Shadow: Dark Horizon P7

Shadow: Dark Horizon P7

Part Seven: Out of the Ordinary

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A/N: Holy. Crap. This is the first part I've released in almost 2 months! 2 MONTHS! Shame on me! No really, shame on me for being lazy until now to type it haha. Well anyways, this next part is going to be filler and NOT filler at the same time (OXYMORON). I recommend you keep a sharp eye out there for details cause there's alot of them. There's also a ton of dialogue too (Which I think I've improved on just a bit.) Anyways, sorry this took so long... and I'll stop blabbering right now... ON WITH IT!
P.S. Thanks for the feedback! It helps inspire me to write!

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Leatherback Bay - Seaway Boulevard

A white light emerged from the middle of a sidewalk. It shot out sparks and produced a sparkling light. Then, two hedgehogs, one blue and one pink, were tossed from it.

"Well, that was definitely quicker than I thought it would take! Talk about fast!" Sonic said in shock as he landed on the ground.

He quickly bolted to his feet and helped the rose colored hedgehog beside him get up.

"But not as fast… as you…" Amy said in a flirtatious tone as she winked at him.

"Heh heh… yeah…" Sonic nervously replied as his face instantly flushed red and gave Amy a nervous look.

"Oh… right. My bad…" Amy nervously smiled as she remembered her promise.

"Alright then, now it's time to call good 'ol Knucklehead and Tails to see where they are at.". The cyan hedgehog mentioned as he pulled a cell phone out from underneath his quills.

He then quickly dialed the number that Knuckles had used to call them earlier and turned on the speaker. After a few seconds of ringing, the call was met with an impatient Knuckles answering the phone.

"It's about time you called!" The crimson echidna abruptly answered. "Crazy things have been happening since you two love birds have been messing around!"

Amy blushed lightly from Knuckles' reaction while Sonic just shook his head.

"So what, did you just expect me to run through space and get there in a second? Its way more complicated than that Knux. You of all people should know that… oh, and we're not love birds!" Sonic sharply informed the echidna as his face colored pink from his last remark.

Knuckles just sighed and then snickered.

"Sure sure, that's probably why you're late isn't it?" The echidna spoke as he fought back a laugh.

"Oh yeah, like you're one to talk. I bet when it comes to Rouge you'd forget all about your precious Master Emerald…" Sonic remarked with a witty tone.

The echidna's face flushed red and a vein throbbed in his head. "Shut it, Blue! I swear if you make another remark like that again I'm gonna…"

"For crying out loud Knuckles! Just tell us where you are and we can get there a lot quicker!" An annoyed Amy interrupted "Unless you want me to announce to everyone what you really think about Rouge…"

"Uh… that won't be necessary." The now sweating emerald guardian replied. "I can just give you directions to the hotel and you should be there fast."

"That'd be great. Now then, what's the place called?" The azure hedgehog questioned as he folded his arms and firmly stood on the ground.

"It's called the Seashell Hotel…" Knuckles started to speak but was then cut off by an excited Amy.

"Wait a minute… the Seashell Hotel?" Amy squealed with joy as Sonic just looked at her and shrugged.

"Hey Ames, what's the big deal about the hotel?" He said as he scratched one of his quills.

"What? You've never heard of the Seashell Hotel? It is only one of the highest rated hotels on Earth and is supposed to be located on this beautiful beach and have a romantic setting and…" Amy explained as she started to day dream. She quickly caught her behavior however, and rapidly shook her head. "So... where are you two at?" The echidna asked.

Sonic turned his head around and spotted a green road sign. "According to the sign, we are on Seaway Boulevard." Sonic replied as he aimed his gaze.

"Wow, really? Ok then, just take it a few miles south and you should find it!" He said in a surprised state.

"Cool! We'll be there in a few minutes!" Sonic happily replied.

"See ya." Knuckles said back as he hung up the phone.

