SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG
Disclaimer: I do not own the sonic characters, just the OC's
Chapter Ten: Death Ruins
In a flash of light, Shadow fell from the air to the ground, on his back. "Ugh. Where am I now?" Shadow asked himself, while tending to his aching back. After taking a few moments to let the pain side, Shadow got up onto his feet and scanned his surroundings. The chaos control that Shadow used seems to have landed him into a dense jungle that surprisingly had many ruins in the trees. "Wonder how I got here. No matter. I just need a way out of here." Shadow said.
Shadow was ready to run off until something or someone fell from the sky and landed on him. "Can't say I saw that coming." Shadow said. Shadow pushed the person off of him and got back on his feet again. Shadow looked back to find that the person was his old ally, Rouge the Bat. Rouge was rubbing her sore head when she looked up to Shadow. "Oh Shadow, what are you doing here?" Rouge asked as got back to her feet. "I could ask you the same thing." Shadow replied
"The G.U.N soldiers have driven the black aliens back into this jungle. They called me to help them round up the last ones." Rouge told him. "Exactly how many are left?" Shadow asked. "Only ten of them. Why do you ask?" questioned Rouge. "Those things disgust me. I want to make sure they all get what's coming to them." Shadow replied. "Whatever. Come on, let's go." Rouge said as she flew into the air with Shadow following her on the ground.
After exploring the jungle for a little while, Shadow and Rouge found two gun soldiers being pinned down by three Black Warriors. "These humans can't do anything themselves." Shadow said silently. Shadow used his super speed to pick up the G.U.N. soldiers and transport them to a safe place. After placing the G.U.N. soldiers in a safe location, Shadow returned to face the enemy aliens. "Alright you black freaks, you're through." Shadow said.
The Black Warriors grabbed their guns and fired them at ebony black hedgehog. Shadow found it very simple to dodge the shots with his super speed. While he was running from the alien fire, Shadow just suddenly disappeared. The Black Warriors looked around confused to where Shadow might be. Just then, Shadow appears out of nowhere and strikes one of the Black Warriors over the head and kicks another across the face.
Shadow landed on his feet and looked at the two knocked out Black Warriors. "Pathetic creatures. Did you really think you stood a chance against me?" Shadow said. Unknown to Shadow, one Black Warrior remained standing. The Black Warrior silently walked up behind Shadow and aimed its gun to the back of his head. The Black Warrior was about to fire from behind Shadow until.
"SCREW KICK" was heard. Out of nowhere, Rouge delivered her signature move on the Black Warriors chest. Shadow heard the attack and looked back to see Rouge standing on top of the knocked out alien. "You better be more careful. We wouldn't want anything to happen to our little Shadow" Rouge said in a baby voice. Shadow was clearly annoyed by Rouge and just walked away to get rid of the other Black Arms soldiers.
After a long trek through the jungle, Shadow and Rouge had met up with another group of two Black Warriors and a Black Annelid. "We've already defeated three of them. That leaves us with only seven more left to beat." Rouge stated. "Whatever the odds, I will take them all." Shadow said as he charged at the Black Arms group.
The Black Warriors started things off by charging at Shadow and Rouge with their black swords. Rouge flew up into the air to avoid the Black Warriors assault. "Better luck next time." Rouge said mockingly. To her surprise, the Black Warrior jumped high into the air and bashed her over the head to send her to the ground. Rouge looked up to see the Black Warrior bring his sword up and send it straight down on the helpless bat. Rouge closed her eyes in fear and waited for the aliens attack to strike. It never did.
Rouge opened her eyes to find Shadow holding one Black Warrior by the back of its neck and his fist in the others guts. Shadow moved his fist away to let the Warriors body to hit the ground and threw the other on top of it. Shadow grabbed Rouge by her arm to help her get back on to her feet. "You better be careful. We would want anything to happen to our little Rouge" Shadow said, repeating the joke Rouge said earlier. Rouge only replied with a loud "Humph."
While they were too busy with their conversation, the missing Black Annelid decided to pop out of the ground and attack the two from behind. Shadow and Rouge were able to land on their feet after the attack and watched as the Black Annelid burrowed underground again. "Where is it?" Rouge asked. "Anywhere it wants to be." Shadow replied. Time had seemed to have stopped as the pair waited for any signs of where their worm enemy might be. Shadow closed his eye to focus on the environment around him and listen in on everything above and below ground.
