Shadow's Secret
Chapter Eight
Just see the last chapter...
Shadow allowed the transformation to occur. The Chaos energies swarmed inside of him, allowing his power to grow stronger. Shadow soon felt his body would burst. He then managed to allow some of the precious aura his friends had given him to enter his body, allowing him to grow even stronger, knowing that his friends were with him.
"This is the end of the road, Flash!" Shadow exclaimed. Shadow disappeared in a flash of mixed light. It was purple, but turned yellow, green, and blue. When it disappeared, No one was there. Shadow had vaporized.
"I've won!" Flash exclaimed. He whooped in happiness, and thought about this, and how simple it was.
"Oh well...little brother Vinny was attached to him though...so were those two hedgehogs, the fox, and the dead echidna. I wonder how I should break it to them that Shadow committed suicide?" Flash asked no one in particular.
"You won't." a voice from right behind Flash said. Flash felt a strong smash against his back, and was thrown to the ground. He looked up to see who his attacker was, and he saw something scary.
There was a scary, grey hedgehog floating in the air. His quills were spiked, with purple streaks running through them. He had brown chest hair, and he wore brown gloves as well. The creature looked at his gloves.
"I usually transform differently, too. I guess it was the aura I got from my allies and my stalker." the creature said. Flash recognized it as Shadow. Besides the awkward coloring, there was one major difference: his eyes had no pupils, and there was a long black burn mark on his forehead that nearly went down to his eyes, and in the center of it was a skull and crossbones. Flash gulped.
"This can't be good." Flash said. Shadow nodded Shadow wasted no time in charging forward, his speed greatly enhanced. He was surprised as his own speed, and when he clocked Flash in the jaw, he was shocked at his new strength.
Outside, Vinny, Kai, Jayln, and Tails appeared in a flash of emerald light. Jayln and Kai wanted to know how Shadow was doing.
"Wait...I can't help the feeling we forgot someone..." Vinny said. Kai froze to the spot when she saw the Chaos Emerald. She remembered the whole reason they came here.
"TIKAL!" Kai exclaimed. Vinny felt like smacking himself. Jayln was angry at herself for forgetting her. Tails thought of something.
"Vinny, use Chaos Control, go back inside, get Tikal, and bring her back!" Tails exclaimed. Vinny nodded, and disappeared in a flash of emerald light, leaving Tails, Kai, and Jayln behind. Jayln and Kai sighed.
"Why does he always leave us behind?" Kai asked angrily. Tails shrugged, and Jayln merely looked at Kai.
Back inside, Flash was having a very hard time trying to defend himself against Shadow's onslaught. He found an advantage when he saw Vinny appear in a flash of emerald light. Flash flew towards Vinny, ready to do whatever it took to bring Shadow to his knees.
"Vinny! Look out!" Shadow roared from above, before preparing to dive bomb Flash. Right before Flash made impact, Vinny threw him back towards Shadow, who dive bombed him.
"I'll get Tikal to safety. Shadow, just keep fighting." Vinny said. He ran over to Tikal, and disappeared in a flash of emerald light, along with Tikal. Flash screamed in frustration, whilst Shadow merely nodded. Shadow charged at Flash, and elbowed him three times in the gut. Flash doubled up in extreme pain, feeling as though his gut was about to explode.
Outside, Vinny appeared in a flash of emerald light. Tikal appeared on the ground, lying as stiff as a board. Jayln checked her pulse, but didn't find one. Jayln looked down, and the others got the message.
"I know how we can save her." Tails said. Everyone looked at Tails, looks of both shock and questioning on their faces.
"It's a mythical art, but it's very useful, yet deadly. Here's what we need to do..." Tails said.
Back inside, Flash was darting from wall to wall like a fly, and Shadow was the flyswatter. Every time Flash jumped, Shadow was right next to him. Flash tried every thing to get away from Shadow.
"Eye Burner!" Flash exclaimed. He generated a bright blast of light, and temporarily blinded Shadow. Shadow fell to the ground, his hands covering his eyes. Flash attempted to dive bomb Shadow, and to take him out in the same shot. He flew closer, and closer, when Shadow opened his eyes. They were completely bloodshot, and they were entirely unfocused.
"YEOW!" Shadow exclaimed as Flash hit him in the chest, knocking the wind out of him. Flash flew closer and closer to the ground, preparing to use Shadow as a pillow. Flash snickered.
"Prepare for the end, Shadow!" Flash exclaimed. He then smashed into the ground, making a huge crater. In the center stood a battle-worn Shadow, covered in wounds, yet still alive.
Outside, Tails was preparing. He had to make sure everyone stood at least five feet away from Tikal, otherwise it wouldn't work. Everything had to be exact.
"NOW!" Tails exclaimed. Everyone started passing energy on to Tikal, but not like what they did to Shadow. They gave him physical energy. They were giving Tikal their life energies. One mistake, and they died.
Emerald green aura started flowing from Vinny. He sat cross-legged, and his eyes were closed in deep thought. The aura was steadily pouring from his body. Not long after that, sapphire blue aura flew from Tails. He felt the strain he had as he gave up his life force. Tails felt it leave his body, and felt like falling over. Jayln was sitting down, her white fur flowing in the wind. A steady, black aura was coming from her. Her heart started pounding, and she started worrying.
'What if this goes wrong? What if I die? Or the others die?' Jayln kept thinking. She had to keep herself from moving, because that would most likely destroy all that they did, and kill all four of them. Kai was allowing a yellow aura to leave her body. It was floating gently in the breeze, and flew towards Tikal. She was sitting down, her legs falling asleep. Kai concentrated on the task at hand, trying not to let worry take over her body.
Inside the building, Flash was cheering. He believed that Shadow was truly finished for the second time that day. He was surprised when someone in front of him grabbed his throat.
"CHOKE SLAM!" Shadow yelled as he jumped up, and threw Flash into the ground, releasing Flash's throat. Shadow felt ready to keel over at any second. His body started throbbing, and it was all he could do to stand.
'I've got to end this quickly...' Shadow thought. Flash got up from the ground, growling in frustration. There was a small outline on his neck where Shadow's fingers had wrapped around his neck. Flash himself was battered and bruised. There was a long cut along his lower lip, and his whole face was covered in scratches.
"Shadow...you will pay for that..." gasped Flash. Flash stared to stagger over to Shadow. But before he could hit Shadow, Flash fell to the ground, unconscious. Shadow smirked, and turned around. Shadow lost his balance, hit the ground, and everything went black.
Outside, the process was going well. It was almost over, but Jayln and Vinny were almost dead. They had to go into their deep reserves to sustain the process. Vinny moved his eyes slowly towards Tails. Tails' eyes seemed to say that he and Kai could do the rest. Vinny didn't know if what he saw was a hallucination, or reality. But before Vinny could do anything, he fell to the ground, out cold from the energy it took.
Kai and Tails started putting a little more energy in to make up for Vinny. Tails felt a twang of pain shoot straight through his heart, and he knew he had to stop. Tails fell backwards, and his energy stopped. Jayln and Kai were desperately trying to hold on. Jayln hit the ground, tired. Just before she blacked out, she saw Tikal open her eyes, and sit up. Then everything went black.
That's the end of Chapter Eight. I believe that this is one of the last chapters, so I may not work on it as much. And I believe that's all for now. Later!
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