SONIC ADVENTURE 2: SHADOW
Disclaimer: I do not own the Sonic characters, just the OC's.
Chapter Fourteen: End and Begin
Using the power of chaos control, Super Sonic and Super Shadow appeared outside the ARK. "So where is the big guy? All I see is a giant rock." Super Sonic said. "Uh…Sonic, I don't think that's a rock" Shadow said. He was right, the 'rock' was actually the Biolizard, but it had attached itself to the ARK to become the Final Hazard.
"Whoa, what happened?" Sonic asked. "Somehow, the Biolizard used the power of chaos control to become one with the ARK." Eggman said over Shadows radio. "So how do we stop it?" Shadow asked. "Without its life-support system to sustain it, the Biolizard has become very weak. Aim for the red swelling areas on its sides to defeat it." Eggman instructed them. "Got it. Sonic, you take one side while I take the other." Shadow told him. "Got it." Sonic said.
First up was Super Sonic as he flew to the left side of the Final Hazard. Sonic had spotted the red swelling like Eggman had said and flew at it. "Ha, this is too easy." Sonic said. He was right; it was too easy, so the Final Hazard decided to change that. Soon, red egg like objects popped out of its skin and attacked the super hedgehog. But just merely avoided them, seeing as how they were too slow to hit him. When Sonic was close enough, he readied his fist a sent a clear shot at its swelling. The Final Hazard let out a roar of pain as its weak spot had been hit. "Alright Shadow, your up." Sonic said.
"Leave it to me. I'll destroy it." Shadow said. Like Sonic, Shadow was flying towards the swelling to defeat it. The Final Hazard, learning from the last hit, accessed one of the ARK's lasers and shot it at Shadow. Shadow saw the laser out of the corner of his eye and changed his direction slightly to avoid the laser. Shadow had reached the swelling and delivered a strong blow to it, causing even more pain for his prototype. "My part is done. How are things on your side, Sonic?" Shadow called out.
"It looks like this thing still has some strength. We'll have to take care of that." Sonic said as he flew to another swelling. The Final Hazard activated the laser it used on Shadow, except this time it was moving. Once Sonic saw the laser he avoided it, only to have it chase after him. Sonic came up with an idea to go around in circles until the laser lost its target. His plan had worked and he attacked another swelling, causing the Final Hazard to screech in pain again. "Take that you monster. Shadow, you ok." Sonic called out
"Come on, you freak!" Shadow shouted to the creature. Shadow was flying to another swelling when the Final Hazard decided to spice things up a bit. This time the Final Hazard activated two lasers instead of one. Shadow was quick to avoid the first one, but saw the second one headed straight for him. Shadow then came up with an idea and shouted "CHAOS SPEAR!" Shadow's attack blocked the laser long enough for him to get past and land a blow on one of the Final Hazards swelling.
Sonic and Shadow flew next to each other as they watched the Final Hazard in front of them was still moving. "One more hit should do it." Said Shadow. "Then let's hit it!" Sonic exclaimed. They both flew at the last two swellings at full speed. The Final Hazard decided to go all out and launch its entire arsenal at the two. The hedgehog duo had managed to make it past the egg wall, but was soon faced with an oncoming barrage of lasers. Sonic and Shadow were doing their best to avoid the lasers, but were hit numerous times by the powerful lasers.
"Looks like he isn't going down without a fight." Sonic said with a smirk. "Just the way I like it. Alright Sonic, no more holding back. Let's go!" Shadow shouted. The pair used their super-sonic super-speed to avoid the lasers with no problem and struck the last two swellings with extreme force.
Even after all they had done, the Final Hazard was still pulling the ARK to Earth. "What are we going to do? That was our best shot." Sonic said. Shadow's mind was preoccupied with the promise he had made to Maria. 'Shadow…give them a chance to be happy.' An Idea hit Shadow and he turned to Sonic.
