Chapter 18, Fakes.
Resistance HQ.
All of the high ranking members of the Resistance was gathered in a large room, Knuckles had called an emergency meeting to discuss what had happened at Angle island.
Knuckles entered the room and smiled when he saw everyone, "Thank you all for coming, I think we all need to discuss something" said Knuckles, "Knuckles is this really that important, I need to get back to the lab" said Tails, "Trust me, I wouldn't have dragged you away from your jobs if this wasn't important" said Knuckles.
"As I'm sure you've all heard by now, earlier today Eggman launched an attack on Angle island in an attempt to take the Master emerald" said Knuckles, "Wait, don't tell me that you actually lost that big beautiful jewel of yours" said Rouge with a hint of worry in her voice.
"No, Eggman didn't get the Master emerald, but he would have if we didn't receive help from Chaos" said Knuckles, everyone was shocked and confused, "But I thought that Chaos was working for Eggman, did he switch sides" asked Amy.
"I was confused as well, but it turns out that Chaos hasn't been working for Eggman at all, the Chaos that's been attacking cities is a fake" explained Knuckles, "A fake" said most of the room.
Knuckles nodded, "The real Chaos has agreed to help us protect the Master emerald, but I have no idea how Eggman was able to create a fake one to serve in his army" said Knuckles.
Most of the group turned to Tails "Tails do you know how Eggman could have created a fake Chaos" asked Amy clearly expecting him to have some answers, Tails scratched the back of his head unsure of what to say, "Well Gerald Robotnik once created some artificial Chaos creatures, so maybe Eggman did the same" he said.
The room fell silent as everyone thought about this, finally Rouge broke the silence, "Hang on, if the Chaos that's helping Eggman is a fake, then do you think that the Shadow that's helping him is a fake as well" she asked.
This gave everyone something to think about, "Well I guess it's possible, and Shadow did once tell me that Eggman created a bunch of Shadow androids during the Black arms invasion" said Tails.
"Hang on a minuet, if the Shadow helping Eggman is a fake then where is the real Shadow" said Vector, Rouge felt like someone had dropped a stone into her stomach as she thought about how Shadow and Omega had disappeared during their mission to Sand ocean.
"Knuckles is there anything else you what to say, I need to contact G,U,N" said Rouge, "Go and call them, they need to know what's happening" said Knuckles, Rouge quickly left the room.
New metropolis, Robotnik towers.
"FOOLS, IMBECILES, CAN'T YOU DO ANYTHING RIGHT" shouted Eggman at the Hooligans, "But, but Sir it wasn't our fault" said Fang cowering before the Doctor, "Wasn't your fault, I told you to bring me the Master emerald, and you failed, how is it not your fault" shouted Eggman.
"But Dr Eggman please" said Fang, "What did you call me" said Eggman his voice was low and threatening, "I mean, Dr Robotnik please just let us explain" begged Fang terrified for his life.
"Then explain now" said Eggman his voice still threatening, "We was going to get the emerald, but then that water creature attacked us" explained Fang, this got Eggman's attention.
"What did this water creature look like" asked Eggman, "Well it had a humanoid body made of water and it had green eyes" said Fang, Eggman thought for a second "Get out" he said, "What" asked Fang, "Get out of my building, I'll call you when I need you" shouted Eggman, the Hooligans quickly left the room before the Doctor changed his mind.
Eggman grabbed tablet that was on his desk and throw it through his office window shattering the glass, "Damn it" he shouted, "If the real Chaos is helping the Resistance then it's only a matter of time before they learn about the other copies as well" he thought.
Eggman took a deep breath in an attempt to calm himself, "Well I suppose there's no reason to hide the copies anymore" thought Eggman, Eggman pressed a button on his coat activating his communicator, "Orbot, I want to speak with Infinite ASAP" he said.
G,U,N HQ.
Commander Tower was sitting in his chair overlooking the results of G,U,N's last defence of Empire city, Eggman had launched multiple attacks against many major cities but he had been unable to break through G,U,N's defences so far.
Commander Tower sighed, he would like nothing more than to launch a counter attack against Eggman but he knew it would leave the cities vulnerable if he did.
Agent Topaz entered the room carrying a report, "Commander we have just received an urgent report from Agent Rouge" she said, "Let me see it" said Commander Tower, Topaz handed him the report.
Commander Tower read the report that detailed the defence of Angel island and the discovery that the Chaos that was working with Eggman was a fake, the report ended with Rouge saying that she believed that the Shadow that was working with Eggman was also a fake.
Commander Tower placed the report on his lap, it had given him a lot to think about, "Commander what should we do" asked Topaz, "For now just continue the defence of all major cities, and keep me informed on all sighting of Shadow the hedgehog" said Commander Tower, "Yes Sir" said Topaz as she left the room.
"Shadow, I hope for your sake that Rouge is right, don't let my faith in you be misplaced" thought Commander Tower.
