Spike's Time Jump Chaos

Chapters

2: Dark Beginnings
1: A New Threat
3: The Space Colony Ark
4: A Dark Power
5: Rail Canyon

2: Dark Beginnings

We open to a flashback that takes place over 50 years ago, on the Space Colony Ark that was still fully operational, as the camera cuts to a part of the certain part of the Arc, we see Shadow being taken somewhere by a young girl he's knows far too well, a young girl named Maria, she looked really excited over something, and she couldn't wait to show him something special.
"Shadow! Hurry! You have to see this!" Maria said excitedly as she brought him into an open room that had a different view of the Earth below, there were tons of research computer's all around the room, and on the ground were glass windows that could help give a better view of the Earth.

"What's wrong?" Shadow asked thinking there was something troubling her.

"Nothing, look!" Maria said as she had him look down towards the Earth, and we see a amazing view of beautiful lights going all over the Earth from multiple places.

"It's.. lights?" Shadow asked with confusion not really knowing what this is.

"No, it's the Aurora Borealis. You can only see them from certain latitudes down there, but from up here, you can see the whole.." Maria tried to explain as she looked at the beautiful view below them, but she could feel herself getting weaker by the second after pushing herself too much.

"The.. whole.." Maria said weakly before she nearly passed out from pushing herself too much.

"Maria!" Shadow said with worry as he quickly caught her before she hit the ground, and she only winced a bit before she opened her eyes to calm him down a bit.

"Thank you. I just.. pushed it a little.." Maria said weakly as Shadow looked down at her with worry knowing her illness is getting worse.

"The low gravity here only keeps your condition in remission, you should know better to exert yourself." Shadow said as he helped her back up so they can see the view.

"I know, your right, but when it comes to the beauty of the Earth.. I can't help myself. I can't wait for the day we can finally return.." Maria said with a smile while Shadow looked out the window to reflect on things.

"I was created here, I don't know if I have a place on Earth. Professor Gerald made me the Ultimate Life Form! I should be the key to all manner of medicines!" Shadow said with frustration as he punched the ground and nearly felt himself crying knowing what will happen if they don't find an answer soon.

"To curing you.." Shadow said with guilt as he still cant' find a way to help her, but Maria simply helped him calm down by giving him a hug to calm him down, she kept her innocent and pure smile she always has, and looks at him in the eyes to help him with this.

"You and Grandfather.. are doing your best. I'm just happy to be spending as much time with you here, while you both research.." Maria couldn't finish her sentence as something in the distance made a huge explosion within the station which sounded off the alarms across the whole ark, Shadow soon stands up and gets in front of Maria knowing there's a big threat on the ark right now.

A strange robot walks through the into the hold it had created, and began looking around the place for the target it's looking for.
"Alert! Alert! Hull breach in Experimental Weapons wing! Multiple subjects are free of containment! Lock down all...!" The Pa couldn't finish it's warning before the robot took off through the ship and destroyed even more of it as it was heading to a place Maria and Shadow both knew.

"That robot was heading for Grandfather's lab! Shadow you have to save him!" Maria begged while she grabbed her hand, but that moment suddenly made Shadow's vision flash and see a twisted image of some soldiers breaking into the station before Shadow snapped back to reality with a look of shock.

The entire place was starting to fall apart with the destruction the robot caused, and knowing it'll only get worse if he doesn't stop it, Shadow knows what needs to be done.
"I'll handle this, just stay here. I'll be back, I promise." Shadow said as he finally let go of her before he turned towards the door that opened up in the distance, and Shadow didn't waste another second to run as fast as he could to save Gerald from this robot while Maria watches on with concern.

Shadow ran through the ark as fast as he could to reach Gerald in time, everything around him seemingly fading to black as he kept running through the halls, but the light's soon came back on as he finally made it to Gerald's lab, he could see the robot was holding the old professor by the shirt and was about to attack him.

But Shadow intervened and soon rushed towards him which got the robot's attention, and it soon dropped the professor before it charged at Shadow, and they both began in an intense fight to defeat one another. Shadow and the robot clashed with eachother's fists and created a shockwave so powerful, it shattered all the chamber's around the room as the light's start to go out, but Shadow and the robot didn't stop fighting for a second. They kept rapidly punching eachother to try and land a hit, sweep one another's legs' to catch one off guard, but they were both too fast for eachother to hit currently.

Shadow soon ducked down and spun into a spin dash which made him spin around the room before he jumped in the air and delivered a single strike to him, but the robot quickly recovered and soon copied Shadow's own move and did a spin dash right as Shadow tried to use it on him again, Shadow soon got back up and kept on punching at the robot as he kept on deflecting his attacks, but after a scream of anger, he finally managed to deliver a punch to the robot's face which suddenly broke the view in front of him like glass.

But what made thing's confusing for Shadow is that all of reality shattered around him like that too, like he wasn't really there.
"What? No.. this isn't right.." Shadow said with concern just as he suddenly appears in another room, and sees what looks like an entire army's worth of ships and machine's heading towards the Ark in an invasion of sorts.

"This is the Guardian Units of Nations! Prepare to be boarded!" The announcer said over the intercom which made Shadow remember everything that happens after this moment.

"The soldiers.. they storm the Ark, destroy all evidence.. but it's too soon! It's happening too quickly!" Shadow said as he tried figuring out what's happening, but the entire room suddenly began to tilt over without proper explanation, and Shadow could barely think as he suddenly slides directly towards the window and falls through it, but instead of going out into the void of space, he found himself falling through a dark void that completely changed his reality again.

Shadow soon landed on the ground of what looked like an old cell, with numerous drawings around the walls, floors, and even the ceilings, and to Shadow's surprise, he saw what looks like Professor Gerald Robotnik tied up to a chair, with a single flickering light tilting around in a twisted way. As Shadow looks at Gerald, he sees his vision flash around him and remembered what happens at this moment as he saw Gerald screaming towards more soldiers who were coming into the room which made Shadow look at him with shock.

"Professor, we must..!" Shadow tried to get him out of his chair, but the entire place around him began to flicker again, and Shadow suddenly started to see Gerald teleport farther and father down the hall, like it was in an endless loop. Shadow tried to run as fast as he could to save him, but as Shadow reached out one last time, the entire place around him started to break apart, and he began to emerge in a strange dark area all around him.

There were dark red clouds in a storm that flashed thunder and lightning all around Shadow, reality seemingly completely warping around him as Shadow finally loses his balance. He has a look of fear as he looks towards the clouds ahead of him, and with each flash of lightning from him, he could both see and hear the horrific memory that he still regret's to this day.

He could see Maria running as fast as she could from the G.U.N soldiers taking aim and opening fire on her as lightning flashes again to show the moment she was shot during the raid on the Ark.
"Shadow! Remember!!" Maria screamed as her voice started to fade away while Shadow was horrified seeing this image happen again.

"Maria!" Shadow screamed as he went falling through the dark void, and a sinister laugh is heard as a large shadow appears behind Shadow and soon crushes him with it's claws.

This finally made Shadow snap back to the real world this time with a look of shock, he took out the Chaos Emerald he had and shot down a tree out of anger and shock after what he just saw. Shadow breathed heavily as his power sparkled around him, but he finally started to calm down seeing he's back in the real world, but that still didn't make thing's better, as he recognized who that laugh belonged too.
"That was no mere nightmare... and it all began in view of the Ark.." Shadow thought to himself as he looked at the night sky, and saw the shattered moon that was broken because of Eggman the Ark's power years ago, he could see the Ark even from here, and had many questions on what's going on.

"Could he have survived? No, it can't be. I need answers!" Shadow told himself as he was about to rush off to find a way to get there, but he was soon stopped as he suddenly felt the wind began to move far faster then it was before, and as Shadow looks up in the sky, he saw what looks like a portal opening up in the distance, and he soon saw, and heard a figure screaming as he went falling through the portal, and crashed into the field's not too far from here.

"What is that? A possible threat?" Shadow questioned as he saw the portal close while there was a large crater left behind by the figure he saw falling.

"Whatever it is, it might have answers on what I saw." Shadow concluded before he started running to where he saw the figure land in the distance.

We cut back to the moment where Spike had ended up in this strange field after he tried fighting that monster off with his mom, he was still trying to process what just happened, and as he looked at the new hedgehog he met named Shadow, he remembered Sonic telling him about Shadow some time ago after they left the islands.
"Why are you here? Who and what are you?" Shadow questioned again while Spike was getting up, still in shock of what he just went through.

"Sorry about this.. my name is Spike.. I'm a dragon. I'm a friend of Sonic's." Spike introduced which fascinated Shadow as he heard this from him.

"Really? I haven't heard about him being friends with a dragon recently, in fact I've kept been called by his friends about a birthday party he's having soon, I don't think they said anything about you being one of his friends." Shadow replied while he crossed his arms, and Spike looked surprised seeing that, not only knowing Sonic's birthday is somehow happening, but that he hasn't heard about him or his mother Angel yet despite them being friends with Sonic for months.

"But that can't be possible, I've been living in this world for months with my mother, how could you have not heard about us?" Spike questioned before he remembered an important detail he almost missed.

"I haven't heard anything about you, so how did you even get here?" Shadow asked in a bit of an aggressive tone. And that made Spike remember that monster that controlled Time from before, if it sucked him and Angel through different portals, and with those points in time he saw.. it made him think of something important.

"Hold on a minute.. you said that Sonic's birthday is happening soon right, how old is he gonna be?" Spike asked as he had an idea on how to figure this out, and Shadow recalled what Rouge told him with all the calls he's gotten about it.

