I'm sorry for neglecting this story. School has been killer. But it's over now, which could mean one of two things.
1: I now have more free time to work on this and other stories if I finish.
2: I have so much fun this summer that I completely forget.
Now. I understand that I have some reviews, finally. For the sake of writing as little as possible, since this story is directly linked to the other two, I will include the names of people who reviewed the other two sides of Darkness Within. The title, I'm aware, doesn't really fit the story so far. I may be the only one who's aware of that fact, since I'm the only one who's mentioned it. But It will make sense soon… somewhat.
Christian Ape99: Do you know Christian Wolf99? THey reviewed the side stories, while I was going over the reviews, I didn't realise a different animal was used and thought you were the same person.
werewolf lover99: Thanks.
random reviewer: I've never seen that movie. What's Underworld about? Probably vampires.
A couple of you asked about fan characters. Do you mean can you put fan characters in the story? The thing about that is that I already have a set plot, so maybe not this story, but my other stories might be fair game, depending on whether I'm strictly following the plot or not, because I'm planning on writing a closely related plot for Kingdom Hearts and the anime Date a Live. If you're a fan of Legend of Zelda, that's definitely fair game, because I'm creating a story all my own for that, but I may not want to write them all at once, because I want to not have such a big work load, but them all being completely different may add the variety I need to make this work.
Now, one last thing. I made a huge mistake in chapter 3 with Silver. Apparently, he's a Sorean who can't fly. And, I believe in one of these chapters, I already elaborated that Soreans have wings attached to their arms. So I have some editing to do.
Song:Water's Edge-Sonic 06
Shadow arrived, and he was kicking butt with the best of them. "So, having fun?" Sonic asked.
Shadow scoffed. "I'm not here to have fun, Sun-walker. I'm here to protect the people I care about. Do you even know that feeling?"
Sonic looked hurt. "How could you say something like that? Everyone has something to care about! Everyone has something to protect. For me, that would be all of my friends." He smiled. "That includes you, and Amy."
Shadow looked over to him while he was smashing robots. "Why are you hanging around her all the time?"
Sonic spin dashed into a lady-bug looking robot. "No special reason."
Shadow glared at him. "If you hurt her, I'll come after you."
Sonic kicked a robot over. "Why would I hurt her? Don't you trust me?"
Before Shadow could answer, Doctor Eggman's robot began to smoke, and it was falling over. "Did you see anyone get in?"
Sonic shook his head. "The plan was to get me and Vector in there, but we're all out here."
A figure jumped out of the robot, with a satisfied look on his face. It was Blyxil.
"He beat Eggman? He must be good." Sonic said, but Shadow ignored him. Shadow walked towards him. 'I will get that ring back. You don't steal from my friends and get away with it.
Blyxil dusted himself off, then saw Shadow walking towards him. "Hand it over." He looked at his hands and shook his head.
"I'm not going to fight you."
Song: Future Diary Opening 1
Shadow scoffed. "We don't have to fight. Just hold still while I bash your face in."
Blyxil sighed. "I hold in my hand three Twilight Rings and two Chaos Emeralds. I don't think you can beat that at the moment."
"Twilight Rings?" Tails asked.
Blyxil scoffed. "I feel no need to explain… Actually, I think I want your Emerald as well, Shadow."
Shadow got ready for a fight, but heard a voice off to the right. "Shadow!"
"Maria!" When Shadow called to her, he saw lightning shoot towards her from the corner of his eye. He saw it hit her, and she fell to the ground.
"Oops." He heard Blyxil say. Shadow turned towards him and glared.
"YOU!" Shadow ran forward to strike. Blyxil was caught off guard, and went flying from the force of Shadow's attack. "Huaaaaaaaaaaaagh!" Shadow began to glow a sinister red, and continued his assault. Blyxil was very hard pressed to avoid serious injury. If Shadow were paying any attention to anything other than causing Blyxil an untold amount of pain, he would notice a blue sphere flickering around Blyxil each time he stuck him.
"This did not go as planned!" Blyxil yelled, then he disappeared.
Shadow looked around for Blyxil, then he screamed. His red aura disappeared and he ran over to Maria. He looked at Abraham. "She'll make it, right?"
Abraham looked at him and scoffed. "No thanks to you." He followed as Julian carried Maria back the way they came. Chris and Sonic looked at Shadow sympathetically, and as he walked to follow them, they and the rest of the Chaotix followed him.
Song: Is it Right…?-Sonic 06
Along the way, most of the group left, and Samuel joined.
"What happened?" He asked. Shadow gave no answer.
"That Blyxil guy shot Maria with lightning." Chris answered.
