SONIC ADVENTURE 2: SHADOW
Disclaimer: I do not own the Sonic characters, just the OC's.
Chapter Thirteen: Gerald's Revenge
Eggman had just placed the final chaos emerald into the generator of the Eclipse Cannon, but something was wrong. "What? What's happening? Why won't the cannon fire?" Eggman continually asked. Then on the screen, a man that looked similar to Eggman except his mustache was white and he was wearing a lab coat, appeared. "It's…my grandfather, Gerald Robotnik!" Eggman exclaimed.
After the destruction of the Eclipse Cannon, Sonic and Shadow returned to the research facility and were greeted with praise. "That was amazing, Sonic" Tails said with excitement. "Don't thank me, thank Shadow. If it wasn't for him, I never would have found my way around the place." Sonic told them. Cream walked up to Shadow and bowed her head in respect, saying "Thank you, Shadow" "It was nothing." Shadow said like it was no big deal.
Suddenly the entire room begins to shake, with everyone trying to keep their balance. "What's going on?!" Knuckles asked. Everyone heard a beeping sound as Rouge pulled out a small handheld computer and read a message on it. "Uh oh, this is bad." Rouge said. "What? What's happening?" Sonic asked quickly. "My boss says that the ARK is falling to Earth. If we don't do some thing soon, the whole planet will be destroyed." Rouge explained.
Everyone looked to Tails, hoping he would have a solution. "Sorry guy, but I'm all out of ideas." Tails told them. Then, one of the screens activated and showed Professor Gerald's recording on it. "Who is that guy?" Sonic asked. "That's Professor Gerald Robotnik, me and Kumori's creator." Shadow explained to the rest of the group.
Professor Gerald's recording was not only playing on the ARK, but through out the world as well. "This is a death sentence for every human being on Earth. If my calculations are correct, the Space Colony ARK will impact the Earth in twenty-seven minutes, twenty-three seconds. All of you will be destroyed, along with your beloved planet Earth." The recording said.
Back on the ARK, the recording continued to play. "I plan to give you a taste of my revenge, once all the seven Chaos Emeralds are collected. Once I initiate this program, it cannot be disabled. All of you ungrateful humans, who took everything away from me... will feel my loss, and despair!" the recoding finished.
"I can't believe my own grandfather would do something as terrible as this." Eggman said as he entered the room. "Eggman, I knew you were behind this. Stop this thing right now or…" Knuckles was cut off "If I could I would have done it a long time ago." Eggman told them. "What do you mean?" Sonic asked. Eggman took notice of Sonic and said "You're a persistent little hedgehog aren't you." he walked over to Rouge and handed her a small disk. "What is this?" She questioned. "It's my grandfather's diary." Eggman told her. Rouge put the disk into her computer and read the diary.
"I don't quite know what happened, or what went wrong. Was it a mistake
to create the Ultimate Life Form? I thought it would be something that
would benefit mankind... But then the military guards landed on the
Colony that day. They were sent to destroy the research project that I
had been working on. My colleagues at the research facility, my
granddaughter Maria, I hope you are all safe."
"The ARK was shut down under the premise that there had been an
'accident'. I found Maria's name among those who died when the ARK was
shut down. She meant everything to me! And I couldn't bear the thought
that she died because of my research. I lost everything! I had nothing
more to live for! I went insane!! All I could think about, was to
avenge her! Somehow, someway, I got scared as I no longer was able to
control my thoughts. All I could think about, was that I wanted it all
to end. Based on my original projections, I was able to complete my
project; Shadow. I designed its mind to be perfect, pure... I will
leave everything, to him. If you wish, release and awaken it,
then you will fill the world with destruction."
"That would explain why you released Shadow and Kumori from the G.U.N. base." Rouge said to Eggman. "The core of the Eclipse Cannon is now highly reactive and explosive. This is because of the energy of the Chaos Emeralds is overpowering it. If the colony collides with Earth, it will shatter into pieces like my grandfather predicted!" Eggman explained.
"We have to stop the ARK from falling, now!" Mach said. The Space Colony ARK's position may have shifted due to the amount of energy given off by the Emeralds. We have to stop the energy!" Eggman explained. "First, Sonic, Shadow and Knuckles must go to the cannons main core. I will instruct you once you get there." Eggman instructed. "Right, lead the way, Shadow." Sonic said. Shadow nodded and ran off with Sonic and Knuckles following close behind.