"Rouge kept telling me he's turning 16, why?" Shadow asked which made Spike look shocked hearing that, Sonic, as of the time he knew him, was 18 after the Starfall Islands, and with that monster's ability's, he had a look of shock knowing what's happened.

"I think I know why you haven't heard about me.. it's because he hasn't met me yet. I know Sonic, but not right now exactly, he's around 18 by the time I know him, and if that monster did what I think it did.. then.. I may have been blown back 2 years into the past, to this moment in time." Spike theorized which surprised Shadow a bit hearing that.

"You mean your from the future? How? What brought you here?" Shadow asked wanting more detail on what he meant earlier. And Spike recalled back what happened in Station Square, and remembered what happened at that moment.

"Me and my mom were fighting against a strange monster that controlled time, we were fighting it off in Station Square together, but that monster pulled me and her through different portals that, from the looks of it, sent us to different points in time. I ended up here, but as for where my mother is.. I... don't know.." Spike said with worry for her since she's already been through so much.

This made Shadow look back on what he saw moments ago, and with the details he described, and the recent nightmare he just had.. it could mean something important.
"Then you seem to be honest, but with that in mind. What happened with this monster? Do you know where it went?" Shadow asked as he finally put his emerald away.

"I don't know, it might still be in my time period, or may be causing more trouble somewhere else, either way, I need to find out where it is, and get my mother back. Whatever this creature is, it needs to be stopped." Spike said as he looked around the field he's in to see what he can do, and that made Shadow think over what he just saw, and had a possible connection on how they could find it.

"If that's true.. then the answers we need.. could possibly be on the Space Colony Ark." Shadow said as he looked up at the sky, and Spike did the same as they saw that space station far into space.

"What makes you think that?" Spike asked as they turned to eachother to plan this out.

"I had a strange nightmare recently, it felt too twisted and unnatural, I felt a familiar power watching over me, like it was taunting me. I believe it that it was the cause of the Black Arms, a group of aliens that tried wiping out the planet some time ago, I defeated they're leader Black Doom, who tried using me as a weapon for they're army. I was destroy him, but with what I just saw, I think they may have found a way to return.." Shadow said as he tried figuring out how that's possible.

Spike was very surprised hearing that news from him, he knows Sonic's been through many adventures before, but he has heard about something like this before, and if it ties into that monster, then they may need to work together for this.
"So.. if these.. Black Arms found a way to come back, you think they have a tie into that monster I encountered? And.. it's all the way up there?" Spike asked while they were piecing it together.

"It's possible, but I need to find out for myself, I was about to head towards an old base to get a shuttle to reach it, it's the only way to reach that place." Shadow said as he turned from him like he was ready to go, and Spike knew he couldn't just stay here, if they have similar goals, they may be able to help eachother out.

"If a shuttle is the only way to get to that place, and find answers on what's going on. Then I need to come with you, I can't just let a monster roam around, I need to find it, and where my mother is." Spike said as he stood alongside Shadow, despite him being reluctant at this since they just met, they have a similar goal they need to reach, so he has to come along for this.

"If your going to come with me, try to keep up." Shadow said as his body sparked up before he suddenly took off in the distance at fast speeds, and Spike charged up his own powers and prepared to catch up with him so they can find out what's going on.

"Here we go again.." Spike told himself before he quickly boosted after Shadow to find out where he's heading, hoping they'd find out what's going on as the camera pins up to a shot of the moon, and the Ark again.

But everything around suddenly flashes again before we cut back to a memory 50 years ago again, when the moon was still whole, and the Ark was still operational.

Maria was seen walking through the halls to another room to meet up with Shadow, but as she was about to enter it, a familiar kid with grey hair and a orange and green eye suddenly ran through it in with anger of what he's seen,
"Tell that freak to stay away from me!" The kid shouted with anger before he ran off while Maria was shocked with what she heard.

"Abe!" Maria shouted as he ran off and left her alone, Maria only sighed hearing this, and she soon walked into the room Shadow was in, he was looking at a container that held a strange alien within it, and Shadow looked really upset at the sight of this creature.

"Shadow, are you alright?" Maria asked with concern as Shadow didn't look away from this one eyed creature before she came in front of him to shake him out of it.

"Maria, I'm fine.. it's just.." Shadow said with an upset look as they both looked at this creature in front of them.

"The professor created me using Alien DNA, the Black Arms he called them. The same DNA as this.. Larva... This.. ugly heartless creature.." Shadow said with disgust as the creature screeched at them from within the chamber, and Shadow only put his head on the glass after feeling lost within his thoughts, knowing what he was created with.

"I may look like a Hedgehog.. but I'm really no different from this.. thing.." Shadow said as he felt everything around him fade to black, seeing only himself and this monster at this moment.

But Maria soon came in and gave Shadow another hug to calm him down, she knows he's not like that, and with all he's done for her, she sees so much within him then he thinks.
"That's not true, you have a big heart, it may be heard for you to express it, but I know that deep down, you really do care, about me.. about all of us.." Maria assured while the two looked at eachother, and didn't notice Abe was watching them from the door, looking a bit upset still.

Maria gently grabbed his hand and had him look at her again while she kept smiling at him.
"What you do is what defines you, I know your having trouble finding answers.. but I'm certain you will one day.." Maria assured while Shadow looked at her innocent smile and felt everything around him fade, and could hear her voice one last time.

"Then, you'll find even more people you can trust." Maria assured as everything faded to white once again after all of this.

We soon cut back to the present again after Spike and Shadow started rushing towards an old Eggman base within the Dessert, the moon was still seen over the night sky as it didn't take that long for them to reach the base, but as soon as they got closer to it, they could hear alarms going off which meant they were already spotted.
"We're here! Let's go!" Spike shouted as he drew his sword again and deflected every shot being fired at him.

Spike and Shadow kept on charging through the blasts being shot at them, Shadow teleported around as the blasts kept coming at them, but Spike soon deflected the lasers back at the machine gun and soon destroyed it upon contact, and he saw that the entrance was just ahead of them.

Shadow used his strength to blow down the door without any effort, and he and Spike soon entered the base to find the shuttle they need. They were immediately surrounded by older Eggman robot models, and Spike smirked while he cracked his knuckles.
"Gotta admit, I'll never get used to bashing these robots!" Spike said as he dodged a sword slash from one of them, and he soon used tail to whip it out of it's hand before Shadow charged at it and punched it straight towards a large group of them who all were ready to fight.

"They're useless pieces of scrap, let's make this quick." Shadow said as he clutched his fist, and they both charged straight into the army to take them down, Spike rolled under another slash from the robots surrounding him and soon shot multiple fire blasts at them which destroyed multiple ones at a time, and Spike soon took out his sniper and quickly jumped up in the air, he spread out his wings again and screamed as he rapidly shot at each robot he saw coming his way.

Shadow didn't slow down at any point either, he quickly knocked a sword out of a robot's hand and jumped in the air before kicking it back at it to destroy it, and he followed that up by grabbing another robot and twirling it around at super fast speeds before he threw it to a taller pillar ahead and blew it up instantly as Spike landed back down next to him.

"Face me inferior models!" A familiar voice shouted from behind them which got they're attention, and they saw a much larger robot fighting off multiple groups at once, and he was shooting them down without any effort.

"Who is that?" Spike asked with surprise before he ducked under another slash and made another scream as he punched the thing in the chest before he grabbed it's face, and he soon slammed the thing to the ground and repeatedly punched it till it was destroyed.

"That's Omega! An old friend of mine." Shadow said as he kicked another robot away while Spike drew his sword and stood alongside him, and as they look up in the sky, Shadow sees a familiar bat known as Rouge fly over the area right under the moon before she noticed both of them.

A robot from behind was about to attack them, but she soon landed on it's head and spun it around before throwing it away to speak with the two of them.
"Evening handsome! Didn't expect to see you here. Who is this with you?" Rouge asked while looking at Spike who kept his guard up as fire was spreading over the area.

"Names Spike, just met Shadow not too long ago, but we're both here for a similar reason." Spike greeted just they all deflected more slashes from the robots around them.

"Rouge, what are you doing here?" Shadow asked while he kicked the thing away while Omega kept firing in the background, they ducked under another sword slash from the robots before Spike deflected the sword slash and spun around before he knocked the thing in the air with his tail, and Rouge followed that up by flying in the air and kicking it far away.

"Gathering some intel for G.U.N! I convinced Omega to be my backup, what are your story's?" Rouge asked as she landed on the ground and started hacking into the servers to break into the base.

Shadow kept on deflecting more sword slashes with his hands while Spike flew in the air and shot fire over the robots to take them out, and he soon landed back down and grabbed a robot with his claws before he ripped it apart without much effort thanks to his strength.
"Spike an I need a Spacecraft to reach the Ark! I have strong reasons to believe the Black Arms have returned!" Shadow said as Spike rolled next to him and used his sniper to shoot another robot in the head that was right behind them.

"Shadow and I need to reach that place to find out what's going on, I got separated from my mother, and there may be a bigger threat lurking there that caused this!" Spike shouted as he did a backflip over another robot, and Shadow quickly kicked that thing in the air towards Spike who sliced it apart with his sword easily before he landed back down.

While Rouge was fascinated with what she just heard, especially with meeting Spike right now, they didn't exactly have the time for explanations.
"Well if that's true, your both out of luck, this place is just a supply depot now." Rouge informed just as Shadow noticed something behind her, and he quickly pushed her out of the way as a far bigger robot came onto the battle field.

