Shadow stepped out of the shower in a rather bad mood. They had just gotten a transmission from the British. Umbra had taken their Chaos Emerald and in the process destroyed their newest submarine. A ship that could run for years with just the power of a single Chaos Emerald. It had been stationed a thousand ft below sea level in the English Channel. And yesterday the Iranians sent in that an oil manufacturer had been completely and totally obliterated. The plant was trying to use the Gold Chaos Emerald to power itself. But that had sparked Umbra's interest. Four. Four Emeralds in Umbra's grasp. One with the Protectorate. If that Ray was activated, Earth had no hope. This was turning out to be a very unproductive week.
Not only that, Christmas was only a few weeks away. He hadn't had a real Christmas in years, literally. He would love to take his entire clan to a fancy restaurant but their seemed to a few problems, if you get what he means. He really missed the tree. Decorating a tree seemed pointless when Sonia, his then girlfriend, had told him about it, but once Sonic and Knuckles made him put up the tinsel and some ornaments, he saw the fun in it. Now he had children. He wanted to make their first Christmas with 'Daddy' special. Maybe he could some stuff from Central City. They were still in the Green for safety. He might be able to grab a few things and then go back.
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If it weren't for the massive war that was going on above his head, Miles Prower would have been board out of his skull. He was doing the same commands over and over again. Umbra taking sweet time doing whatever he pleased. Grabbing Chaos Emeralds left and right for his plans. Tails had sent CHAOS droids to try to take the Eclipse Ray, but Umbra himself was guarding it. He could easily find weak joints and servos to dismantle. To Tail's chagrin, Umbra sent the dismantled war machines back with a note.
Don't leave your toys lying around.
Your rival.
Tails quickly hid the 'returns' from everyone and started to extract the video footage from the fight. All he found was static in the entire memory space. All command prompts were completely erased.
Umbra was really become a dagger at Tails' side. If it weren't for his sense of morality, Tails would have nuked Umbra's forces a long time ago, but he wouldn't sink to that level of desperation. Not with so many Earth lives that would be lost from the massive invasion that would surely come.
A beep sounded from the huge control panel before him. Tails sighed, sipped a bit of his coffee, and answered the call. The monitor showed an elevator shaft with an older black and red hedgehog. "What ya got for me?" Tails answered the call.
Shadow chuckled. "I'm going topside for a while to head to Central City. This won't be a sad Christmas."
Tails smiled a little. "Can you pick up something for me? I really need to get Cosmo something. Maybe some earrings, I'll send you down my credit card."
Shadow nodded and the call ended. Tails felt a pang of jealousy, but let it go. They had jobs to do, and Shadow was really more apt to deal with Umbra and his anchorage of soldiers.
Besides, Tails thought pleasantly as he smiled a leaned back in his chair, Shadow will get to do all the Christmas shopping. Not me, like every other year.
Tails leaned back in his chair. It was so peaceful.
Too peaceful.
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Return of Gerlad's Legacy
FanfictionAfter he was "M.I.A." in a mission for G.U.N., Shadow had return at his beautiful wife, Sonia the hedgehog. But, this return was a propose. The Black Arms had come at Earth, and now for destroy it. Beside he and his friends, Shadow had he...
