Sonic, Shadow and co are © Sega; all the other characters are mine.

RichaCo: Ok, with this I'll probably spoil you, but I've momentarily got back that initial inspiration of when I started this. However, don't get used to it…
I suspect that now you're thrilling over this S-01 guy, eh? What I can say is that I'm almost to him.
Chaos's fight against the BioLizard will probably have a third part, since they are 1 - 1, but I'm not that sure… I'll see in the future.
What's gonna happen? I think that a total chaos will insure from now on.
PS: Just for curiosity… have you understood why the BioLizard wants them?

Chaos Flower: *Uses chair to parry every hit from the pointy stick* Hey! I'm happy to read you here! Cool story? *Blushes and start to fidget with index fingers* Well… thanks… but to tell the truth I never planned to make it so long and complicated.
When I started it I planned to go straight to the end without much problems and without Chaos, but thanks to my uncontrollable imagination I ended up with this… also my writing skill really improved over the chapters, so I'm really happy of this work…

Chibi Yoshi: *tear streaked face* Thanks! Anyway, do I really capture the characters' personalities that well? And that I thought that I made them always a little out of character…
What do you mean by 'Shadow seems a bit too casual'?
Anyway, Shadow sometimes acts a little OOC because there's a valid reason that you'll see in the future chapters.
I'm happy to see that you like the personality that I gave to Chaos; you see… I started with what little I knew of him, such as wisdom (he's more than two thousands years old), kindness and caring for life (he's the protector of the little chao) and anger over the wrong things (such as the killing of the chao by the echidna populace). Then I though at how he would react at the things in my fic and here we are with this personality (and to think that I initially didn't plan to have him in the fic…).
For the zones, well… they are not those zones, but I admit that I took great inspiration from them.
PS: Last thing, I'm still waiting for the next chapter of Broken Chaos from that time I got the third chapter… are you continuing that?

Ok, now that I finished my long papyrus, here's the new (and long!) chapter!

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Little Hope, Great Chaos

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Eggman watched as the two Metals returned from their stroll empty handed; he sighed and motioned for them to follow him "So it's true, then…" He said more to himself than to the mechs "They disappeared…"

The doctor walked back in the control room and sat on the chair in front of the big computer; the two mechs stood still at both his sides. The man typed some keys and the screen cleared from all the open windows 'My grandfather was highly secretive about this CT-project… but why?'

His musing stopped as he saw an image file amongst the others; he opened it and stared in wonder. It was a very old photo with Gerald and his crew in front of two stasis tubes; everyone was smiling and had a glass in hand. They were probably celebrating the success gained with the experiment.

Eggman enlarged the photo and focused on the two tubes behind the group of scientists; they were full of liquid, and in each capsule there was something highly undefined floating in the middle with lots of wires connected to them.

Enlarging more, he widened his eyes in shock; even if the shapes in the picture appeared to be just a slightly dark gray mark than the surrounding liquid, he clearly recognized them both. He knew only two hedgehogs with those quills.

The doctor leaned on his chair and stroke his left moustache 'That can't be Sonic… this photo was taken more than fifty years ago…' He thought looking intently at the shape on the left 'But those quills are unmistakable…'

Then his mind suddenly lit up 'It's clear that the one on the right, labeled S-02, is Shadow. Now, the one on the left must be something that was like him… probably a twin… male or female…' His train of thoughts went on and on until he stared blankly at the photo. In his mind only a solution; Sonic was linked to all this in some way.

Deciding to investigate further into the whole thing, he started searching everything that was saved from the destruction caused by GUN; two hours later he came up with only two files from their databases. One was some records over the ULF-Project, the other was an energy report over the so-called S-01 under battle.

The man opened the first file and when he was done his brain had understood everything; the S-01 was looking like Sonic because the blue hedgehog was his direct descendant. Somehow he managed to survive the explosion and have a family; at that the man raised an eyebrow 'Strange… I never saw or heard of his family…'

Everything was now clear, minus one thing; the projects' names. It was like someone hastily renamed them all without caring about the connections between them 'It's obvious that my grandfather renamed them all, but why? Why would he do that?'

The doctor massaged his temples "Argh! It doesn't make any sense!" He said out loud. He had to admit it; his grandfather had been a great genius, but he was also someone that made the others wonder at what was passing into his brain…

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He had passed more than a half a hour over the decision of what to do, and in the end he chose to let the bandages where they were; now he was slowly making his way into a corridor faintly illuminated by bowls full of lava near the floor. The hot liquid was quickly flowing in them trough a hole in the wall, meaning that there was a continuous replacement so that the matter wouldn't cool off and became solid earth.

