Author's Note:
Hello there!
I thank you all for the time you took to read this story! Like I said, feel free to comment on what game you think Sonic and Shadow could play next! :)
For more information, go to the first chapter, which is my author's note!
Review Responses:
To SOLoking: Why yes! I did say you can request ANYTHING! :D And I absolutely adore the game, one of my favorites, so I might do that soon in the future! :)
Now, I do not own the game or the characters featured in this story, they all belong to SEGA. I only own the story-idea.
Now, I present to you the second level! R&R! I hope you enjoy.
xMist
"Hi there everyone!" Sonic said, waving over to the audience. "Welcome to another episode of...cue drumroll! 'Sonic and the Loading Screens'!"
"Faker...honestly." Shadow shook his head, "It only has been one minute." His lips turned into a small frown, "And stop breaking the fourth wall."
"Isn't what we're supposed to do in this fanfic...?"
"STOP IT, DAMN IT!"
oXoXo
"This isssss taaaakingggg forrrreverrrrrrrr." The blue hedgehog groaned, his chin resting on the palm of his hand and his elbow on his knee for support.
"Ever heard of patience?
...
"IT'S NO USE!"
"Make that damn pun again, and I'll be the one to shove that controller in your arse."
oXoXo
"Alright, finally." Sonic said, as he grabbed the controller from Shadow's grasp in one swift move, and began to move his character around. "So we're in the hub world..."
He pressed a few buttons, and moved forward, going into a small alleyway with a woman that had a red exclamation point above her head. "Hmm?" He wondered and went closer,
"Hey, what does that mean?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.
"How about you try asking her then?" Shadow suggested,
"Fine then..." Sonic shrugged, as he clicked a button and began to interact with the woman.
"I was helping with the reconstruction and boy, am I tired. I just finished." Said the middle-aged woman.
Sonic pressed another button to let the woman continue on what else she had to say.
"There was someone called Tails who was helping, but it seemed like he was looking for someone." She finished.
"Oh hey! Tails is here!" Sonic cheered, "Guess we gotta go find him." His rival only nodded at him, and they walked out of the alleyway. Sonic moved forward and accidentally ran into a little girl.
"You are quite skilled at this game, faker..."
"Welp. Maybe this kid can tell me where Tails is!" The hero ignored Shadow's sarcastic remark, who rolled his eyes. The girl showed to be pointing at something,
"I saw a fox with two tails over at the plaza! It seemed like he was looking for someone." The girl stated.
"Well alright! Hey!" Sonic stopped, and ran towards the kitsune, "There's Tails!"
"Congratulations, hedgehog." Shadow snorted, and the entire screen faded to black, featuring another loading screen, much to the blue hedgehog's dismay.
"DAMN IT!"
[] Cutscene #2 []
"Sonic!" Tails shouted, as Sonic ran towards him, stopping a few meters away from the fox. "Tails! Long time no see." He gave a two finger salute, and the kit walked up to him, "I'm glad that you're here,"
"I heard that you tried to save the princess from Doctor Eggman!"
"Shadow...I swear—,"
"Did you hear me laughing, faker?"
Sonic looked away, crossing his arms as Tails continued, "You're going to rescue her, aren't you?"
"Why, of course not Tails!" Sonic said, with fake exclamation in his voice, only to be smacked at the back of the head by the ebony hedgehog.
"Let me help!" He said, waving his arms around frantically, and shook his head. "I may not know what Eggman is up to, but it can't be a good thing!"
"Tails' lipsyncing is on point."
Sonic gave him a thumbs-up, "Okay! With your help, this should be a piece of cake." He replied, patting Tails' on the shoulder before running off. "Heh heh! I'll do my best!"
And with that, Tails flew up, whirling his two tails as propellers and trailed after Sonic.
"Now that I think about it, does the fox ever tangle his two tails together in the midst of flying?" Shadow inquired.
"Besides being a smart kid and a mechanic, why do you think he created the Tornado in the first place?"
"...oh."
"So then, I guess Tails will be with us now." He said, as the blue blur pressed the buttons and walked up to an old man, and decided to talk with him.
