Chapter 2
With a blinding green light, Shadow once again reappeared on the normal, physical plain of the Earth. The dark hedgehog stuffed the Chaos Emerald back into his black cloak. He looked around a little to find himself in a large, grassy, uninhabited plain.
Shadow sighed slightly as he slowly removed his cloak from his body and folded it up into a nice tight package, with the emerald in the center. The dark hedgehog found a suitable spot in the area and put down his cloak.
Soon after, Shadow slowly eased himself down onto the soft grass and rested his head on the cloak, slowly closing his fierce red eyes for some rest.
Three Miles Away
The highest commanding officer of the current assault squad sat in the passenger seat of the alpha G.U.N. assault truck with a lower officer driving. Suddenly, a small red light beeped on the dashboard where a small green monitor sat.
The officer reached over and pressed a small grey button, stopping the light and spotting a small red dot currently stationary three miles north.
The officer smiled as he picked up a phone also stored in the dashboard. "Get me the Commander."
Back with Shadow
Sweat covered the resting black hedgehog as he stirred slightly. Sweat flooded his entire face as he completely rolled off his primitive pillow. He was having a horrible nightmare.
Shadow ran through a dark void as an unseen winged creature with glowing silver eyes followed him. The dark hedgehog spotted a faint light just ahead. Picking up his speed, Shadow made a dash for the light.
Before he could grasp it however, a giant clawed hand grabbed him by the back of the neck and pulled him back. The hedgehog watched on in horror as the small light dwindled and disappeared.
Shadow swiftly punched his captor's arm with is free hand and dropped back to the floor. Shadow turned around only to be grabbed again by the front of the neck and was lifted up to be eye-to-eye with the threat.
A faint light shone through the darkness to reveal to creature as Chaos Eclipse. The supposedly destroyed beast smirked. "You cannot escape the darkness inside your heart brother!"
And with those words, a huge clawed hand swiped at Shadow's horror stricken face.
"CHAOS BLAST!" Shadow shouted unconsciously as a huge black wave of Chaos energy obliterated everything in sight, including his cloak but leaving the indestructible Chaos Emerald.
Shadow dropped to his knees onto the now scorched earth where all the lush green grass once was. All the grass within a hundred feet had been completely wiped out; leaving only burned black dead earth.
The black hedgehog breathed heavily as he stood up again and picked up the nearby Chaos Emerald. 'What the hell happened?'
Shadow looked at the remaining ashes of what he knew to be his cloak. He was kind of disappointed. Rouge had given him that cloak prior to his departure and he was really fond of it.
Alas, it was time to find a new resting place. Shadow raised the Chaos Emerald above his head and was about to activate Chaos Control when the sound of multiple engines filled his ears.
The dark hedgehog turned his head as his eyes widened at the sight of at least twenty armored G.U.N. trucks and fifty G.U.N. assault mechs. The dark hedgehog's eyes widened.
"G.U.N.?" He slightly murmured. All of a sudden, the wind picked up dramatically as what was left of the grass started swaying and churning uncontrollably. Suddenly, multiple bright lights shone on the black hedgehog as he looked up through a protective, gloved hand to see ten helicopters hovering thirty feet above the other G.U.N. equipment.
"Project Shadow!"
The dark hedgehog lowered his eyes to the G.U.N. trucks to see a man wearing a navy blue G.U.N. uniform standing ten feet from him. Shadow growled. "What the hell do you want?"
The officer snickered. "Simple you vile creature, we want you!"
Shadow grunted slightly as he smirked. "Ah, still out to get the ever famous Project Shadow I see!" He said sarcastically.
The officer reached for his belt and pulled out a small handgun, pointing it directly at Shadow. Shadow laughed slightly. "Are you threatening me, human?"
In response, the officer released the safety button of the weapon. Shadow snickered as the officer spoke. "Cooperate and no harm shall be done."
