Shadow X Sonic (Chapter 7)
"Go ahead, and be careful Sonic." Sonic gave Shadow a thumb up.
"Shadow you worry too much. I'll be fine." Sonic left to carry out his part, leaving Shadow to do his. Sonic knew he had to hurry, Shadow could take care of those eggbots with ease but Eggman was a different story. Sonic found Eggman in no time. Sure enough he was trying to get away while he left his eggbots to do the dirty work. Sonic took his stand, Eggman had his back facing him, he could sneak attack Eggman he thought to himself, But… That just wasn't his style. "Eggman!" Sonic, shouted to get Eggman's attention which worked. Eggman turned around in his robot, facing Sonic.
"Oh Sonic it's you and you're all alone?" Eggman had that 'I'm better then you' act going on, but what else was new. Two can play that game, Sonic thought.
"Well to bad for you Egghead, I can take care of you by myself." Sonic jumped forming himself to a ball, attacking Eggman, hitting him straight in the center. The blow had pushed Eggman back. Sonic jumped back landing a few feet away from Eggman. He jumped again ready to make a second attack.
"Not this time Sonic." Eggman swung his arm hitting Sonic, knocking him to the ground. Sonic landed on his face. He was annoyed but quickly recovered.
"Luckily hit, Egghead." Eggman laughed.
"It was more the luck, Sonic." Eggman moved to make a second swing.
"Then let us test that." Sonic got up and steady himself for Eggman attack, he dodge Eggman's attack with ease, Unfortunately when Sonic moved to dodge the attack, the Robot's top half followed Sonic.
"You won't get away that easy Sonic." Eggman made a third attack, Sonic dodged and sure enough Eggman's machine had followed his moments. Sonic smiled, this was going to be easy then he thought.
"I guess you're right Egghead, but…" Sonic started to run circles around Eggman's machine. "…can your robot keep up?" Sonic kept running around Eggman, speeding his pace as he went. Sure enough after a few spins, Sonic was too fast for the machine to keep up. The machine started to go hay wire, till finally it stopped spinning and started to make noises. Sonic stopped; he knew Eggman was way out of his league. The robot was starting to look like it was going to blow up. Sonic was standing there when he heard something behind him; he turned to see an eggbot coming at him to attack. Sonic jumped over the eggbot dodging the attack and crushing it. It was then, not even a second after, that Sonic felt a blow that hit him on his leg. The blow sent Sonic flying over to the edge of the cliff. Sonic snapped out of it, ignoring the pain he felt in his leg, Sonic tried standing up. He heard Eggman's mocking laugher.
"Did you really think I would let you get away with spoiling my plans again Sonic?" Eggman crept closer to Sonic, coming in for the kill. Sonic could tell that Eggman was having problems controlling his robot, but not enough to have stopped him. "Even if my plan Delta didn't work, I don't care." Although Sonic was standing on the edge of the cliff, the only thing he could think of was how he promised Shadow he would be careful, and now he was in this mess and he didn't think Shadow was going to come save him again. Shadow? Sonic thought to himself, No, he knew Shadow would come save him all he had to do was to make sure he got here in time.
"Why did you do it Eggman?" Sonic looked around, no sign of Shadow yet. "What was the point of us being human?" Sonic tried standing but he could feel the pain in his leg was growing. Damn, Sonic thought, he must have broken it. Eggman started laughing again.
"Stalling won't help you Sonic, no one will come save you." Shit, Sonic thought, this couldn't be the end. "Now Sonic this time I will finish you off once and for all." Eggman drove the machine off the cliff trying to take Sonic with it; while Eggman made his escape like the coward he was. Normally Sonic would be able to get away but thanks to hurting his leg while Eggman, that left him stuck between a rock and a hard place or in this case between a robot and a cliff.
