Team Chaos - Chapter 15

Team Chaos - Chapter 15: The ultimate question

Shadow's ears twitched to the sound of birds, singing in the trees outside and the warmth of the sun gazing in through the window. He felt an unusual weight on his body. He opened his eyes and saw his pink lover, resting on him. His eyes widened as he realized where he was. “Oh my God! I...I spent the night...with Amy!” His ears twitched once more to the sound of giggling. He looked over, towards the television set, only to see a cat, rabbit and chao, staring at him and blushing. The three of them continued to giggle, this time loud enough to to wake Amy.

The pink hedgehog slowly opened her eyes and pushed herself up. When she got a clear view of her surroundings, she started to freak. Her clothes were laying on the living room floor and what made it worse was her friends were standing, right there, in the same room. The only thing that saved her from total embarrassment was the blanket on top of her body.

She pulled the blanket around herself, hiding any exposed parts of her body, and blushed. She looked over to Shadow, who was blushing worse than anyone else in the room, due to the realization of the unclothed female hedgehog.

“I should probably go get dressed...” Amy shyly said as she got up from the couch, being sure to keep the blanket wrapped around herself, and sprinted up the stairs, to her room.

Recalling the 'event' of last night, Shadow's blush grew more intense than it already was. “Well, this is certainly an awkward situation. How am I going to tell everyone where I've been all night...if they haven't figured it out already.” He gave a sigh at that dreadful thought. His ears perked up to the sound of foot steps coming down the stair case.

Amy re-entered the room in her normal outfit, with her blush still slightly visible. “Cream, Cheese, Big...have you three eaten yet?”

“Nope.” The three replied

“Guess I should fix breakfast then. Would you like something to eat as well, Shadow?”

The black hedgehog shook his head. “I would love to, but I need to get back to the others.” He pushed himself up from the couch and walked over to her front door.

“However,” He said before opening it. “I'll come back later...I need to discuss something very important with you.” He then pulled the door open and walked outside.

Amy slowly grew concerned at his words.

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“He's been gone for way too long! We need to go looking for him, now!” Ratchet stated as he pulled himself up from his seat.

“You're right,” Sly replied. “If we wait any longer...”

He was interrupted by the door being pushed open and the black hedgehog stepping through it.

“Shadow!” Sly said, leaping from the couch and dashing towards his friend. “Where were you?”

Shadow lowered his head. “I...was at Amy's” Everyone grew silent for a few seconds.

Daxter jumped from the table onto Shadow's top left quill. “So...did you and Amy have...”

Shadow slowly nodded his head.

The ottsel grew a grin on his face. “Really...could you...uh...tell me how it was!”

“That has to wait,” Fox said, looking at a computer screen. “It appears Eggman has created a new mech...and it's target is the power plant.”

“Well, we all better go the plant and stop it!” Ratchet said, as he gathered his weapons.

“Not 'all' of us will be going,” Fox replied. “There's fourteen of us and the arwing's only modified to fit five...”

“Actually, Clank and Daxter are small enough to fit on a shoulder, they hardly take up any space. So that means seven can fit in the arwing.” Ratchet pointed out.

“Smart ass” Fox thought to himself.

“I'll ride on the wing,” Shadow butted in. “Leaving room for Ratchet, Clank, Jak, Sora, Daxter, Sly and Fox. That way, we'll stand more of a chance against this mech.”

“Then it's settled, everyone, grab your scouters and hop into the arwing!” Fox said as he started up the space cruiser.

Following his command, everyone grabbed a scouter and got into the arwing. Shadow placed himself on the left wing.

Fox pressed a button on a remote and the roof of the hideout opened up a space big enough for the arwing.

“Here we go.” Fox said as he pulled on the throttle, forcing the arwing into the air. With the press of a button on the control panel, the arwing jetted out of the opening and zipped off into the distance.

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“The power plant is in sight.” Fox finally said after 3 minutes.

“But where is the mech?” Shadow said to himself as he scanned the area.

Out of nowhere, a laser beam shot the back of the arwing, destroying the engine. Fox had to struggle, but he got control and landed on the ground.

They got out to see where the beam came from. “Mwhaha!” An evil laughter came from behind. They all turned around, only to face a sixty foot tall mech standing ten feet away.

The mech was a dark shade of silver. Giant machine guns and laser cannons were placed on three fourths of it's body, and, of course, the Eggman symbol was embedded on it's chest.

“So...you fools think you can stop the Eveggelion? Well think again!”

“Doctor! Why are you targeting the power plant!” Shadow demanded an answer.

“I need the energy to power up a creation, sadly, it's not my creation. But it should be able to put you and that wretched Sonic in your place! My Eveggelion is here to harvest the energy and bring it to me.”