After a long trek through the maze known as Space Colony: ARK, the group of three had arrived at the core of the Eclipse Cannon. After taking a good look, Knuckles noticed that the structure was similar to the temple back on Angel Island. "Amazing, it looks just likes just like the Master Emerald temple. It even has pillars for the chaos emeralds." Knuckles said in awe. "It was designed to harness the power of the chaos emeralds, so it had to have some similarities to your home." Shadow explained.
Alright, you three. Now use the Master Emerald to discharge the energies of the chaos emeralds." Eggman explained. "Got it. Ok, Knuckles, let's get to work." Sonic said. Sonic then noticed that Knuckles didn't pull out the Master Emerald. "You did bring it, right?" Shadow asked. "well… there's a funny story to that." Knuckles said, causing Sonic and Shadow to slap their heads at his stupidity.
Then a strange glow appears above Knuckles head and the Master Emerald came down crashing on the echidna guardian. Tikal appeared alongside Chaos and asked "Where's Knuckles?" Sonic and Shadow pointed behind them and looked back to see Knuckles push the large emerald off of him. "Sorry, Knuckles." Tikal apologized
"Tikal, Chaos, what are you doing here?" Knuckles asked. "We felt the chaos emeralds being used for dark purposes and brought you the Master Emerald to help." Tikal explained. "Thank you, both of you." Knuckles said. "Alright, we wasted enough time. Let's hurry up and stop the ARK." Shadow said. The other nodded their heads in agreement and walked to the copied temple.
Then, the room begins to shake as it is enveloped in a ray of light. When the light had cleared, the five heroes were standing in front of a large alien-looking lizard with a giant machine on its back with tube going down its head that acted as a life-support. "What is that?" Tikal asked frightened. "it's my first prototype, the Biolizard. I'll take care of this. You guys head to the temple." Shadow told them. They nodded their heads as they ran to the temple, leaving Shadow to fight his prototype.
"Come and get me, you abomination." Shadow said to his prototype. The Biolizard began his attack by lifting his claw to the air and swung it down hard. Shadow avoided it with his speed and saw the perfect opportunity to attack. "CHAOS SPEAR!" Shadow shout as several yellow arrows attack the Biolizard's side. But the attack laid no damage to it. "What the?" Shadow said.
The Biolizard took a chance to lift his tail and swung at Shadow, sending him flying to the wall. Shadow was hit hard but managed to pull himself to his feet. The Biolizard extended its head towards him and Shadow quickly avoided the attack by jumping of its head. While in the air, Shadow saw the life-support system on its back and figured a way to beat it.
"I got you now. CHAOS SPEAR!" Shadow shouted as he sent his arrows to destroy the life-support system on its back. Without the life-support, the Biolizard could no longer live and fell to the ground, dead. Shadow stands in front of the dead Biolizard with a small smirk of victory. "You didn't stand a chance, you disgusting prototype." Shadow said before he ran off to the temple.
Once Shadow had reached the temple, Knuckles, Tikal and Chaos had just finish setting the Master Emerald in place. "Is it ready?" Shadow asked. "Yes, know all me must do is discharge the power of the chaos emeralds." Tikal explained. "Do it." Shadow told them. Knuckles, Tikal and Chaos stood around the Master Emerald and performed the chant. "The servers are, the seven Chaos. Chaos is power; power is enriched by the heart. The controller is the one that unifies the Chaos. Only you can do this; stop the Chaos Emeralds!"
When the chant was over, Tikal and Chaos disappeared and the seven chaos emeralds fell from their pillars towards the ground. But not before that happened, the Biolizard came to life once more and disappeared in a flash of light. "What happened?" Knuckles asked. "It must have used chaos control to transport. The only question is, where?" Shadow said. "I have an even better question, why is the ARK still moving?" Sonic asked. The others also noticed the ARK had not stopped, even after they discharged the chaos emerald. But why?
Just then Eggman's voice came from his radio and said "The prototype is still alive! It has attached itself to the ARK and is pulling it straight towards earth!" Eggman exclaimed. "How are we going to stop it now?" Knuckles said. Sonic looked at Shadow, who looked back, and knew what the other was thinking.
The duo hedgehogs raise their hands and the seven chaos emeralds began to circle them. Sonic gather the energies of the emeralds and became Super Sonic, just like in the battle against Chaos. Shadow also gathers the energies and his fur turns to a cream-white color with his red highlights still in place to become Super Shadow.
Sonic looked to Shadow and asked "Are you ready for this, Shadow" Shadow smirked at the question and replied "I was created ready, Sonic." The hedgehog duo raised their hands together and shouted "CHAOS CONTROL!" and with that, the two golden hedgehog disappear, headed for the final showdown.
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