All copyright stuff is in the first chapter. There are some links to the 3 Shadows and also some fics I've never written, but will/might in the future.
Apocolypse's Revival : A Sonic Heroes Story.
Chapter 2
Rose's Delights had reached Station Square and had tried to enter the Chao garden to see for themselves the damage caused by the disease. Unfortunately they couldn't get in. Didn't stop them investigating further though. They ended up outside city hall, sitting near the fountain they began discussing.
"We're getting nowhere. Surely someone knows something", said Amy.
"Well I can't go on without a break anyway", said Big.
"Good, maybe then we could discuss this name. There's something missing with Rose's delights", said Cream.
"Well have you anything better?" asked Amy.
"How about, The Rose Petals", said Big.
"That's brilliant! Sounds much better than Rose's delights", said Cream smiling.
"I agree, Good work Big", said Amy, "Rose Petals it is".
"You know who we need? The Chaotix detectives, surely they'd have some leads", said Big.
"Another brilliant idea, let's go find them", said Cream.
"Yeah! Let's go", said Amy.
Suddenly the Chaotix detectives ran past.
"Speak of the devil", said Amy, "Come on let's follow them". The Rose petals quickly caught up with the Chaotix crew.
"Hey guys, we need you to find out what's going on with this chao disease. Will you help us?" asked Amy.
"Sorry, no can do. We got a mission in which we need to infiltrate Eggman's base in Casino City", said Vector.
"Brilliant, we'll come too. No doubt we'll find something about this disease there too", said Amy.
"Well OK, We'll probably need some help getting in and two teams are better than one", said Vector.
The two teams raced off towards Casino City to find the radio and hopefully find enough clues on to what's going on.
Meanwhile in Rouge's Mansion, Team ultimate entered the 3 Shadows room. Inside were 3 altars, one with a picture of Shadow, one with a young fox with black stripes and two tails, and one with a white bat wearing sunglasses. Beneath the bat's picture was a sword with the words Annemuir inscribed on the hilt. There was nothing beneath Shadow's picture, but beneath the picture of the fox was some sort of backpack with guns attached. Or at least that's what was supposed to be there, it had gone missing.
"Rouge? What's a picture of me doing here?" asked Shadow.
"You don't remember Maria you won't remember this. This is a room dedicated to the 3 Shadows, a group of heroes that existed 45 years ago. You were a part of that team Shadow", said Rouge.
"So who are these other two then?" asked Omega.
"The bat is my grandfather Joseph, but the world knew him as Master hunter due to his brilliant treasure and bounty hunting skills. The sword beneath his picture is the Annemuir, he never went anywhere without it and used it a lot. The fox is called Miles Prower, but there should be his weapon here. It's gone", said Rouge.
"Miles Prower isn't that Tails' real name?" asked Omega.
"Yes, I've always wondered if they were related but haven't been able to prove it yet", said Rouge.
"This is all well and good, but what about the crash? Shouldn't we be trying to find who did it?" asked Shadow.
Just then the Sonic Heroes entered the room.
"Rouge, Where's the master emerald?" asked Knuckles.
"What? You broke into my house just because you think I have your stupid gem", shouted Rouge.
"Hey, what's this place anyway?" asked Sonic, "And why is Shadows picture up here?"
"We might consider answering you as soon as you hand over Miles' wrist shooters", said Rouge.
"We have no idea what you're on about. We came here for the emerald, hand it over", said Knuckles, "Or else"
"Or else what? You threaten one of us, you threaten all of us", said Shadow.
"Enough, if they won't talk we'll beat it out of you", said Omega.
"We didn't come here for a fight but if that's what you want," said Tails
"Alright, so action at last", said Sonic.
The two teams began fighting, until they were all out of breath.
"Now Miles", said a familiar voice. Soon the floor became electrified and both teams fell to the floor unconscious. Much Later Sonic awoke, followed by Shadow and the others.
"What happened?" asked Tails.
"I'm not sure. First we were fighting, then I heard someone shout out 'Now Miles', then we were electrocuted somehow", said Rouge, "Let's check the security Camera". Rouge poitned to a camera behind them.