After placing his phone back under one of his quills he quickly approached Amy.

"Come on Amy!" He told her as he picked her up and sped off.

Amy was caught off guard, but soon realized what had happened. She smiled to herself and slowly leaned her head against Sonic's air enforced chest. As he sprinted, he felt the warmth from Amy's head and slightly pulled his body back. Amy knew what that response meant and pulled her head back.

I should've known it was too good to be true. She thought as she shook her head.

Even though the speeding hedgehog was focused on the road, he sensed the hurt he caused right then and there.

Why does it bother me so much? It's so different… more than ever before!

After pondering about their emotions, the hedgehog pair arrived at the acclaimed hotel within a few minutes. As soon as Amy was let down by Sonic, her jaw dropped from the décor of the huge foundation. Sonic merely face-palmed and walked in the double-doors as Amy trailed slowly behind him. When the two hedgehogs entered the lobby, they were met by a pair of familiar faces.

"Hey Sonic! Hey Amy!" Tails happily greeted them.

He approached Sonic and performed a best friend hand shake that they had worked on, and gave Amy a friendly hug. Knuckles just simply walked up and waved.

"Hello to you too Knuckles…" Amy remarked as she noticed his slight discontent.

"Awww… is Knux still mad about who we talked about earlier?" Sonic taunted as he woefully spoke to the crimson guardian.

"That's it!" Knuckles yelled as he curled his fingers into a fist. Right before he jabbed the hedgehog, Tails held back his arm.

"Relax. We're not here to revisit old anger. You two should be well over that fight. It was almost 2 months ago!" He explained firmly.

"Yeah, but he's the one who started it!" Knuckles yelled as he pointed his finger at the azure hedgehog.

"No, it was you!" Sonic yelled as they started exchanging insults.

Amy just looked at Tails and shook her head. They're hopeless. She thought.

Tails quickly jumped in between them to avoid physical contact. "Both of you stop. We're all here right now to eradicate the problem in Sunlight City right here are we not?" Tails spoke as he flailed his hands.

"Your problem is right here!" Knuckles growled as he pointed at the speed demon.

"ENOUGH!" Amy screamed as she whacked Knuckles on the head. Knuckles' face recoiled from the blow and quickly halted his actions. Sonic shortly did also.

"…Anyways, I have a question." Why are you guys here of all places to be for a vacation?" Sonic asked his red and gold pals.

"It's a really long story and I don't think you wanna hear it…" Knuckles tried avoiding the conversation, but was then interrupted by a certain two-tailed fox.

"We were on a plane headed toward a city at the Southern tip of Africa in order to take a research trip to Antarctica, but as soon as that object hit Sunlight City, all air trafficking was put to halt. Since this hotel was the only one nearby, we just decided to stay here until we could get back to Mobius." Tails explained calmly.

"Antarctica though? Why there of all places? You'd freeze to death!" Amy asked with confusion.

"Yeah, you can go get a cold rush if you wanted to just by going up into the mountains on Mobius." Sonic told the Fox who quickly countered his statement.

"I'm aware of that, but the reason I wanted to go to Antarctica was because of some odd readings off of my Energy scanner. Knuckles here wanted to try some endurance training out in the cold while I researched data."

"It is just energy readings… what's so important about that?" Amy asked as she shrugged.

"Well, my scanner reaches out far into the Milky Way Galaxy, detecting all sorts of energy including Chaos Energy, the type found in Chaos Emeralds. When last Month's scanning reports came in, the scanner picked up an unusual boost of that energy in an area of Antarctica, which is very weird in my opinion. What was even more mind-boggling was that the energy levels matched those of a single Chaos Emerald." He explained onwards.

"So… what does this mean then? Are there other Chaos Emeralds we don't know about or something?" Knuckles asked as he quickly gained more interest in the conversation.

"Possible but I'm doubtful." Tails informed him.

