SONIC BLITZ
BOOK I OF THE CHAOTIX TRILOGY
FROM CHAOS BORN
CHAPTER II:
SHADOW
“Quantum differential fluctuation emulator for observational analysis. That explains everything. Now, do you mind repeating that in English, Tails?” – Sonic during Tails’ science fair presentation
Sonic looked down the barrel of the pistol. “I’m your executioner.” Sonic’s double smirked and asked, “Any final requests?” Sonic nodded. “Yeah. Just one. Could we completely skip the whole execution thingy? The whole being dead thing sound like a real downer?” The male laughed. “I can’t believe my master sees you as a threat. There’s no way you can keep up with a mind as great as his. Well, regardless, goodbye.” The black haired teen pulled the trigger and grinned. The expression quickly changed when he realized that the bullet failed to hit it’s mark at a point blank distance.
Sonic looked at him and yelled, “Could you please not do that? I kind of like my head where it is, thank you very much.” The male let out a chuckle and said, “I would,but that would completely defeat the point of what I was sent here to do. Now DIE!!!” He opened fire on sonic, who quickly moved at faster than sight speeds. The male laughed. “Do you really think you can deter me that easily?” The male vanished and sonic found himself flying from a powerful kick to his abdomen and a high rate of speed.
Sonic hit the ground and rolled a good ten feet before sliding to a complete stop. The male laughed. Sonic coughed up blood and looked at his assailant. “Who the hell are you?” he sputtered. The male laughed. “Me? I’m Shadow, the ultimate life form. Give in to the fact that I am superior to you in every way. It will make your destruction more merciful.” sonic pushed himself to his feet and said, “Not a chance, you impostor. You’re going down.” He lunged at a high rate of speed and hit the look-alike and sent him flying. When Shadow hit the ground, the teen smiled and said, “Not as tough as you thought, huh?”
Shadow effortlessly got to his feet, clearly unaffected by the blow. “Is that the best you got? How disappointing. And here I thought you were a threat.. Even if I didn’t kill you, you are hardly capable of mastering the power of the Chaos Emeralds. You are nothing but a waste of my time.” suddenly, a series of gunshots rang out and Shadow started stumbling backwards. When they stopped, Shadow looked at where he was shot and casually pulled the bullets out of his body. “Don’t tell me you actually thought that was going to hurt me. I already told you that I am the ultimate life form. I am perfect. My body is indestructible.”
Sonic smiled and said, “Well, didn’t hurt to try, now did it?” He suddenly vanished as he moved at an incredible speed around his would be assassin. “This again?” Shadow chuckled. And here I thought you were starting to understand how useless this…” He was suddenly hit by a powerful kick to the back of the head. He stumbled forward and held the affected area with a cringe of pain. Still running around his opponent, Sonic said, “Not feeling so indestructible now,are you?” Shadow smiled. “Playtime’s over.” The male pulled out a green emerald the size of a fist and yelled, “Chaos Control!” Time all around him slowed to a snail’s pace and he let an evil smile. “He reached into his pocket and drew a combat knife.
“No hard feelings, punk. Just business. You see, I have a chance to get my memories back. All I have to do for that to happen is to kill you. When you think about it, way things are turning out, I’m just doing you a favor. Better you die now than when he shows up.” Knuckles voice came from behind him, saying, “So, you’re still alive.” Shadow smiled. “Hello, guardian. Here to stop me?” The emotionless male nodded. “I can’t let you kill him. He still has a destiny to fulfill.” The assailant laughed. “As much as I admire you willing to break the code to stop me, I will kill you if you get in my way.”
Knuckles smiled as time started to go back to normal. Shadow looked around, yelling, “What? What’s going on!” The red haired male smiled. “I’ve blocked the power of the chaos emerald you possess. As you so eloquently put it, no hard feelings.” With that, Knuckles disappeared. Before he could piece together what was happening, he started receiving punches from all directions as Sonic engaged his assault. With one final hit, shadow went flying into the air. Sonic smiled and yelled, “Now you’re mine!”
He lunged into the air to preform the final blow when the shoes that the lookalike had on fired a powerful, jet like energy, sending him out of the way. Shadow landed on the ground, cradling his injuries and said, “You got lucky this time, punk. Next time, I’ll have your head.” he suddenly took off at a high rate of speed. Sonic prepared to chase after him when a sudden pain in the back of his head caused him to fall unconscious to the ground.
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On angel island, Knuckles stood in front of the Master Emerald and let out a sigh of relief. He turned to a cloaked figure and said, “Well, my friend. It looks like I intervened just in time. Shadow has found him. There is no doubt that Eggman knows about him too.” The cloaked figure said in a placid voice, “It would seem that way. For my successor, he does not seem to be able to handle himself in a battle very well. He is too focused on speed and force and not and has no interest in strategy. He is an even greater hazard to himself than the approaching darkness.” Knuckles smiled. “For some reason, the term like father like son bears to mind.”
The cloaked figure chuckled. “Only son by reincarnation. He has much to learn before he can draw my strength from this island. His friends are no different. Miles thinks too much before taking action and the wild card, this Amy Rose. She has great power, but emotion restricts her true potential. If Eggman finds out about her…” Knuckles nodded. With her summoning power, Eggman can easily control the Chaos Emeralds that his army stole from here. We were lucky that we caught them before the could steal the master emerald. With that power…” The cloaked figure nodded. “We need to watch over the situation carefully from this point. The prophecy, it seems, has been altered. Those two were not to meet for another three years.”
Knuckles nodded. “Then all we can do is hope that he can handle this alone. The only cause is that Chaos is starting to wake. What do you suggest we do about the situation?” the male remover his cowl and remained silent. He looked exactly like Sonic down to the last detail, cave for the silver hair. Knuckles said softly, “Silver, you are the only one who survived the Chaos War. Only you know what to do. It is to late to prevent Chaos from reviving and I am powerless to do anything. Only you know what to do.”
Silver said, “The only thing to do is to let the events unfold. I also need to ask something of you, my friend.” Knuckles nodded. “I will do whatever I need to if it means I can prevent the past from returning.” Silver nodded. “Then, this is what you must do…”
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Sonic returned to his house, still bloody and sore from this encounter with Shadow. His mother saw him and yelled, “Sonic! What happened? Did you run into a car on the way home? You’re an absolute wreck!” Sonic shook his head. “No, ma. I was attacked.” tails yelled from the other room, “And they actually hit you?” The mother said, “I hardly believe you could have been this badly hurt from a schoolyard scuffle. You look like you were hit by a train.” Amy walked in and said, “Yeah. What really happened?” Sonic sighed and muttered, “It went like this.”
After a long and detailed explanation, Mrs. Rose said, “That sounds a little too extreme for me to believe. If you don’t tell me exactly what happened, you’ll be grounded for life.” A familiar voice came from the doorway, saying, “He’s telling the truth, Violet.” Mrs. Rose turned and said, “Oh. Hello, Knuckles. This is a pleasant surprise. What brings you here all the way from Angel Island?” Rather than answer the question, he turned to Sonic and said, “That person fought, Shadow. He is not your enemy.”
“Sure as hell fooled me,” he retorted. I want to know exactly what is going on. Who are you and what do you want with me?” Mrs. Rose looked at her adopted son and said, “I think it’s time I told you the truth about the Rose Clan.”
