Shadow: That didn't take long, and why am I here?
Matt: I finally got the get up and go to write again, and your here to do the disclaimer.
Shadow: Why me?
Matt: Other authors do it, and if you don't the next chapter I write will have you fighting Black Doom in Rouge's outfit.
Black Doom: I'd like to see that.
Shadow: I'll remember that when we have our fight.
Matt: (steps in-between them befor they fight too early) ANYWAY, this fic is gonna be different than the others because I am having a cameo for one of my characters, one that I have not made a bio for my page yet.
Shadow: Oh, really? Who, and why?
Matt: I wanted to tie this in with Knuckes Quest. As for who it is, you'll have to wait and see. Disclaimer time!
Shadow: Matt does not own Me, Sonic, Eggman, Black Doom, the Chaotix, or any other Sega character in this fic.
Matt: Although I wish I did.
Shadow: Do you want me to do this or not?
Matt: Okay, Okay! Sheesh, your worse than my sister.
Shadow: Matt ALSO doesn't own, in the copyrighted sense of the term, the game "Shadow the Hedgehog" or the last story script. Matt does own the mystery character in this chapter, though, as well as the alterations to the original script, but that's about it.
B.D.: So, human, how are we supposed to get back to our spots in the story?
Matt: Like this. (Matt snaps his finger and both Black Doom and Shadow are transported to their spots in the story) I love author powers. Oh, one more thing, I tried to make Vector sound like he has a thick New York accent, like he did in Sonic Heroes, so any mispelling is intentional.
Chapter 3: Geralds Plea
Shadow looked ahead of him to see Black Doom hovering straight ahead of him, he was putting the chaos emeralds into some kind of machine. Each emerald glowed more brightly as one by one they were put into a slot. Once all seven were in, Black Doom put his hand over a small red orb. It started to glow as each emerald began to loose it's brilliance, their energy being drained into the wierd object.
Shadow walked forward, determined to stop this vile monster. "It's over, Black Doom." he stated. Black Doom turned to face the black and crimson hedgehog, knowing that he was cornered.
"So," he began, "you made it all the way to the comet's core, I AM impressed." Shadow didn't stop walking.
"Your reign of evil ends here, I am going to send you straight to Hell!"
"I thought you were different than the rest of them, being the ultimate life form, but I guess I was wrong. Have you forgoten already that we share the same blood?"
All of a sudden, Shadow felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, as if someone had stuck a neddle in his brain. The pain began to lance down through his body. His arms and legs began to weaken as Shadow fell to the floor. "W-What's Hap..pe..ning? what...are you...doing...to me."
"Since you were created from my blood," the evil monster started, "I can easily control your mind. It is only a matter of time before you are a part of my army once again."
"Damn you...No...it's not...true!"
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Meanwhile, up on the ARK, The Chaotix were busy trying to dicipher the data that they had gathered (The secret disks that Charmy got from Prison Island, The fragmented data Espio retrieved from Eggman's Mainframe, and the data extracted from the ARK's main computer room by Vector), and when I say that, I mean that Espio was trying to put the fragmented data together, Vector was staying out of Espio's way, and Charmy was, well, being the annoying little bee that he was.
"Come on, Espio," said Charmy, "Are you done yet?" Vector, up until now, was being extra patient with the little bee's constant whining, but he couldn't take it anymore. He put down the magazine that he was reading and pulled Charmy out of Espio's face. "Damn it, Charmy," he roared, "shut da hell up! we need Espio ta concentrate or else all the data we found will be lost!" "Thanks for pressuring me even more, Vector," said Espio sarcasticly, "seriously, who signed me up for this anyway?"
"I did." All three of the Chaotix turned around to see a figure standing in the doorway, just out of the light. He appeared to have the outline of a hedgehog, but it was hard to tell because of the dim lighting. "Just who are you?" asked Charmy, half expecting the person to attack them. The figure steped forward to reveal that he was...Shadow? No, he looked different. His fur was red with black stripes, the stripes on his quills made a borderline shape going around them with a diamond shaped stripe going down on the top of his head. His right eye was covered up by his bangs (that were red with black tips), and his left eye was yellow. The tuft of fur on his chest was black, and he wore a black trench w/ grey stripes on the shoulder, black jeans, and the same kind of gloves and shoes that Shadow wore.
"My name is Stealth," he began, "I hired you to find all of Proffessor Geralds Project: Shadow files." he then placed a disk on the computer in front of Espio. "This is the remaining data that you need, once you get the file fully restored, transmit it to the Earth, and by the way, your payment will be transfered into your account after this is all over with."
Espio picked up the disk and placed it into the computers drive. He then proceeded to type at a speed unheard of by man, each keystroke quicker than the last. This went on for a few minutes untill Espio's face grew rather grim-looking.
"Well," he started, "the data has been restored, but for some reason I cant transmit it."
"What!" said a surprised Vector, "What da hell happened?"
"From what I can tell, the transmitter that is hooked up to this room has been damaged. I'm trying to connect to another, but it will take about a half-hour."
