I was really sorry to hear about the tragic bombings in London. M friend's dad was caught up in the chaos of it all but he's one of the lucky ones who survied, thank god!
Give a few mins silence to thikn of all of those involved in the horrific events :(

ps. Sonic and related characters are copyrighted by SEGA. The Gorgons are copyrighted by me. The storyline was created by me!
WARNING: Use of the F word ;)

Chapter 6

Shadow continued to edge closer to Sonic, a look of malice in his eyes and an evil grin upon his face. Sonic quivered slightly against the wall.

"Shadow stop! You don't know what you're doing!" Sonic cried in vain.

Shadow's mouth opened to speak but what came out a low toned, almost electronic voice. Sonic had never heard this voice before and, though he tried not to show it, it frightened him.

"I'm Shadow no more, you fool!" the voice spoke from Shadow's mouth. "I've been purified."

Shadow looked at his hands.

"No longer do I have to live the complications and annoyances of a human lifestyle…"

"Shadow! I know you're in there! You have to fight!" Sonic cried.

Shadow's new voice boomed with laughter and smirked at Sonic's pathetic attempts. He oculd see the fear written all over Sonic's face.

"You're a stupid one aren't you?" Shadow remarked.
"Stupid!" Sonic was angered by this comment but the obvious evil within Shadow scared him enough to stay put.

"You'd defiantly be better off living the role as a Gargon…" Shadow said, ignoring Sonic's "anger".

"Gargon? What the hell is…?" Sonic began.
"This "Shadow" you keep referring to has had the honour of becoming the first host in the rebuilding of the Gargon kingdom. You…"

Shadow glared at Sonic and smirked.

"…shall be the second."

Sonic blinked and, in an instant, Shadow leapt at the blue hedgehog. His smirk turned into a snarl once more and Shadow's eyes were filled with determination. Sonic gasped and tried to jump out of Shadow's path. However he was too slow and Shadow caught his wrist.

Sonic gritted his teeth as he tried to push Shadow away form him but this new presence with Shadow's body was granted with great strength and a will of stone.
Shadow gave another evil smile and, using his grip on Sonic's arm, pushed his rival to the ground with huge force.

Sonic hit the floor hard and smacked his forehead on the carpet. But Sonic didn't have time to even put his hand to his bruise as, within an instant, Shadow appeared by Sonic's head and grabbed his throat. Sonic gagged and began to choke as Shadow slowly lifted him from the floor.

Shadow stared at Sonic for a few seconds before clenching back the fingers on his free hand, revealing very sharp claws, similar to a cat's.

Sonic's sight began to waver as the lack of oxygen began to take effect. In a feeble attempt to free himself, he gripped Shadow's arm with his right hand. Shadow ignored this and simply brought the hedgehog closer to his own face.

"Don't worry, the pain will be over very shortly…" Shadow whispered into Sonic's ear.

He brought up his clawed hand, ready to strike and pass on the infection.

Everything seemed helpless.

But then, there came a noise from downstairs, which made Shadow jump. He immediately swung his head to look at the open doorway.

"Sonic what the hell's going on up there!" yelled a voice.

It was Knuckles.

It seemed that the door had been forgotten about and it hadn't been closed. Shadow cursed himself for this.

Sonic weakly lifted his left arm and reached toward the door.

"…Knuckles…" he croaked.

Shadow tightened his grip round Sonic's neck to keep him quiet.

"Oh no you don't!" he yelled, ignoring the fact that Knuckles was just downstairs.

Footsteps could be heard running up the stairs.

"Sonic you're gonna get the neighbours on you if you don't-"

Knuckles reached the doorway and saw the horrific sight.

"Holy fuck!" he yelled.

Sonic couldn't take anymore and both of his arms flopped to his sides, his grip loosened from around Shadow's arm.

"Damn you!" Shadow cursed at Knuckles, ignoring Sonic temporarily. Knuckles was taken aback by coming home to find what he did, but he immediately saw that the Shadow standing in front of him wasn't the Shadow he knew. He frowned.

"Whatever you are, let him go right now!" he yelled.Shadow simply smirked again and loosened his grip around Sonic's neck. Sonic fell to the ground and landed on his front. Knuckles beat his fists together.

"I have no time for games…" Shadow said, his eyes glowing green with malice.

Knuckles paid no heed to this and ran at Shadow, his fist held aloft and ready to strike. Shadow avoided the attack by jumping backwards and landing on the windowsill.

"I'll come back for you soon!" Shadow threatened. "And when I do there'll be no escape! The Gorgons are superior and I shall make sure they prevail!"

With that, Shadow kicked the window pane, causing it to smash into tiny fragments. Knuckles shielded his faces from the flying shards of glass and watched as Shadow dived out of the window and vanished in the darkness.

Knuckles went to Sonic's side and brushed the few bits of window from his body.

"Sonic wake up! Are you alright?" he asked.

Sonic moaned in pain and slowly pushed himself off the carpet floor, with Knuckles' support. He rubbed his throat and coughed. Then he put his hand to his hand and felt the small graze of a carpet burn.

"Yeah…I'm peachy…" he groaned.
"Lucky for you I got back when I did huh?" Knuckles said, helping Sonic stand to his feet.

Sonic didn't answer and instead looked at the broken window. The curtains flew in the rushing wind and the gust flew inside the room, chilling the atmosphere.

"That's where he went huh?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah. You were out for a good few minutes. He smashed the window and just jumped out!"

Sonic frowned.

"I should've listen to Shadow…he told me again and again what they were trying to do but…"

He sighed.

"Don't worry Sonic, we'll get him back." Knuckles said.

Sonic continued to look at the broken window.

"I hope you're right Knuckles…" he said quietly.