SONIC ADVENTURE 2: SHADOW
Disclaimer: I do not own the Sonic characters, just the OC's.
Chapter Twelve: Promise
After learning of the capture of their friends, Sonic and Mach raced to the research facility with the super speed. As they were running, one of the hallway doors opened up and Kumori stepped out from it. "Watch out!" Mach shouted to her as they tried to slow down. Kumori looks over to see Sonic and Mach trying to stop their run, but failing badly. The duo crashes into Kumori and formed a pile on her. "Why does this always happen to me?" Kumori asked to God.
Sonic and Mach got up to their feet and Sonic quickly asked "What are you doing here?" Judging from the tone of his voice, Sonic was still upset about the event back on Earth. "Maybe you didn't know, but I live here. This is my home and you are trespassing." Kumori told them. "Like I care, I still need to make you pay for what you did to Amy." Sonic said as he raised his fists. Kumori also raised his fists for battle until Mach interrupted.
"Sonic we don't have time. We have a few friends to save, remember." Mach reminded him. Sonic lowered his fists and said "You're right, but I'll be back for you, Witch!" Sonic ran off while Mach stayed behind for a minute. "Good to see you're felling better." Mach said to Kumori. "Thanks. Where is he going anyway?" Kumori asked. "To the research facility to save his friends from Eggman, I guess I better go to. Later." Mach said as he chased after Sonic.
After receiving the information from Mach, Kumori walked away, trying to figure out Eggman's plan. "Why would Eggman bring them there? The only thing dangerous in there is the…" Kumori trailed off as she had finally realized Eggman's intention. "Oh no, Eggman is planning to kill Sonic in space. I want to help him, but then Shadow would think I was a traitor." Kumori said to herself.
She continued to think of a way to help the heroes until an idea dawned on to her. Kumori began to run the opposite direction of Sonic, heading to the main control room. "I might not be able to save Sonic, but at least I can stop Eggman from firing that cannon. I must keep my promise to Maria…and to Amy." Kumori said.
Sonic had reached the research facility and found Eggman in his Egg walker with no Tails or Cream in sight. "Where are they, Eggman?!" Sonic demanded. "You mean these little brats, they're just fine." Eggman said as he moved him Egg walker to show Tails holding a scared Cream. "Now down to business, Sonic. Place the chaos emerald you have in the center of the room." Eggman instructed.
Sonic pulls out his fake emerald and thought "If I give him this, I can take out two birds with one stone." Sonic walked over to the center of the room and placed the fake chaos emerald on the ground. "Wow, you turned into a big time villain, Doc." Sonic said, silently chuckling. Just as he was about to back away, a capsule appeared from underneath the floor and trapped the blue hero.
"What the?" Sonic said in surprise. "You really thought you could trick me with a fake chaos emerald." Eggman said. "How did you know?" Tails asked. "Because you just told me." Eggman replied. Tails was caught off guard as he realized that Eggman had tricked him into telling about the fake emerald. Mach had just entered the room and watch as the plot unfolded. "Farewell, Sonic, my great adversary." Eggman said as he pressed a button and launched the capsule out to space. "SONIC!" the remaining heroes shouted.
Inside the capsule Sonic looked around to see if there was a way to escape, but there wasn't. The Sonic's memory returns to what Tails said about the fake emerald. 'It has the same wavelength and properties as a real one, but it's not as powerful.' Sonic also remembered all the times he had seen Shadow use it. 'CHAOS CONTROL!' "I hope this works" Sonic said as he raised the fake emerald and shouted "CHAOS CONTROL" then the capsule exploded.
Back at the research facility, the heroes watched as the Sonic's capsule exploded. Cream had broken down to a ballistic cry as Tails tried to comfort her. Mach stood in place for a moment before turning to Eggman. Even though he was wearing a helmet, you could tell he was angry. "You… You monster!" Mach shouted.
"Quit sniveling, you little cretin. "Eggman said. Mach slowly made his way to the doctor and Eggman raised the foot of the walker to crush Mach. "Ha-ha, to destroy two enemies in one day, this is too perfect." Eggman as he sent the walker's foot straight down. The walker then stopped for no apparent reason. Eggman looked over to see Mach holding the foot with only one hand.
"You'll pay, Eggman." Mach said as he swung his foot around to send it straight through the walker's leg. Without the other leg to support it, the walker fall back with a thud. Eggman crawled out of the walker and saw Mach standing in front of him, cracking his knuckles. "Can we talk about this?" Eggman persuaded. "No." Mach replied as he proceeded to give Eggman the beating of his life
Knuckles and Rouge entered the main control room and Rouge was the first to run up to the six emeralds. "Finally, the emeralds are mine! All mine!" Rouge shouted in glee. "A greedy bat, aren't you?" Knuckles joked, but Rouge paid no attention to it. "If you know what's good for you, you'll back away from the emeralds." Shadow's voice came from behind.
