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Mystic Ruins Abandoned Base

His battle had been a failure. How could he lose again to this organic copy of himself? Metal Sonic roamed the base he was again in his original state; he had lost all data on Chaos the liquid monster which allowed him to transform, after facing Sonic and his friends. However the data on Shadow was still in his memory banks, Metal may yet be able to use that to his advantage.

He had little after the fight, Robotnik had abandoned him seeing him as only a threat. The only reason he didn't destroy him was cause how Metal hated Sonic more then anything. Seeing that as an advantage, but if Metal or Robotnik did complete either of their missions that advantage would soon need to be delt with. So having nowhere else to go he came back to this base to repair himself and salvage anything that looked promising in battle.

"What's this?" he asked. He looked at what seemed to be a battery unit with small containers for items. He observed the plans on the screen next to it. It read

Chaos Drive Battery

This battery is capable of absorbing power of the Chaos Drives to add to the power supply of its wielder. It containment has no limit of the energy it stores but must be used at a certain point. Its unique ability though is that it can overload itself causing the energy stored inside to give the wielder a momentary power boost. Warning: This is only capable of short power boosts it is unable to transform the wielder into a stronger "Super" form as the Chaos Emeralds have done. Experiment Failure.

"So," Metal spoke. "The good Doctor has tried to make a battery capable of matching a machine's power with Sonic's super form. Well I'm sure he won't miss this if it's a failure."

He attached the battery to his own power supply generator. Another power meter showed up on his HUD (A/N Heads Up Display) next to his own power supply meter. It showed 0%.

"Well, perhaps I'll head over to what's left of Prison Island and hunt down a few Chaos Drives to power this thing up," he flew off into the distance.

The Floating Island

It was calm and peaceful today. Only the soft breeze through the trees could be heard, the distant chirps of birds, and the water trickling down the shrine of The Master Emerald. Thanks to Knuckles, Chaos, and Tikal the shrine was rebuilt to the way it used to look. A dome again covered the Master Emerald while 7 pillars surrounded it. On top were suppose to be the 7 Chaos Emeralds but they were in Sonic's care after the previous fight.

"Something's not right," Knuckles said finally opening his eyes. "I feel something coming and I'm not throwing a party."

He saw a bright light at the foot of the shrine. There stood a hedgehog.

"Sonic?" he gasped. He had seen this before this Chaos Control both used by Sonic and Shadow. Something was wrong though he could see no emerald in his hand.

"So this is the Master Emerald," spoke a voice that was definitely not Sonic's.

"Whoever you are, you better get out of here now," he said.

"Heh Knuckles give me the emerald now," he laughed. "You know what will happen if you don't."

Knuckles had heard enough, he would not let this guy take the emerald and threaten his him and his home. He dashed out towards throwing one of his fists at the hedgehog's face. He disappeared right before contact was made. Knuckles looked for any sign of him. He then turned, blocked, and braced for the impact. Shadonic came and gave him a roundhouse kick.

"Nice speed but your attack lacks power," Knuckles said through clenched teeth.

It was somewhat a lie he never fought somebody like him before. He was stronger then probably Super Sonic himself, but Knuckles had a duty and no one was getting in the way of that.

"Fool," he said. "I am the Ultimate power!"

"Well what is your name then?" Knuckles asked.

"I am Shadonic," he said. "I am the finished work og Prof. Gerald. The true Ultimate Life Form!"

"You look more like an idiot who's copying the look of a friend of mine," Knuckles spat.

"Well then if you don't believe me, i guess I'll just have to show you," the hedgehog smiled.

Again he tried another kick, which was blocked, and Knuckles threw a counter punch. Then Shadonic got tired of this and started firing out beams of Chaos energy at Knuckles. Knuckles dashed away and glided to a boulder to the side of the shrine. He knew that energy anywhere it was the power of the emeralds. He had to stop this now before things could get out of his hands completely.

"CHAOS SPEAR!" Shadonic shouted again. Knuckles waited for it this time and with all his strength he punched at it, making the beam fire back at Shadonic who fired another beam to stop the first. Knuckles then fired his own

"THUNDER ARROW," he cried.

Shadonic looked up and at the last minute dodged the bolt of lightning coming towards him. Knuckles didn't care he just needed time to build his power for his next attack. A red aura grew and surrounded the echidna.

"A distraction," Shadonic said. "Impressive. Perhaps you're not such a knuckle-head after all."

Knuckles paid no attention to his comment. Finally the energy he needed was ready.

"You better get ready," he smiled. "I've been working on this attack for a while. Even if you do dodge it the first time, my power, speed, and strength will double."

"Go ahead then, show me this power," he said.

"Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack!" Knuckles shouted.

He took off faster then he thought he would. But Knuckles figured he would need all he had for this fight. Of course to Shadonic it wasn't fast enough for him he jumped up missing the attack altogather and landing on the same spot. However that didn't stop Knuckles who landed on a boulder and kicked off with another dash at him. Shadonic found it interesting as Knuckles power continually grew. However after a while he became bored of this and finally dashed to the raging echidna.

Each one sending volleys of punches and kicks at the other where each one was dodged or blocked. Shadonic was doing most of the dodging while Knuckles was doing most of the blocking. Then next came the beams. Finally separating on either end of the shrine. Knuckles was out of breath, he had fought many but this guy had to be the best opponent he had faced yet. He had pushed him to the max of his power and yet was still unaffected or hurt.

Shadonic again dashed but this time he went to the emerald instead of its guardian. Jumping on top he placed one hand on top of the gem and began to absorb the emeralds power it self.

"NO!" Knuckles cried and rushed to the emerald. He tried to glide above and knock him off but it was no use he was blasted away by the emeralds power being absorbed and controlled by Shadonic. He could barely see the hedgehog anymore through all the green light radiating from the shrine.

Then came a bright flash that made Knuckles turn away. When his temporary blindness had passed he saw the emerald and what was on top of it. There stood Shadonic with all the power he needed to destroy this world if he wanted to. His power had changed more rather then his appearance. Knuckles knew he had a hard fight in front of him before, and the chance he had at beating this guy was slim. But now Knuckles knew he would not stand a miniscule of a chance against him now. Then he saw the emerald. Thankfully it was still intact, so it would eventually recharge itself. However the once green emerald was now gray from the loss of its power. Suddenly the ground shook, as if the island was experiencing its own earthquake. But Knuckles knew better.

"Oh no not again," he said. "Thanks to you this island will fall!"

And fall it did, right into the ocean. As soon as the gigantic waves had cleared, none knew where they were. None knew they were only a few miles from Prison Island. Or that they attracted the attention of both the Military who was trying to rebuild the base which was blown up before due to "Terrorist" activities, and Metal Sonic.

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Ok that's it for now. So what will happen next? What will happen to the Floating Island, the Master Emerald, and its guardian? Where is Sonic? Where is Shadow? And what will Metal do with his new abilities and nowhere else to go. All these questions will be answered soon. This is only the beginning. Hopefully you all liked it and the upcoming chapters. Please again I say please review this. They really help me out here. Plus I like to see how everyone views these fics. So until next time.