Chapter Two: Not All Reunions are Good
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Unknown Location: Desert Area, 10:30 am
A vast desert area somewhere in Nevada. Most would say it's a quiet place, but as of now, it isn't. Groups and groups of people gathered for a racing competition. There was a signal man standing in the middle. There was a red 96 supra on one side, on the other there was no car. A bearded man in the supra was tapping the steering wheel with his fingers. He had a southern accent. "When the hell is this guy suppose to be coming?'' he complained "Be patience pal, he's coming.'' the instructor told him. Driving past the crowd, was a 97 supra. It had a twin turbo 2JZ engine, along with nitrous to push it to the limit. It was completely black, with a streamlined red line on both sides.
The car came by the red supra's side. "Bout' time ya got here!'' the man in the red supra said.
The driver was actually none other than Shadow the Hedgehog. Except he was wearing a plain black bandanna and a pair of black glasses. The other driver chuckled at his appearance and focused on what's ahead of him. The instructor pointed to Shadow's car, then the other man. The instructor raised both his hands then pointed at both cars. The two cars boosted forwards. Shadow shifted into the next drive and pushed on the gas, making him go faster.
The southerner shifted and boosted forwards in front of shadow. Shadow huffed, not impressed at all. The man than pressed on the NOS and boosted even faster. Shadow looked at the dashboard. The green Chaos Emerald was placed into a holder. Shadow pushed the Chaos Emerald like a button. The emerald glowed and energy was derived from the emerald, through the car and into two special nitrous tanks, which will only activate by Chaos Emerald energy. Shadow fired forwards, green flames came out of the exhaust. Shadow was up to 200 miles per hour. Shadow blasted past the rival driver and crossed the finish line in a matter of seconds. The rival cried in failure and put the car to a stop, banging his head on the steering wheel. Shadow drifted sideways to a stop. He lifted the glasses off his eyes and sighed, shaking his head in disappointment. "They'll never learn.'' he said. Shadow drifted the car around and drove on. His car disappeared in a flash of green light.
Central City, 8:25 pm
In an apartment building, a familiar character was stirring. Her name was Amy Rose. Now 15 years old, the female hedgehog's quills grew down to her back and flowed gracefully. She sat up in bed. She was wearing shorts that went to her thighs, and a white tank top. She looked eloquently beautiful. She hung her legs over the bed and stretched her arms. She turned on the lamp. She took a picture off her dresser. She smiled gracefully, until it disappeared. She placed the photo back on the dresser, turned off the lamp and went back to sleep. It was a picture of her hugging Sonic happily, but it was a picture from three long years ago.
Sector V Treehouse, 8:00 am
The famous tree house of probably the most skilled group of KND operatives, the sector v tree house stands tall vigorously. One of the operatives, Numbuh 3 or better known as Kuki Sanban was watching TV. She wore a smile on her face, there was nothing to worry about, no one to bother her, which is quite strange, particularly Numbuh 4 being the case of annoying. But that wasn't the point, she was still the same old go lucky girl as she always was. Kuki looked to her left and saw a blue portal open up. She hopped of the couch. Walking through it was Shadow. Kuki smiled and ran towards him. Kuki embraced him cheerfully, the portal closed behind him. Kuki broke apart and clasped her hands. "How long has it been?'' Shadow asked.
"About two days. What have you been doing?'' she asked.
"Nothing much, how are things here?'' he asked, walking past her.
"Not much actually, we just went on a few missions, took care of them easily, no biggie.'' she said.
"Heard anything from the other heroes?'' he asked stopping in front of the fridge in the kitchen.
"Actually, no.'' she answered.
"Why not?'' Shadow turned towards her.
"There all trying to get over…you know.'' she said.
Shadow sighed and turned back to the fridge, opening it. "Ever since that day, everything's gone wrong.'' he said, grabbing a mountain dew, then closing the fridge.
"But only your world was affected by the time lapse, it's so strange though.'' Kuki added.
"It's how the world turns, all the things that happened, there's nothing strange about it.'' Shadow said, taking a sip of the soda.
