Ok guys I'm sorry about the wait. I had a really busy basketball season, then a ton of homework on top of that. Let's just say I barely had a life. Anyway, I'm starting to write the chapters first in my writing book, then put them on my computer so that I can write faster by taking it places. Also, in my opinion my writing is a bit better when I put it onto a notepad first instead of a computer screen. So anyway, here's two new chapters! Enjoy!

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"So where to next?" Evan asked.

"We're gonna take you right to the core to show you where all the energy comes from, then since we'll be right over there, we'll show you the Ultimate Weapon, the Eclipse Cannon," said Maria, clearly excited.

Evan on the other hand just looked confused, "Isn't Shadow the Ultimate Weapon?"

"No, I am the Ultimate Lifeform. Believe me, there's a huge difference."

Whatever you say," muttered Evan.

"Oh! That reminds me! Shadow's prototype is over in that part of the colony! We'll visit him too!" Maria exclaimed.

"Let's say we did and go to the research gardens instead," said Shadow.

"But Shadow, he's like your brother! How could you just pass by that general area without paying him a visit?"

"Because he's a gigantic lizard who has a brain the size of a walnut."

"He can't help it; grandfather never realized that he should have given him a brain when he was created."

"Well that's their loss, that monster can go on a long journey off in space for all I care."

"Ooh, I'm gonna need some popcorn soon, this is getting good!" Evan exclaimed.

Maria and Shadow glared at him. Finally Maria broke the silence, and smiled mischievously, saying, "I'll show you Shadow's prototype, whether he likes it or not!"

"Fine, I'm coming!" yelled Shadow.

"That's more like it. Come on, if we're going all the way to the core, we have a long way to walk," and with that, Maria pushed ahead.

After a long walk filled with GUN lifts and elevators, they got to a giant metal door, which used a latch to get in unlike most of the other automated ones on the colony.

"This is the core where all the energy comes from. We can't go in, but you can take a look through this window," explained Maria.

They all peeked inside. The room was at least a thousand feet high, and all the walls had orange energy fluid running down the sides into a small pool on the floor. In the center was a raised platform on which a giant switch covered in a glass case.

"The switch in the middle drains all the energy fluid in case of an emergency, but to be extra safe the professor installed a case around it that opens with a second switch, which is almost impossible to find," said Shadow, "The energy fluid comes from various places, like the sun, from Earth, and in most cases recycled from past use."

"Let's head over to the Eclipse Cannon, we'll at least be able to go in there," said Maria, heading off as the others followed behind.

When they finally arrived at the entrance, Maria punched in a password and stepped back as the door opened. "This is just the control room, wait until you see the blueprints for this thing, it's huge!" Maria exclaimed.

Shadow ran ahead and jumped up on top of a platform revolving around the cannon, which was a giant cylinder running vertically from the floor up. Shadow announced in a poisonous voice, "Behold! The Ultimate Weapon, the Eclipse Cannon! Powered by the legendary Chaos Emeralds, it is unstoppable, destroying whole planets in just one blast! Watch helplessly as we aim for your planet, destroying all you pathetic humans once and for all! Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Shadow now wore a wicked grin, laughing maniacally.

Evan rolled his eyes, "Just get down here and show me it works, Oh Evilest of All Villains, will ya?"

"For that, you will become my personal slave, "Shadow replied, jumping down and walking over to a console underneath the platform he was previously scheming on. He was grinning normally now, though that didn't look much different to his previous one. As he punched in a password and unlocked the computer, he muttered to himself, "Now where should I begin?" Shadow pondered, and then looked at the canon, seeing seven spaces just big enough for a fist to fit in above the console. "Ahh, alright. Those spaces are for the seven Chaos Emeralds. When they're all put into their proper places, the canon will be at full charge, and I was not kidding about the whole this-thing-can-destroy-the-entire-world-with-one-blast part of my evil plot."

"Why would the professor create such a horrible thing? If this got into the wrong hands it could destroy the entire world. Besides I thought the professor only created things that could bring peace to the world, not weapons of mass destruction." Evan asked, confused.

"You realize that the professor not only created the Eclipse Cannon, but my prototype, the Biolizard, and me also? He's made many things that nobody could begin to understand why. I still have no idea what my purpose for living is," said Shadow.

"He never told you?" Evan asked in astonishment.

"No, and whenever I ask him, he won't tell me. He'll just change the subject," replied Shadow, looking back down at the computer console grimly. "Now where was I? Here, let me show you some of the blueprints for this thing. You see, the entire Cannon runs through the core of the colony alongside the energy plant, which is at least two miles…

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