Author's Note- Sonic-Ruler pointed out in his review that Shadow may seem a little cruel towards the G.U.N. soldiers. But there are three very valiant reasons for his actions.
G.U.N. killed Maria
Shadow has always hated G.U.N. and even shot them in his game, I'm just letting them die(which should've happened in Shadow the Hedgehog)
…read The True Ultimate.
Chapter 3
Shadow smirked again at the pathetic attempt to take him out. The golden hedgehog simply raised his hand as a large gold field surrounded his entire body. The oncoming bullets simply bounced off the shield and rained back down upon the helicopters. Six of the helicopters managed to evade the attack but one wasn't so lucky as it burst into flame and fell to the earth below.
Shadow lowered his hand as the force field disappeared. "I was hoping for an interesting fight. You guys couldn't even capture that ignorant blue hedgehog!"
One of the pilots of the remaining seven helicopters snarled. "Don't get so cocky hedgehog."
The pilot lifted a small protective glass over a large red button in front of him and slammed his fist down upon it. The front of the helicopter opened up slightly as a large cannon emerged from within the mechanical depths. The front of the cannon started glowing purple as a large ball of stored energy was gathered at the front of it.
Shadow, being totally confident in his abilities, smirked. "Do your best."
The officer smiled sadistically. "With pleasure!"
Suddenly, the cannon fired a large violet ray at Shadow, totally engulfing the hedgehog who had not made any sign to move or dodge. The attack cleared to show Shadow still very well in health.
The dark hedgehog sneered. "Once again, your puny technology fails to live up to its reputation."
The pilot smirked again. "I wouldn't be so sure."
Shadow snickered when suddenly; he felt his power slipping away. Slowly, but surely, the golden hedgehog floated back to the ground, where his Super form blinked slightly and disappeared on impact. The hedgehog looked at his hands. "What the hell?"
The pilot who had fired the ray laughed. "Looks like you're not so cocky now hedgehog."
Shadow looked up at the helicopter in anger, with his eyes narrowed. "What did you do to me?"
The pilot sneered. "Simple, that ray was what you could call an antidote for Chaos energy. Although not permanent, without a Chaos Emerald to help you now, you have no Chaos powers." The pilot raised his head slightly and smirked. "Did you really think we were unaware of your new powers hedgehog? We always come prepared!"
Shadow was stunned that he was outwitted so easily, but suddenly, a realization struck him. He looked back at the pilot. "Well that may be," He said as he lifted up the green Chaos Emerald at his feet. "But as you can see, I do have an emerald!"
The pilot laughed. "Not for long! All units, attack!"
The helicopters suddenly blazed forward at amazing speeds as Shadow lifted the emerald in front of him. "Chaos Spear!" He shouted as a tallow energy bolt shot from the emerald annihilating one of the helicopters, and bringing their numbers down to six.
The rest of the pilots ignored the fall of their comrade and charged on as Shadow released another two Chaos Spears, taking two more helicopters down to the earth below. The other four continued to charge as they all released two missiles each, heading straight for Shadow.
The dark hedgehog chaos controlled out of the way and reappeared at the edge of the miniature morgue he had created earlier. The helicopters swerved around and sent more missiles at the hedgehog, which he dodged by dashing out of the way, his hover shoes blazing below him.
The missiles impacted, sending corpses and metal into the air. Shadow stopped and charged up another attack, taking down one of the remaining four helicopters with a Chaos Spear. The other helicopters swerved slightly to avoid flying debris but soon reopened fire upon Shadow.
The hedgehog chaos controlled again and reappeared fifty feet right of his previous position. "Chaos Spear!" Shadow shouted as another helicopter and its pilot fell to its doom.
'Only two left now!' Shadow thought.
"Chaaaaaaaaoooooooooos," Shadow began to shout. "Spear!"
But nothing happened. Shadow's eyes widened as he looked down at the emerald, which was completely grey.
"Damn!" Shadow cursed. "The constant use of just that one emerald drained its power." Now there were no more Chaos techniques. Only hand to hand with to Arial Assault helicopters.
One of the pilots laughed. "Aw, looks like your toy ran outta juice. Too bad!"
Shadow smirked. "Don't get cocky."
Suddenly, Shadow bent his knees and shot off the ground at incredible speeds, landing and clinging right on the front window of one of the helicopters. The pilot's eyes widened as Shadow reeled back his fist and punched through the reinforced window.
All the glass completely shattered as Shadow grabbed the fear stricken pilot and tossed him over his back, down to the earth below, where he landed with a heavy thud. Shadow then used his own arm as a boost and jumped into the now vacant pilot seat, taking the controls.
Shadow smirked as he skillfully maneuvered the helicopter to face the other. After all, he had learned quit some things during the Black Arms invasion. Through the other glass, Shadow could plainly see the other pilot's fear stricken face.
With one push of the controls, Shadow flew the helicopter directly at the other. Moments before impact, the hedgehog jumped out of the broken front window and landed on the ground below with a soft thud.