"Haven't you noticed that Eggman has been gone for this whole time as well?'' asked Kuki.
"Please don't start, when something like that is said, it happens later.'' Shadow replied, taking another drink.
"Then why don't we go check the other dimensions?'' asked Kuki.
"There are a lot of dimensions, where do you plan on starting?'' Shadow asked.
"Someone, I don't know!'' Kuki exclaimed.
Shadow drank the rest of his soda and crushed it. Shadow threw it up in the air, landing back in his hand. "Hawaii.'' he said, throwing the can out the window.
Kauai, Hawaii, 1:30 pm
Outside of her house, Lilo Pelekai was with her best friend Stitch. "Meega bored.'' Stitch said, falling on his back.
"I bet all the others are doing the same.'' Lilo replied dully, falling down by Stitch's side.
"You think anything's ever gonna' happen here?'' asked Lilo.
"Uhhh, not sure, Ih.'' Stitch answered. Lilo took in a breath of air.
Suddenly, the trees around them started swaying back and forth. The two watched a KND S.C.A.M.P.E.R. hover down towards them. The two quickly ran out of the way. The ship touched down on the ground. The door opened up, Numbuhs one, two, four, and five walked out. "Hey Numbuh one!'' Lilo waved "Hello Lilo.'' he greeted.
"So what brings you here?'' asked the Hawaiian girl.
"It really wasn't our idea, it was their's.'' Numbuh one moved out of the way.
Shadow and Kuki came walking out. "That's a surprise!'' Lilo said.
"If you're wondering why we're here, its because Kuki wanted to know how all the other heroes are doing.'' Shadow said.
"And you're the first one's we visited! Party Time!'' Kuki screamed joyfully.
"I don't think so, remember why we're here.'' Shadow said, calming her down.
Later on, Shadow, Kuki, Lilo, and Stitch were walking through the jungle, hopefully to reach the town. "So you haven't seen nothing.'' Shadow said.
"No, nothing that has to do with killer robots, or a fat mustached guy.'' Lilo replied.
"I guess you were right Kuki.'' Shadow said.
The group pushed some bushes out of the way and they all wore shocked faces. Smokes and fires scattered across the town. Metal clones were flying over the town, U.S. soldiers were firing up at them. "This can't be!'' Lilo said, putting her hands on her mouth. "Time to brawl.'' Shadow said, leaping towards the city.
Shadow fired five chaos spears up in the air, exploding a squadron of Metal shadow clones. A Metal Sonic clone grabbed him by his quills, lifted him up, then smashed the hedgehog into the ground. Shadow got up and swung his feet in a complete circle, but he fired his jets out of his shoes blowing off the legs of the clone. Shadow grabbed the clone's wrists and swung him around. The clone's body smacked into a metal knuckles clone. Shadow leaped into the air dodging machine gun fire. Shadow made two MP5s appear in both his hands. Shadow spun in circles, firing the weapons, putting bullets into the heads of every clone that came close to him. Finally about fifty clones flew up at him. Shadow threw his two guns away. A red aura formed around him. "CHAOS BLAST!'' he yelled. All the clones were reduced to bite size pieces. The flaming debris of their components littered the ground below.
Shadow landed on the ground. The others ran to him from behind. "Impressive.'' said Kuki.
"Hey, what's that?'' Lilo pointed.
Shadow looked straight and saw a red light in the distance. Shadow widened his eyes. He crossed his arms like an X. A golden shield formed around the group. A huge red beam filled the street and blasted against the shield. The beam started to die down, cars flipped past them, until there was dead silence. Shadow lowered the shield. A huge fire was a few feet in front of where they were standing. A clanking noise was heard.
"I'm back.'' an echoing voice sounded. Shadow took a step forward, seeing a silhouette walking through the fire, it looked in the shape of a…Werehog?
"Sonic!'' Kuki exclaimed.
"Not even close.'' the voice said, completely coming through the fire. "No…No, how can it be?'' Kuki said in horror.
