Author's Note – When you read the words "Two hours", that is how long it took me to get through the pyramid part of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle as Sonic, Tails and Knuckles the first time (excluding bosses).
Also please review. That is the only way I will continue this story. I won't bother continuing with it else. I might also comic-adapt it as well.
The Truth Behind Project: Shadow
Chapter 3: Return of the Egg Golem
As planned, the five met up at the Hidden Base just two days later. Rouge was the first to make it, followed by Sonic and Amy, then Shadow and Tiara. With the group together, they broke down the door of the Base.
It was extremely dusty. Cobwebs were in all corners. The torches were all burnt out. Sunlight was the only thing lighting the hall way. Sonic then disappeared. Then, within five minutes, he returned again with flashlights.
"Show-off." Shadow muttered under his breath.
"So guys, should we go fast or slow?" Sonic asked.
"Slow." Amy and Rouge said together instantly, knowing how scary it was when Sonic got from place to place at breakneck speeds.
"I say fast." Shadow said. "We can't wait forever." With that, he picked up Tiara and ran down the corridor.
"Well, ladies, care for a run?" Sonic said, grinning at the two. Rouge smashed him over the head with her flash light.
"The three of us will walk." She said bluntly. Amy just giggled.
After waiting for two hours, Shadow and Tiara finally saw the trio approach them. They could hear Rouge shouting at the top of her voice.
"I told you to keep it the hell away from us!" She shouted at the blue Hedgehog.
"Can you really blame me?" Sonic shouted defensively. "That spider was way too big to attack directly!"
Shadow and Tiara looked at each other. They couldn't help but laugh to their selves.
"Well, we're here now." Amy said, when the trio reached Shadow and Tiara.
"Have you still got the Chaos Emeralds?" Shadow asked. Rouge jumped. All head turned to her.
"I must have dropped them back when that spider attacked us." She said. Sonic sighed.
"Hang on." The blue blur said before racing off. It was half a minute before he returned with the glistening gems.
"Are you sure you want to take these into space after what happened last time?" Amy asked the dark Hedgehog.
"Yes." He answered darkly. "I'm not convinced that we destroyed the Bio Lizard. In fact I think there was another one."
"I don't want to fight another one." Sonic said trying to sound like a child. Amy and Tiara laughed.
The five eventually reached the room where Knuckles had defeated the Ghost King.
"Okay, so now where do we go?" Shadow asked.
"I think it was through that door there." Sonic said, pointing to a small red door in the in the distance.
"I thought it was that one." Amy said, pointing to a green door which was closer.
"Oh god." Tiara blurted out. "We're lost."
"Oh wait." Shadow said. "Whenever me, Eggman and Rouge needed to go into space, we always took the Blue door." He said, pointing at an even closer door.
"We are lost." Rouge said.
The three hedgehogs broke out into an argument about which door they needed to get to the Launching area. Sonic eventually won when he said that they went through the red one and found the Egg Golem. Amy supported him.
After making their way through the Red section of the base, the five came to a circular room with parts of the floor missing. There was quicksand directly below.
"Okay." Amy said. "Eggman is really kind for not stopping that thing destroy the floor."
"Something's not right." Shadow said, looking around the room.
"He's right." Sonic and Tiara said in unison. "There shouldn't be a hole in the ceiling." Sonic finished.
At that precise second, a large head appeared in the centre of the room. It had holes and burnt areas across its face.
"I didn't mean the ceiling idiot." Shadow said.
After the head stop rising, a full torso and arms were viewable. There were burnt areas and more holes sectioned across the chest.
"This can't be…?" Sonic said, looking at it.
"It is Sonic." Rouge answered. "The Egg Golem."