Chapter 2

It was 8:00pm and the white house was full of reporters and people with high tech cameras and video recorders. They were all in a meeting room where Dr Eggman was giving a speech about the meteor

"I intend to handle this world wide threat the smart and efficient way" said Eggman.

"But as a procession…I would like to meet with Sonic the Hedgehog"

(Somewhere on a small mountain)

"I would like to meet with Sonic the Hedgehog as soon as possible and bury are rivalry once and for all"

Sonic turned off the radio and looked off into the distance with a frown on his face.

"This is one time he's not lying" said a low dark voice.

"About burying the rivalry yeah and I'm the slowest thing alive" huffed Sonic.

"No about the meteor"

"I could go super and fly up there and smash through it" said Sonic.

"Even your super form couldn't smash something that big" a black hedgehog with red highlights jumped down from an upper ledge and walked over to him.

"And besides your body wouldn't be able to survive the impact"

"Well you got a better idea Shadow because I'd love to hear one".

"I'm no genies faker" said Shadow walking away and leaning against the side of the mountain. Sonic looked back off into the distance.

"You're going to go ahead and meet with him aren't you?"

"You know me to well" said Sonic looking at the dark hedgehog.

"I can't just sit back and do nothing"

"Well when all goes south don't count on me to save your skin" said Shadow not looking at him.

"I won't" he then smiled "I know you pretty well to" Sonic then ran down the mountain and out of sight.

….

It was 7:30am and two black limos were driving through the Mobion Desert. They soon stopped a few yards away from the edge of a very deep canyon. A man in a suit got out of the car and opened the back door so Dr Eggman could get out. Bodyguards came out of the other limo and stood behind him. Eggman looked up at the dark grey sky he always found it weird that it rained in this desert sometimes. Suddenly a familiar blue blur ran past them and stopped in front of Eggman.

"Well" said Sonic.

"Somehow I knew that would be the first thing to come out of your mouth" said Eggman smiling.

Sonic just stared at him.

"When the meteor gets close enough I'm going to use a laser to blast it apart"

"Ok looks like you have a plan but what do you need from me" asked Sonic.

"Some people don't have much faith in this plan as I do they think I need back up" said Eggman.

"Doesn't sound like a bad idea to me egghead"

Eggman smiled and reached out his hand to Sonic

"So does that mean you're willing to work for me?"

"What" said Sonic in a shocked tone?

"Yes you'll be working for me and do whatever I say" Eggman grinned.

Sonic ran up and pulled Eggman down to eye level.

"Listen doc I will never work for you got it never and if you ever try a trick like this again..."

Suddenly something punched Sonic in the face and he fell backwards on his back Eggman laughed.

"You really think I would meet you here without some sort of protection"

A figure appeared beside Eggman it was a robot that looked like Sonic.

'Metal Sonic" growled Sonic standing up.

"Who else could stand up to you" said Eggman smiling.

Metal Sonic rushed towards Sonic and started punching him. He only got in two hits when Sonic grabbed his robotic hand and threw him over his back and kicked him. Sonic looked back to Eggman only to find the limos driving away. He started running after them when suddenly something grabbed Sonic's spines and threw him down on the ground. Sonic looked up to see red glowing eyes staring at him. Sonic went to punch him but the metal copy dogged it and kicked him hard in the chin. Sonic rolled off of the edge of the cliff. Metal walked to the edge to find him dead but instead Sonic was running alone the side of the cliff. He grabbed the robot and shoved him down on the side of the cliff and rode him down like a snowboard.

"Thanks for the ride" said Sonic grinning.

When they neared the bottom Sonic jumped off and Metal smashed into a big boulder. He slowly got up and faced Sonic his hands started to glow with purple energy. He then shot the energy at Sonic who did a flip over it.

"I can see the doc upgraded you but that's not going to stop me from winning" yelled Sonic.

He ran towards Metal and did fast punch and kicks but Metal dogged and blocked all of them. Metal then found an opening and kicked Sonic sending him flying across the area. Sonic crashed into the side of the cliff.

"Oww ok…that hurt..." Sonic slowly stood up but winced in pain from the bruise on his right arm.

He then saw Metal charging at him Sonic dogged at the last second and Metal crashed into the wall. Sonic then grabbed his legs and threw him up in the air. Sonic then went into a spin and hit Metal in the chest. Sonic bounced off a boulder and slammed into him sending the robot crashing to the ground. Sonic walked over to him. Metal Sonic suddenly got up and grabbed Sonic's neck and started choking him. Sonic tried to get free by kicking him but soon everything started to go black.

"Chaos spear!"

Bright yellow energy bolts appeared and hit Metal Sonic causing him to let go of Sonic. Shadow appeared and punched Metal making him fly backwards into a boulder. Shadow helped Sonic to his feet. Sonic looked at him.

"Thanks…"

Suddenly Metal slammed into Shadow Sonic fell to the ground again and watched the two of them fight. Shadow was punching the robot in the chest but he just grabbed Shadow's fist and slammed his head into his. Shadow staggered backwards. Metal Sonic then punched him in the jaw causing Shadow to fall. Sonic rose to his feet and ran towards him. He spun around Metal then jumped and did a homing attack. The robot fell and rolled on the ground. Shadow got up and stood next to Sonic.

"What now?" asked Sonic glancing at him.

"Keep him distracted" said Shadow.

Sonic nodded and ran towards Metal Sonic who was starting to stand up. Sonic kicked him in the chest. The robot slammed into the rocky wall of the cliff He then started shooting purple energy blast at him. Sonic ducked and dodged all the blast. Suddenly Shadow used Chaos Spear on the wall above Metal making falling rocks bury the robot copy.

"Nice work faker" said Sonic giving him a thumbs up.

"Don't celebrate just yet" said Shadow.

Sonic then noticed the rocks moving.

"Oh come on!"

"Sonic follow me there is a huge river up ahead if we can get to that we might beat him" said Shadow and took off running.

Shadow looked to his right and saw Sonic running beside him.

"So what did you do this time?" asked Shadow.

Sonic sighed

"I agreed to help Eggman with the meteor problem but in return I would have to work for him".

Sonic and Shadow dodged a couple of boulders.

"Well that's no surprise is it" said Shadow.

They then stopped at a ledge Sonic looked down and saw rushing water down below.

"Ok were here now what?"

Shadow was about to answer when purple energy hit him. Sonic turned around and saw Metal Sonic. He was all dented up but looked like he had a lot of fight left in him. Sonic ran forward and did a side kick to the robots face. He stumbled back but began swiping at Sonic. Sonic dodged three swipes but got scratched on the leg on the forth swipe. Sonic fell to one knee and glared at the robot standing over him. He went to swipe Sonic's face but was hit by yellow energy. Sonic turned to his left and saw Shadow limping over to him. He helped Sonic up and they walked to the very edge. Metal Sonic put both of his hands together to make a big ball of energy to throw at them.

"Sonic get ready" said Shadow while staring at Metal Sonic.

"Ready for what?" asked Sonic.

Metal Sonic fired and the energy ball hit the ground in front of them causing a big explosion. After the smoke cleared Metal saw the ledge where the two hedgehogs were standing was blown to bits. He walked up to the edge and looked down at the roaring rushing water. Suddenly a shadow fell over the robot. He turned around and saw a figure.

"Oh it's you".