Spike stood together with Shadow and his team as the robot's eyes turned towards them, and got ready to fight.
"Hold that thought." Rouge said as she brushed the rubble off her while Omega slid behind them.

"I call dibs!" Omega announced while he aimed his his arm towards him as Spike growled at the robot.

"I've faced bigger robot's then this! It's gonna take way more then this to bring me down!" Spike shouted as he charged up his power to fight back. The robot slammed it's spiked hand on the floor before it threw tons of rubble towards them all, and they didn't waste another second after seeing it.

"Take it out!" Shadow ordered while he and Spike charged towards it, Spike jumped off of the ruble it threw at them and soon spread his wings again to fly in the air, and Shadow slid right under the thing while Rouge used her strength to slice down one of it's legs.

The robot's eyes glowed red and soon shot laser's directly at them which Spike deflected away with his sword, Spike soon made a battle cry and landed on the arms, he quickly jumped over another laser blast from it's eyes and started repeatedly punching the thing in the chest which was knocking it back. The robot tried throwing it's chained arm towards Rouge, but she quickly dodged it and flew down straight towards it's arm and sliced it off completely while Spike delivered a final punch to it's chest which knocked it down hard.

Shadow finished this off by skillfully jumping off the rubble into the air with a shot of the moon right behind him, and Shadow screamed as he delivered one last powerful punch which completely destroyed the robot for good which gave them time to rest.
"So, you said you met up with Shadow just recently huh? Where are you from?" Rouge asked while she landed down near Spike who looked around for any more robot's.

"Long story short, I got pulled into a portal that sent me to this point in time by a monster that attacked me and my mother. I'm a friend of Sonic's in the future, but just not right now. I met Shadow not too long ago, and after a conversation, we both decided we needed to head to the Ark to find out what's going on." Spike explained which she could only smirk at.

"So your from the future? Haven't heard that before. But what exactly was this monster that attacked you two?" Rouge asked while Spike walked back to Shadow who just wanted to get going.

"A monster that could control time in a way, pulled me and my mother into separate portals, and we both got separated because of it. I believe the only way to find out where she is, and what's going on with that monster, is if we head to the Ark and see what we can find. I know that may sound very confusing.." Spike said as Omega added in after hearing that.

"It's Time Travel, these story's rarely make any sense, even for me." Omega pointed out which everyone knew was true, but Spike kept on going to explain himself.

"But I just hope you understand, Shadow and I need to reach the Ark to find a way to stop this. If I'm gonna find my mother and a way back to my time, I can't waste another moment." Spike finished while Rouge was fascinated hearing all of this.

"Really interesting.. when exactly do you become friends with Sonic?" Rouge asked while Spike put his sword away.

"From the looks of it, I think in about 2 years thanks to Sonic turning 16 soon, but I'd rather not go into much more detail, less I wanna risk altering the future in a bad way." Spike answered which was interesting to her, and if Shadow of all people believed it, then he must be telling the truth.

"Alright then, here's the deal, I'll help you two get a shuttle, but in return, Shadow here will have to promise to come to Sonic's birthday party." Rouge teased while looking at Shadow, and he only sighed in defeat knowing it's his only option.

"Hey, if Pinkie found out you skipped a friend's birthday, she would NOT take it lightly let me tell you." Spike said as Rouge smiled seeing Shadow agree to it.

"Wonderful you two! Now.. are you guys interested in raiding a G.U.N base?" Rouge asked while she turned towards them on top of the remains of the robot.

"If it's the only way we're gonna get to the Ark, then yes." Spike said as he and everyone else soon started following Rouge to where they needed to go, while Spike still has a lot to question on what exactly is happening, if he and Shadow make it to the Ark, they might find their answers.

We cut to a special G.U.N base that held the spacecraft Spike and Shadow needed in order to get to space, Spike didn't really talk with the rest of them after they left the base, since he still just met these people who are alright with raiding a base, but since Spike isn't even known to be here yet, he's gotta do what he can to reach that colony.

A loud explosion was seen near the lower parts of the base as we cut to Spike and everyone else within an elevator after they took down numerous G.U.N robot's, Spike didn't really find them to be that difficult thanks to his experience, after slaying titans and destroying an ancient being during his first adventure, he's started to get used to all of this.

Everyone was waiting for the elevator to make it to the top while Rouge tossed away the machine's around the place, and she was also interested with what's recently happened.
"So.. G.U.N funded the research that created you, and when they got you, they sealed you away for 50 years?" Rouge asked while Shadow stayed silent after hearing all of this again.

"Was it really necessary for us to just raid the place instead of asking them given what's going on?" Spike asked as the elevator finally came to the top floor, and he quickly helped Omega remove a left over robot that was stuck to his foot.

"Well we could've asked them, but where's the fun in that?" Rouge asked with a smirk again which made Spike role his eyes at.

"If that's how it needs to be. " Spike replied with a shrug while Rouge started to get the shuttle ready to launch.

"Look, my point is, don't get too caught up in any vendetta's tonight Shadow." Rouge said as they could hear the alarm going off while Shadow crossed his arms again.

"G.U.N isn't my enemy tonight." Shadow replied as they saw a large flying robot piloted by soldier fly up towards the view in front of them to prevent them from getting on the shuttle, and seeing it only made Shadow look eager to take it down.

"Just an obstacle in my way." Shadow finished while his eyes glowed red a bit more as Spike charged up his power again.

"I call dibs!" Omega announced again which Spike found pretty funny.

"It's all yours." Spike said with a joking tone while he moved out of Omega's way as he faced the machine in front of them.

The machine started to fire rocket's straight to them to and them down, and Omega didn't hold back as he jumped straight through the glass windows in front of them, he turned his arm into a machine gun again before he dragged it across the floor and soon aimed at the machine and began firing on it to take it down.

Omega continuously fired at all the missiles that flew towards them, but when he missed one that headed directly to everyone else, Shadow effortlessly caught it with one hand as it was still going, and he soon aimed it towards the machine which completely shocked the soldier piloting it.

Shadow soon let it go which sent the missile flying towards the machine, the pilot tried to get out of the way and used flares in order to destroy it, but Shadow quickly ran across the metal ground around him and quickly teleported on top of the thing just as the missile flew by him, Shadow quickly caught the thing and threw it into the machine which started to make it fly backwards to escape it

Spike assisted in this by flying out towards the machine, he screamed as he dodged any missiles flying towards him too, and he soon landed on the machine and started to stab it over and over again with his sword to destroy it. Shadow kept on teleporting around as missile's flew all over the place and exploded upon anything they touched, but Shadow soon teleported in the air as it continued to fire at him.

Shadow kept on teleporting away from each and every missile that came at him, but once he was high in the air as more missile's surrounded him, he took out his Chaos Emerald and prepared to destroy all of them at once.
"Chaos.. Control!!" Shadow screamed again as time completely froze around him, and he used his speed and power to destroy every single missile upon one hit, and once time resumed, they all blew up instantly as Shadow charged directly down towards the flying machine after Spike took out one of it's thrusters.

"Now!" Spike screamed as he jumped in the air and flew out of Shadow's way just as he delivered a final strike to it which started to make it spiral out of control. The pilot was trying to escape the machine as it was about to explode, but the seat was jammed which he couldn't eject out of, but Shadow soon came in and ripped off the hatch as the thing kept falling down.

The soldier screamed with fear as he thought Shadow was about to finish him off, but instead, Shadow finally punched the part of the machine that helped the pilot be ejected to safety, and the pilot soon started floating away in the chair with a parachute while Spike and Shadow landed on the pathway to the shuttle, and the machine soon fell down in the background and exploded as they were walking away.

Omega looked towards the two of them as they were leaving, and felt a bit upset seeing it destroyed.
"I wanted to destroy it!" Omega shouted with an upset tone as Spike and Shadow finally got in the shuttle.

"Better luck next time Omega." Spike said with a shrug as the doors started to close behind them.

"Hmph." Shadow huffed as the doors finally closed, and Spike and Shadow soon started to take they're seats for takeoff, Spike still couldn't believe this was happening, despite the intense situation that they're in, Spike was still kinda excited for this. This is the first time he's ever going to the Ark, and space in general, especially within a shuttle, he didn't expect this night to take a turn like this that's for sure.

Spike and Shadow soon took they're seats and strapped themselves in, they made sure everything was ready before they left, and Shadow soon got in contact with Rouge again to initiate it.
"Shadow and Spike to Rouge, we're in position." Shadow reported as Spike gulped a bit and hoped thing's wouldn't go wrong.

"We're ready for launch Rouge, whenever your ready." Spike said seriously while they could see the starry sky through the window. Rouge was preparing to have the shuttle take off, and finally got the preparations done.

"Copy that and initiating launch. Good luck you two." Rouge encouraged as the alarms were going off, and the doors and window were being sealed for the take off, Rouge soon pressed her hand on a button that finally initiated the launch.

The shuttle's engines started to ignite while it was slowly rising but after a few moments, the shuttle finally started to take off into space with Spike and Shadow on it. But thing's started to go wrong as the alarms were going off and the lights were flashing red after an unauthorized launch was initiated because of them.

This made the bases security machine's and drones start to come out of the base and take aim towards the shuttle, and Rouge tried doing anything she could to stop it from destroying them.
"Omega, hurry! You have to take out those guns!" Rouge shouted as she did what she could to delay this, but a hand suddenly was placed down on the scanner, and as Rouge looks at the person who did it, she was shocked to see an old friend of hers doing it.

