Chapter 3
Far from Station Squares lies a desolate wasteland covered with the remains of many a downed ship from the once proud Eggfleet. Over on the horizon a group of distant figures makes there way for the ruins. A closer look reveals Mecha Shadow and his legion of shadow clones. Mecha Shadow leads the clones up to the nearest pile of wreckage and stops. "This is it." Mecha Shadow proclaimed in an electronic signal only the shadow clones could pick up. "This is were are might starts to grow." One of the clones steped forward "Lord Mecha Shadow if you don't mind my asking how exactly will we grow more powerful in this scrap yard." "A good question your curiosity shall be rewarded." Mecha Shadow knealed down and lunged himself at a large chunk of steal and and cut of a piece all in the blink of the eye. Mecha shadow landed next to the chunk and pointed at the clone who addressed him. "You step forward." The clone cautiously walked towards him. Mecha Shadow raised his hand and pointed a finger at the metal. The next instant the metal started to rumble and the melt down into a metallic goop. Mecha Shadow then pointed his finger at The Shadow clone that steped forward. The liquid metal sprang forth and engulfed the Shadow clone completely. The other clones gasped one steeped forward. "Lord Mecha Shadow what is happening to him." "Fear not. No harm is befalling him he is mearly receiving the privilege of being first to demonstrate our power." After Mecha shadow finished saying this he pointed at the blob which receded down to the clones feet. "What happen I don't feel any different. "the liquid metal gathered next to the clone and started to take form. "Is that another shadow clone." "Hm hm hm hmmm do you see now by melting down metal I can copy your data to make more clones our ranks will grow to infinity." "PRAISE LORD MECHA SHADOW." The clones called in unison. Mecha shadow flew up into the air then creating a giant amount of charged energy he engulfed all the scarp metal he could see. Launching the energy he melted down the metal of all the wrecked ships forming a metallic ocean over taking every single clone. Before long the clones had easily increased ten times in number and were still growing. "Hm hm hm hmmm no one will be able to stand up to us. And then I the ultimate artificial life form will take my rightful place as master of this universe." "Wait I'm the universes rightful master not you." Mecha Shadow picked up a signal sending this message and found who it was. "Ah hah so you've regained enough strength to fly again have you Mecha Sonic." Mecha Sonic was zooming towards Mecha Shadow. "Don't call me that I am the real Sonic." "Still deluded by that horrible lie the Doctor programmed into you. Haven't you realized yet the true Sonic is the organic creature you were designed to resemble" Mecha Sonic stooped in front of Mecha Shadow. "Stop spouting your nonsense I am the real Sonic." Mecha Shadow let out an electric cackle. "Believe what you will fool. It doesn't matter to me at any rate what do you want." "I want the Chaos Emerald." "I don't know what your talking about" "you were still part of me at the time so you share all my memories up to the point when who were ejected from my body. You'll recall that I used a chaos emerald to transform into a more powerful state. If I had kept that chaos emerald in my possession then that miserable copy Sonic wouldn't have gotten it's power along with the others to defeat me. After the battle I got it back but I was still weak then you and the others were born but you, you had the Gaul to take advantage of my weakness and steal my means of returning to power." Mecha Shadow just laughed as he pulled A chaos emerald out from the cloak around his waist. "So you want to use it to return to power again but you forget not only do I have the chaos emerald. I'm twice as powerful as you and I have an unstopable army of Shadow clones on my side." "I can defeat you" Mecha Sonic lunged at Mecha Shadow but Mecha Shadow dodged and garbed his arms behind his back with little effort. "Stop this foolishness Mecha Sonic your too weak to defeat me. I have an idea Join me you'd be second in command of the strongest army in the universe." Mecha Sonic something his mind snap. "Join you. JOIN YOU! I would sooner melt down than join you. This insult will not be forgiven." Mecha Shadow released his grip on Mecha Sonic. "Begone. Leave before I destroy you. You'll change you mind soon enough." Mecha Sonic wanted to destroy Mecha Shadow on the spot but knew that he couldn't. "I'll be back this isn't over Mecha Shadow" Mecha Sonic turned towards the horizon and took off. Mecha shadow watched Mecha Sonic fly off. Once he was gone Mecha Shadow began to look around the area for any remaining scrap metal. He spotted a large ship that was still mostly intact and had an idea of what to do with it rather than use it to make more shadow clones. He flew down and landed on the top most part of the ship. Putting his hands on the ship he began to melt it to change its shape. The ship was now mostly jet-black the front of the ship was shaped like Mecha shadows head. Mecha shadow sent an encrypted signal to the ship's controls and it began to fly. Mecha Shadow clenched his fists concentrating his power so he could transport all the shadow clones onboard the ship. "Chaos Control!" Mecha shadow shouted the phrase and all the shadow clones were aboard the newly remodeled ship. "Excellent all is coming together now to name my masterpiece." Mecha Shadow thought about this. "I've got I This first ship of the Mecha Shadow empire will be called Shadow Storm. Hm hm hm hmm all we'll kneel before the flagship of the master of the universe Mecha Shadow." Mecha Shadow standing way at the top of a very high antennae (Just like Mecha Sonic did before becoming Mecha madness) began Cackling loudly and thrust his hands into the air attracting a bolt of lightning that surged through his entire body. Using his body as a conductor he sent lightning surging through the whole ship restoring all functions and bringing the power back to full. At Mecha Shadows command the ship began to make it's way into the distance.