Chapter 4: The battle…

Sonic, along with Tails, Knuckles and Shadow ran into about 80 robots. Each of them spin-dashing and punching all in their path. Shadow clutched the green chaos emerald, his fists started to glow bright green. He tapped into the energy to harness the power. The robots charged into all four of them, they started attacking with their powers. Sonic, spin-dashing them. Knuckles, socking them with iron fists. Tails, also able to use spin-dash, and Shadow, throwing fists of chaos energy into the robots. They were using all of their strength at once. Shadow was destroying robots with his chaos blasts. He put up his open hand and shot blasts of green energy at the robots. Sonic didn't know what that power Shadow was using was, but he looked like he was a pro at it. Shadow was busting robots, until he saw a second assembly line, and they had those same electric staffs. Shadow turned to Sonic. "Don't let them hit you with the staffs, they shock you into paralysis!" Shadow said to them.

The robots attacked, Shadow did his best to dodge, but the robots were on each side. One of them swung at Shadow, he dodged it and kicked the robot. It fell back and dropped the staff. Shadow quickly grabbed the staff. Now to test it. Shadow stabbed a robot, and it dropped with small blue lines going across it. It worked, the staff disrupts the robots. Causing them to shut down. It had shocked the robot. He turned and hit more, they dropped to the ground. He yelled at Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, "Pick up the staffs! They are very effective!" Shadow yelled as the three looked around for paralyzed robots. They each picked up a staff. Each of them started stabbing at robots, pretty soon, tons of robots were lying on the ground, twitching trying to move, but unable due to a disrupted circuit. More fell on the ground, and more and more kept coming. Shadow kept backing up. Until he put his back foot off of a cliff, and put it back. Behind him was a cliff, with a waterfall running off of it. "What doesn't the Mystic Ruins have?" Shadow asked. "Nothing!" Sonic answered. The robots were closing in. "We need to run! Follow me you guys, I know a good hiding spot." Shadow said, as the four began assaulting robots to clear a path to follow Shadow, eventually, they made it through, as the robots turned, all four ran at a high speed. "Were are we running to?" Sonic asked. "The temple!" Shadow replied. They all kept running. Until Shadow stopped. "What is it?" Knuckles asked. "I don't remember were it was!" Shadow said. "You mean were screwed here? I could still be on Angle Island and be safe! I come down here, without asking questions or any explanations to help you guys? What is going on?" Knuckles asked. "Well… This may have something to do with you…" Shadow said. Just then, robots came running through the bushes. "Just keep going," Sonic said, "I'll hold them off!" The others did as told. The ran what seemed to be next to a small river, and it seemed like they were slowly heading uphill. They ran out of the open, on a narrow cliff. They had no where else to go, they kept running. Until they reached the dead end. Shadow turned around, to see Sonic running fast to them, he slowed down. "There were too many of them!" He said. "Wimp." Knuckles said. Until he looked behind Sonic at the robots that were charging at them. "I… take it back!" Knuckles said.

The robots came and hit them all with the electric staffs, they fell to the ground. The robots followed the same routine and dragged them off, Shadow tried to chaos blast them like before but there were many more that just two this time. They were dragged to the glass dome, what seemed like an hour again. They all felt their strength returning, but when the robots saw them twitch as a sign of this, they shocked them again to make sure they didn't try any funny stuff. They were dragged through that same neon lit hall, into the glass dome. Once inside, they each saw the legendary carved stone Shadow mentioned. But they were taken to a different room, what seemed to be the heart of the glass dome. They were just laid on the floor, watching what seemed like a guy in black robes. He turned around and the face was immediately realized to be Dr. Eggman. Even though paralyzed, they were still able to lift their necks, and move their lips, enough to talk like they had a lisp problem from the numbness.

"I knew it… explain!" Shadow said. Sonic butted in. Whistles "Nice new look Doctor!" Sonic said. "Thank you, for your compliment, you may be robotisized last…" Dr. Eggman said. "What?" Knuckles yelled. "That's right, take them to the robotisizer room immediately." Dr. Eggman ordered. "Yes sir." The robots said.

"Can Sonic and Shadow go first? I'd like to watch them suffer for all of the crap they just got me into!" Knuckles said.

They were taken to the robotisizing room, with Dr. Eggman following. Each were shoved on a small circle on the floor, then glass capsules came down over them. They watched Dr. Eggman walk over to his computer control monitor, and punch in a few buttons. He then spoke, grinning an evil, menacing grin.

"Now since you are about to lose your souls to machines, I'll tell you about all of this. I've made the most important discovery ever, involving you Shadow…" Dr. Eggman said, as Shadow looked up, eyes wide and full with fear. Dr. Eggman spoke again.

"By hacking into my grandfather, Professor Gerald's old computer system, I found an old file on Shadow. Long ago, deep in the Mystic Ruins, my grandfather, along with old friends, stumbled into that temple. There, they found very old carved stones in an old language. Long ago, an ancient power, known as the Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald were fought over. By echidnas tribes, and hedgehog tribes. They found a tomb, with an old book, they unscrambled the old language, and it was a book of spells. That 'so called' preserved this beings body. It was an old being, yes, perfectly preserved, but to old to sustain life, that DNA was taken and the bodies remains were perfect for cloning. In the cloning process, that body was destroyed being transferred, along with the memory. But my grandfather learned of that very old culture. The hedgehogs and echidnas were very powerful. They had an old bloodline connected to the chaos emeralds. He used Shadow as a weapon, and those memories of your loved one Maria, were just what happened while you were up there on that stupid ark. Some one anonymous told the G.U.N. army of the secret weapon, thus causing your terrible experiences. So, that's the story, and now, prepare to suffer no more…" Dr. Eggman saw tears of anger in Shadow's eyes. Dr. Eggman hit a switch and a light flashed from the top of the capsules….

END CHAPTER

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