Chapter 6: A Spiky Meeting

It was cloudy and fall was rolling in. The trees were brilliant blazes of oranges and yellows with brown thrown in. Leaves were just starting to hit the ground and swirl away in the breeze, but the trees were rattling since it was more of gusts. But our attention takes us to the hills, no trees, no leaves, just Sonic and Eggman.

"I though I had finally destroyed you." He growled, hovering in his round floating machine (like from SA1).

"You know as well as I do that it takes more than any of your junk to put a good scratch in me." Sonic was posed, ready to fight when the time was right.

"My junk? You mean like this?" He flew a little higher and smashed a button, legs unfolding out of the bottom of his hovercraft and turning into a walking machine (like in SA2). "Or this?" He pressed another button, and out came Metal Sonic from the hills behind.

"Hm, will I make this my twentieth or thirtieth win of this freak." Sonic made a face as though in deep thought.

"Gr…destroy him!" The round man shouted as he pointed to Sonic, but the robot didn't need orders, he was already blasting forward. The metal version swiped at Sonic as he used spindash and punches against the machine. Both of them got only a few hits in, but the battle led on. Thunder was heard in the distance, but lightning was seen first.

"Oh no! I'm in metal, he is metal…we'll be struck! Metal Sonic, retreat!" The robot gave a stare at his creator, but finally left with him, away just in time before it started to pour.

"Great, now I'm all wet." Sonic had a tired and slightly mad face on, his eyes sagged just the tiniest bit, and so he ran off to get out of the storm.

Shadow had no clue what to do, where to go, or who to see. He had no home, no food, no water, no warmth, no friends…so where is he to go? But to make problems worse, it rained.

"Great. Just great." He had an 'I'll kill anyone in my way' look as his ears dropped from the falling liquid bullets. He rested against a tree, but found that there was a hole at the bottom. Since this tree was on a slight hill, no water would get in. And once he got inside, he found that there seemed to be a ceiling, it was totally hollow, and so no water would be dripping on his head. He closed his eyes, and let the sound of the rain with no human cars or houses let him lull him to sleep.

Sonic found himself in a forest now, so he could better get out of the rain. Yet, to his most disbelief, he was kind of…lost.

"Now when I went there, did I take a left here, or right…or did I not come here at all…" He scratched his head since he had just hit his head earlier on a branch.

"Maybe you didn't come here at all." A dark voice was heard from someone, but Sonic couldn't tell.

"Who's there?" He spun around and searched, but he couldn't see a thing (it wasn't dark, but it is cloudy and their in a forest with trees over them). But to his surprise, out of one of the trees, a hedgehog came out. He walked half to distance from him to Sonic and just stared with his red eyes. It was Shadow, Sonic had woke him up, and he wasn't happy.

"You woke me up."

"You were sleeping in a tree? Shouldn't you go home or are you lost like me?" Sonic asked, confused.

"You're so stupid. Don't you get it? I don't have a home, and the last place I was I didn't want to stay at."

"Hey, wait a minute. You're that black hedgehog that was linked to the robberies…" Sonic couldn't finish as Shadow interrupted.

"Lies. There all lies so they could have their hands on me and not get in trouble." Shadow had a voice that could have stared a dinosaur away.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Shadow, and I'm the world's ultimate life form. But now I've said to much, and I'm wet." He turned around, his red stripes now so vivid to Sonic in the dark, as he watched the hedgehog run, but soon his shoes kicked on and he sped away as fast as Sonic could run, a trail of swirling leaves behind (any that were on the ground).

"Wow, he's fast."

Not exactly how I wanted this chapter to go...but I still glad how it was made...sorta...all that matters is that the publics happy...crickets chirping...hello? (note: haha, after he said 'i'm the worlds ultimate life form', you thought i was going to say 'theres no time for games, farewell!' did you!)