Chapter 15

Shadow drew closer and closer, while releasing a hellish scream of pleasure. Rouge, up to now too shocked to do anything, tensed her body up and awaited the attack. When the hedgehog was within kissing distance, Rouge swiftly delivered a round house to his face.

Shadow immediately stopped, hovering in mid air, with his face lifted up from the attack. Rouge remained in her battle stance. Suddenly, Shadow's face snapped back in her direction as he grabbed her by the arm.

Rouge shrieked as Shadow's grip tightened, his eyes a blaze. "How dare you hit me you little wench?"

Rouge was mentally shocked at what he had just called her, but remained hard faced on the outside. "Well, since you're not the old Shadow, not MY Shadow, I'm entitled to kick your ass!"

Shadow smiled wickedly. "Oh really?"

Rogue was about to respond when a black light below her face caught her attention. Looking down, she saw a huge Dark Chaos Spear right in front of her stomach. "Welcome to your demise!" Shadow whispered.

He was about to launch when suddenly, he jerked his arm away from Rouge and fired the attack into the air. Rouge's eyes widened as she dropped to the ground. Shadow held his head as he let out a scream of agony.

Rouge cautiously crawled over to him. "Shadow?" She asked.

The dark hedgehog suddenly looked up, tears welling in his eyes. "I can't…" He whispered.

"You can't what?" Rouge asked.

"I…I can't….hurt you." Shadow answered.

Kill Her!

Shadow shook his head. "No!"

Rouge was beginning to believe that the old Shadow was still behind this "Chaos" form of his. "Shadow?" She asked, scooting closer to him.

Shadow's head snapped up, but this time they were not full of tears, they were full of hate. Swiftly, the dark hedgehog stood up, hovering over the bat. Rogue looked at him worriedly before the hedgehog turned around dashed off, towards the others.

With Sonic

Sonic barely pushed himself off the ground when a coiled fist collided with his stomach. The blue hero's eyes widened as spit flew out of his mouth. Shadow smirked darkly and lifted him up by his neck, bringing him to an eye level.

"Now," Shadow said, evil present in his voice. "I believe you have someone to meet!"

Sonic gritted his teeth out of pain as he managed to open one eye. "Shadow, please!"

Shadow laughed. "Do not seek for sympathy hedgehog, for you shall receive none!"

Shadow reeled back his fist, storing enough strength in it to knock Sonic's head off when another fist collided with his face. Too shocked to react, Shadow released his grip on Sonic instinctively and flew back into a pile of rubble.

Before the blue hedgehog fell, two arms wrapped themselves securely around him. Sonic looked up and smiled when he saw Super Amber.

Amber slowly put Sonic to the ground. "Don't worry, regain your strength, I'll keep him busy."

Sonic smiled weakly as Amber stood back up, facing the pile of metallic garbage her brother was under.

With a loud explosion, the metal was sent flying into the air, coming down in multiple places on the now dubbed battle ground. Standing there was a furious Shadow. Through fiery black eyes, the hedgehog spoke, almost unable to find words describing his hate. "You! You have meddled in my affairs long enough!"

Amber scoffed, a golden energy surrounding her. "What affairs would that be, hurting the innocent?"

Shadow stepped forward. "These creatures are anything but innocent!"

Amber shook her head, almost feeling sad for him. "You have no idea what you're talking about!"

Shadow's eyes were set a blaze by that last remark. "I know exactly what I'm talking about!"

And with those angry words, Shadow kicked off towards Amber.

The golden hedgehog got into a fighting stance. She knew she was totally out-classed, with her in her Super form and him in the Chaos form. But she would have to try.

Shadow tried coming at her with a basic right hook. The female managed to dodge and planted a fist of her own on her brother's face. Shadow's head lashed back slightly but he soon regained his offensive.

With an angry growl, the dark one lashed out at Amber with multiple kicks and punches, all too fast for Amber to spot. The female took every hit, sending her to the ground. She was about to get up when a metallic boot planted itself on her stomach, restraining her from moving.

She looked up through narrowed eyes to see Shadow pointing a Dark Chaos Spear right at her face. The Chaos hedgehog smirked. "Goodbye Amber."

With Sonic

Blood slowly ran down the blue hedgehog's face as his vision began to become blurry. How ironic, after all that he had overcome, after all those he had defeated, he would be brought down by his ally.

Sonic was about to close his eyes when he felt a pair of warm arms wrap themselves around his neck, lifting him up to be on the lap of the person. Sonic managed to look up. There, with tears in her eyes, was none other than Amy Rose.

Sonic smiled slightly at her. "Thanks Amy."

Amy managed to smile through the tear stricken face she was wearing. "Please don't worry about it Sonic."

"Yeah," Another voice added in. "We have more pressing matters at hand."

Sonic looked up to see Knuckles standing there, multiple injuries dotting his body, with his arms crossed.

"I know, but the Hyper form just won't cut it." Sonic replied.

Knuckles looked back down at him. "That's why you'll have to ascend."

