Hey guys! Sorry about the long delay, I had some writers block, but I'm here now! I hope you enjoy this chapter! All feedback is welcome, Just no hate please.
CH 9
Shadow and Astrid separated to search for the last remaining emeralds.
Astrid was looking around a high quality diamond shop, just in case they ended up here. As she went up to the cashier, she noticed an ivory bat already there, she was stuffing her pockets with jewels. Astrid's eyes narrowed at the bat.
'Isn't she from the hospital..?' She thought to herself.
She went up to the rather voluptuous female and tapped her shoulder. The bat looked over and saw Astrid. "Can I help you?" She asked.
"Empty out those pockets." She threatened.
The woman smirked. "Or what?"
Astrid snatched the priceless diamond from her hand. "If you don't empty your pockets, I'll destroy every jewel you come across." She said as played with the diamond.
The young woman was visibly distressed as she watched the diamond. "Alright, alright fine. Only because I want to."
She took out all of the jewels from her pocket and Astrid eyed all of them until she found a chaos emerald. She grabbed it and looked at her. "Interesting. Where did you get this one?"
Her eyebrow twitched as she watched Astrid. "Some fox boy was in possession of that one. I just did what I could to get my hands on that one." She admitted.
Astrid smiled and pocketed it. "Thank you for your business."
Before she could walk out, The young bat grabbed her wrist. "Uh I don't think so sweet face. That belongs to me." She said.
Astrid let out a frustrated sigh. "Well, I think this belongs to me now. So get on out of here and enjoy your other jewels." She said as she slipped out of her grasp.
The young woman growled angrily as Astrid ran out. She soon began to follow..
=With Shadow=
Shadow was looking through Angel Island for the last of the emeralds, he looked everywhere before stumbling upon a shrine. There, two emeralds were held while two echidna stood by keeping guard. His blood eyes narrowed, he'll have to get rid of them in order to retrieve the emeralds. He went through the trees, careful enough as he didn't want them to be alarmed. As he carefully slipped to the ground, he quickly moved out of the way as the male echidna suddenly went to attack him.
"You must be the one Sonic warned us about." He commented. "Where's your little friend huh? Did you come on your own thinking you would get the emeralds?" He said as he got into a fighting stance.
Shadow glared at the cocky male. "I don't think I'll get the emeralds, I know I'll get the emeralds." He said as he charged at him.
The male echidna dodged his attack and punched Shadow in the back, Shadow jumped over the echidna and zipped past him, quickly grabbing the emeralds. As he was about to leave, something caught his foot. He looked over and saw the female echidna.
He glared at her as he tried to escape her grasp. But it seemed she had a pretty tight grip. As he fought off her hands, he thought of a plan..since Angel island was a floating island, he could throw these off the edge.. He'd just need Astrid to be at his location.. He used all of his strength to throw the emeralds off the island as he let out an ear deafening whistle.
=With Astrid=
Her ears twitched as she caught wind of a high whistle. She knew it was Shadow. During their creation, they were given high powered hearing, they could hear a whistle from a far distance as long as it was made within a high pitch. She quickly ran towards the direction she heard it from.
By the time she made it to where she heard the whistle, she saw two emeralds tangled in vines. He must've hid them here.. She climbed the tree and took the two emeralds. She let out a loud whistle to signal him she has them. She began running back to Robotnik's ship, not noticing the ivory bat still on her tail..
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The two made it back to the ark, although Shadow came a little later as he had to fight off the echidna. They were quite an opponent when they were using their fists..
As they began to hand over the emeralds, a voice was heard.
"Excuse me! I've come to retrieve my emerald!"
Astrid growled as she recognized the classy tone of voice. She turned around and glared at her. "Excuse me, why were you following me!?" She asked with anger in her voice.
"Who are you anyway?" Shadow asked with disdain.
"I am, Rouge The Bat, and what your little friend has is mine! I had it first!" She said pointing at Astrid.
Astrid put her hands on her hips, she was ready to yell until she thought of something. "Hey.. You're a treasure hunter right?"
The bat was confused for a second but she smiled. "The best thief around." She said confidently.
Shadow and Astrid eyed each other before nodding. She could be useful.. "Alright.. How about this.." Astrid started. "You get access to all the beautiful jewels you could find, and in exchange, you help us." She said.
Rouge grew a twinkle in her beautiful aqua eyes. "Really..?" She asked.
Astrid nodded. "Really, really." She responded.