"Alright, woo. What is this guy gonna say?" Sonic said, and began to interact with him.
"I was taking a walk by the beach..." The middle aged man said, panting. "And suddenly, all these mechs appeared. I barely got here alive."
"Sounds like Eggman..." Sonic grumbled, he looked at the corner of the screen and saw a little map, "Hey, I'll follow where that takes me." He said, and began to run out of the small area, and into a bigger place with a fountain, there was an old man beside a small store.
"Go to the old guy over there,"
The blue blur looked at the onyx hedgehog confused, "Um why?" Shadow scoffed, "Hmph, you don't expect you'll accomplish anything if you just run around do you?"
"Atleast he can give us some imformation,"
"Whatever, fine." Sonic went up to the old man, near a small shop. Sonic almost cringed at the sound when Robert began to talk, mah mah mehmeh mah.
"My name is Alberto Robert, and I've been making shoes in this town for a very long time." Robert said,
"Gotta love how the people here have their own language called "Mahmehnese"." Sonic said, along with the sound of a facepalm.
"I'm making the ultimate shoes now."
Sonic started snickering loudly, "Ooh? The 'ultimate shoes? Oh Shads, I think you need those."
Shadow was not amused.
"These shoes uses the power of Soleanna's mysterious stones to change..." Robert continued, "I'm calling them Custom Shoes!"
"But there is no one that can test the full potential of these shoes..." The man said, "Is there anyone who could test the design of these shoes?"
"You're talking to right person, dude." Sonic said, grinning.
"You will be able to do that? Really?"
A small panel appeared, showing two choices that Sonic could pick. Of course, with no hesitation, he pressed a button, choosing the answer "Yes." And starting the mission.
Thus, another loading screen.
oXoXo
"Well that took forever." Sonic said, closing his eyes, and tapping his fingers on the controller in a certain rhythm.
"Faker, pay attention." Shadow said, nudging the younger hedgehog in the stomach.
"Ow! Fine, fine!" Sonic grumbled, 'Bossy.' He thought, he adjusted his seating position and stared at the screen, showing Robert talking to Sonic.
"Put on the shoes, and go through the rings!" Said the man, "If I've made the shoes correctly, you'll make it on time!"
That was when all hell broke loose.
"Are you serious?" Sonic said, bewildered and in disbelief as he stared at the loading screen.
"So you're telling me, that I've waited for so damn long, just to realize the loading only gave us two freakin' sentences?"
oXoXo
"Ughhh! The controls in this game are so sensitive!" Sonic whined.
"You're such a child, give me that!" Shadow snatched the controller and gazed at the screen, soon he started mashing buttons and began to make his way throughout the level with ease.
Meanwhile, Sonic's jaw was currently dropped until the floor.
"HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO PLAY THAT EASILY?!" He exclaimed, "I had bumped into, like, what, five invisible walls!"
oXoXo
Shadow finally jumped into the last five rings, and the screen flashed Robert seen raising his arms and cheering. Sonic raised an eyebrow, since his arms looked dislocated.
"Dude, are your arms okay or what—?"
"Amazing! They performed exactly as I thought! My Custom Shoes are complete!" The man cheered, "I will give you these shoes, you'll be able to use them."
"Money? I don't want any money. I'm happy just knowing that they're being used."
"The stones that you can fit into the shoes are called gems, and you can buy them at that shop over there."
...
"Why faker, I didn't know that humans sell rocks and that you shove them down to your shoe." Shadow said,
"Why faker, it's because I DON'T."
"They're very rare, but if you put one in these Custom Shoes, they will give you an entirely new ability!"
"Now...that's enough." Shadow said, massaging the bridge of his nose, and his eyes are closed. "That didn't make any sense."
"First off, if it's so rare, then why is it being sold at a store?"
"Secondly, it's implying that if I insert a random, magical pebble to the bottom of my shoe, I'll be able to fly." Sonic began to laugh,
"Y-Your statement basically explains what logic and physics appear as in this game."