"This is Commander Abraham Tower, all forces, stand down." He ordered as he was revealed to be that same boy from the flashback many years ago, and that thankfully made all the machine's and drones stop taking aim at the shuttle, and Spike and Shadow soon took off into space in order to reach the Ark as the sun began to rise finally.

Rouge sighed with relief as the lights turned green again, and was extremely grateful for his help.
"Abe, I got that intel you requested." Rouge said as she put a chip into the computer's in front of them, and from that chip, it pulled up data of what looked to be the same monster that was the reason behind Spike ending up here in the first place.

"And aided in the destruction in millions of G.U.N assets." Abe said as he saw how much they destroyed just to get it.

"Oh I'm sorry, but Shadow and a new friend of his needed help saving the world, that friend of his in particular may have encountered this creature here, so we had to help them out with this." Rouge replied which interested him, and he looked back on the footage of Spike helping the team destroy more of the machines, and was fascinated with what he is.

"What is he exactly? Is he an ally to Sonic?" Abe asked while Rouge looked at the footage and remembered what Spike told them.

"Sorta, he said his name is Spike, and that he's from the future, that monster may be the reason he's here in the first place. He claims to be a dragon, and with what I've seen of him, he's certainly something else let me tell you." Rouge said as she founded him extremely fascinating, and Abe hummed a bit hearing that.

"As long as he's an ally who's willing to help, I'll allow this until we know more about him. But still, even what's passed between us, Shadow still saved the world from Black Doom, he should've known I would've supported him if he just asked." Abe said with frustration with how hard they made this for them.

"Spike asked that same thing when we got here, but honestly, when has Shadow ever asked for permission? " Rouge asked which he just found frustrating.

"You could've talked him down Rouge,." Abe countered while she only smiled a bit again and looked at the route the shuttle's gonna be taking to reach the Ark.

"There's only one person who could ever do that.." Rouge said with some guilt which made Abe sigh sadly knowing who she's talking about.

"Yes.. and she was lost to us.. a long time ago.." Abe said with guilt for her loss as they saw the long trip that Spike and Shadow are going to take on the map, and hoped they would succeed in what they needed to do.

The shuttle continues to take off into space as emotional music plays, and while Spike looks out the window, looking amazed with the sight he's seeing, Shadow is lost in his thoughts, reflecting on memory's he's both had with Maria, and a life he could've had with her if he ever found a way to save her. He'll never regret what happened on that horrible moment in his life.

Shadow started to look overwhelmed with so many emotions going through his mind, and Spike soon took notice of what's happening with him, and looked really worried for him.
"Shadow, are you alright?" Spike asked with worry which shook Shadow out of his thoughts finally after all he saw.

"I'm fine.. forget about it, we can't let anything distract us. We need to focus on the mission at hand." Shadow said as the shuttle started to detach from the rocket's helping the shuttle reach the atmosphere, and the shuttle itself soon started to take off to the colony that will take a while.

"It's gonna take a while for us to get there Shadow, but just know no matter what happens, I'm not gonna let anything harm this world, if this is because of this.. Black Doom you told me about, just know I won't let you fight him alone, I'll find my mother soon, but right now, we need to focus on our main goal." Spike said seriously as he kicked back a bit and started to take a bit of a nap knowing how long it's gonna take them to reach the Ark. And Shadow felt a bit grateful knowing he'll have him along for this journey after hearing this, while he still had his questions about him, he'll learn more about him over time hopefully.

"Let's just keep our focus Spike, there's a threat that lurks abord the Ark, and we must eliminate it." Shadow finished as the shuttle took off into space towards the Ark while the camera pins up to a shot of the broken moon with the ark not too far from it. While Spike still has a lot he's gonna need to go through during this new adventure, hopefully with what they're gonna face, it'll help him find the answers he needs, but for now, he just needs to wait until they finally reach the Ark.

But as the shuttle was leaving the Earth, far off in the distance, from within the Ark, in the same room Shadow and Maria once looked over the Earth in, a strange dark power was seen coming from it, but as the camera pins into the center of the room, 3 dark red eyes open up in a menacing way as it sensed their approach, and we see a dangerous looking figure who's been reformed on this Ark after his last battle, swearing to get his revenge..

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this everyone! I hope I blended Spike into Dark Beginning's well for this chapter, I just hope that it cutting back to the Ark 50 years ago didn't feel off to you guys. I do feel like there's more I can do to help Spike grow to be friends with Shadow and Team Dark in future chapters to make it feel believable, since Spike will be going through quite the different journey compared to his last one. I've gained a lot more experience as a writer since Spike's Frontier, and with what I learned, I hope I can make this a good sequel story.

I'll cut back to what happened with Spike's mother in a while, and will do my best to handle Time Travel in this story since it can get super confusing if not explained right. So I hope the detail of Spike being 2 years into the past based on this taking place as Sonic's turning 16 here was good of an explanation for now. There's a lot I'm gonna tackle with this story, so I just hope that I'm doing a good job to you guys so far, and you look forward to more!

1: A New Threat

It's been months since the events of the Starfall Islands happened, and Spike and Sonic destroyed The End together, reuniting Spike with his mother, and him beginning a new life in this world as a friend of Sonic's, and a new hero to help stop the threat of Dr Eggman.

But while that sounds exciting for some, Spike's still needed some time adjusting to being on his own now, especially since he's had to take some time with his mother Angel. She's still been recovering after she's been trapped in Cyberspace for thousands of years, waiting for the right moment to finally find him again, she had a huge history with the Ancients and the Chaos Emeralds themselves, while she still has much to tell, for now, they are just taking in what peaceful moments they have knowing there will be another threat to face one day.

Spike's been having a lot to adjust being in this new world he's in, while he's only seen a bit of it thanks to the Starfall Islands, now that he's out and able to explore more of what this world has to offer. He never thought he'd be a part of something like this in his life, but now that he's here, the more adventures he goes on with Sonic and his friends, the more he'll be growing to be more of a hero.

Spike's had time to reflect on the journey that lead him up to this point, from the enemy's he's seen back in Equestria, to what he faced back on the Starfall islands, they were really big moment's within his life, despite his friends being the ones to stop the threats in Equestria, on the Starfall Islands, it was up to him and Sonic to save the world, and he's felt really proud knowing what he was able to do there.

We open to a shot of a city within Sonic's world, there were tons of people were going about they're night minding they're own business, Eggman hasn't attacking or being much of a threat since the islands, and everyone's just been taking in the peace they can.

And as we pan to the top of a building on a starry night, we see a familiar purple dragon looking over the city with Sonic right besides him, and the dragon smiles as he see's this world he's in. The young dragon is known as Spike, and he, Sonic, and his mother Angel needed to take in some time to talk after all that's happened recently.
"Man, it's hard to believe it's already been month's since I came here, there's so much I've had to see, and yet, there's still even more I have to learn about this place." Spike said with a smile as he and Sonic sat on the rooftop to take in the sight, and right besides them was Spike's mother Angel who was taking in the sight of the real world around them.

"Indeed, you've come a long way since you came to this world son, you and Sonic did much to keep the world safe, and finally free me from Cyberspace. It's still hard to imagine that I'm in the real world again.." Angel said with a soft smile as she still was getting to used to everything looking real again, when she was merely in illusions for so long.

"Hey, when it comes to shove, saving the world is what I do. Gotta admit though, it's been really nice having some new friends along for the ride, I'm glad we got to go on that adventure together Spike, it really was something else.." Sonic said as he was eating a chili dog for a little snack.

Spike took a deep breath and sighed as he heard that, it just felt nice to be at a place where he can truly prove his worth, and whenever trouble comes, he'll be there to help.
"Yeah, it really was. Now that I'm here, I got new friends like you guys to help me out. We still got a concert happening in a couple weeks right?" Spike asked playfully as he, Sonic and Knuckles did form a band after their last adventure.

"Yep, gonna be happening in Station Square at some point, How you been doing with the vocal's Spike?" Sonic asked as he stood up and stretched himself out a bit.

"Gotten a lot better let me tell you, with this new body of mine I've had time to adjust, but since we got the free time, what do you think we'll be able to do since there hasn't been any big threat's recently?" Spike asked as they all stood up and looked over the city around them.

"I'm probably going to do another run around the globe to pass the time, best thing about going fast is that you get to see many places other's can't, what about you guys?" Sonic asked as he turned to them

"I think me and Angel are gonna just head to our new home for some rest, I'll probably go out for a run around the city before heading back, but till then, me and mom are just gonna take some more time together." Spike answered which Angel smiled at.

"Yes, I think that's a good choice too, me and my son still have a lot of catching up to do." Angel said with a smile which Sonic could understand.

"Hey don't worry about it, with how much we've had time to relax, I'm sure you'll recover in no time Angel. If you ever need help from me and my friends, you know how to call us." Sonic said as he finished up his snack to get ready to go.

"Thanks Sonic, I really appreciate this, it's just been great having a friend like you for help. But I gotta ask, when will you be introducing me to your other friends? I've only met you, Amy, Tails and Knuckles, but I've only heard about your other friends, you think we'll be able to meet them at some point?" Spike asked curiously since Sonic's said they've been busy doing they're own thing's since they came to this world.

"I'll come up with a party or something to get them together, just wait till you meet Shadow, Silver, or Blaze, I think they'll be interesting to talk with. But that's not happening for a while, I think the best you can do for now is take in what this world has to offer buddy." Sonic said as Spike looked up at the moon he's been able to see it before during his time here, but part of it was destroyed from what looked like a devastating blast, and from the side of it.. he saw what looked like a space station of sorts..

"And what about that place? What is it?" Angel asked as she saw the space station far out into space which Sonic saw too.

