Chapter Three: When the Time Comes
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Eggman stared down at the pair with a grin on his face. "What's with you Eggman? Go annoy someone else.'' shadow said angrily. The doctor shook his head "You don't know nothing shadow, and aren't you wondering what is now swimming in your blood stream?'' he asked deviously. Shadow was taken back, "That was pure energy from the six chaos emeralds, I took all night on it but I finally found a way to stop you.'' he told him. "What are you talking about?'' shadow asked "That energy is unstable even for you, so called ultimate life form.'' the doctor said. "Nothing can stop me.'' shadow protested, Eggman only laughed.
"Shadow like I said that emerald energy is too unstable, in other words it's a sort of poison and in a matter of time it will kill you.'' eggman chuckled evilly. "Oh I also must mention I placed nanobots in the energy so at times you will be controlled by me, so don't try to resist.'' he threatened and flew away in his hover ship. Shadow growled and was about to go after him, but Kuki grabbed his hand he stopped and looked back at her. He could only look down, "So eggman wasn't as stupid as I thought.'' shadow said crossing his arms "But what about what he said, it could kill you!'' she exclaimed.
Shadow looked at her out of the corner of his eye and looked back in front of himself "If that's the reason then we'll have to see who kills who.'' he said walking away. "NO!'' she yelled standing in front of him. "Please shadow, don't.'' she pleased, he instead teleported behind her and kept walking. She ran toward him and grabbed his hand and he stopped. "Shadow please I can't lose you.'' she begged him to stay "Well considering what eggman said looks like you must lose me.'' he told her without looking at her. "No! your coming with me.'' she said he sighed "Whatever, lets go then.'' he said. He picked her up and went back to her house.
The two sat in her room with Kuki laying on her bed and shadow sitting in a chair. "Isn't there something you can do?'' she asked "Well the fact that his so called poison chaos emeralds energy is in me, along side are nanobots who could control me and I couldn't do one thing to stop it.'' he explained in a bored tone. "How can you say that!'' she yelled "because its true.'' he replied "No, it may be true, but there has to be an antidote.'' she explained "Eggman wouldn't make an antidote, because I thinks he really wants me dead that bad.'' he said. Kuki lowered her head and got out off her bed and left the room. He got up and looked out the window, which by the way was shattered.
He watched the sun fall and the night started to come. He sighed slowly and started to feel woozy he put his hand on his forehead. He walked left and right in a dizzy way, he put his hand on the wall to keep himself up, he opened the door and still put one hand on the wall. He then fell on knee and gripped his chest "That energy is working alright.'' he said. Kuki came up the stairs and saw shadow, she rushed over to him and kneeled next to him. "Shadow! Are you okay?'' she asked desperately. He then started to shake and then his eyes widened and he closed his eyes then opened them back up. He stood up like nothing happened and he walked away from her and exited the house. Eggman sat in his chair in his hover ship he had a monitor and showed shadow walking down the street. "Looks like my plan worked.'' he then pressed a button. Shadow headed to the city at fast speeds.
Kuki followed him with her bicycle she kept riding it and she looked at the buildings to try and look for the police station. She spotted it and dropped her bike and got off and crossed the street to the building, instead it erupted into a ball of fire as it exploded into flames, she fell from its shockwave. She put her hand in front of her face to shield her eyes from the bright fire. She lowered her hand and gasped to see walking out of the flames it was Shadow. She got up "It must be those nanobots, he's being controlled.'' she though to herself. She ranted to him and she stopped in in front of his path, shadow kept his face blank like a zombie. "Shadow stop!'' she shouted. He kept walking, when he walked past her she grabbed his hand, but he grabbed her by the shirt and picked her up. She had a shocked face, but it turned to worse as shadow held in his other hand a 9mm. She gasped "Shadow please this isn't you.'' she said trying to get through to him. Shadow kept the same expression she grabbed his wrist he looked at her hand on his wrist. "Shadow this isn't who you are, you're a hero and my friend.'' she said, shadow looked back at her noticing what she said and he put her down and he collapsed to the ground. Kuki kneeled next to him and she put her hand on his forehead. Shadows eyes shot open and he sat up and shook his head. "What happened?'' shadow asked "Those nanobots controlled you.'' she told him "What did I do?'' shadow asked, she pointed to the burning wreckage of what use to be the cities police station. He gazed at it and then got up. "We have to get out of here.'' shadow said kuki nodded so he picked her up and with blistering speed he zig zagged through the city streets.
Shadow stopped at the top of a building and they both sat at its edge. Shadow had his hands on his lap and sighed and shook his head in disappointment. Kuki put her hand on his shoulder and she gave him a smile and he looked at her for a brief second and back out in front of him. "So what next?'' Kuki asked him he huffed and stood up. "Where you going?'' she asked "To find Eggman.'' he replied and walking away from her. "Shadow it won't be that easy, especially since he has the upper hand.'' Kuki explained. He stopped and turned around "Then what do we do.'' She walked in and stood in front of him "Well?'' he said. "We'll have to strike when he doesn't expect it.'' she told "Really, but what if this energy kills me before that?'' he said She looked to her side and sad. Shadow scratched his head and looked at his friend.
He lifted her chin up so she looked at him, she had a few tears in her eyes. She then hugged with her arms around his neck and she cried more. He hugged her back and shut his eyes, "Looks like…won't be seeing each other anymore.'' she said trying to get the words out. "Shadow…why us?…your gonna die because of Eggman.'' she cried with tears streaming down her cheeks. He listened to her words, "When it happens-'' shadow started to speak "Don't say THAT!'' she cut him off and cried more into his chest. She looked to him, he wiped a few tears from her eyes "When it happens, know that I went down fighting.'' he told her and she couldn't help but cry. "But know this, I love you kuki.'' he said. She looked into his eyes and hugged him again and they separated. The moment was gone, as one of Eggman's zoomed past them and in the process captured kuki. He ran to the edge of the building to see the robot flying away. He held out his hand then lowered it back to his side. He clenched his fists and his hover shoes fired up and he hovered into the air and launched off the building and hovered onto a lower building and jumped across buildings and followed the robot with determination to get his friend back.