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Sonic adventure 2: A shadow's memory

Chapter 4 - Pick a fight that's new

Pick a part that's new

So we finally come to the hero of the tale. His immense speed and quick wit has helped him earn the title of hero. Sonic the Hedgehog relaxes outside Tails' workshop in the mystic ruins. He lies there overlooking the ocean, which was as calm and blue as he is. However he remains unaware of the Military patrol coming to capture him.

Meanwhile Sonic's best friend and sidekick Miles Prower is busy working on his latest machine upgrade. Miles is better known to the world as Tails due to his abnormal two tails. These two tails have given him the ability to fly for a short period of time. Tails spends his time either following Sonic on his adventures or upgrading the Tornado for future adventures.

The Tornado is Sonic and Tails' BI-plane. Surprising used quite often when going after Eggman or even going to Angel Island. Tails' current version the tornado 2 has been given a walker mode, he has named this the cyclone. Tails is very proud of this purple walker. Although he is only eight years old Sonic reckons he may even be smarter than the genius with the 300 IQ, Dr. Eggman.

"What a gorgeous day. The water is so cool and relaxing. But come on Eggman, I'm itching for a new adventure", said Sonic.

"Sonic, you should come see this!" shouted Tails.

"What's the matter Tails?" asked Sonic

"Someone looking like you stole a chaos emerald last night, on top of that I just heard that Angel Island fell again", replied Tails

"Alright! Finally some action", Said Sonic.

"Erm, Sonic this may sound weird but where were you last night?" asked Tails

"What? You don't think…? Tails!" replied Sonic

"Well the person who stole the emerald looks identical to you barring black spikes with red stripes, and I always thought of you as one of a kind", Said Tails, "If it wasn't you this new hedgehog may be a match for you, even for speed".

"Get Real Tails! I'm the fastest thing alive. But hey sounds like fun", Said Sonic.

Suddenly GUN guards surrounded Sonic. He tried running one way but a platoon stopped him, same thing happened as he ran in another direction.

"Sonic the Hedgehog, you are under arrest for stealing the chaos emerald", Said the patrol, "Escape is impossible"

"That's what you think", Said sonic preparing to attack.

"No wait! Sonic the military are innocent. They don't know what's going on either", Said Tails.

"You're right", Said Sonic settling down, "Well come on then I haven't got all day"

"Don't think you can fool us just because you went back to blue. There's only one person who can move as fast as the hedgehog that stole the emerald, and that's you Sonic", Said GUN.

"You do have a point. But I'm telling you it wasn't me", Said Sonic

"Tell it to the Judge Hedgehog", Said GUN dragging him aboard the helicopter.

"So how long is the sentence", said Sonic.

"You are too powerful hedgehog, therefore you have been ordered to be executed. We feel it's best to take you out now before you do something a lot worse", Said GUN

"What? SONIC!" shouted Tails as the helicopter left.

"But I didn't do it. This is too harsh. You're making a big mistake", Said Sonic. Tails chased after the helicopter while sonic struggled to escape.

"Sigma Alpha 2 returned to base with capture hedgehog suspect. Suspect is not coming willingly and we have hostiles following us", said the pilot, "Waiting for advice"

"That'll be Miles Prower. Knock him out with the stun gun. As for Sonic deploy the knock out gas", said a voice.

"Ten four, proceeding to knock out Sonic and Tails", said the pilot, "Take them out!"

The helicopter filled with gas while the Robots fired their lasers at Tails.

"I won't give up," Said Tails. Tails got shot and he fell to the ground.

"TAILS! I'll get you for this", Said Sonic, "you won't get away…"

Sonic collapsed and Tails fell to the floor unconscious and the helicopter headed towards Capitol City.

Later the Helicopter reached Capitol City and Sonic woke up.

"Ow that hurt! Where are we?" asked Sonic

"We're on a helicopter heading for Prison Island", Said a big purple cat.

"Big? What are you doing here?" asked Sonic

"They have decided to imprison me because of what happened on Prison Island. I was fishing when Eggman attacked; my lure snagged on his walker and dragged me inside. They think I was trespassing", Said Big

"So Eggman is up to no good. I knew it. Unfortunately the only way I can clear my name and avoid execution is to get that impostor", said Sonic

"I knew you wouldn't have stole the Emerald. Look Sonic I saw him hide in the City, he's black and he's fast. But it seemed like he was using the emerald to warp around rather than just run", Said Big.

"Thanks for the info. Well I said I was itching for some adventure and now it looks like I'm going to get it", said Sonic

"What are you planning? You're not going to jump are you?" Asked big

"Of course. Eggman is out there. Why don't you escape too? It's obvious you're innocent", Said Sonic.

"I have to find Froggy, and besides there is only one parachute", Said Big

"You take it. And you'll have better luck finding your pal if you're NOT locked up", Said Big

"You're right, but what about you?" asked Big

"Don't worry about me. I've been through tougher situations than this", said Sonic.

"Sigma Alpha 2 heading due south over the city, we're on route and everything's a go", said the pilot.

"Ah yes we have you on radar. Report on status of captured hedgehog aboard, over", said a voice.

"That's a ten four, Hedgehog is secured and…what? The hedgehog has escaped and he's taken out everyone aboard. What in the world?" said the pilot as Sonic burst through the helicopter door grabbing on a wing of the helicopter. He ripped a bit of the helicopter's armour, with handcuffs still on his arms, and sat on the wing.

"Talk about low budget flights, no food or movies I'm outta here. I like running better", said Sonic. He jumped off the wing with the armour under his feet. He Skydived to the ground and started skateboarding through the city, problem was there was no wheels. Sparks flew as his avoided the GUN patrol.

