I'M SO HAPPY!
What would make me so happy, you ask?
Well, I got three great reviews for a fic I posted five minutes ago, but the _real_ reason i'm so happy is all the nice things people have be telling me about this fic!
Thank you, thank you!
I don't own Sonic.
I DO own Cross. He's my property! (if you wanna use him, you'd better be prepared to beg on bended knees!)
Yeah, yeah, fic-time!
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In the end, it took all of us to get Amy and Sonic to pay attention. We could hear
faint roars from Cross, and many explosions. "I think the fight should continue a bit
farther away from people. How can we lure him away?" "He'll definitely chase me," I
pointed out. "Maybe, but how far would you get? He's as fast as _you_ are." "You're not
suggesting what I think, are you?" Knuckles looked at Sonic with disbelief. Sonic was
dead-set on going. "I am the fastest thing on this planet," he said with complete
seriousness. "I think I can outrun tall, green, and ugly out there." "You think?" He
shrugged. "NOOO!" Amy latched herself onto Sonic's side, completely ruining the moment.
"You're going to get yourself killed and how am I supposed to marry you then?!" "Get off
me, and who said I'm marrying you?" We pried Amy off with difficulty. Tails had a map
rescued from the remains of his walker. "Here, the desert. It's empty, and not too far."
"Got it! See you there!" Sonic walked out to begin. Tails turned to me. "Shadow, how
many people can you transport with Chaos Control?" "Besides myself, two others maximum."
"I think we can prepare a welcoming party to occupy Cross with. Do you know where Eggman's
base is?" "You have gotta be kidding, Tails." Rouge shook her head. "Eggman's gonna send
everything he's got after you if he sees any of you." "That's what I'm counting on. Me and
Shadow will go, and we can get Sonic when he gets there. Cross will be distracted by
Eggman, and then he won't be able to find any of us." We made our way to the exit. We
could just see Sonic, zipping around Cross's tentacles and taunting him before running like
crazy towards the desert with Cross in hot pursuit. "Ready Shadow?" "Hold on." As Tails
held on carefully, I gripped my Emerald and said, "Chaos Control!"
I knew the exact location of Eggman's base from my working with him, and I put us a
short distance away so we wouldn't be spotted early. When arrived, I felt slightly drained
- hey, Chaos Control is hard with two people. "Okay, judging from Sonic's speed, he and
Cross will be here in thirty minutes. That means we have ten minutes before we have to try
getting Eggman's attention." We sat down. Tails opened his mouth, and closed it again,
seeming to think better of it. "What?" "It's nothing…" "If you're sure," I said. A
minute later… "Shadow? I have to ask…You said you were scared of Cross, and you didn't
think you could beat him. But when you fought one-on-one, you looked like you were doing
okay." I thought about it. What could have changed? Oh wait, _that_. "You've got a good
point. The thing was, that wasn't the Cross I fought fifty years ago." "Huh?" "There was
this weird thing about him. He has three forms, and this one's almost done." "So, the
little brown guy you fought…was a larva?" "I guess. When Dr. Robotnik and I checked on
Cross a year after we put him in stasis, we found he had made himself a cocoon." "Whoa.
Will he make another one for his last phase? If he's bottled up, we can ship him into space
or something." "I'm not really certain. The doctor put his findings in a separate
mainframe…" The obvious hit me. "Okay, I know where we're going to go once we get Sonic."
"Speaking of which, we should go bother Eggman now." We wandered over to the Desert Ruins.
"When I say so, hit those spots with Chaos Spears." Tails glided over and fiddled with
something I couldn't see. "Shadow, now!" I launched the Spears. Tails flew back over and
hurried off. "C'mon! He's going to be really mad!" An incredibly loud alarm went off as
we ran. "What did you do?" "Well, I entered a little virus into his security net. He tried
to activate the security cameras after you attacked, but he just activated the virus." We
heard Eggman roaring in the distance. I winced. "His computers only display insults?"
"Yep." Tails looked very proud of himself.
