sonic, nor did it take even longer 'cause Sonic, amazingly, kept a fake jewel with him for some odd reason."
Blizzard… if she came… then… the others must be nearby.
"And where, perhaps, are the others?"
"They're outside of the pyramid, just a mile away. Told 'em I'd go check it out first… so Tails gave me this walkie-talkie device…"
"Turn it on, now, unless you want your friends getting hit by tons of debris, and sand when this place explodes, and take our lives, in less than two minutes."
Staggering, and almost bugging her eyes out, with the inclusion of a dropped jaw, she quickly went for the white button on the side, and pressed on it with her thumb. "Um… sorry to interrupt but I did find my brother, and Amy, plus an extra passenger. But due to the certain circumstances my dearest brother has reported to me in person… RUN AWAY FROM THE PYRAMID! It's gonna 'plode!!!"
Surprised voices on the other side began to murmur; just only three voices were totaled to be on the other talkie device. 'What do you mean 'plode?! It's going to blow up?! Blizzard, Shadow! Get out of there!' Shouted a surprised Tails on the other side.
"I'm already ahead of foxboy, there." Mumbled Shadow. He resumed his position, with Blizzard taking the load of Jen-Marie off of his shoulder. Using one hand, she kept a hold onto Shadow, until the Emerald was glowing a brighter and brighter color than ever before. His lungs took in oxygen, with his deep breath intake, as the obsidian creature yelled outwards two words he had done before.
"Chaos… CONTROL!!"
A light engulfed all three, Shadow first before the other three girls vanished in the white blare that ensued. The white light died down into a tiny speck, and disappeared into thin air, in three seconds flat. Within the room, whirrs of electrical outbreaks plainly for all to see, if there was anyone to witness it, upon Metal Sonic's frame line. Indeed the timer was almost to reaching zero, just about thirty seconds left to go before this entire pyramid goes… BOOM! The robotic hedgehog thought he had the last laugh…
Twenty Seconds…The four transported, three hedgehogs, and a fox, swiftly reappear outside of the compound in the aftermath of a brilliant flash. It began to pour down rain above, and Shadow cursed that beneath his breath as he activated his skates while taking off from running on foot. Blizzard managed to run right after her brother.
Ten seconds…They were fleeing as fast as they could, trying to hang on to their precious cargo, while going at their top speed. Somehow, someway, both 'cargoes' needed special medical attention, especially the one in Shadow's arms.
Four seconds…The others were seen, fleeing as fast as they could, too. Foxboy was using his rocket booster from behind in his machine to propel himself forwards for the reason of keeping up with the rest of the group. Already did they gain the grounds for three miles, but the group kept moving to avoid less damage.
Three… Two…and … One…Metal's core was over malfunctioning, activating the mechanism for self-destruct. Like a bright light, almost like a flash light out of the darkness, it glowed with a degree, to which the explosion burst Metal to pieces, nearly incinerating every circuit within. This explosion also caught everything inside, as walls were blasted to pieces, crumbling beneath the shockwaves of power. The earth on the outside began to rumble, as Blizzard was the only one to look back upon the pyramid base. Smoke erupted from it, then a light emitted from some of the sides where the smoke was coming from. The pyramid literally blew to pieces, as the wave of the blast was headed directly toward them.
"…Good lord… Duuuuuuck!!" Was all she could shout in an instant, before diving over the mound of a desert sand dune in such a rush, crashing into the sand face-first. Everyone else, excluding her brother, dove behind the dune. Shadow still clutched Amy tightly. The shockwave was coming at him. He wouldn't allow her to be hurt this time. He didn't bother rocketing back towards his little sister, since he had leapt right over the dune, and intended on out-skating the blast.
"SHADOW! ARE YOU INSANE?!" She yelled, before the sand upon the dune they were hiding behind, was pushed over by the force of the blast, and was washed right over the entire group, nearly drowning them in the golden-brown mixture.
It was all he could think, was to out-skate the blast. Slowly, but surely, it began to diminish, gentling down to a mere gust, which swept some sand by them like a dust devil blowing over. Halting in front of a former-sand dune, he shook his head, as a hand popped up first from the sand. That hand looked recognizable… didn't that belong to the red echidna that sought after the Master Emerald pieces before? Sure enough, it was, as Knuckles managed to get free first. Tails' machine, the Tornado, was half buried, but at least it hadn't been totally buried. A sudden burst of sand indicated someone had used the spin dash to pop up out of the trapping sandy area. Well, at least the faker made it out… But where was his little sibling? And the fox she was carrying?
