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The 3 Shadows, Episode 5 - Chaos Theory
Chapter 2 - Attack from the Chaos Emeralds?
Joz had disappeared. It was his mansion yet he never returned to it. The Chaos Emeralds started disappearing, some saying a bat like figure stole them. It was obvious to Miles and Shadow; Joz was having another Gemcraze. In the main lounge of the mansion Shadow and Miles were discussing the situation.
"Joz is probably in that cave we found the last time he was Gemcrazed", said Miles.
"And your point is?" asked Shadow.
"Look I'm sick of you attitude Shadow. Ok Joz did something terrible but he's still a Shadow and he seriously needs help", said Miles. Shadow turned his back on Miles.
"I don't help murderers", said Shadow.
"You're helping GUN! You are after Gerald like the rest of us. Hired by THEM to bring him in", said Miles.
"It's more like I'm using them. Their resources come in handy from time to time", said Shadow.
"You saw how weak Joz was until he got all 7 Emeralds. He could've died. By not helping him you're killing him", said Miles. Shadow did not reply.
Miles then decided to take matters in his own hand and swiped the Green Emerald away from Shadow. Miles ran off towards the cave.
"Hey come back here. That's MY emerald!" shouted Shadow following him. Shadow soon caught up and took the emerald back. He looked down at Miles and sighed.
"Ok then, let's go", said Shadow, "But in future the Green Emerald is mine. Don't dare try to take it from me". Miles smiled as he returned to his feet after Shadow had knocked him on his back.
When they got to the cave they saw six of the seven Chaos Emeralds lying in a circle around Joz. Joz could barely stand but he did manage a small smile at Miles and Shadow.
"It's about time", Joz joked.
"Well convincing Shadow was harder than I thought. Here take the last Emerald", said Miles handing over the green Chaos Emerald.
Joz felt his body fill with energy. His strength returned very quickly and soon he was back to his old self.
"Right then, now that's out of the way I'll return the Emeralds and we can get back to normal", said Joz. He turned to Shadow, "well near enough".
Joz handed the Green Emerald back to Shadow. Shadow could tell Joz was hoping for some signs of forgiveness. He could tell Joz was hoping he could forget about what happened.
"Stop looking at me like that. I let you use my Emerald because Miles was so persistant", said Shadow. Joz sighed and began picking up the Chaos Emeralds, starting with the red one.
As the bat picked up the Red Chaos Emerald something strange happened. Each of the 7 Chaos Emeralds began glowing brightly. The Green and Red Emeralds flew out of Shadow and Joz's hands and joined the others circling above their heads. The 3 Shadows watched them carefully, confused at what was going on. The Emeralds were generally considered to be lifeless gems that existed to serve people. They were generally considered inanimate objects but now they seemed to be moving on their own.
"Shadow you're not doing that are you?" asked Miles shaking a little in fear.
"No it's not me. Perhaps one of you two are doing something to cause this", said Shadow.
"Well I don't feel any different", said Joz.
"Neither do I", said Miles.
As the Emeralds span around their heads, they began shining brighter and brighter. Then all of a sudden a bright light appeared around Shadow, bright enough to hide the black hedgehog behind the light. Joz and Miles watched in horror as the light suddenly faded and the Emeralds dropped to the ground. Shadow had disappeared.
"Chaos Control?" asked Joz.
"I don't think so. I know Shadow uses Chaos Control a lot but it seemed like whatever happened was done by the Emeralds", said Miles.
"This is too weird. What do we do now?" asked Joz. Miles began picking up the Emeralds.
"We take these things back to my Lab and we analyse them", said Miles, "Whatever happened just now definitely has something to do with these"
Joz and Miles collected the Emeralds and returned home.