Eggman and his robot forces arrived where we had stopped in minutes. Eggman's face
was bright red. "DO YOU THINK JOKES LIKE THAT ARE FUNNY?!?!?!? I'LL SHOW YOU FUNNY, YOU
LITTLE-what the heck?" He was clearly taken aback by my presence. "Shadow? But didn't
you-" "Die? I should think not," I said scornfully. "Oh well. If you were in on this,
then I'm going to be forced to kill you too." He was just ordering his troops to attack
when a blue blur blew past us, tripped over Eggman's egg walker, and slammed into a dune. I
dragged Tails over. I knew who would be arriving next. Cross roared as he made his
entrance. "WHAT IS THAT? OH WHO CARES, JUST KILL IT!" Eggman's robots attacked Cross full
force as we pulled Sonic out of the sand. "Told ya," he said. He wasn't even breathing
hard. I grabbed Sonic, and Tails grabbed onto both of us. 'Please work,' I thought as I
concentrated. "Chaos Control!" I did it, but it hurt. A lot.
As soon as the Chaos Control finished, I collapsed. "Shadow!" Wearily, I pushed
myself into a sitting position. "Note to self: never transport three at once," I muttered
as Sonic helped me up the rest of the way. "Where are we?" I looked around. A tiny, very
rocky island. The only other feature was an iron door set into the rock. We had made it.
"Where we need to be," I said, carefully walking to the door. "Shadow, is this the separate
mainframe you mentioned earlier?" "Yes." "Can someone fill me in?" Tails told Sonic what I
had told him while I inspected the access pad. Entering the code caused the door to slide
smoothly open, revealing the staircase behind it. We went down the stairs and entered a
small room with a large computer. It was on, and as we got close, it spoke. "Attention.
Unauthorized entry. Warning. Defense Systems engaging in 3, 2-" "Computer, cancel alarm,
authorization Maria-three-eighty!" "Confirmed. Welcome Shadow." "In return for keeping
Cross a secret, the doctor gave me full access to every file he made from then on," I told
my bewildered friends smugly. "Oh! Okay. Can you access the files we need?" "Sure." I
sat in the chair in front of the large screen. A few blurred keystrokes later - "Project
Cross," the computer said. "Accessing most recent update on biological structure." A
pause. "Project Cross is the combined DNA of Biolizard and Shadow. Biological reports show
that Project Cross possesses a three-phase life cycle. Phase One: Once hatched, Cross seeks
to blindly destroy all things near it. After a short period, Cross forms a cocoon to
mature. Indeterminate time for this process. Phase Two: Once freed from cocoon, Cross is
fully self-aware. Will seek to destroy, and will seek power. Requirement for final phase:
Absorption of large power source. Required similarity in genetic structure renders only two
subjects useful for this. Once absorption is complete, maximum amount of two days until
emergence of final form. Phase Three: Cross may or may not absorb second subject, not
required. Cross achieves highest power from gaining this form." I was speechless. This
was _not_ something I wanted to hear. I noticed Tails tugging my arm. "Can I use it?"
"Uh, sure. Just write yourself an account," I said, moving from the chair. "Are you okay,
Shadow? You look really pale." "I'm fine."
After a brief rest, we Chaos Controlled back to the city. Luckily, Sonic's house
was fine. "What do we do now?" "Well, I'm going to see where Cross is. You guys should
rest up, we're gonna have to fight him you know." We lay around, but truth be told I only
dozed. I had a very bad feeling about what was going to happen at our next fight. Opening
my eyes, I saw Sonic snoring away. Sometimes I have to envy that guy; this planet is going
to be destroyed and he still doesn't have a care in the world. I could never be as relaxed
as he is, my life's been too different. As I thought about that, the house shook. "What
the-uh-oh, looks like Cross is done with Egg-head. You ready, Shadow?" Tails flew in.
"You should try to get him away from the city again. He's gonna cause major damage if you
don't." "Got it covered. Coming Shadow?" I just rolled my eyes and followed him outside.
There, Cross waited for us. "I see you have guts at least," he said as he saw us. Then he
struck, his tendrils going fast and furious. We fought back as best we could, but in the
end my fatigue was my undoing. I stumbled, and he took full advantage. I was wrapped in
tentacles before I could blink. "FINALLY!" He roared and pulled me in. I tried to use the
Chaos Emerald to teleport away, but it was knocked from my hands. I heard Sonic scream and
then- I was gone.
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Aren't I just evil? Only I know what happened, but before you freak out and flame me, please note - I did NOT say he was dead. I will give out one hint on the next chapter.
Actually, I hid the hint in this chapter. So look really hard to find out (if you aren't one of those dangerously intelligent people that figured it out five chapters ago)
No matter what, please R&R!
