Prologue:

Research in Aftermath of Chaos Energy, also known as R.A.C.E, has become the world’s greatest and most powerful organisation to date. Ever since the Chaos Emeralds were recognised as sources of power to supply the world with unlimited environmentally friendly energy, all fossil fuels and nuclear plants were shut down and dismantled. For nearly 10 years, the Chaos Emeralds have supplied the inhabitants of Earth with their amazing energy and in doing so the Earth has been given the time needed for it’s ozone layer and it’s eco-system to repair itself given the pollution it’s been handling for so long. R.A.C.E were the first to realize the benefits the world would gain from the Chaos Emeralds and were immediately thanked and rewarded by the highest-ranking leaders of the world. This gave R.A.C.E a chance to rise above all and become the world leaders themselves. Though no one sees it fully, even the presidents, the prime ministers, the leaders and the royalties of the countries among the Earth have to answer to R.A.C.E for everything. The organisation may seem to do what is best for the planet but deep down inside the darkness of them, weapons are created to truly enforce R.A.C.E’s dominance over the planet. All kinds of destructive weapons go into research underneath the surface deep within their underground labs. From simple handguns to experimental BIO-Weaponry, those who knew of what R.A.C.E were truly up to had different methods of trying to expose them only to fail and either be destroyed or become B.O.W’s themselves. There are others who know of the organisation’s deep dark secrets but only so few are willing to risk their lives to shine the light among the truth, the rest keeping in the dark. This is where the story begins with one black hedgehog who’s doing all he can to earn a life in this twisted world…

Chapter 1:

“Chaos Control!” Once again Shadow the Hedgehog was on the run from GUN forces. The pace was picking up and time was of the essence. The ground seemed to just fly away from below his feet and the clouds came ever so closer. Shadow realized that after all the running he’s been going through; his body seemed to have taken him to the rooftops of the buildings in the city without his mind truly comprehending where he was actually going.

Before he truly realized his situation, a few GUN-Bots flew down and landed in front of him, aiming their weapons and preparing to fire. Shadow had nowhere to run now. He was surrounded and outnumbered. Though outmatched had no meaning to the black hedgehog. He quickly jumped into the sky, igniting the flames from the exhausts of his jet boots and hovering in mid-air. He glared at the robots below him with blood red eyes and twisted his hand above his head, energizing it with a thick gold coating of energy.

“CHAOS SPEAR!” His eyes gleamed and he quickly sliced his energized hand through the air and created several spear-shaped bars of energy out of nowhere. When his hand came to the end of its slash, the spears flew down and rammed hard into the surrounding area of the robots. The spears stabbed and cut through the armoured plating of the robots like a hot knife through butter and completely obliterated them. Shadow huffed and looked away as he slowly hovered onto the rooftop. His arms crossed and his eyes stared into the horizon.

After all that he did for the world, GUN refuse to accept him as a normal civilian. He may have been created as a weapon or he may be a creature with the DNA of an alien warlord but he was by far the saviour of this planet. Not only did he help Sonic the Hedgehog by stopping the ARK from ploughing into the planet and destroying it but he also destroyed an entire alien empire, keeping the human and anthro race from near extinction.

Apparently GUN still wish to bring him in for dissection so they can study his abilities to use Chaos Energy, even without a Chaos Emerald. Why must he be hunted like cattle? His anger raged on inside him with every single time this question ran into his mind. He may have only saved the planet for Professor Gerald and Maria Robotnik but the least the inhabitants of Earth could do is show some generosity.

This was starting to get tiresome. The assaults were becoming more frequent and Shadow’s patience was starting to diminish awfully fast. He wasted no time and warped away into thin air and travelled back to his apartment.

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The sun was shining bright. Today was going to be a good day, she could feel it. Amy Rose has been walking back and forth through the mall lately, trying to find some new things to wear and new foods to try out. Her diet’s been a success all the way through and she couldn’t be happier. Well she could, if Sonic would stop rejecting her so much. Her life long dream was to settle down with him but so far no such luck. Her mind began to think this through has her hands rummaged over some new clothes she bought and began to try on in the changing rooms.

“Amy? Are you done yet?”

