(Well now… It’s time to check in with the Sonic Team, to see how they fare against Shadow’s onslaught. I don’t own the Sonic Team, or the Black Arms. SEGA owns them all.)


CHAPTER 5


Deep within the centre of the Black Comet, Shadow stood before the giant chaos emerald, known as the Master Emerald. The very jewel that powered the Floating Island, keeping it afloat for many centuries, now stood before the ultimate life form and lay deep within the rocky confines of the Black Comet right next to the 7 chaos emeralds. Shadow was smiling away with greed and power hunger. “They’re mine… The 7 chaos emeralds AND the almighty Master Emerald are ALL mine!” He stroked a gloved hand against the crystal green surface of the Master Emerald. “Something so beautiful...containing SO much power…and now I have it all in the palm of my hand…” His eyes seemed to get lost in the eternal green of the giant emerald. Closing his eyes and turning away, he began to think. “Such a pity that my rival and his friends didn’t last long enough for entertainment… No matter. Now, I just have to annihilate GUN and Eggman. GUN doesn’t stand a chance against our might, and that fool Eggman doesn’t have a hope in hell. Perhaps I’ll pay the Doctor a visit first.”
Meanwhile…
Out in the vast open blue of the ocean, all seemed calm and tranquil, showing no signs of any disturbance. However…floating out on the ocean where a small group of islands. Only thing was, until now, those islands hadn’t been there before and it was almost like they had just cropped up overnight, or out of thin air. Plus, the formation of these islands made it look like they were all part of a giant jigsaw puzzle. The way they were scattered across, no one would have guessed that these islands were once parts of the great land known as Angel Island. But with the Master Emerald gone, Angel Island had fallen from a great height, into the ocean below and the impact had caused it to break apart. Chunks of the once mighty island floated adrift in the sea. Who knows what became of its inhabitants…
Sonic slowly opened his eyes, his vision blurry. When he found the strength to pull himself up in a sitting position and his head started to clear, he opened his eyes once more and his vision started to clear up. His body ached all over as he was sitting up in the tall green grass. Aside from the small patch of land, all he could see was endless blue, with a few islands littering the ocean. His heart dropped as he remembered what had happened. He knew what these islands were. They were all that remained of Angel Island. But where were the others? Where was Tails? Amy? Knuckles? Rouge? Sonic was beginning to panic. What if they hadn’t survived? He couldn’t bear to think of the consequences. And not only that, but he was trapped; trapped on a small prison of land. He cursed his inability to swim…he cursed his inability to save his friends…he cursed Shadow for his ruthless act…if by some small miracle he got out of this mess alive…he would make Shadow pay… A tear trickled down his cheek, as he tried to imagine what happened to his friends…if only-
“SONIC!”
Sonic was snapped out his thoughts as a familiar voice called to him from the sky. He looked up, to see none other than his little buddy Tails, descending towards him. Immediately he felt relief wash over him as he saw his two tailed side kick come in for a landing. “Tails! You ok buddy?”
Tails landed right next to Sonic. “I’m a little bruised from the fall, but I managed to come out in one piece.” He cricked his neck a bit, trying to stretch his muscles.
“And the others?” Sonic asked hopefully. “Are they ok?”
Tails looked down. “I’m not sure… Like you, I woke up alone.” But then he looked directly at Sonic. “But if we survived the fall, I’m sure they did too.”
Sonic stood up. “You’re right Tails. I be they’re stranded on the other islands.” He allowed himself a small smile. “Let’s go look for them.” His smile quickly faded as he turned back to Tails. “Knuckles is probably in a distraught state right now.” He sighed solemnly. “Not only did the Master Emerald get taken away…but his entire home.” Sonic’s fists began to shake, as he remembered WHO exactly caused this travesty, and HOW that someone was going to regret it. Fighting his anger back down, he turned back to Tails and motioned towards his two tails. “Hey Tails? Think you’re well enough to carry me across the islands? Or maybe you should rest up a bit.”
“Don’t worry about me Sonic.” Tails told his mentor as he took to the air. “Thanks for your concern, but I can manage.” He took Sonic’s hands and lifted him up into the air. “Where should we look first?”
Sonic looked out all around, as if her was searching for an island with “LOOK HERE YOU FOOL!” on it. His eyes settled on a set of tiny islands to their left a few miles away. What made these islands stand out was the fact that on the far leftmost island there seemed to be a long trail of puffy black smoke billowing up to the sky. “Hey Tails… Why don’t we check over by that smoky island first? There’s bound to be someone there!” He pointed out to the island.
“Ok, hold on tight.” Tails flew towards the direction of the island, carrying Sonic by the hands.
While the pair flew across the ocean, over to the smoky island, they looked at their surroundings, finding bits of land scattered across the ocean, that only moments before was Angel Island.