Shadow stopped as he reached a doorway; he looked onwards and sighed as the path was going down and left. On either side of the descending corridor there was a little river of lava less than a foot wide that illuminated the environment "Another descending corkscrew…" He muttered flatly. By now he was too tired even to complain about something.

The black hedgehog looked down at the hedgehog in his arms and closed his eyes; he had to continue, at least for Sonic's sake. Reopening them he stepped down the little step and started following the path 'I just hope that it's without traps…'

Just like he hoped, he reached the end of the path without problems, but what he saw made him a little angry; in front of him stood another doorway, and after that another descending corkscrew. Shadow took a deep breath of hot air and started walking "I just hope that this is not going to go on forever…"

After another hour of descent the black hedgehog finally reached the end, and growled frustrated; in front of him, once again, another doorway and successive corkscrew path. Unlike the previous time, however, this middle landing had a rectangular window on its right wall; curiously, Shadow walked over it and looked 'out'.

What he saw made him stare in wonder and with mouth hanging open; he was looking into a fifty, maybe sixty yards high cavern filled with huge crystals. The cave was a mile wide and almost two long, and the ceiling was supported by several huge naturals rock pillars; the crystals were everywhere, even on the roof. On the other side of the cavern there was something that looked like a little altar.

Someone chuckled, taking away his stupor "I see… that you saw something really amazing…"

Shadow looked down and hinted a smile "Well… if you saw what I saw you would have my same reaction." He said keeping his voice low, so the blue hedgehog's nasty headache wouldn't worsen.

Sonic barely opened his eyes and stared up at his double "Then let me see it…" A pause "Or you are too worried to let me up?"

The black hedgehog sighed and suppressed a little laugh; even if Sonic was half-dead he still had the energy to joke. He shook his head and slowly put the other hedgehog on the ground, keeping him upright by putting his right arm over his own neck and placing his left hand around the other's waist.

The ill hedgehog slowly looked out of the window and his vacant eyes opened a little more "Wow." He managed to mutter in his faint voice "Amazing place. Indeed."

Shadow looked at him and almost bit his lower lip; that condition made Sonic lose his adventurous spirit "C'mon Sonic… we better get going and get out of this place before you die in my arms…"

The blue one smiled and stopped Shadow's attempt of picking him up "First of all, I'm not going to die here. Second, let me walk for a little. If you sense any danger you can pick me up, ok?"

The ebony hedgehog looked out of the window "I'm not sure of it, Sonic. Your legs are badly damaged…" He turned around and faced him "It's a wonder that you're able to stand up, and not scream in pain… those must hurt like hell…"

Sonic closed his eyes and sighed "The only thing that I can feel now, Shadow, is my pounding headache that it's starting to unnaturally subside. It's there, but the more time pass the more my conscience slips making the pain slowly go away… the rest is just a vague sensation…" He paused and took a breath "I'm scared, Shadow… Are my legs that bad? Will I be able to run again?"

Shadow suppressed a murmur and looked down at the other's legs; they were badly damaged and a normal being would be probably crippled forever; but Sonic was different. He was his brother's legacy, and he would surely get through it without problems. He looked back up and reassured him with a smile "Whatever it is, Sonic, I'm sure you'll make it through."

The blue hero smiled back and started walking with him towards the doorway; every step he took brought him a terrible pain, but it was barely noticed by his brain, which was into a worse condition.

The descent was shorter than the previous ones, but it was greatly slowed down by the blue hedgehog's pace; even if he had improved a little with the walk, he was still slow and matched a relaxed walk. Sonic looked up from the ground "Sorry… if I'm a burden… to you. Without me you would be already out of here…"

Shadow shook his head "No, Sonic! Don't even say it! You're not a burden! And if you were I'll be very happy to carry it."

After that the two hedgehogs never spoke again for almost half an hour, until Sonic slowly whipped away some sweat from his brow "It's me or the air is getting hotter?"

