Chapter 12

All three super hedgehogs floated silently in the dark and twisting sky. The wind and rain blew furiously but this did not bother the hedgehogs. Shadow still had a smirk plastered on his face.

"This is the next level. Ready to end this?"

Eclipse closed his eyes and smirked.

"Why are you in such a rush to die Shadow?"

"Yeah, let's have some fun first." Amber added.

Shadow shook his head.

"Like I said before, this ends here!"

And with that said, Shadow charged at Eclipse, the energy field around him disappearing with the burst of speed. Eclipse put his two arms in a cross formation as Shadow advanced.

Shadow hit Eclipse with such force, that the blow knocked Eclipse's energy shield away. Eclipse threw his arms outward furiously and delivered an uppercut to Shadow's chin. Shadow was too fast however, as he caught Eclipse's fist. The gold and red hedgehog spun his arm around and twisted Eclipse's arm behind his back.

Shadow continued to add pressure on to bending the arm and it was just about to snap when his face came in contact with a fingerless, gloved fist. Being startled, Shadow released his grip on Eclipse.

The gold and silver hedgehog spun around and delivered a straight kick to Shadow's stomach. Amber also pulled back and delivered her own straight kick at Shadow's stomach. Spit flew out of the dark hedgehog's mouth and his pupils shrunk.

There was a burst of air as Shadow was knocked away from the other two hedgehogs. His vision became blurry as he made a forceful impact with the hard rocky ground. Shadow slowly got up as his vision returned only to see two glowing energy orbs.

Amber and Eclipse both had their arms outstretched and pointed them at Shadow. Amber was the first to release her attack.

"Chaos Arrow!"

The attack flew from Amber's hand and directly at Shadow. Eclipse released his attack next.

"Chaos Sword!"

The two attacks made their way towards Shadow who could not even pull himself up yet.

"Super Sonic Wind!"

A golden gust of energy suddenly knocked the two attacks back into a nearby mountain, completely enveloping it in a massive explosion. After it subsided, there was a giant crater in its place.

All three hedgehogs turned their attention towards the origin of the attack only to find none other than Sonic. However, his fur was now gold and his eyes were a fierce red.

Eclipse floated closer to the hedgehog.

"What do you think you're doing here, weakling?"

Sonic smirked. Amber added her own words.

"This does not concern you blue hedgehog, leave now or perish!"

Sonic shook his head.

"I'm not going anywhere. Because the way I see it, you two were double-teaming Shadow over here." Sonic said pointing a thumb towards Shadow, who was still on the ground.

"Humph. Well, it's your funeral." Amber said. Her energy shield was now surrounding her again. Eclipse also had the mystical energy surrounding him once more.

Instead of responding, Sonic floated down towards Shadow. He landed silently beside the hedgehog and helped him up by the shoulder.

"What are you doing Sonic? This is my battle!"

"Whoa calm down Shadow! I don't mean to butt into your affairs but you can't deny that you need a little help."

Shadow turned his head away from his counterpart. He thought for a moment before facing him again.

"How are you in your super form?"

"Well, when we left the battle, we picked up the chaos and master emerald along the way. I came over to make sure you weren't getting killed but when they double-teamed you, I ran back and transformed to help you."

"The others are not here are they?"

Sonic shook his head.

"They're over that mountain over there." He responded pointing to a near-by mountain.

Sonic continued.

"Now tell me how you are in your super form, along with them."

Shadow shook his head.

"I'm not really sure. I used Chaos Blast and they used similar attacks. When they met they created some kind of energy field around us. While we were inside, we all transformed."

"Wow! That must have been a lot of energy. Anyway, will you take my offer?"

Shadow nodded.

"Alright, I suppose I could use some help."

Sonic smiled and released Shadow who stood straight on his own. Shadow tensed his muscles a bit and his energy field returned. Shadow smirked at Sonic and took to the air, along with Sonic. The two hedgehogs got to level with Amber and Eclipse.

"Now it's a fair fight!" Sonic yelled.

Eclipse smirked.

"It still won't matter."