Shadow watched them get closer and closer to the comet. He thought of past events. Okay, first we kicked their butts in the city and brought down the tank, then we went into the ruins. Shadowpaw got captured and we ran out quickly and followed Egghead. Before we got in, however, Shadowpaw came out with the Chaos Emerald. The monsters attacked her and took her with it. Black Doom is now using her as bait to get the rest of the Chaos Emeralds.
Shadow sighed. Why the hell do they need the Chaos Emeralds, anyway? Suddenly, the ship shook. Sonic yelled to Tails, "What's up with the ship, Tails?" Tails chuckled nervously, "I think we ran out of gas…" Shadow and Sonic fell out of their chairs. Shadow yelled, "What, you didn't think we should have a lot just in case we had to go rescue Shadowpaw from Black Doom and save the world?" Sonic sighed. "Well, I guess we'll have to run the rest of the way."
They both nodded and took out the Emeralds. Tails whined, "You aren't gonna leave me here, are you?" Sonic smirked. "Don't worry! We'll be back before you know it, Shadowpaw beside us and Chaos Emeralds in hand. Which reminds me," He put the other Chaos Emeralds down under the control panel. "Do you think you can hold onto them until we get back?" Tails frowned. "But I thought that's what Black Doom wanted in exchange for Shadowpaw!"
Shadow looked up at the comet. "He wouldn't give her to us anyways, so we might as well just barge in there and take her. Besides, he'll be dead soon, so the Emeralds shouldn't be his main worries." Then he picked up an Emerald and yelled, "Chaos Control!" Sonic did likewise and they ran off. Closer and closer they got to the comet, speeding through space. Soon, they were straight in its path. They looked at each other and nodded.
They both ran towards the comet and destroyed the front assault that greeted them. They easily cut through the defenses and landed on the comet. Sonic looked around. "Where's Black Doom?" Shadow shrugged. Suddenly, the floating eye came out from behind a rock. Shadow ran towards it, but it zoomed of in the opposite direction. Shadow caught up to it and grabbed it. It squirmed in his hands, and he glared straight into the eye. "Where is Shadowpaw, you damn coward?"
Then, he groaned and fell to his knees. He let go of the eye and held his head. Sonic came up to him and looked at him, worried. "You alright, Shadow?" Shadow watched the eye zooming off, and he glared at it and ran after it again. He kept well behind it, keeping it in sight. Finally, it flew around a corner. Shadow rounded it and screeched to a halt. A whole army of Black Doom's twisted monsters were waiting for him. He clenched his fists. "I knew that damn liar wouldn't give us Shadowpaw!"
He ran right into the army and punches went flying everywhere. He quickly hit one and ducked as another tried to punch him. He dished it out quickly and nimbly dodged their pathetic attempts. Sonic leaned against the wall, watching him fight. "He needs it more than me!" He mumbled to no one in particular. A black hawk dived at him, but Sonic just side-stepped it. It collided into the wall.
Shadow clapped off his hands. All of the creatures were on the ground, either dead or barely hanging on to life. He walked over them all, and Sonic nodded. They continued walking calmly, Shadow fighting all of the monsters and Sonic backing him up when he needed it. But, for the most part, Shadow was doing fine on his own; he was too pissed off to be defeated. They found the eye again, and raced after it as it dove into a hole. They jumped into it, and ran through a twisted series of tunnels, following the eye.
Finally, they got into a huge room, probably the last one in the place they'd have to go through. They watched it fly behind a barrier, and disappear. Sonic groaned, but Shadow just hit a switch, which lifted up the blockade, ran past Sonic and looked back at him. Sonic ran over, and they faced Black Doom himself. It was so unexpected that Sonic took a few steps back, but Shadow stood his ground, glaring at him. Black Doom motioned to an Oak, and it moved aside to show Shadowpaw held up in the air, her arms and legs shackled.
When she saw Shadow, she brightened. "Shadow! Get this good-for-nothing, crappy floating creep! I would myself, but…" Shadow smirked, but he glared at Black Doom. The abomination laughed. "So you have come, Shadow? I was just beginning to wonder what was taking you so long." Shadow spat, "Give us Shadowpaw!" Black Doom motioned to the Oak again, and it grabbed her. She kicked at it, but she was too weak from lack of food and everything else she's been through.
