Shadow X

Fighting Robotnik Part: 1

It had been a regular day at the Thorndyke Mansion. Shadow was on the roof reading an Atlas, figuring he'd already been everywhere he could go without the aid of Tails or a boat. Cream and Cheese were inside watching T.V when Ella brought a snack when suddenly the Channel changed.

The presidents aid was on air with a big announcement. "The president has decided to take action against Dr. Robotnik!" He yelled into the mic, several reporters getting photos and screaming their questions. 

Meanwhile, Robotnik sat in his base while watching the news before laughing. "I hope they have a disaster plan because they're going to need it, HAHAHAHAHA!" 

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Tails had been flying the X tornado with Shadow sitting in the seat behind him. Amy and Maria were sitting in the back pod during the flight.

"How far away from the energy spike Tails?" Shadow asked.

"Just a few more minutes Shadow." Tails responded as they flew. Tails could've sworn he saw Knuckles down below, but didn't stop for questions. He had picked up a weird energy signature, likely from a Chaos Emerald. 

"Hey Amy, check it out! That's the School I go to." Maria said as she pointed to a building.

"Wow, what's it like?" Amy asked.

"Really boring unfortunately. Grandpa already taught me most of the things they'd teach, and even a few things they couldn't teach me." Maria responded. "But I have to go for the formalities."

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At the White House, the President was going over the plans for Robotnik's base which Rouge and special agent Topaz scouted not long ago. Rouge however, took most of the credit much to the annoyance of Topaz. 

"And what of Shadow?" The President asked.

"We're ready to capture him and force him to work with us." A General stated.

"Hmmm, I wouldn't try that." Rouge stated, causing eyebrows to be raised. "Shadow does what he wants. People that try and use force tend to wind up....changing their minds." She suggested.

"So...how would we get his help?" another General asked.

"Try a peace offering first of all. Shadow may be hard headed, but he can be reasonable. I'm sure he hates this whole "Hiding out" thing." Rouge answered, and everyone looked at each other.

"Well, I guess it couldn't hurt." The President stated.

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Back at the Thorndyke mansion, Ella answered the door to the Presidents Aid, guarded by two other agents in black. 

"Is Shadow around?" the Aid asked.

Ella had a moment of shock, but composed herself quickly stating she didn't know a "Shadow".

"We're not here to capture him, in fact we need his help. The President is offering full citizenship to Shadow and his friends if they help us." The PA said.

"Look, I already told you, I don't know a Shadow. Now get out of here!" Ella said with her sass.

"I can cause a lot of problems for you...Ella. NOW GET SHADOW!" the Aid said before the door was slammed in his face, only for Ella to come back out and drench him with Floor wax before slamming the door again.

Ella stormed up the stairs as Tanaka asked what was wrong. 

"The Presidents big shot assistant thinks he can come here and boss us around, well I just showed him that he's all wet." Ella said in rapid fire.

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"I see. Well, thanks for the update..." The president said as he set the phone down. "They couldn't even get into the front door to talk to him." 

"Then it looks like we'll be using force!" 

"Don't bother." Rouge intercepted. "We don't need him anyways, you got me!" 

"Hmmm...Well, we did get reports he just left..." The President contemplated. "Ok, let'stake the base down. To VICTORY!" 

As everyone cheered, Rouge wondered how something that cheesy got a cheer. "No matter...I'm getting a Chaos Emerald for sure."

As everybody loaded up into jets, Knuckles was on the horizon.

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"Down Here!" Tails yelled. The Chaos Emerald had been reacting to the energy spike, which meant this was definitely another Emerald. They landed in a corn field, getting out of the X Tornado. They found the place the Emerald was reacting the most.

"Stand back." Shadow warned. As he jumped into the air, a giant yellow robot fell from the sky, the impact knocking Shadow back. Another good look, and Shadow saw the robot had a massive fan in the middle of the circular body.

Tails got into the X Tornado and transformed it, the back rockets becoming something akin to legs with a reverse knee joint.

"Amy, hammer!" Shadow said as he curled into a ball and spun in place. Amy took out her hammer and slammed Shadow forward, but the E-94 spun the giant fan and blew shadow back away, and the X Tornado skid backwards. Maria held onto a crop to keep herself upright, while Amy stuck her hammer into the ground and catching Shadow. "Tails!" Shadow yelled as the X tornado transformed back into the jet mode, flying towards E-94. But he golden mech wasn't done. It gave a harder gust of wind, and this time the X Tornado went down and back, when Shadow heard a scream. He turned and saw Maria pinned down under the X Tornado with tears in her eyes.

"Enough!" Shadow yelled before removing his inhibitor rings, blowing out of the winds path and came around to the side of E-94 and threw a Chaos Flare, blasting one of the legs off. He bashed his way inside, letting loose a mass of Chaos Energy before unleashing a Chaos Blast from the inside obliterating the mech. As Shadow landed to catch his breath, he saw Robotnik had dug a little deeper and grabbed the Chaos Emerald before flying away. Shadow was about to go after him when Maria suddenly screamed again. He turned and saw her still pinned and crying. 

"Hang on!" Shadow yelled as he struggled to lift that part of the X Tornado and Amy dragged Maria away, letting Tails transform into the X cyclone. Shadow turned to see Maria holding her left leg as it was covered in blood and in a weird angle.

"We need to get an ambulance, I think her leg is broken!" Amy said panicked.

"There's no time! Miles, follow Robotnik!" Shadow yelled as he picked Maria up. Tails threw an earpiece and Shadow caught it before blasting away, holding Maria close. "Please, just hold on Maria."

Shadow came to a stop at a hospital, getting the doors to open and the doctors started to freak out. "Help her!" Shadow pleaded as he gave Maria to the Doctors, tears in his eyes.

"Robotnik, if she dies because of this, You're done for!" Shadow swore to himself.