Chapter 14
Super Shadow floated back up to Super Eclipse and faced him.
Super Eclipse just smirked. "You see Shadow, you cannot defeat me!
Super Shadow smirked in response. "We'll just see about that.
Both super hedgehogs charged at each other.
Super Eclipse threw a punch at Super Shadow who easily caught it. In return, Super Shadow threw a fist at his brother who also caught it. They both pulled each other closer until they were inches away.
"I am the ultimate life form, not you Shadow!"
Super Shadow just smirked. Super Eclipse's face twisted into rage at this and head-butted him hard but not letting him go. Super Shadow looked up with a bloody mark on his head but continued to smirk.
Super Eclipse was more angered now and head-butted him again. Super Shadow still smirked.
Super Eclipse continued head-butting Super Shadow, his anger growing with every blow he made.
With the Group
Rouge had tears in her eyes from seeing Shadow take a beating like this.
"We have to do something1" She said through sobs.
Knuckles and Sonic both looked down on the floor
"There is nothing we can do." Sonic said sadly. "Shadow absorbed the powers of the emeralds.
"But can't Knuckles recharge them?"
Knuckles shook his head. "I have already done that. To do it again without waiting would over load them."
At that point, Amy, Tails, and Cream came running.
"I thought I told you to stay away." Sonic said.
"We wanna help!" They all said.
Sonic sighed and turned to the battle once more.
Battle
Super Shadow's head was completely covered in blood now and his super form was starting to weaken.
Super Eclipse head-butted him one more time and let go of his brother's arm. When Super Shadow was about to fall, Super Eclipse pulled back his fist and punched him hard in the face, sending him crashing to the ground.
Super Shadow was lying on the floor for a second before standing back up. He saw a golden streak heading towards him.
Super Eclipse rammed Super Shadow into the air. Before he could respond, he teleported behind him and kicked him down to the ground again.
There were bloody marks all over Super Shadow now and he was starting to lose his super form. Every 10 seconds or so, his pale golden fur blinked to black for an instance before going golden again.
"I can't hold out much longer."
With The Group
The group saw Super Shadow lying on the ground about 50 feet away from them. Super Eclipse was advancing quickly.
"We have to do something!" Rouge screamed.
The group nodded and ran towards Shadow.
When they reached him, Sonic and Knuckles helped him up.
"We've come to help Shadow!" Sonic exclaimed.
"You can't. If I could not beat him, there is no way you can, besides he can heal. To destroy him, I would need to incinerate every last cell in him. I can't acquire that much power. There is no way."
"Maybe there is." Knuckles said.
Everyone turned to him.
"Shadow could absorb the power of the Master Emerald. When he does that while in his current state, he'll go into his Hyper form.
Sonic gasped. "Of course! Think you can handle it Shadow?"
The super hedgehog nodded. Knuckles and Sonic released him and Knuckles pulled out the Master Emerald. It began to circle around Super Shadow while he took his power up stance.
"Not so fast!" Super Eclipse yelled who had caught wind of their plan.
"Shadow is still powering up, protect him!" Sonic yelled.
Everyone nodded.
The group ran towards Super Eclipse who was advancing quickly.
Knuckles was the first to attack. "Thunder Arrow!"
A yellow energy bolt flew at Super Eclipse who stopped and swatted it away.
"Chaos Sword!"
Super Eclipse's attack hit Knuckles square in the chest. He fell to the ground unconscious.
"Sonic Wind!"
A blue tornado surrounded Super Eclipse who paid no attention to it.
He pointed his hand at Sonic.
"Let's see how you like my most powerful attack! Chaosssssssss BOMB!"
A silver energy ball surrounded by white lighting flew from his hand and towards Sonic. The blue wonder darted to the right and was about a 100 feet away from where the bomb made impact but it wasn't enough.
The attack created a huge explosion that caught Sonic at the edge of it. He flew high into the air and landed with a thud, unconscious.
Super Eclipse then warped over to Amy, Cream, and Tails. He appeared right in the center of their circle.
"Chaos Inferno!"
The silver explosion caught them all by surprise and they flew back, out cold.
"Black Wave!"
A black energy attack hit Super Eclipse in the back and he turned to face Rouge. He quickly warped to her and lifted her up by the neck.
"You mean so much to Shadow. That is why YOU will die first!"
With Shadow
The Master Emerald was spinning faster and faster around Super Shadow. It was nothing but a green line now. Suddenly, there was a huge green explosion. After it subsided, the giant gem lay on the ground in a dull gray color. Above it hovered the transformed Shadow.
His fur was now a beautiful silver and his striped looked a more metallic red.
The Hyper hedgehog turned in the direction of Super Eclipse and teleported.
With Eclipse
Super Eclipse pulled back his hand ready to kill the treasure hunter, He threw his fist at Rouge when a gloved hand caught it.
Super Eclipse looked to his side and his eyes widened when he saw Hyper Shadow.
Hyper Shadow gave Super Eclipse a cold stare before grabbing the bewildered Rouge and kicking Super Eclipse to the ground.
Hyper Shadow flew back to the group who were all conscious again and set Rouge down.
"Shadow you"-
Hyper Shadow cut her off by putting his hand on her delicate lips.
"Shhhhhhhh, tell me when I get back."
Rouge smiled and hugged the Hyper hedgehog. Surprisingly enough, Shadow hugged her back before teleporting away.