Here it is! We´re getting closer to the end! Enjoy.
SURVIVE
-Chapter 8: Survive the Pain of being Alone-
Once again, Sonic found himself all alone. Shadow was gone. Not a single trace of him was there for Sonic to track down. Was he gone forever? Was he going to come back?
"What in the world happened to him?" the blue hedgehog said to himself really sad. "I thought we were…"
"Sonic!" Tikal exclaimed while appearing in her butterfly form.
"Hey there, Tikal."
"Yesterday I was watching you two from the Master Emerald and…"
"Do you know anything about Shadow?" Sonic said interrupting Tikal.
"That´s what I was about to say, Sonic!"
"Geez, sorry…"
"Anyway, Shadow´s in trouble."
"Trouble is leaving me alone?"
"No, Sonic… G.U.N. has locked Shadow in one of their bases."
"What?! Why you didn´t tell me before!" Sonic rushed out of Emerald Coast leaving Tikal alone.
"Huh. Well, I didn´t need to talk much anyway. He´ll know where to find him."
-O-O-O-
"I can´t let myself being dragged by emotions. Focus, Sonic… Focus…. Where is that base?" Sonic asked to himself again. Running now was not cool. He felt that there was no need to get excited about an adventure now, because it was not an adventure he was chasing after. He wasn´t chasing his dreams, either. It was about rescuing Shadow. He had established a bond with him that made them stick together. Sonic didn´t know if Shadow felt the same way, but it was something good, and positive stuff was exactly what they needed to have in their heads, leaving behind the EVIL memories the Master Emerald was bringing to them. If Sonic had just asked Tikal where the base was, everything would´ve been easier for him….. but he loves challenges. Besides, his adventurer spirit makes him go to where danger is located.
After fifteen minutes of useless running, he found the base, located in the middle of Glyphic Canyon.
"Found it! Wow, it sure is gigantic! I´d better be careful where I step. Don´t worry Shad, I´m on my way."
-O-O-O-
"No, you´re the one paying everything, EXPERIMENT."
Shadow hit the wall with his fist, making a small hole on it. So many memories that he swore he would forget forever…
"Shadow, you are the only hope… to save mankind as we know it. The future of this planet depends on… YOU!"
"Don´t worry, grandfather. Shadow and I will protect this planet. Right, Shadow?"
"-Humans-… Sometimes I wonder… why it had to be this way."
"Goodbye forever, Shadow the Hedgehog."
"That day when I decided to put the past behind me, was one of the most difficult ones. It wasn´t easy to forgive G.U.N. They didn´t interfere with me after all this time. But once again, they sneaked from behind and cut me in the throat while I slept, without concerns of anything, except for the fact that the entire planet is coming to an end."
-O-O-O-
"Heh, too easy!" Sonic exclaimed while destroying three robots with one kick. He sneaked into the main building and headed towards the Commander´s office, running on the glass from outside. Gravity was not a problem to Sonic. He crashed through the window and landed on the Commander´s desk, where he was ordering some business papers."
"Wouldn´t the door have been easier?" Abraham asked furious about the broken glass.
"Where is Shadow, old man?"
"Project Shadow? That is classified information."
Sonic grabbed the commander and pulled him up until he had his feet in the air.
"WHERE…IS…HE?! And he´s not a project! He´s a living being!"
"Put me down you little brat!"
Sonic turned. He was receiving chaos energy. He put down the commander and started to poke around. "Don´t do anything!" Sonic was now meaning business.
He opened drawers form the desks, moved furniture, but nothing.
"I know there are Chaos Emeralds around here somewhere…"
"Want some coffee?" Abraham asked.
"Uh… no thanks."
Sonic continued moving until he found a safe lock behind a painting. He opened it, with one punch. The Chaos Emeralds that Shadow had were there.
Before Sonic noticed, the Commander pressed the alarm button. This made the entire base turned into Red Code. Sonic spin dashed to the exit leaving behind the green Chaos Emerald, which Abraham Tower kept to himself.
-O-O-O-
Shadow noticed from his cell that the soldiers were panicking and taking their weapons. They were running from one place to the other while the alarm was flashing red and the sound covered the entire military base. All the crowd was now in a formation position; others were preparing battle bots; other were still tinkering with artefacts not caring about the situation.
Shadow got closer to the cell´s door as he saw a blue blur passing through the crowd of soldiers already annoyed by the sound. The blue blur stopped spinning in front of his cell, taking its true form, knocking off the two muscled-soldiers that were protecting the cell´s door. Shadow smirked.
"About time, blue hedgehog."
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