To Starry Eye: I'm not planning to add any 3 Shadows elements in this fic, unless it's a brief reference or cameo.
Levels in this chapter: The Doom - Central City - The Ark
All Copyright info in first chapter
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Shadow the Hedgehog: A Rogue's Adventure
By Master hunter
Chapter 3 - I will get my Revenge
I had forgotten how huge ARK was, oh wait I guess that's not all I forgot, silly me. Anyway Maria showed me the Heal unit, Gerald's most famous creation besides me. She told me these quite heavy capsules can completely heal any injured person. Together we helped heal many of the researchers, for some reason I felt compelled to help them.
Soon however we met GUN soldiers. One of them brought a radio to his mouth and started to use it.
"We've found a strange looking Hedgehog and a young teenage girl. Please advise", said the soldier.
"Did I not make myself clear, destroy them all!" said a female voice back over the radio.
"But they seem innocent. Maybe not the Hedgehog but this girl can't be more than sixteen", said the Soldier.
We didn't stick around waiting for him to shoot us. I pulled Maria through the corridors, hiding from the soldiers. It seemed like a desperate escape for the two of us even though she insisted we helped them. I met up with Doom's eye, I think here only I could see it.
"Shadow look around. These humans seem to want to hurt everyone here, even the innocent. Do you want to know why? To save their reputation", said Doom's Eye.
"Shadow please don't hurt these Soldiers. I know they want to kill us but they are still people. We must lead by example", said Maria.
I looked deep into Maria's eyes and I felt warmth in the centre of my stomach. I felt like I belonged to her, and I would do anything to make her happy. I kept running with her, trying to find somewhere safe of a safe way to escape. We passed the escape pod room so many times but she insisted we did not leave until we helped everyone.
We reached a large room with a huge tank inside. In front of it was a Blue bat.
"Dammit, I can't be seen with you and we have visitors. Quickly dispose of them", said the bat before disappearing.
"Understood. Heavy Dog activated, preparing to take care of the girl and the Hedgehog", said a soldier in the huge tank.
I pushed Maria out of the way, doing my best to keep her from getting hurt. She winced a little from the pain but I think she understood why I did it.
"See the humans, corrupted by their greed, willing to kill another, using pathetic excuses for justification. They are indeed a stupid race who are heading straight for their own destruction", said Doom's Eye.
What he said had some truth to it. But it didn't matter. This Heavy Dog was standing in my way, and nothing stands in my way.
"There's no time for games", I said before rushing to strike the Heavy Dog.
It was tougher than it looked. I kept hitting it with my homing attack but nothing seemed to damage it. However I did manage to smash off a rocket launcher and I used it straight away, targeting the cockpit. After hitting the cockpit with several missiles the soldier cried out that he didn't think he could last much longer.
The Heavy Dog charged what the solider called "The Particle Beam Cannon". It fired and scraped one of my spines, leaving a burn on the tip. This sent me over the edge.
"For that I'll show you no more mercy", I said in anger.
I fell onto the cockpit and stared the soldier in the face. I felt my anger completely consume me and with the two emeralds I had I fired a Chaos Blast. A Huge wave of energy came from my body, blasting out in all directions. The Heavy Dog couldn't take it and crashed into the wall.
I looked over to Maria, still filled with rage, and saw fear in her eyes. Immediately the evil power faded and she began to smile. Especially when she saw the Soldier inside make it out of the cockpit OK. I raced over to him as he crawled on the floor, alive but ready to pass out.
"Who was that Blue Bat?" I asked him.
"Sa….Sa…." the soldier stuttered.
Suddenly a GUN troop burst into the room. In front of the main entrance stood Maria ready to leave. One of the Soldiers pulled out his gun and aimed it at her. I raced towards him but they were too far away. Instead I saw her gasp as she turned to me with a look of fear.
And then it happened. I closed my eyes as the inevitable gunshot sounded. I had failed to protect Maria again, even though it was only a memory. I asked myself whether ignoring the soldier and racing straight for the escape pods could've saved her. I questioned my priorities but in the end there was only one real truth.
It was the humans fault. And I will have my revenge.
I opened my eyes to find myself in a deserted city. Not just any city, this was Central City, home of the President. Behind me was an army of Black Arm Soldiers and beside me was Black Doom.
"Do you see now? The humans must pay for what they did to you. They sought to destroy you and they did. They feared you so much that when they finally captured you they imprisoned you in suspended animation. You became a shell of your former self and it's all because of them", said Black Doom.
"It was all because of them. Maria's Death, Gerald's crippling insanity, my memory loss and imprisonment. They will pay for what they've done to me", I said in anger
"Good Shadow. This is what the humans call Central City. Planted around this area are large bombs of our design that the human resistance have managed to secure. We don't have much time, we must regain possession of the bombs and destroy this city", said Black Doom.
"One city will not be enough", I said.
"I know. But this will be a good enough start. The human leader called The President is still here inside the city. If we're quick enough we can take out many human lives including The President", said Black Doom.
"Understood", I said
I ran into the heart of the city where I came across Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. Together they called themselves the Sonic Heroes. They soon became a liability, an annoying one at that.
"Hey it's Shadow. Come on Pal we have to take care of these bombs the Black Arms have left around the city", said Sonic
"GUN have captured the larger ones, now we must neutralise the smaller ones", said Knuckles.
