Legal: I only own Endigo

Chp. 2: Feared Fox

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Emerald City Beach

Endigo thrust his hand into the small capsule and pulled out his obvious target, the emerald. The other mourners pulled out of their silence and were shocked to see their memorial sinking. They then saw the fox land about five feet from Shadow, looking down.

"What are you doing here, Endigo?" the dark hedgehog asked, his voice shaking with fear. "You aren't supposed to awakened unless…" the fox jerked his head up, catching eyes with the Shadow. As his body began to freeze up, the black-furred warrior realized what was happening. Dr. Gerald had told him all about Project: Endigo. Its purpose was to destroy any of the doctor's creations that strayed from their original programming. The creature was currently using his Medusa Glare technique, which caused the person who met eyes with Endigo to be paralyzed.

"You deviate from your original programming. That is what you were going to say, wasn't it?" the dark creature took a step towards his brethren and continued with an evil laugh. "I guess I can't expect you to answer, can I. Now I'm going to Finish you off once and for all."

"YOU MONSTER!!!" someone in the group yelled, finally reacting. Unfortunately, it was Amy Rose. "I'LL KILL YOU FOR ATTACKING THAT GRAVE!!!" Shadow couldn't move his lips, so he wasn't able to warn his friend. She charged at the fox, full force, pulling her Piko- Piko Hammer. She kicked off of a sand dune and brought the weapon with the power of her months of training. Sadly, it wasn't enough. Without breaking his eye contact, he caught the hammer and pulled it from the hilt. Then, he grabbed the hilt and flung the female hedgehog into the sea.

Waves erupted into the air as Amy hit the water. As one hit the team, they were brought out of their daze. "I'm coming, Amy!" Tails jumped into the air, flying to his friend.

"What in the world?" Endigo's eyes darted towards the other fox as he flew by. "How does he have two tails?"

The others took this time to attack. Sonic lunged at the demented creature, ready to show him why he was world famous. The blue fighter heard a satisfying crack as his sneaker met his opponent's jaw. Endigo was thrown into the sky and was bombarded by a flurry of punches from Knuckles. Lastly, Rouge drove her knee into his back, sending him into the ocean, flying past Tails and Amy.

Now's my chance." Shadow shot to a point where he thought only his friends would come with him, as a crowd had gathered at the edges of the beach.

"Isn't that Sonic the Hedgehog?"

"Yeah, but who's that blue fox?"

"What's that black hedgehog doing?"

"CHAOS CONTROL!!!" Shadow had taken out the silver emerald. The team began to disappear.

"NO!!!" Endigo launched himself at the group, but they were already gone

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Tails' Workshop

The fighters reappeared in the Ancient Ruins version of Tails' home. Knuckles immediately snapped. "I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE CHANCE TO TELL ME WHO THE HELL THAT WAS, WHY HE ATTACKED US, AND WHAT ELSE YOU KNOW!!!"

"Please don't yell, Mr. Knuckles." Cream said, stepping up to him. "Your very scary."

"No Cream, he has a right to yell." Shadow stepped up to the computer on the wall and typed in a long sequence. When he was finished, he stepped back, allowing the others to see. "These are the stats Dr. Gerald showed me when he told me about Project: Endigo.

To be continued…