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CH 8
Astrid and Shadow charged at Sonic, he dodged, but they were planning him doing this, and Astrid kicked Sonic in the stomach, making him falter.
'She sure packs a punch..' He thought to himself.
Shadow snuck up from behind and grabbed onto Sonics legs, with five fast spins, he let go and watched him fly away. They quickly ran back as Sonic was momentarily stopped. They jumped into Robotnik's ship and flew off.
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The three of them were back on ark. Shadow and Astrid presented the emeralds they collected. Robotnik took them and put them inside of a machine he was making.
"Perfect.. Soon, we will show those people who they're messing with." Robotnik said sinisterly.
Shadow watched him create the machine. It seemed to be beastly and made with a lot of rocket components, it had a swamp green color and pretty large. "Will this be enough to have our revenge?" Shadow asked, sort of doubting his creation.
"Of course it will! As long as we have all seven of the emeralds we are guaranteed victory!" Robotnik exclaimed. "The other three are in a security vault. Guarded heavily." He explained.
Shadow nodded. "Astrid and I will get them."
Robotnik held a hand up. "Let Astrid go on her own. I have a job for you."
Shadow's eyebrow twitched in slight annoyance. He usually always stuck by Astrid, mostly because they were sort of a power duo. With his assistance, she was quite the opponent. But with Astrid on her own, she tends to fluster..
"Fine." Shadow went over to Astrid and gave her a communication device.
"What's this?" She asked.
"This is so we can communicate. Robotnik is sending you to a heavily guarded security vault. That's where the last three emeralds are." He explained.
Astrid nodded slowly. Soon she was sent to the security vault. She looked around as there were many security bots running around and many closed up safes.
"Astrid? Are you in?"
"I made it in Shadow. There's just so many safes.."
"Look at each one carefully. Don't panic." he instructed.
Astrid nodded. "Alright."
She began running through the safes, she made sure to use her long nails as lockpicks to be able to get through. She was quite frustrated as she went through many of them and only found money. Robotnik said the emeralds were here so where are they?! Astrid went up to the top level of the vault and was taken aback as she found Sonic already there holding three emeralds.
"Lookin' for these? Nice try. But they don't belong to you." Sonic said as he pocketed them.
"Astrid? What's going on in there?"
Astrid grit her teeth.. Sonic was an obstacle in their plans.. If he was out of the way then they'd have a chance.
"Looks like I might be here awhile. If I don't come back, avenge Maria for me." She said as she readied her fists.
"Astrid what are you doing?!-" His voice was cut off as Astrid crushed her device.
Sonic smirked. He felt a bit cocky at the moment. She thinks she can take him on? He'll just have to show her what he's made of..
The two charged at each other, Sonic was shocked as he had a strong punch to the stomach. He coughed out some spit as he faltered. Astrid's eyes were filled with great darkness.. She was broken.. The only thing keeping her going was avenging Maria. She took a hold of Sonic's neck and slammed him into the ground, he choked as he clawed at Astrid's hand. This girl meant business… and if he doesn't stop her soon, he'll only be left as a memory to others. She threw Sonic against the metal walls and axe kicked him in the shoulder, causing it to dislocate. Sonic looked up at the angry female and that's when he finally saw it.. He saw her broken stare, her blind rage. She was filled with hate and sorrow and she had no way of releasing it all so Robotnik used them.. He had to save them..
Astrid approached the blue blurs leg and bashed it with her knee, causing it to break. Sonic yelled out in pain. Before she could land another hit, a sudden bright light engulfed her and she was back onto the ark.
"We saw what was happening on the security cameras.." Shadow said softly.
Astrid looked away in shame. "I'm sorry.. I lost control.." She said as her eyes filled with tears.
Shadow brought her in for a hug. Normally he was quite stone faced and bore an emotionless expression, but it was only towards Astrid he'd show emotion for since they've been together since their creation. Robotnik came in and looked at Astrid.
"You didn't get the emeralds, but you succeeded in putting Sonic out of the way. Good work. We'll collect them tonight." He stated.
The two nodded. Their vengeance was so close.. They just had to wait a little longer..
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It was the middle of the night. Astrid and Shadow were outside of the hospital. From what they saw, Sonic had the emeralds and they had to take them. Shadow and Astrid they looked around for a place to enter through and found an open window. They slowly and carefully made their way up and entered the dark room. They looked around. This wasn't Sonic's room.. Shadow carefully walked out, Astrid looked at a certain hospital bed.. A young female bat was holding the hand of an elder bat. It seemed she had fallen asleep next the the old male bat. She grew sad eyes as she left the female alone.
Shadow and Astrid went through many rooms, most of them had either old people, or people who have recently given birth. They continued on until they found a room with Sonic's name on it. With sneaky smiles they turned the doorknob, only to find that it was locked. Astrid looked at the lock of the door and frowned. It wasn't like many locks.. It was just a tiny hole. Astrid dug in her pockets and frowned more. Nothing..
"You stay here, and I'll go get the keys." Shadow whispered as he left.
Astrid stood by the door, making sure not to look suspicious.
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The longer she waited the more nervous she became..It had been fifteen minutes since she saw Shadow. Is he okay..? Did he get caught? What happened? As she had an inner panic attack she jumped as the door suddenly opened. Her face was white as a ghost as she saw Sonic with a hard stare.
"You don't really have any sympathy on the weak do you?" He said half-joking.
He quickly dragged her in his room and locked his door. "If you're here for the emeralds then you're out of luck. I don't have them, They're pretty well hidden." Sonic said as he hobbled back to his bed. He looked at Astrid. When she wasn't fighting, her sadness was clear as day..
"What's going on?" He asked her.
Astrid looked at him. "I..Um.. Why are you asking me that? I hurt you.." She said looking down.
"I noticed.." He said chuckling. "But I can tell something is going on in that head of yours." He stated looking her down.
Astrid looked away.. No one had ever asked her if she was okay this whole time.. And here was Sonic, someone who she hurt, asking her if she was doing okay..
Astrid's lip quivered. She shouldn't be telling her enemy anything.. But looking at his emerald green eyes.. She felt a sure security from him. Suddenly, she found herself telling him the story of Shadow and her creation and about Maria and what happened.. Sonic listened carefully with an opened mind, piecing together what may have led up to this moment..
In the end, Astrid began to cry a little. Sonic stared at her, Shadow and her never properly mourned the loss of their dear friend.. And Robotnik took advantage of that. Shadow and Astrid weren't bad people.. They were just in a bad place with someone giving empty promises.. Before any of them could speak, the doorknob began to jiggle. Looks like Shadow found the keys.. Astrid got up and went to the door and before she opened it, Sonic whistled at her.
"Everything will be okay. Trust me." He whispered to her.
Astrid only nodded before opening the door. Shadow was surprised to see Astrid.
"Well? Do you have the emeralds?" He whispered as he noticed Sonic 'sleeping'.
"He didn't have them.. We'll have to look somewhere else." She responded, hiding her watery eyes through her hair.
Shadow nodded and they left the hospital.. They'll have to try somewhere else.