"Oh that? That's the Space Colony Ark, one of the most interesting places I've been too let me tell you, and the story on how the moon was destroyed? Man you guys will be in for some surprises." Sonic said with a chuckle which got them interested.

"Guess nothing's that surprising to you anymore huh?" Spike asked as Sonic was preparing to head out for another run yet again to give them time.

"You can count on that, I'll show you more places I've been too soon, but for now, I'm heading out, I'll meet up with you guys later alright?" Sonic asked as he looked back at them one last time.

"Don't get into any trouble out there Sonic." Angel warned which made Sonic chuckle a bit again.

"Don't worry about me guys, I'll talk to you later! See ya guys!" Sonic shouted as he soon boosted off and soon left the city without much of a thought again.

This made Spike and Angel sigh as they were alone together again, they've spent a lot of time trying to make up lost time to eachother, Spike's been able to tell her about the event's he's gone through in Equestria, and yet.. Spike's barely learned that much more about her..
"Well, I guess it's just us again isn't it?" Spike asked as they sat down again and looked over the massive city they were in, taking in how different it was compared to the places they've been too.

"I guess so son, whenever your friends have to go out to do they're own adventures, or what they do in they're free time, it's always us that spend the rest of the time alone.." Angel replied softly as she looked at the night sky.

Spike could see the moonlight reflect off her purple scales, Spike could just see that she's taken many scars during the time's she's fought for her life, outside of the nearly identical appearance they have, Angel had more battle scars, and looked way more experienced then he may ever be.

But as she looked at the moon, looking over the enormous crater that was caused from it, she felt herself feel a bit sad knowing how much she's missed on.
"Is everything okay mom?" Spike asked with concern as he put his claw on hers to help her.

"I.. still can hardly believe that I actually was able to reunite with you son.. I spent so long in that dimension.. fearing the possibility, that I may never meet you, and that you'd have to grow up without ever knowing.. what happened to me, or where you really came from.." Angel admitted which made Spike feel sad knowing how long he spent without even knowing her.

"I know the feeling, with all that's happened to me in Equestria, I never thought I'd meet you, but once I found that portal in that cave deep within the forest, all those structures most likely carved by the Ancients, it.. made me question what more there is for me. I spent so much of my life raised by Twilight, but I had rarely ever questioned where I came from, and now that I know.. I.. just wish I knew sooner.." Spike said with regret knowing what his mother's been through.

Angel only looked down sadly hearing that, she knew Spike still had many questions for her regarding her own past and the ancients, and it was hard to fully find a way to explain it.
"It was really hard for me son.. spending so long in a place that was nothing more then an illusion, a fictional place that could keep me safe until I finally found my way to you, when The End came and became a threat to the world, I tried my best to find a way to help.. and yet.. I was barely able to do anything.." Angel said with guilt as she smashed her fist on the ground for a moment which caused a bit of a crack to form from it.

"What was it like mom? Being in a time where the Ancient's tech was at it's highest, and you got to see so much of what they were able to do? Did you have any special ability's that could help them?" Spike asked curiously since he's wanted to know more about it.

Angel reflected on what it was like so many years ago, while it's hard to fully remember everything right now, she does remember some important stuff from it, and how much it changed her life..
"It.. was incredible son.. the Ancients were truly being's with revolutionary tech, I can only imagine what it would be like today if they survived. I spent most of my life on the Starfall Islands son, this world was completely different by the time I met them, I barely ever had anyone to talk too, I only could explore the islands surrounding it, and yet.. I never could see what lied beyond it, because there was very little that I knew about the world beyond.." Angel explained as she looked over the city again, admiring how much has progressed since her own point in time.

"Really? Then.. how were you able to have me? Spike asked curiously which was hard for her to answer.

"I.. had you by myself son.. it was quite difficult being able to, but with what little I had before I met them, I did everything I could to have someone like you, someone who could help give me joy.. after I spent so long alone.. the powers of Chaos Emeralds work wonders son, and when the Ancient's allowed me to gain more strength to fight for my home, it helped me see just how much bigger.. the universe really is out there.." Angel said as she clutched her claw and purple lightning came from her hand for a brief moment which fascinated him.

"I still find it hard to believe that I was meant to be born in a completely different point in time, now that I've finally met you, knowing what you've been through, all the stuff with the Ancients, I.. keep questioning what it would've been like if I was raised by you.. and if The End was destroyed, I question what my life would've been if you didn't have to suffer for so long, or even managed to find a way to Equestria, so we could meet far sooner.." Spike asked sadly as he still had so much to think over.

"Fate has it's ways son, I've learned a LONG time ago, but.. the least we can do now is appreciate that we made it through, and that we're together again.." Angel said with a smile before she came in and gave Spike a hug, and Spike gladly returned it since they've both been through so much.

Soon enough, they both pulled away, and looked at eachother with a smile and felt so glad to be together again, and as they saw the time, they knew they should head home now.
"Well, it's getting pretty late mom, wanna head home and call it a night?" Spike asked as he and Angel both started to stand up to leave.

"I'd like that son, I'll head to our apartment and get thing's settled, your probably gonna do another run around the city aren't you?" Angel asked with a smirk which Spike chuckled at.

"I'll only do one lap or so before meeting up with you, but I won't be long mom, I'll just make sure everything's okay." Spike assured which she hoped was true.

"Just be careful son, I'll see you at home soon, be safe." Angel said one last time before she spread her wings and took off to a their new home they recently moved into, a fancy apartment that was near the center of the city, they've spent many night's there, taking in the sight of the world they're in, and Spike always liked getting to spend time with his friends no matter what.

Spike sighed to himself as he was alone again, despite the time he's spent with his friends in this world, he's glad to have time to himself during stuff like this, he turned back to the city and smiled as he spread out his wings, and felt ready for a little lap across it.
"Alright Spike, let's beat your record!" Spike said with a smirk before he charged up some of his power and soon boosted off into the city to get have some fun.

Spike charged through the city at fast speeds as he made sure to avoid hitting any cars or obstacle's coming into his way, he slid down some stair cases and grinded on a rail that helped him go around another spiral case before he landed down near a larger building, he soon dashed his way forward in order to reach it to the top while having the time of his life.

Running at fast speeds like this is just a thrill, seeing so much go by at such a fast pace, and being able to see all the city has to offer in such a short time is a really great feeling, there's so much for Spike to explore in this world, and he's had such a blast being able go through so many places, at such fast speeds, Rainbow Dash would be proud of him.

He wished he was able to tell his friends what happened to him before he joined Sonic and crew to help fight against Eggman, and other threats to this world. He's still got a lot to catch up on given what Sonic's had to fight during the many year's he's been around, and it just made Spike eager for what he'll be facing next.

Spike ran across the side of the building and ran directly up to the rooftop as he saw the broken moon follow along with him far in the distance, and he soon made it to the top and made a high jump into the air and soon spread his wings out and started to fly across the highest points of the city while cheering with joy.

"This is awesome!" Spike cheered as he swooped across the building's and made sure not to hit anything coming his way, he could see multiple people noticing him from below, and all Spike did was strike a familiar pose alongside the view of the moon as he dove downwards and went even faster.

Spike soon slid across the rails alongside the buildings and continued to flip across them, soon sliding directly under a bridge which he barely missed, and he soon got onto a loopdy loop and ran around it before running back down to the center of the city to finish his little jog.

"Yeah!" Spike cheered as he did a one last backflip before landing on the ground skillfully, he took heavy breaths as he felt so much adrenaline rush through him, but it felt so great to go at speeds like this, and from the looks of it, he was even faster then before.

"I guess I'm getting better..." Spike told himself as he saw some people cheering for him after he did those amazing stunts, Spike only waved at them and began walking towards some of the apartment buildings in the distance to meet up with his mom.

Spike soon started to simply make his way through the street's, taking in the sights around him, this place was really simple in terms of city's that this world has, Spike's been to a few places with Sonic that are way more futuristic and advanced, but Spike enjoyed more simple places like this, especially since there's always the chance someone like Eggman could ruin it.

Spike sighed with a happy smile as he walked around the place, and saw there wasn't anything too big happening that concerned him.
"Looks like everything's normal here." Spike said as he passed by a few people respectfully who didn't mind seeing him since he's one of Sonic's friends.

But as Spike took in all of this, something began to happen, a strange.. dark portal began to form within the sky, and before anyone noticed it, it soon made a loud explosion which made a strange sound that could be heard over the city.

The blast created a shockwave of wind that blew so many people back while Spike stood his ground and didn't move as the wind blew past him and through the city.
"What?!" Spike asked with shock as he looked in the air, and to his shock, he saw a huge monsterous creature emerge from looked like a portal within time, the monster was made of a strange dark power that he hasn't seen before, and the only thing he got from the monster was a really loud roar which echoed through the city.

This started to make people scream with fear as they ran away from the monster, all the while Spike stood ready to face it, he smirked a bit and drew his sword he still got from the Titan, Knight. And the other powerful Sniper he got from Supreme, and aimed them both at the monster and stood ready to fight.
"Guess I'm gonna be a bit late!" Spike said with a smile before he charged up his powers and boosted towards the monster as it floated in the sky.

The monster screeched as it started opening up strange portals that looked to go to different points in time, and it soon began sucking multiple parts of the city into it as a way to destroy it, Spike could see some people were being sucked into it, and without hesitation, Spike quickly flew up in the sky's and grabbed every person he could to save them.

Spike ran over the debris heading towards him as it was being sucked into the portals, he grabbed any person he could and put them somewhere safer so they could escape, he then started to slash through the obstacle's with his sword, as well as shoot multiple blasts towards the larger debris of rubble that were being sucked in the air.

