Chapter 6
Shadow slammed into yet another cockpit for the umpteenth time, destroying another walker. He landed on his feet a few yards away, just as it fell to the ground. Delmon initiated another of his patented Del-saber attacks to the legs of two other mechs.
"We can't keep this up all night," Shadow yells as he bounds yet again off of another weapons port.
"Speak for yourself hedgehog," Delmon said, looking up at two more flying opponents. "I'm having a blast!"
Delmon pulled his hands together and yelled the activation code for Tyranomon's special attack. "Blaze Blaster!!!" He unclasped his talons and a massive funnel of flame erupted forth and fried the Flying Dogs.
Shadow leaped off of buildings and onto Egg-mobile shaped craft in a whirling dervish of sparks and spines. From one to the next and finally on the third ship, Shadow round-housed the vessel into a wall, making an impressive explosion. He sped over a fallen wall and hid in the shadows of an open door of a small passageway in the side of the main prison. After hearing his pursuers speed by, Shadow let out a breath of relief and began to rest himself, confident in the fact that Delmon could handle himself for a few minutes alone. He looked around the area briefly before looking back outside for the source of a new explosion. In the rafters above someone eyed the hedgehog curiously before climbing down the wall toward him. Silently the gap between the two was closed to about three feet. Unfortunately, not silent enough.
Shadow lashed out with his right arm and caught who was clinging to the wall by the neck and slammed them against the wall.
"It looks like GUN has become an equal opportunity exploiter, eh?" Shadow said as gold energy crackled in his other palm, while holding the intruder with the other. "Do you have any last words before you die, female?"
"Yes," The orange lizard said, grabbing the hedgehog by the arm. "Look out!"
Both twisted away just as a hail of bullets impaled the area they were standing. Shadow rolled on top of the lizard and let off a Chaos Spear at their attacker, who fell to the ground, convulsing and shuddering. Still looking around for other possible assailants, Shadow hadn't noticed that the lizard wasn't trying to get out of a particularly awkward pose. She just marveled at the fact that they were touching, skin to scale and the hedgehog wasn't screaming about the pain like any other being that touched her flesh would.
"W-who are you?" the lizard asked Shadow as he stood up and brushed himself off.
"Shadow," he said nonchalantly as he offered her his hand to help her up.
Hazard was just about to take it and then thought, What am I doing? Then slapped his hand away and got up on her own. "I don't need your help, rodent!"
Shadow snorted. "Suit yourself."
Hold on! Hazard thought, eyeing his bracelet. This is him, but how? All the signs pointed to the fact that he was dead. But how could that be when he's standing here with me, large as life, in the fur.nice fur.hold on, what the hell am I-
"Ahem," Shadow said, breaking her from her thoughts. "I've told you my name, now you tell me yours and why you were staring at my arm."
"Um, uh.I.I was just looking for you that's all!" Hazard lied as she put on her slyest smile. "I've come here to rescue you!"
"Y-you have?"
"Of course. We Ultimate Life-forms have to stick together right?"
"Say what?" Shadow said taken aback by this strange lizard's last statement as she jumped over and hugged him tightly.
Oh, I'm gonna be sick! "I'm Hazard!"
The Professor created another Ultimate Life-form? Shadow thought as he tried to breathe and back away from the lizard hanging onto him. But how can that be? Eggman and I combed the database for more information on the U.L. project and there wasn't a single trace.
"Eh-heh, that's nice and all," Shadow said nervously, as he pried her arms from around his neck. "But my friend is outside fighting for his life, we should go and help him."
"You'd trust me just like that?"
"We Ultimate Life-forms have to stick together, right?"
Delmon panted heavily as he felt his strength waning and his mind reeling. He was winning the fight, but his headache and the corrupted files in his mind had to be healed. He could barely remember the Champion level access codes he was using, a minute ago he called up a Breath of Decay and it appeared as Party Time (or Shit-bomb, whatever ya like to call it.). Finally it was time to end the fight, Delmon sheathed his sword and folded his wings, his eyes became as red as blood. His left talon moved to his belt and to one of his pokéballs.
Delmon reeled his arm back and threw the ball out in front of him," Go, Crimson!"
The light instead of white, was red, as though the monster within had never been tamed. It's long sinuous form appeared and took shape, towering a full fifty feet high. It's scales were blood-red as it's master's eyes and thick, they shined in the spotlights and flames that danced around it's coils. It's mouth gaped open wide, revealing the glowing fangs and forked tongue. It lifted it's head and cried out in the night, a chilling shriek of a roar that cracked glass shields and made hearts momentarily stop. Oh, yes many shall know tonight what it's like to be feasted upon by the only Gyrados in history to be classified and fully ranked as a Dragon type pokémon. It licked it's chops hungrily at the gaping humans in their flimsy barricades and clunky machines. Nobody dared to move as Delmon floated up to the beast's head and sat upon it's crown.
