Author's Note- There are still some people unsure about the Chaos form, asking why Amber's is good and Eclipse's is evil. I want to clear up right now that the Chaos form is fueled by pure emotion. It depends on the emotions of the user to detirmine the Chaos form as good or bad (of course Shadow's "good" Chaos form is the Mega form.) Amber also has the capabillity to turn into her "evil" Chaos form as well, so I guess you could call Amber's Chaos form that was shown in The True Ultimate her Mega form. Amber's Chaos form will probably never be shown anyhow so I will still refer to the form she entered in The True Ultimate her Chaos form, even though she is not evil while in that form. Her Chaos form is a sort of "mix" between the Mega and Chaos form.
Enjoy.
Chapter 10
Sonic and the rest of the group entered the seemingly empty warehouse. Darkness filled some parts of it, but some areas were illuminated by faint lights that shone through multiple windows, making the entire warehouse almost completely visible.
Rouge looked around, obviously confused by the warehouse's appearances. "You can't be serious."
Sonic looked at her. "I know it's hard to believe right now Rouge, but I definitely sense Shadow somewhere close to here.
Knuckles sighed. "Alright, we're not gonna find anything just standing here, let's look around."
The rest of the group nodded and proceeded to look around the old abandoned warehouse. The only clearly visible object in the warehouse was a single small jeep, with both doors open and the back also open, with a ramp sticking out of it. Obviously, something had been brought out from the jeep and transported elsewhere.
Rouge proceeded to check on the truck and slowly and cautiously walked around to its back, seeing it was completely empty, save for a small golden bracelet. The bat hopped into the truck and picked it up. Rouge examined it for a moment before realizing she had one just like it. The female moved her free hand over to her left glove and lifted the sleeve a little, revealing her wrist.
On the delicate yet powerful arm of the bat was the exact same bracelet.
Flashback
Rouge smiled a little as the thought of what had just happened past through her mind. Sonic and Shadow, they had both defeated the Biolizard and were probably returning to the main control room right now.
The bat could not wait. She would run up and hug both of them, especially Shadow. It might surprise the hedgehog a little but what the heck!
The door finally slid open. Rouge's smile immediately faded once she saw only Sonic was standing before them, a golden bracelet in his right hand.
Rouge raised a trembling hand up to her mouth, refusing to believe the reason he held the object.
"Where's Shadow?" She asked with sadness in her voice.
The blue hedgehog only looked to the ground and shook his head solemnly.
Slowly, he walked over to her and placed the bracelet into her hand. Unbeknownst to her, a single tear slid down her cheek and landed on the bracelet, where it simply bounced off and disappeared.
End Flashback
"Shadow…" Rouge whispered. She would not lose him again.
The bat clinched onto the bracelet and hopped back out of the truck, raising it up into the air. "Guys, Shadow was here!" She yelled to the others, catching their attention.
Sonic and the rest turned to Rouge but instead of joyful faces, fear was plastered on their expressions. Rouge tilted her head before Sonic yelled at the top of his voice. "BEHIND YOU!"
With lighting fast speed, the bat whirled around to see a large silver arm swinging at her. She skillfully managed to dodge the attack by jumping over it, using the arm as a boost to elevate herself higher.
The bat landed behind the assailant, still clutching onto the bracelet that she had found. The attacker revealed itself to be mechanical and looked really quit advanced. It turned its head slightly to reveal two bright blue cybernetic eyes under its armor.
Rouge was momentarily in awe by the robot but came back to reality when it raised its fist to try and deliver another blow. Rouge darted out of the way, with the fist crashing down upon the metallic floor, just were she had previously stood, denting it.
Sonic immediately ran to the bat's aid. "Don't worry Rouge, I got this! Sonic Wind!"
A blue gust of energy was summoned from the hedgehog's hand and shot at the robot, knocking it back into one of the hanger walls. It slumped down on the ground, apparently defeated.
Knuckles, Amy, and Amber all ran over to Rouge.
"You okay Rouge?" Amber asked.
The bat nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"Where did that thing come from?" Amy asked.
Rouge looked around slightly until she spotted a large metallic door, with nothing but neon lights coming from the other side. She pointed to it. "I think it came from out there!"
The rest of the group looked over to the spot the bat pointed to and also saw the metallic path. "Should we follow it?" Knuckles asked.
Rouge nodded. "Of course, I bet you anything Shadow's being held in there!"
Everyone nodded and proceeded over to the door. Rouge trudged behind a little and carefully slipped the bracelet she had found on the opposite hand from which the other one occupied. Before anyone noticed, the bat pulled down her sleeve, concealing the item.
The entire group then proceeded into the neon light hallway, hoping to find Shadow there.
Hanger
The robot that had slumped against the wall all this time suddenly beeped to life again and stood upright. It lifted its right arm as a small screen ejected from it. In it, it showed the face of the Commander.
"What is it?" the Commander asked through the small com link.
"We have intruders in the facility." The robot replied in a monotone voice.
The Commander's eyes widened. "Intruders? How? Why?"
"They mentioned something about their companion Shadow." The mech replied.
"Ah yes, they must be those annoying group of heroes, can you describe them for me?" He asked.
"Affirmative," The mech replied. "A blue male hedgehog, a pink female hedgehog, a red male echidna, a golden female hedgehog, and a white female bat."
The Commander smirked. "Ah yes, I know all about them. Do not worry, return to me and I will give you further instructions."
The mech nodded. "Affirmative!"
The small screen retracted back to its arm as the mech blazed down the same hallway the heroes took.
Hallway
Rouge and the others ran through the brightly light hallway, trying to find their dark companion.