"What is this creature?" Spike thought to himself as the creature noticed him, and roared with pure fury drawing all of it's attention to him, it soon threw one of it's large hands at him as it opened another portal, and soon flew through it and disappeared for a brief moment, this shocked Spike for a moment before he heard a sound right below him, and he saw the hand was coming through the portal from below him!

"No you don't!" Spike screamed as he quickly avoided being struck by it, and he used that moment to use his sword and deliver a powerful slash across it's wrist which made it roar with fury. The monster soon charged up even more power, and soon started shooting strange dark orbs to him, and they instantly destroyed anything they touched like it was nothing.

This made Spike quickly roll into a ball and spin dash his way across the roof as they flew behind him and destroyed most of the buildings he was running across, Spike soon jumped out of it and slashed through any of them that almost hit him, his sword was strong enough to block each one that came to him, but it wasn't without risk of being hurt either.

"This thing is strong! I gotta end this quickly before it does any more damage!" Spike thought to himself as he ran over a much taller building and ran directly upwards, he could see the monster chasing him right from the side, and it roared with rage as it opened more portals that began throwing large rocks, or even chunks of land from other places that he recognized.

Spike made a battle cry as he managed to avoid being hit by them, and he soon made his way directly towards the top again, but this time, he did a backflip of the very top of the ledge and started falling directly towards the creature, he spread out his wings and screamed as he dove directly down to it and charged up his power.

The monster looked at him and roared as Spike flew directly into it, but as soon as Spike hit it, the monster managed to block Spike's attack and soon knock him far away from him with huge strength, Spike screamed as he went flying through multiple buildings and soon crashed into a wall which left a crater behind, and groaned as he tried getting back up to stop this.

"Gonna take more then that to take me down.." Spike said with a growl as he looked up at the monster as it rose into the sky, and it roared once again as it was starting to prepare a devastating blast, but at that moment, a purple flash of lightning instantly went by it and destroyed the orb it was forming, and soon came back and delivered a large slash to it's face to damage it.

It soon ran down the building next to it and went directly towards Spike, destroying the window's it was on thanks to it's power, and from the looks of it, Spike could easily see who it is.
"Mom?!" Spike asked hopefully as the figure landed down next to him and soon showed it's form again, and it was indeed Angel, her body was sparking with lightning as her eyes glowed green, and her power could be felt even from here. She helped Spike up and smiled seeing he's okay.

"You alright son? I didn't miss the fight now did I?" Angel asked with a smirk as they heard the monster roar again as it was still ready to fight.

"I'm fine mom, thanks to you. But let's not rest yet, we still have this thing to take care of!" Spike shouted as the monster glared at them and snarled while they stood together.

"What do you think this thing is?!" Angel asked with a growl while Spike drew his sniper again and stood his ground.

"I don't know, but it's powerful! If it's something that Eggman made, we have to destroy it!" Spike said as he got ready to attack the thing again.

"Couldn't agree more! Let's go!" Angel screamed before they both took off at the monster at their fastest speeds. Angel flew through the sky and charged through any obstacle in her way, and Spike ran across the floor and avoided whatever came in his way, and they could see the monster was getting closer by the second.

Angel took a deep breath and closed her eyes as she charged up more power, and as her body sparked with more lightning, her eyes opened up and glowed even more as she prepared a special move she knew..
"Chaos... Control!!" Angel screamed as she raised her claw out and unleashed a familiar move that Sonic knew all too well, this made everything around the both of them freeze for a brief moment to give them an advantage, but to Angel's surprise, the move didn't work on the monster they were facing which shocked her, but she tried her best to work around the situation.

"It's resistant to Chaos Control! We need to use the debris around us to reach it!" Angel screamed as she jumped across the frozen rubble around them to reach it.

"How did you learn this move?!" Spike asked with surprise as he ran below her while she glared towards the creature.

"I've learned a lot of special moves in my time! I'll teach you them later! For now, let's destroy this creature!" Angel screamed as she flew directly at the monster's face while it was focused on Spike who drew his sword.

"Got it!" Spike replied before he lunged directly at the monster again, this time, Angel managed to catch it off guard and deliver multiple strike's to it's head, and she soon flipped back and threw the debris it was using at it to prevent it from protecting itself, and Spike used this moment to charge through the air, and he made a loud scream as he delivered a powerful slash across it's body as time unfroze and all the debris that was nearby got destroyed instantly.

Spike and Angel soon landed back down in the center of the city again, the monster was recovering from it's attack, but once it did, it had enough of they're interruptions, and roared even louder as it charged up more power.
"Stay back son!" Angel shouted as the monster formed two portals in front of it, and it soon started to create a powerful force that was sucking them both in.

Spike tried standing his ground, and Angel was doing her best to avoid it, but the force was getting even stronger by the second, and it started pulling them both in much to their shock.
"No! Spike!" Angel screamed as Spike slammed his sword on the ground and held on as Angel held onto him, and Spike got an idea on how they could avoid a bad fate.

"Mom! Get down!" Spike screamed as he used his free claw to take out the Sniper he had, and he charged up a powerful shot and fired at the creature just before they both finally slipped and began falling into the portals that lead to different places.

"Mom!!" Spike screamed as he and her were being pulled away from eachother because of the creature, and Angel raised her claw out one last time as they tried to save eachother.

"I'll find my way back to you! Just hang on!" Angel screamed as she soon got pulled into a portal that lead to a white void on the other side which horrified Spike.

"No!" Spike screamed with terror before he got pulled into a portal too that lead to another point in time, and they soon both closed as the monster was free to cause destruction. The monster soon charged up more power around it again, and it soon opened a massive portal over the entire city as everything fades to white...

Spike feels himself falling through a void in time as he spirals around and tries desperately to escape it, Spike screams as he feels himself falling at speeds even faster then he's ever gone, and as he continues to fall, he sees multiple memory's, and places from his past flash by him, almost as if he was going through time itself.
"What's.. going.. on?!" Spike screamed as he fell through the void even more until he feel's himself fall into another portal that lead to another point in time..

Spike groaned as he felt extremely weak after he took a hard fall, wherever it was that he ended up, it didn't give him a soft landing at all.
"Ugh.. what.. happened?" Spike asked weakly as he opened up his eyes, and he was soon greeted with a starry night sky with the destroyed moon still being seen, which means he must still be in Sonic's world somehow.

"W.. what? Where am I?" Spike asked with worry as he quickly got back up to see where he was, he looked to be in an open field that didn't have any signs of a city nearby, he could see an aurora borealis in the sky too, and it amazed him with the beautiful light it gave off.

But it didn't hold his attention for long, as he remembered what happened just before he ended up here, it instantly made him snap out of it and he tried figuring out what to do.

"Mom, that monster! I need to find out where they are!" Spike said with worry as he looked around for any place that could be a good start, but as he looked around, he felt a strange orange light come up behind him before he even knew it, and soon enough, he saw a familiar emerald be held right by the side of his head as a new voice spoke to him.

"Where did you come from?" The voice asked in an aggressive tone which made Spike quickly flip ahead before turning around to face the person he heard. But to his shock, he saw what looked like another hedgehog, one that looked like Sonic. But he looked pretty different, he had black fur with red spines along his quill's, and had some golden ring's around his gloves that looked to hold extreme power, and as Spike looked closer at him, he saw he had a Chaos Emerald in his hand too, and Spike looked very surprised to see him here.

"S.. sorry for the shock, I'm not supposed to be here, I don't mean to cause any harm here, honest." Spike replied as the figure soon lowered his hand and inspected him closer.

"I don't think I've seen you around here, who are you? And where did you come from?" The hedgehog asked again while still sounding ready as if he were a threat to him.

That made Spike try to think of a reason to explain why he's here, but if he's anything like Sonic, or at least knows him too, then Spike just decided to tell him it honestly.

"I'm Spike, I'm a dragon. Sorry for the concern here, but I got sucked in a portal that lead me here from a strange monster, I got separated from my mother, have you seen her?" Spike asked hopefully which interested this hedgehog.

"No, I haven't, I saw you fall through the sky from that portal you described, guess that means your telling the truth." He replied which made Spike interested in seeing him too.

"I am being honest sir. I don't mean to cause any trouble here, this wasn't my fault, I got sent here because of a strange monster that somehow could control time." Spike replied as he figured that's what it could do since he's here, and it looks to be at an earlier point in this world then he thinks.

"A monster that can control time? Interesting.." The hedgehog replied as he now had his full attention with this dragon in front of him, and looking closer at him, he hasn't met this person before, and wondered who he is exactly.

"I hope you don't mind me asking this, but, who are you?" Spike asked as the two stood across from eachother as the figure crossed his arms and looked directly at him.

"I'm Shadow, Shadow the Hedgehog." Shadow introduced which made Spike looked shocked as he recognized that name as thing's fade to black..

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this guys! So starts off my new Sonic story! I also would like to thank SpikeSmolder Fan for the title, thanks so much for the help!

This one will have Spike team up with Shadow and go through Shadow Generations, where he'll go through multiple parts of Shadow's own history, both past and future, while also going through places he's familiar with too to face Black Doom and defeat him for good, And for Spike's mother Angel, she's gonna be teaming up with Sonic and Classic Sonic for Sonic Generations to fight against the Time Eater.

