Chp. 5
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5 minutes ago
"CHAOS CONTR...huh?" Shadow skidded to a stop as he realized that the emerald was gone. "No, Endigo must have used Reverse Chaos Control. But how? He needs at least three to use it minimal power. Even if he had taken mine away, that would only be two, right?"
"Shadow, look out!" the dark hedgehog heard his friend's warning a second too late. He saw the power bomb only inches from his body. He was enveloped with the destructive force. If it hadn't been for Omega and Metal Sonic jumping in the way, he would have died, not just fainted.
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3 days later Club Rouge
Shadow rose too quickly and hit his head on a protruding pipe. After his eyes adjusted to the light, he realized where he was. It didn't look the same in the day time, the neon lights turned off. He ran into the kitchen and a small robot of pure sapphire flew up to him. It had had one arm out of its back and a long antenna with a Rouge head on it.
"Hel-lo, Mas-ter Sha-dow." the small creature began. "My name is Re-ki-mo. I have been or-dered to make sure you get this note." Rekimo opened its chest plate and removed a letter. Shadow grabbed it from the robot before it could say anything else. As it flew of, the hedgehog began reading.
Shadow,
The rest of us have gone to search for the seven emeralds. After you were knocked out, Endigo told us how RCC allows him to go back in time to change certain things. The more emeralds he has, the more he can control. He also told us that using RCC causes the Chaos Emeralds to spread out again. He told us that one would go to the ARK because of the Chaos Generator. I would have teamed up with you myself, but knucklehead still has some questions for you. He will meet you at the Station Square Space Center. Good luck, buddy.
Your friend,
Sonic
Shadow threw the paper to the ground and flew out the front door. Unfortunately, he missed the last part of the letter.
P.S. Omega and MS are now under the control of Endigo.
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Egg Shelter
Endigo kept low to the floor as he waited for Shadow to pass by. He had been like this for two days. The others had already gone to follow one of the newly formed teams that were in search of the emeralds. Lock had followed the Chaotix to the Land of the Skies. Gamma had followed Sonic and Tails to the Land of Darkness. Amy and Cream were being chased by Metal Sonic in Frog Forrest. The last member of his team, Omega, had followed Rouge to Prison Island. The fox was prepared to leave the shelter and head for the northern part of Night Babylon, when Shadow raced by. He waited about ten seconds and chased after him, a grin on his face.
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Station Square Space Center
Knuckles took in a deep breath. He looked around, trying to make heads or tails out of what the scientists were doing to the small shuttle he and Shadow were going to be using to get to the ARK. He had tried walking up to the craft, but two guards had got him in their crosshairs. They had told the echidna that he was to stay where he was told to. Rouge had pulled a lot of strings for this ride and it had pissed of a bunch of people. Knuckles had been treated like a freak since he arrived two days ago. He sighed "This people act as if they've never seen an echidna before."
Knuckles jumped as someone tapped him on the shoulder. He was ready to attack, but he saw that it was just one of the coats. "S-sorry to b-bother you, Mr. Knuckles." he said, backing up slowly. "W-we thought y-you would want to kn-know that your friend Shadow h-has arrived."
Knuckles scowled, raising his fist, causing the man to perspire. "Get this threw your small pea brained head. Shadow and I are not friends. If you ever make that mistake again, sweat won't be the only thing running from your body." the poor man's eyes rolled back into his head and he was out.
"You shouldn't be so cruel, Knuckles." the echidna turned to see the black hedgehog walking towards him.
"This coming from the guy who tried to destroy the world."
"You know good and well why I did that, you oversized rat."
Knuckles bared his teeth, stepping towards the red streaked warrior. "I don't want to start anything, Shadow. I just want answers."
"And you'll get them after we take out Endigo." Suddenly, the base began to fall apart. A large hole appeared in the roof as Endigo melted his way through. The frail men began to run away. As they left, one of them accidentally turned the countdown mechanism on. 10,9,8...
"Speak of the devil." Shadow yelled over the mayhem. The duo began a mad dash for the ship. 7,6,5...
"You won't get away from me!!!" the fox shouted as Shadow and Knuckles entered the spacecraft. 4,3,2..
