Chapter 6
Deep within an abandoned G.U.N. base Shadow the Hedgehog was busily hooking up some wires and cords trying to reactivate The computers. Thankfully enough the base was still receiving power. After an hour or so Shadow had the computers up and running again. He was trying to find any information that G.U.N. had on him. He had led rouge to believe that he had his memories back for her own sake but in truth he was still at a loss. Some hours later Shadow was having no luck finding any Information most of the bases mainframes were damaged and inoperable. "Damn IT. Why wont these computers work. How am I ever going to remember who I am." Shadow continued to work when he heard some papers rustle behind him. He turned around but nothing was there. Sensing that something was amis he got up out of his seat, not being able to find anything anyway, and started to walk towards the exit. Shadow heard some more rustling, and he stopped. Then a flash of light, And suddenly Shadow was surrounded by an Army of Shadow Androids. "Damn it. It's you isn't it." Shadow said speaking to an unseen figure. "Hmm hm hm hm. Hello Shadow I knew you'd be here." A few Shadow Androids parted and Mecha Shadow appeared from behind them. "What do you Want." Shadow demanded. "No need to be so hostile I've Come to make You an offer." "An Offer. What kind of offer would you possible have for an organic being like me." "Amusing. You can remember nothing of your past but you seem so sure that your organic." "What do you mean by that. Do you mean to say you know that I'm not A living being of flesh." "I know Shadow that you are a living being. but you were not born like an ordinary being you were created through the efforts of A scientist Like myself." "What. just what exactly do you know about me." "That's Not important right now. getting back to my offer. I know you have a Chaos Emerald and I want it. in return for your full cooperation I will allow you to become my right hand man and you will be spared The horrible fate of being a slave once I take over the universe." "HOW DARE-" Shadow started to say but Mecha Shadow interrupted him. "You see Shadow you and I share an interesting bond. If it weren't for you I would have never been born, and it would be such a waste not to put your power to good use." "You Demented Son of a Bitch. Why would I ever want to work for you." "There's A very good reason why you should join me. I know Everything about you shadow. your past all your lost memories everything that you ever knew previous to my creation I know too." Shadow was taken aback by this. "You, know about my past." "Yes Shadow. Join me and all your questions will be answered." Shadow was conflicted by this. All the answers he had desperately been searching for were with in his reach, but in order to obtain them he would have to serve Mecha Shadow. Even though Shadows sense of right and wrong and which side he was on was blurred He knew He did not like Mecha Shadow or the idea of serving him. "Forget it. I'd sooner live out the rest of my life with this amnesia than to help you realizes your sick desires." "You refuse my offer. so be it. I'll just have to take your emerald by force!" Mecha Shadow pulled out his chaos emerald. shadow quickly did the same and simultaneously they both shouted out "Chaos Control!" Everything around them was frozen. Mecha Shadow saw that Shadow was also in warp speed and that He wouldn't be able to take Shadows Chaos emerald like he had planned to. "What will you do now Mecha Shadow." "You think you have put me in a position that I can't get out of. If your to weak to sustain Chaos Control then yours will end." "I see so you intend to fight me and weaken to a point were chaos control will no longer be sustainable. and you being a robot you do not experience weakness in the same sense I do giving you the upper hand." "Your smarter than you look Shadow. so tell me how do you plan to escape now." "I'm not afraid of you Mecha Shadow. you think you can weaken me before I destroy you. your sadly mistaken." Shadow charged towards Mecha Shadow. Mecha Shadow threw his arms up blocking Shadows attack, Then threw a kick and nailed shadow in the stomach. Shadow surprised by the attack was delayed in regaining his composure. Before he could move Mecha Shadow grabbed his leg and swung around throwing him towards the doors. Shadow crashed into the doors forcing them open as he continued to fly a few feet out side the building. Shadow got to his knees in time to see Mecha Shadow charging towards him. shadow started to move but he was barley to his feet when Mecha Shadow not only reached him but had gone all the way around him and a few feet farther. they faced off agin this time outside the building. "What was that all about huh. why didn't you attack me." "Simple. I didn't want to harm any of my loyal Shadow androids when I unleashed the one of your forgotten attacks." "Forgotten attacks what do you mean." "you'll see although I can't do it while in Chaos control at least not yet." Mecha Shadow Lunged at Shadow. When Shadow Moved to avoid the Attack Mecha Shadow threw his fist out not at him but at His hand, The one clutching His Chaos Emerald "NO-" Shadow started to cry as the Chaos Emerald flew from his hand, but just as he started to yell he became frozen in time as the chaos emerald left his hand and he left warp time. Mecha Shadow grabbed the Emerald and ended his chaos control as he got his hand on it. Shadow noticing the emerald was gone turned to see Mecha Shadow grasping it. "Too easy." Mecha Shadow said in his cold mechanic voice. "You bastard. wait. why did you unfreeze time you could have taken me