The Black Annelid popped out of the ground behind them and attacked the duo. Rouge saw this and moved out of the way, but Shadow was still standing in the same place. "Shadow!" Rouge yelled, but it was too late. Shadow opened his eyes and looked up to see the Black Annelid before being consumed by it. After the Black Annelid had devoured Shadow, it burrowed underground again. "Shadow...no." Rouge said as she collapsed to her knee and began to cry for her fallen comrade.
While Rouge was crying, three more Black Warrior jumped down from the trees and landed behind the sobbing bat. Hearing them hit the ground, Rouge got back to her feet and turned to face them. Rouge tried to fly away but one of the Black Warriors shot her wing and prevented her from escaping. The three Black Warriors aimed their guns and readied themselves to fire, but stopped when they noticed a yellow circle form under their feet.
"CHAOS SPEAR" was heard from below. The yellow circle soon turned into a hundred small arrows and shot straight through the Black Warriors bodies, killing them insteantly. "What the?" Rouge said, stunned by the sudden rescue. Just then, the Black Annelid that had eaten Shadow fell from the sky and landed in front of Rouge, dead. Standing on top of the dead worm was Shadow, still alive. Sticky, but alive. "Oh, thank goodness. You had me worried there, Shadow" Rouge said. Shadow only replied with a small smirk. Shadow then noticed Doom's Eye flying through the jungle and decided to chase it, leaving Rouge very confused.
After chasing Doom's Eye through the jungle, the two final stop inside the old ruins. "Having a little trouble with those G.U.N. agents...are we?" Shadow said. "What a pitiful bunch." Black Doom said. "What did you say?" Shadow said, angry. "Do you not understand, Shadow. We're not here to exterminate these poor creatures. On the contrary..." Black Doom said. Unknown to either of them, Rouge was on a high platform, listening in on their conversation. "Who is that and why is Shadow talking to him? And what are they talking about" Rouge asked herself.
"What are you saying?" Shadow asked. "All will be revealed...tomorrow." Black Doom said. "Tomorrow?" Shadow questioned. "Shadow, you should rest. You need to be ready for tomorrow's ritual." Black Doom said before his eye flew off. As soon as Doom's Eye left, a large red and black, one-eyed, flying monster appeared from the sky. "You scum. You're going down!" Shadow shouted to the monster called Black Bull.
The Black Bull took a deep breath and spit out three large fireballs at Shadow. Shadow found them easy to avoid by running away from them. When he was under the Black Bull, Shadow went into ball form and used a spin dash straight up. But the Black Bull's body was too tough and bounced Shadow away. "Great, now what?" Shadow asked himself. The Black Bull was no longer playing around. The large monster spat fire at the ground and created a large wave of fire. Shadow had his back to the wall and had nowhere to run.
Just as all hope seemed lost, Shadow felt himself being lifted into the air and safe from the wall of fire. Shadow looked up to see Rouge flying while carrying him by his shoulders. "You just can't stay out of trouble, can you?" Rouge said. "I never asked for your help." Shadow replied. "Well, if you're gonna be ungrateful about it." Rouge said as she dropped Shadow. Shadow was above of the monster and fell on top of it. As he got closer, Shadow accidentally stepped on the monsters eye before landing safely on the ground.
Shadow looked up and saw the Black Bull roar in pain and soon came up with an idea. "Rouge, that things weakness is its eye. Get me into the air so we can attack it together." Shadow said to her. "Ok." Rouge replied as she grabbed Shadow and took off into the air once more. Rouge flew them both until they were right in front of the Black Bull. "Alright Rouge, let do it!" Shadow said. "Right!" Rouge replied.
Rouge threw Shadow high above her head and while in the air, Shadow went into his ball form. As the Shadow ball fell closer to the bat, Rouge reeled back her leg. When Shadow was in front of her, Rouge delivered a powerful kick and sent Shadow straight at the Black Bull. The combined attack sent Shadow straight through the Black Bull's eye and several bumps could be seen on the monsters body as Shadow was bouncing around inside it. Finally, Shadow jumped through the Black Bull's chest and let it fall to the ground, dead.
Seeing as the fight was over, Rouge walked up to the dead Black Bull to examine it. Suddenly, her mobile communicator became active. "Rouge, can you hear me?" "Don't worry. I'm alright. I have successfully eliminated the ten remaining aliens." Rouge replied. "Good work, Rouge. Wait for back-up to arrive." "Whatever you say." Rouge replied. "Well that was quite a workout, wasn't it Shadow?" Rouge asked. No reply. Rouge looked back to see that Shadow had already left. "I got to put a tracker on that guy one of these days." Rouge said to herself.
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