Return of Gerlad's Legacy

Chapter 31: Chaos Midnight

To someone watching this spectacle, it would look like black and red blurs were moving through the air above the corrupted ground of the island. Bullets that glanced off Umbra's body landed in the unfortunate bodies of Black Arms and the blasted shells of Prower Command droids.

Shadow landed on the ground and leapt back into the air. He loaded another clip into one of his pistols. He fired at Eclipse, the rounds whistling through the air.

The bullets entered Umbra's flesh; he cringed slightly, but he had become used to this now. Though the pain was still there, he could ignore it. He pressed his staff forward. He snarled at his little brother as he made the dark red blade at the top of the staff grow darker and more ominous. "I am becoming weary of this, little child. I hope you don't mind if I cheat!"

Umbra thrust his staff into the ground and closed his eyes. "Praxis Oni Umbra!"

Shadow could feel a dark presence radiating around Umbra, and could visibly see a change in the Black Arms Lord. His skin went from dark brown to midnight black and he grew larger and visibly stronger. His robe was torn to shreds as he grew larger. His fangs became like unto daggers, and his eyes were bloodshot. The muscles bulged through his accursed dark skin. His claws became like poisoned spears. A wicked snarl appeared on his mouth. He spoke and his voice became that of an evil dragon in a fantasy movie. Only this was no movie. "Do you find my true form impressive?" Umbra cackled into the sky. All around him, Shadow could feel the air drop by at least thirty degrees.

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Tails looked at his readings. This . . . This was horrifically frightening. He had been looking at the same readings for at least an hour. He had to; otherwise, he would send his droids into the unknown. But suddenly an energy spike had emerged in the center of the island. He had first dismissed it for a blast of one of his allies' cannons. But this was different.

A normal cannon blast would do some damage. A flash in the temperature gauge maybe. But instead, his droids' cameras were showing no sign of artillery mutilation. And the droids sensors were actually showing a drop in temperature. How was this possib—no, he didn't even finish that question. He knew that in this screwed up world, anything was possible.

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Shadow dodged the blast of fire directed at his head. He had been this close to becoming Umbra's next filleted meal, Fillet la Hedgehog, before. He would be hard pressed to take Umbra now. He may have gotten out of the way, but he had dropped his pistol and lost it in the fire.

"Come on, you damn bastard!" Umbra yelled as he licked his lips. "I know you can do better than all this! I WANT A REAL OPPONENT!"

Umbra brought his hand up. "ENJOY!" Lightning coursed along arm and his teeth began to cut into his gums so hard they began to bleed, making his appearance more demonic than it already was. He threw the electricity.

Shadow smirked. He easily dodged the bolt and began to focus his energy. He had never tried this before. If this failed, he would not only look like a supreme dolt; he would most likely die because Umbra would not let him live.

Shadow smirked at his dark brother. "You're liking this to much. I say well spread you blood lust around. CHAOS LEGION."

Suddenly, thousands of Shadows appeared behind the original. Each one looked exactly like Shadow but they were just illusions. Shadow knew this. But he didn't know something.