"The best shoes in the world, worn by the best runner in the world. I'm so happy! Thank you!"
The scene ended there, and the screen showed the results menu. Shadow had a score of 32 500 points, and received an S Rank, and 1000 rings as a bonus. Sonic pouted, his eye twitched as he turned his back to Shadow, crossing his arms and huffed.
Shadow only smirked smugly at him.
Shadow went over to the store, and interacted with the owner, who was a dude with goggles and a yellow vest.
"Now, where is that damn rock?"
"...I see what you did there Shadow."
"What?"
"Uh. Nevermind."
oXoXo
After successfully purchasing the "Light Chip", they went back to the first location that they were, and saw a trail of Rings connecting to somehow a small island with a portal.
"Ohhh... So that's what that was for." Sonic said, struck with realization. He grabbed the controller, and began to use the light speed dash to the island...
But accidentally fell into the water.
"...What just happened?"
"Wow, faker. You're absolutely terrible."
"You suck. Shut up."
oXoXo
"Alright then! Guess we gotta go hop into this portal, right?" Sonic said,
"Why no, Sonic. I mean, that wasn't the reason why you failed arriving at that island for more the 5 tries." Shadow rolled his eyes, sarcasm dripping off his voice.
Sonic sighed and hopped into the portal. And the loading screen for the level began,
Wave Ocean - Pursue the Egg Carrier!
"I heard that this was supposed to be like...somehow a reference of Emerald Coast, from the first Sonic Adventure."
"Then maybe this will be interesting..." Shadow said, nodding.
() Mission #1 ()
Sonic began to go through the loops, mashing the buttons, still complaining how the game controls were so slippery.
"I've got to hurry and save Elise."
Sonic skid through the water, collecting a few rings and speeding up the ramp. A few robots blocked his way, Sonic pressed another button, and began to use homing attack, tried again, but only swept off to another direction.
"What the hell?!" Sonic tried homing attack forward, but went straight into a mech and flying backwards, his rings scattering everywhere.
"I am very confused."
oXoXo
After going through a few more loops, skidding through the water, as the whale began to chase the blue blur.
"Woah...that's a big one."
Sonic snickered, "That's what she said!"
oXoXo
"Tails! Go ahead and push the gate switch so that he doesn't get out!" Sonic said while hanging out the fin of the Orca.
The scene flashed onto Tails, "Okay, Sonic! I'll be right back!" Sonic looked at the character and began to move Tails around, "Well this is...nice." He said unsurely, and pressed the 'X' button twice to fly, heading over to another island.
Sonic mashed a few buttons, trying to figure out what to do, going into first person view, shooting at the enemy in process. Sonic made his character flew up to travel to the next island,
That is, until the whale blocked his path, causing Tails to fall down and restart the level.
The last checkpoint he made was when he was going through the loop-de-loops, and about to be chased by the huge whale.
"...this is just faBALLous."
"Faker, no. Just no."
oXoXo
"Gotta gooo fast!" Sonic said, once the loading screen finished, as he ran and tried to chase the Egg Carrier. "Darn! We're not gonna make it. Let's speed up!"
Sonic move the controller around, nudging Shadow in the stomach in the process, as he ran up another ramp, but somehow fell onto the bridge...as his character began to break-dance.
"I think you just broke the game, faker." Shadow said, chuckling.
...
"That is NOT how I break-dance, at all. Seriously, SEGA?"
"That is what you're so concerned about? What the hell?"
oXoXo
Sonic's character stood literally upside down the last loop in the stage, he jumped, but he never got off. He shook his head and looked at the game weirdly, and back at the audience.
"Because...you know, Physics? What are those?"
oXoXo
"FINALLY." Sonic said, as the results menu popped up. He got a score of 27 500, and a B Rank, plus the bonus of 1000 rings. Shadow sighed deeply, "Look how pathetic you are, since you just had to make friends with all the glitches." Sonic rolled his emerald orbs. "Whatever. Come on, we still have a long way to go in this stupid game."
Thus, another loading screen.
"GOSH DARNIT!"