Shadow growled, "Damn it, give her to me, Black Doom! Now!" Black Doom laughed again. Shadow growled and ran up to him. A black hawk suddenly rammed into him, and he hit the ground, the wind knocked out of him. Shadowpaw kicked even harder, and the Oak tightened its hold. She tried to bite it, but only managed to get a mouthful of her own fur. She then lashed out her tail at one of its eyes. It let go of an arm, and she slipped out of its grasp and ran. Shadow tried to get to her, but Black Doom floated in between them.
Shadowpaw ducked and slid under him. She grabbed Shadow's hand, but a Black Volt (one of those super black hawk things) grabbed her. She hissed. "No! Not again, you damn bird thing!" She bit into its wing, and it let go of her. Instead of jumping off, though, Shadowpaw climbed onto its back and pulled on its left wing. It steered left, and she grabbed its head and directed it to Shadow. He watched in amazement as she landed in front of him.
The Volt whimpered as she got off. She smirked evilly at it. It shuffled away, and flew off. Black Doom was a few yards in front of them. He suddenly materialized the Emerald from his cloak, and it glowed. Shadow smirked. He ran over to it, but before he ran into him, he quickly ran behind and leaped. Black Doom dodged him, but Shadowpaw leapt at him too. He dodged again, and an Oak came clumsily over to her. She got up and clenched her claws so hard her paws began to bleed a little.
They stood there, waiting for the other to move. Finally, the Oak stomped towards her. She jumped over it and slashed at its shoulder. When it reached over to grab its shoulder, she rammed into its back. She winced, but it toppled over, and she stepped on top of it triumphantly. Shadow, though, was trying to hit Black Doom. Doom kept disappearing and appearing, so it was near impossible to land a hit on him. "Damn it, Black Doom, you coward!"
Shadowpaw and Sonic ran by his side, and Black Doom laughed. "Do you really think you can defeat me? The Black Arms are perfect!" They all looked at each other, then turned to Shadow. He smirked. "I don't think; I know we can beat you, you damn coward!" They heard a scuffling, and Kussia came riding a Black Volt over towards them. He jumped off and landed neatly right next to them. "Count me in!"
They all assaulted Black Doom, and he couldn't keep still without being hit. He threw fireballs and shock waves at them, but they helped each other out. Once, he hit Shadow with a shock wave and flung him in the air. Shadowpaw quickly jumped up, grabbed his hand, and flung him back at Black Doom. He collided, and Black Doom disappeared. Shadow gave Shadowpaw a hive five.
Kussia attacked Black Doom with his twin swords, while Sonic kept running up to him and distracting him with a Homing attack. Shadow grabbed a RPG and shot at him while he ran, and Shadowpaw joined in with a Worm Shooter (one of those giant worms' gun that they try to shoot at you with). It looked like they were gonna win this fight.
But, Black Doom suddenly disappeared and reappeared behind them, unleashing a torrent of fireballs and shock waves. As they dodged this, they saw him send out Black Hawks and Black Volts into space. At first, it seemed like a retreating maneuver. But, they realized Black Doom's purpose as they saw the fleet start to fly towards Tails' ship. Shadow tried to follow them, but Black Doom blocked him and hit him back with a shock wave. He fell on his back, and Shadowpaw helped him up.
He looked at her, and something went between them. They both nodded, and they were suddenly running towards Black Doom, hand in hand. He turned to them and laughed. "What is this, a last attempt to kill me? What worthless trash…" But, Shadowpaw jumped up, and flung Shadow at him. He hit him and grabbed the Emerald, while Shadowpaw scratched at him. Black Doom held his face (if you can call it a face) and hissed at them.
"You meddlers! You shall pay dearly for this!" He grabbed Shadowpaw and tried to squeeze the life out of her. Shadow shot at his hand, though, and Shadowpaw landed on her feet, rubbing her neck. Shadow raged and suddenly yelled out, "Chaos Blast!" The shockwave hit everyone, but it was mostly directed towards Black Doom. He faltered, and Shadowpaw ran over to Shadow. He was standing there, panting.
"Where'd that come from?" Shadowpaw looked at him incredulously. He groaned, but smirked at her. "I might have hit a couple GUN units on the way here…" Shadowpaw grinned, and Shadow got up. He heard screeching, and turned to see Tails flying towards them, with a fleet of Hawks and Volts in pursuit. Sonic cursed under his breath. "They must know he has the Chaos Emeralds!"
Suddenly, a Black Volt sent a wave towards Tails' ship. He had to duck to avoid it, but he crashed into the floor and skidded on the ground. When it came to a stop, the fleet surrounded it. Sonic ran over to the ship. "Tails! Are you okay?" Tails came out, a little shaken, holding the Chaos Emeralds. Shadow quickly ran over and grabbed two of them. He handed Shadowpaw the blue Emerald, and kept the red one for himself.
