SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG
Sonic had never been a big help in Shadow's life ever before. In fact, Sonic had been everything to Shadow but an ally. Having Sonic around him made Shadow feel just as strange as he would be with the Black Arms.
It didn't matter. The Chaos Emerald that Sonic possessed mattered. And in order to obtain that emerald, this city Westopolis had to be rid of all Black Arms.
Shadow and Sonic raced side by side towards where the explosion came from. The explosion could easily have been thirty miles away, but it would only take about five minutes for both Sonic and Shadow to get there with their amazing speed.
They spotted a group of G.U.N. marines. That wasn't good.
Unfortunately, the G.U.N. military that were there didn't think of Sonic and Shadow as allies. They've both been problems to G.U.N. army for quite some time now, and what are the chances of Sonic and Shadow changing their ways to help them now?
Guns were pointed in Sonic and Shadow's direction immediately. It was pretty damn hard to take aim at them though, being that they were traveling at an incredible speed. Shadow turned back to look at the soldiers while still running in the same direction. He took aim with is gun and pulled the trigger.
At that same exact moment, Sonic came and smacked the gun out of Shadow's hand. "Don't shoot them! They're allies now!" he yelled at Shadow. When the rifle that came out of Shadow's hands hit the ground, it fired for about half a second.
Sonic and Shadow continued to dash forward, leaving the marines behind.
"I don't know about you, but I don't want to die. These military soldiers are threats, and threats must be neutralized," Shadow tried to explain while the wind rushed in his face. "If you don't want to die, then you have to protect yourself, just don't shoot the G.U.N.s," Sonic told Shadow.
Shadow replied to Sonic, "I'll protect myself alright," and he turned and began running to an armored G.U.N. car. No one was in it, so Shadow hopped in. Luckily, the keys were still in the ignition. There were a few rifles in the car as well. Shadow took one gun in his left hand, held it out the window, and started up the car.
He pointed the gun at Sonic and signaled him to get inside the car. Sonic obeyed him and jumped in. Sonic, too, held his pistol out of the car's right window. Shadow hit the gas and they were gone.
Shadow had never driven before, at least as far as he knew, but something in his mind told him that he knew exactly how to drive, and, to Shadow's surprise, he did know how.
There were about ten Black Arms running towards G.U.N. soldiers behind Sonic and Shadow's newly-found vehicle, so Shadow took the opportunity to take down a few aliens.
He remembered what the aliens did to the cars when they fell onto them. They could crush the vehicle flat if Shadow ran into them. And since Shadow and Sonic were in the car, they'd too be flat as a pancake along with the car.
Shadow maneuvered the car to miss all the oncoming Black Arms. He and Sonic fired their guns while passing by them and took down five of the aliens.
The Blacks Arms here were wielding strange violet swords made out of some otherworldly element. When the sword made contact with metal, the metal burned and sizzled. Shadow imaged what could happen if bare skin touched the sword.
Shadow passed all the Black Arms and continued to ride the G.U.N. jeep down the highway. Luckily, there were no enemies in sight. Sonic put his arm back in the car and looked over at Shadow.
"Shadow, do you have any idea why the Black Arms need the Chaos Emeralds?" Sonic asked Shadow.
"I haven't a clue. I don't see why you should care, anyway. Just give them what they want and they'll leave us alone. The ruler of the Black Arms, Black Doom, said they would only be here for a month. So just stay out of it and let them be," Shadow told Sonic.
Sonic looked away from Shadow and back to the chaotic city that was once peaceful. Shadow looked over at Sonic. Sonic's face blew in the wind of the open window. Apparently Sonic was thinking about what these creatures could want to do with the emeralds. That made Shadow think about what he was doing, too.
After a few minutes of driving, they became close to where the explosion in the building came from. Sonic decided to exchange his pistol for a rifle like Shadow's since he had the chance.
They drove straight up to where the building exploded.
It was unbelievable. A huge, burning wildfire at the base of the building was devouring the skyscraper. There was a massive hole in the side of the building that made the tower tilt to one side.
Sonic and Shadow jumped out of the car.
As Shadow inspected the hole in the building closer from where he stood, he realized there was a tiny gray alien in the very center of the where the hole was. This one was like nothing Shadow or Sonic had ever seen before. It was in the shape of a tiny little ball and had one little yellow eye in the center of it. It was probably no bigger than a basketball.
"Is it possible that this little creature blew that hole in the building?" Sonic asked. "Don't judge it on its size. It's possible that this thing could do the same thing to us. We should shoot it and kill it now just to be safe."