"Sonic, I have an idea. When I give the signal, you use chaos control to send the ARK back to its proper place." Shadow instructed. "What about you, Shadow?" Sonic asked. "I am going to rid the world of this monstrosity forever." Shadow said as he flew off. Shadow floated only a few feet away from the Final Hazard. "Alright you freak, time to end this." Shadow said as he gathered a large amount of yellow chaos energy in both his hands. The Final Hazard opened its mouth to devour him as Shadow brought both the energies together to form one giant arrow. The Final Hazard was about to close its mouth on Shadow when he shouted "CHAOS LANCE!" Shadow fired the arrow and completely obliterated the prototype.
"SONIC NOW!" Shadow shouted. Sonic raised his hands and shouted "CHAOS CONTROL" the entire ARK was enveloped in an orb of light and disappeared. Shadow was not so lucky, for he reverted to his original form and fell to Earth. "So, this is the end. At least I was able to keep my promise." Shadow said as he closed his eyes to await death. Then Kumori's voice entered his head "Shadow."
---Flashback---
"Never say that, understand. You're not useless. You are important to many people aboard the ARK, including me, you got that. Never think like that ever again." Shadow told her. Kumori was shocked by Shadow's speech and had stopped crying almost instantly. "Thank you, Shadow." Kumori said with a smile. Her smile soon turned into a frown as she turned her back towards him.
"What's wrong?" Shadow asked. "I just feel that I will do nothing but get you into trouble and get in your way." Kumori said to him. "Don't worry; I'll always be there to help, when you need it." Shadow told her. "But, I don't want to be in the way." Kumori said. Shadow placed a hand on her shoulder saying "Kumori, you will never be in the way. If ever you need me, I will always be there." Shadow told her. Kumori looked to him and asked "Promise?" "Promise." Shadow said.
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Shadow opened his eyes and realized; he was still needed. "No, this can't end! Not here!" Shadow shouted. Shadow released his ring gauntlets from his wrists and clutched the rings into his hands. The rings began to glow in his hands, which meant that it was time to act. "I made a promise and I am going to keep it! I won't die here! CHAOS CONTROL!" Shadow shouted as he entered Earth's atmosphere.
The ARK was transported to its original position in space. Sonic returned to the inside of the ARK and entered the research facility, where everyone was waiting. Kumori walked up to Sonic and asked "Where is Shadow?" Sonic looked down before saying "Shadow…he didn't…" Sonic trailed off. "Didn't what?" A voice came from behind. The gang looked back to see Shadow enter the room. "Shadow, you're alive!" Sonic shouted in surprise. "Of course. You didn't think something like that would kill me, did you?" Shadow asked.
"SHADOW!" Kumori shouted as she pulled Shadow in a tight hug. "Kumori, what's wrong." Shadow asked, breaking out of her hug. "Oh, Shadow. I was afraid that you had died and I would never get a chance to tell you the truth. But now that you're here I can't waste my chance. I love you, Shadow the hedgehog." Kumori told him. After hearing Kumori's declaration of love, Shadow's pupils became small and he slowly backed away. "Maybe I should…" Shadow was cut off as Kumori caught him in a bone-breaking hug similar to one Amy gives to Sonic.
On one side of the room, Eggman was having a conversation with Tails and Cream. "As a child, I looked up to my grandfather because of all the great things he accomplished in his life. He was my hero, and I wanted to be a great scientist like him. But... did he really mean to destroy us?" Eggman asked. "I don't really know what to believe anymore." Tails said. "But we saved the world and we did it together!" Cream said. "Your right." Eggman said.
On another side, Knuckles was having a conversation with Rouge. "What now, Rouge? Off to steal more gems?" Knuckles asked. "Nah, too much work and not enough pay. Besides, I found something even better then jewels." Rouge replied. "Oh yeah, what's that?" Knuckles asked. "You'll find out soon enough." Rouge said as she kissed Knuckles on his cheek before walking off. Knuckles watched her leave as he touched the cheek that Rouge kissed.