Sonic's eyes widened slightly. "Ascend, into what?"

"The Ultra form," Another voice added.

Sonic looked towards the source of the voice to see Rouge standing there, smiling warmly. "Do you remember when Shadow fought Eclipse but ran out of power?" She questioned.

Sonic nodded slightly. "Yeah, we transferred our"- Sonic cut himself off. He knew what the others planned to do; give them their Chaos powers!

Sonic looked at Knuckles unsurely. "Are you sure."

Knuckles nodded. "Positive!"

Sonic smiled as he stood up slowly, with the help pf Amy. "Alright, let's do it!"

Knuckles and Rouge, along with Amy, all put their hands on the blue hero's shoulder as a blue light began radiating from them.

With Amber

The Dark Chaos Spear was seconds away from impact when amber managed to warp out of Shadow's grasp and his line of fire. Shadow growled as the attack erupted at his feet, creating a small crater.

Amber reappeared behind Shadow and delivered a swift kick to the side of the arm. Shadow winced slightly as he turned around only to meet with another kick right to the face. Shadow's head snapped back as he warped away, reappearing above Amber.

With a battle cry, Shadow dove towards the female, extending his elbow in front of him to deliver a strike to the head. Amber managed to look up in time and side stepped, avoiding the attack.

Before Shadow could come out of his striking position, Amber delivered a powerful straight kick right to his stomach, sending the up-side-down hedgehog into the cold ground. Amber didn't stop there as she reeled back her hand, gathering some Chaos energy in it.

Shadow pushed himself off the ground and turned to face Amber, only to see her release her attack. "Chaos Beam!"

A light yellow beam of pure energy shot from her outstretched hand and towards the demented hedgehog. Shadow's wide eyes turned into slits as he smirked. With the raise of his right hand, the hedgehog swatted the attack into the sky above.

Amber's weary eyes widened as Shadow laughed in twisted amusement. "Why so shocked? Did you really think you could fight on level with me while in that pathetic form?

'You have got to be kidding me!' Amber screamed in her mind.

Shadow laughed again. "Well, it's been fun sister, but I'm afraid this is where it ends!"

And with those words said, Shadow charged for the already worn out Amber.

With Sonic

The blue hedgehog began to feel his wounds being healed as more and more power was being transferred to his body. By now, his fur had regained its luscious blue shin and he was on the edge of retaining his Super form.

Rouge, Amy, and Knuckles began to grow tired already, especially Amy since she didn't have all too much Chaos powers within her. Rouge and Knuckles however, kept transferring their energies until Sonic's fur burst to a beautiful gold.

Sonic smiled through the waves of energy he was emitting. "That's it guys, keep going."

The glow of Amy finally faded away as she collapsed to the ground, totally exhausted. Sonic cast her a worried glance but relaxed when he saw she was sleeping peacefully. The energy from Knuckles and Rouge gave a sudden burst as Sonic's fur burst to a pinkish white.

With Amber

Shadow stopped in mid-charge as his eyes widened. "That energy…"

Amber, through crossed arms, gazed out towards her brother to see him staring off to his right. With a growl, the dark hedgehog charged towards the energy he was feeling.

With Sonic

The energy from Knuckles also began to fade as he collapsed to the floor. All the Chaos powers he had used already didn't leave him too much to give to his companion. Rouge closed her eyes in concentration. Who knew she had this much power!

Sonic's fur began to blink to a light red every now and then as the blue energy Rouge was transferring turned into a bloody red colored energy. Sonic smiled. "Yes, just a little more."

Suddenly, a strong gust of air disturbed the power up ritual. Rogue and Sonic both managed to look to their left to see a furious Chaos Shadow hovering there. Through clenched teeth, he spoke. "How dare you! How dare you try and over power me!"

Shadow clenched his fist and was about to charge at them when a yellow figure rammed into him, sending him into a pile of metallic waste. Amber breathed heavily as her Super form disappeared, collapsing from exhaustion soon after.

Rouge's eyes widened slightly at the sight but she remained concentrated on the task at hand. With another final burst of energy, Rogue collapsed on the ground, passing out.

And in that very second, it happened.

Sonic's fur burst to a fierce fiery red as he levitated off the ground. A red hot energy was surrounding him, resembling a flame. Multiple blue energy sparks danced across his body. The hedgehog opened his eyes, revealing them to be a cool blue color.

Suddenly, the mountain of metal Shadow was under erupted as the dark hedgehog jumped out, his face twisted in hate. It soon disappeared when he laid eyes upon the transformed Sonic.

His powers rival yours…

Kill him…

Kill him now!

Shadow tightened his fists as a dark energy flame surrounding his body, along with black energy sparks. The hedgehog smiled unnaturally. "Well hedgehog, looks like you have evened the odds a little, although you're still not on the same level as I am!"

Sonic scoffed before smiling cockily. "We'll see about that Shadow."

Shadow got into a fighting stance. "Indeed we will."