Standing before them was the monstrous menace: Mecha WereSonic.
Nevada Desert, 9:10 am
"Did we really have to land the plane? We should've kept flying!'' complained a red echidna.
"Calm down Knuckles! It's hard to concentrate with all they yelling of yours.'' a two tail fox replied.
"Concentrate on what Tails? It's a desert! And we're on a cliff, how is that interesting?'' Knuckles complained even more.
Tails shook his head, he's fourteen now, Knuckles is 16. Tails came to the edge of the cliff and sat on his stomach. He pulled out his binoculars and looked through them. Far ahead was Area 51, a secret military base which holds many mysteries that we may not know. Tails spotted a convoy of military trucks, one of them had an open bed with a tube container filled with green water. Tails zoomed in. The soldiers turned it more around. Tails gasped extremely loud. Sonic was inside it. "Knuckles…I just found…hope.'' Tails stuttered.
Kauai, Hawaii, 1:40 pm
"You evil bastard! How are you still alive?'' Shadow cursed.
"That's something you're never going to find out shadow, now then, allow me to say hello.'' Mecha said. He armed his rocket arms, about a dozen rockets fired out of both arms.
Shadow used chaos control and his Chaos Sword appeared in his right hand. Shadow charged forwards, swinging his sword cutting the rockets in half. Shadow charged straight at Mecha with his sword raised high.
Mecha grabbed the sword and flung Shadow into a nearby store. Mecha's jetpack came out of his back and he hovered up into the air. Mecha extended his cannon back out and fired a huge blast of chaos energy out of it. The blast impacted the building causing a huge explosion. A cloud of black smoke rose high up into the sky. Mecha landed back on the ground, retracted his cannon and jetpack. "Now it's your turn.'' Mecha said evilly turning to the others. They shook with fear, "I have a bad feeling this going to hurt.'' Kuki said.
"You're not finished with me yet.'' a voice said, as a hand grabbed Mecha's shoulder. Mecha turned around to see a huge fist come right into his face. Mecha spiraled across the air and smashed into the road behind the others. The group looked to see Shadow, in his Werehog form. Mecha rose to his feet. He fired his gatling guns at the group in front of him. Shadow stretched his arms and grabbed all three of them. Shadow retracted his arms and placed the three down. "Get somewhere safe, I'll handle him.'' Shadow said, marching towards Mecha.
"You really shouldn't have threatened my friends Mecha, now you're gonna get it.'' Shadow stopped, raising his fists.
"That is, if you can.'' Mecha said, raising his fists.
The two charged at each other. Shadow threw a punch, which Mecha ducked from, Mecha grabbed shadow by the neck and tossed him into a car. Mecha readied his jetpack and charged at the car. Shadow put a hand on his head, opening his eyes to see Mecha tackle him, forcing the car to flip and crash into the store it was parked by. Shadow punched Mecha across the face three times, but Mecha grabbed him by the chest and tossed him back outside.
Shadow rolled off to the side to avoid Mecha from stomping on him. Shadow punched Mecha in the power source forcing him to stumble back. Shadow jumped to his feet, grabbed Mecha by the wrist, tossed him high into the air, then stretched his arms again that wrapped around Mecha and pulled down. Mecha smashed face first into the concrete street. Shadow walked over to him, raised his fists high and smashed them both into Mecha's back. Shadow picked Mecha up by his neck. Mecha's cannon came out and fired. Shadow went flying across the street until he smashed into a tree in the jungle. Mecha flew over to the spot and fired 30 rockets down at the area. Shadow reverted back to his normal form. Shadow looked up to see the volley of rocket coming down. Shadow's eyes widened, the reflection of the rockets in his eyes.
