Author's Note- Due to another question, let me explain right now that since Amber was based off Tikal, who was pure good, Amber does not have a "bad" form. Since Shadow is based off Black Doom, he does have an evil form as well as Eclipse, who was based off Chaos. Chaos was only partially good while Shadow's part that wasn't based off Black Doom was good, therefor enabling them the Mega form.
Chapter 14
The black flame of energy surrounding Shadow momentarily disappeared as all three heroes got into defensive stances. With one quick look, Shadow averted from his straight path towards his sister and went for Sonic instead.
The hero was ready however, as he dodged a straight punch from the Chaos creature. Shadow drew his fist back and ducked as a spiked fist hurled over him. Reeling back his left elbow, Shadow delivered a devastating blow to Knuckles' stomach.
The echidna reeled in pain for a moment but soon retaliated, firing a Thunder Arrow at Shadow. The hedgehog caught the sight of the attack just in time as he warped away in a black flash of light, reappearing behind Chaos Amber.
He smiled sinisterly as he reeled back his right fist for a clean hit to the back of the head. Swinging it, Amber noticed the attack from her brother and turned around at lighting fast speeds, catching his arm.
Shadow growled as a he charged up an attack in his free hand. "Dark Chaos Spear!" Shadow shouted as he released his attack. Before it impacted however, Amber warped to safety, reappearing above Shadow, firing a Chaos Arrow.
Shadow's eyes widened slightly as he looked up and was hit with full force by the attack, sending him to the ground. Knuckles took the opportunity and jumped at least twenty feet in the air. Then, coming down, he put his right fist in front of him.
With a giant crash, Knuckles' fist made impact with Shadow's chest, creating two large bloody holes in his ivory fur. Shadow's eyes snapped open wide as he directed his hateful glare at the one who had just delivered the attack.
Reaching up, Shadow removed the fist and hurled Knuckles into the air. Shadow jumped back up and kicked off the ground, following the red warrior. Smiling deviously, Shadow drew back his fist, attempting to deliver a life-ending punch straight to the back of Knuckles' head.
When he was within two inches of the echidna, another voice echoed through the air. "Hyper Blast!"
Shadow looked to his side just in time to see a large pink and white energy beam shot at him. The dark hedgehog's eyes widened in surprise as he was hit with the attack, sending him flying across the sky on a horizontal basis.
Knuckles began falling back down when a familiar hedgehog caught him. Knuckles looked up, his vision slightly blurry, to see Sonic holding him up by the shoulder. The red echidna smiled slightly. "Thanks Sonic."
Sonic smiled back at him. "No problem."
100 Yards Away
Shadow growled as the blast disappeared and he recovered, coming back to a vertical basis. "That insolent hedgehog, he will be first to shake hands with the devil!"
No…
Destroy the female first!
Shadow snapped in aggravation. "I do what I want to!"
And with a burst pf speed, Shadow flew back to the source of the attack.
Sonic looked up when he heard a loud whoosh. The hedgehog's smile disappeared as he let go of Knuckles. The echidna straightened up and also stared at his opposition.
"Shadow…" Sonic spoke. "Why are you doing this?"
Shadow grinned evilly. "It is my destiny hedgehog."
"But what about Maria?" Knuckles cut in.
Shadow looked at the echidna in disgust. "This would be what she wanted. The only way to bring peace to humanity is to destroy it!"
Sonic shook his head. "You're wrong Shadow!"
Shadow's face light up in rage. "How do you know?"
"Because I was there." Another voice said.
Shadow looked to his left to see Amber floating there, a stern look upon her face. "I was there when Maria made that wish Shadow, and you're completely ignoring it!"
She lies…
Do not believe her…
Kill her!
Shadow glared at his sister. "You know nothing!"
Shadow's energy flame returned again as he charged for Amber. The female got into a fighting stance. As Shadow neared, a faint glow became visible in her right hand. When Shadow was within grabbing distance, Amber smiled and launched her attack.
"Chaos Beam!"
Shadow's face remained neutral as he easily warped out of the way of the attack, reappearing behind Amber.
"Super Sonic Wind!"
Shadow looked over his shoulder in time to see a golden gust of energy being launched at him. Shadow smirked as he warped out of the way. The attack continued on and hit the surprised Amber instead, scorching her clothes. Amber let out a shriek of pain. It didn't last long though, as Shadow reappeared and struck her straight in the back with his knee, sending her plummeting to the ground.
"DAMN!" Sonic yelled before charging at Shadow, along with the now infuriated Knuckles.
Shadow turned in time as the heroes started delivering lighting fast strikes. Shadow smiled as he dodged and blocked them all, all the while returning a few blows of his own. Multiple booms echoed through the air as the three engaged in lighting fast combat.
Ground
Amber front flipped her body as she landed on the ground with a loud explosion of sound, shaking the metal carcasses around her a little. She looked to her side and spotted a pink dot cradling a white one. Knowing they were well, Amber redirected her attention back to the sky and shot off the ground.
Sky
Sonic and Knuckles were still trying frantically to deliver blow after blow onto the dark hedgehog. With great ease, which seemed to almost mock the heroes, Shadow continued to dodge them.
That is, until another warrior joined the fray. Amber got straight behind Shadow and started delivering multiple punches and kicks. Caught of guard, Shadow made a mistake by averting his attention towards Amber. Sonic and Knuckles took the opportunity and started striking at his body lighting fast.
Shadow was too overwhelmed and caught in the sea of attack.
