Once again, I do not own Sonic.
The Writing's On the Wall
Chapter 2: Battlefield
'Now!' Shouted Knuckles. He threw out his hand to allow me to get out of the cave.
I hesitated for a second before breaking out into a run. I ran down a large stretch of wasteland, following the route on my map; as I rounded a large boulder, I finally saw what was causing the rumbling. About 10 large ships were bombarding the earth randomly with giant laser cannons. Many smaller ships seemed to be trying to get out of the line of fire. I was with them.
'Eggman.' I thought as I took cover behind the boulder. 'What does all this shit this have to do with him?'
I weighed my chances. On the one hand, if I ran, I would be spotted and would probably be blown to pieces. On the other hand, if I stayed put, they would find me and I would again be blown to pieces. Neither choice sounded too appealing.
I then remembered the Chaos Emerald. I took it out and thought that my chances for survival would greatly increase. I had only used it one, and I was pretty sure that it was luck that I got it to work.
'Ok, here we go.'
I dashed out from behind the rock, expecting to die any second. I opened my eyes and saw that it wasn't me the aircraft were shooting at. But the ground vehicles were!
'Shit.'
I ran like hell. I followed the map; it showed the location (Some sort of shelter) I was looking for about 1000 yards ahead. Even though I still didn't know why I was thrust into this world, and I didn't care. All I cared about was staying alive long enough to find out. And with the ground vehicles in hot pursuit, the chances didn't look good.
As the shelter drew near, I was beginning to believe I would make it. That was up to the point when I tripped.
'Ouch!' I shouted in pain as I rolled down the incline. 'Damn shoelace.'
Just then, to add upon all the hell that was going on, yet another side had presented itself.
'No fucking way… Not the Flying Dog.'
It was, the horrid GUN attack robot had decided to drop in a ruin my day (Like it wasn't ruined enough) by killing me.
'At least I know why there's a war going on.' I thought as I dived behind yet another rock.
It looked like GUN was after Eggman again on this planet. Eggman must have been in the ground vehicles trying to run down my ass. But I still didn't know who was in the airships.
'Think!' I shouted to myself mentally. 'How did Rouge beat this… thing?'
I remembered.
'Great. I can't fly damn it!'
I couldn't get high enough to attack the Flying Dog. All hope seemed lost as the machine crept closer and closer. Suddenly, a red light shone from my pocket. The Chaos Emerald had activated again! Without pausing to think, I plunged my hand into my pocket, drew out the Chaos Emerald, round-housed the rock and shouted the only words that could save me: Chaos Spear!
Lightning struck the Flying Dog from above. It fell to the earth with a tremendous crash.
'What's that beeping?' I pondered as I approached the wreckage.
'Self destruct initiated.' Said a computerized voice from somewhere in the cockpit.
'Hey! Asshole!' Shouted a voice from behind me. 'Run!'
I didn't need to be told twice, even if I was being insulted, I turned on my heel and ran as fast as I could. I dived into the shelter just as the Flying Dog blew up, annihilating anything within the vicinity.
'Hey, asshole.' Said the same voice from somewhere above me. I looked up.
'Shadow? What are you doing here?'
I convulsed and I felt like I was about to puke. I fell to my knees, trying to breathe calmly to stem the urge to throw up. Damn those after affects.
But before I could say another word, Shadow had gotten down on his knees too.
'I'm sorry kid.' He said in an almost remorseful tone.
He took out a small steel needle and placed it into the crook of my arm.
'Shadow, you…'
The world started to blur in front of my eyes, the last thing I saw before I blanked out was Shadow's grinning face and those burning red eyes.
………
'Hey guys.' Said Sonic as he watched Tails and Amy come into the shelter they were meeting in. 'Where's the kid?'
'He's not here?' Asked Amy.
'No, I thought he was with you.'
'He left first from the cave, so we assumed he'd be here first.' Said Tails.
'Great.' Said Sonic roughly. 'You lost him. Do you realize what will happen if Eggman or GUN gets their hands on that kid?'
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