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Sonic adventure 2: A shadow's memory
Chapter 12 - Plastic cannon
Plastic California
"What's going on? Why won't the cannon fire?" asked Eggman.
Eggman turned to the computers, big had been watching on from above but fell when he saw the computer screen. Big immediately alerted GUN.
"Collision? Something this huge colliding with Earth Could destroy it", Said Eggman. A picture of an old man appeared on the screen.
"What? That's my grandfather Gerald Robotnik", Said Eggman. The computer then displayed another message, 'Cannons core transformation in 3 minutes, evacuate immediately'. Eggman ran out scared. Big fell into the depths of the cannon.
Meanwhile Sonic and Knuckles made it to the Observatory. Ark began to shake violently.
"What's that vibration?" asked Knuckles.
"Shush, someone is coming", Said Sonic. Rouge dropped from the ceiling in which she was hanging.
"It's you, Why haven't you gone back", Said Knuckles.
"Oh it's all over for us. I just got word from my boss. This space colony Ark is currently heading towards Earth with amazing speed. It will probably crash into Earth destroying everyone. Billions will die if we don't do something", Said Rouge. Suddenly Gerald's image appeared on the nearby screen.
"Who is that?" Said Amy. The Video of Gerald began appearing everywhere including the Televisions on Earth.
This is a Death sentence for every human being on Earth. If my calculations are correct the pace colony Ark will impact Earth in 1 hour and 48 minutes. No one will survive. All of you ungrateful humans who took everything away from me will feel my loss and despair. 'Is there anything else you want to say', NO! 'Ok, Ready'.
The Video began repeating itself.
"What's going on? Who is that?" asked Sonic.
"You fools. Do you really think my master didn't anticipate the destruction of the Eclipse cannon? This is a fail-safe to make sure the Pathetic humans pay for this", Said Shadow.
"Hey you guys the vibrations are getting worse", Said Knuckles, "I don't think he was kidding".
"So that means the person in the video is….", Said Tails
"Professor Gerald Robotnik, The greatest scientific genius in the world, and my grandfather", Said Eggman walking through the door to the observatory.
"Grandfather? That makes you Maria's Brother. Or at least a cousin", Said Shadow.
"Yes Maria was my Cousin. I too became enraged by the news of her Death Shadow but even I don't want this. I want to rule the world not destroy it", Said Eggman. Eggman handed a disk to Rouge.
"What is this?" asked Rouge.
"This is my grandfathers diary, all this talk about Maria may be confusing the rest of you. This is how the event happened 50 years ago, from his perspective", Said Eggman. Rouge placed the disk inside the machine. A voice file began playing.
I don't quite know what happened or what went wrong. Was it a mistake to create the Ultimate lifeform? I thought it would be something that would benefit mankind, but the Military didn't want that. They wanted a superweapon. They sent guards to destroy all records of Project shadow, to terminate the project. I was on Earth at the time, gathering materials and researching genetics. My colleagues at the Research facility, my granddaughter Maria, I hope you are all safe.
The colony was completely shut down, probably to keep the prototype from falling into the wrong hands. The colony was shut down under the premise that there had been an accident. There was no such thing; GUN was just covering up its tracks of a top-secret project.
I found Maria's name amongst those who died when the Ark was shut down. She meant everything to me and I couldn't bear the thought that she died because of my research. I had nothing, I had lost everything, I had nothing more to live for, I WENT INSANE. All I could think about was how to avenge her. As time progressed I became more and more sacred as I could no longer control my thoughts. I just wanted it all to End.
Based on my original projections I was able to complete my project, Shadow. I designed his mind to be perfect, pure. I will leave everything to him. If you wish to fill the world with destruction, Release and awaken it to the world. He can be found in the military complex Iron Gate on Prison Island. The place where they are about to execute me for crimes against humanity. Ironic that the people that killed Maria and my colleagues are the ones that are charging me with crimes against humanity. They will pay; everyone will pay, with their Blood!
"The Ark's orbit was knocked off course by the Chaos energy emitted from the Emeralds. They are pushing the Ark toward the Earth. Stop the energy, stop the Ark", Said Eggman.
"But how do we do that?" asked Tails.
"Wait that's it. We have to use the Master Emerald. You told me that the Master Emerald has the power to stop the chaos emeralds", Said Rouge.
"That's right. If I use my Emerald I may be able to stop the Chaos Energy but I'll have to get close enough" Said Knuckles.
"If we pull together we may be able to open the shortcut that leads to the core. It's not going to be easy but we can do this", Said Eggman.
"Then lets do this. Don't worry Leave it to me, I'm the World's fastest hedgehog", Said Sonic.
"Then lets get to work. Tails and myself will blow up the secondary security doors. The Primary security door will require some hunting skills as they require switches found hidden deep within the canons cooling system. Then there will be some electrical disturbance surrounding the core itself where immense speed will be needed to get past. As I was leaving the core it as transforming into something. I haven't seen what exactly so be careful", Said Eggman.
"So I suppose I'm up first", Said Tails heading off in his cyclone.
Action stage: Cannons Core (Tails, Eggman, Rouge, Knuckles, Sonic)
Big followed the heroes on from the observatory. GUN eagerly awaited word from Big and he was the only link between Ark and Earth now. It's their planet too and they want to see heroes and villains alike succeed. He followed Sonic to the core. It had been transformed into an Aztec style temple, similar to the Master Emerald shrine.
"What is this place?" asked Knuckles.
"They probably designed the core like the shrine to harness the Chaos emeralds energy better", Said Sonic, "Look a place for the Master Emerald, let's go"
Sonic and Knuckles made a dash for the shrine. It seemed to go on forever, and as they got halfway to a small pool of dirty water the Gerald Video began playing on the nearby screens.
"All of you ungrateful humans who took everything away from me, will fell my loss and despair", Said the video.
"What is that energy?" Asked Knuckles as a large flash of light filled the area. A huge beast landed in the pool of water. It filled most of this gigantic room and knocked Sonic and Knuckles off their feet as it roared. To stop the Chaos emeralds they must get passed the giant lizard, the prototype of the ultimate lifeform, Shadow the Biolizard.
Rouge watched their progress from the observatory by the security system.
"That's it! The Ultimate lifeform. It's the same as this picture, a print of the Project shadow file on the computer", Said Rouge.
"But how can it be the ultimate lifeform was encased on Prison Island. I thought It was Shadow", Said Eggman.
"I am the ultimate lifeform. He must be a prototype", Said Shadow.
"Then prove it go down there and beat the Beast", said Tails, "Then maybe the Earth will be saved"
"Nice try but n my eyes he's doing me a favour. Unlike you I want Ark to crash into Earth. It will avenge Maria's death and end my suffering as well", Said Shadow, "But I know I don't stand a chance against all of you. It would be foolhardy to stop Sonic myself. But perhaps this Biolizard can stop them."
Meanwhile Big was knocked off the pillar he was standing on near the core, he held on to the edge but it was no good. The Flash was too much for him and he let go. He fell back to the observatory.