CHAPTER 4

CASE SOLVED

Once they got inside the base no guard robot was in sight.

"This is weird, doesn't Hao keep his robots everywhere?" Espio tried to look for a robot, but he still saw nothing.

"Forget the robots we need to find the girls. That's what we came for." Shadow reminded.

"Get em and get out." Jet agreed.

They then came to a door that had the label 'Prison Cells.'

Shadow decided they were in there. The door was locked. It needed a card key, which they did not have. So they had to get in the usual way. Shadow took his fist and punched the door at a great distance.

That startled the girls. They looked at the three approaching men and smiled.

"Shadow! I'd knew you'd come to rescue me." Rouge could never be happier to see him.

Shadow started to work on the cell lock, "I could never continue my life, If you were in trouble." Shadow unlocked the lock and the girls came running out hugging and kissing the boys.

Tonya was hugging Espio so hard, Espio thought he was going to suffocate, "Yeah Ton, I missed you too! Just don't kill me!"

Wave kissed Jet, "Thank god you ran into these guys, or you would probably still be looking for me."

"Its just lucky I guess."

Rouge was telling Shadow who caused all this in the first place, "Hao is behind the whole thing, he's gonna..."

"Set a trap." A blue wolf said from the doorway.

"It's Hao!" Shadow and Espio said together.

"I only used these women to lure you two here, but I didn't suspect another." He looked at Jet and Jet looked back. "Anyway I guess he'll take part in the trap as well." Hao took out a controller and pressed a red button.

Soon enough a lot of grey robots had entered the room.

"That's a lot of robots." Jet was looking around the room. Everywhere he looked there were robots.

Shadow was confident that they would beat them, "Then we'll take em on."

"Did I mention, I was responsible for the bombs as well? I really got you all stumped on this one didn't I?"

Espio was going to say something, but his words trailed off, "You..."

"Attack!" Hao ordered the robots to attack them all, but it was no match for Shadow's power.

"Don't worry, guys I got this." Shadow started to glow red and then a big destructive wave of redness scattered and the robots were destroyed.

Hao didn't expect that so he slowly started to creep away, but Espio stood in his way.

"Where do you think you're going?" Espio said with a smirk.

Hao began to back away, but he bumped into Shadow. He started to run, but Shadow had already had him.

"Time to take revenge for you taking our love ones away from us."

Shadow, Espio, and Jet began to crack their knuckles.

Hao knew somehow in his plan, it would turn out for the worst.

After when Shadow, Espio, and Jet beat Hao up. Shadow's communicating device came on.

Vector was on with news, "Shadow, good news. Charmy defused the bomb we're in no more trouble."

"Told you I could to it." A peppy voice said from the background.

"That's great Vector, we got some news too. We saved the girls and we know who's behind the whole bomb thing."

"Who?"

"Hao the Wolf."

"Should've known, I'll catch you guys back here later."

"Over and out."

Later that evening on the bridge where the sun set beautifully Shadow, Espio, Rouge, and Tonya were saying their goodbyes to Jet and Wave.

"Shadow, you're one hell of a racer."

"So are you, Jet." Shadow shook Jet's hand, "I guess I'll see you again someday."

Jet smirked, "And when we do, I want a nice clean match."

"You got it."

"Watch your back out there, Wave. There's more than one psychopath out there you know." Rouge had warned.

"I will."

Then a grey bird had approached them. He was very big and he was riding a grey air board.

"Storm." Jet and Wave said together.

"Storm?" Espio said repeating.

"Shadow, Espio, I'd like you guys to meet the third member of our team, Storm." Jet said introducing.

"Come on Jet, we have to go." Storm was in a hurry for some reason.

"Yeah, yeah." Jet looked at Shadow again and got on his air board. Wave did the same "Goodbye, Shadow." Jet rode on and Strom followed.

"We won't forget you guys, thanks again." Wave followed them.

"What now, Shadow?" Tonya asked.

He answered, "We go home."