Shadow closed his eyes slightly. "You humans must know by now that…I do not do things the easy way!" Shadow's eyes snapped open as he dashed at the officer at lighting fast speeds, hitting him with a sweep kick. The officer fell to the ground as the gun flew up in the air. Shadow swiftly caught it and pointed it directly at the fallen officer's face.
The officer smiled weakly as he pushed a small button on the cuff of his jacket, in which he spoke. "All units ENGAGE!"
Almost immediately, a total of three hundred foot soldiers poured from the trucks, weapons at the ready. The assault mechs armed their weapons and blazed forward along the soldiers with the helicopters monitoring the situation from a safe distance.
Shadow discarded the officer at his feet and charged for the oncoming mini army. The soldiers in front immediately opened fire as bullets blazed forward. Shadow ducked and dodged every single one.
Swiftly, the hedgehog made contact with his threat and started things off by kicking a solder right in the face, knocking him down. The other soldiers along with the mechs opened fire again as Shadow chaos controlled to safety.
The dark hedgehog reappeared twenty feet from the G.U.N. soldiers and raised his recently received weapon, taking down three G.U.N. mechs with three single bullets to the head. The mechs sizzled in a small explosion as the remainders fell to the ground.
Shadow smirked at his handy work and dashed for another small group of soldiers, all of which fired their M-16's at him. Shadow started glowing a hellish red as the oncoming bullets simply ricochet off him, hitting three other soldiers and another mech.
Right before the still firing group, the dark hedgehog released one of his most devastating attacks. "Chaos Blast!" Shadow shouted as the red energy explosion sent the group of soldiers flying away.
The glowing redness on his body died away as Shadow dashed for a group of at least ten assault mechs, swiftly decapitating them with a number of Chaos Spears. The mechs fell to the ground and died away in one huge inferno as Shadow turned to the rest of the soldiers and mechs, which had dwindled down to a pathetic total of only thirty assault mechs and one hundred soldiers.
Shadow began advancing through the inferno, discarding his small handgun and picking up a small version of what looked like to be a mini gun from one of the destroyed mechs. The soldiers began backing up in fear as Shadow steadied the weight of the weapon in both of his hands.
With one click, Shadow opened fire as the hundreds of bullets rained upon the G.U.N. troops. Smoke filled the area as the troops were cut down one by one by the powerful weapon they designed themselves.
The gun ran out of ammunition which made it clear when the gun continued rotating but no more bullets were released. Shadow let the gun drop with a heavy thud as the smoke cleared to reveal the carnage he had caused.
All of the mechs had been destroyed and were lying in various twisted piles of burning metal. All of the soldiers also had fallen at the hands of the ultimate life form as they all lay in one giant crimson pool of the liquid that had given them life in the first place.
Shadow smirked at the chaos as his bloody gaze turned to the last survivor of the massacre, the officer who had challenged him to this small insignificant battle in the first place. The dark hedgehog stepped forward, out of the inferno, and walked over to the shocked and scared officer, lifting the human who was twice his size up by the neck.
"You humans just don't learn, do you?" Shadow asked through clenched teeth.
Surprisingly enough, the officer smirked while in the ultimate life form's vice grip. "We sure don't…"
Suddenly, with one swift move, the officer pressed a small green button on the wrist watch he was wearing and spoke. "A.A. helicopter, ATTACK!"
The wind picked up dramatically as Shadow released the officer, who scrambled away. The dark hedgehog turned around to see the ten Arial Assault helicopters all launch a single rocket at the same time.
Shadow smirked as his fur burst to dull yellow and he shot off the ground, and through all the missiles, totally destroying them in a huge explosion and also through one of the helicopters, totally destroying it and sending its remains to the scorched earth below. The now Super powered hedgehog turned around slightly and launched a Chaos Spear at the second helicopter, also destroying it.
"All units, tactical maneuver 4178!" One of the pilots shouted as the remaining eight helicopters lifted higher into the air and shot at Shadow with their front and side machine guns blazing.
Meanwhile, the injured officer managed to scramble back into his truck, where he reached for the phone. He quickly picked it up and spoke with great haste in his voice. "Send in the Big Foots."