out. or at least have left." "Yes I could have but I wanted to show you something used to be a lot more powerful than you are now. but your amnesia has left you weak. you can't remember your true power but I do and I can use it." Mecha Shadow put his own Emerald away and held on to Shadow's. He rose into the Air And became engulfed in a red light that seemed to swim around his body. He crossed his arms and Legs. More light seemed to be drawn in as if he was charging up. Shadow was motionless. Mecha Shadow's Eyes suddenly lite up And he Shouted "Chaos Blast!" Suddenly the red light all drew in and blasted outwards in all directions forming a perfect orb that went own for several feet. Shadow standing only inches in front of Him received the full force of the blast and was sent flying away. Shadow was nearly unconscious. He was also amazed. "(that attack...is one of my own.)" Shadow thought to himself. as Shadow struggled to get up he had only one thought in mind, and that was to get as far away as possible. In a last Ditch Effort Shadow charged Mecha Shadow has fast as he could and just barley snatched the chaos emerald from Mecha Shadows hand Before he could pull it away. "NOOO" Mecha Shadow shouted, but he too late Shadow was gone. Mecha Shadow turned away from the open plains to face the building. If not for his artificial status his cold robotic eyes would surly be flaming with rage. as he stood there cursing Shadow in his own mind The Shadow Androids began poring out of the worn old base. "WE ARE RETURNING TO THE SHIPS NOW AS SOON AS WE DO DESTROY THIS FEEBLE OUTPOST." Mecha Shadow warped him and his troops back to the Shadow Storm and immediately without question some of the androids targeted the center of the building with the ships deadliest laser cannon. If there was crucial information still held with in this base it was lost now.
An Android was working on the wavelength receiver and after an hour or so he turned to Mecha Shadow. "lord Mecha Shadow the upgrades are complete" "Excellent work now stand aside and let me find are next target." Mecha Shadow inserted his chaos emerald and the hologram came up. this time the machine was able not only to pinpoint the locations of the emeralds but could find out who was in possession of them by analyzing DNA signatures that interacted with the emeralds wavelengths. Mecha Shadow pressed some buttons and determined that the closet two emeralds were together and in the possession of Dr. Eggman. "lets see Eggman has two That's not to surprising. Tails has one. Shadow still has one. that makes four I have one so That's five." Mecha shadow noticed something on the hologram that struck him as odd. "this emerald is moving at a very fast rate, but the radar detects no DNA interacting with the emerald then how. a transport vehicle maybe no there'd have to be a trace amount DNA from someone loading the emerald into a case to be transported. if no ones touched this emerald recently then how is it moving." Mecha Shadow pondered the possibilities until he noticed the dot on the grid was now heading towards his fleet. "What. well whoever has that emerald just made a grave mistake. It'll be mine soon enough and I'll know the mystery of the untouched emerald" unbeknownst to Mecha Shadow this emerald had been in the hands of Dr. Robotnik earlier that day but Mecha Shadows machine couldn't detect his DNA because it had worn off since he had it. "Begin Scanning the area for any manner of transport vehicle or aircraft." Mecha shadow said to a Shadow android who was running the ships main radar system. "Lord Mecha Shadow radar detects no vehicle or aircrafts" The android replied. "What that can't be The chaos emerald is almost on top of us" "Radar dose how ever detect a small moving metal object" "How small?" "Just A little larger than an average Human" "can you verify what it is." "it seems to be a robot" "Robot! That's it That's why There's no DNA. Eggman must have built a robot to track emeralds and given it one. to bad the fool has walked right into my hands." As Mecha Shadow began enjoying a good evil laugh He and his crew heard a huge explosion, and looked towards it to see a Shadow runner burst into flames and begin a crash course with earth. "What- What is going on." "Lord Mecha Shadow enemy robot has landed on the deck." Mecha Shadow along with a few androids from below deck had raced out to see who the intruder was. Mecha Shadow made into the Deck only to be shocked at what was there to Greet him. "YOU." he shouted. "Hmm hm hm my my my why so surprised to see me" the cold metal voice said. "YOU" Mecha Shadow still stuck on his surprise "Metal Sonic." "Please call me Metal Overlord." Indeed it was Metal Sonic. Now successfully back in his more powerful Overlord form. "So you found a chaos emerald and your back to full power. I suppose you want my emerald don't you." "you mean my emerald the one you stole from me to gain your power." "I have the emerald now making it mine but your going to see to it that its your again right." "That's not all I want from you I also want your life. I challenge you Mecha Shadow one on one. Unless you think you can't take me with out the help of your precious slaves" Mecha Shadow waved his hand for his Troops to stay back. "You want my life, I'd like to see you try and take it." Immediately Mecha Shadow came at Metal Sonic with a quick punch but Metal Sonic anticipated his jumping in and dodged soon enough to counter with a kick to the side. Mecha Shadow went flying off the deck and into the open air were he began flying as he regained his composure. He was closely followed by Metal sonic who was now in the open air too.
