Shadow blew a hole in the roof and dropped down to the floor, glaring at a chair.
"Wouldn't the door have been easier?" The chair swiveled around, revealing Eggman. "So, whatta ya want now?"
"Who is Mephiles, and why are you trying to capture him?" Shadow growled.
"If you want to know so badly, you should go find him yourself," Eggman replied, "But here's a hint, it's all linked to the Soleanna disaster ten years ago…"
"The Solaris Project."
"Indeed. When you find Mephiles, you must bring him to me at once, then I'll tell you everything you want to know."
Shadow thought it over, and nodded.
"By the way, you might want to get to the front fast. I believe a friend of yours might be in some trouble."
Eggman pulled up a video feed from a camera. It showed a few robots surrounding a white haired girl holding a cat.
"Oh for crying out loud!" Shadow exclaimed as he stormed out of the room.
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"Maybe I should've listened to Shadow." I mumbled as the robots closed in on me and Milo.
"Yes, maybe you should have."
The robots were blown to bits, and Shadow landed beside me.
"Uhh, heh heh…hi?"
Shadow glared at me.
"Sooo, how'd it go?"
"The Doctor says to bring Mephiles to him if we find him."
"Well, we're not actually gonna do that right?"
"Of course not."
"Good, cuz it'd be pretty bad if he had a way to time travel."
"No kidding."
We started walking.
"Exactly how did you manage to sneak away from Rouge and Omega?"
"I told 'em I was gonna go find something to eat and followed you."
Shadow chuckled a little, before suddenly pausing and looking around.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
He glanced behind me, before grabbing my arm and pulling me and Milo behind him with a growl. I glanced behind us, and saw Mephiles.
"Hey, what're you doing here? You're supposed to be in town with Silver or something." I stated.
Shadow and Mephiles glanced at me questioningly.
"Er, I mean…ahhh, it's Mephiles!"
"What're you doing here?" Shadow growled.
"It's a simple matter. Just let me have the girl, and you can leave without any harm." Mephiles replied calmly, as if discussing the weather.
He was after me? Why?
Shadow moved in front of me.
"Why? What do you want with her?" he asked.
"None of your concern."
"Kassie, get back. This won't take long…" Shadow growled as he moved towards Mephiles.
I nodded, and Milo and I scrambled behind a destroyed robot.
"Go Shadow, go!" I cheered.
Shadow lunged at Mephiles, who ducked out of the way. He threw a punch, and nailed Shadow in the ribs and sent him flying into a tree. Shadow struggled to catch his breath, while Mephiles turned towards me. I gulped, shrinking under his amused gaze.
Shadow, still winded, managed to get to his feet, and ran at Mephiles again. Mephiles turned toward him and grabbed his fist inches from his face. His other hand curled into a fist, and he socked Shadow in the gut.
The ebony hedgehog collapsed as he struggled for air.
"Shadow!" I yelled as I raced towards him.
"Stay back!" he shouted while Milo yowled.
Mephiles stepped in front of me and grabbed my arm.
"Now my dear, don't make this any harder than it has to be." He stated as he tried to yank free.
He opened a purple dome around us, and I heard Milo yowl again.
"Kassie!" Shadow yelled.
Then we vanished.
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We reappeared in a dark room filled with computers and other technology.
"Let go of me ya walking chandelier, I have rights!" I yelled.
Mephiles snorted as he released my arm.
"Walking chandelier, yeah, never heard that one before…"
"Whatta you want?" I growled.
"I couldn't help but hear your little comment earlier about how you know everything that will happen in the future. That could be quite…useful for my objectives."
Oh yeah, when we were in the future after Shadow beat Mephiles the first time. Me and my big mouth…
"Yeah so what? I'm not helping you release Iblis. Unlike Silver, I'm not stupid enough to believe every single thing you say!"
"Yes, that hedgehog is rather naïve, isn't he? But unlike him, you're smart, so you know I can be rather impatient when people refuse to listen to me…"
I gulped, but crossed my arms, indicating I wasn't changing my mind.
"You know I wouldn't think much of taking out your friends, like that annoying cat of yours."
"You wouldn't dare!"
"Of course I would."
I glared at him, while he simply stared at me. We both knew I was trapped.
"Now then, exactly how much do you know?"
"Alright, you want a prediction? Fine…if you continue down your current path…"
I closed my eyes in seemingly deep thought, and heard Mephiles stepping closer.
"You will find yourself…" I opened my eyes again, glaring at him. "2 feet in front of me."
Mephiles stopped, before glancing around. He realized what I'd said, and glared at me.
"Cute, how about something helpful?"
"Hmph, nothing interesting happens right now. Silver fights Shadow, Sonic goes to save the princess again, and- you know, I never figured you for an evil lair kind of guy. I always wondered where you went off screen. Hey, what's that?"
I wandered past Mephiles to a large computer.
"Wow, this beats my TV by a long shot! Can I borrow this for movies or something sometime?"
Mephiles was looking at me like I was nuts. I'll admit, it was strange I could be so excited despite being so close to a psychotic demon bent on destroying time.
"No. I use it to locate the emeralds."
"Oh, you can't just sense them or something?"
"I can, but this tracks emeralds throughout time. It makes it a lot easier to find them."
"Oh."
Suddenly it let off an alarm.
"I didn't do it!" I yelled.
"Idiot, it means it found a Chaos emerald…well, I'm definantly not leaving you hear with it, so looks like you're going on a little field trip."
"Oh yay, haven't been on one of those since 8th grade."
Mephiles grumbled under his breath as he created a time portal. It encased us, and we vanished into time.
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Looks like Shadow's not the only one I annoy. ^^
Next chapter will have some surprising twists. R&R!