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Chapter 3
Tails was in trouble, the young fox had lost his target that he was chasing--again! With The Phoenix taking a break, Chuck had come up the brilliant idea of hunting down the robot monks that had been sent forth.
The youngster rounded a corner and sighed in relief, his target was a few meters away. Taking a prototype Nanite Injection Device-- that Chuck had invented ( Probably an idea from his home world.)-- from his belt, Tails threw it with all his might. It hit the robot squarely on it's back, it jerked to a stand-still before crumbling to the ground in a shower of sparks.
Coughing and sputtering, Tails took a stick and prodded the body. Finding it to be soft, he grinned and pushed back his glove, pressing a button to speak into his com-link.
" This is Twin-tail. Target de-roboticized, requesting pick-up."
" Great one, Miles !" Came Chuck's voice." That's the last of Eggman's robots.The girl's are on their way. Chuck, out."
Tails covered his wrist and dragged the monk to a nearby doorway, as the minutes past, Tails heard faint footsteps. Peeking out from his place, he spotted someone in a long ,black coat coming towards them, pulling something small from their pocket. The walk was very familiar, it looked just like--
" Amy...Oh,no! It's the Amy robot! Come,on, mister. Move!"
They stumbled away from the doorway, and not a moment too soon. The doorway exploded into a cloud of dust and wreckage. He screamed and ran down the street, half-dragging, half-carrying the monk. The black coat advanced, taking another bomb from her pocket. His com-link went off.
"Twin-tail? Where are you? Twin-tail !?"
"Help! I'm being attacked! Please hurry!"
"Don't worry, we've got your back."
The wall near him shattered, causing him to fall onto his front, the monk landed on his back and try as he might, Tails couldn't lift him. The little fox covered his ears and whimpered as the fake Amy got closer. When she didn't attack again, Tails risked lifting his head to find out why.
A very strong and powerful truck had come to a stop at the end of the street. At seeing its headlights, Tails' heart swelled. The truck changed into a higher gear and came roaring down the road .It's driver and crew hell-bent on hurting anyone who dare hurt their Twin-tail.
" There it is!" Shouted Jessie. The driver- Ellie- floored the accelerator, the truck swerved wide to the left. " Easy, Ellie...Easy. NOW!!"
With a grunt, Ellie span the wheel hard right, catching the Android on the side of the bumper, scraping it against the wall in a shower of sparks. Ellie let out a warriors cry as she turned harder. " AAarrrggghhh!! Die, you bitch!!"
Toni, the last of the crew, wound down the window behind Ellie and drop a very special bomb into the Android's mouth. " Let's get Twin-tail and get the hoo-har out of here!"
Ellie pulled away from the wall, and stopped by Tails' side. Jessie and Toni helped him sit the monk with five others in the back, before clambering into the cab. Ellie put the truck into gear and sped off. Toni gave Tails the device with a big red button on it, the fox smirked and pressed it firmly. It was quiet, and then came an almighty KA--BOOM!! The Android was blown to pieces in a display of wacky fireworks, that lit up the night-sky to then drift slowly back down to the pavement, showering it with flame-grilled robots parts. The girls and Tails whooped and cheered wildly as they raced back to base.
High above them, watching the small truck speed away, Eggman's lower lip wobbled. He started to wail uncontrollably, he blew his nose on a brightly coloured hankie with a comical honk !" My baby! Oh, M-My wittle baby! Waah--haa--haa !" He mopped his eyes and sniffed. "Ooh, they'll pay for this..." He looked over to another roof top where a bright, silvery-white ball crackled with energy. Eggman grinned, " Mark my words, they'll all pay!" He spotted a SS-TV News helicopter fly over head and frowned. " I hate TV." Finding that he was alone, save for Phoenix, Eggman rubbed his chin, " Now where's that Silver Shadow? It's nearly show time !"
Floating Island
Sonic watched his buddy's escape and wiped his brow with relief. He shook his head, bemused by his brothers pulling power.. let's face it, Tails was surrounded by babes! Next to him, with her eyes wide with fear and biting her nails, sat Carla. She was on tender hooks through-out the whole chase, and who could blame her. After all, Tails was her father.
Watching Tails on the TV made Sonic think about the battle ahead. He took a deep breath and got ready to do something painful, but for the right reasons.
"Caz? We need to talk."
"W-We do?"
He nodded, "Yes. You see, the thing is, I know how you feel about me."
"Oh? Oh!" She covered her face with her hands, beyond embarrassed.
" I mean, I'm flattered that you feel this way, but,"
" It would never work out, would it?"
He gave her a kind but sad smile. " Figured it out too, huh? Possibly for the same reasons I did?"
She nodded, " Yeah. Some minor reasons and the obvious one, I'm an Android, and most people would see it as creepy." She smiled weakly back, " Something along those lines?"
Sonic put his arm around her shoulders and kissed the top of her head. "Something like that. I value our friendship, Caz, above anything else and I don't want to lose it for a..." He couldn't finish, so Carla did it for him.
" A mistake..." She sighed, " I understand, if your friendship is all I can get, Uncle Sonic, then I know what must be done." She stood and made her way towards the wooden bridge. She was stopped when Sonic grabbed her arm, "Let me go..I have to do this!"
"Do what? Where are you going?"
Carla turned to face him,tears running down her face. " I'm going home! I'm not ready for these things called emotions! I'm all over the place, so I'm going back to the workshop, I'll leave Papa a note telling him to reset my emotion chip and then I'm de-activating myself." She shoved him away, " I'm doing it, and nobody is gonna stop me. So save your breath."
