Previously on Sonic Adventure 2:
Dr. Eggman broke into a military base, searching for a top secret weapon that his grandfather, Gerald Robotnik, had created. Eggman found the weapon which turned out of be a hedgehog, identical to Sonic, named Shadow, who claimed himself to be the Ultimate Lifeform. After defeating a guard robot, Shadow tells Eggman to bring more Chaos Emeralds to the Space Colony ARK and walks away. Knuckles and Rouge fight over the Master Emerald, but Eggman attempts to steal it for his own diabolical needs. Knuckles doesn't allow that and shatters the Master Emerald. Knuckles and Rouge go and find their own emerald fragments, and Rouge flies off to do some sort of mission. Sonic is being held captive in a military helicopter, but he escapes and flees his chasers in the Capital City. After battling against a robot named Big Foot, Sonic meets Shadow who uses Chaos Control to escape, just as the military arrive.
What happens next?
Sonic Adventure 2
Chapter 4: Gathering of the Dark
Rouge successfully managed to bust into Eggman's pyramid base. The devious doctor and his partner, Metal Sonic were no where within the base, so Rouge could walk around as she pleased. The only threat was the large golden scarab robot, which functioned as a guard. Rouge easily sneaked past the robot by staying in the shadows. She ran into the control room and hacked into the computer's systems.
Rouge studied the strange device that stood behind her. She typed in some commands into the computer and some information appeared on the main screen.
"It is a space transporter…destination: ARK?" said Rouge "Wasn't that space colony shut down 50 years ago?".
Rouge then thought. Why would Eggman go to the ARK for? One thing was for sure, she had to find out.
"It doesn't matter what Eggman is doing up there, because I'm going to find out for myself!" declared Rouge, stepping onto the transporter, before vanishing in an electrical ring of light.
Eggman was already on board the Space Colony ARK, with Metal Sonic. Eggman looked around in awe, despite the fact that it was very dark.
"So this is the Space Colony ARK that Shadow was on about and the home of my grandfather, Gerald Robotnik, and my cousin Maria" said Eggman. Metal Sonic stared up at his moustached master.
"You told me, that Shadow told you to go to the central control room…" said Metal Sonic.
"Yes, but where in the world is it?" asked Eggman.
"I can take you there!" said a voice. Eggman and Metal Sonic looked around sharply.
"Who is there!" shouted Eggman.
"Only me" replied the voice.
"But who are you?" said Eggman. Out of the shadows flew a strange toy that resembled a metallic Chao. It had curly yellow eyes and a propeller on its head, keeping it hovering in the air like a moth.
"Hi, I'm Omochao! Did you know that this space colony was shut down 50 years ago and all that is left is the guard robots" said the robotic Chao.
"Thanks for the history lesson, but we don't have time. You said you knew where the central control room is, take us there!" demanded Eggman.
"Alright" replied Omochao and flew down a metal corridor, Eggman and Metal Sonic quickly following. Omochao led the two villains through a labyrinth of metal corridors. Eggman was getting bored, so he and Metal Sonic began to play eye-spy.
"Okay, eye-spy with my eye…something beginning with…M!" said Eggman.
"Me?" said Metal Sonic.
"No" replied Eggman.
"Metal Sonic?" said Metal Sonic.
"You must be joking!" laughed Eggman.
"Metal?" said Metal Sonic.
"Correct…" sighed Eggman. Metal Sonic had won every round some far, while Eggman had won none.
Omochao suddenly stopped and Eggman halted behind him. "Why have we stopped, Omochao?" cried Eggman.
"Er…well I think I
might have taken a wrong turn…" said Omochao.
"What!"
bellowed Metal Sonic and seized the toy Chao and shook him furiously.
"Ouch! You hurt me! I am not helping you anymore!" shrieked Omochao, and sat on the floor, his backed turned.
"Fine, suit yourself" said Eggman and he walked away down a corridor, Metal Sonic following.
