Shadow and Espio

By Streak The Chameleon

Chapter 6: Chaos at ARK

I do not own any of the Sonic characters. Sega does.

Streak spun around. Nobody was there.

"What?"

He heard a girl's laugh from behind him. In one move, he turned quickly and threw a shurikan behind him. It smashed against a control panel.

Streak slowly backed out of the room. He was almost out when he felt a cold hand on his shoulder.

"Ahh!" He jumped and turned around. Standing in front of him, was Amy. But she was different. Her eyes were a different color, and her fur was a darker shade of pink.

"What's the matter, Streak? You look scared." Amy said this with a slight smile on her face.

"Amy…I-"

He was cut short by her fist ramming into his stomach. He sailed a couple feet and smashed into a row of panels.

He groaned in pain. He looked up and saw Amy standing over him.

"Like the new look?"

"Not exactly." He jumped up and did a reverse spin kick into Amy's head. His foot connected, but Amy just stood there. It was like he kicked stone.

"Tsk, tsk, Streak," she said. "Big mistake."

She grabbed his foot and threw him down the hall.

Streak, while flying through the air, managed to land on his feet. Amy was still standing in the transporter room.

"I can run down to the spare transporter if I hurry," Streak said to himself. "Amy's not that fast."

"Correct, Streak, but I am."

Streak cursed silently. He turned around and saw Sonic, with similar changes to his appearance.

Streak, wasting no time, ran sideways on the wall and passed Sonic. Sonic just stood there.

Streak turned a corner and ran down some stairs. He finally reached the spare transporter after a few minutes.

"Maybe I lost them…" he thought to himself.

"Really, Streak?"

Amy was standing in the doorway.

Streak cursed again.

"I don't think you'll be going anytime soon, Streak." This was Sonic, standing right behind her.

Streak glanced at the transporter. There was no time to get in there without getting killed. Then he remembered his bracelet.

He slowly moved his hands behind his back and started rubbing.

"Any last words?" said Amy.

"Sure," said Streak, grinning. "Bye."

The bracelet activated and Streak vanished.

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Shadow ran through Pyramid Base, dodging the various traps that Dr. Eggman had set up.

"The doctor really needs to work on his defenses," Shadow thought.

He grinded on a rail and went up a loop-de-loop.

Then he saw Rouge in front of him. He collided with her.

"Ow," he said as he stood up.

He wondered if Rouge knew about GUN. "Probably not." He thought.

He walked over to Rouge and held out a hand. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. What are you doing here, Shadow?"

"I'm just seeing what the good doctor's doing these days," he lied.

"Oh. Well, I got what I need."

"Which is?"

She pulled out an emerald.

"An emerald!" Shadow thought. "It's Rouge's, but I need it."

"Can I see it for a second?"

"Sure." She handed him the emerald.

He focused on warping. Before he warped, he looked up at Rouge. "Sorry."

"About what?"

"This. CHAOS CONTROL!" Shadow disappeared.