CHAPTER 4-1

Before Shadow and Amy could go through the next door, his communicator beeped. He took it out and answered it.

Tails had appeared on the monitor, "Aw, what a touching moment."

Shadow glared at him, "Tell your boss he's going to be sorry for ever killing Sonic."

"You mean that treacherous rat?" He shrugged, "I guess I could tell him that. Though this doesn't mean you can get away with everything. You will die by my hands, Hedgehog."

"I'd love to see you try."

Tails smirked, "Enjoy life while you can", he shut off his communicator and Shadow did the same.

He looked over to Amy, "Lets get moving."

They went through the next door and saw some kind of device hovering above hot lava. It seemed that the device could lead them over to the other side.

"What is that thing, Shadow?" Amy asked.

"Not sure, but you need to stay here while I go and check it out."

Amy nodded and watched Shadow step onto the strange device and went over to the other side.

Shadow went through the door and was in a boiling hot room with lava settling below the floor. He also saw two huge statues of dragons hanging from the ceiling. He began to walk deeper in the room while still looking at the weird statues, "What are these statues for?" As he walked towards a spinning machine that could allow him to proceed over to the other side, ganados had appeared and was in the dragon statues making them move. Shadow looked over to the two statues, "What are they doing?"

The two statues faced Shadow, then all of a sudden fire had came from their mouths and came at Shadow.

He quickly got out of the way and went on the device that spun around. He got off the device and was now on the other side of the room. He looked up at the statues that were breathing fire, "How am I suppose to defeat those things?" He then took out his rifle and pointed at the man that was operating one of the statues. He shot the man off the statue and into the lava. Shadow turned to the second statue and shot the other man off leaving the statue no longer operational. Shadow placed his rifle on his shoulder, "That ought to do it." He then saw a blue chest in front of him. "That must contain another stone ornament." He began to walk up the steps to get to the chest but another dragon statue had got in front of him.

The statue blew fire from its mouth but Shadow dodged it.

Shadow ran over to the left side of the statue, took his rifle and shot the man that was operating it. He watched as the man and statue fall into the lava. Shadow looked up at the blue chest and smirked.

Meanwhile, Amy was still waiting for Shadow hoping that he would be okay, "I hope Shadow's okay." She faced the wall and began to think about something else, "I wonder if I should ask him out on a date when this is all over, but what if he says no. He seems like the type of guy that wouldn't want to date someone like me." Then she felt someone tap her shoulder. She jumped and screamed.

"Amy", a familiar voice called.

Amy quickly spun around and saw a black hedgehog behind her, "Oh, Shadow it's only you."

"Sorry if I startled you. Lets get a move on."

They both went through another door and all they saw in there was a trolley that would probably take them to their next destination. They got in it and the trolley began to take them to a different place.

While they were waiting, Amy thought that Shadow had heard her from earlier. Though she had to admit to herself she did have a crush on him. "Uh, Shadow?"

Shadow faced her, "What?"

"Uh...did you hear anything?" She blushed as she asked her question.

"Hear what?"

She quickly looked away from him, "...It's nothing."

Shadow was confused at her behavior and just took his mind off her.

When the trolley had stopped, they both got off it and saw another door ahead of them. They went through it and found themselves back where they first met Tails. They walked towards the wall that was preventing them from going any further.

Shadow took out the goat head and a lion's body and placed them on the wall along with the rest of the stone picture. He noticed that he was still missing one. "Fuck", he murmured.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm missing a piece."

Amy gasped, "Oh!" She took out a stone ornament that had a snake on it and handed it to Shadow, "I forgot to give this to you."

Shadow took it from her and placed it on the wall. Then the wall had came down on the floor again and they were both able to proceed on.

They walked into the next part of the hallway and saw a picture of Silver hanging on the wall again.

Shadow walked over to it and took the picture off the wall noticing more money behind it. He took the money and shoved it in his pocket.

Then they noticed another door and went through that one. They saw another room that had another trolley in it so they rode in that one towards the next room. Once the trolley stopped, they got off it and saw another door ahead of them. They went through it and saw a room full of portraits hanging on the wall. They then went into a wide hallway that had the windows open allowing the night wind to travel into the room. They ran up to a door with a gate over it.

Amy crossed her arms, "Now what?"

Shadow studied the two statues beside the door looking like they held something. He faced Amy, "Come on." He and Amy began to walk down the hallway again and went into a yellow door. When they got into the room, they saw suits of armor lined up near the wall. Some had their axes raised in the air and some didn't.

Amy gasped, "Careful Shadow, those suits of armor can move."

"I believe that." He took Amy's hand and ran down the hallway with the suits of armor trying to attack them with their weapons. After when they reached the end of the hallway, they both looked back at the suits of armor having their axes shoved through the carpet of the floor then they all broke to pieces which kind of startled Amy.