The black hedgehog stopped to take a breath "Uh-uh… Maybe we reached the center of the Earth… with all this descending… I wouldn't be surprised… to see just an ocean of molten rock…"

Sonic hummed for some seconds "I can imagine it…" He raised his left hand and moved it from right to left "'Special report: Two hedgehogs reached the center of our planet and made it back to tell!'" He paused a little and looked at the black one "We'll be on the news for days! We'll be famous, Shadow!" He brought his left index finger on his chin and tilted his head a little to the left "That's it if we leave out the fact that we're both already famous…" He concluded in a thoughtful tone of voice.

The black hedgehog stared for a seconds, then he started chuckling quietly; he really liked that side of him… so happy-go-lucky even with a splitting headache; typical of him. He took a deep breath and calmed down "C'mon, Sonic… lets go."

It took them another hour to get to the bottom, and to Shadow's relief it was really the end; the black hedgehog looked around. They were in the crystal field at the bottom of the cavern, and it was hot; the black hedgehog took a deep breath and coughed.

Sonic's eyes wandered to a piece of crystal near him; it was transparent with a clear orange tint in it, and it was two feet higher than an average human was. He raised his left hand to touch it, but as he neared it he quickly retracted his limb "Shadow, we better stay away from these crystals, or they are going to burn us to crisps…"

The black hedgehog looked at the crystal at his right; it was a deadly beauty. Mumbling something under his breath he looked forwards; there was a path amongst the crystals, and it became two after twenty feet "Sonic… I fear that we ended into a maze…"

The blue hedgehog looked at the path and tiredly hummed annoyed "So be it… we shall take the last challenge… and we will survive!"

Shadow looked at him, then back at the path with decision "Yes, we shall not fall here!"

The two walked to the fork and looked left and right; one was the right way, the other was a blind alley. Shadow looked at the blue hedgehog and asked him with his eyes for help; Sonic glanced again at the two paths, then pointed the right one "That one."

Shadow walked right, supporting the other as best as he could in the terrible heat "Sonic, how do you know that this is the right path?"

Sonic shrugged helplessly "I'm just guessing… basing myself on my sixth sense… that right now is working really badly…"

The ebony one hummed nodding "Don't worry. I trust you in taking us out of there…" He said as another thing popped in his head 'Sonic has the ability to feel the way, I the danger… I wonder… were we created to be one in two bodies?'

'Sonic inherited every ability of my brother. Without him I would have never found my way out of the labs, and without me he would have surely fell into a trap…' He looked up at his companion that was trying to choose between three paths; one straight, one left and the other right 'Again, I wonder why we were brought to life with these powers… was it just for Maria's sake?'

Sonic chose the left path and the two started slowly walking that way; the heat was starting to get to them, and they were almost to the limits. Several choices later they reached what seemed to be the center of the maze; the heat there was more intense.

The blue one quickly looked at the six new paths all around them in deep confusion; he was starting to lose consciousness again, but this time he would hardly wake up again… he just knew it. Swallowing what little saliva he had in his mouth he concentrated; he knew that the right one was one of the three at his right… but which one?

Sensing his confusion, Shadow looked at him, then he followed his vacant eyes and looked the three paths on the right; he walked in front of them "Take a rest, Sonic. You need it."

Sonic looked at him with almost closed eyes "Do… you know the way?" He asked barely audible. When he saw the other hedgehog nod he smiled and slowly drifted into an uneasy unconsciousness.

Shadow picked him up and looked back at the paths 'Maybe, maybe not, Sonic. But maybe my own sixth sense can help me…'

He slowly walked back and forth in front of them, then he stopped on the left one; that was the one that didn't gave him that bad sensation in the back of his mind, so he guessed that it was the right one. After a quick glance that confirmed his idea, he walked into the chosen path and followed it, until he arrived at another cross; this time, however, the paths were only three.

Another half an hour later he finally reached the middle of the second part of the maze; that lifted a little of his hope, but not by much. His pace was slow as a turtle and he barely managed to stay on his feet. His mouth was dry as a desert and his mind was starting to don't understand anything anymore; Sonic was probably in his same condition, or maybe in a worse one since he wasn't moving anymore in his sleep. His chest barely moved up and down and he was sweating profusely, like him.

Shadow stopped for a second; part of his mind was telling him to just give up and die there, another was screaming to him to continue struggling to the end, and maybe even further if needed. Taking his most important decision in his life, he started walking and choosing again; he had to go on. Sonic trusted him with his life.

Long minutes passed, and after countless turnings he finally found himself in front of the same altar that he saw from the window. It was a pagoda with only four little columns that reminded him of the fall of lava in that trap; the roof was adorned with several orange colored hooks.