“Man…this is REALLY bad.” Sonic grimaced. “Not only was the Master Emerald taken…but Knuckles…he’s lost his home.”
“Poor guy…I’d HATE to be in his shoes right now.” Tails sadly agreed, fearing how Knuckles would be taking this if he were here right now.
Meanwhile…on the smoky island…
Amy Rose sighed to herself as she surveyed the wreckage pile of metal, leaves and wood, that only moments before was the Tornado. However, after the fall, the Tornado had a not so pleasant landing and even had a tree or two fall on top of it, badly damaging it. The smoke puffing out of its damaged engine was a dead giveaway to the damage it had received. “Great… Tails isn’t going to like this…” She groaned, before looking out on the ocean. “I just hope they all made it out safely.” She sat down on the ground sadly, bringing her knees up and hugging them. “What am I going to do now? I’ve got no way to reach those other islands, unless I swim…but it’s way too far. I can’t escape off this island, or go look for my friends… What…what am I supposed to do?” She was beginning to worry, about her own survival, her friends’ survival. She just felt so helpless, out in the middle of nowhere, on a chunk of land nobody thought existed yet. When Angel Island fell, and broke apart, Amy was scared beyond belief. She was reaching out as everyone drifted apart. She cried out, praying that she could reach someone, but no one could hear her. Now she just sat there alone. She didn’t know if she’d eve play or shop with Cream again, or chase after her beloved Sonic, whom she wanted so badly to love her. Now it seemed that would never happen… “Sonic…” Amy choked out softly, a tear trickling down her cheek. “Where are you…? Why’d you have to leave me alone…? Why couldn’t you love me for who I was? Was I really that unpleasant to be around?” She sniffled sadly, as more tears started to fall.
Sonic and Tails, meanwhile, found themselves getting closer to the smoky island ahead, and were just starting to make out the shapes in the distance.
Sonic squinted as he tried to get a better look. “Tails… There’s someone on that Island. Can’t exactly make them out though…” He pulled out a mini-telescope and pointed it towards the island. He scanned the cost of the island slowly until he came across the figure, and zoomed in on the image. Once he had a good view, his heart skipped a beat as soon as he saw who it was. “Oh my god! Tails! It’s Amy! She’s on that island!”
“What? She is?” Tails grew equally excited.
Sonic nodded vigorously, putting the mini scope away. “Faster Tails!”
Tails spun his tails faster, and carried himself and Sonic to the island, determined to get to Amy Rose.
Amy Rose meanwhile was still crying softly, unsure of what to do with her situation. Suddenly her ears were filled with the faint calling of two males.
“AMY!”
“AMY ARE YOU THERE?”
She picked her head up to see something coming her way. She sprang to her feet and walked closer to the water’s edge, shielding her eyes from the sun as she looked out. As she watched, the form grew closer, until she could make out the image of a familiar blue hedgehog and his two-tailed kitsune partner. Immediately she felt her heart pound with excitement, happiness and relief. “Sonic… Tails… They’re ok!” She started to jump up and down. “Sonic! Tails! I’m over here!”
As Sonic and Tails grew closer, Sonic could see Amy jumping up and down near the water’s edge, waving her arms frantically. ‘Yes! She survived! Thank God!’ “Tails, I’m gonna meet her over on the island!” Sonic suddenly let go of Tails’ hands and began a mid-air spin dash, blasting forward like a rocket so fast, he skipped across the water’s edge without sinking. In what seemed like seconds, he landed on the sandy coast of the island and skidded right to a stop. “Made it…” He told himself. He turned around, coming face to face with a tearful, yet relieved Amy, looking at him. He barely said a word, where with one sob, Amy ran towards Sonic and tackle hugged him, knocking him into the sand, and burying her face in his chest.
“Sonic! sob I was so worried I wouldn’t see you again! sniffle” Amy choked out as she hugged Sonic tightly, showing no signs of letting go.
“I know Amy… I know…” Sonic said soothingly, as he returned the hug, and stroked Amy’s hair. “I was worried too… I was worried that I failed you guys…when I should’ve been there…” He tightened his embrace. “I won’t let anything happen to you or the others ever again, Amy. I promise I’ll protect you guys.”
Sonic and Amy just sat there, hugging each other, basking in relief and hope, never letting go of one another, until Tails finally arrived landing right next to them.
“Amy! Thank goodness we found you! Where was all that smoke coming from?” His eyes traveled towards the source of the smoke. “OH SHIT! THE TORNADO!” He ran over to his bi-plane. He surveyed as much as he could, until he gave a dejected sigh. “Damn it…the thing’s beyond repair… Now how are we gonna get off the island?”