Kumori continued to hug Shadow until she saw Sonic staring sadly at them. Kumori let go of Shadow and walked over to Sonic and said "Sonic, there's something I need to tell you." "What?" Sonic asked suspiciously. "The last time we met, I need to tell you, I lied." Kumori told him. "What do you mean?" Sonic asked. "Amy is still alive." Kumori put it simply. "What? Where is she?" Sonic asked excitedly. "I'm sorry, but she made me promise not to tell you until she was ready." Kumori said to him.
Sonic was sad at first, but then turned happy almost instantly. "Well, at least I know she's alive. That's good enough for me." Sonic told her. "That's good. Now, where were we, Shadow?" Kumori said. Kumori looked back to see Shadow trying to sneak away from Kumori before she could spot him. "SHADOW!" at that, Shadow gave up sneaking and made a break for it with Kumori closely behind him. The group laughed at the sight until Mach noticed Sonic looking out the window.
Mach walks up to Sonic and asks "Are you ok?" "I'm better then I've ever been. Amy is out there somewhere and I'm going to find her, even if it takes me the rest of my life." Sonic proclaimed. "That's good. Come on we have to get going." Mach said as he and the rest of the group left the room. Sonic was about to leave when he decided to take one last look at the Earth. "See ya next time, Shadow the hedgehog." Sonic said before leaving.
Somewhere aboard the ARK, Shadow was running as fast as he could to try shake Kumori off his tail. "You can't escape the power of love, Shadow!" Kumori shouted, causing Shadow to groan. As Shadow was running, he looked out the many windows in the hallway to watch the sun rising from behind the planet. "Farewell for now, Sonic the hedgehog." Shadow said quietly. Once again the world had been saved, thanks to Sonic and Shadow the hedgehogs.
Like they normally do, the chaos had scattered around the world, but this time something was different. All around the world, the chaos emerald began to glow for unknown reasons. In a desert far away, a mysterious black hole appeared in the ground and a new figure appeared from it. Since it was night time, you couldn't see his face, but what you could see was the pulsating blue aura surrounding him.
"I'm free? Ha-ha, I'm FREE! Finally, it has been too long since I have been able walk amongst this planet." The figure said. The figure looked up to see the ARK had replaced the original moon. "If I am free, then that must mean someone has used the Master Emerald to discharge the powers of the chaos emeralds. The fools, they don't realize the terror they have unleashed." The figure said. He raise his hand to the sky, as if trying to grab the ARK. "And with Chaos no longer here to stop me, I will rule this world just as I did, 3000 years ago." The figure said and he gave out a chilling evil laugh to begin his first step towards his plans of conquering the Earth.
Live & Learn
Can you feel life movin' through your mind?
Ooh, looks like it came back for more -- Yeah
Can you feel time slippin' down your spine?
Ooh, you try and try to ignore -- Yeah
But you can hardly swallow
Your fears and pain
When you can't help but follow
It puts you right back where you came
Live and learn
Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
Live and learn
From the works of yesterday
Live and learn
If you beg or if you borrow
Live and learn
You may never find your way
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, yeah...
Can you feel life tangle you up inside?
Yeah, now you're face-down on the floor -- Oh
But you can't save your sorrow
You've paid in trade
When you can't help but follow
It puts you right back where you came
Live and learn
Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
Live and learn
From the works of yesterday
Live and learn
If you beg or if you borrow
Live and learn
You may never find your way
Whoa, whoa, whoa...
Oh, yeah!
guitar solo
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
There's a face searching far, so far and wide
There's a place where you dreamed you'd never find
Hold on to what if...
Hold on to what if...
Live and learn
Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
Live and learn
From the works of yesterday
Live and learn
If you beg or if you borrow
Live and learn
You may never find your way
Live and learn
Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
Live and learn
From the works of yesterday
Live and learn
If you beg or if you borrow
Live and learn
You may never find your way
Live and learn...
Live and learn...
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