Chapter 19: Sonic vs. Shadow Pt. 1
…to find a blue overweight hedgehog standing right in the middle of the doorway with his hands on his knees; wheezing for air. At first, Sonic was supposed to evacuate with everyone else before Shadow arrived. But once he has found out the secret to the scroll, he raced back up to fulfil his destiny. Not to mention that it was the second time he had to go up the long staircase to the top of the Jade Tower. Right now, he was tired like before. Also, the sky begins to clear up and brought back the morning glow.
Sonic was huffing and puffing for five whole seconds now. "Stairs," he gasped; pointing behind him and goes back to his breathing. "Man, they should have…*huff*… put a…*puff*…escalator there…*huff*…for…certain…*cough*…people…"
With the battered chameleon still in his grip, Shadow has his attention on the intruder. The black hedgehog raised his eyebrow at the peculiar stranger. Curiously, he just had to ask. "And who are you?"
Gaining his breathing, he stands up straight and glares at Shadow. Buddy…I am...the Dragon Warrior!" Sonic proudly announced as he goes into a kung fu position… only to go back to his breathing with his hands on his knees again. He looks behind him in annoyance. "MAN! Would it kill them to build them an escalator or something?"
Incredulous, Shadow was now amused in disbelief. This blue…faker is the Dragon Warrior! So, they think they can replace me with a lookalike. "You? Really? You're the Dragon Warrior?" he cast Espio aside; hastily. He scoffs at this. This has to be some kind of joke. "Now, why would they choose you to be the world's last hope? You're just an amateurish underdog version of the true Dragon Warrior!" Of course, he was referring to himself.
Sonic grows a bit angry at his comment. "A copy, huh?" He looks at the battered Espio. His master – is lying there; all beaten and wounded from the confrontation of Shadow. Sonic's blood begins to boil.
He hurt Master Espio. Shadow hurt him. Nobody hurts my friends. Especially my master!
"Well, maybe, they chose me because I wouldn't be THAT heartless to attack someone you know for a long time, Shadow!"
The black warrior smirks at this. So, he knows my name? But that's not enough to impress me.
But Sonic wasn't finish yet. "And for what you did to Espio, I'm gonna use this." He pulls a certain item from behind him. It was the Dragon Scroll!
This got Shadow's attention. His eyes went wide. He has the Dragon Scroll! Impossible! Espio said it was halfway across the world. Guess this makes my jounry a little bit easier. The artefact that he has been wanted for so long now – was in the hands of the blue, overweight, cheerful creature!
Sonic points to the scroll in his hand. "So, you want it? Come and get it."
Wanting the scroll so badly, Shadow comes out of nowhere and punches Sonic across the room. This causes him to knock the scroll out of his grip and was now in Shadow's grip. "Finally…"
Thinking that he was going to fly off the building but instead, Sonic's hands somehow hook onto one of the pillars outside the Hall. He whips around and heads back to Shadow. Sonic slams the black hedgehog away; sending him flying into one of the columns near the unconscious chameleon. Shadow also loses his grip on the scroll and goes back into Sonic's palm.
When he made contact with the pillar, pieces of debris fell on Shadow as he shakes them off. He recovers from the hit and looks at Sonic; astonished. How did he do that? That's impossible!
Surprised that he had actually landed a blow on him, Sonic's confidence increased. He has reclaimed the scroll and managed to hit a powerful blow to the most dangerous criminal on the planet. Maybe…just maybe…I have a chance! Sonic leapt into a Kung Fu stance. "Your move, Shadow!"
Your wish, faker!
Now in feral rage, Shadow charges at him. At the sight of his opponent, Sonic quickly changed his mind. Ok, scratch that. Gotta run! Sonic tries to race out of the door but Shadow already caught up to him and thanks to his momentum, they both sail out of the Hall. Sonic nearly loses the scroll but still clings on to it. They began to fly towards the arena from below as Shadow kicks the cobalt hedgehog and send him crashing onto the arena rooftops below; destroying some tiles, bounces off and lands on a tree just outside of the arena.