"Make sure you suck them up into this special gun. Those Black Arms have actually helped us this time", said Tails presenting me with a special vacuuming weapon.
I began to walk away from them when Knuckles shouted at me.
"So you've really decided to side with them now. I thought maybe you had lost you mind back at Glyphic Canyon", he said.
"Lost my mind?" I laughed, "You have no idea. But thanks to Black Doom I have recovered some of it. The Humans will pay for what they did to me!"
"Oh man you must've really taken some knock to the head. Don't you remember what Maria asked you to…." Said Sonic.
"How dare you speak her name faker! Even before Black Doom came to me I remembered one thing, the Humans shooting her", I interrupted back
We both stared each other before Sonic bowed his head and walked away.
"Come on guys, Shadow has his own demons he has to take care of", said Sonic
"But Sonic, shouldn't we?" asked Tails.
"No, this is his problem and he's made it clear he doesn't want our help. Besides we have more pressing matters to take care of", said Knuckles.
"Right, here we go", said Sonic grabbing his two team-mates before speeding to the nearest bombs.
I didn't know what to think. Here I just threatened them and they've just left me to uncover the truth on my own. Should I be angry that they weren't willing to help me discover? Or pleased that they had realised it was none of their concern? Nether the less knew something and had refused to tell me. This angered me even more.
I should've known that alone I would be no match for the Sonic Heroes. A great warrior knows his limits and fighting all 3 of them would be foolish. They prevented us from blowing up the bombs. Black doom was furious.
"We failed. How could we have failed?" screamed Black Doom in rage.
"They are the world's greatest heroes Doom and together they had far superior strength, speed and resources", I said, "But I have a plan"
Indeed I did. Being back on ARK I regained my memories relating to Gerald's most deadly weapon. Aboard ARK was a cannon capable of destroying planets. Sonic had managed to destroy it before but it could always be repaired. I began to tell him all about it and before long Black Doom was laughing again.
"Excellent Shadow. Ok then to ARK", said Black Doom.
Within second I was standing in space next to Black Doom looking at ARK. A Black Hawk flew towards us and Black Doom told me to stand on it.
"You know what you must do Shadow. Secure the ARK and the Eclipse Cannon", said Black Doom.
The Black Hawk took me to the area just outside of ARK. I needed to destroy the defence nodes scattered around ARK. GUN maintained a presence here and there was some strange water creatures there too.
It didn't take me long to secure ARK and I immediately made my way to the Cannon's Core. The Black Arms and the GUN robots neutralised each other. Black Doom entered the area pleased with me. I placed the two Emeralds I had in the cannon.
"This cannon has the power to destroy the entire planet but it needs all seven chaos emeralds to do so. However two should be enough to destroy a city", I said.
"Is there any way to send a message to Earth?" asked Black Doom.
"That won't be a problem", I said fixing it so Black Doom could make his speech.
"Excellent, time to strike", said Black Doom, "Target Central City"
I did so as Black Doom began his speech.
Citizens of Earth, behold the power of the Black Arms. Surrender your planet to us now or prepare to be destroyed. For those sceptical of our power take a look at Central City.
I charged the cannon and fired straight at The President's home. The Green beam struck the building and created a massive energy wave that destroyed everything. I could taste the fear coming from every person on Earth. For some reason it didn't feel good even though it seemed to be exactly what I wanted.
"Hmm, yes I can feel their fear", said Black Doom, "We have the upper hand now, time to make our final strike"
"Hold on, how do we know they didn't evacuate the city first?" I asked.
Black Doom froze as he thought about what I had said. I used the computer to find television signals, knowing that what we did would be international news. I soon found a suitable channel
This is a recording of what happened to Central City just moments ago. It seems that the Black Aliens have managed to deal a crushing blow to our kind. Fortunately thanks to the aid of the Sonic Heroes most of the people living in Central City have been evacuated, including the President.
Here live with us right now are The President, the GUN commander and the Sonic Heroes themselves. Mr President what do you have to say to the Black Aliens.
The president began to address the world
I urge the people of Earth to fight with us against this Alien Menace. We will never surrender to Black Doom. I urge you all to remain calm. We still have our military strength and the power of the Sonic Heroes on our side.
The news reporter asked another question
And what of Shadow the Hedgehog sir, do you have any comment.
The President replied with
I do not know why Shadow has betrayed us, but I remain faithful that Shadow will do the right thing in the end. It wasn't all that long ago he and Sonic saved the world from tyranny and total annihilation.
The GUN commander interrupted
Excuse me sir, but I know for a fact that Shadow is a demon sent to destroy us all.
Sonic then stood up for me.
You're wrong commander. Shadow is going through a rough time right now. He's not himself. I know he's a hero like me.
At that moment I smashed the screen in anger. Sonic didn't understand, neither of them did.
"You stupid faker. You made me look like some kind of goody two shoe hero", I said.
"Hmm, I should stop assuming stuff about him", said Black Doom under his breath
I pretended not to hear that and took the Emeralds from the cannon.
"What now Black Doom? I don't think attacking another city would help us", I said.
"Indeed. We must find this "President" and capture him Dead or Alive", said Black Doom.
"Then there's not a moment to lose. I will get my revenge", I said angrily.