Eventually, Eggman and Metal Sonic reached the central control room: A large circular room with an odd machine breathing in and out like a set of lungs. There was a short walkway across the room, which led to a large computer, where Shadow stood. Above the computer was a grid that had seven slots in it; two filled by the grey and green Chaos Emeralds.
"I have been waiting for you doctor" said Shadow, smirking, then he noticed Metal Sonic and let out a chuckle. Metal Sonic's metal hand clenched into a fist. Eggman clambered out of his Egg Walker and slowly walked towards Shadow and then stopped.
"I believe you've got some explaining to do, Shadow!" said Eggman.
"Oh course" said Shadow.
"Well…" said Eggman impatiently. Metal Sonic rolled his eyes.
"The ARK was the first space colony built by humans. Not many people knew it was secretly a research facility for building weapons of mass destruction. One weapon is right here, behold the Eclipse Cannon! It is capable of destroying an entire planet!" explained Shadow to his friend.
"Destroy an entire planet! Was this my grandfather's legacy…?" said Eggman uncertain.
"However, the Eclipse Cannon is inactive at the moment, and needs a great deal of energy to get its power back" said Shadow "But, if we gather all seven of the Chaos Emerald, we can have total power over the Eclipse Cannon, and with the cannon and the Space Colony ARK, the world could…be yours!".
Eggman laughed menacingly at Shadow's plan. "Hahahaha! I like how you think Shadow!" laughed Eggman "I can gather the Chaos Emerald, power up the Eclipse Cannon and use it as a threat to Earth, they will panic and then surrender to me, and then the world will be mine!".
"Do you really think it will be that simple?" said a female voice.
Eggman, Shadow and Metal Sonic looked up to the ceiling, and spotted Rouge hanging upside-down from a metal rafter. She had sneaked onto the ARK several minutes after Eggman had gone off with Omochao. She had also found the Blue Chaos Emerald in the process. Rouge jumped down from the ceiling and landed between Shadow and Eggman.
"Do you think that collecting the remaining four Chaos Emeralds will be a walk in the park?" Rouge asked Eggman. "Well…er…" said Eggman.
"Well, I may be able to help you boys. I am an expert treasure hunter and I have a hunch at where the other Chaos Emeralds are. But I need your Emerald Radar to be certain!" said Rouge.
Eggman glanced at Shadow, who smiled and nodded. Eggman looked at Rouge and grinned.
"Very well, you're on the team…Miss…er…" said Eggman.
"Just call me Rouge" said Rouge and revealed the Blue Chaos Emerald and handed it to Shadow, who slam dunked the emerald into the grid with its brothers.
"So, Rouge. Where do you believe the other emeralds are?" asked Shadow suspiciously.
"Well…" said Rouge.
Chapter 5: Rescuing Sonic and Hunt For The Chaos Emeralds
The morning had dawned on the world, and our quartet of villains had left the Space Colony ARK and had landed on Prison Island, a highly guarded island that was a bit like Alcatraz. It was G.U.N.'s headquarters.
Eggman, Shadow, Rouge and Metal Sonic stood by the coast, just on the edge of the island's giant tropical jungle.
"I do not think being back on this annoying island is my idea of a vacation" complained Eggman. He turned to Rouge, who stood on his left.
"Are you sure your co-ordinates are correct?" he asked Rouge.
"Believe what you want! I think their right and that is all that matters!" replied Rouge angrily.
"Very well. Let's talk strategy: I and Metal Sonic will go in first and distract the troop, and also wreak havoc…anyway, once I am done, Rouge will break into the giant room with all the laserbeams where the vault is and locate the Chaos Emeralds. Meanwhile, Shadow will run into the armoury and place these dynamite packs. After thirty minutes, the bombs with go off and the entire island will blow up without anyone knowing what hit them!" explained Eggman and handed Shadow three square packs that said Eggman Bombom on them.
"I'm counting on you two! Do not fail me!" commanded Eggman and he and Metal Sonic marched away. Shadow ran into the jungle, while Rouge spread her wings and flew off towards the centre of the island.
