A/N: ok i had to do some re-submiting as my page breaks didn't load properly along with some other stuff so sorry for slow update. to make up for it im submiting the rest of the story, right now! rate and review!

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Chapter 15: Meta Shadow: The Second encounter

A month or so had passed; it was now closing on three years since I had entered this world, exactly two years seven months. The taking over of Berserker Blades tower went smoothly, as if Robotnik had expected its capture and that it was not of any vital importance. This worried me, considering something called Project Doomsday was on the horizon. We where now ready to try to storm Meta Shadow's territory. We where in the meeting for it now. I had suggested it be only for generals since we had not yet found the spy.

"So this is it… on to the second last of the Elites…" Shadow finally said

"Yes, we seem to be on the home stretch don't we?" Gerald Agreed "I Believe it would be best to have the same plan as with Gigacannon's tower. Meta Shadow, like Dark Lance, thinks he's invincible, but… Unlike Dark Lance he likes having other robots around to tend to him and kill anyone before they get to him. Doesn't want to get his hands dirty. So we need a distraction team, destruction team and download team. The destruction team will be Streak and…"

"No" I interrupted

"What?"

"This is Shadow's foe."

"What? Me?" asked Shadow, he seemed to have a slight grin of disbelief

"Yes you, I know when I was still part of my worlds Sonic that I was angry that Eggman made a metal copy of us, you must feel the same with Meta Shadow."

"Yeah but you're…"

"But nothing… not my fight. I let Nite fight Dark Lance on his own, now it's your turn to go after your rival"

Shadow Nodded, and Gerald seemed to understand my trail of thought.

I turned to Nite "But your in the same situation I was when you went after Dark Lance, got it?"

"Jump in only if he needs to right?"

"Right"

"So who's doing the other assignments?" asked Amy

"Same as Gigacannon's tower I bet, your on download duty and me and Shade on decoy"

"Right" Gerald confirmed. "Be Careful all of you, we are on the home stretch; it would not be good to mess up now"

"What about our teams?" Espio asked

"I want Nack, Jet, Ebon, Kyu and Jeremy with me, you can have the rest, and teams will just slow Nite and Shadow down"

Espio looked surprised "Why Ebon? He's in my team, not Shadow's"

"I have my reasons"

"You don't think he is the spy do you?" asked Amy

"Do you have to ask?"

XOXOX

The scene was familiar to the one to my first mission, except this time we where on a building. Shade and I watched the building from a far with our radios ready. Kyu was sitting on the ground next to me; Jet was sitting opposite him, his back near a fan, shining his gear while talking to Jeremy who was standing next to him. Nack was checking the Sights on his rifle over on the other side of the roof. Ebon was leaning against the wall to my left, seeming miffed that he was with me rather than with Espio and Amy, but I wanted to keep my eye on him, and Espio and Amy's mission was crucial

This is Shadow, me and Nite are close to Meta Shadow's room

I nodded and talked into the radio "Go time everyone"

XOXOX

Nite and Shadow had made their way into the top of the tower undetected, using the shadows which hide them easily due to their fur colour. They reached Meta Shadow's door and Shadow talked into his radio

"This is Shadow, we are at the room"

Right Shadow, Don't screw up, and good luck came Streak's reply

'Strange how like Sonic, Streak was and yet different at the same time. That would have been what Sonic said, but would of said it in a more humorous matter' Shadow thought to himself. He turned to Nite and they nodded at each other before opening the door. In front of them had been an unexpected sight. There was Meta Shadow in the middle of the room yes, but the room itself was unusual. The middle to the back of the room was a large stair case to a hill, which had a walkway to a vortex at its very back. At the top of these stairs is where Meta Shadow stood, the rest of the room was nothing but a dark room, it wasn't decorated in any way, shape or form

"Meta Shadow!" Shadow called out

"Ah Shadow. Just as I expected, Streak sent you here, He seems to like having people fight their rivals doesn't he? He defeated Gigacannon, the robot Sonic found the greatest pleasure in annoying, while you thought he was Sonic, He let Nite fight Dark Lance, Espio fight Berserker Blade, and now you're here to fight me."

"Cut the small talk Faker, I'm here to take you down!"

"Oh really? I think you will be the one to die here"

Something was troubling Nite, and interrupted

"How did you know that we thought Streak was Sonic?"

Meta Shadow chuckled in reply "If you want to know then Shadow will have to beat me first"

Shadow reacted by climbing the stairs "With Pleasure robot!" he said mid flight

Shadow was ready to punch Meta Shadow, but the robot moved out of the way, "Not here, follow me!" he said and jumped into the vortex

"Shadow, wait, it's a trap!" Nite called after them

"I don't care!" Shadow said as he plunged in after his metallic twin.

XOXOX

The diversion was going as planed I thought, I had a few Elites following me, nothing major, Shade was hitching a ride with Jet, Nack and Kyu where destroying a few and Jeremy was flying alongside Ebon, at least, so I thought.

"Report" I said into the team's frequency, just to double check.

Shade and Jet here, we lost our tail and are heading back

I nodded

Kyu and Nack here, all we have left is smouldering metal, when we going to get a challenge bro?

I smirked.

This is Jeremy, I lost sight of Ebon

I smil…

What?