Her little rabbit friend Cream had also been trying on some new clothes, though she had no distractions in her head like Amy did so she finished a lot faster. Summer was coming up pretty fast so they needed something suitable for the season. Amy walked out from the curtains dressed in her new clothes. She wore a sleeveless pink and white shirt with somewhat of a small skirt at the bottom and a white stripe along the hem. To match her top, she wore a long pair of pink jeans with a white stripe trailing down the sides. She ditched her boots and pulled on some red and white laced trainers and wore over her hands a new pair of white gloves with red and yellow striped wristbands. She kept her old head band over her head to keep her quills in place, which were now a little longer and draped over her shoulders slightly.

“You look great, Amy!” Cream complimented her with a kind and gentle tone.

“Thanks Cream, you look amazing too!” Amy replied in a happy voice.

Cream too dressed differently. She wore an orange visor attached to a dark orange headband across her forehead and under her long ears. Down her body, she wore a short orange dress with a bright yellow star on the front and a white stripe along the bottom of her top. Under her dress, she wore a pair of orange shorts with white stripes training down the sides. She also wore a pair of orange and yellow shoes. Her gloves remained the same though. Her pet chao Cheese dropped its red bow and instead wore a bright orange collar, light and loose so it didn’t choke him. The chao spoke out and flew around Cream’s head to try and get Amy’s attention.

“Heh heh. Yes Cheese, you look nice too.” Amy giggled and shook her head gently.

“I bet Sonic will really begin to notice you now!” Cream could see Amy was a little worried that this wouldn’t change Sonic’s opinion about her but she did her best to cheer her friend up.

Amy sighed and smiled weakly at the energetic little rabbit and nodded gently.

“Yeah, I suppose you’re right. We won’t know till we find out!”

Cream smiled happily then grabbed Amy’s hand and tug on her arm.

“Come on! We better go find him!”

Amy smiled and let Cream pull her away. She didn’t know how her little friend was able to stay happy for so long so much but however she did it Amy wished she could learn how to herself.

They searched for an hour before they realized Sonic was busy doing an errand for a friend somewhere over in Europe. Amy sighed and felt really depressed. She was really eager to see and hear what Sonic really thought of how she looked. The pink hedgehog and the cream rabbit with the blue chao lying on her head sat at a table in a café inside the mall. Amy’s head rested in her arms and Cream just stared, trying to think up some way to cheer her up while drinking her sundae.

“Oh come on Amy, it’s not the end of the world! Sonic will be back sooner or later then you can surprise him!”

Amy looked up at Cream, still pretty depressed but did her best to force a smile. Cream wasn’t able to see through it but she still felt concerned for her. The chao on top of her head hovered onto the table and began to nibble at his doughnut. The pink hedgehog continued to stare in wonder as to how this little rabbit was able to stay happy. What was it that kept her pleased? Maybe it was because she was around her friend? Amy felt really bad now. She was depressed over her boyfriend being so far away and she was making this trip miserable for her friend and herself. She rubbed her face with her hands while leaning far back then smiled at Cream after taking them away.

“Sorry, I guess I’m still a little too dramatic about these sorts of things.” She spoke apologetic and bound her hands together with her fingers. Cream shook her head and smiled.

“It’s okay Amy. You don’t need to be sorry for anything.”

Amy sighed and smiled. She nodded and stood to her feet once Cream finished her beverage.

“Okay, what do you say we take a trip down to the movies? Maybe they got something good on!”

Cream jumped up and grinned like a little kid who’s just received a present from Santa. She nodded in a hyper sort of way as if she had an overdose of sugar, which was pretty much of a high chance. Cheese hovered into the air and landed on Cream’s head. Amy chuckled, held Cream’s hand and escorted her out towards the exit of the mall.

I really love your writing style, so detailed. :3

Can't wait for the next chapter. ^^

The writing is very nice. Good job!

Chapter 2:

Shadow threw his gloves, his rings attached, to the worn out sofa. He quickly fell back in a chair and let out some deep breathes. Every day it was just getting worse. The attacks, the assaults, the ambushes, they just wouldn’t stop. Shadow even made a direct personal complaint to the President about this but not even he was able to stop it. Either he didn’t want it to stop or someone told him to continue the chase. Who in their direct minds would tell the President what to do? It wasn’t possible for him to be taking orders but it was more likely that than himself wanting Shadow caught. Those two respect each other after all Shadow did.