I hope this is a good start to this sequel story here, I have a lot of plans to help flesh out Angel's character more, help us see what she can do, and her relationship's with Spike and the rest of the Sonic cast, there's a lot I'm gonna be doing for this story, and I just hope that what I'm doing here so far is interesting, I'm gonna try doing my best to make it a great story, the next chapter will be on Dark Beginning's, and I just hope that this is interesting to you guys, thanks for reading this everyone and have a good day!

3: The Space Colony Ark

Spike didn't know how long it exactly took for him and Shadow to finally reach the Space Colony Ark up in space, he took a bit of a nap to wait out the time that it took there while Shadow was left to think to himself. They both needed a little quiet time after all the trouble they just went through just to get this shuttle, while they're glad they finally making it to the ark, they still just needed time to think.

Spike was still trying to figure out why he was sent 2 years or so into the past by that monster, he's really worried for where his mother ended up, because if it can control time, it could've sent her anywhere at any point in time, and he just dreads if she ended up somewhere she hates, but if that proved one thing, it only gave him more motivation to find out what that monster is, and how to get her back.

Spike was still trying to get used to the fact he's in the past, and that he has to team up with Shadow in order to find out what's going on, he's heard of him before thanks to Sonic, he's been told a few story's about some of the biggest adventures Sonic's been on, like when Eggman split the Earth into pieces, and Sonic needed to restore the Chaos Emeralds to prevent a dark being called Dark Gaia from destroying it while also being.. a Werehog.. which Spike found to be a weird thing that apparently exists, there was a lot Spike's missed out on, and he only hopes he'll be able to catch up on what he's missed soon, at least so he can understand certain thing's he doesn't know fully yet.

But soon enough, after Spike finally woke up from his nap while thinking over all of this, he saw he and Shadow had finally arrived at the Ark, and were just entering the space station now.
"You done having your nap Spike?" Shadow asked with a bit of an annoyed tone while Spike yawned a bit and looked out the window and saw the Earth from this view which amazed him.

"Sorry, but I needed to rest since we were taking quite the journey here, did anything happen while I was out?" Spike asked as the shuttle stopped near a station where they could get out.

"No, i just kept the thing moving at a steady pace, at least we're finally here." Shadow said as they unbuckled themselves and opened the doors, and they soon stepped out into the station to see it in full, and it amazed Spike with what he was seeing.

It was one of the most advanced places he's seen in his life, on account on it being a literal space station, with tons of highly advanced machinery and weapons around the Ark that were used for defense or for security, this place was one of the biggest thing's he's ever seen, and as he looked out the window next to them while they were walking through the halls, he could see both the Earth, Sun, and the broken Moon at the same time from this view, and it was a sight to behold to say the least.

"Wow... this.. is the Space Colony Ark?" Spike asked as he followed Shadow through the halls who didn't look that impressed with it.

"Yes, this place was shut down by G.U.N over 50 years ago when I was made here, I was created by professor Gerald Robotnik to be the Ultimate Life Form, but even with the time I spent here, there were always parts of me that felt unsure of myself.." Shadow said as they walked alongside eachother.

While most of the stuff around here was still working, there were plenty of areas and rooms around the massive space station that were abandoned long ago, and hasn't worked in years, and most likely wouldn't work ever again, knowing Spike's in a place that held such an important history, it really made him all the more glad he's even here.

"Sorry to hear that Shadow, can't imagine what that was like.. But for me.. I'm still trying to get used to all of this, I've only been friends with Sonic for a few months at this point, and with the time I've had here, I've mainly been trying to reconnect with my mother.." Spike replied which made Shadow interested in wanting to know more about him.

"What exactly is your story? How did you meet Sonic? Where are you even from?" Shadow asked while they walked down the empty halls, not knowing there's a strange power coming from somewhere in the station.

"I'm from a different world called Equestria, full of mythical creatures like Unicorns, Alicorns, Dragons, Griffons, Changelings and other magical creatures that you wouldn't see in this world. I was out on a walk to think to myself after I helped a friend of mine named Thorax reform and become king of the Changelings, overthrowing the previous Queen who was evil and had tried taking over my home. I stumbled upon a strange cave that was highly advanced far into the forest, I fell into a place where I may not have escaped, but after using a strange gear, I was sucked into an ancient device that teleported me to this world, where I met Sonic, helped him save his friends, and went on a life changing adventure for me." Spike explained which really fascinated Shadow with what he's heard.

"Fascinating.. what was this device exactly that you found? What did it do?" Shadow asked while they looked out the window again to think over all of this.

"It was a device that teleported me to a digital dimension called Cyberspace, it recreated places and familiar locations from both my own past, and Sonic's past, it was a place that was unlike anything I'd seen up to that point, but out of pure luck, I was able to escape it, and I met up with Sonic on some really far away islands that have quite the history, and.. that adventure is where I finally met my mother, she was trapped in that dimension for over 10,000 years, there's a lot more complicated stuff that happened during that adventure, but just know that what happened there, was what really changed my life forever.." Spike said as he looked at his body, he had almost forgotten that he was such a small little dragon when he first arrived on the Starfall Islands, but now, he's taller then Ember, and stronger then any dragon in Equestria probably.

"That's quite the story.. you wouldn't mind telling more about it at another time would you?" Shadow asked while they looked at eachother again.

"Once we get to know eachother a bit better, we did just meet a bit ago after all, besides, there's some stuff I don't wanna give away right now, less I risk altering the future, the only thing you need to know is that it was an important adventure for me, and really changed me.. it was the first time I ever met my mother in my life.. and I need to find out what happened to her.. she's been through a lot.." Spike said with worry for her which really showed Shadow how honest he's being, while he found it a bit hard to believe at first, with how genuine he's describing this, it really could be true.

"Don't worry Spike, we'll find out what happened to her, once we find and destroy the threat that's on this place, we'll see where we can find her, if that monster you mentioned did this, then we'll need to find it next." Shadow said as he clutched his fists which gave Spike determination with what's at stake.

"Thanks, come on, let's see where the problem is." Spike said as they started moving around the station in order to find out where it is.

Spike and Shadow spent quite a bit searching around the colony to find out where the energy source they detected was coming from, they didn't really speak to eachother that much after that little talk, but it gave them time to think over things some more now that they're here. Spike still couldn't believe he was actually in space, he always wondered what it would be like from being able to see the view of his home from so far above, and now that he's here, it really is a sight to behold, and he just wished his friends were here to see this.

Spike and Shadow continued moving around the ark to find anything that could be a problem, but so far they haven't yet, they've spent almost an hour here up to this point, and haven't found anything, but they aren't gonna leave until they find it, no matter what. And as this was happening, it made Shadow reflect on his time here, and what it was first like for him when he was created.

We open back to a flashback that happened 50 years ago, we see an advanced looking science lab with a container straight within the center, there was highly advanced tech all around the room, and we soon see two familiar figures come into the room, the little girl known as Maria excitedly walked up to the container and was really looking forward to meeting him. Professor Gerald went up to a computer and started typing in some codes that would finally awaken him, as he felt that he was ready to finally meet them.
"Can we wake him up now? Can I meet him?" Maria asked hopefully as Gerald looked over Shadow's descriptions on the computer, and felt confident he was.

"Yes i believe so, it is time to awaken the Ultimate Lifeform." Gerald said as the container starts to open, and they see Shadow finally awaken for the first time.

"Welcome to the world, Shadow The Hedgehog." Gerald said as Shadow opened his eyes for the first time, and we soon cut back to the present time where he and Spike had just entered this familiar room, and Shadow wasn't saying a thing upon recognizing it.

Spike went up to the old computer's around the place, while he tried getting them to work to see if there's anything he could find, the power wouldn't turn on, and there was tons of dust all over the place
"This place hasn't been used in years.. nothing in here works.." Spike said with a sigh while he and Shadow looked at the container in front of them.

"We wouldn't even find that much in here anyway, let's just keep moving." Shadow said dismissively while they were leaving the room, but that was until the Earpieces they recently got started going off, and they heard someone speak from the other side of it.

"Shadow, Spike, this is Rouge, do you two copy?" Rouge asked from the Earpiece which they heard clearly.

"We here you Rouge." Spike replied while he kept looking around the place.

"We copy Rouge." Shadow replied sternly while they looked over the view of the Earth again since it's the only interesting thing they can see right now.

"Are you two.. still aboard the Ark?" Rouge questioned as we see a shot of the enormous space colony they're currently on right now.

"Yes, Spike and I arrived on the Ark an hour ago." Shadow replied while Spike tried seeing where the problem is.

"We still haven't found any signs of a possible threat yet, but we're not stopping until we find anything." Spike replied while wanting to keep moving on.

"Well your both missing Sonic's birthday party, I hope you two plan on being here." Rouge said as she was at the party right now where Sonic's other friends were having a fun time together.

"Rouge, Sonic and none of his friends even know me yet, even if you were to say I'm a new friend to you or something like that, I'd just be a stranger to them since they don't know me." Spike said as he doesn't wanna cause any concern.

"Spike's right on that, we still need to find that unusual bio-signature G.U.N detected here, we were lucky enough they gave us some support during our trip here." Shadow said as they felt ready to move on.

"Are you sure? I have my ways of convincing them you know? I'm sure they wouldn't mind Shadow having a new friend with him." Rouge said in a teasing tone which made Spike role his eyes.

"Sorry Rouge, but this party is one that I have to miss, I still need to find out where my mother is." Spike said while he was shaking his head.

"There's free food." Rouge replied one last time before Spike and Shadow just cut her off and sighed hearing that.

"Is she always like this?" Spike asked while Shadow looked a bit annoyed still.

"You get used to it." Shadow replied bluntly while they turned around again.