"Sonic, Watch out!" Sonic turned to see Shadow running towards him. Shadow, Sonic thought, his heart filled with warmth when he saw him coming to help him. Sonic felt Shadow pushing him to get him out of the way but what happen next, Sonic could have never saw coming. Shadow was able to get Sonic out of the way, but it wasn't enough time for Shadow to make it. Sonic watched as the robot took Shadow over the cliff with it.
"Shadow, Nooo!" Sonic screamed as Shadow was thrown over the edge. Sonic could feel the tears gathering in his eyes but it didn't matter. Sonic tried standing up and running to Shadow, to reach out to him. He could feel the pain in his leg, but he didn't care. All that he cared about was getting to Shadow in time. Sonic had reached the edge and try making a grab for Shadow's hand. It had seem that he was going to reach him, but he missed by an inch. Sonic was forced to watch helpless as Shadow fell down into the rushing waters below.
Sonic sat there on the cliff, tears falling down his face only seconds after Shadow had fell. "Damn it!" Sonic slammed his hands on the ground, if only he had been more careful. Shadow wouldn't have had to save him. Sonic stayed there letting the wind blow on his face, dying the tears. It wasn't long till Sonic heard a plane flying overhead and laying not far from him. Sonic heard footsteps walking towards him, but he still refused to move.
"Sonic, are you okay? … We were looking all over for you…" Sonic could tell it was Tails and he could tell how worried he sounded from his voice. Sonic took a deep breath, as much as he wanted to sit here and cry he had better things to do. He glanced over the edge, if anyone could survive the fall, it would be Shadow. He had to find Shadow. Sonic stood up, all tears dried from his face. He turn and found tails looking at him with worried eyes, with Knuckles standing right behind him with an equally look of worried. He gave them a wink and a thumb up.
"I'm fine guys." Sonic looked towards the cliff. "I have to look for Shadow, I owe him that." Sonic was about to take off when the pain came back, he had forgotten he had hurt his leg. "Ow… I forgot about that." Knuckles walked over to Sonic and examined his leg.
"Not with that injury, you don't."
"What? I have to go." Knuckles applied pressure on Sonic's leg, which sonic yelled out in pain.
"What the hell?" Knuckles smiled.
"Like I said, not with that injury." Knuckles turned to Tails. "Take Sonic home and treat his wounds.
"Knuckles, I have to go find Shadow." Sonic couldn't just go home and leave Shadow. "The only reason why he fell off that cliff was because he saved me, I have to go find him." Knuckles turned back around.
"Sonic, I know how you feel but the most important thing right now is getting your leg healed. If Shadow really did risk himself to save you, then how would he feel if your injury got worse because you were out looking for him?" Knuckles had a point, and Sonic hated it. Sonic looked away, he didn't want Knuckles to see him face. Knuckles sighed. "I'll stay behind and look for Shadow, while you go with Tails. Once Tails give you the A-OK, then you can come help look. Sound fair?" Sonic looked up at Knuckles.
"Promise?" Knuckles nodded.
"I Promise." he could tell Knuckles was serious. Sonic gave a big smile, he knew Knuckles. When Knuckles made a promise he followed it to the end.
"Alright, it's a promise then."
A few days had past and they still hadn't found Shadow. Sonic would have wanted to be out there searching, but he had to wait till his leg was fully recovered. Sonic sat on the couch with his leg up on the coffee table while Chris wrapped new bandages around it. "Well at least it wasn't broken." Sonic sighed.
"I know." Sonic knew Chris was right, after they got home; Tails went to work tending to him, making sure everything was alright. In the end, Sonic's leg was just swollen and bruised very badly. Chris finished his work and looked up at Sonic.
"It's almost completely healed; I would give it another day or two." Sonic looked away, A day or two could make a difference, Sonic thought to himself. It was Chris who sighed this time. "Don't worry Sonic, we'll find him." Sonic glanced at Chris; Chris always had a way of reading Sonic's mind. Chris continued. "We're all out looking for him, you know that. Shadow is part of our group just as much as any of the others." Chris placed his hand on top of Sonic's. "We will find him." Sonic made attempt at a small smile, and nodded his head.
