I just noticed that in chapter 1, it says DarkTails, by Willaim Penn. Oops, where was my mind when I wrote that? Well... This chapter will follow the villains. Also, this chapter has an unofficial title. Its unlucky. Its... XIII.

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Gutters lead to Sewers, Sewers lead to Oceans.

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Amy snapped into conciousness. She was floating somewhere. She looked around. She couldn't see any land. She was... in the middle of the ocean. She cursed at herself for letting her guard down long enough for this to happen. She started swimming in a random direction. She had decided to do this, and hoped to reach land before the sun got to... where ever she was... She could barely make out a landform, when she heard it.

("Jaws" theme music)

Amy looked around, and saw the fin. "You have GOT to be freakin' kidding me." Nope. It advanced closer. It was dangerously close. She kicked at the fin. And connected with something. The shark came up, and yelled out in a nasally voice. "Oh, Jesus! Why did you have to go and do that? I think you broke my nose!" Amy stared at the shark in disbelief. This was Jaws? As in, "render fleshy-things to the bone in a matter of seconds", Jaws? Pathetic. Lame. Wuss. The shark swam away, sniffling. Amy continued to swim towards the land mass until she was too tired to move. She floated there, drifting, until she heard a boat. She looked around. Nothing. She continured swimming to the landmass. She was getting tired. Seriously tired. She fell into unconciousness.

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Shadow swore out of frustration as he sat up. He was surrounded... by...

"NO! THE ULTIMATELY HUMILIATING WAY TO DIE! RIPPED TO SHREDS BY A MOB OF DERANGED FANGIRLS!"

One of the fangirls frowned at him.

(Censored due to guns, violence, alchohol, and various illegal substances)

Shadow sighed with relief. He looked around at the mass of unconcious fangirls around him.

"Boy, I sure would hate to be the sap who didn't get to see that incredible, breathtaking, totally awesome, and by far ULTIMATE display of skill, power, and cheese graters."

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He looked out the window. It would be soon. Soon, he would have what he needed for... the Ritual. He drew a card from a deck. An image of a small, cartoony looking rabbit with long ears appeared on the card. Underneath the image, the word "KEY" materialized. Hmm. So, this rabbit thing was the last necessary ingredient for the Cataclysm, eh? He looked to an empty containment chamber, then the other six, already occupied. All of the other ingredients for the Cataclysm to begin were gathered from the greatest of games.

A Hero of Time.

A Psychic warrior.

A hunter of S.T.A.R.S.

A scientist/freedom fighter.

A ninja spectre.

And... a... psycho... turtle... spikey... thing...

He looked at them all. They all glared back. He looked at them all, a triumphant grin on his face. The Hero of Time yelled, "You won't get away with this!" He laughed at the elf for using such a cliche line of dialogue. Surprisingly enough, he wasn't the only one. The spiked turtle was in stitches. He glared at the turtle. The others watched in horror as the turtle's mouth melted into his face. He examined all the cards, calling out each of the names as he passed each card.

"Link. ACTIVATOR."

"Razputin. Alias, Raz. REACTOR."

"The Nemesis. CHANNELER."

"Gordon. TIMER."

"Hanzo. Alias, Scorpion. REAPER."

"Kooper. Alias, King Koopa. Alias, Bowser. SACRIFICE."

He examined the card with the image of the rabbit.

"Cream the Rabbit. KEY."

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To be continued...

Yeah, I know, its short. But it had some good, solid plot advancement. By the way, "He", from the last part of the chapter, is NOT SHADOW. It is a new villain. Who? You will see, young Padawan. I mean, reader. Hint: What do all the characters have in common? Figuring this out will narrow your search GREATLY. Sorry, fanboys/girls, it ain't Sephiroth. But if it makes you feel better, I wrote "His" part of the chapter to "One Winged Angel". I can't keep a secret from you people. Well, I can, but I'll give you the hint anyways. None of the games suck. There. Think of all the games out there. Which ones don't suck? There you go. Theres your selection. Have fun fantasizing on who it is. Another hint? Its not from any of the games that the "ingredients" are from.