Third Person
"Man... he's fast!" Fleetway breathed out as him, Scourge, Tails, Knuckles, Rouge, Amy and Eggman raced the way they saw Shadow go. Knuckles snorted at that.
"Of course he's fast. How do you expect him to keep up with that hedgehog?"
"Knuckles!" Tails hissed at the echidna. "Be nice! None of us knew that Sonic was Maurice or vice-versa." Knuckles rolled his eyes.
"But it was you who found that newspaper." Tails frowned at that.
"Boys, boys. Calm down." Rouge flew closer to the fox and echidna. "You two need to stop fighting and get your head in the game. We need to focus on getting to Shadow and Maurice. Who knows what G.U.N. is making either of them do?"
"That bat is right." Eggman pipped up. "Maurice is my old childhood friend and he wouldn't hurt anyone unless he absolutely had to. Of course, he never really understood personal space." Scourge chuckled as he smirked at the golden hedgehog.
"You can say that again." Fleetway huffed as he turned away.
"Stop bringing that up." Scourge chuckled again as he elbowed the golden hedgehog.
"You know that I won't stop."
"Doesn't hurt to ask." Fleetway muttered under his breath.
"Hey, there he is!" Amy yelled out as she saw a flash of black fur enter G.U.N. headquarters. The gang all went after him but by the time they got into the building, Shadow was long gone. "Ugh, where could he have gone?"
"Hmm..." Tails walked over to the receptionists desk and flew over it but was startled as the lady was under there.
"Please... don't hurt me..." she whispered and Tails blinked before landing in front of her with a smile.
"I won't hurt you but I need to know if you seen our friend. He's a black hedgehog with red stripes." the lady sat up straight while giving a frown.
"Yeah, I've seen him. He went after Commander Towers in the Training Room but he won't be alive much longer."
"What do you mean by that?" Rouge asked and she sighed.
"The Commander is going to use Maurice to kill your friend."
"WHAT!?" they all shouted in unison and the lady sighed again.
"Yeah, everyone here thinks this is wrong but the Commander won't listen."
"Then we'll make him listen." Knuckles spoke up. "I hate to admit it but, Sonic is still in Maurice somewhere and if he gets wind of this happening, it will destroy him. Not to mention that Shadow is his friend as well."
"Alright, it's settled then." Eggman turned to the women. "Where is the training room?"
"Right down the hall second door to the left."
"Thanks!" Tails chirped as they went to the aforementioned room but once they were standing in front of it, they could see it was barricaded by a dresser that held all sorts of weapons. They could voices coming from inside but had no way of seeing in the room.
"Now what?" Scourge asked but was pushed aside by Knuckles.
"Let me handle this one." he cracked his hands then pulled his fist back and twirled it around to get momentum.
Inside the room
Shadow couldn't believe his eyes. The one hedgehog who he was looking for, was right in front of him. And with an evil smirk on his face. But what was up with that collar? And those eyes? They look coal black not the familiar chocolate he had seen a thousand times before. All the time he wasted staring into those eyes, the more he felt lost. Lost because everyone and everything just seemed to slow down. Maurice's arm began to move backwards, his sword pointing directly at Shadow's chest.
"HIYAH!" then time speed to its regular pace as the barricade fell right on top of the Commander revealing the gang. Maurice turned his head towards the ruckus allowing Shadow to break free of whatever spell was put on him and kick the brown hedgehog away. The ebony hedgehog lept towards the gang just as Maurice gained his footing and growled at him.
"We need to leave!" Shadow yelled as he glanced over his shoulder to see Maurice hiss while narrowing his eyes and beginning to walk towards him. "Now!"
"Wait, Shadow! what are you-"
"I said now!" the ebony hedgehog interrupted the fox just before he took off. The rest of the gang heard Maurice's low growl and judging by what Shadow had said and did, they quickly decided to heed his words and follow him. Maurice was just about to go after them when a groan came from under the barricade and dragged his attention towards it.
"Master!" the brown hedgehog yelled as he rushed to his Master's side and began to lift the item off of him.
"Weapon, what are you doing?" the Commander choked out as he scrambled to get up.
"Helping you!" the brown hedgehog huffed as Abraham stood up and Maurice dropped the barricade and turned to face the human. The Commander frowned then glared at him.
"Weapon, why didn't you go after Project Shadow?" Maurice frowned at that.
"Your my Master, am I not supposed to help and serve you? Even if that means sacrificing myself for you to save your life?" the Commander frowned at that. He knew that the black mist would make Maurice loyal to him but maybe it worked a little too well.
"Well I'm fine now but you still have a job to do." the commander pointed out making Maurice nod then race after Shadow.