To be continued…
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5 minutes ago
"CHAOS CONTR...huh?" Shadow skidded to a stop as he realized that the emerald was gone. "No, Endigo must have used Reverse Chaos Control. But how? He needs at least three to use it minimal power. Even if he had taken mine away, that would only be two, right?"
"Shadow, look out!" the dark hedgehog heard his friend's warning a second too late. He saw the power bomb only inches from his body. He was enveloped with the destructive force. If it hadn't been for Omega and Metal Sonic jumping in the way, he would have died, not just fainted.
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3 days later Club Rouge
Shadow rose too quickly and hit his head on a protruding pipe. After his eyes adjusted to the light, he realized where he was. It didn't look the same in the day time, the neon lights turned off. He ran into the kitchen and a small robot of pure sapphire flew up to him. It had had one arm out of its back and a long antenna with a Rouge head on it.
"Hel-lo, Mas-ter Sha-dow." the small creature began. "My name is Re-ki-mo. I have been or-dered to make sure you get this note." Rekimo opened its chest plate and removed a letter. Shadow grabbed it from the robot before it could say anything else. As it flew of, the hedgehog began reading.
Shadow,
The rest of us have gone to search for the seven emeralds. After you were knocked out, Endigo told us how RCC allows him to go back in time to change certain things. The more emeralds he has, the more he can control. He also told us that using RCC causes the Chaos Emeralds to spread out again. He told us that one would go to the ARK because of the Chaos Generator. I would have teamed up with you myself, but knucklehead still has some questions for you. He will meet you at the Station Square Space Center. Good luck, buddy.
Your friend,
Sonic
Shadow threw the paper to the ground and flew out the front door. Unfortunately, he missed the last part of the letter.
P.S. Omega and MS are now under the control of Endigo.
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Egg Shelter
Endigo kept low to the floor as he waited for Shadow to pass by. He had been like this for two days. The others had already gone to follow one of the newly formed teams that were in search of the emeralds. Lock had followed the Chaotix to the Land of the Skies. Gamma had followed Sonic and Tails to the Land of Darkness. Amy and Cream were being chased by Metal Sonic in Frog Forrest. The last member of his team, Omega, had followed Rouge to Prison Island. The fox was prepared to leave the shelter and head for the northern part of Night Babylon, when Shadow raced by. He waited about ten seconds and chased after him, a grin on his face.
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Station Square Space Center
Knuckles took in a deep breath. He looked around, trying to make heads or tails out of what the scientists were doing to the small shuttle he and Shadow were going to be using to get to the ARK. He had tried walking up to the craft, but two guards had got him in their crosshairs. They had told the echidna that he was to stay where he was told to. Rouge had pulled a lot of strings for this ride and it had pissed of a bunch of people. Knuckles had been treated like a freak since he arrived two days ago. He sighed "This people act as if they've never seen an echidna before."
Knuckles jumped as someone tapped him on the shoulder. He was ready to attack, but he saw that it was just one of the coats. "S-sorry to b-bother you, Mr. Knuckles." he said, backing up slowly. "W-we thought y-you would want to kn-know that your friend Shadow h-has arrived."
Knuckles scowled, raising his fist, causing the man to perspire. "Get this threw your small pea brained head. Shadow and I are not friends. If you ever make that mistake again, sweat won't be the only thing running from your body." the poor man's eyes rolled back into his head and he was out.
"You shouldn't be so cruel, Knuckles." the echidna turned to see the black hedgehog walking towards him.
"This coming from the guy who tried to destroy the world."
"You know good and well why I did that, you oversized rat."
Knuckles bared his teeth, stepping towards the red streaked warrior. "I don't want to start anything, Shadow. I just want answers."
"And you'll get them after we take out Endigo." Suddenly, the base began to fall apart. A large hole appeared in the roof as Endigo melted his way through. The frail men began to run away. As they left, one of them accidentally turned the countdown mechanism on. 10,9,8...
"Speak of the devil." Shadow yelled over the mayhem. The duo began a mad dash for the ship. 7,6,5...
"You won't get away from me!!!" the fox shouted as Shadow and Knuckles entered the spacecraft. 4,3,2..
To be continued…