Chapter 15-The Seeds of Conspiracy

Shadow went to go find Amy, back in the city, when he heard a few guards walking around.

One said, "Did you hear? Those punks are back."

The other one replied, "Yeah. They've been tagging the town, and even set fire to an ammunitions depot. Strangely enough, they haven't been coming after any officials."

"I wonder when they'll really be a problem."

"It's just strange how they didn't make a big debut the way they used to."

"Well, we've got to continue our posts. See you later."

One of the guards walked away. Shadow took out his new weapon and shot the guard in the back of his head.

He then began running up the side of the wall, on top of a building, and made his escape.

Shadow made his way to a US Army base in Taherir, Yemen. It was loaded with ammunition, and had sixty-five Black Hawk helicopters in the hangars. Shadow found a jack on the floor, and cranked the airplane above the ground.

The luckiest thing was that there was only one guard patrolling the entire area. Shadow knew that he would be spotted when he lifted off the ground, but he didn't care. Hopefully, by the time the Army had gotten to where Shadow would take off, he wouldn't have to worry.

Shadow pulled out his Tec 9 and shot the guard. He then hoisted himself into the aircraft, when he noticed something glowing to his right. He looked at it.

It was a Chaos Drive. Shadow pulled it from its socket, and looked at his rocket shoes. They used fuel, but Shadow inserted one into his left shoe. Then, he looked at the fuel reservoir, which was filled with Chaos Drives. Shadow pulled another one out and inserted it into his right shoe. He then pulled another one from the pile, opened up its cap, and poured the liquid into the engine. He then took another two from the pile and ran from the chopper as it was catching fire.

Shadow had just taken off when the large chopper burst into flame and exploded.

He then looked at his new gun. It looked easy to manage, and stable. He then noticed hinges in the handle. He opened it up, and inside was a GPS tracker. It was tracking Shadow as he traveled, and indicated land about thirty miles away. Shadow rushed as fast as he could.

As he arrived, he saw thousands of battle tanks, and what appeared to be millions of soldiers rushing people into a blue portal. Shadow hovered just above the ground to investigate.

He grabbed Amy's cloak from the site of the murder just hours ago, and faked himself as a human, got in line, and entered the portal. As he entered, he was deeply disturbed to come across the same planet he had just come off of, except this one was functioning like normal. He felt something in the cloak's pocket. He opened it up and found a Chaos Emerald.

He asked a cop where he might be able to find Amy Rose.

The cop said, "Who?"

Shadow said, "Amy Rose. Have you heard of her?"

The cop said, "Follow me. I've got to talk to you."

The cop showed him to a computer room.

Shadow saw her on one of the monitors, and said, "Is that her?"

The cop responded, "Yes. She's under arrest for treason."

"What?"

"Yeah. That chamber is the execution room."

"You mean they're going to kill her? Tell me where she is, now!"

"Calm down, they're not going to do it until next week."

"It doesn't matter, I need to see her!"

"Alright, I'll tell you where she is."

"Thank God for you. You're a good man."

"She's in the US High-Security Military Penitentiary in Washington, DC.

"Thank you very much. I don't know what I can do to repay you."

"Just sign up for the New York Police Department, and start a strike. We don't get enough pay."

"I was planning on it. All of the world's governments are corrupt."

"I'm with you on that. See you around."

"Thank you very much."

With that, Shadow sped off toward the portal.

He arrived on the other side of the portal, and got to a rooftop. He examined the gun a bit more, and found a cell phone built into the handle. He took it out and called Sonic.

Sonic, apparently busy, said, "If this is another telemarketer, I will come over there and sue you!"

Shadow said, "Relax, it's me, Shadow."

Sonic said, "What the…? You're not serious, are you?"

"Yes, I am. I need your help."

"What do you need from me?"

"I need you to go into that portal and bust someone out of death row."

"Who? You don't have any friends besides Rouge, and she's in the CIA."