Rouge looked back to Sonic. "Hey, do you sense him anywhere?"
Sonic closed his eyes in mid-run, searching for Shadow's energy signature. He opened his eyes again. "Yeah, but it's getting weaker!"
Rouge's eyes widened. "Well then, let's hurry up!"
Sonic smirked. "Don't tell me to hurry up Rougey, I'm the fastest thing alive!"
And with those cocky words, Sonic sped off ahead of the others to find Shadow as soon as possible.
Amy sighed. "He's such a show-off!"
Rouge rolled her eyes. "Oh well, let's just follow him."
The rest of the group nodded and sped onward. Rouge noticed a brightly light room off to the left and decided to enter it, thinking Shadow might be there. The others followed the albino bat and everyone stopped when they found themselves to be in a large oval white room with a small glass observation tube on the right of the room.
Knuckles looked around, slightly confused. "Where the heck are we?"
Suddenly, the door from which the group entered sealed shut. Knuckles' eyes widened as he banged to the door, but to no avail.
"Damn," He cursed. "We're trapped!"
"Welcome, my dear visitors!"
Everyone whirled around at the sound of that voice and noticed a rather over-sized monitor hanging from the ceiling with a dark haired blue eyed man in a G.U.N. uniform.
"Who are you?" Amy asked.
The Commander smiled. "I am the new Commander of G.U.N., and I must ask you to leave this place or suffer the consequences!"
Rouge shook her head. "No way! Not until we have Shadow!"
The Commander smirked and looked at the bat. "Ah, you must be talking about 003."
Rouge glared at him. "Call him what you want, but we came here for him and we're not leaving without him!"
The Commander laughed slightly. "From what I can tell, you must really be attached to this creature."
Rouge's glare increased. "That has nothing to do with this!"
The Commander raised a finger. "Ah, but it does. Why else would you risk your life and come all the way out in the middle of nowhere. Surely not for someone you call just a friend."
"Listen you!" Amy interrupted. "We came to save Shadow, and if you try and stop us, we're gonna knock that cocky smirk right off your face."
The Commander shifted his attention to the rose hedgehog. "She must understand this little girl." He turned back to Rouge. "A creature such as 003 was not meant to love. He is a weapon, and he will always be a weapon. Do not waste your petty emotions on a creature such as him. Go home!"
Rouge shook her head, tears beginning to swell up in the corners of her eyes. "You're wrong!"
The Commander smirked. "Oh, am I? What do you think 003 was created for? Love? I don't think so. 003 was created for a single purpose…to serve me!"
Amber interjected at that statement. "You're wrong!"
The Commander shifted his attention to the one who spoke. Once he recognized her, his eyes widened. "002?" He asked in disbelief.
Amber glared at him. "I prefer to be called Amber."
The Commander smiled. "Well, I'm glad you came 002, because now I have two of the three final ultimate life forms, unfortunately, 001 perished at the hands of 003 but you more than make up for it!"
Amy laughed. "What do you mean "unfortunately"? Eclipse would've fried you in a second if you tried talking to him like you are to us!"
The Commander glared at the girl. "There is a way to control everything," He said stepping back to reveal what was behind him. "As you can see."
Everyone's eyes widened. "Shadow!" Rouge said in disbelief at the sight of the dark hedgehog strapped into some kind of machine, screaming out of misery and pain, although they couldn't hear it but his mouth movements made it totally obvious.
The Commander stepped back into the picture, blocking the image of the hedgehog. "Now, this is your last chance, leave or parish!"
Rouge glared at the Commander, her normally peaceful eyes ignited in anger. "You, let him go! Let him go or I'll kill you!"
The Commander chuckled evilly. "That's a promising statement! But…since you don't want to leave, I guess you'll just have to be helped along the way!"
The Commander snapped his fingers as two metallic doors slid open, with three of the mechs the group had previously encountered, pouring out of each door. "Have fun with my S.D. mechs!" The Commander said while laughing.
The screen stayed in its place as the Commander observed the whole incident, obviously not wanting to miss a good show as the mechs charged for the group.
Hallway
"OH CRAP!" Sonic screamed as another rocket barely missed him, hitting the wall instead and creating a huge hole. He had run into some "unfortunate" trouble on his search for Shadow and was currently being chased by an S.D. mech through the metallic hallway. A large black strip was across the mech's chest, specifying that that mech was the one that group had encountered back in the hanger.
He felt Shadow's energy signal getting stronger as he rounded another corner. "I must be close now." Sonic mumbled.
The blue hedgehog rounded another corner as another rocket barely missed him. He looked up ahead to see a bright light in front of him. "Shadow must be in there!" Sonic screamed happily while dodging another rocket.
The blue hedgehog ran into the room as his smile disappeared, being replaced by a look of total shock. He was in a small metallic laboratory with only two doors, the one he had come from and another at the end of the room. Multiple pieces of equipment filled the room but most noticeable were the four S.D. mechs, all pointing their cannons at Sonic.
Sonic smiled slightly. "Ups, wrong door." He said while backing up. "I'll just be going now!" He said as he turned back around, only to face a sealed door with the S.D. mech that had chased him blocking it.
Sonic looked back from both sides of the room multiple times, a cocky smirk forming on his face. "OKAY, BRING IT ON!" He shouted as he charged for the single S.D. mech to his right.
Author's Note- Thank you to everyone that has reviewed and followed this story so far but I am sad to say that...I will be going on vacation! So I'm not really that sad but I am a little down since I won't be giving you any new chapters for one week. Don't worry though, as soon as I come back and as soon as I log onto my account, you shall have Chapter 11!
Until next time.