Thanks to his weight, Sonic manages to bend the tree back. Shadow lets out a battle cry and leaps at the hedgehog but Sonic remembers something.
Wait, this is the same tree that I—
Shadow was coming closer but just when he is a few seconds away from landing a punch on Sonic, the blue hedgehog puts on a smile, rolls off the tree; causing the tree spring back and hits Shadow square in the face. Shadow flies back to the same rooftops that Sonic was on before and briefly skids across the roof; destroying a number of tiles. He picks himself up and comes back to Sonic who is standing at the edge of the stairs. Shadow kicks him in the face; sending the blue warrior tumbling down the long flight of stairs. Shadow quickly chases after him.
"THAT SCROLL IS MINE!" Shadow declared before leaping at him. He grapples against Sonic for the Dragon Scroll while producing a number of kicks and punches; hoping for Sonic to lose his hold on the scroll as they bounced down the rest of the steps. But every time they hit the step, Shadow ends up under Sonic's overweight body; taking the damages instead. Not just the steps but also, Sonic's fists, elbow, foot – even his butt – hits Shadow in the face!
As they got to the bottom of the stairs, they crashed through the arch where Sonic and Shadow are now separated from their scuffle. And so is the scroll. Sonic ends up flying into a warehouse with a number hardware were on sale and ends up landed on a wheelbarrow, shovels and some rope. Seeing the rope in his palm, Sonic quickly gets an idea.
The scroll itself was now on another rooftop – the one close to Shadow. The black hedgehog leaps for it, only to be snatched away when Sonic lassoed it with the rope. The scroll flies towards Sonic but bounce off his head and flies over the building behind him. Shadow has leaped off his building and attempts to leap after it. But just before he does, Sonic notices him coming and just like in the game of "keep-away" that he and Espio played, he grabs Shadow by the legs in a mid-jump, sent him crashing down on a wheelbarrow that he was standing on and catapults himself in the air.
Heading in the same direction as the scroll, Sonic quickly looks around to find the scroll. But his search was halted when he crashes into a bamboo thicket in a Chinese restaurant. He emerges out of the thicket; stumbling on bamboo stilts. He tried to gain his balance while knocking over a stack of woks at the entrance.
Once he has gain his balance, the scroll itself was on another building not far from where he is. It rolls off the building and lands in the streets. And so does Shadow.
He lands only a few feet away from the scroll when Sonic spots them both.
Oh no! I gott—
Sonic looks down to see the woks that he knock over. Another idea comes to mind.
Near the scroll and his destiny, Shadow reaches out for it…
BANG!
He was not expecting a metal wok to strike in his face and making a huge face-like dent in it. With him distracted, Sonic tossed several more woks with the help of his stilts onto the ground; concealing the scroll and just in time as Shadow pulled off the wok and finds out the scroll is nowhere in sight. Sonic comes over to where the woks are now… and begins to spin them around at top speed with the help from his stilts; the same manner that Espio did in their training. Confused, Shadow tries to keep his eye on the wok but he couldn't.
The more Sonic moves the woks around, the quicker he becomes.
"How's THAT for speed!" Sonic hollered. Just a little something he learned from Espio that Shadow doesn't know.
From muddled to fuming, Shadow wasted no time doing a sweep-kick; knocking all the woks out of the way rather finding the certain wok like Sonic did. The scroll was now revealed to the public view. Sonic gasped but he can't let Shadow get the scroll. Just before Shadow could grab the scroll, he used the stilts again to block Shadow from getting it.
From Shadow to the scroll, Sonic moved the artefact around in the possible hasty speed ever. Let's see if Shadow can get it now! Waiting for the right moment, the black hedgehog swipes out the stilts apart and grabs the scroll... bringing Sonic down on top of him; knocking the scroll out of his hands. It begins to roll down the street as Sonic and Shadow watch move away from kicks Sonic up in the air which sends him flying into a cart nearby and resumes his chase. In the wooden, Sonic sits up to see Shadow was getting closer to the scroll.