Then they both went into a room with some kind of grail setting on a table in the middle of the room. Shadow walked over to it while Amy stood behind watching him.

She looked around at the suits of armor in the corners of the room, "Shadow, I don't like this."

"Just relax okay", he reached out to the grail and took it from the table. He stared at it, "This looks like it goes to that door. Just one more to go." He then heard a scream from Amy. He turned around and faced her, "Amy!"

She pointed to a suit of armor walking away from the wall and walking towards Shadow with its axe in its hand as well as the other two suits of armor that was in the room. "Shadow, look out!

Shadow took out his handgun and began to shoot at it but the bullets were weak compared to its armor.

The suit of armor took its axe and swung it into Shadow's arm.

He fell to the floor bleeding from his arm badly.

"Shadow!" She screamed.

The suits of armor confronted Amy and began to walk towards her.

She leaned against the wall not knowing what to do.

Shadow slowly got off the floor with his arm still dripping blood. He took out his magnum and shot the one that was the closest to Amy and knocked its head off..

Even though its head fell off, the plagas that swung around like an axe came from its head.

Amy kneeled to the floor and screamed more.

He pointed his gun at the plagas and shot at it killing it. He did the same to the rest of them. Afterwards he kneeled to the floor panting with exhaustion holding his wounded arm.

After looking around a bit, Amy ran over to him and looked at his arm, "You okay, Shadow?"

He nodded a bit, "Yeah." He stood from the floor about to leave the room until more of them came. "Fuck no." He took Amy's hand and led her out of the room while slamming the door behind them.

They looked around the hallway and spotted another door, they went through it and saw another door ahead of them but it was locked and it seemed that there was no other way to open it.

"What do we do now?" Amy asked still looking at the door in front of her.

Shadow was too busy looking at the four huge yellow panels on the floor and the two statues settled near each other. He looked over to Amy, "Amy, I have an idea. Stand on that yellow panel near you." As she did it, Shadow began to push each of the statues on the two yellow panels. There was one yellow panel left, he stood on that one and the door in front of them had opened.

They went into the door and saw an orange fox standing in front of them with his arms crossed.

The fox started to laugh, "I think you've had enough fun."

Shadow gritted his teeth in anger.

"Don't you know when to quit", he raised his hand in the air and the ceiling with spikes on it began to sink down towards the floor. Tails ran into the next room while shutting the door behind him.

Shadow tried to open the door but again it had no doorknob or anything. He punched the door with his fists, "Fuck!" He hit the door again, "Fuck!"

Amy watched as the ceiling got closer and closer to them. "No!" She screamed.

Shadow took his mind off the door and faced Amy kneeling to the floor scared. He had no idea what to do or how to stop the ceiling. He looked up at the ceiling and noticed that it had four blinking lights on it. 'Hmm, what if...' He took out his handgun and shot the lights on the ceiling making it stop.

Amy got off the floor and ran towards Shadow, "That boy's trying to kill us!"

"And you just noticed that?"

Then the door that Tails had went through opened. They went into the door and ran down the short hallway.

When Shadow had stepped his foot into the room, he heard Amy scream. He quickly turned to face her, "Amy?" He then saw a gate blocking the doorway now Amy couldn't get out. Then the wall from behind Amy had crumbled and two ganados appeared. They were both riding a machine with a huge drill with spikes on it. The machine was heading towards Amy. Shadow took out his rifle and shot the both off the machine. Then the gate had opened from the doorway allowing Amy to get out. He took her hand and was about to lead her out of the room until he saw another grail setting on top of a table. He took it and they both got out of the room. Then they were back in the room where they saw all kinds of pictures hanging on the wall.

They both ran in the room that had the window's with broken glass and saw at the end of the room a pack of ganados standing there. Some where even holding shields.

Shadow took out his magnum, "I'm going to need more bullets."

Amy pointed to them, "Here they come!"

Shadow looked over to the ganados and saw them coming towards them. He pointed his gun at the men with the shields and broke them apart leaving the men unprotected. He shot them and the rest of them killing them. Afterwards he ran towards the door and took out the two grails. He had no idea where to place them so he just guessed. He placed the grails in each statues and then the gate that was on the door rose from the floor.

Amy smiled, "I guess guessing has its advantages."

"Lets just go." He and Amy went into the door and in a dark corner they were startled by a green crocodile. He took out his handgun and pointed it at him.

The green crocodile raised his hands in the air, "Don't shoot!"

Shadow lowered his gun to the floor, "It's only you. I thought you were one of them."

He shook his head, "You're losing it, stranger."

Shadow thought the merchant was the one crazy, "What!"

"Want to buy something?" He asked as he changed the subject.