Shadow raised his gun and leveled it at the small Black Arm. He held the trigger down for a second so that four rounds hit the creature.
As the bullets made contact, its small pudgy body absorbed the bullets. Sonic stared at it in surprise. That wasn't supposed to happen.
Then, almost spontaneously, the little alien began to grow. It started to puff itself up like a balloon full of air. It sprouted wings out of its back. It opened a hole under its eye to create a mouth. In fact, it blew itself up so much that it was able to fill the hole it made in the building.
That was a good thing, too, because now it was stuck in the building and couldn't escape.
Sonic looked to Shadow. "What do we do? The guns are useless," Sonic said.
"Then we should try to physically assault it," Shadow suggested.
Shadow rushed toward the monster with great speed. As he became close, the monster spat out a burst of fire. The flame carried itself out and began to spread everywhere catching everything it made contact with aflame.
Shadow jumped clear over the danger heading his way. The flame missed him and torched the building behind him. The building that was hit created a massive explosion that sent Shadow and Sonic, along with cars and street signs, flying.
Sonic and Shadow jumped back on their feet. That had to have been the attack this monster preformed to make the hole in the building the creature was stuck in.
Sonic and Shadow rushed toward the creature. They both jumped up and curled up into balls. They threw themselves at the monster, but it was no use. They simply bounced back off the Black Arm.
Shadow realized that the creature's eye had to be its weak point. That was the only part of the monster that wasn't covered by its rough, pudgy skin.
Shadow spotted a street sign that was torn from the ground from the monster's attack. He picked it up and threw it like a javelin at the monster's eye. It hit the creature and, in reaction to the pain, cried out in shock.
It began wildly blowing flames everywhere in all directions. Shadow and Sonic dodged the flames as best they could, but the heat was intense and that made them tire quickly.
Sonic began to slow from the extreme heat. Shadow saw this, but continued to avoid the fire. Sonic finally gave in and collapsed after a minute or so. When Sonic fell to the ground, the Chaos Emerald Sonic was holding fell from him and hit the ground. Shadow saw that and quickly rushed over not to help Sonic but to nab the emerald.
As Shadow's fingers brushed the Chaos Emerald, Shadow's memories flooded back.
He saw himself holding the green emerald up to the moonlight. He stood atop some sort of giant, broken down G.U.N. machine. He looked down from the machine at Sonic who was walking towards Shadow and speaking to him. Next thing he knew, Sonic was sprinting towards him shouting at him. Shadow threw the Chaos Emerald into the air and caught it coming down, shouted something, and vanished.
Shadow came out from his trance. His instincts came into play. The creature banished fire directed at Shadow. Shadow raised his hand with the Chaos Emerald in hand and shouted, "Chaos Control!"
Time seemed to stop. No, time didn't seem to stop, time did stop. The Chaos Control. Shadow realized he had the power to harness the power of the Chaos Emerald.
Perhaps… his purpose was to harness to power of all seven Chaos Emeralds? But for what use would the power serve? Shadow would think about it later.
Shadow grabbed Sonic and tossed him back into the G.U.N. car for his safety.
He knew time was of the essence. Shadow dashed towards the stilled creature. He sent a final blow to the eye of the monster causing it to explode, engulfing Shadow and the rest of the building the Black Arm was in.
The building collapsed. In an instant, G.U.N. soldiers and robots where at the scene. Luckily, they didn't notice Sonic in the vehicle.
The soldiers saw something move in the rubble of the fallen building. The soldiers quickly got behind a few cars for cover. They knew something was under the debris there, and it wasn't friendly. They all got their guns ready.
Shadow emerged from the destruction with a bright red aura surrounding him. The soldiers immediately fired their weapons at Shadow landing almost all their shots on him. The bullets, however, were deflected off of Shadow and landed onto the ground. Shadow began to walk towards them as the marines continued to fire their weapons.
Finally, Shadow gathered his energy and shouted, "Chaos Blast!"
The flaming red energy that surrounded Shadow was released causing everything near Shadow to be blown away, including all of the G.U.N.s surrounding him.
Chaos Blast.
Shadow stood there unfazed. He looked over at the G.U.N. jeep where he tossed Sonic into. He saw Sonic climbing out of it. Sonic had seen all of what had just happened.
"Shadow," Sonic stammered in awe, "What are you?"
Shadow pondered the question for a second. "I am all I am," Shadow replied.