Delmon looked down at the entrée for his beloved monster and whispered to the great dragon," Dinnertime."
The beast roared again and flung it's head straight into a barricade, swallowing the pathetic humans whole. It twisted it's head around and it's eyes became a glowing blue, the earth trembled and shook as geysers of water shot from the ground and flooded the area. A Hydro Pump attack. The walkers began to run in all directions, for the brave few that stayed behind and found that the monster's scales were bullet proof were torn out of their mechs and eaten. The more and more blood Crimson tasted, the more he wanted. He tore through the water like a shark and pulled walkers under by their legs.
"Shadow, is that your friend?" Hazard said nervously.
"I hope not," Shadow said.
The pair had snuck back out of the security hold and made their way toward the fight to assist Delmon, only to find a huge monster devouring all of the humans in sight. They both hid behind a brick wall in the hope that neither side of the feast around them would find them. A roaring sound off in the distance was heard and both hedgehog and lizard looked up in horror.
"It's huge," Hazard commented as she grabbed onto the hedgehog next to her.
"It's a Grand Falcon," Shadow said as he saw the large craft pass overhead toward the monster. "Only Eagle troop has authorization to use them. Our friend is in serious trouble!"
"Our?" Hazard said eyeing him.
"If you're really with me, really came here to save me then you'll help me save him and his monster."
Hazard glared at him with hatred in her red eyes and said," Fine. Let's do it!"
The craft maneuvered in the air above the rampaging Gyrados and turned it's Photon cannons toward it. Delmon moved his hand skyward and snapped his claws. The monster's mouth became a cavern of light and gathering energy, it was charging a most powerful attack. The Photon cannon above had no need to charge and began to blast craters in the earth around the monster. Not far away from the first crater Shadow appeared in a flash of light, he'd had to Chaos Control in order to avoid the blast. He skated over the haphazard landscape and then accelerated to sonic speeds. He'd lost Maria by not being fast enough, he wasn't going to lose another friend today because he wanted to go easy on his own body. The hedgehog ignored his fatigue as he focused his energy on the emerald within his body and mind. A great green flash came from the soles of his Nitrium-lined sneakers and he flew into the air toward the ship in a golden Shadow-spin. His aura cut right through the shields and he went flying through the hull and out of the opposite end of the ship. But it wasn't done yet, Shadow's body disappeared in a flash of light and he appeared in front of the ship. Using his momentum from the last attack, Shadow cut through the ship again and again.
Impressive, Hazard thought, while charging her energies through the Chaos digivice and the Chaos Emerald in her right talon. But I can do better.
A plethora of lighted orbs surrounded Hazard as she concentrated her thoughts on directing the energy in each one. One by one the orbs exploded, and with each explosion a beam of energy shot toward the immense craft. Finally the light show ended and Hazard fell to her knees, all of her energy depleted. Her efforts weren't in vain though, the ship now sported only one Photon cannon, now that a few of their other weapons, not to mention the shield, were destroyed.
Meanwhile inside the ship, the crew was targeting the Sea Monster down on the surface with more and more accuracy. The last shot was too close for comfort and made the beast shudder a little as it gathered the last bit of energy needed for it's attack. Delmon looked up at the ship and pointed his left talon at it.
"Fire the HYPER BEAM!!" he yelled.
At the same time the ship's crew had gotten their coordinates together and finally took a deadlock aim on Crimson. The ship shuddered as Shadow sliced through it again, this time he'd cut the plasma injectors for the cannon as well as the shields. The cannon would not respond, not even when one of the engineers manually pressed the firing mechanism. A great beam of light spewed from Crimson's mouth and rocked the vessel above. For a few seconds it diffused on the fleeing ship's hull and then it cut clean through into the sky. The ship keeled over on it's side in mid-air. While retreating the crew tried to magnetically polarize the hull so that the beam wouldn't do much damage, unfortunately the beam was too unstable and the ship exploded in a stream of electromagnetic energy.
Delmon screamed in agony as his pokémon returned to it's pokéball on his master's belt, leaving him to fall fifty feet to the ground beside Hazard, depixelating slightly. Even as Shadow arrived Delmon was spouting out gibberish and shaking. Finally after a gut-wrenching scream, Delmon shrank into a three foot tall blue creature with the same violet highlights as before and a long tail. If Shadow hadn't seen the transformation he wouldn't have been able to recognize his friend.
"Don't move hedgehog," someone yelled behind Shadow as he kneeled by his exhausted friends.
There's only one way out of this ,Shadow thought as he focused his last ounce of strength.
"CHAOS CONTROL!!!" Shadow yelled to the heavens as the familiar feeling of time stopping came over him and he and his allies were whisked away to one of the only places on (or rather above) Mobius where Shadow felt safe.Home.ARK.
