When a Hero Breaks His Leg, by TeaFlower

Disclaimer: All SEGA characters, zones, and other things that appear in this story do not belong to TeaFlower. Dr. T. Vulpes, Emerald Mountain, and all other things… wait… You should KNOW the deal by now!

Notes: Ahhhhhhhh… the story draws to an end. Do not worry, I may actually come up with a sequel! Moyhoi! Anyways, thanks to all reviewers! To all readers, thank you. I thank you from the bottom of my TeaFlower heart. You made this story a success! Oh, as for onomatopoeia, I just used what I heard for the sounds. Also; Final Fantasy 7 and all related media do not belong to TeaFlower, even though she so very much desires them, but to Square Soft/Square Enix.

SUSPENSE BUILDER NUMBER 1: "Editing A Game is Harder Than It Sounds!"

Click! The cartridge shut into the game system. Pyutaah! The television turned on. Squee-flunk! The game system was flipped on.

The little blue hedgehog ran across the screen twice and then said, "SEEEEEEEEGAAAAAAAAA!" But the person playing the game didn't care. He was so used to it, he didn't even hear it. He could beat this game blind-folded!

The words… "SONIC AND MYLES "TAILS" PROWER PRESENT…" flashed on the screen briefly before little stars started popping up. The logo… "SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2" appeared with a blue hedgehog and a two-tailed fox in it.

"Yeah!" Sonic said (not the game Sonic), "I LOVE this game!" Tails walked up to him and took a seat. "Can I play?" he asked.

"No, Tails." Sonic replied, coolly. "Could you go get Shadow? I want to show him my UBERNESS!" Tails sighed. My best friend is an IDIOT. WHY ME? He walked off and told Shadow to come with him.

"Why should I?" Shadow asked.

"Sonic's gonna do something STUPID." Tails lied. He knew Shadow would only come if Sonic was gonna get hurt or if he was doing something stupid. "He wants you to watch."

"Oooooooh… Sonic being STUPID… YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Let's go!" Shadow replied happily. Tails led him to Sonic, who was watching the demo of Sonic in Chemical Plant. He was laughing his butt off. "So, what will you be doing, oh master of the idiots?" Shadow asked.

Sonic looked at Shadow and said, "I will be playing a video game. Watch me and marvel at my goodness." Sonic reset the game. It said, "SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEGAAAAAAAAAAA!" again. He got to the logo before Shadow started flipping out.

"WHOA WHOA WHOA!" He yelled, holding his Fire Ring threateningly. "Why do YOU get to be in this game?"

Sonic smirked. "Simple: I'm famous."

"WHY IN THE –BLEEPING- –BLEEP- BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP- WORLD DO YOU GET A VIDEO GAME AND I DON'T?"

"I already told you, I'm famous!"

"I'M -BLEEPING- FAMOUS TOO! WHY DON'T I GET A -BLEEPING- GAME?"

"I am more famous than you. Besides, you're not famous; you're infamous. Infamous people don't get games."

"OH, YOU'LL HAVE TO CORRECT THAT STATEMENT!" Shadow then pulled the cartridge out of the Genesis, leaving a fuzzy screen. He ran off to one of the randomly placed labs found on the ARK.

Sonic started to cry. "HE STOLE MY GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME!" he cried.

Tails started to cry. "HE SCARRED ME FOR LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE!" he cried.

Knuckles limped over and sat down and cried. "HE TRIPPED MEEEEEEEEEEEEE! AND HE MADE ME BRAKE MY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKEEEEEEEEEEEL!" he cried.

Eggman walked over, sat down and cried. "HE STOLE MY EVIL LAB OF EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVILNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESS!" he cried, but after receiving odd looks from the good guys, he said, "Uh, did I say evil lab of evilness? I meant happy lab of goodness. Yeah. Let's go with that."

Rouge shuffled over with part of her ear torn off. She sat down (near Knuckles) and started crying. "HIS SPIKES SNAGGED MY EAR AND HE RIPPED IT OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFF!" she cried, hugging her knees.

Amy walked over and looked at the sobbing playable characters and said, "Playable characters are wimps." She then walked off, holding the squeaky hammer of DOOM!

---ELSEWHERE---

Shadow sighed. He was gonna do this, no matter how long it took! He barricaded the door and used some Ultimate Lifeform magic on it so that it was generally attack proof. He jumped up to a shelf in the library connected to the lab (the library has no door other than into the lab) and pulled down a book. He dusted it off and, in faded letters, were the words:

How to Edit Genesis Cartridges to Make the Characters Look Like You and Change the Content

By Maria Robotnik

Shadow smiled a little at the mention of Maria's name. He opened the book to the table of contents.

1. Getting Started

2. Basic Hacking

3. Severe Hacking

4. Editing Characters

5. Changing Content

6. Credits

Shadow looked up and said, "This is gonna take a while."

---SEVERAL DAYS LATER---

Click! The cartridge shut into the game system. Pyutaah! The television turned on. Squee-flunk! The game system was flipped on.

A black and red hedgehog sped by twice and then said, "SEEEEEEEEEEEEGAAAAAAAAA!" And then, "THE ULTIMATE LIFEFORM PRESENTS…" and then the logo popped up. It had Shadow in it, doing some random pose, and then it had the logo, "SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG (eat this, Sonic!)" Shadow then screamed, "IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE! MUAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAHA AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

---OUTSIDE THE ROOM---

It had been about a week since Shadow shut himself in the lab. Tails was highly emotionally damaged, so Knuckles tried to take him into therapy. It did not work. Sonic was bummed because his favorite game featuring him was gone. But Rouge got him a present: Final Fantasy 7! He loves his game so much, he just broke the discs because he could NOT get past the opening sequence. Rouge was trying to hit on Knuckles more, because "she liked phychiatrists because she's craaaaaaaaazy…", so Knuckles punched her in the face. And then pummeled her. He took much joy in that. Eggman was playing with blocks. And then the peace was shattered by Shadow's voice:

"IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE! MUAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAHA AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The lab door opened and out stepped Shadow, holding a glistening cartridge with a nice picture of him on it. He ran out to the Genesis.

And so, once again…

Click! The cartridge shut into the game system. Pyutaah! The television turned on. Squee-flunk! The game system was flipped on.

---Ah, one day thing. NOTE: TEAFLOWER DOES NOT ENCOURAGE HACKING OF GAME SYSTEMS. DOING SO IS A CRIME HIGHLY PUNISHABLE BY LAW. DO NOT DO WHAT SHADOW DID IN THIS CHAPTER. So, there you have it. THE END DRAWS NEAR!