He didn't have to ask any further, because, she too, used the spin dash to break free of the sand covering, scattering sand about… wet sand, to be exact. Upon the shoulder was the foxgirl, still breathing. Everyone was getting sand out of his or her quills, except for himself, and Amy. Sonic was the first to notice that Amy was bloodied, as soon as he got near Shadow. Shocked, he ran to Amy.
"Dude, Shadow, what the hell happened to her?! How did she get this way?"
"That Metal Sonic had harmed her, upon the premise that I had come…minus you idiots, but I was too late… so I took it into my own hands to demolish his existence. Permanently. She needs medical help, Faker. So does the girl in my dear sister's hands." He took his time to mention the fox, as the black hedgehog looked down upon the barely-breathing female. There was rainwater washing away some of the existing blood on her fur, and skin, but this rainwater also seemed to fall upon his face in the process. A small twinkle was right near the edge of his left eye… was it rainwater trickling down his cheek, or was he shedding a real tear, filled with emotions?
Shoving Amy into Sonic's arms suddenly surprised the cobalt hedgehog at once. "Shadow… what are you doing?"
/ She didn't deserve to be hurt. Why must those that seem close to me get hurt… or die?… I feel I must no longer be near her, or Amy will die… Because of me… Because it was my fault I let her be harmed… and I was not there fast enough to save her… / With that blank expression, Shadow turned his back towards the confused group. Then within a few moments, the obsidian hedgehog took off in a black blur, leaving them all behind, in the confusions of emotions, and pain throbbing within the mind of Shadow… without giving an answer to his fake counterpart.
'You're running away.'
'I don't give a shit.'
'Chicken.'
'Leave me the fuck alone, Blizzard.'
'Fine, but I'll say something before I let you go. What are you going to do if she wakes, and finds you're not there for her? Don't hide it from me, I know.'
Blizzard got no response. Hmph. What a dumbass for running away from his feelings… If he truly cared, he wouldn't run. Maybe he needs more time to sort it all out… but until then, Blizzard would have to leave him be for a while.
"Please… don't…" Choked words were ringing out of Amy's mouth. The pink hedgehog struggled, as if she thought that Metal was still hurting her in some way. In this case, it was mentally. Sonic looked down, and closed his eyes. This was his friend. And he let her down, too. Maybe that is what Shadow felt… that he let her down in some way… the fact that no one could protect her in time, from Metal Sonic. At least that fake robot was long gone by now. "Sha…. Shadow…?" Those eyelids of hers opened jerkily, emerald-like eyes in despair, and pain-filled, more misery than her usual cheerfulness.
"No, Amy. It's me, Sonic. Shadow… disappeared after he… saved you, and that other girl..."
A little ruckus was heard, Blizzard having trouble with the kitsune upon her shoulder…" Hello?! M-my name is…Jen-Marie, thank you very…. Ow… much… I'm not that deaf, ya know…"
"My bad! Sheesh!"
Amy squirmed, as if she were trying to free herself from Sonic's hold. "No…. Shadow… couldn't have…. Vanished… Sh-Shadow!!" She weakly cried out, her voice barely audible. That struggle resulted in her energy, and willingness' depletion… Amy just felt tired… from just a bit too much blood loss, as she almost fell limp within Sonic's arms.
"Ames, let's go get you fixed up. I can't stand it when you're hurt…" Looking back to the rest of the group, he brought out the fake emerald he kept after the ARK. Tails was able to get his Tornado going, in time to make the walker mode come to Sonic's side slowly.
"How is she, Sonic? Is she going to be okay?" Inquired the worried two-tailed foxboy. Knuckles peered at Amy, and gave a little bit of a disgusted look at her injuries. Blizzard managed to shake her head, looking a bit depressed as she toted Jen-Marie, who looked around in alertness since her body felt like damn jelly internally.
"I'm not sure, Tails. But all I know is that we need to head back so we can find her a hospital."