Disclaimer: I do not Own Shadow the Hedgehog or Amy Rose or any Sonic Team related characters. But if I owned Shadow I'd just hug him lots and tickle his chest fur
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(A/N: I've planned the rest of this story out exactly how i want it and there are going to be five chapters after this one. And maybe a sequel.. but i suck at sequels lol)
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Chapter Sixteen
Shadow couldn't help but commend Eggman for this robot. It was tougher than it looked, he had kicked at it twice and it had no visible sign of damage. Shadow watched the e-series and the realisation dawned on him, it was analysing him. Him, his moves and attacks; everything. He watched as the robot raised its gun at him, Shadow smirked and sped out of its way, intent on doing some vicious damage to the robot, he jumped down from above. His eyes widened when the robot's metallic fist rammed straight into his face. Stunned, he let the force of the punch take him a few meters away from the lucky robot. Shadow let a feral growl escape his lips, how could he of not noticed it analysing him? Shadow needed to think of something different as not to make his attacks obvious to the robot. Shadow watched the machine begin to power up its gun; Shadow knew it was going to take some time; so he devised a plan. A smirk crossed his face and he ran at the robot. Seeing the machine pull back its fist Shadow slipped under its legs, jumped up and kicked it in the back. The e-series staggered forward but didn't fall; Shadow glared at the machine and tried a homing attack whilst it wasn't facing him. The machine fell down and skidded along the concrete floor; metal and sparks flew from the robots body. Shadow grinned as it hit the far wall with the sound of a crashing car. Shadow watched it closely for a few minutes making sure he had defeated it. A smirk crossed his face as it lay motionless; he turned and began to walk away; when he heard a beep. Shadow turned and only just managed to jump out of the way of the e-series' laser bullet. He landed on his knees, glaring at the robot; surely something that old couldn't move that fast. Shadow ground his teeth in anger when it stood still aiming the gun at him. The robot fired a few more lasers at the black hedgehog, which Shadow dodged. He approached it quickly so the machine couldn't lock on to him. As Shadow grabbed the robots arm, intending to rip the gun from its metallic hand; the robot send an electronic charge throughout its body, Shadow tried to let go in time but the electricity ran through the metal too fast. He gritted his teeth in pain and eventually was thrown off of the robot and into the closet wall. Shadow dropped to the floor still gritting his teeth. Why wouldn't this thing die?
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Tails stared at the pavement, he didn't want to go and fight, well he did, but not to the size of what made the path he and the blue hero were looking at. He hadn't voiced his opinions though; he didn't want Sonic to think he was a coward. Sonic looked around the entrance to the cut out path and poked around the bent and broken branches. Tails truly believed that if what made this path took Amy, she wasn't alive. Tails didn't like it, but his brain wasn't seeing anything else but a huge robot. He wanted to be brave like his best friend, but he just couldn't be. He looked at Sonic again
"Are you sure?" He asked, managing not to put the fear into his voice. Sonic turned away from studying the branches and nodded
"We have to follow the path. It might lead to both Shadow and Amy, judging by the size, I think it's safe to say Shadow went this way" He said to the little fox, Tails sighed and nodded. He looked to where Sonic was, his eyes widened when he saw red glistening in the sunshine. He raised a hand and pointed at the red substance. Sonic followed his finger and saw what the little fox was looking at; he picked a leaf off of the tree and looked at it sadly "Blood"
"Shadows?" Tails asked, Sonic shrugged
"I doubt it buddy. It's probably Amy's. Which would explain why Shadow was so angry to kill a human..."
"Shadow killed that man?" Tails squeaked, interrupting the blue hedgehog. Sonic nodded and started walking the path. Tails sighed, he knew Shadow was dangerous, but why was Sonic so intent on saving Amy for Shadow? Was Amy Shadow's sanity?
Sonic walked ahead of the small fox, intent on finding the black hedgehog. If the blood Tails had found was Shadow's then the unstable hedgehog could go crazy. He knew that Shadow obviously felt something for Amy otherwise why would he be looking for her? Jealousy tingled in Sonic's gut; he gave a confused look to his own body. He didn't love Amy in that way, why was he jealous? The only reason he could actually believe was that Shadow was going to take their friendship away from the blue hedgehog and Sonic couldn't have that, Amy may have followed him about relentlessly for years, but she was one of his best friends. He sped up, wanting to help the onyx hedgehog find his friend. Shadow deserved to be happy; he'd been through so much. Sonic stared at the path ahead of him, he groaned when he saw the path forked. He stood debating which path he was going to take and waiting for Tails to catch up. He looked at the left path then the right in confusion. How can one machine make two paths? Sonic could see splinters of wood everywhere on the left path, but Sonic wasn't sure if that was meant to deter them from following the correct path. He could hear Tails' Tails getting closer as the little fox flew, Sonic needed to decide before the fox got to where he stood. Sonic started walking towards the left path. He wearily stepped past the splintered log. Tails was shouting after the hero, but Sonic couldn't hear him. He stepped onto the log and spikes shot at him from all sides. Sonic jumped straight up, but he didn't get enough power under his jump and before he could reach the overhanging branch he was aiming for, he began to fall back towards the spikes. He watched Tails fly at him hands out ready to catch the falling hero. Tails grabbed Sonic's hand and pulled him away from the spikes. They landed on safe ground back where Sonic was contemplating which way to go. Sonic looked at Tails
"It was the other path then" He said putting his hand behind his head in embarrassment.
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Shadow cursed as he jumped out of the way of yet another laser bullet. Everything he tried the machine countered him. He'd let the robot see all of his attacks except one, but he didn't want to show the robot that. The robot had taken a lot of damage, but then again, so had Shadow. Shadow knew he would be healed shortly; this robot was getting on his last nerve. If only he knew how to deactivate it, Shadow looked at the control panel; maybe if he destroyed it? Shadow smirked and ran to the controls, he brought his fists crashing down on the machine over and over again, causing the walls of the room to vibrate. The robot aimed at the black hedgehog and fired, Shadow smirked and jumped out of the way of the streams of rays. He smirked as they crashed into the panel; he span to watch the robot either deactivate or explode. Shadow watched as it started to re power-up its gun.
"Shit" Shadow cursed to himself. He had no alternative than to try and last through being electrocuted again. Disarming this robot may make it easier to kill. Shadow sighed and ran towards it, readying himself for the electrocution. Shadow grabbed the robot's arm and he felt the same sensation running through his hands and up his arms. He gritted his teeth and pulled; he thought of Amy and what would happen if he didn't hurry up. Anger raged through him and he forcefully yanked the gun from the robot's hand. He yelled as the current of the electricity running from the robot to him increased. Shadow managed to free his hands and he flew backwards, just like when he tried to disarm the machine before. Instead of hitting the wall, he somersaulted and landed on his feet. He watched the robot closely waiting for its next move. He watched it rumble a few times, Shadow cursed when he realised it was going to explode. He ran out of the room as it exploded. Shadow cursed again, he needed information from the computer that was in there. He walked back in cautiously, kicking various bolts and nuts from the robot. He looked at the computer and typed in the same codes he had tried before. Now the robot was gone, maybe they would work. Shadow watched as the screen flickered to life, accepting the codes, Shadow frowned but kept searching. He entered a few key words for the computer o find matches with: Bases, Amy Rose and maps. He sighed with relief when Amy's name brought up no results, neither did maps. He smirked when he found a map of where he needed to go popped up on the screen. He looked at the floor, and then at the robot, it had been powerful because it was hiding the entrance to the real base, underground.
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All Hail Shadow! lol. Next Time: Amy wakes up and realises where she is