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Sonic adventure 2: A shadow's memory
Chapter 3 - Hurry up and hide
Hurry up and wait
Back in Capitol City Shadow walked around. Whispers of "oh my god, is it really him", "I can't believe it Sonic? Here?" and "What's with the Black and Red? I thought he preferred Blue" could be heard. Shadow was surprised but was more focused on his goal. He needed to find the chaos emeralds and he had a strong feeling one was in the city.
He picked up a newspaper and it had an article on the Green chaos emerald, being displayed at the museum. To keep it safe it was stored in the Federal Reserve Bank. After a bit of exploring he found the bank.
"Time to show these pathetic humans why I'm the ultimate lifeform", Said Shadow. Running in with amazing speed he knocked out every guard in a matter of seconds. He reached the safe door, it took some time but he eventually opened the safe and took the Chaos emerald. Its green glow was a beautiful sight; he grabbed it and left the building. As he proceeded through the door the Police stepped in his way.
"There's no time to play games, back off!" said Shadow
"We can't let you leave. Sonic the hedgehog you are under arrest", Said the Police.
"It can't be. Sonic stealing?" said an onlooker
"I don't understand," said another. Shadow smiled grabbed the Emerald tightly and a green aura appeared around him.
"CHAOS CONTROL!" shouted Shadow as suddenly he disappeared.
"Huh, where did he go? I know Sonic is fast but he just seemed to disappear", Said a Police officer.
"Look up there", Said an onlooker. Everybody looked up to see Shadow on top of a building.
"You will all die and I shall avenge the murder of my best friend Maria. Listen World. I am the Ultimate lifeform, and you will understand why soon enough", Said Shadow running off into the distance.
"After him, we have to stop Sonic", Said the other police officer.
The Police followed Shadow, but it was no use, the called in the military to help them. They chased him to the bridge leading out of town.
Meanwhile Eggman had just arrived outside his base. He looked down to see GUN surrounding his pyramid.
"So they found me huh? I didn't know the military had a deathwish", Said Eggman, "Oh well, they will fall just like they did on prison island". Eggman's ship transformed into the walker.
"So Shadow wants me to bring Chaos emeralds to Ark, I have to find some but how? I'll have better luck formulating a plan once I get back to my base. Those idiots will never figure out my base is inside the big pyramid. But first lets take care of things here", Said Eggman.
Action stage: Sand Ocean (Eggman)
The Robots outside the base entrance lay in pieces; Eggman entered his base and walked up to computer. He turned it on to find the news reporting on Shadow's robbery.
We interrupt this program to give you an important newsflash. The federal reserve back was broken into today. Mysteriously the only thing that was stolen was the chaos emerald.
"CHAOS EMERALD!" said Eggman in excitement.
The suspect has been confirmed as the legendary world-renowned hero Sonic the Hedgehog. Eyewitnesses say he stole the Emerald, ran off and destroyed many of the Police and Military robots. Some say he even somehow warped between some areas.
"Sounds more like the work of Shadow", Said Eggman.
Meanwhile back in Capitol City Shadow stands on the top of the suspension bridge.
"Pathetic humans", Said Shadow. The flashes around him from the military's cannon started a flashback. He could only think of the incident 50 years ago when I was killed by GUN. Unfortunately his memory over the years is getting a little fuzzy.
"Come on", Said Shadow
"Stay where you are. We have strict orders to exterminate all who worked on project shadow", Said the military officers behind them.
"If we can reach the escape pods we'll be home free", I said, "This way"
Shadow and I reached the escape pod room; shadow ran to the first escape pod. As he did that the officer shot his gun and the bullet landed in my chest, just as I reached the console.
"Maria!" Shouted Shadow.
"Shadow, do it for me, for a better future, for all the people who live on that planet", I said, "Sayanora! Shadow the Hedgehog"
"I still remember what I promised you Maria. For the people of this planet I promise REVENGE," said Shadow.
Action stage: Radical highway (shadow)
With amazing speed shadow escaped the military.
"This is no use, using the chaos control to warp to ark requires a lot of focus. And these fools are preventing me from giving me the time I need with their idiotic games", Said Shadow, "I need to hide until the patrols calm down a little."
Meanwhile Big had arrived over Capitol City, he saw Shadow run into a nearby building.
"Sonic?" asked Big. Big still remembered the day Sonic helped him save Froggy from Chaos, the God of destruction. Since then Big sees Sonic as a friend but seeing him run from the military, something isn't right.
The Military lost Shadow but looked up towards Big.
"Hey isn't that the big cat the trespassed in the research facility. You know when Eggman attacked", Said an officer.
"I think you're right. Let's get him. No point going back empty handed", Said the officer. And with that GUN attacked Big. The chase after Big lasted the rest of the night. Big managed to escape and found himself in the desert again, he ran into Eggman's pyramid.
Meanwhile back in Eggman's base Rouge had managed to get past all Eggman's defences.
"This is rouge, I've infiltrated Dr. Eggman's base", Said Rouge over a radio. She looked over to a large door with Eggman's face on it. It was locked, "I'd hate to say it but it looks like I'm going to have to find the key first."
Action stage: Egg quarters (Rouge)
After finding the key for the door she entered the base's central control room. It looked like the transporter, which was the central of the room, had recently been used.
"A space transporter, and the destination has been set to ARK!" said Rouge, "Wasn't that space station shut down over 50 years ago? Doesn't matter, it's my job to find out what he's up to". Rouge transported herself to Ark. She arrived near the central control room where she saw shadow walking up to the console.
Big decided to follow her, if it really was a space transporter wherever she went there wasn't going to be any GUN robots there. He was so wrong. Within minutes GUN robots started attacking Big.
"This is strictly GUN territory. We don't know how you got here but you must leave immediately", Said the GUN robots.
"What are you doing here?" asked Big. Suddenly the robots blew up as he looked down Eggman in his walker ran through blasting Robots as he went, "Eggman? Something big is about to happen, something bad"
Big was soon surrounded by GUN robots. He put up his hands.
"Oh no! Look I not sure how I got here but you're going to have to take me back down", said Big. The GUN robots escorted him to an escape pod.
"Target set, Prison Island. General we have an intruder on Ark, we are sending him to you now. We have also lost some forces to Dr. Robotnik", Said a robot at the computer console.
"Dr. Eggman's on ARK? Oh this is bad, if he revives project shadow; we'll all be dead. Stop him immediately, our agent should be there to lend a hand too", Said a voice, "but good work soldier"
"Thank you sir, sending suspect Big the cat now", said the robot pressing a button.
As Big fell he tried to move the pod by banging into its sides, by doing this the pod landed in the water near Prison Island. A helicopter came and took him inside.
"Damn it, it didn't work", Said Big.
"We just got a confirmation of Sonic the hedgehog's whereabouts, He's in the mystic ruins. No time to take Big back to the prison we have to capture Sonic immediately", Said the pilot.
"Ok, Capturing Sonic is our first priority. This trespasser ain't going anywhere anyway", Said a GUN soldier. And with that the helicopter headed towards the Mystic Ruins
While all this was going on Eggman had transported himself up to space. He arrived in ARK.
"Right, now I'm here I have to find the central control room shadow was talking about", said Eggman. He proceeded through the dark shadows the filled the abandoned Ark.
Action stage: Lost colony (Eggman)
Ark was a reminder of things past; the shadows hid the death and betrayal of the government all those years ago. Power needed to be restored and some of the GUN robots had remained on Ark. It was a very dark and hostile place. Eventually Eggman reached the Central control room, bringing with him the grey emerald from the computer console.