"Well, well, well. I can't really reject such a beautiful offer. Count me in. As long as I have my jewels, you can count on my help." She said as she hugged the young female.
Soon plans were explained and everyone dispersed. All except Rouge. She held her wrist to her face. "This is Rouge coming in, I've successfully infiltrated ark and have earned the trust of Eggman and his accomplices. I'll have a follow up later today.."
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=With Sonic=
Sonic was finally back on his feet, thanks to the help of his kitsune friend Tails. He had made a quick little device to help on fixing his broken bones and other injuries. His next goal was to stop Eggman from using Shadow and Astrid. From what he was told, they took the last three emeralds, so it was only a matter of time until they caused total destruction.
"Tails, have you found their location?" He asked.
"I have, they're somewhere on space colony Ark." He said as he was focusing on his computer.
Sonic nodded. "We have no time to lose. Let's go."
The two boys ran out of Tails's workshop and got into the tornado. "So how are we going to get in there?" Sonic asked.
"I upgraded the tornado to transform into a rocket ship, so we'll be able to fly into space and find the ark." Tails explained as he began transforming his plane.
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=With Astrid=
Astrid stared out the window and looked at the stars with sad eyes.
"We're so close.. Just a little longer, Maria.." She said to herself.
"Maria huh? That girl that was killed fifty years ago?"
Astrid looked over and saw Rouge. "What's it to you?" She hissed as she looked away.
"Harsh." She said with a laugh. "C'mon you can trust me. If we're going to work together you should tell me why you're doing all of this." She explained.
The young female made a face. She was right.. With a sigh, she explained her relationship with Maria and what happened, and why they planned on making a machine that'll cause the total annihilation of the humans.
Rouge stared at her, her blue eyes held sympathy. She deduced the same thing Sonic did. They weren't bad guys at all.. They just didn't grieve her loss properly.. Rouge put a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, it's alright.. You know.." Rouge chewed her lip as she stopped. Should she suggest Eggman might be using them..? She took a deep breath. "Have you ever thought that Robotnik might be using you..?" She whispered.
Astrid stared at the floor. Her eyes unblinking.. Robotnik using them…? No.. that can't be. He promised to avenge Maria with them.. "N-No.." She began. "He couldn't be, he promised." She said with a weak laugh.
Rouge's ear twitched as she heard footsteps, she turned and saw Shadow. His eyes told that he heard everything. He nodded as he felt that they might just be pawns to Robotnik's plan. As Rouge slowly rubbed Astrid's back, Robotnik came in the room.
"It's time." He started. "Soon the world will kneel before us!" He announced with a wicked laugh.
The three of them got up and followed the mad doctor. He showed them his beastly creation; It seemed to resemble some sort of dragon, it was a sickening green color with large sharp metal teeth. It had large sharp metal claws on its fingers and toes. It had all seven emeralds around its belly, it looked like it would be quite difficult to pull them off.. The dragon also seemed to be equipped with lethal weapons.. This definitely will cause some destruction..
Soon, Robotnik took them all down to Mobius and let the dragon loose. It began to destroy buildings, cars, and everything it got its hands on. Astrid and Shadow were standing on its shoulders, watching everyone run away in fear with delight. This is what they deserved for taking away someone as sweet and innocent as Maria. As the dragon continued its destruction, they saw a familiar blue blur strike its face.
They glared. Sonic.. Soon, Sonic came in front of them. He held his trademark smirk. "So this is what you guys were using the emeralds for." He started. "Well too bad it's about to end so soon!" He said as he went for the emeralds. As he attempted to pull them out, he was surprised as they wouldn't budge.. Soon he was slapped away by the giant machine. Meanwhile, Robotnik was in his egg carrier, watching the scene unfold. Everyone was running in fear, buildings were being knocked down, and Sonic was having a hard time trying to stop his creation. His plan was coming together.. He just needed to give it a bit more power.. He looked at the two life forms on the dragons shoulder with satisfied smiles. His eyes locked onto Astrid. When he first saw her potential, he was blown away.. Her strength was something he never imagined, he had to tone her down as she was becoming unstable. He knew there was much more power inside her, she just didn't use it. A power like that would be a shame to waste..
Robotnik used a metallic arm to snatch her. "I'm sorry Astrid, but you hold power inside that will help our dragon friend here become much more powerful.. You'll serve as a strength vessel." He revealed. Shadow was glaring at the mad scientist with venom. He was trying to use his sister for his machine.. Rouge was right.. He was just using them.. He followed Robotnik as he began to fly away with Astrid..