Shadow slammed into yet another cockpit for the umpteenth time, destroying another walker. He landed on his feet a few yards away, just as it fell to the ground. Delmon initiated another of his patented Del-saber attacks to the legs of two other mechs.
"We can't keep this up all night," Shadow yells as he bounds yet again off of another weapons port.
"Speak for yourself hedgehog," Delmon said, looking up at two more flying opponents. "I'm having a blast!"
Delmon pulled his hands together and yelled the activation code for Tyranomon's special attack. "Blaze Blaster!!!" He unclasped his talons and a massive funnel of flame erupted forth and fried the Flying Dogs.
Shadow leaped off of buildings and onto Egg-mobile shaped craft in a whirling dervish of sparks and spines. From one to the next and finally on the third ship, Shadow round-housed the vessel into a wall, making an impressive explosion. He sped over a fallen wall and hid in the shadows of an open door of a small passageway in the side of the main prison. After hearing his pursuers speed by, Shadow let out a breath of relief and began to rest himself, confident in the fact that Delmon could handle himself for a few minutes alone. He looked around the area briefly before looking back outside for the source of a new explosion. In the rafters above someone eyed the hedgehog curiously before climbing down the wall toward him. Silently the gap between the two was closed to about three feet. Unfortunately, not silent enough.
Shadow lashed out with his right arm and caught who was clinging to the wall by the neck and slammed them against the wall.
"It looks like GUN has become an equal opportunity exploiter, eh?" Shadow said as gold energy crackled in his other palm, while holding the intruder with the other. "Do you have any last words before you die, female?"
"Yes," The orange lizard said, grabbing the hedgehog by the arm. "Look out!"
Both twisted away just as a hail of bullets impaled the area they were standing. Shadow rolled on top of the lizard and let off a Chaos Spear at their attacker, who fell to the ground, convulsing and shuddering. Still looking around for other possible assailants, Shadow hadn't noticed that the lizard wasn't trying to get out of a particularly awkward pose. She just marveled at the fact that they were touching, skin to scale and the hedgehog wasn't screaming about the pain like any other being that touched her flesh would.
"W-who are you?" the lizard asked Shadow as he stood up and brushed himself off.
"Shadow," he said nonchalantly as he offered her his hand to help her up.
Hazard was just about to take it and then thought, What am I doing? Then slapped his hand away and got up on her own. "I don't need your help, rodent!"
Shadow snorted. "Suit yourself."
Hold on! Hazard thought, eyeing his bracelet. This is him, but how? All the signs pointed to the fact that he was dead. But how could that be when he's standing here with me, large as life, in the fur.nice fur.hold on, what the hell am I-
"Ahem," Shadow said, breaking her from her thoughts. "I've told you my name, now you tell me yours and why you were staring at my arm."
"Um, uh.I.I was just looking for you that's all!" Hazard lied as she put on her slyest smile. "I've come here to rescue you!"
"Y-you have?"
"Of course. We Ultimate Life-forms have to stick together right?"
"Say what?" Shadow said taken aback by this strange lizard's last statement as she jumped over and hugged him tightly.
Oh, I'm gonna be sick! "I'm Hazard!"
The Professor created another Ultimate Life-form? Shadow thought as he tried to breathe and back away from the lizard hanging onto him. But how can that be? Eggman and I combed the database for more information on the U.L. project and there wasn't a single trace.
"Eh-heh, that's nice and all," Shadow said nervously, as he pried her arms from around his neck. "But my friend is outside fighting for his life, we should go and help him."
"You'd trust me just like that?"
"We Ultimate Life-forms have to stick together, right?"
Delmon panted heavily as he felt his strength waning and his mind reeling. He was winning the fight, but his headache and the corrupted files in his mind had to be healed. He could barely remember the Champion level access codes he was using, a minute ago he called up a Breath of Decay and it appeared as Party Time (or Shit-bomb, whatever ya like to call it.). Finally it was time to end the fight, Delmon sheathed his sword and folded his wings, his eyes became as red as blood. His left talon moved to his belt and to one of his pokéballs.
Delmon reeled his arm back and threw the ball out in front of him," Go, Crimson!"
The light instead of white, was red, as though the monster within had never been tamed. It's long sinuous form appeared and took shape, towering a full fifty feet high. It's scales were blood-red as it's master's eyes and thick, they shined in the spotlights and flames that danced around it's coils. It's mouth gaped open wide, revealing the glowing fangs and forked tongue. It lifted it's head and cried out in the night, a chilling shriek of a roar that cracked glass shields and made hearts momentarily stop. Oh, yes many shall know tonight what it's like to be feasted upon by the only Gyrados in history to be classified and fully ranked as a Dragon type pokémon. It licked it's chops hungrily at the gaping humans in their flimsy barricades and clunky machines. Nobody dared to move as Delmon floated up to the beast's head and sat upon it's crown.