"Oh." Samuel appeared to be deep in thought. Shadow ignored it all. 'He will pay for hurting Maria. I'll see to it myself.' Shadow looked at his wrists. 'He was blocking everything I threw at him, but I mustn't use the power bottled up inside of me. Who knows what'll happen. I will defeat Blyxil without that terrible power.'
They ended up sitting in Maria's hospital room for a few hours, until Samuel decided to leave. 'He's only known me for a few days. Why does he worry about me?'
Song: Fly in the Freedom
Rouge was flying just below the canopy of the trees. "Why does the sun have to be out now?" Below her were Silver and Blaze.
"Because we can't control the weather. Why are you even flying? That just brings you closer to being burned." Silver stated.
"Well excuse me for not wanting to walk."
Blaze stopped them. "I think we're here." Knuckles jumped out of a tree with a pile of grapes in his hand.
"Want some?" He asked. Rouge immediately swooped down to take the entire group. "Hey! I said some, not all!"
"Alright Knuckles. Why are we here?" Blaze asked.
"Well, I've been given information that there is something very important in this general area. I want you guys to help me find it."
"Hmm. Sure. Why not, Knuckie." Rouge said. She noticed Knuckles blush slightly and she giggled.
"Guys! I found it!" Knuckles yelled. No sooner did he yell that than Blyxil appeared to them.
Song: Event-Tension… Silver vs ShadowBlyxil skidded to a halt and looked around. The group got ready for a fight.
"I'm not here to fight. I'm just here for…"
Blaze interrupted him. "The ring?"
"BINGO!"
Rouge decided to go on the offensive. "Not a chance!" When Rouge got within kicking range, she was immediately caught in a strange shield.
"Rouge!" Knuckles yelled.
"Not one step closer." He held up his staff to Rouge. "Hand it over. I want to make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands."
Blaze scowled. "And you expect us to believe your hands are right, murderer?"
Blyxil just laughed. "Murderer? I'm not the bad guy. I know who the bad guy is, and trust me. Whatever you think I did, he's done worse. I've watched as he ruined the lives of countless innocents." He looked at Blaze. "You know what it's like to see people die when they've done nothing wrong, don't you?" Blaze looked a little off.
Knuckles was debating what to do when the ring was snatched out of his hands.
"Pleasure doing business with you, my gullible red friend."
"Eggman!"
Song: Eggman's Theme-Sonic 06
Doctor Eggman appeared in a large, orange mech with a spiked hammer on one hand.
"And I thank you, Blyxil, for telling me exactly where the ring was."
"He works with Doctor Eggman!?" Rouge yelled. Silver turned his attention to Blyxil to see him growling, at Eggman.
"Hand it over, fatty!" Blyxil launched himself at the mech and prepared to swing has staff, but the robot blocked with his hammer.
"Heh, Heh, Heh, Heh! You think that staff can beat my hammer? My name is Ivo Robotnik! Do not forget that!" As Blyxil was trying to attack Eggman, a yellow aura shot right at them, knocking Blyxil away and breaking Eggman's hammer. Eggman dropped Knuckles, who dropped the red ring. "What!?"
Song: I Am… All Of Me
"Get away from my friends!" Shadow yelled. He shot a few Chaos Lances at various points on the mech and it broke.
"I'll get you all, next time!" Eggman detached his flying pod from the robot and flew off.
Shadow saw Blyxil pick up the red ring, and loaded his assault rifle. "Hands up, creep."
Blyxil turned to Shadow without an ounce of fear. "You will profit from letting me go." Blyxil stated simply.
Shadow shook his head. "No way. You break into places you don't belong, you steal things, and on top of that, you have assault, rape, and more than 6 thousand counts of murder. I should kill you right now."
"Murder? Rape?" Blyxil decided to play dumb.
"You've killed many. Sorean, Sun-Walker. Mobian, Human. You don't care. And you've violated someone very close to me." Shadow said with anger apparent in his voice.
"That's a lie!" Blyxil yelled. "I would never stoop so lo…" Shadow smacked him with his gun.
"Shut UP! The proof is clear." Shadow saw a flash of yellow energy, and his gun was gone. "Oh no you don't. CHAOS CONTROL!" Time slowed down, and he saw Samuel breaking the gun. Shadow ran and punched him in the gut, sending him flying.
Song: Egg Dealer
"Alright, Shadow. Let's do this!" Blyxil yelled. He rushed at Shadow and landed a few punches. Shadow caught one and threw Blyxil into the air. Shadow jumped up into him and rolled.
"AHH! THat smarts!" Blyxil screamed. Shadow fell away.
"Chaos Spear!" Shadow launched his energy at Blyxil, but he cast a blue shield around himself.
"Your gonna have to do better than that!" Blyxil allowed himself to fall and prepared a kick. "HA!" His shield disappeared and he landed right on Shadow and brought his foot down, but Shadow caught it. Shadow swung Blyxil over and slammed him on the ground.
