Chapter 9: Metal-Green Security Jungle

After getting through Prison Lane, Tails saw that Amy had released Sonic, Twilight, and Rainbow Dash. "How'd you even get in here, Amy?" Tails asked, looking at the hole in the roof that was in the shape of Sonic. "Well, if you gotta know, I smashed all the security cameras."*

Sonic, Twilight, and Dash were all at the end of 'Weapons Bed', and at the start of, 'Metal Harbor'. "I've gotta chase down that black hedgehog. You two should stay here." Sonic said as he began running his way through Metal Harbor. "I bet I'm WAY faster than he is." Dash said with a smirk**. She prepared herself and attempted to take off, but was stopped by Twilight, who held onto Dash's wing. "Are you seriously going to risk getting killed by robots with multiple lasers?!" Rainbow Dash ended up almost breaking her wing due to Twilight's grasp on it. "Fine. But I'll prove that I'm faster than him!" Dash yelled with a pouty expression on her face.

Sonic eventually came across that (goddamn) rocket bay. "I've only got ten seconds!" he yelled as he began running through the walkways and grabbed onto the rocket. "BLAST OFF!" The rocket began going high up into the sky as it ended up taking Sonic along with it. A metal piece of the rocket fell off and Sonic grabbed onto it and began skating through Metal Harbor. As soon as he reached the end, Omochao appeared and said, "You get a Rank B!" Sonic asked why, and Omochao said that it was because Sonic didn't grab onto the TOP of the rocket (the MAIN reason we all hate Metal Harbor). Sonic shrugged it off and said, "Screw that! I'm out of here!"

Meanwhile, Rouge was inside of 'Security Freaking Hall' locating the three Chaos Emeralds (she works for G.U.N./why don't they just give them to her?). "Set the timer to fifteen minutes. Let's go, Rouge!" Eggman shouted in a walkie-talkie. Rouge, being the genius that she is says, "Five minutes should be plenty!" (This is why we hate Security Hall) With all three Chaos Emeralds finally in her grasp, Rouge realized that she was TRAPPED in the Security Hell (not a typo). With nothing else to do, she contacted Shadow.

Tails ran outside to the start of Weapons Bed, and was surprised that Sonic wasn't there. "Where could he be?" he asked himself as he pressed on through. However, he made a grave mistake! While yes, he would eventually find Twilight and Rainbow Dash, he left behind Amy and Pinkie. "Such a brat sometimes..." Amy said referring to Tails. Pinkie had a different opinion however and said, "He's actually kinda cute."

Shadow was at the start of the White Jungle, where his walkie-talkie started activating. "This is Rouge. I've got a small problem. I can't believe that I'm locked inside this safe with three Chaos Emeralds. I guess I won't be able to call myself a treasure hunter anymore..." Shadow acted like he didn't care and continued walking, until he started having flashbacks of Maria's situation, and then compared it to Rouge's situation. "That damn troublemaker!" Shadow yelled as he began going through White Jungle, swinging on vines and such. After going through the perilous jungle, Shadow made it on a vine in Green Forest.

Sonic then made his way into the Green Forest, where he found Shadow. "That blue hedgehog, out of all places..." Shadow angrily said. "I've found you, faker!" Sonic shouted with his finger pointed to Shadow. "Faker? I think YOU'RE the fake hedgehog here! You're comparing yourself to me? Ha! You're not even good enough to be MY fake!" Shadow said as he jumped down to face Sonic. "I'll make you eat those words!"

Sonic instantly Spin Dashed into Shadow, who almost fell off the edge of the forest. The black hedgehog however homing attacked into Sonic and then kicked him in the face. Sonic bounced backwards and began blocking Shadow's attacks. "Chaos Spear!" Shadow shouted as he through several red dart-like spears at Sonic. Sonic jumped over the Chaos Spears and punched Shadow in the stomach. During their battle, Eggman contacted Shadow and said, "Shadow, what are you doing?! Get back here before the island blows up with you on it!" Sonic felt his blood chill as he yelled, "Blows up?!" Shadow quickly Chaos Controlled to Rouge and managed to save her and the Chaos Emeralds. "I have to find Tails, Amy, and those other girls fast." Sonic said as he began speeding through Green Jungle.

*How Amy got on Prison Island was never explained in the game, and Sonic X isn't canon.

**Yes. Technically in Adventure 2, Heroes, (technically) Shadow the Hedgehog, 2006, and Secret Rings (Sonic confirmed that it's canon in Generations), Sonic moved slower than he did in Adventure 1 and Unleashed.

NOTE: ALSO! If you're wondering why Twilight is a unicorn rather than an alicorn, it's because I never saw the Season 3 finale!