"I know. Thanks Chris." Chris smiled back. Sonic couldn't help but to smile back even wider, it didn't take long till both buys were laughing. They were caught up in their own little moment that when Tails came into the room yelling, it made both Chris and Sonic jump.
"Guys, you need to see what's on!" They both faced toward Tails as he ran to turn on the T.V.
"Welcome to EggmanTV!" A gold robot was displayed on the screen reading from a piece of paper.
"What?" Chris jumped up from his seat.
"What is Eggman up to?" Sonic questioned out loud. The program continue, but it was the silver robot that spoke this time.
"Tonight we have a special announcement." It was when Knuckles walked into the room, that tails turned to him.
"Knuckles!" Knuckles nodded.
"I know. I came as soon as I heard." Knuckles stared at the T.V. Everyone followed suite, facing the T.V as well. As if on cue, the robots continued with their announcement.
"A special announcement, you say?" The gold robot acted surprise and excited to hear the news. The silver robot nodded and response.
"Yes, indeed."
"Well don't keep our viewers waiting."
"Well in that case, I'll let the mighty Eggman tell you ladies and gents." The screen changed from the two robots to Eggman sitting in a big fancy chair with his hands folded on his desk.
"Well thank you, now boys and girls the special announcement that I have today is that in 3 days" Eggman held three fingers up and continued. "There will be a big conference right here at Eggman's casino, featuring all the world's leaders!" Eggman threw his arms in the air to show his excitement. "There will be plenty of things to do besides gambling." Eggman chuckled. "But be warned if the leaders aren't here in 3 days…" Eggman held up three fingers again, but his face had an evil look to it. "…There will be consequences." Eggman laughed and the program shut off, leaving only a black blank screen. The room was silent for a few minutes till Knuckles spoke up.
"That Eggman… Thinking that he would just get away with something like that?" Knuckles slammed his hands together to show his angry. Tails nodded.
"Yeah but we don't know what he plans to do with the world leaders…" Tails was lost in thought trying to figure out what Eggman was up to when Sonic interpreted.
"Does it matter? Its Eggman, so we know whatever it is, he's up to no good." Everyone agreed. Whatever Eggman was up to, they had to stop it. Just thinking of Eggman made Sonic's blood boil; it was because of him that Shadow was missing… Sonic paused. No, it was Sonic's fault that Shadow was missing, if he had been more careful then… Sonic snapped back to attention when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to find Chris smiling at him.
"We'll stop Eggman Sonic... and find Shadow. I know he's out there just fine." Sonic could feel the tense leave his body. Sonic took a deep breath. Chris was right. Sonic smiled.
"Thanks Chris." Sonic turned and gave Chris a tight hug. Sonic released Chris and took a step back; he looked around the room to find that Tails and Knuckles were smiling at him. Sonic felt the warmth in his body growing. How could he forget how much his friends cared for him? Sonic had a smile on his face when Knuckles walked over to Sonic hitting him on the back, knocking Sonic off balance.
"So what's the plan Sonic?" Sonic recovered quickly. He looked over to everybody and felt himself smiling, making a fist to show that he meant business.
"What else? We're going to Stop Eggman!" Knuckles threw a fist in the air.
"That's what I'm talking about!" Tails nodded, Chris walked over tails.
"Chris and I will try to gather more information about what Eggman is up to. I don't want to go in blind." Sonic nodded.
"Let me know if you find anything about Eggman…" Sonic paused for a second. "… and Shadow." Chris and Tails nodded and left the room. Sonic watched them leave, it was only then that Knuckles came up behind Sonic.
"He'll be okay Sonic." Sonic turned to look at Knuckles. "Don't keep blaming yourself, what happened happen. No point in regretting and… it's not like you." Sonic sighed, he looked away.
"I know but I can't help but feel responsible." It was Knuckles turn to sigh.
"That's the problem with you Sonic; you care too much for your friends." Sonic looked up in shock to find Knuckles smirking. It was then that he knew that Knuckles was messing him, he was trying to cheer him up. Sonic couldn't be mad at Knuckles, soon he found himself smirking as well.
