Hello! Here we are with the copyright!
Sonic and co. are of Sega.
Johnson Kaler is mine

Author's Note: YAHHO!!! I've finally kicked away that bad case of writer's block! I'm so happy.
(actually for you it seems a week or so, but for me it was at least ten months long)

PLEASE! REVIEW!

PS: Don't look at the errors! I am a better writer with English than with my own language; the Italian! (Strange, uh?)
That's mean that I don't see 'em and MSWord can't find 'em!

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Month's quote:

"Question of 1.000.000 €: How do you think to be able to get out of this mess? Let me know."

KriKo after reading the 4th chapter

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CHAPTER FIVE

From the Frying Pan to the Fire…

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Shadow was feeling a little uneasy; he had never traveled on a plane, let alone on the tail of said machine 'I'd like to know how Sonic can travel like this… as soon I get to him, I'll ask him…' He thought holding tightly the tail of the red biplane "Shadow! We're in the capital! Look for Sonic!" Tails exclaimed seeing the city below "OK!" He responded. He looked down; the streets were passing fast under his eyes and everything was quite. "Come on, Sonic! Show yourself!" The fox pleaded.

In the same instant an explosion attired the two; Tails turned toward it. When they where nearly there Shadow saw a blue spot running zigzag through the traffic; behind him other two spot gave chase. The black hedgehog jumped down from the plane.

Sonic was having problems; he was able to keep off Metal Sonic, but two were too much even for him 'This is going to be interesting.' He thought sarcastically missing a missile that hit the road ahead. Sonic stopped abruptly on the edge of the hole caused by the missile's impact and turned around "If I keep running they will destroy the entire city to kill me… but how I can destroy two Metals contemporaneously?" He asked to himself watching the two robots landing in front of him and prepared himself for the worst battle of his life.

Suddenly something black landed beside him; it was Shadow "Need a hand?" He asked raising from the kneeling position. Sonic smiled "You take your Metal, I will take mine." The blue hedgehog said looking at the two robots "With pleasure!" He responded charging his metal double; the black hedgehog jumped in the air and hit the robot. Metal Shadow was thrown several feet backwards and soon the other robot followed. "Sonic! You're in danger!" Shadow exclaimed turning toward his friend "No time to talk, Shadow! Metals are coming!" He responded crouching "But…" He started but Sonic dashed forward, toward his enemy; he jumped and gave a kick to Metal Sonic's head. The robot was thrown again backwards, hitting a wall. It raised, a few scratches here and there covered its shining metal body; it moved its forearm and fired. Sonic dodged the laser that marked the street; the blue hedgehog looked at the robot "You stupid robot! Are you going to destroy the entire city just to kill me?" He asked angrily. He started walking toward Metal Sonic; the more he neared it the more the walking was becoming a run; meanwhile the sun eclipse was starting. Shadow looked up "No… please… not now…" He said squeezing his eyes.

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In another place, which looked like the shrine of the Master Emerald, the space was forcefully distorted. A low growl filled the big room, it sounded pleased.

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Iris looked at the two chao with interest; nobody had made such an effort to know her. At first she was frightened by the behavior of the two, but after a few minutes of watching, she was starting to get interested by this.

She looked around and saw that the other chao were relieved that the only hero and dark chao in the garden were sleeping and understood that the two were two very competitive fellows. The little azure chao was starting to fell asleep when something attracted her attention.

It was on the very edge of the cliff and was shining brightly; she walked over it and picked it up. It was a big yellow diamond shaped gem. She thought that she knew this gem, but for some reasons she couldn't tell what was or what was for.

Iris was starting to go back with the gem in tow, but it suddenly came; a big silvery robot that took her and the gem. She cried in alarm and in pain because of the powerful grasp and startled the entire garden.

Lucifer and Michael woke up with a start and looked where the source of the cry was, and they saw it starting to leave; something metallic with a big G on it's torso. They made up their mind and grabbed the leg of the robot. Unaware of its unusual cargo, it left the garden and flew away. In it's mind only an order: bring back a Chaos Emerald.

In the mean time on Angel Island something into the water stirred, in his heart he had heard her cry. Whoever had hurt one of the chao, he would be sure to make him pay dearly.

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Eggman entered in a room, out of the big window a blue planet.

"So this is my grandfather main experimental room…" He said walking to two stasis tubes at the end of the room. They were going into the ceiling and they were almost four foot wide. Dust covered the green transparent glass. From the top a dozen of thin wires were coming out and hung lifelessly in the empty capsules.

On the glass, at human height were fixed two metal plate; Eggman took a cloth that was laying on a nearby chair and cleaned the two plate. Embed on them, in capital letter, there were two acronyms.

"'S-01' and 'S-02?'" Asked the doctor to himself "Maybe the 'S' is standing for 'Subject' or 'Sample'" he concluded.