The other pilot out both of his arms in front of him in a last attempt to shield his body as both helicopters collided, creating a huge explosion and crashing to the ground. Shadow smirked slightly. "I win." He murmured triumphantly.
Suddenly, the ground beneath his feet exploded in a huge yellow inferno as Shadow was sent flying up in the air. Shadow landed on the ground stomach first as he let out a groan of pain. The dark hedgehog lifted up his body and turned towards the source of the attack to see the officer who he had talked to in front of three heavily armored Big Foots.
"Last chance creature!" The officer shouted. "Surrender now, and no more harm shall be done!"
Shadow snarled. "No way!" Shadow stood to his full height and pointed a finger at the officer. "I'll do to them just what I did with the rest of your troops!"
The officer shrugged. "Very well! ATTACK!"
All three Big Foots lifted off the ground and retracted their huge legs, flying over the officer and towards Shadow. The dark hedgehog got into a battle stance as the three mechanical monsters touched down upon the earth again.
Shadow smirked. "I'll turn you all into scrap metal!"
And with those confident words, Shadow charged against the massively stacked odds. The middle Big Foot immediately opened fire using its gatlin gun while the other two launched multiple rockets at the charging hedgehog from the launchers on their backs.
Shadow smirked as he swerved to the left to avoid one rocket and the incoming bullets. Three more rockets headed his way as Shadow curled into a spin dash and rolled under them. The gatlin gun on the middle Big Foot continued to fire at Shadow as he jumped over the line of bullets.
Shadow was now almost at the Big Foot's feet when a rocket he forgot about headed directly for him. Caught off guard, Shadow ducked out of the way just in time, as the fire on the back of the rocket burned the fur on his back.
The dark hedgehog grimaced in pain a little but continued his assault. Using his hover shoes as a boost, Shadow jumped right on top of the middle Big Foot. Since they were not piloted but ran on A.I., the other two mechanical giants turned to Shadow on top of their comrade and opened fire with their gatlin guns.
Shadow smirked at the robot's stupidity as he used his shoes once again to jump high into the air and avoid the attack. Down below, the middle Big Foot was caught in the fire of his comrades and exploded in a giant red inferno, with the remains coming down in a large crash.
Shadow landed on the ground again and charged for the Big Foot on his left, sliding between his feet. The giant was too slow to turn around as Shadow jumped on his back and ripped off the protective metal that withheld all the sensitive wiring.
Shadow didn't really understand the robot's networking, but he knew that if he removed some of these, something unfortunate would happen to his adversary. And the dark hedgehog did just that; with great speed, Shadow began forcefully ripping out multiple wires out of the inside of the Big Foot.
The robot began to malfunction which made it clear when it started firing random rockets and shooting his gatlin gun into nothing. The dark hedgehog jumped off the back of his opponent and landed safely on the ground while the Big Foot's internal lighting and search light shut off, with the robot crashing to the ground afterwards, a large cloud of black smoke rising from his back.
The remaining Big Foot stomped towards the hedgehog nuisance and released three rockets from his back. Shadow darted out of the way of the attack and made a sharp turn, coming directly at the robot.
Before Shadow could reach it however, the jets on its feet light up as it lifted off the ground. Shadow continued charging and right below the robot, bent his knees and shot towards the metal menace.
The Big Foot tried swerving out of the way but Shadow caught hold with his hands on the back of his rocket launchers. Using it as a boost, Shadow jumped over the rocket packs and landed on the pilot-less cockpit.
Shadow smirked as he activated his hover shoes, but not for jumping or running away. Shadow had a different thing in mind. The fire beneath his shoes began to burn away at the Big Foot's "head" as the glass cockpit began to melt, exposing a large internal computer.
Shadow spotted this and gave even more power to his shoes, as the computer began sizzling from the heat. Multiple light beeped from within the computer as the metal began to melt away. Finally, the computer exploded in a large blue flame as Shadow jumped into the air, did a black flip, and landed on the ground.
Behind him, the Big Foot fell to the earth with a loud crash as the burned metal totally exploded, leaving only black metal scraps. The scraps flew into the air and came down with multiple clangs. Shadow witnessed the event by turning his head a little.
Shadow smirked triumphantly but it soon disappeared when he felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck. The dark hedgehog slowly moved his hand to his neck, and with a strong tug, pulled out the foreign object.
Shadow brought it back down to his eye line and looked at a small silver dart with an empty capsule in the middle. Shadow dropped the object as his vision began to blur. Taking a knee, the hedgehog looked up slightly to see the officer that had survived standing ten feet from him with a small silver gun. The officer was wearing a cocky smirk.
The hedgehog hit the ground with a small thud, with his arms stretched in front of him. Shadow groaned slightly as his vision became even more blurry. He was beginning to lose consciousness. The last thing Shadow saw were black shinny boots before his face. One of the boots slightly lifted off the ground. Suddenly, Shadow felt a sharp pain on his head as it snapped back. The dark hedgehog's final will power left him.
Then everything went black.