Stealth was very upset when he heard this. "That's going to take too long, can't you do it sooner?"
"Computers arent my specialty, but I can try."
Charmy had finally lost it after hearing Espio say that, The little bee was fed up with waiting. "THATS IT!" he exclaimed, "I'LL DO IT, OUT OF THE WAY!"
"Get back here, You idiot!" screamed Vector, but it was too late, Charmy flew at the console of the computer stinger-first and rammed into it as hard as he could. His stinger punctured a hole in the console when he hit,smoke and sparks started to spew out of the hole and when all of that was done, a small explosion destroyed what was left of the keyboard. Charmy fell to the floor after realizing what he did. 'Oh shit,' thought the bee, knowing that he was in a world of hurt for what he did. Vector grabbed him by the wings and was about to beat the ever-lovin' crap out of him when all of a sudden, the computer buzzed to life and the transmitter started beaming the message all over the world.
Vector, Espio, Charmy, and Stealth all stood there with there jaws dropped. Without even realizing what he was doing, Charmy had actually got the damaged transmitter to work.
"I don't believe it," said Espio.
"Its working," said Charmy,
"Dis hasta be da biggest fluke in da history of flukes," stated vector.
"Fluke or not," started Stealth, "that little bee just may have done what was needed to save the world. Our work is done here, let's get to the Eclipse Cannon and hope that Shadow can pull through."
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Shadow was beginning to fade, Black Doom's power was almost too much for him. He could feel the evil intents starting to well up inside him...he almost gave up hope.
All of a sudden, several hologram screens appeared behind Black Doom, each one showed a picture of Proffessor Gerald on it. The same was with the entire world as the picture of the proffessor appeared on TV screens, computer screens, even in the GUN base and Eggman's underground base you couldnt turn on a screen without seeing this same picture.
"What is this?" demanded Black Doom. The pictures remained silent for a few minutes, but then gerald began to speak.
"Shadow, my son, if you are litsening to this, than I fear that the worst has happened. There is not much time left, as the military plans to shut down this research facility. It is time I tell you why I began Project: Shadow. Two years ago, Maria was diagnosed with a very rare disease that, at the time, had no cure. As you know, Maria is very frail, and the doctors that diagnosed her said that she had less than 3 years to live. So I began to research a way to cure her not only of her illness, but to give her the strength to live a long and prosperous life.
After much research, I found that chaos energy could be used to restore cellular deterioration, so I began to research a way to create a creature that could control chaos energy, an Ultimate Life Form if you will. Our first atempt was the Biolizard, a giant dinosaur-like cyborg that we had created. However, when we tried to charge it with chaos energy, it went crazy and started to destroy everything in sight. We were able to contain it, and luckily there were no injuries or casualties.
Our second atempt was with a red hedgehog who was called Stealth. This young hedgehog had bravely volentered to be the template for our latest experiment after being told what the research was for. This time we gave him controlled doses of chaos energy once a day. It seemed to work, untill he began to be torn apart cell by cell. Luckily, he only lost his right eye when the deterioration stopped. We replaced it with an optic censor and apologized to him like crazy. He didn't hold it against us, he even decided to stay on the ARK to keep Maria company.
I soon became desperate, Maria didn't have long to live. I found myself wishing to the stars that someone would come to help me with my problem, I got my wish. One day, a dark being known as Black Doom came to the ark with a proposal, he would help me with my research, and in return I would create a being that would be able to locate the seven Chaos Emeralds for him. I was hesitant at first, but it was agreed and we started our work.
We used a young black hedgehog as the template for our work, enfusing him with some of Black Doom's own blood as well as several doses of chaos energy. that hedgehog became you, Shadow. But my joy didn't last long as I found out what the black aliens were planning to use the emeralds for. I felt responsible for this whole mess, and decided to do something about it.
I decided that the best way to defeat this creature was to turn the very power that they wanted to use against them, so I created the Eclipse Cannon, it is the only weapon in existance that can destrou that accursed Black Comet. Shadow, it's up to you."
"Dont wory, Grandfather," Maria came into the picture and looked to Gerald, "Shadow and I will protect the planet," she looked twoard the screen, "right, Shadow?" the picture then faded.
"Gerald, you sentimental old fool," stated Black Doom, "Shadow is already under my control."
"No!"
The evil monster looked at Shadow to see him start to rise, his anger making the chaos energy within him to become visible as a gold aura around him "What is this defiance!" Shadow began to walk slowly twoards Black Doom. "I can't believe it has come to this, fine," he disappeared in a flash of black light, "You want a conforntation, you got one. Your past, present, and future will end here by the hands of my true form. Prepare to feel the wrath of the DEVIL DOOM!"
The seven emeralds began to glow with a bright light as Shadow pulled them out of the strange machine. When they were all out, they began to spin around Shadow as his body began to change into a golden yellow color. With one final thought, he lept into the air and exploded with a bright golden light...
Super Shadow was born anew.
Matt: That has to be the longest chapter that I have written in a while. Anyway, i am having some dificulties with the next chapter and would like to request help. Check out my profile page for info.
Next Chapter: The Final Showdown