"I guess we were wrong about you taking something. It must've been whoever electrocuted us", said Omega.
"That still doesn't explain what happened to the Master emerald", said Knuckles.
"We did say we couldn't trust Eggman's letter. Obviously he set us up, brought both teams together for some reason", said Tails.
"Yes! Eggman's trying out a new plan! It was starting to get boring", said Sonic smiling, "Well let's have a look at the recorded footage".
The Six headed into another room surrounded by monitors. Two security guards lay asleep infront of the monitors. Darts in the necks suggested they were tranquilized.
"Brilliant!" said Rouge. She walked over and picked out a video, rewound to the point in which they were electrocuted. The six watched on.
Metal Sonic and two others appeared on the screen. One was an elderly fox with two tails. Part of his body was covered in machinery. The other had his face hidden from camera, but it still looked familiar.
"Is that Mighty?" asked Knuckles.
"Mighty?" asked Sonic.
"It's a long story. I'll explain later", said Knuckles.
"Quiet I want to hear what's going on", said Rouge.
"Excellent work Miles", said Metal Sonic.
"So how long is it going to take to copy their data again?" asked the Mighty lookalike.
"As long as it takes. I've only done this once and I'm not sure if that will effect how long it will take this time. Be patient", said Metal Sonic.
"How pathetically predictable. I never thought they would actually come here thinking the Master emerald was here", said Miles.
"Well it worked. By having both teams face off it made them weak enough to defeat easily. Giving Metal here the perfect chance to recopy their data", said the Mighty lookalike, "It also gave you the perfect opportunity to pick up that weapon"
"The wrist shooters? About 50 years ago I used these to bring down Gerald Robotnik's big robots. I was one of the 3 Shadow's, as was the black hedgehog over there", said Miles.
"Ultimate lifeform data copied, Sonic heroes data copied", said Metal Sonic, "Let's go to Casino City to await the Rose Chaotix fight".
"Right", said the other two following Metal Sonic as he left the room.
"That WAS Miles Prower, one of the 3 Shadows. He took back his wrist shooters, this is bad", said Rouge.
"Miles Prower but that's my name", said Tails.
"This has just got a hell of a lot more interesting", said Sonic, "Metal Sonic is back, copying our data and we all know what that leads to".
"Why would he become the Metal Overlord again? You three kicked his ass last time", said Shadow.
"Perhaps he's working with Eggman again", said Omega.
"But then why was Miles and Mighty helping him?" asked Knuckles, "They are both heroes, why would they help Eggman and Metal Sonic?"
"Who's Mighty then?" asked Rouge.
Mighty the armidillo was part of the Chaotix crew. I had joined them on Carnival Isle to stop Eggman and Metal Sonic finding the Chaos Rings. We managed to hold them off but then Metal Sonic turned into something we named the Metal Emperor. Mighty pushed us all aside and went on a kamikasi mission that defeated the Metal Emperor. We assumed he was dead
"Didn't they say there was another fight about to happen between the Chaotix detectives and Amy's team?" asked Tails.
"Yes, in Casino city", said Rouge.
"Great, that's were we're off next", said Sonic.
"Sorry about assuming you took my emerald", said Knuckles.
"That's OK. I suppose you can't help it being so hotheaded all the time", said Rouge.
"What did you just say", said Knuckles angrily.
"Cool it Knuckles", said Tails, "We don't have time for another fight. We have to go"
"You're right", said Knuckles. The Sonic heroes left the building and headed towards Casino City.
"So what about us? Are we going to sit this one out?" asked Shadow.
"No, but I need to get a couple of things first", replied Rouge.
"Why? This isn't our fight", said Omega, "It would be a waste of out time"
"We need to find out more about Miles. He shouldn't be acting this way and I want to find out why," said Rouge.
"Excellent, some action at last", said Shadow.
"First though, back to the 3 Shadow's room I need to get something", said Rouge.
