Shadow X

Truth

POV

A blur surrounds you as you smash through the milionth bot. "Hehehe, does Egghead really expect this to hold us? I'm a little disappointed." You say in a very cocky tone. You turn to see another female squirrel Mobian, wearing blue combat boots and a blue jacket.

"Easy for you at least." She says to you. "But we're running just a little behind schedule. If we don't pick this up, Eggman could escape from us. Still, it does seem a little to...easy."

"Don't worry about it Sally." You say, waving her warning off. "You're just being a worry wart again. Come on, let's roll!" You say as you scoop Sally up, running through the metal corridors as Sally touches her ear.

"Bunny, how are you doing on your front?" She asks as another female voice is heard.

"We're doing just fine Sally girl! In fact, it's easier than we had hoped." Bunny stated. Sally nodded, opening a computer as she pointed you to another hallway that leads to a cylinder room.

"Uh...Sally?" You ask. "Where are we?"

"I'm...not sure." Sally responds as she looked back down at her computer. "Nicole?" 

"Analyzing...." The computer spoke as the two of you nodded.

"I hope we can end this soon." Sally stated, looking at you. "We've been fighting since we were just kids, it's been a long time coming."

You nod. "Yeah. The first thing I'm gonna do when I take down ole Robuttnik is eat a million chilly dogs. Then, I'm going on a world adventure!" You say optimistic.

"Well, I hope you don't go to far. What would Mobius be without it's "Great Hero" around?" Sally stated sarcastically.

"Right? But come on, you know I'm never far..." You say when Nicole beeps loudly.

"Something is wrong, this area isn't anywhere on my maps!" She states as the door shuts. "Careful, walls are...GET DOWN!" She yells as you tackle Sally to the ground, bullets flying over head as you scoop Sally in your arms, blasting around the room at high speed breaking all the sentry guns coming from the walls. The doors open as you walk to it, but a heavy metal object falls. You turn and see some type of red and silver armor with Robotnik inside, his left arm holding a shield as his right has a brown checkered ball attached to it.

"Hello, Rodent." Robotnick stated. "It was about time you showed up."

You chuckle just a bit. "Hey there, Eggman." You state as Robotnik growls a little at the name. "So, I see you got yourself a new toy. Bet I can break it!" you say, waving Sally off as you dash forward only to bounce off the shield.

"Not this time Rodent!" Eggman yells the ball detaches from his arm, swinging around as you dodge up only to be hit with a laser. "I let you get this far, but NO MORE!"

You get up, shaking the hit off as you look around the room. "Catch me if you can!" You yell as you gain a burst of speed, zooming around the walls as the back of Eggman's armor opens and launches missiles. You dodge what you can, heading straight for the armor once more. 

As you near, Eggman swings his shield but you duck under, the missiles hitting Eggman as you skid to a halt.  "What's the matter? Didn't make them home in on hedgeho-"

"BANG BANG BANG!"

"AHHH!" 

You hear the pained scream of Sally after the gunshots. "SALLY!" You scream as you bolt out of the room, heading to the left as you see Sally nearby barely alive. Smashing through the gun that came from the wall, you turn but an electric energy field catches you, firing off every nerve in your body as you scream in pain. The next thing you see is the world going dark.

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"GAHHH!" You scream again the the millionth time. How long you had been hooked up to this table was unknown. A claw came down and rotated, shooting you full of a violent green energy surge that feels worse than what you'd already experienced. 

"How does it feel, Rodent?" Robotnik taunted. "Like you're about to explode? It should with all that Chaos Energy I've pumped into you. And I know it's working. You would to if you could see yourself!" Robotnik roared in laughter as more Chaos Energy was shot into you. Suddenly, an alarm blares warning the base of intruders. "Hmmm, I guess I can't keep you. At least I'll have the pleasure of watching you explode, taking your little "Freedom Group" with you. So long, Project Shadow! GAHAHAHAHA!" 

You feel your body heating up you rip the shackles off, falling from the table as you hold your burning arms. Ripping through the door, you release a powerful red energy blast from the body as it disintegrates the area around you, leaving you in a smoldering crater.

"What was that about?" a southern voice calls out.

"It had to have been him! Let's go!" You hear, recognizing Tails's voice when two figures stop and see you. "Who is..."

"TAILS!" You cry out when you see the fox. "HELP ME!" when you feel more Chaos Energy coming from you. You release the energy before passing out of exhaustion.

Waking up, you look around to see a glass room as you sit on a bed. The first thing you feel is the pain, like thousands of ants biting you at once. Then, you here Tails's voice. 

"You're finally awake, that's a relief." Tails states from a radio.

"TAILS!? TAILS WHERE AM I?!" You ask desperately. "Where's Sally?!"

"Sally is fine, she's recovering. But...." Tails states as you look down to see black arms with red highlights on them, along with a set of rings and cuffs. "Those are helping you keep all of that Chaos Energy inside of you. I'm sorry, but...we couldn't do anymore..."

"What's happened to me...." You ask as you walk to the glass to see a reflection you don't recognize."No...Nononononono" A Black Hedgehog stood in your place, white fur on your chest as red lined your eyelids, and your eyes are now a crimson red. You're no longer the hero anyone would feel at peace with. You look like someone everyone wants to avoid. You look dangerous. Your hands catch a green fire as you feel your emotions overrun you, before looking up as screaming at the top of your lungs. "ROBOTNIK!"