"It's more than that. It's--"

Before he could finish, Sonic said, "Don't tell me, it's one of MY friends?"

Shadow said, "Sorry, but yes. It's--"

Sonic interrupted him, and said, "I'm NOT going in there to save that girl Amy."

Shadow said, "Well then, forget it. I don't need your help."

Sonic said, "Sorry. Don't take this personally, but I hate her. She deserves to die for what she did."

"She didn't know that you were married."

"WHAT?"

"Yeah, I'm serious. I just found out myself, two hours ago. Besides, she's not after you anymore."

"Okay, okay. You have enlisted my services."

"No, if it bothers you that much, I'm going in alone."

"We may be able to hit something off here. Why don't I join you?"

"Okay. I'll stay undercover, while you head to Washington to interrogate her. When you get there, call me, and I'll bust her out."

"Alright, on one condition."

"Name it. I'd do a lot for her."

"Good. No one should know that I was involved. And by no one, I mean Amy and the feds."

"Okay. We'll go in about an hour."

Shadow clicked the end call button, then called Tails.

He said, "Hey Tails, it's me, Shadow."

Tails said, "Where did you disappear to?"

"Sorry. Just looking for a friend is all."

"We were worried that you had been captured. Did you find who you're looking for?"

"You know it. I also gained Sonic's trust."

"Good. Where are you headed?"

"I'm going to see Amy."

"Where is she?"

"She's in a military confined area, and she's on death row."

"What in the…? There's no way you'll be able to get in."

"I'm planning on sneaking in while Sonic fakes an interrogation. When he enters the gates, he'll give the word, I'll spring on the guard, and he'll pretend to fight me while I bust her out."

"So I see… You're relying on Sonic's trust in the military world to save her life? Why go to that extent?"

"She's innocent, and I know it. Besides, she reminds me too much of Maria."

"Yeah, those two are alike, now that I think about it."

"Well, I'm going to meet up with Sonic and plan this out."

"Okay, see you later then."

Shadow slid the cell phone into the handle of his new toy, and flew to Sonic's house.

The place was much unlike the place he had just seen. It was extravagant, with a fountain and an entire garden. As he walked in, a voice shouted, "If this is more paparazzi, I'll call the cops!"

It was a maid.

Shadow replied, "No, I'm trying to find Sonic."

"You're Shadow, are you not? Sorry. Follow me."

The lady brought Shadow to a door and asked him to go in.

Shadow entered, and saw a room contrary to the one he had just been in. It had a picture of Dr. Eggman on a dart board, and a leather couch inside an old-fashioned sheriff's office-looking place.

Sonic said, "Oh, hey. This is Axel. He was a spy for Eggman's forces, and helped me to bring him down before."

The mysterious figure stuck out a hand and said, "Nice to meet you."

Shadow said, "Likewise."

"I suppose then you know me?"

"Slightly."

Sonic interrupted them, and said, "I heard about the situation from Tails, and I want to help. So, I enlisted Axel to help us out."

Shadow said, "Right. We didn't want to ask, being that you're so busy all the time, apparently."

"Well, not necessarily. I've got time for a friend."

"Go on…"

"You came here to talk about it?"

"Yeah. So, how are we going to plan this?"

Axel cut in and said, "I've got to go. See you around."

Both replied, "Okay, see you."

Sonic continued the conversation, saying, "Listen. I don't want to get her out, but I'm doing it for you only because you want to. That will be the way it looks when it happens. I'll pretend to fight an ally of yours when you make off with her. From then on, do as you please with her."

Shadow replied, "Okay. I'll crack open the roof, and ask someone from the Black Widows to assist me."

"Alright, but make sure to be fully covered. If anyone sees you, they'll report you in an instant, and you nor Amy will ever be seen in public again."

"Got it. We'll go whenever you're ready."

In an hour, they were prepared for the break-in, and entered the portal.