A cloud of fire and flames skyrocketed into the air. The loud boom of the rockets impacting simultaneously quaked the whole area. Mecha turned towards the other heroes. "Now, to finish you pitiful heroes for good.'' Mecha said, taking out the red chaos emerald. "MECHA!'' shadow's voice echoed. Mecha turned around to the fire he created by his rocket barrage. Shadow came charging out holding his green chaos emerald. Mecha's jetpack came out and he charged immediately. Shadow held his emerald back. "Chaos.'' he said. Mecha held his emerald back as well, "Chaos.'' said Mecha. T
he two came inches away. "CONTROL!'' both yelled at the same time, bashing each other's Chaos Emerald into the other. The two emeralds glowed and in just a matter of seconds, the two vanished in a bright light. "Shadow!'' Kuki shouted. She ran over to the spot where they vanished, looking around confusedly. She dropped to her knees, sobbing.
Unknown Location, 9:00 pm
A blue portal opened up, Shadow came flying out of it. Shadow landed on the ground once with an "Ow!" "Damn!'' he hit the ground again. Shadow rolled to a stop. He got on all fours. He shook his head. Shadow stood up, surveying the area around him.
"Where am I now?'' he asked himself.
He looked around and saw he was in the middle of a desert. "Great. That's just great!'' he said. All of a sudden, the whirling of a Chinook traveled overhead.
"Looks like this could be my only lead.'' he said, speeding off to follow the Chinook. Unbeknownst to the hedgehog, he's in the Nevada desert, and that Chinook is heading for Area 51, the place Sonic is being kept.
A metal foot stepped on the ground. "Are you sure this is the place?'' a female, covered by a brown cloak said.
"Affirmative.'' replied the much larger character covered by a black cloak. Jenny removed the hood. "I don't know. This is one of the most highly secured bases ever! It ain't going to be a walk in the park trying to get in you know?'' Jenny said.
"Negative, my readings say both of us are powerful enough.'' replied Omega, removing his hood.
The Chinook flew over both their heads. "It's probably heading towards Area 51.'' Jenny said.
Suddenly Shadow boosted right past them. "What was that?'' Omega asked. Shadow quickly came back.
"Jenny? Omega? What're you doing here?'' asked Shadow.
"Tails and Knuckles came and told us that they found…'' Jenny hesitated, then looking at Omega. Omega looked at her, "Why did you stop?'' he asked.
Jenny sighed, lowering her head. "Tails saw Sonic.'' she said. Shadow was taken back by this. "Sonic? How is that?'' he asked surprisingly.
"We don't know, but he was in a stasis tank being taken inside Area 51.'' jenny pointed to base, far away in the distance.
"Looks like its one surprise after another.'' Shadow said, looking at the base then back at the two.
"What do you mean?'' asked the robot girl.
"I fought Mecha WereSonic, he's back.'' Shadow told them.
Jenny widened her eyes. Omega's eyes glowed more red.
"Then that means.'' Jenny said, looking from Omega to Shadow.
Shadow turned around to see the base in the distance. "Eggman's back as well.'' he said.
The three made it up to the main gate without being caught, yet. "I don't know how you can handle wearing cloaks Shadow.'' said Jenny, taking hers off.
"It does not pose no annoyance to me.'' said Omega.
"Just take it off Omega.'' Jenny said. Omega took his off and tossed it aside.
"Now how are we gonna get in?'' asked Jenny.
"Like this.'' Shadow said, taking out his green chaos emerald. The trio teleported and reappeared in a control room. By all the screens, it must be security control.
"That was easy.'' Jenny said.
"It was either this or fighting off a whole army of soldiers, and I'm not in the mood to.'' Shadow said, walking up to the main computer.
"Since you told that they've been keeping Sonic here, I can find the room he's being kept in from this terminal.'' Shadow said, as he typed into the computer.
"I just hope the rumor is true.'' Jenny said walking up next to Shadow.
"If he is, then we might have an edge against Eggman, if he does plan to come back.'' Shadow said, taking a look at Jenny, then back at the computer.
"Okay…here we go, there's a lot of empty rooms on this list of cells.'' Shadow said, scrolling down the list of cell numbers.
"I didn't know this place had cells.'' said Jenny.
"Well, apparently this would be the last place the army would take prisoners.'' replied Shadow.