"This is a Red alert, Sonic the hedgehog has escaped. All GUN units unite and capture the suspect", said a voice as Big looked outside the helicopter door.

"Oh we're really high. Oh well no guts no glory", Said Big as he too jumped out of the helicopter. As he fell he pulled the cord of his parachute and landed in the city.

"AH! Not him too. Patrol's Big the cat has also escaped. Sonic is your first priority but if you see Big get him too", said the pilot, "Oh I'm going to get it for this"

Action stage: City Escape (Sonic)

Everything was going well until suddenly a huge truck came out of nowhere and started chasing Sonic. Sonic passed Big the cat who was also avoiding GUN heavily. Big looked back to see the juggernaut truck ramming cars out of the way. Big jumped and started running but he wasn't fast enough and GUN recaptured him. Sonic on the other hand was fast enough and escaped the juggernaut truck by running under a low bridge.

"Pretty mad here I better hide", Said Sonic running into an abandoned building.

Later that night Sonic looked around to see all of GUN's patrols were gone. It went all silent.

"Well this game of tag is boring I'm outta here", said Sonic. Suddenly a huge machine made by GUN flew overhead and landed in the arena.

"Finally decided to show up eh? Ok bring it on!" said Sonic.

"This is spider troop big foot, have engaged the enemy and request back-up", Said the pilot of the big machine

Boss: Big foot (Sonic)

The Big foot lay in ruins,

"He is just too strong, AH!" shouted the pilot of Big foot. Sonic took a minute to get his breath back and looked to the top of the Big foot. There he was the black hedgehog Shadow.

"It all starts with this, a jewel containing the ultimate power", Said shadow

"That's the, Chaos Emerald! Now I know what's going on, the military has mistaken me for the likes of you. So where do you think you're going with that emerald? Say something you fake hedgehog", Said Sonic Charging at Shadow. Shadow responded by grabbing the emerald tightly as a green aura developed around him.

"CHAOS CONTROL!" shouted Shadow. Suddenly Shadow was charging next to Sonic as the two passed each other. They took a short moment to stare at each other before Shadow warped on top of a nearby building.

"Wow! He's fast. Wait it's not his speed he must be using the Chaos emerald to warp", Said Sonic.

"My name is shadow, I'm the worlds ultimate lifeform. There's no time for games. Farewell", said shadow Warping again.

"Kuuuuuu!" said Sonic. Suddenly he was surrounded again.

"Stop where you are, put your hands in the air. This time we WILL shoot if you even twitch," Said the GUN patrol

"Not again!" said Sonic. He was escorted to another helicopter that took them to prison island.

"So they got you too huh?" said Big

"Ah man! I thought one of us would escape", said Sonic.

"So are we going to try to escape again?" asked Big

"I wish I had the energy. Man I haven't been this drained in ages", Said Sonic, "Perhaps I'm getting old"

"So is all hope lost?" asked Big.

"Tails is still out there. I'm sure he'll come to my rescue", Said Sonic.

And with that the Helicopter left for Prison Island. Shadow meanwhile held the Emerald in his hand.

"That blue hedgehog has given me the time I need to prepare my warp to Ark. CHAOS CONTROL" shouted shadow, as the green aura once again surrounded him. Shadow disappeared again.

Eggman had been waiting in the control room for a while as Shadow mysteriously warped into the control room.

"You took you time didn't you Shadow?" Said Eggman.

"Ah doctor, glad you could make it", Said Shadow. Rouge watched on from above.

"Yes but it wasn't easy. I didn't think the military would still be here", said Eggman, "Anyway what's this all about. I hope you haven't dragged me up here for nothing. You still haven't explained what you mean by granting me a wish"

"You wish to get revenge for what GUN did to your family, don't you?" asked shadow

"Not really, I just want to rule the world", Said Eggman

"Either way you'll need a weapon. This is the space colony ark, not many people know that it's really a top secret research facility full of weapons of mass destruction. One such weapon is this, the eclipse cannon, capable of destroying an entire planet", Said Shadow.

"Ho ho! I'm liking this already," said Eggman

"Unfortunately it's been deactivated for some time now. To re-activate it lots of energy is needed", Said Shadow putting the green chaos emerald into the machine.

"So that's why we need the chaos emeralds. We need them to power up the cannon", Said Eggman

"Exactly, To obtain full power we need the seven chaos emeralds", Said Shadow.

"So all we need to do is get the seven chaos emeralds and threaten the world with the cannon", said Eggman, "sounds like a plan"

"DO YOU REALLY THINK IT'LL BE THAT EASY", shouted Rouge from above.

"What the?" said Eggman.

"I have a great idea, how about making a deal", Said Rouge.

"A deal?" asked Eggman

"When you tried to steal the master emerald, that red echidna mentioned a reaction the chaos emeralds may have with the master emerald. Since the master emerald is currently the object of my desires I'm looking for the shards. But my natural radar isn't strong enough to find the other pieces. Now if I could just have that radar..." said Rouge

"If I do give you the radar what's in it for me?" asked Eggman.

"You need the chaos emeralds and I have an idea of where the military keeps theirs. Now I may not look strong but do you know I am a treasure hunter who specialises in all kinds of jewels", said Rouge pulling out the blue chaos emerald. Eggman looked at Shadow, Shadow nodded.

"Very well, very well. It's a deal", said Eggman, "So where are we off to?"

"Prison Island. 3 of them happen to be in the security hall there", Said Rouge.

"Judging by the news though, Sonic the Hedgehog has probably been arrested by now, with the military thinking he's Shadow. Oh this is priceless, but I really hate being so close to him. He's ruined every one of my plans so far, if he escapes…" Said Eggman.

"You mean that blue hedgehog right. I'll take care of him", said Shadow.