The Hawks dived at them, and they had to disperse. Each of them, except Sonic and Kussia, had one Chaos Emerald. Sonic and Kussia had two, for some odd reason. Tails whined as they went to kick the crap out of Black Doom. "How come I can't have one?" Sonic patted him on the back. "There's not enough to go around, and we don't want you to get hurt." Tails pouted. "Just because I'm eight years old doesn't mean I can't take care of myself!"
Shadow, Shadowpaw, Kussia, and Sonic all tackled Black Doom at the same time. He disappeared, but he left an illusion. Sonic was about to attack it, but Shadow turned him around towards the real Black Doom. Sonic chuckled nervously and charged. Shadowpaw looked up at a platform and a sniper rifle. She looked at Shadow and grinned. "I think I have an idea…"
Shadow saw where she was looking and nodded. Shadowpaw snuck off as the others kept Doom occupied. She snuck onto the platform and grabbed the rifle. She aimed carefully at Black Doom and shot rapidly at him. Only half of the bullets hit him, but it was enough to knock him for a loop for a split second, which gave Shadow the chance to knock him down completely.
Black Doom panted as they gathered around him, doing things like cracking their knuckles and reloading the gun and everything. Doom looked up at them, glaring mostly at Shadow. "You may think you've won, but we will come back and take our revenge." Shadowpaw smirked. "I think you're all washed up, Doom! You've got nothing!" Shadow smirked. "We'll destroy the rest of the Black Arms with ease. You're finished."
Sonic grinned and patted Shadow on the back. "Good job, Shadow! You've finished off Black Doom!" Shadow looked at Shadowpaw, who smirked at him and crossed her arms. Shadow slowly smirked and looked at Sonic. "No. We defeated Doom. All of us." Tails smiled. "Now the world's safe again!" Sonic stretched as he walked back to the ship with Tails. "I need to take a brake. Maybe we should go on vacation!"
Kussia shook his head and followed them. Shadowpaw sighed. "They didn't really do anything, really." She looked at Shadow. "You did most of it." Shadow looked away at Sonic laughing about something. He shook his head. "If you hadn't taken me out of the park, I wouldn't have done this. So, it's all basically thanks to you." Shadowpaw rubbed the back of her neck and chuckled nervously. "Well, now, I don't really think…"
She stopped and looked over at Sonic, Tails, and Kussia getting into Tails' ship. She looked down. "I guess we should go…" She was about to go when she stopped and looked at Shadow. "Hey, Shadow? I was…" She hesitated, and shook her head. "Never mind." Shadowpaw turned away and started walking towards Tails' ship. Shadow stopped her by putting his hand on her shoulder. He looked at her, but she wouldn't meet his gaze. "You were what?"
Shadowpaw shook her head again. "It's nothing really, forget about it."
Shadow looked at her as she rubbed her arm nervously. She looked over at Tails' ship, only to find it was off the ground. It flew down the hall they had come from and into the darkness. Shadowpaw groaned. "Now how am I gonna get back onto the planet when my ride's already gone?" She sat down on a box and sighed. "Do you think they realize we aren't on there?"
Shadow nodded. "I think Kussia planned this."
Shadowpaw smirked. "It wouldn't surprise me."
They sat there in silence, not able to really figure out a way to get back 'home'. Shadowpaw snapped her fingers suddenly and smirked. "Of course!" Shadow looked at her oddly as she pulled out the blue Chaos Emerald he had handed her. She held it up and smirked. "Wanna race?"
Shadow took out the red Emerald and stared at it. The surface portrayed a black hedgehog with red stripes on his spikes and white chest fur, rings on his wrists and a confidence in his eyes. He slowly smirked and looked at Shadowpaw. "I, Shadow the Hedgehog, accept your challenge." Shadowpaw smirked and looked up into his eyes, her eyes twinkling. Shadow blinked, and her amber eyes immediately looked away. Shadow smiled and grabbed her paw, pulling her up. She looked at him surprised, but it soon turned to pure satisfaction.
"Let's race!"
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As you all know, I have said millions of times that I don't like this version of the story and that I was going to rewrite it. Well, I am! So, I shall put up the first chapter of 'A Hero in the Shadows', the title of the remade remodified 'Shadow the Hedgehog' game. It's for the Hero side, and I might even make a Dark side story! Of course, he will be good in the end; I can't stand the story mode of him being evil! Wait a little, and it'll be on track soon!
Ja ne, until next time!