"You're right; maybe the next time you're in trouble, I should just leave your butt behind after all you'll just slow me down." Knuckles tried to capture Sonic to give him a noogie but Sonic saw it coming and easily dodged it. Knuckled laughed.
"That's why we need to find Shadow." Sonic started laughing at this point as well. Knuckles started to walk away but before exiting the door stopped and faced Sonic one more time. "Don't forget Eggman might be an evil mastermind, but he knows to select good underlings… I worked for Eggman at one point in time just like Shadow, he won't die so easily." Knuckles gave Sonic a wink, and disappeared into the door. Sonic stared at the space where Knuckles was just seconds ago. Sonic scoffed. Of course Knuckles would know something like that; it seemed like long ago when Knuckles had worked under Eggman.
"…Just like Shadow, huh?" Sonic sat on one of the couches. Sonic took a moment to think everything through; his friends were worried about him. "Well not anymore." Sonic stood up, he wouldn't make his friends worry anymore then they had to. He would find Shadow and stop Eggman, and knowing Shadow he would be where Eggman would be. It was then that Sonic was serious, in 3 days him and his friends would go to Eggman's Casino and put a stop to whatever he was up to. With new determination, Sonic threw his fist in the air. "Alright Team Sonic is back in Action!"
Sonic was gathering his things, the day had come. His injuries were all healed and he was ready to kick some Eggman butt! "Are you ready guys?" Sonic turned to Knuckles and Tails who were in the room with him.
"Of course!" Tails shouted excited while Knuckles nodded. Chris came into the room.
"Sonic, I got what you asked for." Chris handed Sonic his watch. "I placed a tracker in it, in case you get lost, Knuckles and tails have one as well." Sonic nodded.
"Alright." Sonic put the wristwatch on. This was it, he thought. He was about to turn when Chris stopped him.
"Sonic, you need to be careful. Even after this time we couldn't completely uncover Eggman's plan." Sonic knew that was true, all Chris and Tails were able to find out was where Eggman's new Casino hideout was, but that was it. Sonic looked at Chris and could tell how worried he was by the look on his face; Sonic smiled and placed his hand on Chris' shoulder trying to give him reassurance.
"Don't worry Chris; I won't make the same mistake twice." Chris returned Sonic's smile with a weak one of his own. Sonic let his hand drop and turned to the rest of his team. "Alright guys, let's move out. Tonight Eggman is going down!"
Sonic had run ahead while Tails and Knuckles took the plane. Sonic could tell it was getting dark, which would make it harder for Eggman to notice them. Soon, Sonic thought to himself. He would meet up with Eggman and pay him back for last time. But more importantly he might be able to see Shadow again. Sonic thought back to when he meet up with Shadow the last time Sonic went to Eggman's base so maybe this time will be the same. Sonic arrived just short of Eggman's base, true enough Eggman's base did look like a Casino, and the place was lit up that it looked like it was day. What was worse was that the place was swarming with eggbots. "Great…" This was going to be a bit harder but nothing they couldn't handle. Sonic heard a plane, and looked up. It was Tails and Knuckles. "Right on time…" Sonic found himself smiling. A few minutes later Tails landed the plane and was on the ground with Sonic and Knuckles. Sonic went over what he saw so they could put their heads together to form a plan.
"Well if the place is surround we have to be careful, we don't want Eggman knowing we're here." Tails was trying to think of something when Knuckles suggested his plan.
"I say we just go in busting up any eggbot that crosses our path." Sonic nodded.
"I agree!" If they destroy every bot then there would be no way of one telling Eggman that they were there. Tails sighed.
"Yeah… I guess that would work…" Sonic grinned.
"Then it's agreed!" Sonic took off with his team following behind him. This time Eggman would get what was coming to him. As Sonic ran he thought to himself, Just wait for me Shadow, This time, he would be the one saving Shadow.