Dr. Eggman, Shadow, and Evil Tikal were standing on their own section of the random island, hidden from everyone else. Eggman was looking extremely pissed.
"Shadow, I want you to find that intruder girl, as well as Amy Rose, and make sure that they're both dead! I don't care what you have to do, just kill them!"
"Yes sir," Shadow said as he walked away.
"And Evil Tikal..."
"Yes...?"
"Where's my ham and pickle sandwich?!"
"I'm on it, sir!"
Oh great... Sonic thought. I'm stuck here on an island alone with Amy... I'm done for.
"So, uh..." Sonic said.
"Isn't there anybody else on this island?" Amy asked. "And where did Shadow go?"
"Shadow?!" Sonic exclaimed. "What about me?!"
"Huh? What about you?"
Sonic fell over. "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN LOVE WITH ME!"
"Oh, well... I kinda like Shadow now."
"Oh..."
"Shadow? What? Who's seen Shadow?!" Shiaza said as she ran over to Sonic and Amy. "Have you seen Shad- oh... it's you..."
"You've seen Shadow?!" Amy exclaimed.
"I thought you saw Shadow!" Shiaza replied. There was a short pause.
"I'M THE ONE LOOKING FOR HIM!" they both yelled.
The two girls jumped back from each other. Amy got out her Piko Piko hammer and Shiaza got out her staff.
"Shadow loves me," Amy said, glaring.
"Yeah right. That hedgehog is mine."
Amy jumped forward and swung her hammer at Shiaza, who dodged the attack and hit Amy in the head with her staff. Amy rolled over and the ground and immediately got back up, swinging her hammer again. Shiaza spun around and kicked Amy, who then hit Shiaza with her hammer. Both girls fell backwards.
"Ha!" Shiaza said, getting up. "You hit like a baby chao swinging a toy hammer!"
"I've seen chao that could swing a stick better than that!"
"And I say that you're both pathetic," a voice said. Amy and Shiaza stopped as a dark figure walked into the middle of the battle field. The sky suddenly turned black as lightning lit up the area.
"S-Shadow...?"
"Prepare to die!" he yelled, gathering balls of energy in each of his hands, pointing them at Amy. Just as he fired them at her, she disappeared.
"Why are you trying to kill her?!" Shiaza yelled as her and Amy reappeared behind him.
"I'm not trying to kill her," Shadow said, gathering more energy. I'm trying to kill both of you."
He fired the shots at the two girls. Amy held up her hammer and Shiaza held up her staff, forming a barrier that protected them.
"Shadow! Why are you doing this?! Don't give in to Eggman! You can beat him; you're stronger than that!"
"Hey faker! Why not try to kill me?" Sonic said, stepping in behind Shadow.
"Chaos Control!" Shadow yelled as he disappeared, then reappeared next to Sonic, hitting him with a blast of power and knocking him back.
"You'll pay for that! Sonic Wind!" Sonic yelled, hitting Shadow with his own attack.
"Chaos Spear!"
"Sonic Wind!"
The hedgehogs were each knocked back by each other's blast. They stood across from each other, glaring hard.
"It's time to finish this, faker."
"I've let you live too long already."
"Super Sonic!" Sonic yelled as he was suddenly surrounded by seven chaos emeralds. There was a bright flash of light as Sonic changed his form.
"Chaos Spe-" Shadow started, then stopped. What am I doing...? Shadow asked himself. I shouldn't be giving into Eggman...
"Shadow..." Shiaza said.
"I shouldn't be doing this. I've let Eggman control me..." he said as he lowered his arms and turned to face her. "You're right. I'm sorry. I..."
"SONIC BLAST!" Sonic yelled, sending a huge beam of power straight at Shadow.
"NOOO!" Shiaza yelled, jumping up and attacking Sonic. But it was too late.
Shadow's eyes widened as the blast hit him head on. He was knocked backwards and into the ground. Smoke and flames covered the entire island.
When the smoke cleared, a giant hole was left in the island. Sonic had returned to his original form and was standing at the edge of the hole, breathing heavily. Shiaza was lying on the ground nearby with Metal sitting beside her, trying to wake her up. Amy was lying back on the other side of the hole, unconscious, having been blown away from the blast. Suddenly Evil Tikal walked in from the bushes and stared at the remains. Dr. Eggman was hovering above them all in his little individual Egg Carrier thingy, eating his ham and pickle sandwich. He flew away, laughing, seeing that Amy and Shiaza looked like anything but alive.
"What the hell...?" Evil Tikal said. "What happened?!"
"I... uh... blew Shadow up..." Sonic said sheepishly.
"Shadow? Where is he?!"
Metal Sonic walked over next to them, and the three of them stared down into the huge hole. Sure enough, lying in the very bottom, was a black hedgehog.
"You... you killed him!" Evil Tikal said, backing away.
"He was going to kill us all sooner or later if I hadn- ungh!"
Suddenly Sonic fell to the ground. Shiaza stood behind him with her staff held above him, showing that she'd attacked him.
"Where's Shadow?" she demanded.
Metal pointed to the lifeless hedgehog in the bottom of the hole. Shiaza's eyes widened as she slid down into the giant hole and ran up to Shadow, falling to her knees beside him.
"...S-Shadow...?" she said, tears coming to her eyes. "S-Shadow... please wake up... Shadow..."
The hedgehog didn't move at all. He just stayed there, lying motionless. Shiaza brought her hand up to his heart and realized that it wasn't beating, and his lungs weren't moving. She was crying so hard now that she couldn't even see anymore; everything looked blurry.
"NOOO!" she cried out. "YOU AREN'T DEAD! YOU HAVE TO WAKE UP!"
She began hitting herself in the head with her staff, leaving a huge red line on her forehead. Metal came down into the hole and kneeled down next to her. He put his arms around her and held her close to him, not minding the tears mixing with his machinery. He took the staff from her and set it aside.
"It's going to be okay, Shiaza. Relax... please, calm down... it'll be okay..."
"No it won't..." she said through her tears. "He never did anything wrong..."
Suddenly Shiaza stopped. She got up, dried her eyes, and walked up to Sonic.
"You... you killed him!"
"Well, he would've died anyway..."
"YOU KILLED HIM! HE NEVER DID ANYTHING WRONG!"
"Hello?! He was trying to kill you!" Sonic yelled.
"HE WAS UNDER EGGMAN'S CONTROL!" Shiaza yelled angrily as she pulled out her staff. "YOU KILLED HIM FOR NO REASON! HE WAS GOING TO STOP! YOU NEVER GAVE HIM THE CHANCE!"
"Well, I had to do it beca-"
"YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING YOU HEARTLESS BASTARD! BECAUSE OF YOU, AN INNOCENT HEDGEHOG DIED!"
"AND WHAT ABOUT YOU?! YEAH, I FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU! YOU KILLED MARIA, AND SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO DESERVE IT!"
"MAYBE SHE DIDN'T, BUT YOU DO!" Shiaza yelled as she ran towards Sonic. Her staff was glowing a bright red as she jumped up and smashed it down on the hedgehog. Another explosion came from her attack, and the island blew up into flames.