"You What?"

He just disappeared into shadows, I can't find him. However I did lose those bots

"Ack! Find him quick Jeremy"

Will do

I patched myself into the general's frequency "Guys, Jeremy lost Ebon, looks like…"

I was interrupted by Nite Trouble, Shadow just jumped into some kind of vortex after Meta Shadow. It closed up before I could get in, they're both gone!

"Terrific…"

XOXOX

Shadow landed, feet away from Meta Shadow

"Where is this?" Shadow asked

"My training grounds, a virtual highway" came the reply

"Virtual?"

"Yes, the vortex digitises anything and puts it onto a terrain of my choosing"

Shadow looked around. They where in a pink and orange half pipe, orbs completing the circle at each length of pipe, above him was an orange sky, with various chequered planetoids floating around.

"It looks like it was designed by someone whos high and drunk"

"Maybe, but it will be your final resting place Shadow, this is where I will kill you, CHAOS RADIANCE!"

His bright chaos attack would have blinded Shadow had he not heard about it from Streak, he blocked his eyes and attacked back "CHAOS SPEAR!" explosions hit the ground where Meta Shadow had stood, the robot was now however on his way down the pipe. Shadow made pursuit.

"I'm not in the mood for games!" he said

"To bad, that's is exactly what we are doing, playing one big computer game, one where the stakes are not just pride, but life!"

Shadow Growled as he caught up with his metal rival. "I will make sure you will fall"

"I don't think so, CHAOS SLICE!" Meta Shadow intoned, using his close combat skill, light energised claws swiped at Shadow. Who dodged an in turn used his own close combat skill

"CHAOS NIGHTMARE!" his hands glowed into purplish orbs which he used to try and punch Meta Shadow away. And so it went on, back and forth as each of the Dark Hedgehog like beings attacked each other. It kept up until one of Shadow's Chaos Spears hit a fault point in the pipe up ahead. The pipe faltered and fell, with both of them in it. It eventually landed on one of the planetoids. "Defiantly made by someone whos high and drunk" he muttered while looking at the Blue and Luminous green checks that covered the planet. He then turned his attention back to Meta Shadow who was just standing up after the fall, looking at Shadow with malicious intent.

"So ready to give up and die?" Meta Shadow asked.

"Not a chance faker!" Shadow shot back. They ran at each and began trying to use chaos close combat attacks against each other again. It continued like this for a half hour, until Meta Shadow finally had enough. He threw some of the blue sand at Shadow, which caught him in the eyes.

"AHH!" Shadow yelled in pain and surprise.

Sensing that Shadow was now at his mercy, Meta Shadow walked forward, ready to attack him, chuckling evilly as he did so.

"This is it Shadow, you can't see, and I will kill you now. Any last requests?"

Shadow was in anger at the dirty trick. He also felt this was not the time nor place for him to die, but he saw no way out of it, he was thinking quickly and getting desperate.

"I'll take your silence as a no, goodbye Shadow!" Meta Shadow said as he raised his arm ready to use his talons on Shadow.

It was then Shadow felt an unlocking feeling, he was covered in a similar yellow aura as if he was about to use his Chaos Spear. This felt more powerful though. "I do have a last request actually"

"Oh?" said Meta Shadow, ready to indulge him

"Yeah… CHEW ON THIS! CHAOS… JAVELIN!"

Meta Shadow couldn't believe what he saw, a single, giant Chaos Spear raced from Shadow's hand and right into his chest, slicing him in half before it exploded.

Shadow had finally recovered his sight after a few moments of using the Chaos Javelin, what seemed to be his hyper move. He stood up and walked over to the remains of Meta Shadow, which only seemed to be his head, the eyes of which are flickering

"Funn-y… I ne-ver th-ought you woul-d have it in y-ou to do th-at Sh-adow"

He picked up the head and looked at it "Care to tell me how you knew about Streak then?"

"I k-now you al-ready kn-ow how I kn-ew… the-re is a sp-y in the res-istance"

Shadow frowned "Who is it?"

"Li-ke I wo-uld te-ll y-ou. I wo-uld rat-her le-t y-ou fin-d o-ut yo-urse-lf… whe-n doom-s-da-y is finis-hed." The robot stated as its head finally powered down

"Hmph" Shadow said, he dropped the head, which cracked open revealing the Green Chaos Emerald. He picked it up and smiled. This was much more suited to him than the grey one.

XOXOX

The vortex had re-opened and Shadow stepped though… not that I noticed, I was too focused on the argument I was having with Ebon…

"Just where were you then!"

"Like that's any of your business Stake!"

"The name is STREAK! And as second in command of the resistance it is very MUCH my business you stuck up crow!" I yelled back in anger "Tell me why I shouldn't beat the answer out of you!"

"Cause you haven't got it in ya you Sonic wannabe!"

That was not a good idea on his part

"HOW DARE YOU CALL ME THAT NAME!"

"QUIT IT" Shadow yelled and we all looked at him, good thing he stopped us or Ebon would be dead now.

"Can we just head home and talk about this later?" Shadow asked I noticed only one of his eyes where open. "I am tired, and need a bath"

I growled in response and walked off. I was not a happy hedgehog.