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Red and Black

-CHAPTER VII: The ARK's Destruction-

I stood above Maria's body. She was gone. All thanks to these robots…and their commander, Lance. I turned my head slightly and eyed the final robot. I jumped into the air and with everything I had, kicked his head straight off his body. The robot immediately self exploded itself. That was it for them. I looked at Lance. He was next. I wasn't going to kill him…however I was gonna make sure he paid. I looked at him. I was ready to attack him.

Lance smirked at me and held up a device with a single red button and an antenna. My confused glare gave enough of a question as to what it was. And he answered as in response to my expression. "Shadow…this is a remote-detonator. Make another step and this entire space lab is space dust! And being so close to Mobius, We'll end up causing major damage to the planet's structure!"

I looked down out the window. We were close. We would land in a mere 30 minutes. I didn't know what to do. I decided to wait a few minutes, and I not dare take his bluff as a false one.

Some time had passed by. I looked at him and he stepped down. "Thanks for a nice show, Shadow, you've proved yourself quite the fighter." He walked out the back door to the mess hall. Evreyone was still not saying anything and I knew why. How could I have let Maria die…

I looked out the window and saw an emergency space pod burst out the side. And on the main monitor he appeared.

"I plan to blow you all to pieces of dust! Goodbye!"

I looked out the window. We were 30 seconds away from entering Mobius' atmosphere. The entire lab shook as a giant explosion on the south wing ripped it to shreds. The emergency oxygen doors sealed immediately. Evreyone went wild. Evreyone ran in random directions. I clenched my fists. Could we survive the crash? Another explosion shook the east wing as I looked out the window to see us crashing to Mobius' surface. We didn't have much longer. We were closing in at fast speeds. The ARK was tearing itself apart under it's own weight. I tried to find Dr. Kintobar. He was nowhere in sight. I had no time left. We finally crashed, and I went out.

I slowly shook my head as I lifted myself up. I awoke in a giant fiery lab. Debris lay everywhere and dead bodies littered the floor. I stood up. Several wounds were about my body. Somehow or another I survived the ARK's destruction. But how? I didn't bother wasting time with that. I looked through the bodies. With ease I found Dr. Kintobar. He was dead. I wanted to grieve my fallen friend, but I had no time. If I wanted to live, I was going to have to get out before the remains exploded and took me with it.

I found my way out through a debris created passageway. I found my way outside. There were hundreds of humans in green uniforms with large guns. One on a megaphone eyed me. "Shadow the Hedgehog. Put your hands in the air, or we will open fire. You are under arrest for the destruction of the ARK!"