Chapter 10: A Castle in Shadow's Lest Favorite Place of All

(Prison Island)

Shadow and Toad had arrived on Prison Island. The only thing around there was a thick jungle and the ruins of a military base. Shortly after arriving, Toad noticed Shadow getting all worked up.

Toad- Are you ok?

Shadow- I just have a history with this place.

Toad- What kind of history?

Shadow- I was created in a lab on the space colony ARK to by the ultimate lifeform. My creator was Professor Gerald Robotnic, Doctor Eggman's grandfather. But then the humans feared my power and just attacked the space colony. They killed the only person who tried to help me, Maria, and when they captured me, they locked me up in a capsule with no room to move for over 50 years until Doctor Eggman freed me from my captivity. And when I got out, Eggman and I destroyed the military base that once stood here. But I prefer to save the rest for another day. Let's just get rid of this Koopaling's castle and get the hell off this damn island.

Shadow and Toad started looking for the castle by checking out the jungle. After a while, Toad began scouting ahead of Shadow, but he was almost ambushed by a robot that was hiding in the bushes. Luckily, Shadow destroyed the robot with a homing shot before it could attack Toad.

Toad- Yikes! Thanks for the save, Shadow.

Shadow- Perhaps you should let me take lead from now on. You don't seem to be used to fighting as much. But what's strange to me is that robot doesn't look like one of the guard robots that was here before the military base was blown apart. They look like one of the doctors robots and it looks recently made.

Toad- Well, this island is part of your world. Maybe Eggman has his robots all over the place.

Shadow- I believe the more likely term is after I turned into Super Shadow to send Bowser flying, he came across a rotten egg. I've got a feeling there's more to this castle mess than we realize. Keep your eyes peeled for anything suspicious.

Eventually, Shadow and Toad found the castle deep within the jungle.

Toad- I'm glad we found it, but how do we get inside.

Shadow grabbed hold of the top of Toad's head and pulled out a Chaos Emerald.

Shadow- Don't worry. I can get us inside. Chaos Control!

Then Shadow and Toad were engulfed by a green light and when it faded, Shadow and Toad were gone.

(Inside the castle)

The green light appeared again inside the castle and when it faded, Shadow and Toad were standing inside.

Toad- What was…

Shadow- It's called Chaos Control. It lets me teleport from one place to another. I can use a Chaos Emerald to amplify my ability to use it. Now let's move out.

Shadow and Toad eventually entered this room where Morton Koopa Jr. was waiting for them.

Morton- Looks like I have company. Toad and this black hedgehog. You know, I'm beginning to wonder how many of you hedgehogs there are. Fire a blue, then a pink, I hear there's a silver one, and now I see a black. Are they all just as multicolored as you Toads? Toad has red polka dots on his mushroom head, but Toads from all over the Mushroom Kingdom had different colors on their heads. Reminds me of this one time…

Shadow- SHUT UP ALREADY! Geeze! This shithead talks so much, it's giving me a migraine.

Toad- That's Morton Koopa Jr. for you. He's got the biggest mouth out of all the Koopalings.

Shadow- Shoot me…

Morton- Hey! That's not very polite to interrupt someone when they're trying to have a conversation. Oh, which reminds me of this one time when…

As Morton kept on talking, Shadow put his hand to his forehead.

Shadow- (Mutters) ****! I really wish I took a different castle. First I end up back on Prison Island and now I have this annoying prick who never shuts up. He's making me miss being locked up in a capsule for 50 years.

Then Shadow looked to his left and saw that Toad wasn't there anymore. Suddenly, Morton was pelted with a dozen vegetables from behind. Morton turned around and saw Toad. Morton tried to grab him, but Toad jumped over Morton and threw another vegetable at him.

Morton- Hey! That one hurt!

Toad- I might not be at strong or much of a warrior as the Mario Brothers, but I'm much faster than they are and that can help sometimes.

Shadow- Please, you call that speed? Let me show you what speed it, Toad.

Then Shadow vanished and Morton was suddenly whacked by a black blur that passed him.

Toad- Woah! And I thought Sonic was the only one from your world who can do that.

Shadow- Sonic hates to admit it sometimes, but my speed is equal to his.

Then Shadow began to glow red and energy was bursting from his body.

Shadow- You might want to take cover for this one, Toad.

Then Shadow grabbed Morton by the next.

Shadow- Chaos…Blast!

Suddenly, the entire room was covered in a bright red light. Toad was taking shelter behind a piece of rubble in the room and he looked afraid as the light was shining in the room. When the red light faded, Toad stuck his head from behind his hiding place and he saw Shadow was no longer glowing red and that Morton was lying on the ground, looking badly injured. The whole room looked like it was hit by a bomb.

Toad- Uh…Shadow…what did you just do…?

Shadow- I know how to use the power of Chaos in many ways. Chaos Control, Chaos Spear, and the one I just used now is called Chaos Blast. One of the abilities I have as the ultimate lifeform.

Toad- I'm just glad you're on our side.

(Outside the castle)

Shadow and Toad exited the castle and Shadow used his Chaos Blast attack to demolish the rest of the castle.

Shadow- Finally. Now we can leave this damn island.

Toad- Hold on, Shadow! I see something in the rubble over there.

Then Shadow saw a small device with a little antenna on it.