Chapter 12: Trouble Brewing (Part II)

Tick Tock Clock: Entrance

The heroes appeared behind Shadow, who was walking toward an escalator.

"Shadow wait!" Sonic called.

Shadow turned around and glared at the blue hedgehog. "I told you to stay out of this!" He snapped angrily.

"We're only trying to help you." Mario tried to tell him. "Maybe if you tell us what's up we can help you out."

Shadow's reaction was horrific. He teleported to Mario and struck him in the face, knocking the plumber to the ground. "Never!" He shouted.

"Hey!" Luigi angrily snapped. "Leave my brother alone!" He ran at Shadow, only to get kicked in the stomach. "Oof!"

"What's gotten into you Shadow!?" Tails demanded. "Why are you acting like this!?"

"Do you really think I'll tell you!?" Shadow asked, teleporting Tails and punching him really hard, knocking the fox out cold.

That made Sonic angry. "All right, you asked for it Shadow!" He said, glaring at the black and red hedgehog.

"You are being mean!" Yoshi said. "Stop!"

"Do you really think you can defeat me!?" Shadow challenged. "I am the Ultimate Life Form! You cannot defeat me!"

"Shadow, what's gotten into you?" Sonic asked.

"It doesn't matter." Vector grunted. "I'm gonna have to knock him out. Sorry Shadow, but this is gonna hurt!" He punched Shadow in the face really hard, but Shadow didn't even flinch. "Wha!?"

Shadow chuckled. "Like I said, you can't defeat me!" He put his hand in the air. "Chaos Spear!" He shot his attack Vector.

"Vector! Watch it!" Espio shouted, jumping in front of the crocodile, taking the blow. "Ungh!" He groaned, as he fell to the ground unconscious.

"Espio!" Charmy shouted, saddened that his friend was knocked out.

"Consider yourself lucky croc." Shadow said, crossing his arms. "That was intended for you. He took the blow for you."

"OK Shadow," Sonic sighed. "I have no choice but to stop you!" He sped at Shadow and the two began fighting.

"Get him Sonic!" Charmy cheered.

"Show him who's boss!" Vector said, wanting Shadow to pay for knocking out Espio.

Bowser's Castle: Throne Room

Eggman walked in and sat down on a chair, looking at the king on his throne.

"Has everything been completed?" Bowser asked.

"Yes." Eggman confirmed. "The plan is now ready."

"No need to do it now." Dimentio said, appearing at the doorway. "I've already done it."

"What!? Already!?" Bowser and Eggman asked in unison.

Dimentio nodded. "And Cream, Cheese, and the princess are captured as well. And the heroes have absolutely no idea what's happened!"

"It was fun." Bowser Jr. said, walking into the room. "I hear that Dimentio had a bit of fun as well."

"I did." Dimentio nodded. "I actually got to talk to Cream for a bit. That was rather interesting."

"Doctor," Bowser said, standing up. "Allow me to introduce you to two more allies." Just then a short, fat man and a tall, skinny man walked in. "This is Wario and Waluigi."

"A pleasure to meet you both." Eggman said graciously.

"Hey!" The fat man said, pointing at Eggman's stomach. "I'm supposed to be the only fat one around here! You better start dropping some pounds buddy, cause no one's allowed to be fatter than me here!"

"Wha…what!?" Eggman was shocked. "You calling me fat!?"

"That's right Tubby!" The fat man nodded, making the skinny one laugh.

"Very funny bro!" He said.

"Thanks!" The fat one said.

"Enough!" Bowser's voice boomed, making the two stop talking. "I want you two, Dimentio, and my son to take this," he handed something to Dimentio. "To Peach's castle and set it up there. So when the heroes come back they'll have an unexpected surprise."

"Yes boss!" The fat man said.

"On our way now!" The skinny one nodded.

Dimentio chuckled. "This will be fun!" He said, snapping his fingers and making his team disappear.

Tick Tock Clock: Entrance

Sonic and Shadow stopped fighting each other out of exhaustion.

"Phew, man Shadow!" Sonic panted, gasping for air. "You've improved!"

"You're…not too shabby yourself." Shadow said, also gasping for air.

Just then Tails woke up. "Shadow…" He groaned. "What's…what's gotten into you?"

"You're wasting your time with me!" Shadow said, panting. "While you've been fighting me, everything you know that you left behind was taken away! You've lost everything now!"

"Shadow!" Sonic said in disbelief.

"It's true!" A metallic voice said as Metal Sonic walked up. "And now I will show you that I am the ULTIMATE Sonic!" He sped at Sonic, who was too tired to fight back. Sonic was knocked down by the attack.

"Wha…" Sonic tried to get up, only to get knocked back down. "What do you mean it's true?"

Shadow crossed his arms. "I would tell you, but since you won't survive this I won't bother. It's better for you to die not knowing."

Tails gasped as he remembered Shadow saying that to him and a friend of his a year before. "No!" He shouted, running at Shadow and tackling him.

"Whoa!" Charmy said in wonder.

Shadow quickly stood back up and kicked Tails off of him. "It's no use." He said. "You're all finished!"

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To be continued...