SEPHIROTH ADVENTURE: Sephiroth vs. Shadow; CH. 3
Tails took flight and Sephiroth followed. When they arrived on Angel Island, they saw Knuckles standing there in front of a large, green, shimmering Emerald. This was the Master Emerald, the Emerald that had the power to control the other Chaos Emeralds. Knuckles was doing his usual task, watching over this massive Emerald. As they approached Knuckles, Sephiroth suddenly stopped and froze in position. He saw the hooded stranger directly in front of him. TAILS: "Hey Seph, what the heck are you looking at?" SEPHIROTH: "Don't you see him? That's the guy in the hood! Right in front of me!" Tails saw nothing The next moment, the stranger was gone. Sephiroth thought he was imagining it, so he thought nothing more of it.
When they met up with Knuckles, he told them what he had found out on his last expedition into the city. KNUCKLES: "I think Eggman is planning to build some sort of massive machine of destruction. I'm not sure what it is, but whatever it is, it sounds like it is going to be something big." there is a loud sound of an explosion TAILS: "What was that?" This is what began the massive attack on Angel Island.
Ten large SWATBOTS had landed on the island. They were preparing to launch small nuclear weapons onto the island. They were very small weapons that they held and were about to fire directly at the emerald. Sephiroth prepared the sword that he had reclaimed, Knuckles put on his metal fighting gloves and put his fists in fighting position, and Tails took to the air. Knuckles charges and attacks. He is quickly knocked down by the leader of the group, a powerful machine known as a Megabot. Sephiroth attacked with his sword and tore right through two of the 'bots. Megabot gave the command to fire the weapons. All of the remaining 'bots shot small missiles directly at the Master Emerald, and it shattered to pieces. The explosion seriously injured Knuckles, but Tails tended to him while Sephiroth finished off two more of the bots. With five SWATBOTS and their leader, Megabot remaining, Seph was outnumbered.
Megabot once again gave a command to fire, this time, aimed at Sephiroth. They were about to fire, when out of nowhere, the "hooded stranger" appeared and his sword beat down on a SWATBOT. HOODED MAN: "Power of the gods... ULTIMA!" Once again, the blinding green light flashed and destroyed every 'bot except for Megabot. HOODED MAN: "Power of the warrior... OMNISLASH!" His powerful sword glowed brightly. It ripped right through Megabot and immediately destroyed him. SEPHIROTH: "I wasn't sure at first, but now I'm sure of it! I know who you are! Remove that robe! Show yourself, Cloud!" The hooded man removed his hood and took off his robe, and Sephiroth's suspicion was correct. The hooded stranger was revealed as Cloud of Avalanche!
Sephiroth stared into Cloud's eyes, and Cloud stared right back at Sephiroth's dark eyes. CLOUD: "You are a dark man, Sephiroth, and one day, you will regret what you have done to Aries. We WILL meet again." Cloud vanished without saying another word. TAILS: "Who was that? And who is Aries?" SEPHIROTH (in a dark and angry voice): "I don't want to talk about it!" Tails had never seen Sephiroth act this way. He noticed a dark glare in Sephiroth's eyes. KNUCKLES: "I have to restore the Master Emerald, or else the island is in serious trouble." So finally, the adventure began. Tails and Knuckles wanted to rescue Shadow from Dr. Eggman, and Sephiroth was coming along to help. But neither Tails nor Knuckles knew about Sephiroth's dark past. He kept it secret from them. If they found out, would they still be his partners? Would they still be his friends?
And what about Cloud? What is his true motive? Sephiroth does not realize it just yet, but perhaps he is in danger. His dark past as the One Winged Angel may affect his future. When he was young, he was very interested in becoming a swordsman. His dreams led him to becoming the most powerful and most well known warrior in the world. His dark powers served him well, but he regrets his past. Unfortunately, you cannot change the past. He made many mistakes, but he wanted to change. He has broke away from Soldier, and even his home planet. He arrived on Mobius only a few years ago to become an independent warrior, but he is now being chased by his rival, Cloud. Is Mobius ready for both of these warriors? Will Knuckles and Tails ever find out about Sephiroth's past as the One Winged Angel? Only time will tell...
End of Chapter 3