"Well I do need a new TMP." He looked over to Amy, "Someone lost it for me."

Amy glared at him, "I panicked okay."

Shadow faced the merchant again and handed him money, "Could you throw in some more bullets too?"

He nodded, "Sure." He reached in his cloak and took out another TMP and more bullets for Shadow's other guns.

Afterwards Shadow looked at Amy, "Lets get moving."

They both ran down the hallway and went in a brown door at the end of it. Once they got in there, they saw a huge insect nest hanging from the ceiling with the floor half destroyed below it. They also saw a door beside it as well. They started to walk towards it until a giant insect flew behind them and grabbed Amy from behind.

"Amy!"

"Help me, Shadow!"

All Shadow could do was watch as the insect carried Amy off through an opening in the wall. He started to look around the room seeing that more of the insects were coming after him, "Great more of em!" He took out his magnum, pointed it at one of the insects, and shot it out of the air making it die instantly. He shot the rest of them until they stopped coming. "Fuck! Now I gotta get Amy back. That kid is nothing but a pain in my ass." He looked over to the door again but he couldn't get over there. There was a huge hole in the floor right in front of the door. He then spotted a bridge and a lever on the other side of the room. He ran over to it and pulled it down hoping that the bridge would come down but it didn't at least not all the way. He looked over to the bridge again and saw chains on each side of the bridge holding it to the wall. He took out his rifle and shot at the two chains making the bridge completely come down. He ran over the bridge and went through the door. He was in another room and saw some money laying on a table. He took the money and left the room. Now he found himself outside of the building. Before he could go any further, his communicator beeped. He took it out and answered it. He glared at the orange fox on the monitor, "You! Where's Amy?"

"She's with me of course. We're just preparing for the ritual."

"Ritual?"

He nodded, "Yes, ritual. Of course it wouldn't be a ritual without her wouldn't it?"

"Keep your hands off her!"

The orange fox laughed, "Just try to stop us but I guarantee it will be your last." He shut off his communicator.

Shadow placed his communicator back in his pocket and looked over to the building ahead of him. He looked over there and couldn't see much so he took out his binoculars and began to look around. He then saw Tails along with his two servants taking Amy into the building. "Shit." He began to walk across the building ahead of him. He walked up to the building and saw a huge door ahead of him but it was blocked off because it was nailed down with boards. "I guess I'd better take another route." He began to walk around the building and soon he met more ganados. He took out his handgun and started shoot them. He continued to walk around the building until a huge flaming boulder struck down near him. "Not more of those things! I gotta find a way in and fast." He walked around until he saw a small door. He quickly went into the door before another boulder came at him. He looked around the room he was in and saw that the room was full of gears. He saw a ladder near him and decided to climb up to the top. When he got to the top of it, he saw a lever. He stared at it for a while then he placed his hand on it, "I wonder what this thing does?" He pulled it down and the gears beside him tried to turn but they couldn't. He looked over to the gears and saw a wooden box stuck in between the gears. "Damn! Something's jammed in the gears." He took his handgun and shot the wooden box into pieces. He pulled down the lever again and the gears had finally turned correctly. Afterwards he heard voices from below him. He looked down to the lower floor and saw ganados standing around waiting for him. He climbed down the ladder and ended up where he had came from. He saw another ladder and went down that one. Now he was on the first floor where the ganados were at. He took out his handgun and started to shoot them in their heads. He didn't kill all of them because he had saw another door. He went through it and was now on a bridge with a pack of ganados standing there with a door behind them.

Once they spotted him, they started to walk up to him.

Shadow took out his machine pistol and started to shoot them. He even saw a ganado wearing a mask and had a rocket launcher in his hand. He shot him in his hand and it had exploded then within a few seconds a plagas had appeared from his head.

The plagas' legs were moving around at a quick pace.

Shadow had shot the plagas off his head and the plagas had fell to the ground crawling around. He pointed his gun at the plagas and shot at it killing it for good. Afterwards he went into the door that the ganados were guarding. Once he went into the door, he saw two huge men wearing armor standing beside the next door he needed to go through. "Shit", he muttered, "It's those blind bastards." He took out his magnum and reloaded it with bullets. Just as his empty shells hit the floor, the two blind men came after him. He quickly raised his gun at one of them and shot him back making him turn around. Shadow eyed the plagas on his back and shot it killing it making the man fall to the floor dead. He looked over to the second one, "Next."

The blind man heard him so he faced him and stuck his large claws out in his direction.

With ease Shadow shot at the man knocking him back making him show the plagas on his back. He shot the plagas and killed the man. Shadow ran to the door that the blind men were standing next to and went in it. When he went into the door, he saw Tails sitting in a chair and Amy kneeling beside him on the floor with Tails' servants holding their sharp blades near her neck.