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to them, the Egg Carrier was rocketing through the sky, coming towards the former site of Angel Island. Inside, Eggman was at the control deck working feverishly to try and find Sonic and the others. “Egads… Angel Island just disappeared… I never thought I’d see the day when it would actually be destroyed like that! Shadow’s really taking drastic measures here.” He kept scanning the ocean for any land and life forms. “Come on Sonic… If you could survive outer space and battles against bio-mechanical weapons and evil gods, SURELY you could survive this…” Suddenly, his radar monitor began to pick up reading of islands. What puzzled Eggman was that these islands looked fairly knew, and had outlines as though they fit together in a giant jigsaw puzzle. But what concerned Eggman was how familiar these islands looked. “My god… Is this, what’s left of Angel Island…? Amazing what taking the Master Emerald so forcefully could do…I never thought-” Suddenly his radar began to pick up the heat signatures of life. “These signatures… Can they be?” He started zooming in on the images down below, particularly zooming in on the island that had smoke billowing from it. When his cameras got in close enough to see who the figures were, he breathed a sigh of relief and triumph as he saw two hedgehogs and a kitsune. “I knew it! They survived!” He stood up with a smile on his face. “I think it’s time for a little rescue mission.”
Elsewhere, on a small island that only seconds before was Holy Summit, Knuckles the Echidna stood staring at the damaged and emerald-less Emerald Altar, and what remained of his island; the place he lived and swore to protect. Now it was gone… He had failed to protect it, and the Master Emerald was now in the hands of evil. The guilt of failure burned in his heart and soul, festering inside like a plague, and tears were streaming from his eyes like raindrops as he struggled, trying not cry, while chocking sobs racked his frame. “The Emerald… My home… They’re both gone… I tried to protect them…I swore I would, but I failed miserably…” Knuckles dropped to his knees. “Not only did I fail to protect the Emerald, but I’ve lost the very grounds to the echidna tribe…my own home.” He buried his face in his hands and wept. “I’m a failure!” All the former guardian could do at this point was to cry his eyes out.
From afar, all Rouge could do was watch Knuckles wallow in his own grief, berating himself for the catastrophe at hand. It tore her up inside, watching him suffer so, bringing tears to her own eyes. ‘Oh Knuckles…’ Standing up weakly, still feeling the pain from the previous battle she half walked, half ran to Knuckles. When she reached him, she dropped to her knees and threw her arms around him, cuddling him as snuggly as she could. She felt him turn around in her embrace, and return the embrace, crying on her shoulder. ‘Just let it all out Knuxie…’ Rouge thought. ‘No one should’ve gone what you just went through…’ Her thoughts turned to Shadow. ‘Boy Shadow… You’ve really done it this time… Did you have to go and destroy another person’s home in the process? And what really pisses me off is, you had to destroy the home of my favorite echidna! When I get my hands on you, you’re gonna wish Gerald never gave life to you…’
Elsewhere…on the Smokey Island…
Sonic and Amy broke form their comforting embrace, while Tails pulled away from his futile attempts at salvaging the Tornado, as they heard the sounds of a great airship passing overhead, as well as giant shadow suddenly passing over them. They looked up into the sky, or would have if not for what was in the sky at that very moment, which for once was actually a pleasant sight. Eggman’s Egg Carrier was now floating right above them. No sooner did the great ship stop than the bottom hatch opened up wide, revealing Eggman floating down in his Eggpod. “AHOY DOWN THERE!” They heard him call as he descended.
“Eggman…” Sonic began. “Thank you for introducing us to a new experience.”
“Er…What would that be?” Eggman looked puzzled.
“Being pleased to see you.” He said, giving a mischievous smile, however his voice carried a tone of relief.
Eggman just snorted, shrugging it off. ‘Even when faced with in a dire situation, he’s got a witty remark waiting.’ He thought. “My…my…my…” Eggman said in disbelief as he looked around. “Is this really all that’s left of Angel Island?”
The smile left Sonic’s face instantly, replaced by a somber look. “Afraid so… After Shadow and his goons took the Master Emerald, the whole Island fell into the sea, and just collapsed under the pressure of the fall and impact.”
“We all got separated on different pieces of land.” Tails explained. “The Tornado took some damage and it’s completely useless now.” He pointed to what remained of the bi-plane.
Eggman looked at Sonic, then Tails, then Amy, then all around the island. “Wait a second… Aren’t Rouge and Knuckles with you?”
Amy shook her head. “We haven’t been able to find them. We only just managed to find each other, and we don’t even know if Knuckles or Rouge survived.”
“Well, might I suggest we get to the Egg Carrier and find them quickly?” Eggman suggested, looking apprehensive. “Now that Shadow’s got the Master Emerald, I have great fear that he may attack GUN HQ next…”
Sonic sighed angrily in his head. ‘Damn it, Shadow… You are REALLY beginning to piss me off.’
TO BE CONTINUED



I DID NOT MAKE THIS STORY!! IT WAS WRITTEN BY A AUTHOR ON FANFICTION.COM CALLED “Milleniumon the Sonamy Freak”, and ALL credit goes to him/her.