If Shadow had been amazed at the enormity of Robotropolis, then he was
completely shocked at how accurate all the home videos he had were. Every
detail, down to the last screw, seemed to be exactly the same! It was the
same way in Knothole village!
Shadow shook his head to clear it. What the heck was going on? How were his videos and comic books so close to reality? And, most importantly, where was the control room?
Shadow snickered to himself as he raced along. The entire base seemed to be, even if unintentionally, built to his advantage! Race tracks and loops seemed to jump out at him as he ran the path, dodging Swatbots and mechanical monstrosities like they trudging through molasses. This was so easy!
And so fun!
Shadow could hear himself laughing in delight as the mechanical morons crashed into each other or shot each other to bits. However, an idea soon came to his mind...
If you can't defeat an enemy, why not try with his own weapons?
The course did not change, nor did the black hedgehog falter from it. The only change in the race was his intentions.
Only seconds had passed and he was already at the control room door. It seemed to need a card key, but Shadow didn't think it was necessary.
"Let's see just how much like Sonic I am!" he mumbled as he leapt, curled, and spun with all his might. To his delight he became a spinning spike ball, almost like a buzz saw, and cut through the door with ease. He landed perfectly on his feet, giggling to himself as he did so.
He looked up to see Cluck, Robotnik's robo-chicken pet, look right back at him and screech. Apparently, the little robot was intending to hit the already diffused alarm, but Shadow stopped him before he could even move.
"So this is Cluck, isn't it?" Shadow chuckled, poisoned with malicious mirth. "Too bad big ol' Robotnik's left ya, ain't it? Too bad he ain't comin' back, either!"
"-cluck- -cluck- /Why not?\" its voice box whirred.
"Because he's planning to destroy this place, that's why!" Shadow replied, still stifling the laughter within him. "He's hoping Sonic will think he's here and destroy this place with the hedgehog in it!"
"-cluck- /Aren't you\ -cluck- /Sonic?\"
"No," Shadow smiled, "I'm someone more dangerous than that blue amateur, and more than twice as smart as your 'Dr.' Robotnik!"
Cluck squawked and hobbled to a corner, where Shadow let him cower in peace.
"Usually, Sonic is a hero to his people, an idol to his kind!" Shadow began, advancing on the poor robot chicken while steadily raising his whisper to a loud call. "Robotnik is just the same, but to his 'people' respectively! I plan to change that, and apply that change to all who don't join me! That change is the eradication of their existence! That change, in a simple word, is—"
Shadow dropped his voice to a poisonous whisper, with his face only inches from Cluck's.
"...Death..."
Cluck rattled with fear so violently his screws were beginning to shake loose, as well as the voice box's inability to remain stable came to light.
"-clcluck- -cluckk- /Wwhhat do youyouyou needdd, Mamamaster?\"
"All I need, Cluck, are a few, little instructions..."
Shadow shook his head to clear it. What the heck was going on? How were his videos and comic books so close to reality? And, most importantly, where was the control room?
Shadow snickered to himself as he raced along. The entire base seemed to be, even if unintentionally, built to his advantage! Race tracks and loops seemed to jump out at him as he ran the path, dodging Swatbots and mechanical monstrosities like they trudging through molasses. This was so easy!
And so fun!
Shadow could hear himself laughing in delight as the mechanical morons crashed into each other or shot each other to bits. However, an idea soon came to his mind...
If you can't defeat an enemy, why not try with his own weapons?
The course did not change, nor did the black hedgehog falter from it. The only change in the race was his intentions.
Only seconds had passed and he was already at the control room door. It seemed to need a card key, but Shadow didn't think it was necessary.
"Let's see just how much like Sonic I am!" he mumbled as he leapt, curled, and spun with all his might. To his delight he became a spinning spike ball, almost like a buzz saw, and cut through the door with ease. He landed perfectly on his feet, giggling to himself as he did so.
He looked up to see Cluck, Robotnik's robo-chicken pet, look right back at him and screech. Apparently, the little robot was intending to hit the already diffused alarm, but Shadow stopped him before he could even move.
"So this is Cluck, isn't it?" Shadow chuckled, poisoned with malicious mirth. "Too bad big ol' Robotnik's left ya, ain't it? Too bad he ain't comin' back, either!"
"-cluck- -cluck- /Why not?\" its voice box whirred.
"Because he's planning to destroy this place, that's why!" Shadow replied, still stifling the laughter within him. "He's hoping Sonic will think he's here and destroy this place with the hedgehog in it!"
"-cluck- /Aren't you\ -cluck- /Sonic?\"
"No," Shadow smiled, "I'm someone more dangerous than that blue amateur, and more than twice as smart as your 'Dr.' Robotnik!"
Cluck squawked and hobbled to a corner, where Shadow let him cower in peace.
"Usually, Sonic is a hero to his people, an idol to his kind!" Shadow began, advancing on the poor robot chicken while steadily raising his whisper to a loud call. "Robotnik is just the same, but to his 'people' respectively! I plan to change that, and apply that change to all who don't join me! That change is the eradication of their existence! That change, in a simple word, is—"
Shadow dropped his voice to a poisonous whisper, with his face only inches from Cluck's.
"...Death..."
Cluck rattled with fear so violently his screws were beginning to shake loose, as well as the voice box's inability to remain stable came to light.
"-clcluck- -cluckk- /Wwhhat do youyouyou needdd, Mamamaster?\"
"All I need, Cluck, are a few, little instructions..."