Shadow and Espio

By Streak The Chameleon

Chapter 12: The Truth

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

After walking through a couple hallways and beating the crap out of GUN soldiers, Shadow, Espio, and Streak found themselves in the main computer room.

"I'm wondering why we haven't been captured yet," said Streak.

Espio nodded. "Oh. Yeah. On my way here I cut off their security cameras."

"Okay then. Let's hack into this thing." Shadow said.

Streak got to work hacking, while Shadow and Espio stood guard.

"If you're not good at data retrieval, then why is he?" Shadow said, pointing to Streak.

"He's got a lot of free time, I guess."

"Okay, got it!" Streak called.

Shadow looked at his watch. "That took him 45 minutes." He looked at Espio. "You're right. He does have a lot of free time."

They walked over to Streak.

"Okay, here goes…" Streak hit a play button on the screen.

A video flickered to life, and the commander of GUN appeared on the screen.

He started speaking. "After the Black Arms attack, we decided that we needed a new force of defense. We cannot rely on Sonic and his friends anymore."

"I don't believe this!" Shadow muttered.

"We…we started on a new project, code-named Project Assassin. We could take the DNA of Shadow and Espio to create a creature that could not only harness Chaos Energy, but could turn invisible. With it, we could make GUN a powerful force. Those who refuse to our…demands could be wiped out instantaneously."

"No…way…" Espio said.

"To get some sample DNA to test, we have already taken DNA from three subjects, two hedgehogs and a chameleon.

Shadow turned to Espio. "You didn't get tested, right?"

"No."

"Then who-"they both looked at Streak. The chameleon was breathing heavily and was looking at the commander with hatred in his eyes.

The commander continued. "So, we put a bounty on both Shadow and Espio and a large sum of money. We know that their "friends" will jump at the chance to make money. Although we do not even intend to give them the money. They will be captured by GUN and possibly we will conduct more…tests."

There was a click and the video died down. Streak had turned the movie off.

"Those…idiots…" he said quietly.

Espio found his voice. "Streak, what happened when you were captured?"

Streak's hand clenched into a fist. "I don't want to talk about it." He said.

"I'm serious. What happened?"

Streak jumped on him and pinned him to the floor. "I SAID I DIDN"T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!" He screamed. "WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND!"

He got off Espio and walked to the door.

"Okay…forgetting that…" Shadow said. "How do we stop them?"

Espio nodded. "I say we blow this place sky high."

"That'll work." said Shadow.

"But how?"

"That's already been taken care of…" Streak said. He was holding three demolition packs in his hands.

"When did you get those?" Espio said.

"I stole them."

"I'm not surprised."

"There're three floors to this place, right? All we do is go to each floor, and plant this."

Shadow and Espio took a pack. "How long is the timer?"

"Ten minutes."

"Ten minutes?" Espio and Shadow gawked.

"I think it shouldn't be a problem getting out of here, right? Jump out a window if you have to."

"Got it."

"Right."

"Okay, let's go!"

They all ran out.

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"This is Sonic to Cream, over."

"Roger that."

Cream cocked a gun. "I'm at the entrance."

"Okay, stay there. If they come out, we need you to hold them."

"I can stay here."

"Amy to Sonic, can't find anything, over."

"Copy that, Amy. Keep searching."

"I find them." Amy turned off her walkie-talkie.

Sonic stood in the doorway labeled EXPERIMENT ROOM. The soldiers were killed a long time ago. Not by him. After the maze of hallway and doors, he couldn't kill, let alone find, anything.

He stared of into space. "Where are they…?"