Meanwhile back in Saint Canard. The people in the streets all crowded around a small fire in the hopes of keep warm. Other people were sleeping in dumpsters or in alleyways. Negaduck and Shadow's recent rule had brought nothing good to the poor people of the city. The often wondered what became of their hero Darkwing Duck. If he was still alive? If he would come back to save them? These questions were still unanswered, the only ones who knew about Darkwing's fate where the Sonic Heroes, and he two kings who thought they had gotten rid of him.
In the streets Liquidator and Bushroot searched the scorched and desolate area the poor people resided in.
"See anything?" asked Bushroot to Liquidator.
"Nothing yet." replied Liquidator. The two had been sent on a special mission by King Negaduck, the two were ordered to retrieve a very important item and bring it back to him.
"Well let's keep moving." said Bushroot as he trudged forward in the streets, Liquidator following close behind.
Meanwhile in the palace. Negaduck and Shadow sat in their thrones. Negaduck eagerly awaited for the return of Bushroot and Liquidator. He took a glanced at the clock every few seconds.
"Calm yourself." said Shadow as noticed Negdauck's paranoia. He knew what was upsetting his partner."They'll be back, we've have all the time in the world to wait." He finished as he sat back in his chair and covered his eyes with his crown.
"That's too long." said Negaduck in a very agitated voice. He gripped the arms of his chair he was so stressed, Shadow noticed this but only covered his eyes more at his partner's stress.
Just then Omega walked over and put his hand on Shadow's shoulder. The black hedgehog lifted the crown from his brow and looked at the robot.
"What's up?" asked Shadow as he adjusted himself up slightly in his chair.
"Thought I'd check on you." replied Omega.
Shadow looked up at Omega with a confused look. He had assumed that Omega wanted to check on his health, making sure that the battle to take over the city hadn't put too much stress on him."Well I'm good." He replied."Nothing wrong here." Then Shadow put his crown back over his head, and attempted to go back to sleep. But Omega lifted the crown again and looked at Shadow.
"You misunderstand my intentions." He said.
"Don't think I do." replied Shadow."You want to check on my form to make sure I'm in top physical condition. Well I am, there's no need for you to worry." Shadow put the crown back over his eyes, but Omega lifted it once again and looked at him.
"I want to check on your mental health." Omega stated.
"What's the point in that?" asked Shadow."I'm perfectly fine." Omega pointed over to Negaduck. Shadow's partner sat on edge in his chair, gripping the armrest with a death like grip. And scratching the edges with his fingers."Dually noted." Said Shadow after observing Negaduck."But really." He said turning back to Omega."I'm fine."
Omega was somewhat put off by Shadow's continuing denial. Before all this Shadow wouldn't have refused Omega's help. However before they never had an incident where Omega would have to check on Shadow's mental health. "I just wanted to make sure that this all hasn't gone to your head and changed you." said Omega. Before Shadow could reply their attention was drawn to something else.
The doors burst open and Megavolt walked in.
"My lords." He announced."We've found it." Negaduck practically jumped out of his seat.
"Well then." He said."Bring it in." Megavolt turned around to and waved his arms forward. A few seconds later Liquidator and Bushroot walked in holding a giant green gem. Quacker Jack followed close behind.
Omega stepped out of the way as he studied the item the two brought forward. "What is that?" asked Shadow as he sat up in his chair. Liquidator and Bushroot walked forward to Negaduck. Then bent down on their knees and presented the gem to their king.
Negaduck happily took the gem and held it in his hand. Then he held it up and shined it in the light. The gem was big and green, with symbols of eyes on it's sides.
"This my friend." He said turning to his partner after studying the gem."Is the Mystic gem."
"How very fascinating." said Shadow as he saw his reflection in the glowing green gem."But what does it do?"
"It's a powerful gem that has the power to take the abilities of other things." told Negaduck as he stared at the gem again."It's probably more powerful than the seven chaos emeralds you have."
"And what do you plan on doing with it?" asked Shadow. Negaduck looked back at him.
"I plan to make our transition into Gods possible." told Negaduck. The rest of the furious five and Omega gathered around him. Negaduck held the mystic gem high in the air."And I-"
Just then there was a loud explosion and small bits of debris and smoke flew at the villains. The group then looked up and over at the cause of the explosion.
They looked over and took see a giant hole where their door used to be. As the smoke started to settle they could see the outline of eight figures. Then when the smoke disappeared completely they could make out who the figures were.
There was Sonic, Knuckles, Julie-Su, Rogue, Vector, Espio, Mighty, and Darkwing duck. Darkwing and Sonic lead the group in the front.
Negaduck waved the smoke away from his face.
'Well, well, well." He said with a slight cough."What do we have here?"
"Your rein if terror ends today Negaduck." said Darkwing as he pointed to his identical enemy.
"Darkwing." exclaimed the fearsome five in confusion.
"But we saw you die." said Liquidator.
"The hero never stays down for too long." said Darkwing."Of course." He said as he turned back to his allies."I couldn't have done this without my new friends." Sonic gave a small smirk and nodded while Knuckles and the choatix retained a stern look.
"You brought the whole gang here." said Shadow as he stepped forward to stand beside Negaduck."How cute, it's like a little reunion." Negaduck laughed at his partner's statement.
"Got to admit Shadow." said Sonic as he took a step closer."Never saw you as a big time villain, but now I can see I was wrong." The two groups became on edge now, at any moment one of them could turn into a violent rage not standing the waiting any longer and jump into the fight. And that's what they all waited for, for the first person to throw a punch. The fersome five stood before Negaduck and Shadow, using themselves as a wall ready to protect them.
Sonic and Darkwing stood at the front of their group, ready to lead the charge against the villains. All became quiet as the groups stared each other down.
"We'll have to take out their leaders as quick as we can." whispered Darkwing to Sonic."The longer the fight is, the less chance of victory we'll have. Can you take on Shadow?" Sonic hesitated to answer as he looked over at Liquidator. He had wanted to fight him again, as to get his revenge, but he had to think of the greater good.
"Yes." replied Sonic as he looked at the black hedgehog."I'll do it." Then Sonic gave a dark glance over to Liquidator.
"Don't worry." said Knuckles as he reached out and put his hand on Sonic's shoulder. Sonic and Darkwing turned over to him."We'll take care of the small fry, you two go after Shadow and Negaduck." Sonic looked back at the choatix who looked ready to fight.
"Alright then." said Darkwing with a nod.
"Enough talking." said Shadow as he threw off his crown and cape."Let's do this." Negaduck followed his lead and dropped the mystic eye and prepared to fight. Then the two partners jumped over the fearsome five and jumped into the battle. Sonic and Darkwing followed their example and jumped to meet them.
The choatix and furious five also charged each other. However in the confusion nobody seemed to notice that Omega had slipped out of sight.
Sorry if it's a little short, but I wanted to end it in a bit of a cliffhanger before the big battle. Please leave your reviews telling me what you thought, and see you next time.