Eggman and Metal Sonic ran through the metal harbours of the island, screaming the cry of war, blasting all the enemy robots that came there way. Eggman destroyed a series of immobile hunter robots and also took out parked fighter jets and small satellites. Metal Sonic busted into storage rooms along the harbours. He found nothing of interest, except one weird looking cannon.
"What have you found Metal Sonic?" asked Eggman, strolling over to his creation.
"This strange cannon. It may be useful to your walker!" said Metal Sonic. Eggman and Metal Sonic built the cannon onto the walker and programmed it in. Rouge and Shadow suddenly walked up.
"Doctor, there are guards everywhere, we cannot go anywhere" said Shadow.
"Rubbish! With the combined power of us four, we can easily bring down these idiots!" said Eggman.
The villains were about to move on when they heard a shout of delight.
"Sonic! I've found you!" said a female voice and Amy Rose suddenly appeared out of no where and latched her arms around Shadow's waste. Shadow was not aroused, and just turned his head to look at Amy.
Amy then opened her eyes and realised Shadow was not Sonic.
"Wait! You're not Sonic!" cried Amy, backing away from Shadow. "What are you doing here?" snapped Eggman.
"Eggman! AAAHHHH!" screamed Amy and ran away screaming. Eggman walked after Amy, and then turned to his comrades.
"Go! I shall deal with Amy" said Eggman "If she blabs to Sonic, we are screwed!".
Shadow and Rouge nodded and they ran away, closely followed by Metal Sonic.
Eggman had Amy cornered between himself and the ocean. "You are in deep trouble Amy, and there is no one here to save you!" laughed Eggman. "Want a bet!" shouted a voice and from the sky dropped Tails, sitting in his Cyclone, a walker like Eggman's.
"Tails!" shouted Eggman.
"You're going down Eggman!" shouted Tails and prepared to fire at Eggman. He missed and Eggman fired bullets at him. Tails was hit, but that did not stop him. He fired a large laser blast at Eggman and it sent the doctor sailing across the harbour. Eggman then slowly got up and began to walk away.
"You won this round, foxboy, but next time, you won't be so lucky!" warned Eggman and he was gone.
Amy ran up to her hero, Tails. "Wow, thanks Tails, but what are you doing here?" asked Amy.
"I'm the one who should be asking you! What are you doing here?" asked Tails suddenly.
"What do you think? I'm here to save my hero, Sonic" explained Amy happily.
Tails breathed a sigh in exasperation. "Alright Amy, you stay here, I'm going to save Sonic" said Tails and he was off like a shot.
"Hey! Wait up Tails!" cried Amy and ran off after the fox.
Rouge was in a large security hall full of security lasers, guard robots and metal traps. G.U.N was very touchy about being robbed. Rouge looked dumbfounded at the emerald radar in her palm. There were three signals, each from one Chaos Emerald. Shadow suddenly spoke up on Rouge's communicator device which she wore on her glove.
"I'm in position, doctor" said Shadow "How is it at your end?".
"I am in a bit of a delay, you go and plant those bombs and get off the island" replied Eggman "Rouge! Have you found the Chaos Emeralds yet?".
"I've got a signal from three of the emeralds. One is locked in the giant vault you were talking about, but the other two are scattered around this security hall I'm in" said Rouge.
"Fine, but be quick, you have about five minutes for you to find the emeralds, before the military troops start their own rounds. We have only got fifteen minutes left anyway!" said Eggman.
Rouge took off and began circling the hall like a vulture. The first emerald, which was the red one, was pretty easy to find. Some idiot had attempted to hide it away from the world, by putting it inside a wooden box on a high support beam. Rouge kicked open the box and took her prize. The Red Chaos Emerald controlled the power of fire, but it was not hot at the moment. Each Chaos Emerald had its own power:
The Red Chaos Emerald could turn very hot and sometimes launch fire.
The Blue Chaos Emerald could create water and allow a user to breathe underwater.
The Green Chaos Emerald was closest to the Master Emerald and was the easiest to neutralise.
The Grey Chaos Emerald can create ice and snow and also can make the red emerald cold.