Through the punched and kicks, Shadow's anger began to rise. It kept growing and growing until his body began to glow a hellish unnatural black. Suddenly, all the punches and kicks seemed to have zero affect on the dark hedgehog as the heroes eyes all widened.
With a devilish smirk, Shadow released one of his most powerful attacks. "Dark Chaos Blast!"
The three heroes were knocked back by the force of the attack and were sent hurtling towards the ground. The black blast consumed almost the entire sky and made it look like a total eclipse of the sun was at hand.
It cleared after a few seconds and showed the hedgehog that had released it. Smoke slowly rose from his fur from the heat of the attack as he looked down upon the heroes, who were all laying face first in the dirt, multiple burn and blood marks across their bodies.
With a wicked grin, Shadow shot towards the ground, landing almost gracefully on his feet. He looked towards the fallen heroes to see all of them had been downgraded to their Super forms, minus Knuckles, who was still Hyper.
Shadow smirked as he pointed his hand at the three, a dark light emitting from it. Before he could launch the attack however, another voice boomed through the air. "Pink Tornado!"
A light pink gust of energy hit Shadow in the back. The dark light in his hand disappeared as he turned around, totally unaffected. Standing before him was a small pink hedgehog.
Shadow glared at her. Her knees were shaking slightly; obviously she did not plan on confronting him. Shadow huffed and turned back to the fallen ones. "Go home girl, I have no interest in you."
Amy gathered some courage to speak. "No." She whispered.
Shadow turned back around, his ebony eyes burning a hole straight through Amy. "What did you say?"
Amy's fear left her as her emerald eyes ignited in anger. "I said no Shadow!"
Shadow turned his full attention to her and took a step forward. "Would you mind repeating that?"
"I said NO" Amy yelled.
Shadow seemed a little take back by her sudden outburst but soon regained his fiery look. "Very well," He said gathering some energy. "Then you'll just have to be eliminated."
"Over my dead body!"
Shadow turned around slightly just to be hit in the face by a rather powerful fist. The hedgehog stumbled back but regained composure, growling when he saw Super Sonic before him.
Shadow smirked. "So, back for more?"
Sonic tensed his body up, returning his fur back to a pinkish white. "This fight is way from over."
Sonic shot off the ground in the blink of an eye. Shadow continued to smirk as he followed suite, heading towards the hedgehog as well. With a burst of energy, both hedgehogs met with their elbows intertwined.
Shadow was a little surprised that Sonic, in his Hyper form, managed to stay the same league as him. Shadow pushed the thought out of his twisted mind as he pushed Sonic away, stumbling the blue blur a little.
And a little was all Shadow needed to charge up a vicious attack. Both of his fists began to glow a ferocious black. Sonic's eyes widened at the sight but before Shadow could assault him, Hyper Knuckles and the now re-transformed Chaos Amber jumped to his side.
Shadow's smirk grew as he spoke in his unnatural tone. "Hmph, three birds with one stone."
With speeds too fast for even Sonic or Amber to catch, Shadow darted forward and started pounding his powered up fists against each hero. Caught it the assault and unable to catch a breather, the heroes were left helpless at the Chaos hedgehog's wrath.
Blood began oozing out of multiple places as black and purple bruises began showing themselves on the bodies of the heroes.
With a confident smirk, Shadow jumped back and shot the two orbs at Amber and Knuckles, knocking them to the ground and causing them to lose their forms. As soon as their bodies hit the ground, Shadow dashed forward and grabbed Sonic by the neck, lifting him up into the air.
"And for you…" He said sinisterly. "I've got something special."
Sonic managed to look down slightly as a faint black light shone from his stomach area. Shadow had his hand pressed firmly against Sonic's abdomen as the light grew between his fingers.
"Dark Chaos Nightmare!" Shadow whispered as a giant black energy orb hit Sonic at point blank range, knocking him to the ground and back to his regular form.
"Hmph, that was all these pathetic fools had to offer?" Shadow questioned to himself.
Yesssss…
You are all powerful…
No one can challenge you!
Shadow smirked in triumph when a voice shouting through the air distracted him. "Black Wave!"
A small black gust of energy hit the Chaos hedgehog straight in the back. Shadow stood completely still for a second before turning around towards the source of the attack. Standing before him was that annoying white bat, tears streaking her delicate face.
Shadow scoffed. "I do not have the time or patience to play with you, leave."
Rouge managed to glare through the mask of sadness she was wearing. "I don't know who you are, but I know you aren't Shadow!"
Shadow laughed evilly. "What do you mean? Standing before you is the ultimate life form, I am Shadow!"
Rouge shook her head. "No, the Shadow I know wouldn't hurt me, or anyone else!"
Shadow laughed again. "The Shadow you knew is gone; this is the new and improved Shadow!"
"Shadow please!" Rouge begged. "I know you're in there!"
Shadow's eyes seemed to soften for a moment. "Rouge?"
Rouge smiled, thinking he could get through to him at last. "Yes Shadow, it's me!"
No…
She lies…
Shadow shook his head slightly. "No, she wouldn't lie to me." He whispered.
She lies…
She wants to destroy you…
Kill her.
Shadow's soft eyes flared up again. No!"
Kill her!
"No!" Shadow repeated.
Then make sure she does not interfere!
Shadow nodded slightly. "Yes, she must not interfere."
"Shadow?" Rouge questioned, expecting to meet his warm ruby eyes again. She shrieked slightly when his head shot up, revealing those evil ebony eyes, ones which broke her heart.
"You have interfered for the last time!" Shadow bellowed before kicking off the ground and charging for the thing the old Shadow cherished most, sinister intensions in mind.
