Shadow Saves Them All
Chapter 15
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The fours heroes ran as quickly as possible to the North Pole with all the speed they could muster. After running through the white wastes of the frozen over Arctic Ocean for what seemed like forever they finally made it. Out in the distance they could see a red and white workshop, with glowing lights and what looked like a stable. Santa's Workshop. At the sight Sonic sped up in joy and excitement, going even faster than before. Silver caught sight of the place and sped up as well. Dylan, seeing everyone boost ran to catch up, only Shadow kept his speed at its current pace. Would he be welcomed, or not? Was he even on the nice list? He couldn't recall being really bad but still… he hadn't exactly been polite to people.
Dylan ran ahead of them all and spotted the force field around the workshop. It looked like a liquid clear dome around the workshop, Dylan passed right through the gel like barrier. Silver flew right behind him with Sonic on his tail. Shadow decided he didn't care if he made it inside or not, he didn't care if he was on the nice list or not, he decided that as long as he could ensure the safety of his one true friend, then he would do anything. He closed his eyes as he boosted up to the field and told himself;
"For Maria,"
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Shadow passed right through just as easily as all the others and when he opened his eyes, he looked around, expecting anything. He saw elves greeting his friends who had stopped up ahead, just in front of the workshop. Dylan, Sonic and Silver all greeted the elves while Shadow stopped just behind them.
"Humph, I guess I am on the nice list," he thought. A small elf approached him and said;
"Wow! You're Shadow the Hedgehog?! Too cool!" he put his hand up for a high five. Shadow looked around and saw everyone looking at him expectedly. He sighed and looked down at the little guy, he knelt down and gave him a quick little high five. They elf giggled with glee and waddled over to the front door as everyone said; "Awwwww,"
Shadow shot a death glare at the three of them and said;
"Not a word to anyone," the hedgehogs and human nodded their heads simultaneously. The elf by the door put his hand on the handle and said;
"Mr. Clause wants to talk to you guys inside, c'mon!" he pulled the door open and the smell of candy canes and sawdust rushed out of the workshop, hitting them like a wall. Inside lots of elves could be seen working on toys, pounding their hammers and making toys for all the good little girls and boys. Down from a large staircase came the big man himself. In a large red suit, and his big red hat, Santa Clause was there in all his jolliness.
"Ho Ho Ho! Well if it isn't Sonic the Hedgehog!" he said merrily. Sonic gave him his wink and thumbs up.
"Long time no see Santa!" Santa giggled happily.
"Well please, come inside and out of the cold," he said. They walked in and the shop looked much larger. More elves working, more toys being made, and the smell of sawdust and candy canes was much stronger. They walked up the staircase and entered a door labeled; "S. Clause," Inside was a large glass window that allowed Santa to oversee the work of the elves, not like he ever needed to. They always got enough toys made before Christmas. Santa sat down in his chair and took two cookies and a glass of milk off the desk.
"So, what brings you boys up here?" he asked dipping a cookie into his milk and biting it. An elf walked up to Silver and took his backpack for him.
"Thank you," he said as it walked off with it. Dylan stepped forward.
"Well sir, we came to make sure everything was okay up here. We were afraid that Dr. Eggman would try something," Santa pulled at his beard for a moment and then snapped his fingers.
"Oh yes! I haven't seen that man since he kidnapped me and tried to destroy Christmas! Earning him a permanent spot on the naughty list!"
Sonic nodded his head in nostalgia.
"Ahh yes, Sonic Christmas Blast…" Both Sonic and Santa closed their eyes in memory until Silver said;
"Well I guess we should go now, I mean if everything's okay and all," Dylan looked over at Silver and nodded.
"He's right, if we don't need to be here then we should go,"
"Hang on Dylan," Shadow interrupted him. Dylan looked over to him.
"What if you need to stay here? What about you needing to fix a time interference?" Dylan remembered something important. He looked at his watch, it was already 10:17 P.M. they had travelled a long way. Just as Dylan was about to talk something completely unexpected happened. A sudden flash of white light was all that could be seen, a loud ringing noise could be heard and everyone felt very light. Almost as if they were all falling, Dylan hit the ground hard and slammed his eyes shut. Sonic, Shadow, Silver, and Santa all hit the floor as well, losing consciousness.
"W-what?" Dylan thought as his mind drifted off into a deep sleep.