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Chapter 7: The Power Of The Chaos Emeralds Part 2

They all run to the Altar.

With Chaos Emeralds in hand, Shades walks up the steps, and goes into the middle of the

Altar. The Chaos Emeralds surround him. They start to glow, and a bright light flashes.

When the light disappears, Shades is hovering there, glowing a sky blue. His previously

blue eyes are red.

Tails throws the Power Gem up to him.

Shades catches it, and his entire body is encased in a bright flame.

He holds out his hand, and a sword, with it's blade also made of fire, appears in it.

He then flies out of the ARK.

Flying into the middle of the meteor shower caused by the Black Comet, he finds an alien

that looks like Black Doom.

"Who are you?" Shades asks him.

"My name is Black Destruction. I am the last who remains of the Black Arms. My father

Black Doom will not go down quietly, I assure you," Black Destruction says, taking out a

dark purple blade.

"Looks like someone's a bit over his head. Don't you know what you're up against?"

Shades says.

"I do, but the problem is…you don't know who you're up against," Black Destruction

says.

"Ha! Let's see what you've got, then," Shades says.

Black Destruction runs at Shades, and attempts to slash him. Shades dodges.

"You're gonna have to do better than that, slowpoke!" Shades says.

"Heh…never realized you were so fast. Let's turn it up a notch, then," Black Destruction

says.

Flying towards each other at the same time, their swords meet with a loud "CLANG!"

Black Destruction's blade begins to melt.

"Your flame….it's amazing….but two can play that game," Black Destruction says.

Black Destruction's sword is encased in a dark purple flame.

Then, with a shove that could knock over an elephant, he pushes Shades away with his

sword.

Lying on his back in the air, limp and weak, Shades drops his sword, which falls to earth.

His flames then retract to reveal normal Super Shades.

"Looks like you lost, Shadow," Black Destruction says.

Black Destruction holds his sword over his head, ready to impale Shades in the chest with

it.

Suddenly, Black Destruction is shot in the back with a shining Yellow beam. He falls to

earth.

The beam came from Shadow.

"His name is Shades," Shadow says.

Shadow then grabs Shades' hand and pulls him up.

Shades goes back into Flame Mode, and then flies in front of the meteor shower.

He holds his hands out and charges a giant fireball. When it becomes almost as big as a

half of a school bus, he shoots a fire beam that destroys all the meteors.

Shades then high-fives Shadow.

"Ouch! Dude, what were you thinking?" Shadow says, waving his smoking hand in the

air.

"Heh…sorry," Shades says.

Then, suddenly, Shades' flames disappear, and his eyes go a blank white. Visions of

many odd things are shown in his head, and then, he blacks out and starts to fall towards

Earth.

1 Month Later

Shades wakes up in a hospital bed, and looks around.

He's in a hospital room, obviously. The door is cracked open, and Shadow is sitting

playing Pokemon Diamond. He looks up, and sees Shades.

"Dude, that was quite a fall," Shadow says.

"How long was I knocked out?" Shades asks.

"About a month, dude," Shadow says.

"But that's impossible, I- Uh….nevermind. Did I do it?" Shades asks.

"Yes you did. Barely, but you made it thanks to me," Shadow says.

Cream then walks into the room and notices Shades is awake.

"Mr. Shades!" Cream says, and runs over and hugs him.

"Woah, woah, easy there, I'm still a little sore…" Shades says.

Cream lets go.

Then, a doctor comes in.

"Ah, Shades, you're awake," the doctor says.

"Yeah…hey, when should I be able to leave?" Shades asks.

"You should be able to be out by tomorrow, but for now, you need to rest," the doctor

says.

"Well gee, haven't I slept enough already?" Shades asks.

"That WAS a big fall. You still need rest. Shadow here didn't wake up from his last fall

for a whole 3 months, so you're lucky you woke up so soon. Well, I'm gonna leave, and I

suggest you two do too," the doctor says, and then leaves.

"Bye, Mr. Shades!" Cream says, and then leaves too.

"You're lucky Eggman made such a strong immortality chip, otherwise you could have

outright died from that fall," Shadow says, and then leaves.

The Next Day

"Guys, I'm home!" Shades yells, as he walks into Cream's house.

Sonic zooms out of the dining room.

"Dude! That was awesome! Where'd you get that sword!? Who was that Black alien

guy?" Sonic asks, excited.

"That was Black Destruction, and…I don't know where I got the sword…" Shades

answers.

Tails then runs out.

"Shades! What did the meteors look like!?" Tails asks, also excited.

"Uh…black?" Shades answers.

Knuckles then runs out.

"Dude! Where'd you learn to fight like that?" Knuckles asks, amazed.

"Gimme some space guys, I just got here!" Shades says.

A siren then sounds.

"Woo! Finally!" Sonic says, and runs out the door.

"C'mon, Shades. We have work to do," Shadow says, and runs out the door too.

"Oh, brother," Shades says, and then runs after them.

End

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Well, hope you liked reading it as much as I did writing it! Next in the Shades The

Hedgehog series: Shades The Hedgehog Saga Part 2 : Sonic The Hedgehog 2006!

Bye, now! –Blabbityblab