What would make me so happy, you ask?
Well, I got three great reviews for a fic I posted five minutes ago, but the _real_ reason i'm so happy is all the nice things people have be telling me about this fic!
Thank you, thank you!
I don't own Sonic.
I DO own Cross. He's my property! (if you wanna use him, you'd better be prepared to beg on bended knees!)
Yeah, yeah, fic-time!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the end, it took all of us to get Amy and Sonic to pay attention. We could hear
faint roars from Cross, and many explosions. "I think the fight should continue a bit
farther away from people. How can we lure him away?" "He'll definitely chase me," I
pointed out. "Maybe, but how far would you get? He's as fast as _you_ are." "You're not
suggesting what I think, are you?" Knuckles looked at Sonic with disbelief. Sonic was
dead-set on going. "I am the fastest thing on this planet," he said with complete
seriousness. "I think I can outrun tall, green, and ugly out there." "You think?" He
shrugged. "NOOO!" Amy latched herself onto Sonic's side, completely ruining the moment.
"You're going to get yourself killed and how am I supposed to marry you then?!" "Get off
me, and who said I'm marrying you?" We pried Amy off with difficulty. Tails had a map
rescued from the remains of his walker. "Here, the desert. It's empty, and not too far."
"Got it! See you there!" Sonic walked out to begin. Tails turned to me. "Shadow, how
many people can you transport with Chaos Control?" "Besides myself, two others maximum."
"I think we can prepare a welcoming party to occupy Cross with. Do you know where Eggman's
base is?" "You have gotta be kidding, Tails." Rouge shook her head. "Eggman's gonna send
everything he's got after you if he sees any of you." "That's what I'm counting on. Me and
Shadow will go, and we can get Sonic when he gets there. Cross will be distracted by
Eggman, and then he won't be able to find any of us." We made our way to the exit. We
could just see Sonic, zipping around Cross's tentacles and taunting him before running like
crazy towards the desert with Cross in hot pursuit. "Ready Shadow?" "Hold on." As Tails
held on carefully, I gripped my Emerald and said, "Chaos Control!"
I knew the exact location of Eggman's base from my working with him, and I put us a
short distance away so we wouldn't be spotted early. When arrived, I felt slightly drained
- hey, Chaos Control is hard with two people. "Okay, judging from Sonic's speed, he and
Cross will be here in thirty minutes. That means we have ten minutes before we have to try
getting Eggman's attention." We sat down. Tails opened his mouth, and closed it again,
seeming to think better of it. "What?" "It's nothing…" "If you're sure," I said. A
minute later… "Shadow? I have to ask…You said you were scared of Cross, and you didn't
think you could beat him. But when you fought one-on-one, you looked like you were doing
okay." I thought about it. What could have changed? Oh wait, _that_. "You've got a good
point. The thing was, that wasn't the Cross I fought fifty years ago." "Huh?" "There was
this weird thing about him. He has three forms, and this one's almost done." "So, the
little brown guy you fought…was a larva?" "I guess. When Dr. Robotnik and I checked on
Cross a year after we put him in stasis, we found he had made himself a cocoon." "Whoa.
Will he make another one for his last phase? If he's bottled up, we can ship him into space
or something." "I'm not really certain. The doctor put his findings in a separate
mainframe…" The obvious hit me. "Okay, I know where we're going to go once we get Sonic."
"Speaking of which, we should go bother Eggman now." We wandered over to the Desert Ruins.
"When I say so, hit those spots with Chaos Spears." Tails glided over and fiddled with
something I couldn't see. "Shadow, now!" I launched the Spears. Tails flew back over and
hurried off. "C'mon! He's going to be really mad!" An incredibly loud alarm went off as
we ran. "What did you do?" "Well, I entered a little virus into his security net. He tried
to activate the security cameras after you attacked, but he just activated the virus." We
heard Eggman roaring in the distance. I winced. "His computers only display insults?"
"Yep." Tails looked very proud of himself.