The Purple Chaos Emerald could fire electricity and make thunderstorms.
The Light Blue Chaos Emerald could manipulate light and sometimes dark.
The Yellow Chaos Emerald could create earthquakes and landslides.
The Master Emerald is the master of the Chaos Emeralds and neutralises their powers.
Rouge flew on, looking at the radar every now and again. She had 3:47 minutes left, plenty of time. Rouge landed by a wall and stared up in awe at all the small safes that went up the walls. Rouge looked down at the radar and it indicated the second emerald was in a safe just five stories above her. Rouge climbed up and eventually discovered the purple Chaos Emerald. Thankfully, Rouge did not get fried when small lightning bolts flew from the purple gem, but one bolt struck a guard robot and destroyed it.
Rouge looked around for the giant vault, where the sixth Chaos Emerald.
"Well, where is it?" she demanded to herself.
Sonic stood in his prison cell, stretching him limbs, when he heard a clattering sound and from a ventilation shaft came Amy, Pico Pico Hammer in hand.
"Amy!" shouted Sonic in amazement.
"Ssshhh…" whispered Amy to her hero "Have no fear, Amy Rose is here!".
"What are you doing here?" asked Sonic, who was not really thrilled to see Amy.
"I came to rescue of course!" snapped Amy "But if you want to know, I hitched a ride with Tails".
"Hmmm…Well I've definitely been framed by that Shadow guy!" said Sonic.
"You mean that black hedgehog?" asked Amy. Sonic looked at Amy suddenly and rushed up to the prison bars.
"You've seen him, where is he?" demanded Sonic.
"He came with Dr. Eggman" said Amy "I'll only tell you more if you marry me!".
"No way!" snorted Sonic.
"Oh! I thought I had you this time!" muttered Amy, raising her hammer. She suddenly slammed it forward and smashed through the bars of Sonic's cell. Sonic exited his cell, brushing his fur. Amy then noticed tons of writing on the cells on the wall.
"Did you do all that writing?" asked Amy to Sonic, but she then realised Sonic had ran off.
"Oh! He is such a brat sometimes…" growled Amy and dashed off to look for Sonic. Seconds after Amy left, Tails arrived and was amazed to see the cell door destroyed.
"How? What? Who? When?" Tails asked bewildered.
Sonic was tearing up a metal harbour, similar the one Eggman was on. Sonic was going at 900 mph, the only thought in his head was finding Shadow and getting some answers. He spotted a G.U.N rocket in the distance. It was about to take off. Sonic leapt across a gap and ran up the vertical stairs to the rocket. Just as flames roared from its rear end, Sonic jumped onto the side of the rocket and it took off into the sky.
The rocket quickly vanished into the clouds, the blue hedgehog clinging to it for dear life. Sonic then let go of the rocket and flew back down towards the island's jungle.
"I'm coming for you Shadow…" thought Sonic.
Chapter 6: A Whole Lot Of Trouble
Rouge found the giant vault and saw the light blue Chaos Emerald lying in the middle of the room. Rouge simply walked over to it and picked it up. Then the door to the vault automatically slammed shut and red alarms blared madly. Rouge looked around and saw a small green and black machine, similar to Big Foot and Hot Shot.
"Flying Dog to head security, infiltrated spotted, I will destroy her" said the pilot of the machine. The Flying Dog then flew at Rouge, who dived to the ground as the machine flew by. It swung around and fired missiles at Rouge. Rouge then front-flipped into the air, landed on the cockpit of the Flying Dog, ripped off the windscreen and knocked out the pilot. Rouge flew out of the way, as the Flying Dog flew in a crooked path before flying into the floor and exploding. Rouge sighed, then she remembered the vault door was shut and there was only about 6 minutes until the bombs went off. What was Rouge going to do?
Shadow was slowly walking through the jungle, looking around at all the greenery. The only thing was, that it was a rainforest he was in, and it was bucketing it down with rain. The intercom suddenly rang and Shadow answered it.
"What?" grumbled Shadow.
