Five years later…
Chapter 2
"Shadow!" yelled Ryu. "It's been five years and you almost completed your training and yet you still can't get this simple move right!"
"Hey! This technique is harder than it looks!" Shadow yelled back.
"Idiot…" Ryu manifested a dark aura around his body. "DARK STYLE! DARK DRAGON BLAST!"
A dragon made of pure darkness, shot out of his hand and turned some boulders into rubble.
"Man…why can't I master it?"
"Because, you can't tap into the full powers of darkness. You've grown too soft."
"Grr…I'll show you soft!" Shadow took out a chaos emerald and said, "CHAOS SPEAR!"
Five chaos spears appeared in the sky and targeted Ryu. Ryu dodged four of the spears and caught one. "Pathetic." He absorbed the energy from the spear, tripled it, and fired it right back at Shadow. When the blast hit him a huge hole was left in his stomach. He was losing blood fast and the only thing he said was, "Damn you…" before losing consciousness.
When Shadow awoke he felt a sharp pain in his stomach. "Oh…my stomach."
"Good to see that you're up and about Shadow," said Ryu just walking in the room. "You lost consciousness after I hit you with the energy I got from the Chaos Spear."
"Ohh…how long was I out?"
"Four weeks. You were out for so long that I had made a bet with some people here to see if you would ever get up," Ryu said with a smile.
"Gee…thanks for the concern."
"With all that aside, I hope that I showed you just how weak you truly are."
"Yeah, you did, but how can I achieve that kind of power?"
"Well…you can ask Solus to cleanse your mind of good thoughts."
"Solus?"
"Yeah. Ya know I was like you once, I thought with the power of light by my side I can defeat anyone. Then I met Solus and my life changed forever. I could smell all the blood that he spilled was of enemies and allies alike. I tried to beat him, but he trounced me. I thought he was gonna finish me right there, but he said I had great potential, yet I was wasting it on a lost cause. He told me that evil would conquer all and it was only a matter of time until that all who stood in his way…were destroyed.
"So what did you do?"
"I joined him. We were able to conquer eight cites and four towns. We almost took over the world…but then…some goody-goody named Necronos showed up and challenged us. He said he was a master of purity magic."
"Purity magic?"
"Light magic. Anyway he said he would destroy us and he would show us the true power of light. We laughed at his statement and accepted his challenge. It was the worst decision we ever made. I charged straight for him and he blinded me with his magic. Master Solus fired a dark cloud at him and he countered with rays of light. My master thought this match would get interesting and used the dark illusion that copied him five times. Necronos used the rays of light to dispel the illusion and used the shine cannon that dealt lots of damage to him. Master Solus knew we were gonna be outmatched so he teleported us outta there."
"Wow, that Necronos guy sounds powerful."
"He is, but I believe you can beat him."
"I don't think so…"
"I know you can beat him Shadow, you just need Solus to cleanse your mind."
"So where is Solus anyway?"
"He lives in the darkest part of this temple. I can take him to you if you want the mind cleanse now."
"Sure, let's go."
They started to walk down the dark corridor and took a left at the next hallway. Then they went up a spiral staircase and ended up at the library. From there they went to shelf 3,572 and made a right. A brick wall stood in their way. Ryu pressed the third brick from the ground and the wall divided. They went through the wall and went down a spiral staircase. They reached a dock where a boat and some helmets were waiting.
"Oh, Shadow you better wear the helmets so the bats won't get you," warned Ryu.
Shadow and Ryu put on the helmets and got in the boat and Ryu steered the through the Lake of Fire. When they got to the docks they got out of the boat and took of the helmets. They went up the spiral staircase and walked into a labyrinth. They went left, right, left, left, right, left, right, right, left, right, past the third mummy, and exited the labyrinth. Then a castle stood before them and when they entered a blood-red hedgehog with blood-red eyes and a black and red cloak was waiting for them. It was Solus.
"Welcome. We must hurry we don't have much time before Necronos and his friends show up," said Solus.
"What? They're coming? Here? How?" asked Ryu.
"I don't know, but I can sense that they're coming fast. Follow me."
They went to the basement of the castle and there was a candle lit ceremony.
"Ok, Shadow come here," commanded Solus. A dark orb was in his hands. "Now, this will hurt a lot, but if you survive it it'll prove you worthy of serving under me." He put the dark orb near Shadow's heart. "You ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be," he replied.
"Ok, here goes." Solus transferred the dark orb into Shadow's heart. At first, Shadow felt nothing, but five seconds later it felt like his insides were on fire. Shadow collapsed to the floor and his mind felt like it was being split in half. He let out a horrible scream and tried to fight the pain.
"Do you think he'll make it?" questioned Ryu.
"I don't know, but if he does then darkness will finally rule the land," replied Solus.
Just then the wall collapsed and three figures stood amidst the smoke. On the left was Abby Moore, a beautiful brown hedgehog with big chocolate brown eyes. She wore a black shirt that reads 'Must Have Been My Evil Twin,' dark blue pants, and black converse all-stars. She also had small pink angel-wings. On the right was Pyro, an orange echidna with green eyes. He was a ninja and wore a red and black jacket with a white under shirt, black jeans and shoes with spike on the front. In the center was Necronos, a master of purity magic. He wore a black, druid-like cloak, and his blue eyes glow from within his darkened hood.
"This ends now Solus," said Necronos.
"Ryu, we mustn't let them take Shadow or they'll ruin everything," said Solus.
"Right master," replied Ryu.
Ok, now I'm sorry that this took so long, but my comp kept deleting this file for some reason. I hope I can figure out why. I'll also try to update once or twice a week. I still need some characters and hopefully I can get some sonamy in the next chapter and if not the next the one after. Review plz. L8r, Pyro622