I Am...All of Me

Sol and Chaos

By: Maraja Sargasso

My second entry in the Sonic Writing Contest.

(A Shadow the Hedgehog and Blaze the Cat Story)

Blaze charged into the line of robots with her hands alit and proceeded to slash through their metal armor with ease. She was nearing the base now, and soon she would take back the Sol Emerald that was stolen from her. The fury of having it taken fueled her flames as she viciously fought past her enemies. She had come to Mobius to retrieve the sacred gem and hopefully see her friends Amy and Cream afterwards. However, her mission seemed to be taking more time than she liked.

The sound of something behind her exploding caused her to stop and cover her delicate ears from the blast. She turned around and spotted a few familiar faces, along with some she didn't know.

"Come on, guys. Egghead's not gonna wait forever!" Sonic's chipper voice rang out over the battlefield.

"But who's been fighting here before us?!" Tails yelled back as he dodged a laser.

"I'm sure we'll meet 'em once we blow up the base, but we have to keep moving!" he replied and spindashed into a larger badnick.

Blaze's eyes widened and she ran at a mad sprint into the base. They couldn't blow it up yet, not until she finds what she came for. The maze of identical halls were littered with robots, and she destroyed as many as she could while running. She could feel the power of the Sol Emerald getting closer with each step she took, and she briefly regretted having to run in her high-heeled boots. She growled and pushed herself to keep going. I'm too close to start complaining now, she thought. Flames licked her heels as she ran with grace and speed.

Meanwhile

Shadow stooped down to inspect the scrap metal at his feet. "These machines...they look like they've been burned," he said thoughfully as he rubbed the soot between his thumb and index finger, "Whatever, or whoever, caused this would have had to have been very powerful to do this kind of damage."

"We can worry about that later," Sonic announced, "Egghead has something big cooking in there, and we've gotta take it down."

The obsidian hedgehog rolled his eyes and skated ahead of the group, if only to annoy his rival. He followed the clear path of scorched robots and black footprints to the center of the base where he finally discovered their help. She was lavender cat dressed in a royal purple top with white tuffs, white pants, and red boots with a matching white stripe. But at the moment, her slim figure was absorbed with orange flames that seemed to pulse from her. She had her back turned to him, so he couldn't see her face, but he could tell she was physically fit and battle proven.

"Doctor! Give the Sol Emerald back to me!" she commanded the human sitting inside the massive robot. Eggman chuckled in dark amusement at her determination, and Shadow knew that asking nicely wasn't going to get anything done.

"And what makes you think that I will just hand it to you, my dear?" he asked, and the lady's flames only grew. Shadow crossed his arms smugly.

"Give the cat her gem, doctor. If you've seen the trash she's left behind on the way here, you'll call it quits while you have the chance."

"Shadow! When did you get here?!"

Blaze turned around to stare at the black hedgehog casually watching them. His soot-colored fur had fiery red stripes going down his quills, arms, and legs, Gold rings dangled on his wrists and ankles over his white gloves and bizarrely designed hoverskates. His arms were crossed over the tuft of white fur on his chest, while glistening ruby eyes glared up at the human. His body was toned to the point she thought he was made of stone, and his eyes held the look of a warrior's experience.