The two looked back to see Shadow standing only a few feet away from them. "So, was this your plan all along or was it an order from the government?" Shadow asked. Rouge stood their shocked before asking "So you knew all along?" "Knew what?" Knuckles asked. "That Rouge here is a spy working for G.U.N." Shadow explained. "A SPY?!" Knuckles shouted I surprise. "That's right; she has lied to everyone all this time. She is nothing but a fake." Shadow said. "I wouldn't be talking if I were you." Rouge said.
Shadow looked at her confused as she held up a picture with a massive lizard on it. "This here is the real Shadow, which means you're a fake too." Rouge said. "That thing is only a prototype. Nothing compared to my power." Shadow explained. Rouge was about to reply until Kumori walked into the room. "Kumori what are you doing here?" asked Shadow.
Kumori walked by everyone and stopped at the control panel before saying "I am going to stop the Eclipse Cannon before it fires." Kumori explained. Kumori was about to access the panel until she felt someone punch her in the stomach hard. She looked over to see the blow had come from Shadow. "But, why? Kumori questioned.
"I can't let you stop the cannon. I must make the humans pay for what they've done." Shadow said to her. Kumori clutched her stomach and fell to her knees and asked "But why Shadow? Don't you remember the promise to Maria?" "Maria?" "You made a promise to her, remember?" Kumori said to him. Shadow's mind flashes back to the day he left the ARK 50 years ago.
---Flashback---
Shadow and Kumori were trapped in capsule similar to the one Sonic was launched from as the watched a dying Maria make her way to the controls. "Maria!" Shadow shouted. Maria looked back with a smile as said "Shadow, I want you to promise me something. Promise me that no matter what happens, do not hate humans for their actions. Give them a chance to be happy. Just as you two had made me. Good-bye, Shadow and Kumori." Maria pulled the lever and launched the two from the ARK. "MARIA!" Shadow desperately shouted.
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After Shadow was finished remembering, a tear could be seen running down Shadows face. he began to walk out of the room until Rouge asked "Where are you going?" "To keep my promise to Maria…and Kumori." Shadow replied as he ran off.
In a far corridor section near the Eclipse Cannon, Sonic landed after being teleported by chaos controll. Sonic looked at the fake emerald and watched it dissolve into nothing. "Thanks, Tails" Sonic said quietly "It seems that you don't die easily." Sonic looked back to find Shadow walk next to him. "I guess that is one more thing we have in common." Shadow said, still walking. "I owe it all to you, Shadow." Sonic said, gaining speed. "So you used chaos control. I'm impressed." Shadow said, braking into a run along side Sonic.
"So are you going to stop me?" Sonic asked. Shadow shook his head and said "On the contrary, I'm here to help you." "But why?" Sonic asked, confused. "I made a promise that I intend to keep." Shadow said. "Alright, race ya there." Sonic challenged. "You're on." Shadow accepted. The two hedgehogs were no longer holding back as the raced off to the cannon.
Back at the research facility, Mach had finished beating up Eggman, when Rouge and Knuckles, who was carrying Kumori, entered the room. "Is everyone alright?" Knuckles asked. "We're fine." Mach replied. "Where's Sonic?" Knuckles asked. Everyone looked downcast as Mach slowly began to speck. "Sonic…he's" "Just fine." Came Shadow's voice. Kumori pulled out a small radio and asked "What do you mean, Shadow?" "Look outside." Shadow told them.
The group looked out the window like Shadow said and watched as the Eclipse Cannon ready to fire. But just as the cannon was about to fire its beam, it suddenly exploded. The group then looked onward to see Sonic hanging by a pipe and Shadow using his hover skates to cling to the side. "SONIC!" "SHADOW!" the group yelled in celebration. Not knowing Eggman secretly stole the chaos emerald from Tails and walked away silently.
As Kumori looked closer at Shadow, she noticed that, for the first time in 50 years, Shadow was smiling. "Maria would be proud of you, Shadow." Kumori said silently. Outside, Sonic looked to Shadow and gave him a thumbs-up. Shadow was hesitant at first but soon returned the thumbs-up with his own.
In the main control room, Eggman had placed the last chaos emerald in the generator. "Ha, with the seven chaos emeralds in place, nothing can stop me from creating the Eggman Empire!" Eggman shout. Eggman gave off an evil laugh, oblivious to the red glowing warning sign on the screen.
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