Chapter 3

Mistaken Identity

Meanwhile, in Station Square, a caper was being completed. Shadow unlockeda safeand opened it to see the most prized possession of the bank: a Chaos Emerald.

"Two down, five to go." He muttered before skating off leaving a bunch of destroyed robots behind.

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Morning, for Sonic it was the perfect time for him to race around. For some strange reason he wound up in a bad situation. Now he was in a helicopter due for Prison Island.

"Sigma Alpha 2, bearing due east, over."

"Sigma Alpha 2, status of captured hedgehog, over?"

"That's a ten-four…hedgehog captured and…WHAT THE HECK?!"

"Didn't copy that."

"The hedgehog! He took out everyone on board and…somebody stop him!"

Sonic burst out the door of the helicopter and grabbed onto the missile area of the chopper.

"Somebody get that hedgehog!"

Immediately, the cobalt hedgehog flipped onto the side area and pulled off a large slab of metal.

"Talk about low budget flights! No food or movies! I'm outta here!" Sonic said. "I prefer running anyway!" He skydived from the helicopter into Station Square. He landed on the street and started boarding on it. It was almost like he was snowboarding except he wasn't exactly treading snow.

He passed a street corner and heard a loud honking before spotting something that caused him to panic.

"MONSTER TRUCK!!!!!!!!!" Sonic shouted before running at breakneck speed, abandoning his 'street board' which got flattened by coming in contact with the huge tire of the truck. "This just can't get any worse!" He passed under a low bridge that caught the truck causing it to crash.

"Hah! LATER!!" He laughed before turning and suddenly spotting a huge robot that was being piloted (Big Foot). "It just got worse…"

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Shadow was on the top of a suspension bridge. He looked down and saw police cars speeding towards him only to stop before getting close to a huge hole in the road.

"How pathetic!" Shadow smirked before suddenly getting a strange feeling. He suddenly had a flashback of Maria, her last words, and the girl holding onto the sword. "Maria…I will fulfill my promise! It won't be long now." He clenched his fist before sliding down a suspension cable. He continued a far distance with the Chaos Emerald in hand before making it to the center of Station Square and running through it. Shadow continued running until…

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Sonic continued dodging the bullets and missiles from the robot before KOing the pilot and getting him out before the robot crashed onto the ground. He landed a far distance before setting the pilot down and looking at the robot.

"Sheez…don't these guys even know of the meaning of innocent until proven guilty?" He asked himself.

"Not really…"

Sonic turned around in confusion to try to find the speaker of the voice before someone muttered.

"Up here you idiot…"

Sonic turned to see an ebony colored hedgehog on top of the giant robot. He was holding onto a Chaos Emerald.

"It all starts with this…a jewel containing the ultimate power…" Shadow said as he gazed at it. To Sonic…it all became clear.

"That's the Chaos Emerald!" Sonic gasped before looking again at Shadow. "Now I get it! The military has mistaken me for the likes of you! So where do you think you are going with that emerald?" He started moving towards Shadow in a threatening way. Shadow's only response was to smirk at him.

"SAY SOMETHING! YOU FAKE HEDGEHOG!" Sonic yelled before running at full speed. Shadow flung the emerald up and grabbed it prior to yelling: "CHAOS CONTROL!" He disappeared in a green light before appearing on a building behind Sonic.

"Wow! He's fast!" Sonic said to himself. "Wait…it's not his speed, he must be using the Chaos Emerald to warp!"

"My name is Shadow. I am the world's ultimate life form. There is no time for games…FAREWELL!" Shadow disappeared in another flash of light. Sonic shielded his eyes before looking again.

"Shadow…who is he?" He suddenly found himself surrounded by soldiers. "Aw shoot…not again!"

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Don't worry folks! Sonic will be just fine!

Shadow: Not...

Not?

Shadow: He somehow put a zillion of tiny animals in my sock drawer.

Sonic: (runs from a POed Shadow) Read and Review!

Those guys ALWAYS steal my lines...

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