Delmon looked down at the entrée for his beloved monster and whispered to the great dragon," Dinnertime."
The beast roared again and flung it's head straight into a barricade, swallowing the pathetic humans whole. It twisted it's head around and it's eyes became a glowing blue, the earth trembled and shook as geysers of water shot from the ground and flooded the area. A Hydro Pump attack. The walkers began to run in all directions, for the brave few that stayed behind and found that the monster's scales were bullet proof were torn out of their mechs and eaten. The more and more blood Crimson tasted, the more he wanted. He tore through the water like a shark and pulled walkers under by their legs.
"Shadow, is that your friend?" Hazard said nervously.
"I hope not," Shadow said.
The pair had snuck back out of the security hold and made their way toward the fight to assist Delmon, only to find a huge monster devouring all of the humans in sight. They both hid behind a brick wall in the hope that neither side of the feast around them would find them. A roaring sound off in the distance was heard and both hedgehog and lizard looked up in horror.
"It's huge," Hazard commented as she grabbed onto the hedgehog next to her.
"It's a Grand Falcon," Shadow said as he saw the large craft pass overhead toward the monster. "Only Eagle troop has authorization to use them. Our friend is in serious trouble!"
"Our?" Hazard said eyeing him.
"If you're really with me, really came here to save me then you'll help me save him and his monster."
Hazard glared at him with hatred in her red eyes and said," Fine. Let's do it!"
The craft maneuvered in the air above the rampaging Gyrados and turned it's Photon cannons toward it. Delmon moved his hand skyward and snapped his claws. The monster's mouth became a cavern of light and gathering energy, it was charging a most powerful attack. The Photon cannon above had no need to charge and began to blast craters in the earth around the monster. Not far away from the first crater Shadow appeared in a flash of light, he'd had to Chaos Control in order to avoid the blast. He skated over the haphazard landscape and then accelerated to sonic speeds. He'd lost Maria by not being fast enough, he wasn't going to lose another friend today because he wanted to go easy on his own body. The hedgehog ignored his fatigue as he focused his energy on the emerald within his body and mind. A great green flash came from the soles of his Nitrium-lined sneakers and he flew into the air toward the ship in a golden Shadow-spin. His aura cut right through the shields and he went flying through the hull and out of the opposite end of the ship. But it wasn't done yet, Shadow's body disappeared in a flash of light and he appeared in front of the ship. Using his momentum from the last attack, Shadow cut through the ship again and again.
Impressive, Hazard thought, while charging her energies through the Chaos digivice and the Chaos Emerald in her right talon. But I can do better.
A plethora of lighted orbs surrounded Hazard as she concentrated her thoughts on directing the energy in each one. One by one the orbs exploded, and with each explosion a beam of energy shot toward the immense craft. Finally the light show ended and Hazard fell to her knees, all of her energy depleted. Her efforts weren't in vain though, the ship now sported only one Photon cannon, now that a few of their other weapons, not to mention the shield, were destroyed.
Meanwhile inside the ship, the crew was targeting the Sea Monster down on the surface with more and more accuracy. The last shot was too close for comfort and made the beast shudder a little as it gathered the last bit of energy needed for it's attack. Delmon looked up at the ship and pointed his left talon at it.
"Fire the HYPER BEAM!!" he yelled.
At the same time the ship's crew had gotten their coordinates together and finally took a deadlock aim on Crimson. The ship shuddered as Shadow sliced through it again, this time he'd cut the plasma injectors for the cannon as well as the shields. The cannon would not respond, not even when one of the engineers manually pressed the firing mechanism. A great beam of light spewed from Crimson's mouth and rocked the vessel above. For a few seconds it diffused on the fleeing ship's hull and then it cut clean through into the sky. The ship keeled over on it's side in mid-air. While retreating the crew tried to magnetically polarize the hull so that the beam wouldn't do much damage, unfortunately the beam was too unstable and the ship exploded in a stream of electromagnetic energy.
Delmon screamed in agony as his pokémon returned to it's pokéball on his master's belt, leaving him to fall fifty feet to the ground beside Hazard, depixelating slightly. Even as Shadow arrived Delmon was spouting out gibberish and shaking. Finally after a gut-wrenching scream, Delmon shrank into a three foot tall blue creature with the same violet highlights as before and a long tail. If Shadow hadn't seen the transformation he wouldn't have been able to recognize his friend.
"Don't move hedgehog," someone yelled behind Shadow as he kneeled by his exhausted friends.
There's only one way out of this ,Shadow thought as he focused his last ounce of strength.
"CHAOS CONTROL!!!" Shadow yelled to the heavens as the familiar feeling of time stopping came over him and he and his allies were whisked away to one of the only places on (or rather above) Mobius where Shadow felt safe.Home.ARK.