Shadow X

The Big Brawls

"We got him!"
"Keep him down!"
"Don't let it get away!"

was heard all throughout the government base holding Robotnik. Emerl (Not Emile) lay down on the ground, sparking every now and then with dents in its metal plating. Rouge came up, seeing the broken robot in shambles.

"What do we do with it sir?" Rouge asked someone in a government suit, as he walked up and gave a dark smile.

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It had been a few weeks since Shadow and crew were being spied on. During that time, Shadow had thrown out a few people unlucky enough to get caught. He broke ones nose in the process saying he'd be less lenient next time. He also was summoned to a military base, presumably to go over his actions when he walked in seeing Rouge and Knuckles.

"What's going on?" Shadow asked. 

Knuckles shrugged. "You tell me, she certainly won't." he responded, nodding to Rouge who had a smug look on her face. Just then, the President came through.

"Now, I'm sure you have questions-" The President stated but Shadow...

"Get the GUN soldiers off Maria's lawn." Shadow cut him off. "I promise, the next one I find won't be walking away."

The President slightly flinched at that, but took a breath. "About why I called you here, I want you to meet-" He stated, his hand going towards the door to reveal a robot that had a humanoid appearance but a Mobian's height, black armor along it and a yellow head piece. "Gemerl!"

Shadow's eyes widened as he shot forward, attacking Gemerl. However, the Robot reacted and dodged, Shadow turning while forming up a Chaos Spear. Rouge stepped in front of him.

"Hold it Shadow!" Rouge yelled just before Shadow threw his spear.

"Rouge, what are you doing? Get out of the way!" Shadow demanded.

"This is ours now." Rouge stated, pointing to Gemerl. "This thing tried breaking Robotnik out of prison awhile back, but we stopped it and made it our robot. They want to use this offer to test Gemerl out."

"Offer?" Knuckles asked and the President explained they'd hold a tournament. 

Shadow scowled. "So you want to test something that came from Robotnik in a tournament?"

The President nodded. "And the Grand Prize is..." He stated, pulling a small black rag from a box to reveal a red jewel. "A Chaos Emerald!"

Shadow's eyes widened. "We need those to get home, and here you are just handing them out as prizes?" He spat out. "You want to expose a Chaos Emerald to one of Robotnik's creations? I can't think of a plan more stupid than this!" Rouge put a hand on his shoulder, but Shadow shrugged it off. "I'll do this tournament, but know this. You are playing a very dangerous game with technology you don't know of. Do try and be smart about it." Shadow said as he walked away.

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Maria sat at home, trying to flex her hand when her fingers started to move. She smiled a little bit, glad that she was getting movement back in her hand. It wasn't much, but she was healing. Faster than what doctors thought she would, to be exact. It didn't compare to a mobian, but she didn't care. She heard Ella call her for a brunch as she walked in the kitchen when she saw Shadow in the living room, walking alongside Tails.

"Shadow, whats wrong?" Tails asked.

Shadow sighed, motioning Tails to follow up stairs so no one else could hear. "I'm just worried, Tails. The government we fought for is starting to see us as a powerful threat, and they just rebuilt one of Robotniks mechs."