Chapter 3: Eggman's new base

We began to walk through the village. It made me a bit sad, seeing all the destruction and not a living thing in sight, not even a plant. We walked for what seems like hours, the sky got darker and darker every step we took...

"Shadow, are you sure we're going the right way? My feet hurt!" Amy complained.

"Yes, I'm positive. Now keep quiet. We're almost there..."

I looked at my surroundings. Everything looked so dark and unfamiliar, I...I had a really bad feeling about this place. Why would Eggman be here? Could Shadow actually be trying to trick us? Could Lara be here...and if she were, would she be in danger?

"Hey, somethin' wrong Tails?" Knuckles asked me as we walked.

"Oh, It's nothing. This place is just so scary..." I replied, just so I didn't worry the others. I always did that.

"I guess it could be a bit creepy. You know, there might be ghost here..." Knuckles said to me, he shuddered at the thought.

I smiled lightly, who would have guessed that such a brave guy would be afraid of ghosts? We all know it, and he doesn't know that we even know.

"Hey! What's so funny Tails?" Knuckles asked seriously.

"Heheh. Nothin' Knuckles, I just realized I shouldn't be afraid."

"...Hey look!" Amy observed. "It's a tower."

"This must be where Eggman is working on his new invention..." Shadow said quietly.

"Shadow, why would Eggman work on his project there?" Amy asked.

"The answer is simple. Eggman doesn't want Sonic to find out he is there..." Shadow then looked toward Sonic and smirked.

"Actually, I heard he was living there because he gave up on trying to take over the world...No matter, we will find out when we get there. Isn't that right?" I told them.

"Yeah!"

"Why are we standing out here when we can stop Eggman? Let's go!" Sonic said as he began to run towards the castle.

"Wait for me Sonic!" Amy yelled, following close behind him.

Then Knuckles, Shadow, and I followed. Boy, Sonic sure is impatient. He's always been that way, but that doesn't matter, I will still always look up to him.

When we walked in we saw a whole army of machinery. Eggman defiantly made these. They had his logo on them. Shadow was right, Eggman is hiding here.

Amy quickly grabbed onto Sonic's arm. "Sonic, I don't like this place."

Sonic smiled. "C'mon. You're strong, just stick close to me."

Amy nodded, but then all of a sudden, we heard it, Eggman's voice on the loudspeaker. He must have had security cameras, I thought.

"Ahem. This is Dr. Eggman. I command you four to leave this instant, or you will be attacked by my guard robots."

Sonic looked over, and found the security camera. He looked into it mischievously. "No matter how big your army of robots are, we WILL find you, and run you outta here...you got me?!"

"...Or so you think, Sonic. You've been trying to run my plans for as long as I can remember. What I've been doing wrong is targeting you...because if you're friends weren't around, I would be able to stop you with my hands tied behind my back!" Eggman coughed. "Even if I fail, I will continue to try and take over the world until the day I die!"

I saw Shadow run over to the security camera and push Sonic out of the way before Sonic could even say anything. "Eggman...Stop hiding behind your pathetic little robots. If you were so great than you would be brave enough to come and fight me face to face." I heard him say.

"Ah. Shadow. How nice to see you again." Eggman laughed. "I have been working on more clones aside from my current project..."

"Eggman! I swear on Maria's soul that I will destroy your cloning machine, and stop you from making more clones of me! I'm coming up there!" Shadow said, sounding very angered, as he ran up the stairs.

"Shadow clones...?" I wondered.

"My guard robots will stop you all before any of you can get to me! MWAHAHAhahaha...!!" Eggman laughed.