He was silent for a second, then nodded. " If this is what you want, Caz, I respect your decision. You are my friend, remember that." He gathered her up into a fierce hug, and again, kissed the top of her head, " Best friends.." He whispered.
They broke apart, Carla wiped her eyes dry and squeezed his hand. " Best friends... forever! " She grinned at him cheekily and gave him a sisterly peck on the cheek. " Good luck, Uncle Sonic. Kick Phoenix's butt ! " She jogged along the bridge, revved up and shot down the rocky road, back home.
He watched her go with sad eyes, but knowing it was for the best and hurried to join the others at The Master Emerald. " Anything?"
Knuckles dropped his hands from the gems' side, " I'm getting large amounts of Chaos energy from the forest, by Tails' workshop. It's coming from the Temple--"
"Where's Carla?" Asked Amy suddenly, looking around for the Android.
Sonic sighed."She went home. She said she's malfunctioning or something, so she's going to shut-down until Tails can fix her."
Amy sniffed sadly," Another soldier down." She wiped her eyes, " I mean, do you think we've got a chance?"
Sonic gave her one of his cunning smiles, " Sure we do! We might be a soldier down, but so is Egg-belly! And speaking of soldiers.. Where's Shadow got to?"
Old Temple-- Forest.
Super Shadow slammed into the wall behind him with a grunt. Through the red haze that was slowly masking his vision, he could make out the form of his metal double.
" I mean.. come on! Amy Rose? What a joke!" Silver shook his head, " I can understand the sweet and innocent part. When I had her helpless at The ARK, she took such a beating." A disturbing smile crossed his face and he shivered. "If I had the chance, when I was finished with her, she wouldn't love you. To be touched by you would make her skin crawl .To be made love by you... UGH! You would've lost her..again
"...Shut up..." Shadow growled, slowly and painfully getting to his feet.
" Ooh, did I hit a nerve? Come on then, Ultimate Life form, if that's who you really are. Teach me a lesson!"
The golden hedgehog grinned as his hands were inflamed with red fire, he balled them up into tight fists. The room they were in lit up with his yellow aura. Shadow charged up his attack, his red eyes glowing, his mouth set in a snarl.
" If you insist." He roared and rushed forward in a golden and red bullet towards his fake double.
As the speeding light came at him, Silver felt his face drop. " Aw, crap..."
When Sonic and the others arrived at the old Temple, they were blinded by sunlight that burst through the side and into the open space. Once the dust had settled, Super Shadow and Silver stood in the center, breathing hard.
Amy rushed to be at Shadow's side, but Sonic put an arm out to block her. When she opened her mouth to protest, she saw Sonic was looking at Shadow with a familiar gleam in his eyes.
" He's got this.."
She nodded and stepped back to watch.
Shadow landed a powerful punch on Silver's jaw, the robot went down and Shadow made sure he stayed down by slamming both fists into his back. The golden hedgehog jumped and dodged Silver's flick-kick to his ankles. He cartwheeled backwards to land on his feet, grinning.
Standing with his arms crossed over his chest, Shadow summoned his Chaos energy. A vortex of gold surrounded the super-charged life form, it crackled with pink electricity as Shadow span faster and faster inside it. He unleashed the yellow tornado, catching Silver by surprise. While the robot version of himself got sucked in and disorientated, Shadow rushed forward.
Through a furious attack of kicks, punches, body slams, homing attacks, everything that he had learned or gathered from others, Shadow was herding Silver Shadow towards his intended target--the edge of the cliff. Silver wasn't going down without a last-ditch effort, as Shadow lashed out with a punch to his stomach, Silver caught his arm and was twisting it, with all intention of breaking it off ! Shadow grunted, he glowed brighter then any star, almost as bright as a sun and curled up into a ball.
The super-charged spin attack was too much for Silver. His hands melted in the heat, releasing Shadow from his hold, he held up what remained of his arms to protect himself. But it was no good, the force of the attack catapulted him up and over the side of the cliff, exploding in a giant fireball as he fell.
Shadow stood to get his breath back and was suddenly enveloped in a bone-crushing hug that could only be Amy, He hugged her back just as hard, re-charging his powers. Sonic and Knuckles approached them, Knuckles nodding his approval and Sonic grinning like an idiot.
" Now that..." Went the blue hedgehog, ".. was sweet !"
" Impressive." Agreed Knuckles.
" My hero!" Cooed Amy into his ear, Shadow flushed slightly, much to Sonic's amusement."So, are you like.. back with us now?" She asked him.
Shadow shook his head, " No. Phoenix still has my body, if I don't join with it soon, I'll be lost forever... I need the Chaos Emeralds, and... " He grinned at Sonic, "...My brother sun." Sonic grinned back.
Amy being clueless as ever, and not realizing the full extent of the danger that was to be involved said, " It's a much better plan than Sonic's,which I might say is too risky and stupid."
Shadow looked at the blue hedgehog, seeing the gleam in his green eyes. He smiled, "You have a plan?" Sonic nodded and told him, once he was done, Shadow nodded at once. " I understand. I will wait with The Chaos Emeralds. You must hurry to the City. I sense a powerful energy surge, that could only belong to The Phoenix himself. Glory and the others won't last long, without our help."
The others nodded, as Shadow used Chaos Control to warp up into space, Sonic carried Amy on his back, with Knuckles not far behind. Running as fast as they could, they headed for the city, praying they were in time.
That was long chapter, if there are any mistakes.. I'm sorry!
For those of you who are confused about Shadow, he's still a ghost but in Super form as Phoenix still has his body. ( But not for long..)
Next chapter up!