Under the pagoda there was another statue of Lauren, but this one was sitting cross-legged and his hands were positioned in a bowl manner; probably this statue was holding the precious emerald in its hands. Unluckily the gem was not there.

The black hedgehog sighed deeply and looked around; he felt his heart drop dangerously. There was no exit, and that vanquished what little hope he had left; he slowly made his way under the statue and put Sonic on the ground. He sat next to him and watched his unmoving body for a second, then he stared at the field of crystals; they would die soon if he couldn't find that secret exit…

His eyes snapped open as he realized that he had forgotten about the hidden exit; he shakily stood up and looked around. Besides the path from where they had came from there were just crystals; he also examined the statue, but he couldn't find that exit or a hidden switch.

Sitting back down he slowly leaned on his back and stared up at the statue; its posture made him forget the heat of the place and he slowly started drifting into sleep. When he thought that he would finally fall asleep and die, he saw Lauren's long tail that, unlike the rest of his body that was collected, was pointing his right.

Shadow sat back up and slowly rubbed the sleep from his eyes; glancing at Sonic he saw that he was slowly coming too. After some minutes he was awake and was intently looking at him "Where… where are we?" He asked in his whispering voice.

The black hedgehog smiled and crawled next to him to help him sat up "We are at the end. What we have to do now is to get out of here through the hidden exit."

Sonic smiled "I knew that you would make it through the rest of the maze." A pause to raise his left hand "C'mon. It's time to get out of here!"

The ebony one nodded and helped his double on his feet; when they were standing they both waved dangerously on the spot. Shadow walked in front of the point pointed by the tail and started examining the spot.

At the moment there was nothing particular, until Sonic slowly reached a crystal; he touched it and smiled "These crystals are not hot… we can make our way through them."

The black hedgehog observed the crystals; there was enough space to let a human carefully navigate amongst them, the only downside of it was that they looked extremely sharp. Not having other choices he slowly started making his way, being very careful to not send the other hedgehog into one of them.

It took them half a hour and several light cuts to get to the other side, and during that time the heat made its work; the two were barely able to move or even breath, but being their stubborn self they continued pushing. Shadow slowly walked in the new area with Sonic in tow and raised an eyebrow confused.

It was an empty circular area minus the big and circular stone cover in the middle of it; over them there was a ceiling made of entangled crystals, that gave the area a more hot air. That was why he didn't saw it from that window.

Both hedgehogs slowly made their way over the stone and stared down; it was covered in that same language from the temple, and it seemed some sort of warning. Since the blue hedgehog was too out to manage to understand it, Shadow started reading it out loud.

"Whoever you are, I give you my most sincere congratulations for reaching the end of the trial. However, you are not done yet. The one who dwells in the earth is hungry, and will never stop unless you kill him… or he kills you. Good luck, and may your quest be blessed. That is… if it is for a good cause."

Shadow looked under the inscription and noticed a single word "Lauren" He muttered.

Not wanting to deal with religious believes, he started looking for a clue on how to make that thing work; he slowly placed the almost unconscious Sonic on the center of it and walked around in the circle. Nothing was looking suspicious and he was starting to have a headache too; in his little stroll he passed near the blue hedgehog, that stopped him by grabbing his leg.

The black hedgehog kneeled down and raised an eyebrow as the other strongly grabbed his left wrist "Whatever happens, Shadow, don't let my arm go…"

Shadow tilted his head to the side; was Sonic delirious after all what he had passed? The answer came when he opened his eyes; they were still vacant, but they had something unexplainable in them "Don't let me go…"

The ebony one nodded and gripped back his wrist; then, everything started to melt away. It was very different from the Chaos Control, but for some strange reason it reminded him of that; the world melted and it quickly became a swirling mass of brilliants colors. He gripped better the other hedgehog's wrist as an unseen force was forcefully pulling them apart.

Like it had started, it stopped, and it left the two confused hedgehogs laying in a new environment; the air was cold against their burning skins, but they greatly enjoyed it. They both let time and coldness restore a little of their energies; and meanwhile they waited, they listened to the steady plic-plic that almost lulled them to sleep.

Shadow was the first to recover, and when he managed to sit up he exhaled a deep breath and looked at the new surroundings; the new cavern was as big as the previous, but unlike that, this was not dangerous.