“Great! I need to fix the arwing!” Fox said in a frustrated tone “We stand a better chance with air support.”

“Then fix it. We'll keep that mech at bay.” Shadow said as he got into battle position.

“Allow us to help!”

Shadow looked in the direction of the voice. “It's that blue hedgehog.”

“Sorry we're late. Tails will help your friend fix his ship, while Knuckles and I help you destroy that mech.”

“...Alright, fine. We could use all the help we can get. Jak, Ratchet, you two get at a high point and snipe the mech's weak points. Sly, Sora, you two stay by Tails and Fox. Let's show this thing what we're made of!”

“That's the spirit, Shadz!”

Everyone got into their positions, while Shadow, Sonic and Knuckles ran at the mech.

The two hedgehogs combined their spindash to deal extra damage, while Knuckles dealt hard hits to various areas of the mech.

Sonic and Shadow hit the mech's body, but it's armor was stronger than they expected and it sent them flying back.

“So he likes to play rough, eh?” Knuckles said as he ran towards the Eveggelion and dodging the bullets given by Ratchet and Jak. Before Knuckles could hit it, the mech reached out, grabbed the echidna and threw him into a tower.

After five minutes of attacking, the three got at a safe distance.

“Do you think it's weakening?” Sonic asked, trying to catch his breath.

“I'm...not sure, but we can't give up!” Shadow replied.

“The arwing's fixed!” Fox shouted to the hedgehogs.

“Excellent!” Shadow turned to Sonic. “I've got a plan! If Fox can take us high enough into the air, we can charge up our spindash enough to split that damn thing in half!”

Sonic stared at him in shock. “Whoa...I like it! Let's do it!” They both ran over to the arwing and jumped onto the wing.

“Fox, take us up as high as this thing can go.”

“Okay.” Fox jumped into the cockpit and took off

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“Alright, we're about one hundred feet in the air.” Fox said through the scouter.

“That's more than enough. At this height we can get an extremely powerful spindash. You ready Sonic?”

“I was born ready.”

They both leaped off and spun down towards the mech. The closer they got to the ground, the stronger their spindash became. As their attack hit the mech's head, their bodies dug into it. The mech shut down and blew to pieces, sending a shock wave all through the plant.

In the middle of the debris, the two hedgehogs pushed themselves off the ground. They had a few cuts and were bleeding a little, but other than that, they were fine.

“Drat! The Eveggelion didn't finish collecting the energy...oh well...what it did collect will have to do. You idiots have not seen the last of me!” A little droid came flying in, grabbed a tube, that was glowing with red energy and flew off.

“Eggman's sure a pain in the ass, isn't he?” Sonic said with a cocky smile.

“It's getting late, we better be getting back.”

“What? No celebration!”

“You can celebrate. But I have other things to tend to.”

“You still the same...”

“I thank you for the help...you can go now!” Shadow said to the other hedgehog, as he headed for the arwing. “Everyone, go on back to the hideout without me. I have to go talk with Amy.”

“Alright, be careful, Shadow.” Sly said.

Shadow gave a nod and took off.

Daxter sighed. “Does this mean he's not going to tell me what all happened last night?”

“DAXTER!” Jak yelled, scolding the ottsel.

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Amy was relaxing on her couch, wondering when Shadow would return, while her friends played a board game on the floor. “What does he want to discuss with me?” Her stomach tied in a knot and chills ran down her spine at the thought of a breakup. The knot tightened as the door bell rang.

She pushed herself up and walked towards the door. Amy grabbed the door knob and pulled it open. She gasped “Shadow? What on earth happened to you!”

“I fell in some debris, that's all.”

“Come in. I'll get a wet rag to clean up those cuts.” She grabbed his arm and led him to the couch. After she helped him sit down, she ran up stairs to her bathroom. She came back down with a damp rag in her hand.

She walked over to the black hedgehog and carefully wiped his cuts. She gazed into his ruby eyes. “Shadow...earlier you mentioned that there was something important you had to discuss with me...”

“Yes I did...now seems like an acceptable time.” He got up from the couch and looked at Amy. “I need you to stand as well.”

Amy did as he said and stood up. He held both of her hands in his.

“You know that I love with all my heart. I want to be there for you, to share your happiness, to wipe away your tears, to hold you when you're scared. With you, I want to share my life...” He kneeled down, pulled out a little box and flipped it open, revealing a diamond ring. “Amy Rose, will you be my wife?”

Cream, Cheese and Big dropped their mouths in pure shock at Shadow's words. Tears began to well up in Amy's eyes. She could not believe what she just heard.

“YES!” She cried, letting the tears flow freely down her cheeks. “Yes I will!” She hugged Shadow as tight as she could and, despite the crushing of his ribs, he hugged her back.