Shadow X Sonic (Chapter 9)

Omega's tale

Omega stood there staring at the blank screen. He felt many emotions building up inside him. It wasn't until Shadow spoke that Omega realized he was just standing there in the middle of the room.

"Eggman must have made this announcement thinking he is winning."

"It doesn't matter the reason as to why, all that is clear is that Eggman must be stop." It was Omega who spoke. Omega knew all eyes were on him, he continued to speak. "I'm going to stop Eggman." It was his mother that spoke up first.

"Oscar you mustn't. What if you get hurt again …" Omega could see the worried look on his mother's face, he gave her a sad smile, and then turned towards Shadow.

"Shadow, May I speak to my parents alone?" Shadow looked surprised by what Omega was asking which shouldn't really come to surprise for Omega. Omega continued to stand there waiting for Shadow's answer when he finally heard Shadow sighed.

"Alright, I'll be outside waiting." Omega watched Shadow step outside. Omega was relieved that Shadow gave him alone time with his parents. Omega finally turned back towards Darla and Jed once Shadow was gone from the house.

"Mother… Father… I am thankful for you fixing me and treating me like a son… But… you know I'm not human…" It was Darla that stepped in.

"Think nothing of it Oscar; you are our son none the less." Omega felt himself smile, nobody besides his Shadow and Rouge thought of him more than just as a robot.

"Being here has been a blessing, and… I want the both of you to know that I really did think of this as my home…" Jed stood from his chair.

"Oscar… No, Omega you are our son. When I found you, you were at the bottom of that cliff broken but don't thank us. It is us that should be thanking you. All I did was fixed you up; you gave us something much more. Just you being our son, you are our blessing. As you know, me and Darla never was able to have a child, but thanks to you we were able to know what that felt like. Omega you ARE our son and nothing will ever change that." Jed smiled then walked over to Omega engulfing him in a tight hug. Darla started to cry,

"It's true, Omega you are our son." She gave Omega her own big hug. Omega knew he couldn't cry, but he knew if he could, he would be.

"Thank you… mom… dad. I will be back, I promise. All Eggman's announcement did was remind me that I have to defeat Eggman if not for myself then for the two of you … to protect both of you." Omega watched as the smiles on his parent's face grew.

"We know son. You just be safe out there." Jed patted Omega on the back.

"And be good to your friend out there." Darla gestured to outside where Shadow was waiting. Omega said his goodbyes to his parents as he headed out the door. He overheard Shadow talking to himself.

"Alright Eggman you're going down." Omega couldn't agree more, he had to stop Eggman and whatever his plan was. He spoke up, "I agree, Eggman is going down."

"Did you do what you had to do?" Omega nodded at Shadow.

"Yes… and thank you Shadow." Omega was glad that he was able to talk to his parents alone, he didn't think he would have been able to if Shadow had been there watching. Omega took a second to think. Before going anywhere they had to figure out where Eggman was. Omega started trying to do a routine check on where Eggman would most likely have his bases by hacking into a nearby satellite. Sometimes it paid off being a robot instead of just an original human. Omega found a place that was mostly likely the place they were looking for. "I have pin pointed where Eggman's location is." Omega pinpointed the path that was best to take. "All there is left is to follow this path and we will find ourselves at Eggman's base."

"Good, then we will go there together and pay Eggman a visit… Besides I think I owe him for the last time." Shadow had a smirked on his f ace. "Let's go Omega. We have a pay a certain doctor a home visit." Omega took the front so Shadow could follow him,

"I think we both owe him some payback."

Shadow and Omega were on their way to Eggman's evil base. Omega knew it would take about 2 days till they reached Eggman's hideout, which meant that they were going to be cutting it close. Eggman had given the world 3 days to comply with his treat. Omega didn't know if it was stupid to give in to Eggman's treat or not to give in, whatever the case. They had to get there and stop Eggman because whatever he was planning would not be good. Omega glanced in Shadow's direction. It was clear that Shadow was the faster runner by the long shot. But that was okay, since Omega was the power of this team. "What is it Omega?" Shadow didn't bother to stop running.

