Life of a Shadow III: Crimson Doves
-GamerGirl
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Chapter 6: Hedgehog or Mech?
Eggman had soon enough finished his work on his latest mech, Metal Shadow, and prepared to commence the first step in his plan: make sure Amy doesn't reach Shadow.
"Okay Metal Shadow, I want you to enter the building and at the first empty room, as you can see on this map of Prison Island here," Metal Shadow then scanned the map Eggman was displaying into his memory banks, "wait for Amy. When she comes, get her out of there by any means possible and then do what you want from there. But once you finish your torture, kill her off.
"That's where you come in Metal Amy2. While Metal Shadow tortures Amy, I want you to go into the cryogenic chamber and free Shadow; lead him somewhere far away from here, then kill him too. By this point, they should both be disposed of. We only get one chance at this so let's make it work. According to my security cameras, Amy is on her way at this very minute and is very close. Get there RIGHT NOW and execute the plan! Then report back here to me when the job is done. I will be surveying all of this in my lab. Now GET GOING!" With that, the Mechs left at their fastest speeds.
Andrea got worried more still at her home and immediately went to visit Tails, hoping he could help her locate the source of this mysterious, dangerous substance. But how could she reveal her secret to him? Surely he wouldn't take the information as easily as he would a normal conversation.
As Amy strolled into GUN Headquarters, she found it was a direct path; no traps, no tricks, nothing to slow her down. Good, she would find Shadow quicker this way. She then began to think. I hope I make it, I hope he's all right, I hope I make it there soon… Yes, she was obviously filled with hope. But with that last thought, she began to move faster. Eventually, she had come to a long straight hallway. Assuming that at the end of this hallway was Shadow, she closed her eyes and ran as fast as she could, resuming her thinking. At this speed, I'll be there in no time! But what if they killed him already? Or what if they kill him just as I get there??
"Whoa there!" a voice said as Amy bumped into something and fell backwards onto the floor. Amy opened her eyes and saw, Shadow! Or at least she thought it was..
Amy immediately jumped up and embraced him, "I thought I wouldn't have made it! I thought they would've killed you! How did you escape??"
He hugged back, then kissed her, but it felt different to Amy, like he didn't mean it… "Well Amy, the fact is that I escaped. No excuse needed. And of course I made it. Would you expect any less?"
"That's more of a line I'd expect from Sonic."
"Maybe so," all this time, Metal Shadow still hadn't let up his emotionless embrace on Amy, and it was making her exceedingly uncomfortable.
Meanwhile, in the Cryogenic Containment Center, Shadow was being placed in the machine by David.
"Well Shadow, I guess this is goodbye. You've been a formidable foe for us, I'll admit.." This was scaring Shadow, even if he was hard and cold on the outside, he was extremely frightened on the inside. He refused to show it anymore though, since his earlier tears were relieved from his burdened soul.
"Yeah. See ya' creep. Won't miss ya'." Shadow spat.
"I'd expect to hear something like that from you. Anyway, you have 5 minutes left. I just have to finish strapping you in here.." Once he tightly secured all the straps on his limbs, the platform began to rise, very slowly, but it was rising. "When this platform reaches the top, you'll be cryogenically frozen. And like I said, 5 minutes…. Bye!" He then began to leave. "Oh! And don't forget to scream when your being frozen so I can witness your downfall personally." Finally, David had left. But even if he had, Shadow still refused to show his fear. Amy will come, and she'll help me out and then we can get away from here…
As if on cue, Metal Amy entered and yelled up to him. "Shadow! You're alive! I've got to get you out of there!"
Shadow knew that there was something wrong with her, he knew it was a metal by looking into her eyes. They just didn't look the same as Amy's do. Eggman may be a genius at building mechs, but giving them real-life emotions was a whole other situation entirely. He decided to play along because he really wanted to get out of this situation. "Amy, why don't you jump up here and smash these bonds off with your hammer?"
"Got it!" She jumped up and did as she was told and whipped out her hammer. Her hammer amazingly looked pretty much identical to Amy's. Once Shadow was free, they both ran for the exit. This is easier than I thought. Now I hope Metal Shadow has completed his part of the plan… Metal Amy thought as they were soon approaching the location where Metal Shadow was informed to abduct Amy at. Before she could ponder anything else, she was tripped and blacked out. Shadow had tripped her up and disabled her- temporarily. Now that she's out of the way, time to get back to the real Amy…
"Man! Eggman's mechs just get worse and worse!" Shadow evilly chuckled as he continued forward.
Amy soon decided it was time to go. It was getting way too uncomfortable for her liking. "Uhh, Shadow, could you please let up on the hug?" It was then that he noticed the time.
"Yes, we must evacuate the structure immediately." Metal Shadow replied as he scooped her up into his arms and ran out of the building.
And just missing them, Shadow zoomed in. Seeing the coast was clear of any more Eggman mechs, he continued out the building exit also.
Meanwhile, outside, Metal Shadow hadn't set Amy down yet and his grip was soon growing quite uncomfortable and kind of painful.
"Shadow! Can you set me down for one minute? This kinda hurts.." No response.
"Can you please put me down?!" Silence.
"No." Then he ran for the dock to hover somewhere else. Once elsewhere, he would dispose of this foolish, meddlesome girl.
"Please, Shadow!" She was almost in tears now from frustration and fear.
At that point, Shadow had exited the building also. Almost immediately he saw Metal Shadow and a very frightened Amy. Shadow's jaw dropped as he stared for the first few seconds like a deer in headlights. Metal Shadow was going to pay… but first he had to save Amy!