"I thought only seven were created though? The legends say that themselves. Plus, why would they be on Earth of all places?" Sonic asked as he scratched his quill.

"I'm confused about it myself, but I'm almost certain that the object that crashed in Sunlight City earlier may hold the answer this problem" He announced.

"Well what are we waiting for then? Let's tackle this thing!" Sonic quickly said as he jumped with excitement.

"Yeah, I'm in on this too!" Knuckles responded as he threw his fist into the air.

"Consider me in also!" Amy said as she smiled.

"Why not? Just like old times, right?" Tails also responded as a grin came over his face.

"I must warn you though. The energy I'm getting from this object is way off the charts. It's unlike anything I've ever seen before and has danger written all over it. Just letting you guys know ahead of time… oh, and it is about 40 miles north of here." He informed his friends as his gin faded.

"Psh. Danger is my middle name!" Sonic replied as Knuckles shook his head. But Amy isn't… Sonic's thoughts told him. Stop overreacting! She'll be safe and sound. No need to worry at all.Sonic shook his head real quick and then focused on everyone else.

"Way to be cheesy Sonic. Nice job…" He sarcastically spoke.

"I think I've been through enough where I could handle it." Amy explained.

Sonic's heart cringed at the response but shook it off.

"Great! I'm gonna finish packing up here and then we'll be on our way." Tails explained as he headed for his room. After a few minutes passed by, Tails reappeared in the lobby with a backpack full of tech-based items.

"All right then, it's time to show this enemy who we are! Let's go!" The group cheered and they headed out of the building traveling north toward Sunlight City.

As Sonic led the group, he noticed something that didn't occur to him earlier. Not one soul was present in the area. No one but them...

Sunlight City - Ocean Spine Parkway
Shadow soon walked off of the bridge and back onto land. The large red crystal that had crashed into it earlier depleted the bridge's foundations and had completely crippled it, making it a bit of a pain to cross. The events that had occurred earlier bugged his conscious, and bothered him beyond relief. He was still angry at himself for having to abandon his friends, for it was not what he truly wanted. It wasn't a good way to raise his spirit for whatever battles he was going to face up ahead.

Shadow, stop bugging yourself. You did the right thing, and that's that. His conscious assured him. Minutes seemed to last for hours and the view of the crystalloid barely became larger. As He traveled, he still wondered why G.U.N. hadn't sent any kind of military response, or at least as an effort. They didn't seem to be too concerned about the H.Q. building being destroyed either, which usually would've caused a full scale invasion against whoever committed it. Nothing made sense to him at the moment and he was flat out confused. A rumbling noise then broke his concentration. He aimed his gaze in the distance and saw flash.

Then a blue light clouded his vision, and then threw him back several feet with an ear piercing shockwave. He managed to stand up and grunted in pain. The temperature was now at very cold low, freezing most of the area it had emerged from. As his vision started to clear, he noticed a blue beast like creature. It had emerged from the crystal that had caused the icy explosion it had made in the first place. This one was different however, it had wings made from black crystal, had six legs, spikes that sported bright blue, and a beefed-up
body that was colored in a dark blue color. The creature then lunged at Shadow, slamming him against the ground. The ebony hedgehog screamed as his eyes glowed red with rage.

"The worst mistake you've ever made!" He growled.

A shot of adrenaline made his heart pulse at breakneck speed...

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A/N: Yes... MOAR CLIFFHANGERZ (Spelling error ftw). Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter as much as I did when writing it. HOPEFULLY the next chapter will be up within the week. Then we'll be halfway with Act One! Woo Hoo! What will happen to Shadow? What has become of Rouge and Omega? Do more Chaos Emeralds exist? Why am I asking you all of these questions?- (Spongebob Reference) Find out in Part Eight!
Reviews and CONSTRUCTIVE Criticism is very appreciated. Thanks!

P.P.S. If you have any questions regarding the story (That don't spoil anything) I'll be glad to answer through PM's/Notes.

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