Eggman and his robot forces arrived where we had stopped in minutes. Eggman's face
was bright red. "DO YOU THINK JOKES LIKE THAT ARE FUNNY?!?!?!? I'LL SHOW YOU FUNNY, YOU
LITTLE-what the heck?" He was clearly taken aback by my presence. "Shadow? But didn't
you-" "Die? I should think not," I said scornfully. "Oh well. If you were in on this,
then I'm going to be forced to kill you too." He was just ordering his troops to attack
when a blue blur blew past us, tripped over Eggman's egg walker, and slammed into a dune. I
dragged Tails over. I knew who would be arriving next. Cross roared as he made his
entrance. "WHAT IS THAT? OH WHO CARES, JUST KILL IT!" Eggman's robots attacked Cross full
force as we pulled Sonic out of the sand. "Told ya," he said. He wasn't even breathing
hard. I grabbed Sonic, and Tails grabbed onto both of us. 'Please work,' I thought as I
concentrated. "Chaos Control!" I did it, but it hurt. A lot.
As soon as the Chaos Control finished, I collapsed. "Shadow!" Wearily, I pushed
myself into a sitting position. "Note to self: never transport three at once," I muttered
as Sonic helped me up the rest of the way. "Where are we?" I looked around. A tiny, very
rocky island. The only other feature was an iron door set into the rock. We had made it.
"Where we need to be," I said, carefully walking to the door. "Shadow, is this the separate
mainframe you mentioned earlier?" "Yes." "Can someone fill me in?" Tails told Sonic what I
had told him while I inspected the access pad. Entering the code caused the door to slide
smoothly open, revealing the staircase behind it. We went down the stairs and entered a
small room with a large computer. It was on, and as we got close, it spoke. "Attention.
Unauthorized entry. Warning. Defense Systems engaging in 3, 2-" "Computer, cancel alarm,
authorization Maria-three-eighty!" "Confirmed. Welcome Shadow." "In return for keeping
Cross a secret, the doctor gave me full access to every file he made from then on," I told
my bewildered friends smugly. "Oh! Okay. Can you access the files we need?" "Sure." I
sat in the chair in front of the large screen. A few blurred keystrokes later - "Project
Cross," the computer said. "Accessing most recent update on biological structure." A
pause. "Project Cross is the combined DNA of Biolizard and Shadow. Biological reports show
that Project Cross possesses a three-phase life cycle. Phase One: Once hatched, Cross seeks
to blindly destroy all things near it. After a short period, Cross forms a cocoon to
mature. Indeterminate time for this process. Phase Two: Once freed from cocoon, Cross is
fully self-aware. Will seek to destroy, and will seek power. Requirement for final phase:
Absorption of large power source. Required similarity in genetic structure renders only two
subjects useful for this. Once absorption is complete, maximum amount of two days until
emergence of final form. Phase Three: Cross may or may not absorb second subject, not
required. Cross achieves highest power from gaining this form." I was speechless. This
was _not_ something I wanted to hear. I noticed Tails tugging my arm. "Can I use it?"
"Uh, sure. Just write yourself an account," I said, moving from the chair. "Are you okay,
Shadow? You look really pale." "I'm fine."
After a brief rest, we Chaos Controlled back to the city. Luckily, Sonic's house
was fine. "What do we do now?" "Well, I'm going to see where Cross is. You guys should
rest up, we're gonna have to fight him you know." We lay around, but truth be told I only
dozed. I had a very bad feeling about what was going to happen at our next fight. Opening
my eyes, I saw Sonic snoring away. Sometimes I have to envy that guy; this planet is going
to be destroyed and he still doesn't have a care in the world. I could never be as relaxed
as he is, my life's been too different. As I thought about that, the house shook. "What
the-uh-oh, looks like Cross is done with Egg-head. You ready, Shadow?" Tails flew in.
"You should try to get him away from the city again. He's gonna cause major damage if you
don't." "Got it covered. Coming Shadow?" I just rolled my eyes and followed him outside.
There, Cross waited for us. "I see you have guts at least," he said as he saw us. Then he
struck, his tendrils going fast and furious. We fought back as best we could, but in the
end my fatigue was my undoing. I stumbled, and he took full advantage. I was wrapped in
tentacles before I could blink. "FINALLY!" He roared and pulled me in. I tried to use the
Chaos Emerald to teleport away, but it was knocked from my hands. I heard Sonic scream and
then- I was gone.
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Aren't I just evil? Only I know what happened, but before you freak out and flame me, please note - I did NOT say he was dead. I will give out one hint on the next chapter.
Actually, I hid the hint in this chapter. So look really hard to find out (if you aren't one of those dangerously intelligent people that figured it out five chapters ago)
No matter what, please R&R!