It couldn’t have been the GUN generals; they wouldn’t be able to get away with any of this without their commanding officers or even the President knowing. Something was up. He spoke to the President the other day about these assaults but he merely stated ‘We’ll do all we can.’ Apparently what they can do isn’t enough. His mind began to frustrate over all this and it was nearly driving him over the edge. Something had to be done and he didn’t care what it took, he just wanted it all to stop.

The onyx coloured hedgehog pushed himself out of the chair and pressed his finger on the switch of the old TV. The screen flickered for a second then the news became visible. Shadow just stared then walked backwards till the front of the chair pushed against the back of his legs and forced him to fall back into it. The past few days of running have obviously weakened him. He was able to run for several days without tiring himself but his constant use of Chaos Energy began to burn him out.

“Our top news this morning, recent sightings of GUN-Bots has confused the general public as to what they have been hunting for the past several weeks. The GUN General had this to say.” The news reporter on the screen behind the desk disappeared and a tall strong jawed army man-like figure took her place.

“GUN has been chasing down a run away fugitive lately. This fugitive has been wanted for several crimes. These crimes include theft, murder and hijacking. For legal reasons, no names will be given but if someone has sight of a suspicious figure, please report to a nearby GUN operative as soon as possible.”

Shadow stared then gritted his teeth. What the hell is all this shit?! His hands gripped the sides of the chair and broke off the tops of the wooden chassis underneath the fluff. He’s been the only one GUN have been after so they couldn’t have been talking about anyone else. What murders? What thefts? What hijackings? Shadow’s been keeping to himself for so long he couldn’t even remember the last time he spoke to someone. This was completely screwed up. He had to get to the bottom of this or he would continue to be hunted like the prey of a predator. He snatched his gloves from the sofa and yanked them on tightly. But before he could warp anywhere, a bright flash of light engulfed the entire room.

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Amy and Cream left the movies pretty quickly. The only films that were available were either too violent or offensive for Cream to watch or they had already seen the others. Cream sighed in disappointment but quickly cheered up and tug on Amy’s wrist.

“Come on! Let’s head to the market! You never know what they might have there!”
Amy sighed and gave in. She knew there was no arguing against Cream, even though she didn’t really want to go to the market. All she wanted at the moment was to find Sonic and get him to realize her. Then again maybe this was what she needed, some time to get her mind off that blue blur and onto something else. She didn’t really like the idea but it felt like something new to her. What harm could it do anyway? He wasn’t going to be gone long, she hoped.

The market place was surprisingly busy for this time of day. It seemed everyone was in a rush to get so much stuff. Amy merely blinked and leaned her head to the side in confusion.

“Wonder what’s with all these people.” She asked in slight curiosity.

Cream too was slightly curious. She’s never seen this many people out and about.

“I don’t think they’re here to buy stuff.”

The little rabbit couldn’t have been more right. Most people were crowded around the radios and TV’s of the market stands. Amy’s ears could only catch up to the interview of some deep strong commanding voice over both.

“… Murder and hijacking. For legal reasons, no names will be given but if someone has sight of a suspicious figure, please report to a nearby GUN operative as soon as possible.”

She blinked and sighed.

“Murder? Oh my, I don’t like the sound of that.” Cream gave off a small whimper in fear, despite her bravery of most things. Amy stared at her and smiled gently, pulling her close to her side and rubbing her shoulder.

“It’s okay, no one will try to hurt you when me and my hammer have anything to say about it.” She grinned, winking at the little rabbit and doing her best to cheer her up. Cream smiled and nodded, feeling safer now that she managed to acknowledge once more how strong Amy was with her hammer, then again she was very strong with all kinds of melee weapons. Things were going to be alright, till the sound of several jet engines flew over them at a surprising altitude.

Amy raised her arm over her eyes, trying to shield them from flying dust and debris and trying to catch a glimpse at whatever caused that miniature typhoon. Several GUN-Bots flew over at lightning speed, shooting towards a few buildings not too far from the market place. Amy couldn’t help but walk forwards, staring at them. Something about them just caught her interest, like they were in such a hurry that it was almost suspicious. Usually they were on scout patrol but this time they looked as if they were heading for an emergency. It was then that the Bots stopped in mid-air and aimed their weaponry at one of the buildings. Amy’s eyes widened but quickly squeezed shut when they fired through the window, causing a massive explosion and igniting a blinding light.