Shadow X

Bare Knuckled Brawl

A news paper flew through the air, hitting the leg of one Knuckles the Echidna. He grabbed it, seeing a photo of Shadow and Robotnik. He sighed, letting the paper fly away in the wind. Then, just in the corner of his eye, he saw movement. Knuckles stood up ready to fight, only to see

"Robotnik." Knuckles growled. However, Eggman collapsed in front of him sobbing. 

"Please, you have to help me Knuckles!" He pleaded. "If we don't do something fast, Shadow will keep us stuck on this planet forever!" Knuckles cocked an eyebrow at this. "If we gather all the Chaos Emeralds, we may be able to reverse the effects of Chaos Control. You know how Shadow is. He won't let anything stand in his path. I gathered the seven Chaos Emeralds just to keep them away from him! But there was no stopping Shadow. He was determined to go all the way this time, even if Cream got hurt! Finally, Shadow damaged the Chaos Emeralds and sent us off here, just for his feud with me!"

"Shadow always was a loose cannon." Knuckles agreed, his frustration blinding him.

"I figured if we collect all the Chaos Emeralds I can find a way back home, but Shadow won't let me. He took one of my Emeralds and said he'd never let me have them. He can't even properly use them! I can, but Shadow won't let me."

"That egotistical HOG!" Knuckles yelled. Eggman smirked at this. "I'm sick of Shadow making everything about himself. If he won't give us the Emerald, then I'll just take it from him." Knuckles announced.

"Looks like my troubles with Shadow are over." Robotnik thought.

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Back at Maria's home, she, Tails, and Chuck were all admiring the Chaos Emerald. Chuck had been trying to get readings on it, but it was taking some time to do. They heard a knock on the door. They turned and started panicking.

"MARIA!" A voice called out. "I know you're in there! I haven't clean that room in so long I've missed the DIRT ALERT!"

"Oh no, it's Ella. Quick Tails, hide!" Maria hushed. Tails looked around finding no place. As the door opened, he jumped onto a bean bag and went completely limp.

A woman came up, looking around as Maria and Chuck put on their best poker face...even if they were bad.

"I thought I'd find you two up here." Ella said. Maria turnedand acted as if she just noticed Ella walk in and said hi. Ella wasn't exactly sure what was going on as she looked around and started vacuuming. "Keeping this room dust free seems to be a loosing battle. Not that I'm complaining, but it's like cleaning a dirt road. I-" Ella said, noticing the new "Stuffed animal" and perked up. Chuck and Maria got really nervous. "It's so precious! Is it yours?" Ella asked.

"Well...I'm taking care of him for someone..." Maria nervously spoke a half truth.

"It almost looks real to me." Ella said with joy, but she could've sworn the eyes moved. Before she could question it, Maria grabbed tails and ran for it, saying she'd be outside. Chuck followed, leaving a very confused Ella.

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With Tails on her back, Maria ran alongside her Gandpa.

"We sure fooled her, hahaha." Chuck said laughing.

"I'll say." Maria said as she giggled a little. However it was short lived when they bumped into a tall man in a dark suit.

"Master Maria...what may I ask is going on?" The man asked.

"Uh..., Mr. Tanaka!" Maria hesitated for an explanation as Tails went limp again. "We were playing...capture the stuffed animal, hehehehe." Maria nervously stated as she moved out of the way, Tanaka not believing it.