They traded Fists while in mid air aside the ship. each of them connecting to the other. Then they both launched backwards and forwards making the trade again. Mecha Shadow tried to Catch Metal Sonic off guard but it was no use Metal Sonic had no problem keeping up with him now that he had his power back. Mecha Shadow also had no problem keeping up. Metal Sonic tried to kick but Mecha Shadow grabbed his leg and threw him into the side of a shadow runner. Metal sonic Quickly came back with A Right Hook That sent Mecha Shadow flying into The Shadow Storms hull. Mecha Shadow flew up to Metal sonic and threw both his fists at him. Metal Sonic blocked with his hands. It seemed almost to easy like Mecha Shadow had wanted him to block. The metal sonic saw the reason. Mecha Shadow had Jammed his Chaos emerald into the turbine on his chest. he wanted Metal Sonic's hands to be occupied so he couldn't prevent his next Attack. Before He could Act Mecha Shadow opened his fists and clutched Metal Sonic's hands, then he started to glow red. "This battle has grown monotonist I will end it now." Metal Sonic tried to get free but Mecha Shadow would not let him go. "Time to end this. CHAOS BLAST" Mecha Shadow let go off Metal Sonic's hands as he was swept away buy the blast power. Metal Sonic hurtled and crashed onto the deck right where he had been standing before the fight. metal Sonic's chest had cracked. puncturing a hole and tearing his wires out would be a cinch Mecha Shadow flipped him onto his back and put his foot on the crack ready to crush him. "any last words Metal Sonic" He said. Metal sonic thought to himself for a moment. "(Is this really the end of my existence. No I can't believe it I won't rest until the day I defeat Sonic. I have to get out of this even if it means doing the unthinkable.)" "Times up." Mecha Shadow said. "Wait. before you offered me to be part of your army." Metal Sonic said with great difficulty. "Yes That's right." Mecha Shadow said. "I see now that..you..are the superior. I'm ready to join you." Mecha Shadow was taken back by this. "You would be. alright I'll put the offer back up for grabs. but you have to give me your Chaos Emerald." "Fine take it." Mecha Shadow Took Metal Sonic's Chaos emerald then he lifted his foot up. He bent down and held his hand over Metal Sonic's cracked armor. The broken pieces of Metal Sonic's chest turned into liquid and filled in the crack reforming back into a whole. Metal Sonic stood up and shook off his cloak. "Welcome to the fold Metal Overlord. now let us back to the control room we have Chaos emeralds to track." "I stole that one you have from Eggman I assume he has more." "you assumed correctly My wavelength receiver has confirmed that Eggman dose hold two emeralds." "I only saw him for a second but you should know he's not the same as he used to be." "What difference is there that I should be worried about." "When I saw Him he was fighting Sonic." "so." "with his bare hands." "his bare hands how." "I don't know much but his Physical appearance has radically changed. I suspect that your taking his Shadow Androids pushed him over the edge." "It matters not. We will go to the nearest emerald be it Eggman or whoever else unfortunate enough to hold it." As they made there way in the control room Metal Sonic pondered how he would overthrow Mecha Shadow if he was able to obtain all the emeralds.