"Shadow! I've gotten myself stuck in this vault with the Chaos Emeralds. I guess I can't call myself a treasure hunter anymore…" spoke Rouge. Shadow rolled his eyes in frustration.
"Shadow, please help me!" pleaded Rouge.
Shadow then had a flashback of his friend, Maria. His mind flashed between the blonde haired girl he loved, and the white bat whom had the precious Chaos Emeralds. Shadow decided it would be best to go and save Rouge, because she had the Chaos Emeralds.
"Troublemaker…" cursed Shadow and he ran through the bracken of the jungle.
Sonic was also running through the jungle, searching for Tails and Amy, as well as Shadow. He then came into a clearing which he realised led out onto a hidden lake. Sonic then looked up at the small tree before him. Then he saw what he was looking, Shadow the Hedgehog, who stood on a large branch, looking for a way to go himself.
"You!" shouted Sonic. Shadow swung around and immediately scowled at the blue hedgehog.
"That blue hedgehog again, of all places!" said Shadow angrily.
"You! I can't believe you think you can get away with being my fake copy!" said Sonic.
"Fake? Me? Ha! You're the fake! In fact, you are not good enough to be my fake!" laughed Shadow.
"I'll make you eat those words!" snapped Sonic and waited for Shadow to jump down from the tree.
Shadow leapt at Sonic, who did likewise, each performing the Homing Attack. The two just bounced off eachother like basketballs. The two fell to the grass, and Shadow immediately performed a somersault, which knocked Sonic of his feet and into the tree. Sonic then curled up into a ball and dashed at Shadow, who was thrown off his feet by the sudden attack. Shadow landed and retaliated with another Homing Attack. Sonic dodged it, but Shadow was quicker than he had suspected and struck Sonic down with another Homing Attack. Sonic had had enough. He backed off and then rocketed forwards with such a force, it created shockwaves. Sonic collided with Shadow, and the blue and black hedgehogs were flung through the trees. Seconds later, Sonic and Shadow were breathing heavily, staring into eachother's eyes in a glooming staring contest. Eggman on the intercom broke the silence.
"Shadow! What are you doing? Get off the island before it blows up with you on it!" shouted Eggman.
"BLOWS UP!" shouted Sonic was shock.
Shadow worryingly looked around and dashed off. Sonic went off in the other direction. He eventually found Tails and Amy, who were both glad to see their friend. Tails started up the Tornado, which was also the Cyclone, when it was in air mode. Sonic jumped onto the back of the plane and it took off and away from Prison Island.
As for Rouge, she was surprised to see Shadow appear into the vault and run towards her at top speed.
"CHAOS CONTROL!" shouted Shadow and he, Rouge and the Chaos Emerald vanished in a flash of light, just as the bombs struck 0:00. The entire island began to blew up, from the metal harbours, to the centre of the island. The whole island exploded into flames, creating a small tidal wave in the ocean.
Knuckles was in a spooky mountainous region, locating three more emerald shards. He had already found two emerald shards; one buried in front of a gravestone on Church Mountain, and the other cleverly hidden in a field of pumpkins.
"Where could the other shard be?" asked Knuckles. As he scanned the eerie Pumpkin Hill, and then spotted another mountain with a train circling around it. The emerald signal was coming from that direction.
"There!" said Knuckles and glided across the cloudy ravine below and landed on the mountain, known as Ghost Train Mountain. Knuckles searched for the emerald piece, but couldn't find it.
Knuckles then jumped onto a railway line. He suddenly heard the sound of a tooting train horn and around the corner came a transparent train, wraiths flying out of the smoke funnel. Knuckles gasped and closed his eyes, believing the train would hit him. However, after several seconds, Knuckles opened an eye and saw the train had disappeared, and in his hand was the third emerald shard.
"Yes!" cheered Knuckles.
Knuckles then sensed a few more emerald shards to the East, but he also sensed they were hidden deep underground.
"The shards must be in the old mines. But, I thought that mine was flooded!" said Knuckles, but then he straightened up and glared.
"No matter, I've got to find the Master Emerald pieces. Aquatic Mine! Here I come!".