There was no need for a torch as the entire ambient was light up with a soft azure light; it was enough bright to let see even the farthest end of the cave. The rocks, which gave off that soft light, were of a color that was between blue and green; sometimes there were peaks of brown covered by a green substance. Algas, maybe.

Six huge columns, the final product of the union of a stalactite and a stalagmite, were adorning the center of the cave; a rocky path, supported by natural pillars, was going from end to end in a twisting way.

On the roof there were several stalactites that were slowly dripping water; every drop that hit the respective stalagmite, or a puddle of water, gave off that steady plic-plic. At the bottom of the cavern, at least seven hundreds feet down, there was a lake of crystal clear water that covered the entire surface of said environment.

The sudden relaxing moment was ruined by something huge that came crashing down from above; Shadow looked at it stunned. It was ten feet tall and almost twenty long; originally it must had been a statue, but when it started moving every junction broke and now the parts were held together by pure Chaos Energy.

The statue was a massive dragon with a very short, but thick neck; it didn't possessed wings and the head had a terrifying mouth with thick teeth. They alone couldn't cut, but if used with great strength they could tear someone apart rather easily. On it hands and feet there were ruined sharp talons that could still cause heavy damage and at the end of the tail a heavy looking mace; the curious thing was that its whole appearance was damaged, like it had been into a fight.

Shadow fell on his back and he stared in the stone eyes of the rock beast; the thing was slowly, but surely draining him of his last energies, and probably even Sonic was suffering from the same thing. The sensation was utterly horrible and so painful that took his breath away; it was like as if his own soul was being ripped away from his body.

He helplessly watched as the statue raised a clawed hand over him and the blue hedgehog and closed his eyes; the only thing that he could do was to grit his teeth and wait for the inevitable death.

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Chaos jumped out of the water and walked in front of the hidden doorway; not knowing what to do, he just stared at it waiting patiently and hoping strongly for them to arrive.

When the evening almost came, he heard some voices talk a little away from his position; curiously, he slowly walked near the source and spied. They were a group of ten humans and five robots equipped with long guns; the men also had a smaller one that was in a holder on their waist. It seemed to be equipped with a single dart.

The water creature narrowed its eyes and silently backed away; the humans that wanted the two hedgehogs were there. He didn't wanted to give away the fact that he was there too, but he needed to get the zone cleared from the humans. He slowly descended into water and went under; he could use the advantage of the place to cause some 'incidents'.

Chaos made his way to the underwater wall that was supporting the land where the robots stood and started taking away the bricks; as soon as there was a big enough hole in it, the raised piece of building started to shake. Soon after the wall crumpled upon itself and fell into the water, taking the robots with itself; the humans, who were on another piece of raised land, screamed warnings over the danger of the place.

The creature stopped under them and watched as one man took out a little black thing from a holster on his waist "To all units on the water ruins. Be careful, the zone is extremely unstable."

Chaos tilted his head a little to the side as the little thing confirmed with several different voices; hearing the human, his little party was not the only one that was there. He narrowed his eyes and started to take away the bricks from the building under the men's feet; after he took care of those, he had to swim around and find the others.

The piece of land started shaking and fell like the previous; the humans fell into the water and Chaos carefully made them lose their equipment by melting into the azure liquid. As soon as he saw the guns hit the bottom, he swam away in search of the others parties; he had to do it quickly, or the humans would surely find the hedgehogs when they came out of the tunnel. Providing that the hedgehogs were really in there…

Soon he found the second group of ten humans and three robots, but this time the mechs were a flying type; he looked around from underwater and spied a column. It was holding up a wall big enough to take out all three robots simultaneously; he swam behind it and started pushing.

The column rumbled submissively as it started moving towards them drawing an arc; finally the base of the column gave away and the piece of marble started falling down. The robots only had the time to register the fact that a wall was falling on them before it destroyed them all; the humans backed away as the three mechs exploded one after another.

The rigmarole went on and on, and Chaos was done only when it was almost deep night; he looked up at the broken moon that was right over his head and let his body drift in the water. Now that the humans were all out of commission, he could patiently wait for them to pop up; he calmly swam to the exit and walked out of the liquid.

He stared intently and remembered what he heard of the trial; it was entirely based on lava, and it could dehydrate someone quickly. Luckily at the end there was a fresh cavern with water at the bottom, so that someone that managed to surpass the trial could rest and restore his energies.