Great. How am I supposed to get—
Looking around were boxes…of fireworks. Sonic had a similar idea in the past but instead of up, it's onward.
The scroll was starting to slow down as Shadow begins to speed up. He reached out his hand—
"OH, SHADOW!"
Shadow looks behind to see what he was not expecting. Sonic the Hedgehog is hurtling at great speed; propelled by a mother lode of fireworks!
Shadow was so surprised that he didn't have enough time to dodge out of the way as Sonic rams through him. The stunned rogue hedgehog now goes flying and Sonic manages to grab the scroll once more. He continued to speed through the streets when the cart hit an obstacle; sending the poor hedgehog flying out of it and into the wall of a tall building.
Once he made a hard contact with the wall, Sonic loses the scroll which he sends it flying upwards and lands on the roof; high above him. Sonic quickly stands up and looks behind to where Shadow is. The black hedgehog has recovered himself from that…unexpected hit. He looks up to the where the scroll is and resumes his chase. With the dark hedgehog in hot pursuit for the scroll, Sonic looks up to see the scroll. Thanks to his training, Sonic quickly focus with his mind to envision something else besides the scroll.
Please be a cookie. Please be a cookie. Please be a cookie. PLEASE BE A—
To his luck, the scroll transform into a cookie! With his objective in sight, Sonic effortlessly scales the building with the help of the fire escapes. Still on pursuit, Shadow looks up in shock. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Witnessing moments like this, he can only come to one conclusion.
"The scroll has given him power!" Enraged that Sonic was only a few feet away from taking what is rightfully his, Shadow couldn't hold it any longer.
"NOOOOOOOO!" Shadow shouted. He takes a giant leap towards the building and kicks the wall; causing it to collapse due to his colossal power. Sonic was only two feet away from the scroll when thanks to Shadow's kick, it goes flying again. Sonic struggles to reach the top despite the scroll being airborne. He looks down to see that he is still being chased by Shadow. The dark hedgehog nearly has Sonic in his grasp but the blue warrior makes it to the rooftop and frantically climbed after the scroll while kicking the tiles in Shadow's face; keeping him at bay. As the whole building comes crashing down and makes a giant leap, Sonic finally reclaim the scroll. He laughs at his victory…
…if Shadow haven't suddenly leapt up from behind him. The rogue hedgehog sends a punishing axle kick on Sonic's head that sends him crashing to the ground; hard. Sonic finds himself in front of his home and shop but didn't have time to look up when Shadow falls toward him. He finished him off by slamming him into the ground with a double-fisted punch; engulfing them both in an explosion of dust and dirt.
Author's Notes: OH NO! It looks like Sonic has been defeated by Shadow! Could this be the end of our hero? Well, it can't! Because this story is not finished yet! We still have three more chapters to go! And the ending will be a blast.
Also to mention, this chapter, as well, was finished in a day. The next ones will be finished over the weekend. Just look on the profile for the weekly updates.
Above all this, important news. From what I heard from SpiritofSilverWater & MissBrains101:
SOPA is back!
I'm not kidding. They are back and this time, it's for real! If you guys don't know what SOPA means, here it is. SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Acts. In this case, all fanart will be deleted, all fan-pages, fanfics, fan made videos, etc. So that means Sayonara to Fanfiction, DeviantArt, Tumblr, parts of YouTube and Google, and a whole lot more. The people who want to get rid of them are like the N.O. people if anyone who have been reading Witch & Wizard by James Patterson (Another great book written by the greatest writer on the planet). As writers and viewers of this fantastic website, we DO NOT want that to happened now do we? Down below is the link where you guys can sign in for the petition. And you better hurry, we have only until March the 19th which right now is… 3 DAYS AWAY! So, get to it!
Although I wanted to wait to say this in the last chapter but I'll say this now. Thank you for everyone for supporting about what I'm going through. I know it's tough but I will make it through. It's hard when your love one is sick and going through a rough time but it's not that bad when you have family and friends that you know with you.
About my job, no news from them yet so, I don't know when I going to start working but it might be sooner than I think.
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Until we meet again,
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