SEPHIROTH ADVENTURE: Sephiroth Vs. Shadow; CH.5

The tension is building in this scene of the desert. Squall held the Gunblade in the air, and this startled Sephiroth so much that he grabbed his own sword. Sephiroth charged at full speed, but Squall protected himself. The Gunblade made a very powerful weapon against Sephiroth, but his sword made powerful counterattacks. The battle would have gone on forever, but Cloud jumped in the battle. This was now an every man for himself battle.

Cloud knocked Sephiroth to the ground, and Squall kicked him in the side. At this point, Sephiroth saw that it was clear that Cloud and Squall were fighting together against Sephiroth. This gave him the unfair disadvantage. He pulled out his Chaos Emerald and his other sword. Once again, it began to glow. He stuck it in the ground and it created shockwaves powerful enough to knock both Cloud and Squall to the ground. He was about to finish them, but they vanished into thin air. Just then, he heard rapidly approaching footsteps from behind. It was Tails and Knuckles. TAILS: "Are you okay?" Sephiroth says nothing TAILS: "Seph...?" SEPHIROTH: "Come on. If you want to rescue you Shadow friend from that Egg person, we better get going to Robotropolis."

As Sephiroth, Tails, and Knuckles walked along toward Robotnik's massive city, there was a loud beeping sound. SEPHIROTH: "What was that?" TAILS: "Don't worry. It's just my beeper. This special beeper was given to me by Princess Sally. It lets us communicate with our friends in Knothole Village." SALLY: "Guys! If you're going to Robotropolis, you had better wait a while first. Rotor has just located some strange but incredibly powerful source of energy near the core of Robotropolis. If you are planning to go into the city, you better make sure you are prepared for anything. Princess Sally, over and out."

As the three friends rested, they had decided to postpone their adventure to Robotropolis because they had no weapons other than Sephiroth's two swords and a Chaos Emerald. KNUCKLES: "If we are really going into that city, we better get some weapons first, and what better weapons are there than the Chaos Emeralds. We already have one, Shadow has one, and as far as I know, Sonic had one before he was captured and put to death, so Eggman probably has that one. As far as I know, three of the remaining Emeralds were placed in a sacred temple on Angel Island beneath the shrine of the Master Emerald. So that's six, but I don't know what ever happened to the other one. If we get the three that are in the temple, we will have four total." And so it was decided. They would go to the temple and retrieve the three Emeralds.

Hopefully this plan will work, Knuckles thought to himself. These Emeralds were the only hope that the three had for defeating Eggman and rescuing Shadow. Later, Tails got a message on his beeper that the Freedom Fighters all around the planet Mobius were sending soldiers to Knothole Village to build a team in order to invade Robotropolis. They arrived on Angel Island once again and ventured toward the shrine of the Master Emerald, and to their surprise, it was surrounded by an army of SWATBOTS led by Shadow.

SEPHIROTH: "This is too weird. How did Shadow round up so many SWATBOTS on Angel Island without any of the Freedom Fighters picking up any signals? It doesn't matter. We have to destroy them!" KNUCKLES: "You're right. We have to protect the Master Emerald, but on the other hand, we have to be careful not to harm Shadow. Remember, he is under a Robotnik's control. Who knows what he's capable of?" Sephiroth attacked with his glowing sword, which now glowed constantly rather than just in battle. He attacked with his might, making sure not to miss a single 'bot. Knuckles used his strength and punched a 'bot so hard it destroyed it, but two more attacked. Tails flew into the air and dropped a stone on one of them, and Sephiroth finished him off.

When all of the SWATBOTS were defeated, Shadow was outnumbered three to one. They knew to aim for the device on his neck, but he moved very quickly out of the way. He knew that he was surrounded, so he decided to bail out, and he chaos controlled his way out of the fight. It was now time for the team to enter the temple beneath the Master Emerald.