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"But, sir…" Said a man; he was short and thin, and his eyes and hairs where a deep brown. In a little metallic plate, clipped on his uniform, was engraved 'Serg. Johnson Kaler'.

"I do not care!" The other interlocutor exclaimed with his strong voice. He was a man in his forty-five years and he was looking out of the windows "Just do it!"

The sergeant sighed, he didn't liked the order, but he couldn't do otherwise: it was an order from his superior, the boss of the military section knows as G.U.N. "Very well sir," He said "I shall send the second section of the special army."

The man behind the desk just nodded in satisfaction, the other saluted and left the room.

"Everything must stay secret. Even that event; and nobody must know about it. Not even if a hero is involved." He smiled 'And soon I'll leave this place in the middle of nowhere!' He thought turning around and sitting on the chair. On the desk was a sign with the words 'General Alan Decò'.

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Amy was pacing back and forth outside Tails' workshop 'I really hope that Tails and Shadow reached him before the eclipse.'

She stopped and looked up, a dot was moving in the sky; Tails was returning from the capital. The pink hedgehog waited for him to land the Tornado.

Tails landed the plane and saw Amy almost flaying to him "Tails! How is it gone?" She asked clapping together the hands "Well," He said "We were able to find Sonic. He was chased by two Metals; Shadow jumped down to help him. After a while they moved to the outskirts of the city and I lost them."

Amy looked down and sighed "Don't worry Amy, there's Shadow with him! Together they can handle almost everything!" The twin tailed fox exclaimed. The hedgehog looked up "I hope you're right."

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The fight between Sonic, Shadow and their metal double was quite hard; the only thing that they had managed to do was move the fight from the center to the outskirts of the city.

"It's me or they are playing with us?" Asked Shadow looking out of a nearly collapsing building "It's not you pal, they ALWAYS play. Last time that Metal Sonic got serious he nearly killed me…" Sonic said remembering the fight on Sky Sanctuary; he was nearly throw off of the platform.

Metal Sonic was the only robot that the blue hedgehog fought with all of his strength. "I thought that Eggman's robot were poorly made…" Shadow said breaking the other's line of thought. Sonic sighed "Yes, but he build some by himself. These two traveling tin can are an example how Eggman can be a thorn in the side." "Anyway… why do you call him 'Eggman'? His name is 'Robotnik' and something else." "Well… he's shaped like an egg and he like to name his best robots after the egg. Like the Egg Viper, the Egg Walker and the Egg Golem." Sonic explained "And he's starting to like the nick."

Shadow shook his head; thinking about all these egg was starting to distract him from the main task: how to beat the two robots and save Sonic from being killed by this supposed guy with cold hands. What it means he didn't know, maybe it was something made of cold material like ice or metal.

When he thought about metal his mind screamed the same word again and again. He looked out and to his surprise the eclipse was entirely done 'Maybe Amy was wrong, but it's better to not let the guard down.'

Sonic saw him assorted and waved a hand in front of his eyes "Shadow, you ok?" He asked concerned. The black hedgehog blinked "Uh? Oh, I was thinking about the prediction that Amy made." "Prediction?" "Yes, she said that you would be killed by cold hands when the eclipse started; but the eclipse is already done." "Maybe she just had a dream on the spot, who knows." "Sonic, she was in a total panic! She gave me the creeps." Shadow said looking straight in the eyes of the blue hedgehog. Sonic looked back and for an instance he thought that he experienced a deja-vu. He shook the feeling off when he heard the typical noise of a jet engine; he looked out of the building "I'm starting to get annoyed by them…" "Me too." Shadow agreed then a plan formed in his mind "Sonic, give me the emerald; I'm gonna use Chaos Spear to get rid of one of the two, then we will be able to overpower the other." He explained demanding the emerald with the hand.

The only response from the other hedgehog was an embarrassed 'ahem'. Shadow looked at him "Don't tell me that…" "…I've lost the emerald before you showed up." Sonic finished for him. The black hedgehog was speechless. Now, without an emerald, they were deep in trouble.

The momentary silence was interrupted by strange rumors and the two hedgehogs looked around for clues. The rumors grew louder and Shadow looked up "I have a bad f…"

And then the whole palace crashed to the ground.

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Ah ah! Sometimes I'm a little evil *laughs like Eggman*
Eggman: EHI! That's my laugh!
Sorry…

Anyway; next chapter:
'…And From Fire To Hell'

Chaos will show up and meet with Michael, Lucifer and Iris.
There will be more space about Eggman's investigation in the ARK, and Rouge will have little luck in finding what Shadow asked her.
And what's with the secret? And how can be a hero being involved?
Who's the owner of the low growl?
And Sonic and Shadow? Well… I like suspense, and because I'm a little evil, I'm gonna tell you to wait for the next chapter! GYA HAHAHAHA!!!

Az