"It will take us two days if we continue at this pace…" Shadow smiled,

"Are you saying you want to pick up the pace?"

"That would be ideal, yes…" Shadow's smile was growing.

"Alright then, I'm the speed in this team. Just hold on to me. I can cut that time in half. After all, you did save me. So I owe you one..."

"Negative. I was out fishing for my parents when you happen to be washed up on that river's bank. Which I performed a scan to see if you were still alive and I found that your DNA signature matched to yours…" Omega got quiet again. Shadow waited for Omega to carry on but when he didn't, Shadow asked him.

"What is it Omega?"

"You know how I came into this form but I must ask how did you come into yours?" Shadow got quiet as he thought back to what had happened.

"It was Eggman…" Omega waited for Shadow to explain further. "He turned me along with Sonic and the others human… or tried to at least… That yellow fox that hangs with Sonic, Tails did some tinkering to Eggman's machine that kept us from losing our powers, our talents.

"I see, then that was luckily. You wouldn't be able to help me take down Eggman if you had lost your speed."

"You got that right."

"But as the odds are, it seems that Sonic and his team will be there at Eggman's base if they had heard his announcement." Shadow nodded.

"Then we better step on it before they beat us to him."

"Affirmative."

"Alright, take hold of me. Like I said I'm going to cut that time in half easy."

Shadow broke through the trees with Omega right behind him, they had gotten to Eggman's base with a day to spare. "We made it." Shadow took a quick look around the area. They were on a cliff that overlooked the whole base. "This is a good enough spot as any." Omega nodded in agreement. Omega's eyes went to a blank stare while Shadow stood behind a rock while he looked on to the base. "Omega do you see any openings?" Omega broke out of his stare.

"Yes, there is one path that is unguarded, that it would be easy to slip in without Eggman sensing us…" Shadow looked to Omega.

"But… There sounds like there is a 'but' after that sentence." Shadow continued to stare out to the base.

"The opening doesn't have any guards but that is because there is a canyon… We would have to be able to fly to get over it." Shadow sat down and starting thinking. What could they do? They had to get into the base. Shadow had hoped to sneak in so he could surprise Eggman. They needed a plan of attack. Shadow was deep in thought when he heard a 'swoosh' noise coming from the trees. There was something… or someone moving around in the trees watching them. Omega must have had the same thought because he too was staring at the trees where the noise had come from.

"I wonder if it's one of Eggman's spies." If it was then they needed to be taken out. Both Omega and Shadow had the same idea. Both of them nodded before Omega took off running and throwing a punch into the ground right before the tree. The tree shook fiercely till a figure came falling down. Shadow ran to catch the figure pinning them to that very same tree. Shadow yelled at the figure, "Talk now!"

"OWW, Watch it Buster!" Shadow was surprised to realize it was a human female that spoke. A human with white hair, he had a strange feeling about this but he quickly shook that off. He pinned her down tighter. He took a good look at what she was wearing. She wore black tight pants with white knee high boots. She also wore a pink undershirt with a dark violet leather jacket.

"Why were you hiding in that tree?" The female looked up. Shadow realized something familiar about this human.

"Shadow, wait…. This DNA signature… It's…" Before Omega could finish, the women spoke up.

"It's me Rouge. Don't tell me you've forgotten me already. Come on, I'm on your side." Shadow was taken back.

"…Rouge?" Shadow let go, it was then that Shadow's mind was filled with images of a white bat. Shadow quickly shook the feeling off. "Were you in that explosion too?" Rouge dusted herself off.

"If you mean the one that happen while at Eggman's base the last time, then yes. I was there." Rouge took her stance with her hand on her hip while running her other hand though her white hair. "I was in the middle of stealing a Chaos Emerald, when that explosion went off." Rouge pulled out a Red Emerald out of her pants as proof. She glanced up at both men, "See? I'm telling the truth."