Amy looked away from the floor and saw a black hedgehog in the door way. "Shadow", she said in a scared voice.

"Well, well, well look who decided to stop by", Tails said with an evil smirk.

Shadow gritted his teeth, "That's enough, Tails. This madness stops now."

"You're not the boss of me so shut up. You're really starting to make me upset, Hedgehog." He placed his finger on a button on the arm rest of the chair. "I think you should be punished for your actions", he pushed the button and then the floor had opened up making Shadow fall through the trap door.

"No!" Amy screamed. "Shadow!"

As Shadow fell through the door, he took out a grappling hook and hooked it onto a crack in the bricks.

Tails was still sitting in his chair with a ear trumpet in his ear awaiting for Shadow's deadly fall. "Hmm? I don't hear him suffering."

Shadow was still hanging on to the grappling hook. He took out his handgun and pointed it at the device that went to the ear trumpet, "What a brat." He shot at the device making the sound of the bullet noise flow through the hearing device that Tails had.

Once Tails heard the loud noise, he quickly took his head away from the ear trumpet. He jumped from the chair and started to jump up and down on the floor throwing a tantrum like a little kid. "That's it no more games!" He looked over to his servant wearing the red robe, "Verdugo! Kill!"

The one in the red robe took his blade away from Amy's neck and walked out the room on to find Shadow.

Tails stomped his way out of the room, "Come on! We must prepare for the ritual!"

The servant wearing the black robe grabbed Amy's wrist and took her off the floor.

Amy looked back at the trap door that Shadow had fell through, "Shadow, you're alive." Then she was pushed by Tails' servant to move on.

Later Shadow found himself in an underground torture chamber. He looked around him and saw dead bodies scattered everywhere. "What is this place?" Then he heard his communicator beeping. He took it out and saw Tails on the monitor acting serious.

"Okay so maybe you have nine lives but that doesn't change a thing."

"You should surrender and give up Amy. Just let her go."

Tails shook his head, "I don't think so. She belongs to us now. Though I do have something for you, Hedgehog. I sent one of my servants out to kill you."

"Really? This just makes things a little more interesting."

Tails frowned at his comment. He didn't seem worried at all, "Very well. I wish you luck with him. Oh wait, never mind. Die you bastard!" He shut off his communicator and so did Shadow.

He started to walk around the area and soon he spotted a ladder. He climbed up the ladder and saw a sewer like passage. He started to walk down the sewer until he came towards a door. He went through the door and walked ahead some more. He then heard something hit the door that he just came through. He looked back and he saw a huge dent in the metal door. "What the? Oh right, Tails' servant is out for me. I guess I'd better look out for him." He continued to walk down the sewer until he came to another door beside him but he didn't go through it yet. He saw another door ahead of him. He went through that door and saw a lever in the corner of the room. He pulled it down and the door he went through closed and was locked now it wouldn't open for a while.

Then something came from the ceiling and stood in front of Shadow. It looked like a monster with glowing orange eyes, it looked very tall, and it had sharp claws and teeth.

Shadow stared into the creature's glowing eyes, "Son of a bitch."

The creature walked towards Shadow with his claws raised in the air.

Shadow crouched down to the floor and made the creature miss. He ran over to the other side of the room and shot the creature in his chest.

The creature backed away some but it was still coming.

Shadow wasn't surprised that he hadn't died, "Huh? Okay." He shot another round at him but he still kept coming. Shadow was no confused, "I don't understand. How can I kill him? He's like invincible." Shadow then started to look around the room. All he spotted was a fire extinguisher. He picked it up, "A fire extinguisher?" He looked back at the creature, "I wonder." He threw it at the creature but the creature knocked it back on the floor. "Well...that didn't work."

The creature started to get closer to him until the fire extinguisher he threw on the floor had cracked and the gas had escaped making it spread all through the room. It even got on the creature. The gas acted like it had gotten attached to the creature so it could move that much. The creature tried its best to shake it off but it still wouldn't come off.

Shadow then took out his magnum again and shot at the creature. When the bullet hit the creature, it yelled in agony. This time Shadow was actually hurting him. He shot more bullets in him until the creature kneeled to the floor with his insides exploding out of him. Now the creature was dead. "Yes! I did it!" Then the door to the room opened. Shadow ran out the door and went into the door he didn't go in. Once he got in the room, he saw an elevator. He got in the elevator and it started to go down to a lower level.

Later in a red room, Silver was sitting in his chair facing a purple chameleon kneeling down at him. "It seems that Tails is having a rough time annihilating our little friend. He had his chance. Espio, I'm leaving it up to you. Go get the girl and bring her to me."

The chameleon stood from the floor, "Consider it done", he said with an evil smile.