Brisk Sunset: Deadly Showdown
The black hedgehog started walking closer to Sonic, as Sonic walked backwards, "First Snively—I mean the 'Mayor' and now you, Shadow? What does planet have against me? If I knew so much has changed since I defeated Eggman; I would've just stayed on Earth."
Shadow grunted, never taking his eye from the scope, "Stop your senseless slurring Sonic—"
"Try saying that three times fast!"
"Sure." Shadow said taking his eye from the scope, "Stop your sense—"Shadow grunts angrily and looks back through the scope, "Shut up!"
Shadow calmed down enough to give a sarcastically sincere tone, "Now Sonic. Word on the street says that you've been drugged. All I'm here to do is take you over to Outpost H and CHECK you for foreign and contaminant specimen…"
"Uh, English please!" Sonic said as he backed over to another platform floating above the firefights below.
Shadow grinned as he stepped down onto the same platform, still feet away from Sonic, "You've got something nasty inside you and we need to get rid of it…The West Way."
"No way, man!" said Sonic, "I heard about all those painful initiations and trials you had to endure before getting on the force…speaking of G.U.N….how'd you get demoted to deputy?" Sonic had a gleam in his eyes as he said that last part, but it quickly disappeared as Shadow grew a growl, baring his sharp teeth.
Shadow threw his tranquilizer rifle over the edge of the platform. He made a gesture from his face down to his feet. Suddenly a large, electric whip with a metal handle. He held the handle and the whip fell down onto the sand, indicating that it was now wieldable.
"Now, it's personal!" Shadow raised the whip toward the sky; ready to send thousands of Chaos volts through Sonic's system. They were about the same speed, so dodging would do little to stop the blast. Just as Shadow was about to slice Sonic in half, bullets shot toward Shadow. He was able to dodge them in time enough to jump to the top of Outpost C's outer wall.
Sonic looked in the direction of the fire, and grew a small grin on his face, "Took you guys long enough!"
Tails and Sally waved from the front of a G.U.N. East helicopter.
"Well Tails had to take a pit stop and I needed to borrow this chopper from…a friend."
"I didn't have to take a pit stop…it was more of a shit stop…" Tails added, "Now to take care of this guy." He aimed the turret back towards Shadow and started firing the machine gun at him. But Shadow just deflected a few shots and jumped off the edge of the wall.
Sonic jumped over to the wall, keeping his balance, and looking over the edge. The only thing he could see was a G.U.N. handglider heading toward a large fog; lit slightly by the dawning sun, "We'll see him again…unfortunately…"
Sonic dashed over to the ladder on the helicopter's right side and peered down at the ending battle.
"Who won?" asked Sally down to Sonic as they began heading toward the light fog.
"G.U.N. East, of course!" Sonic stated, "But something tells me that the KNG aren't done with 'em just yet."
"Well I quit!" said Tails, "I can't bear to work for this corporation and watch my home country get clobbered by it! Besides. These guys seem like their doing a good job without us. Guys back at the Outpost won't even lend us a vehicle for getting back here!"
Sally was about to say something, but Sonic cut her off with that same red gleam in his eyes, "Stop whining like a baby Tails! You act like it's the end of the world or something. If I knew you were THAT much of a baby; I would've left you with those birds!" Sonic's gleam disappeared as Sonic looked up at Tails and Sally who were peering down at him, "I mean…it's their loss?"
Tails shook his head, "Still…they should at least realize we exist. You'd think we were seen as outcasts or something…"
As Sonic and his friends were engulfed in the coming storm, and the remaining Knotholean soldiers handcuffed and put into buggies and choppers; Sonic wondered if this adventure was finally over. Little did he know that it was only the beginning…