Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been...busy. And I've also had a lack of ideas to progress in this. But here is the next chapter.
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The Shadows of the Past
Chapter 3: Punishment of Disobedience
Shadow walked along the street, headed for Central City. In one hand he held his Shadow Rifle, in the other, a green Chaos Emerald that was glowing with intense energy. Unknown to Shadow, the black and red star-like alien was following him. When Shadow stopped to look at the Chaos Emerald that he gotten, it felt like he couldn't move his own body anymore. Slowly, his hand with the Emerald slowly lifted into the air and his mouth spoke the words "Chaos Control" the emerald glowed even brighter then before and it engulfed him in it. Then when the light disappeared, there was only the Shadow Rifle left lying on the ground in the place where Shadow once was.
When Shadow finally regained control, he open his eyes and much to his amazement noticed that he was floating in space. The large, black, robe-wearing alien materialized in front of him. "Shadow, why did you even help those humans? You've seen that they didn't want you around." The alien said as soon as Shadow seen him. Shadow was unfazed by those words and immediately shot back at him "So, I don't care. maybe I help them because that is what I feel is right, maybe I help them because I know who the greater evil is and it's you, or maybe I help them because that are the only ones I trust have any form of clues to my past." Though how confident Shadow's statement sounded, there was still a hint of uncertainly in his voice.
"Really, is that was you really believe in? Well, I have the real truth of your past, and that truth is that the Professor created you to help me get the Chaos Emeralds. I wonder how upset he would be if he knew that you are not doing what you are supposed to do?" that alien stated "But since you did disobey me, you need to not only be punished, but also motivated to do what I order you to do. I already have one of my most elite weapons, the Black Bull, attacking Central City, and if you want to try and help the humans there, it's already too late, anything that gets in the way of Black Bull is incinerated to a crisp. Now as for you, Shadow, When I tried to get the Master Emerald for my plans, It was shattered into pieces, I feel some of the energy of the Master Emerald and a Chaos Emerald in the Glyphic Canyon, So I need you to get them for me"
Before Shadow could respond to what the alien said, There was another bright light soon, the endless space that Shadow was in was soon replaced by the sight of the tall mountains and ancient ruins of the Glyphic Canyon. Shadow proceeded to walk forward, but his body wouldn't listen to what his mind was telling him to do. Suddenly, he heard the alien's voice inside his head saying "Shadow, this is your punishment, I'll control you to do what I tell you to do until you do realize your true purpose. Now, you WILL fetch me the Chaos Emerald here and the Master Emerald piece." Under the alien's control, there were only 2 words that Shadow was allowed to speak, "Yes, Master"
Although Shadow's body was under control, his thoughts weren't. Walking through the canyon, Shadow though that the many mountains, some with a faint pumpkin-like face painted on them, looked extremely familiar. He can just barely remember running through these canyons, chasing after some sort of plane. He couldn't dwell on that for long because suddenly, his body was breaking into a run, but a somewhat slow run because the power rings that fuel his Air Shoes were shattered from before. GUN soldiers were stationed around the canyon to help fight off the aliens that were there. Shadow wanted to stop and fight the aliens, but he couldn't seem to shake off the control on his body. It wasn't long until Shadow then felt a great power surge near some bird-shaped ruins. "I guess the Emerald and the M.E. Piece have gotta be in here." Shadow thought to himself. While his possessed body proceeded to walk into the ruins.
The ruins inside were damp and pitch black. Shadow hoped that his uncontrollable body knew where it was going since hie didn't. After 2 left turns, a right turn, some stairs, 2 more right turns, and a left turn into a room, there was suddenly a flood of light from an open hole in the ceiling. In that beam of light stood a shimmering green rock that was a bit bigger then Shadow's fist. Shadow's possessed hand picked up the rock, which was definitely a Master Emerald shard. Beyond that room with the M.E. piece was a spiral staircase. After going up that, Shadow found himself outside on top of the ruins. And right there by the ruins was what looked like a shrine of some sort, not like the Master Emerald shrine on Angel Island, though, this one had what looked like a small pedestal with several stone slabs with ancient markings on them outside the pedestal. On the Pedestal stood the Red Chaos Emerald, glowing brightly in Shadow's presence.
As Shadow's body approached the Emerald, he felt a warm glow of power from within. As his hand reached even closer and closer to it, the internal glow felt even warmer and warmer. Eventually, once Shadow's hand touch the Emerald, the control that the alien over Shadow severed and Shadow was once again, free. When Shadow realized this, he quickly tried to grab the Emerald, but the emerald then disappeared in front of him, Shadow seen the Mind-controlling alien with the Chaos Emerald in hand. After seeing this, Shadow quickly used Chaos Control before the alien could have a chance to control him again.
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Yeah, this chapter doesn't seem to follow the game that well, but that's what I was aiming for in the first place. I hope I get the next chapter done a lot faster then this one. (For some odd reason I had not only a lot of busy-ness, but I also had a bad case of writer's block.)
See Ya Next Chapter!