"Now… CHAOS BLAST!"
"SHIT!" Blyxil got hit full force by the attack. When the smoke cleared, he was no where to be found.
Rouge looked around. "Did you…"
"SHHH!" Shadow silenced her. He looked around, and then closed his eyes. He heard a faint rustling to his right, and dropped to the ground and performed a spin kick. "HA!"
Song: Event-Showdown With Mephiles (1:10 onwards)
Blyxil reappeared and fell to the ground.
"Why!? Why are you so powerful!?" Blyxil complained. Shadow just looked at him.
"I was never using my full power. That power is being kept under wraps by these rings on my arms and legs. I have a very unstable source of Chaos Energy. If I used that energy, I would destroy you." Shadow gathered a large amount of energy in his hand.
Blyxil looked pissed. "WHAAUAUUAUAAAUAAUAAAUAAU!" He dissapeared again.
Song: Empire City Night
Jasmine was walking to the hospital with Samuel.
"Yeah. Shadow's pretty cool. It'll be tough breaking through his shell though." Sam laughed.
"Yeah. But if you've known him as long as I have, he's kind of sweet." Jasmine said. Sam laughed again.
"I really can't imagine that."
"I've made a lot of friends these last 10 days." Jasmine started. "I think you're special." Sam blushed.
"Me? Special? I'm just your everyday average bum." He chuckled.
"You shouldn't say that. Your a very special person." Sam had a look on his face that seemed to say 'I'm way out of my element.' So Jasmine changed the topic. "So, what do you think of everyone?"
Sam thought a little. "Well… Sonic's pretty cool. He's always ready to go somewhere, and is especially good about the idea if there's chilly dogs near." Jasmine giggled. "Tails is a little genius. And he's a loyal friend. Knuckles is very dependable. Cream's like the perfect little sister. Amy's an amazing friend. Rouge like's to tease people, but you can always rely on her when you need her help. Marine's pretty adventurous."
Jasmine giggled again. "What about me?" She thought it would be funny to bring him out of his comfort zone again.
"Umm…" Sam blushed again. "You're very sweet, and kind, and pretty, and smart…" Sam thought a bit. "I have no idea where I'm going with this." Jasmine giggled again.
They arrived at the hospital, where they found Sonic. "I thought I heard you guys coming."
"Maria's in room 302, right?" Sam asked.
"No. 203." Jasmine corrected.
"Oh." They made their way up to the room to find Maria awake with a red ring on her desk.
"Whoa! I thought you were supposed to be asleep for a few more days." Sonic said.
"Well, I'm awake now. Thank you for visiting." Maria replied.
"That ring…" Sam said suddenly.
Song: SAO opening 1
Abraham acknowledged him. "What about it?"
"Where did she get it."
Julian glanced at it. "She had it when she woke up. No one knows where it came from, so we decided to keep it off of her."
"No. It will heal her. She should still be wearing it." Samuel said. Everyone turned towards him.
"What makes you say that?" Jasmine asked.
"It's… something I've been searching for for a while. Now that I know where it is, I think I'll leave it here." Samuel left the room. Jasmine looked at Sonic, and they followed Samuel.
"Sam… is there something you're not telling us?" Jasmine asked.
Samuel looked at them and sighed. Sonic put a hand on his shoulder. "You can tell us, buddy."
Samuel smiled. "Those rings were supposed to be a gift from my grandfather. Now, the only people who know what those rings can do are me… and Blyxil." Jasmine gasped.
"So that's why he stole my ring. He wanted it's power." Samuel shook his head.
"He just wants to keep them out of the wrong hands. We were going to do just that, but we got separated before we could find even one." Jasmine was confused now.
"You and Blyxil… knew each other? But… he's a killer!"
"NO! He's not a killer!" Samuel yelled. "I don't know where you're getting your information, but it's way off."
Jasmine became worried. 'What's his game? Is he tricking Samuel? Maybe that's why they were separated. So Blyxil would be free to do as he pleases.'
Sonic looked at Samuel. "How do you know?"
"Blyxil's always been a gentle guy. He wouldn't kill an innocent person." Samuel calmed down a bit. "Enough about Blyxil. I want to check something out at my old home soon. Would you like to come?"
Jasmine looked Samuel in his eyes, and saw a genuine kindness. But also… fear. "S-sure."
"You bet!"
One last thing. Once this is over, I have a sequel in mind that will be basically rewriting another Sonic game. You can guess which game it is, but that'll be obvious in the last chapter. I will read reviews to see if anyone got it right, but I won't tell anyone if they're right or wrong until I upload the last chapter, because if I do, I'll spoil how this one will end. I want to give you a hint, but I can't think of anything that won't be too obvious.