"Dr Robotnik, Sir" came a tinny voice from across the control deck
Dr Ivo Robotnik, known to others as Dr Eggman, got up out of his chair and walked over to the scanning station, he had been brooding over his defeats at the hands of Sonic. The robot manning the station turning back to the console as the egg shaped scientist approached
"Yes, yes. What is it?" he snapped, he hated being disturbed during his brooding sessions
"I've been monitoring unusual chaos activity recently" Eggman nodded, he had decided to keep scans of chaos energy, as a safeguard against sneak Chaos Control attacks on his bases, and to track the rogue Shadow's whereabouts
"Explain," he commanded
"First there was a small fluctuation deep in the jungle, roughly SE of the Echidna temple, which became a weak yet steady pulse that made its way to Station Square where there was an emerald class energy pulse, green power level.
As this died away there was an energy wave corresponding to the Chaos Control pattern that had an exit vector in Station Square and an arrival vector at Angel Island where the residual charge from the Master Emerald disappeared with a pulse of energy.
A massive energy surge was detected off earth, exact co-ordinates unknown, which was followed by a Chaos Control exit vector. The arrival vector was nearby the location of the first fluctuation and an exit vector was detected shortly after"
Dr Eggman watched the display during the Crewbot's report, the energy patterns were interesting, "Scanner, where is Shadow?" he asked
"Life form designated 'Shadow' is in containment aboard..." began the Crewbot
"NO! No you fool, the rogue Shadow, the one that is the speed element of Team Dark" Yelled Eggman, hitting the Crewbot on the back of its metal head
"Scanning for Residual Chaos Charge...Two RCCs detected, charge one...location unknown, Charge two...located in Station Square" replied the 'Bot
Eggman raised an eyebrow, two Chaos charges? So who was using Chaos Control? "System Core, Deploy E.G.G. 01 at charge two's location, and ready an Eggpod, I'm going too" Eggman said as he strode off towards the launch bay.
At Rouge's mansion in Station Square, Team Dark was relaxing. Shadow was lying on the roof sleeping in the sun, Rouge was training in her training room, putting herself through an obstacle course designed to test her every move, the prize at the end was one of the bigger gems in her collection, a sapphire the size of a football. E-124 Omega was in the workshop he had built, tuning his systems and modifying his weapons and then testing them on the firing range.
Shadow was awoken by the sound of thrusters firing and, thinking it was Omega, he went over to investigate. What he saw wasn't Omega, he saw a pod, it was rounded at the bottom, but pointed like a rugby ball, and the thrusters were firing from there, keeping the contraption floating. Above the point was a smaller curve that met a thick disk at the top, two silver boxed were attached to the sides.
Stencilled in white letters on the red and yellow object were letters and numbers, E.G.G 01.
Following his creation down came Eggman's eggmobile, the personal hovercraft that attached to all of his larger works.
"Ah, Shadow" came Eggman's voice "so nice to see you again, I'd like you to meet my newest creation, E.G.G. unit 1, Deploy," he continued, and on his command the pod unfolded itself.
The point of the bottom split into four and legs unfolded, hitting the ground as the thrusters cut firing. The boxes came away from the body on arms that unfolded, the boxes were missile launchers and the disk on top of the creation's egg-shaped body rose up, followed by a cylinder with one single lens set into its face, one red eye, glaring at the black hedgehog.
"Unit 1, deployed. All systems go"
The robot brought up its arms, laser targeters locking on to Shadow, a missile launched from each tube and the four missiles sped towards the dark hero who homing attacked the missiles, bouncing towards the mechanical beast, another homing attack hit the robot's cylindrical head, cracking the armour.
As Shadow bounced back on the rebound he saw his opponent's missile launchers armour disengage from the launchers and move further up the arm, uncovering the tubes, these tube slid back along the arm to reveal clawed hands.
Targeters pinpointed Shadow again and the machine's fist flew off the machine's arm, connected only by a cable. Shadow jumped, and landed on the robot's fist before the metal creature winched it back in, carrying its passenger. Unit 1 turned its head and 'looked' at Shadow before the black hedgehog did another homing attack, smashing the armour on its head again, rebounding away.
If the robot had the ability to look angry it would have shown itself to be furious with the black attacker. The missile launchers slid back into place and Unit 1 launched another salvo of missiles, quickly reloaded and fired a second salvo, Shadow homing onto and destroying each missile in turn, then launching himself at the machine as it uncovered its claws, one shot past Shadow, then the other claw missed him, the first claw was launched again, followed by the second.
Shadow landed on the second, transferring to the first as it was shot out to hit the claw that Shadow was on. He rode the claw back to the robot's head, finally smashing all the armour, revealing a glowing blue CPU system.
Unit 1 was about to shoot his remaining claw at Shadow when a burst of machinegun fire, and a whirling purple ball, smashed into its ruined head, destroying the CPU completely. The perpetrators of this event appeared a second later, E-124 Omega and Rouge stood beside Shadow and looked at both the ruins of E.G.G. 01 and Dr Eggman's gawping face.
"Inferior Model Terminated" said Omega, turning his attentions to Eggman
The egg-shaped man in question shook his fists at the Team; "I'll get you for that! I will!" he screamed
"No, you won't" said Shadow calmly, pulling the yellow emerald from his shoe, "Chaos Control!" Shadow phased out of reality in a flash of yellow light, appearing above Eggman's terrified face "Goodbye Eggman" he said as he came down.
Mist was sitting on the Floating island; he had decided to stay there instead of ARK like most of the other abducted creatures he rescued from 'The Tomb'. Miira had stood by him in his decision; she even lived here along with a few who didn't like the idea of living in space.
His head snapped up when he sensed the chaos energy being used, it was like when he teleported, only more powerful. He grabbed the emerald he kept with him and clutched it tightly, whispering "Take me there" he vanished in a flurry of green energy and grey mist.
He arrived in time to see a black hedgehog smash a floating vehicle from the air, the occupant falling out and skidding across the floor.
The fat Overlander whimpered and pressed a device on his wrist and faded away as he was teleported out of his predicament. Shadow landed and turned to where he had seen the green flurry of a Chaos Control entrance point, what he saw was a White echidna, with hints of green in his dreadlocks.
"So, who are you?" he asked the stranger, Omega and Rouge turning to look at the new arrival
"I am no one you know, you can call me Mist," he said, noticing the emerald in Shadow's fist as Shadow noticed the one in his, and the bat noticed the jewel around his neck.