Chapter 6
Tails inserted the last component into the Storming. The plane looked as if it can tear the entire world's Air Force Navy easily. Tails completed the new update to the HUD (Heads up display.) and the Chaos Emerald tracker was tested and in perfect working order. Soon, Sonic, Shadow and Tails (Knuckles was protecting the Master Emerald and Amy just have nothing to do.) where searching for the last two Chaos Emeralds. "I hope that the Chaos Emerald tracker works perfectly." Shadow said. He really didn't need any other obstacles. "The Storming," Tails began. "Shows that there is another Emerald just about 60 km away." "Well let's track it down." Sonic said excitedly.
Tails directed the plane to an old warehouse. "Its over here." He said. Sonic and Shadow pressed the ejection button. (The canopy opened and closed to let them both out but it needed to close so Tails would still be able to fly the plane.) Sonic and Shadow landed just outside the warehouse. They looked at each other, and then they looked at the warehouse. Sonic opened his comm.-watch. "Sonic to the Storming." Sonic said. "Do you read me?" "Yes, what happened?" Tails asked. "Are you sure that the Emerald is here?" "Yes, it even has its target locked on to that building still." "Well FYI," Shadow said. "This is a hideout for mafias. I don't think I really want to go in there." "Well it's either that, or you go in." Tails said. Shadow was taken back. How dare he order me to do things! He thought. "O.K." Shadow finally said. Then the comm.-watch turned off.
Sonic and Shadow jumped onto a nearby window, and lifted up slightly then slid inside onto a bridge above the floor without making a sound, or alerting the mafias on the floor. They listened closely. "Just three seconds ago, the red Chaos Emerald was right in front of me." One said. "I saw Sonic get it." What is going on? Sonic thought. M-Sonic was already here. I'm going to destroy that android as soon as I get the chance. "It looks like M-Sonic was already here." Shadow whispered. "I'm going back outside, and I'm going to contact Tails." Sonic said. Unfortunately, just as he was heading back to the window, he tripped and fell. Sonic remained calm. He was trained to not panic when these sorts of things happened. Sonic caught a drainpipe and slid himself to a stop on the ground. Unfortunately, that created far too much sound for the mafias to not notice.
The mafias turned to Sonic who didn't have a Chaos Emerald. Then they looked up and saw Shadow, who also didn't have a Chaos Emerald. "There he is!" One shouted. "Lets get him!" Another screamed. That was when the open fired on Sonic and Shadow. Sonic leaped up and rebounded off the wall (he can't fly without the Chaos Emeralds energy.) and twirled in the air to dodge bullets. He smashed his foot against one mafia, which knocked him out instantly. Shadow jumped onto a mafias shoulder, and curled his foot under his (mafia) chin. Before the mafia can even use his gun, Shadow back flipped, while his foot was still anchored. This sent the man flying through the air. Sonic in the meantime, polished off a man, who was desperately trying to shoot Sonic. Sonic and Shadow had extremely fast reflexes. Sonic finally kicked the man's ankle, which sent the man into a cartwheel that was spinning in the air. In perfect timing, Sonic kicked his ankle again, which sent the man flipping even faster. The man finally landed with a thud. Shadow did an uppercut at another man, which sent him out of commission. All around them were bullet holes, and unconscious bodies. Sonic found a nearby phone, dialed 911 and they left. (The police can track the call.)
Sonic and Shadow were soon outside. "That was a close one!" Sonic shouted. "At least we solved the mafia case." Shadow said. Sonic initiated his comm.-watch. "Sonic to Tails." He said. "Do you copy?" "What happened now?" Tails replied. "You should install something that keeps the Emerald on lock, not the building." "Oh yah, I just installed that. But how did you know we needed that?" "M-Sonic got there and stole the Emerald before us." Shadow said. "Ok" Tails replied. "The next Emerald is somewhere inside the Much Music office." "Much Music?" Sonic said. "Why would they have the Emerald?" "Maybe they needed a better signal strength for their new radio station. And by the way, your comm.-watches can track down the Chaos Emerald from the database in my workshop. I have built a Chaos Emerald tracker at my workshop. It has a Chaos Emerald inside it. You should be able to find it easily." "Ok, I'm heading for there right now!" Shadow said. Sonic turned off his comm.-watch. He and Shadow took off for the Much Music building downtown.
Sonic and Shadow reached the office building in a short time. They both knew that they couldn't walk through the front door, so they ran up the building to the top. (If they get fast enough, they can do this.) "Ready for stealth?" Sonic asked. "I am the shadow (noticed shadow is in lower case, which means shadow not the name Shadow.) that was." Shadow replied. They both went down a vent. When they reached inside the building, they dropped down to the floor (on the top floor) and sneaked around the hallway. Fortunately, no one was inside the hallway. They needed to find the electrician room. According to the comm.-watch, the Chaos Emerald was just around the corner. "I'll go in and get it!" Shadow whispered. Shadow cracked the door open. A man inside stared at it. Shadow heard the man get to his feet. I need to get in there fast to steal the Emerald without anyone knowing. I can initiate Chaos Control if I'm near the Emerald. I wonder if I can say without saying it out loud. Chaos Control! Time stopped around Shadow. Shadow opened the door, took the Emerald from its energy slot and came back out. Then he allowed time to continue. "How did you get inside and out so fast?" Sonic whispered. "No time to talk." Shadow whispered. "We need to get out of here." Sonic and Shadow returned to the roof, in a matter of…well they used Chaos Control to stop time. "I said Chaos Control in my head." Shadow said when they were outside. "I wonder if M-Sonic knows about this?" Sonic replied.
"Of course we do!" A voice behind them shouted. Sonic and Shadow whirled around. There, standing in front of them was M-Sonic except he had GREEN EYES! Sonic thought. What's worse is that beside M-Sonic was a replica of…How dare he copy me! Shadow thought. (In case you don't know it was M-Shadow that Eggman made.) "Hey guys!" M-Sonic said. "Meet my new friend, M-Shadow." "Now that me and M-Sonic look exactly the same as you guys," M-Shadow said. "Your friends can't help you!" "Now we'll kindly take the Emerald that you have." M-Sonic said. Shadow was just about to do Chaos Blast. Chaos Blast is the most destructive thing you can possibly do with a Chaos Emerald. It will blow anybody around him away (this included Sonic) and it can possibly destroy the supports of buildings (if he did it at ground level.). He knew he couldn't use this. There will be too many casualties. "There is no way your doing that." Shadow desperately tried to sound calm, but Eggman had simply gone too far. "Well in that case." M-Shadow said, "we'll take it from you by force!"
M-Shadow ran to Shadow and jump-kicked him. Shadow was sent away to the other side of the building, and the Emerald landed on the floor. M-Sonic took it…but he didn't do Chaos Control. That's odd! Sonic thought. M-Sonic did an uppercut at Sonic, which sent him spiraling into the air. M-Sonic passed the Emerald to M-Shadow, who absorbed the energy. Two fireballs were sent from his hand, one landed on Sonic, the other on Shadow. This sent them both flying the opposite direction of building's edge. This made both Sonic and Shadow unconsciencous. M-Shadow used Chaos Control to teleport all four of them away.