The three returned to the room and Rouge knelt down in front of Joz's Altar. She pressed a button and a backpack appeared. She put on the backpack, which was thin enough to fit between her wings nicely. She then picked up the Sword in its holder, which she then put on so that the blade hilt could be reached easily by her left hand.
"I need to test these out, let's go outside", said Rouge. They proceeded to do so.
"You've never needed any items before, why do you need them now?" asked Omega.
"Because during the ARK mission I was just spying on Eggman. And during my treasure hunt I wasn't planning on attacking loads of robots. This time I know we'll be fighting a lot and this will give us the edge", said Rouge.
"Great, you were slowing us down a little last time", said Shadow. Rouge just gave Shadow a cold stare before using the backpack. By pressing a button her wings were incased in steel.
"Cool the armour wing works great", said Rouge, "Now for Stealth". She pressed another button and her wings disappeared. She moved them over her skin and the area covered by her wing disappeared.
"Excellent, and now finally the Jet wing. You might want to stand back for this", said Rouge. Omega and Shadow stepped back as the backpack turned into a jet. Rouge flew through the area at a high speed before landing on the ground.
"That's more like it. To be honest I thought you couldn't cut it as part of this team", said Shadow.
"One last thing. The blade, if it looks like I'm stuck in a trance that's meant to happen at first I think", said Rouge pulling out the Annemuir blade.
Rouge froze like she was in some sort of trance. Just like she warned them about. Her soul was inside the blade now and beside her was the soul of Joz the bat.
"Rouge?" asked Joz.
"Yes Grandpa it's me. You are not going to believe this. Miles is back and for some reason he's on Ivo Robotnik's side", said Rouge.
"Miles? You mean my Miles, the 3 Shadows Miles?" asked Joz.
"I think so yes. Only he knew where his wrist shooters were and he was there with one of Ivo Robotnik's greatest weapons, Metal Sonic", replied Rouge.
"Well you did the right thing. Just like last time when you hold the blade you will have my skills to use as you like", said Joz.
"That's the plan. So can I return to my body now", said Rouge.
"In a minute, just be careful not to hurt Miles. He might be innocent, being controlled by Robotnik. Just like myself and the other shadows were one time", said Joz.
"There's one more thing you really should know. Ivo Robotnik, who is more commonly referred to as Eggman, freed Shadow not too long ago. He fights alongside myself and a robot called Omega but he doesn't remember a thing. He doesn't even remember Maria", said Rouge.
"Whoa! That's some memory loss. Ok return to your body and I'll see for myself", said Joz.
Outside Rouge began to move again, still holding the blade.
"OK let's go", said Rouge, "Hey you were right, Shadow is here"
"Of course I am", said Shadow.
"No you don't understand. Grandpa's soul is trapped inside this blade, whenever I hold it him and I become one", said Rouge, "It's what happens when holders of the Annemuir die".
"So that was Joz that said that?" said Omega, "Illogical"
"Will that happen to you as well?" asked Shadow.
"I don't know. I've barely touched it compared to Grandpa or the original creator", replied Rouge, "Anyway enough talk, we have to save Miles".
"Ok then off to Casino City", said Shadow leading the way as the 3 left for Casino City.
Eggman sat comfortably in his chair watching what's going on from small spy cameras. The Sonic heroes have fought with Shadow's team giving metal Sonic the chance he needed to copy their data again. His new Elite crew were working extremely well and devious.
Soon Eggman's Elite will be in the phony base made up to look like Miles created the Chao Virus there. This will bring the Chaotix detectives and Amy's team, Or the Rose petals it seems now, together. No doubt they will fight over Miles. One team for the virus cure, one team to fulfil their phoney mission. This will give Metal the chance to copy their data also.
It was time to put the next stage of his plan into action. He pressed a button and some steps could be heard. Loud steps, accomplied by machine noises.
"No doubt Shadow's team will want some payback. I can't have them stubbling across my secret army. Take care of them E-124", said Eggman.
"Affirmative", said a metallic voice. More footsteps were drowned out by the sound of Eggman's maniacally laugh.
Everything is going according to plan. The world will bow down to the Eggman Empire, and not one of you 12 pests know any better.