Suddenly his eyes widened as another memory abruptly popped in his mind; at the end of the path, right in the last cavern, dwelled a rocky statue that was wowed to kill everyone that passed from there. It lived on Chaos Energy like him, but unlike him that beast was unaware of itself; probably because it was brought to life with a Chaos Emerald instead with the Master one.

That statue could also drain Chaos Energy from its surroundings and from a living being since everything had a little of the mystic energy in it; even if the drainage didn't kill, it was enough to exhaust someone, and make one already tired from the path unable to move. Afterwards the only thing that the statue needed to do was to raise a limb and crush the unlucky one.

Not wanting the hedgehogs dead, he ran into the entrance and followed the path until he arrived into the huge azure cavern that signed the end of the path; his eyes narrowed as he tried to make out what was happening on the other end of the suspended pathway. As he ran onwards, he saw a gray dot plummet down from somewhere on the ceiling; at that he narrowed his eyes and ran faster.

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Rouge and Tails managed to have the cameras up and running by midday; the two monitors in the computer room were displaying all the eight view with a good clarity.

Knuckles passed the entire morning on the roof looking for incoming assaults and sometimes he would glance at the occupied bat that was running all over the place with the young fox right behind her.

Amy was in the computer room watching Jo works and filling him in of all what happened; sometimes she also would ask him about what he was doing or what he had found, and he would clearly explain to her.

Early evening came in a matter of seconds, and all the inhabitants of the house were now grouped in the little computer room; Jo was in front of the machine, Amy was sitting at his left, in front of the two monitors, Tails was standing at his left and the two treasure hunters were behind them.

Rouge looked at the screen "Found something?"

The human looked briefly at her, then went back facing the screen "I found… I found…" He paused and hummed to himself a little "But I also found something rather intriguing…"

He opened an image file and enlarged the area behind the scientists "Look at this," He started pointing the two tubes "This is the origin of Project Shadow, but the actual name was ULF-Project. Whatever happened, it obliged Gerald to divide all the subjects and change their names. The one on the left is Shadow's exact twin brother… the DNA of one is the perfect copy of the other."

Tails looked at the screen and took several seconds to think "Could be that explosion where Shadow's brother disappeared the reason that made Prof. Gerald change all the names?"

John shrugged helplessly "Maybe, nobody knows what really happened on ARK until GUN shut it down… the one that knows the most is Alan Decò, head of this military organization."

Amy placed a hand on his left arm and attracted his attention "Have you found why they want them so badly?"

The man nodded and brought a text file on the screen "According to this text file, signed by the head scientist, they want them for…" He paused unsure of what to say. As everyone gave him a pleading look he sighed and flopped on the little chair "They want them so they can create their own army of super powered hedgehogs using the Chaos Emeralds…"

Everyone stared blankly at him mouthing or thinking something; Knuckles was the first to recover from the shock "So they knows that the two of them are related, and want them so they can discover why they are so powerful?"

John nodded slowly "If they manage to extrapolate that unknown secret from their bodies they can successfully create clones that will be trained mercilessly to execute all the orders of the general… without opposing." He paused and turned to face them all "Think of it… Hundreds of hedgehogs with the same abilities of Sonic and Shadow… not even all the armies of the world put together could stop them…"

Tails looked down and sighed discouraged; another crazy human that wanted to control the world. This time, however, the human had no scruples… at least Eggman never went that low and create clones of his worst enemy…

Amy turned around and her eyes fell on the two monitors displaying the eight views from the house; she gasped audibly as she saw what the cameras were picking up "Guys…" She said standing up "They are coming in full forces!"

All the presents looked at the screens and gasped lightly; A squadron of Blue Eagles was coming from the sea, two of Laser Hunters, two of Shield Hunter and one of Gun Hawk were slowly descending from the steep hills and three of humans were slowly walking from the meadow.

The echidna cracked his knuckles and grinned showing his teeth "C'mon, guys! Lets show them that Sonic and Shadow are not the only powerful and dangerous ones!"

There was a collective yeah that came from all the presents; they were not going to give up that easily. Once again the future of the planet was relying on them, not to mention the one of their two friends…

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Gha gha gha! Cliffhanger on every front! I'd like to know what my mind has in store for the next one…
Oh, well… I have to wait till I start writing… Until next!

And remember! Reviews are always welcomed! They keep me into the go. Without them I usually slack off…

Az