After minutes of searching, they found something. "Hey, take a look at this, one room, it's power level that keeps the stasis tank inside is off the charts.'' Shadow pointed.
"Is it possible that we can see what's inside the room?'' asked Jenny.
"Yup, right…here.'' Shadow pressed the enter button.
A security camera feed was shown, it was pointing at the wall. "There's nothing.'' said Jenny, lowering her head. "Wait…look.'' shadow said. The camera started to turn right. Shadow paused it when it stopped at the stasis tank. "I can't believe it.'' Shadow said plainly, crossing his arms.
It was Sonic himself. Small strings that looked like Iv's were stuck into his body. A tube was in his mouth with bubbles that came from it. Sonic's eyes were sealed shut, he must be in a coma. "We have to get to that room and get him out.'' said Jenny.
"Affirmative, what is his location?'' Omega said "It's just down the hall.'' Shadow said. Jenny widened her eyes, "Let's go then!'' jenny raised her clenched fist.
The three looked outside the door, soldiers were coming down the hall. The three quickly hid back inside the room. The soldiers walked by. The three quickly moved down the hall and to the room. They arrived in front of the door. It was a giant vault door, completely made out of titanium. "Don't even ask.'' Shadow said, raising his Chaos Emerald. The three teleported inside the room.
"I wasn't going to ask how we're going to get in!'' exclaimed Kenny. Shadow cleared his throat and pointed to what's in front of them. Jenny's eyes widened. The three walked up to it. "He is alive.'' said Jenny.
"I'm curious how he lived through that blast.'' Shadow said, crossing his arms.
"Can we open it and wake him up?'' asked Jenny.
"Let me see here, wait what's that-'' Shadow jumped out of the way to dodge a bullet. The three turned around to see General Richards with five soldiers standing behind him.
"How you got in is beyond me.'' said Richards.
"Chaos control you idiot.'' Shadow said, waving the green Chaos Emerald. Richards scowling at him.
"Sonic the Hedgehog, I was surprised to see that he was still alive. I'm not sure how he managed to evade us this whole time.'' said Richards.
"He's Sonic, what do you expect?'' said Shadow.
"Surprising to hear from someone that rivals the hedgehog, why have you come to rescue him?'' asked Richards.
"Eggman's out there, and we need him.'' Shadow replied "Please, this hedgehog's hero days are all dried up. What makes you think we would want to help you?'' asked Richards.
Shadow narrowed his eyes. "I see, men, ready to fire.'' Richards said. The soldiers, with their M-14s aimed at the three.
"Get ready to move on my mark.'' Shadow whispered. "Got it.'' jenny whispered back. "FIRE!!'' Richards yelled.
Bullets flew, the three moved out of the way. The bullets impacted the stasis tank. "No!'' Richards shouted. Shadow stood in front of the tank. He raised his fist back. "What're you doing?!'' Richards shouted. Shadow around to face him, "Giving this world hope.'' shadow said. Shadow thrusted his fist into the stasis tank.
Cracks started to form across the tank. The transformation device button glowed bright blue. Sonic's eyes sprang open, they formed into a very angry look. The tank busted in a white light. Landing on the floor was Sonic in his Werehog form. Sonic raised his clenched fists to the side and roared loudly. "Shadow.'' Sonic snarled. Shadow widened his eyes. Sonic charged at him and punched him in the gut, his green chaos emerald landed in Sonic's hand. Sonic looked at the others. Shadow looked up, growling fiercely. "Chaos.'' Sonic raised the emerald high. Shadow fired a single chaos spear. "Control.'' Sonic said.
Right as soon as sonic said control, the chaos spear hit the chaos emerald, causing it to glow brighter. Sonic ultimately vanished, but where is it going to send him? Shadow jumped over to jenny and omega and teleported himself and the other two far away. General Richards breathed heavily. "NOOO!'' he screamed.
With Sonic back on the loose, will he come to understand that the heroes need him? Where will Shadow and the others go next? Where did the Chaos Control send Sonic? All these and more soon to be revealed, but one thing is known for sure: Sonic is back.