But to their luck, they saw something strange happening in the hallways just ahead of them, a strange red and black energy was starting to warp the halls around in a strange way, like it was warping the place to be something else entirely, and Spike and Shadow knew this is the problem.
"There!" Shadow said seriously while they ran towards the halls and saw it kept going across the colony, and they both didn't waste another second.

"Let's go!" Spike shouted as they started to run as fast as they could down the halls, and the thing soon lead them to a hatch that lead them outside of the colony, they both jumped off of it and started to fall out of it for a bit, but then they soon landed on a grind rail that gave them a large view of the Ark behind them.

Shadow and Spike kept they're balance as the source was somewhere nearby, and they began going as fast as they could to find where it is.
"Finally! I've got you now! We aren't letting you get away!" Shadow said with anger as they used they're powers to grind across the rails even faster while they saw the view of the Earth below them.

"Looks like you were right about something bad being here Shadow! I haven't felt a power like this before!" Spike shouted as Shadow teleported near some old robots that were still active and destroyed each of them with a single kick before they kept on moving across some Dash Panel's.

"No time for talk now Spike, let's just keep moving!" Shadow shouted as he boosted ahead of him which made Spike follow behind to keep up with him.

Shadow and Spike started running across some platforms that were all across the ark, they soon jumped off some springs that lead them to a higher ledge, and Spike homed in on a rail that he grinded across before jumping over some floating rocks that lead him up a slope while Shadow just teleported to the top of it.

They both grinded on another rail again that was right near them, going through some floating rings around the rails for style, and they soon jumped high into the air and saw more robots being deployed to halt they're progress.
"Whatever's trying to stop us, it needs to try harder then this!" Spike shouted as he summoned some flame spears in his hands again before he threw them towards the robots and took them all out in one single hit each.

"Not bad!" Shadow replied with an impressed look as they landed down and boosted across the pathway even more, they soon landed on a wall that had strange gravity affects, but it allowed them to boost across it before they slid down to another path and kept on moving.

They jumped across a rail that lead them to a strange tube that had rails on top of it while also being inside, but they didn't wanna waste time and homed in on the rails on the top of it, they soon jumped off of them and flew through some floating rings which gave them a boost in the air before they landed on a higher ledge, and they ran as fast as they could while they saw multiple weapons being shot at them.
"Watch out!" Spike shouted as he slid under one and soon flipped over another, and Shadow skillfully ran across the walls and jumped all over the obstacle while Spike boosted through it and caught up with Shadow just in time.

They kept running through more weapons that kept being fired at them, Spike used his sword and slashed through each one that nearly hit them, and Shadow soon went in front of him and held out the Chaos Emerald he had and charged up his power as they came upon an obstacle that was a bit hard to get through.
"Chaos.. Control!!" Shadow screamed which made the emerald use it's power to freeze time for just a few seconds, but that gave Spike and Shadow enough time to slip through some sharp spinners that were blocking they're path, and they quickly grabbed onto a handle which lead them higher up just as time unfroze.

"You can use that move too? I saw my mom use that even without the Chaos Emerald!" Spike asked with shock which surprised Shadow.

"Your mother can use Chaos Control without an Emerald? How?" Shadow asked as he teleported onto more robot's heads and jumped off of them harshly which sent them flying to Spike, and Spike roared as he used his claws and tore them apart to pieces before he rushed through the dash panels below him to keep up with him.

"Even I don't know it fully yet! If she knows Chaos Control, she has to know other powerful moves like that right?" Spike asked while they ducked they're heads and slid across mores sharp blades that almost hit them, but then they jumped off a ledge and went onto another rail that was taking them even higher that would help them get back into the colony.

"It's possible, wherever she is now, if she has that power, she isn't gonna go down easy!" Shadow said with anger again as they ran upwards through another slope, and as they jumped off more springs that sent them through a few more rings in a spectacle way, they started to move through a hall full of red lights that had the alarms going off from detecting they're presence.

This made a very large looking cannon lower at the end of the hall, and it soon shot a large missile at the two of them to halt they're progress, but Shadow didn't waste another second to destroy it.
"Chaos Control!" Shadow shouted again which froze time around them again, but in turn that halted the missile from moving any closer to them which gave them a moment to destroy it.

"Let me try this!" Spike shouted as he boosted in front of Shadow and jumped straight towards the thing, Spike screamed as he delivered a powerful punch to it which completely broke the armor that was across it, and Shadow jumped across the debris and he made a loud battle cry as he delivered a powerful kick to the front of it, and that sent it flying back to the weapon that shot it out in the first place, and it soon exploded as time resumed again which made the cannon fall away which gave them an open path to keep moving.

"Yes!" Spike said with victory as he and Shadow jumped off the springs and started being bounced over the place until they finally started heading into the place, they started to fall through a hall full of lasers that could hurt them if touched, but they barely had any trouble with it, and they soon landed down on the floor where the door leading through the place was opening for them.

Spike and Shadow kept on running through the colony in order to find where the source is, they kept taking on any enemy that came in they're way, they even had to take down some creatures that looked like the Ancients to Spike, but they were just another obstacle trying to stop them which didn't slow them down a bit.

They kept moving across every room they kept running through, each one showing off just how advanced this place was, it was one of the most interesting places Spike has been too yet, especially after what he saw in Cyberspace, but he barely had time to think, and followed Shadow as fast as they could to find the source.

But as they jumped into a long hall that stretched out for quite a bit, the same strange red energy they saw before started to appear again, and they soon heard a sinister laugh coming from all around them.
"What?" Spike asked with surprise just as a strange floating black and red eye appeared in front of them, and Shadow instantly recognized who he was.

"You!" Shadow said with anger as the strange creature unleashed a strange power around the entire hall, and they could only hear him laugh as the halls and what looked like reality itself warp around them in a way they've never seen before. Spike and Shadow screamed a bit as the ground they were on warped away, and they found themselves falling through strange dimension that felt so unreal.

Spike and Shadow did they're best to keep they're balance as they went falling through a strange looking city with a red sky, buildings were warping around them like a gyroscope, and it made things a bit nauseating the longer Spike saw it.

"What is this place?" Spike asked with shock while he and Shadow landed on what looked like a road with red railings, and they tried boosting they're way across the strange dimension they're in.

"This looks like.. Radical Highway, how did Black Doom do this?" Shadow asked with surprise with what they're seeing around them.

"Wait, is that who was in front of us just now?!" Spike shouted as they saw the strange creature float to them again while he continued to laugh at them, and they both felt anger towards the creature and followed it as it kept flying away.

"We meet again, Shadow the Hedgehog! And I see you brought a friend with you this time!" Black Doom greeted with a sinister tone which let Spike know this is a serious problem right now.

Shadow and Spike kept moving through the strange reality which was unlike anything they've seen before, they used the strange reality to they're advantage as the road they were running across twisted upside down which made them bounce off some springs again, and they jumped onto another road before running over more dash panels that lead them higher upwards.

Spike and Shadow could see the floating eye still flying ahead in front of them, and they had an idea on how to get out of this strange reality.
"My latest creation..." Black Doom said with malice as Spike and Shadow jumped across some robots which destroyed them in the process, and they were surprised to know he somehow is doing this.

"This is your doing?! How?!" Shadow asked with anger as Spike made a battle cry while charging ahead of him, as a hoard of G.U.N robots and machine's appeared in front of them, Spike charged up his fire and shot a large blast from his mouth which destroyed them all in an instant, and they boosted around more streets and buildings that were being twisted by this strange power.

"Your power is impressive dragon! Let's see how long it'll help you survive here!" Black Doom shouted as the eye kept floating away while Spike growled hearing that, the two of them stayed close as reality kept warping around them in a strange way, and as they jumped off a spring, it sent them flying through another one of those strange buildings that kept warping around all over which made thing's a bit hard to keep a focus on.

But the two of them started to fall down towards a twisted building that had it's windows and tiles being twisted by the strange power, but Spike and Shadow landed on it and slid down it the best they could to avoid being hit by it as Black Doom flew above them again.
"The Promised Time will arrive once more!!" Black Doom screamed again as Spike jumped over some slopes and flew through more rings which helped them get down the building faster.

"The Promised Time?" Spike asked with concern as he looked at Shadow who was too focused on the floating eye right now.

"No time for talking Spike! We need to destroy him now!" Shadow shouted as he shot more spears towards him, but Black Doom only laughed at this and avoided each of them while he flew downwards to an open spot that looked to be the end of it for now.

"You cannot deny.. your fate Shadow!" Black Doom screamed as he formed a shield around him while more robots appeared in front of him, and Spike and Shadow didn't waste another second to deliver powerful attacks to the robots which sent them flying to the shield, each one making it weaker and weaker until the last one finally broke it free.

"Try to avoid this!" Spike screamed as he and Shadow both lunged at the eye and delivered a powerful kick to it at the same time, this made Black Doom scream with pain and anger as the eye dropped a strange gear on the ground, and Shadow picked it up instantly and looked up at Black Doom while Spike kept his guard up.

"We shall meet again you two!" Black Doom screamed before he opened a portal and suddenly teleported away.

"Where did he go?!" Spike asked with surprise just before he screamed a bit again as reality started to shift around them again, and Spike and Shadow started to fall back into what looked like the Ark again as the tiles of the walls and floors finally formed to normal again which gave Spike some relief knowing they made it out of there.

"So what we were tracking.. was him! We can't let him get away again!" Shadow shouted as they landed on the ground and boosted to the end of the halls which lead them to an open area that gave them room to breath.

Spike took a few heavy breaths after they went through that really surprising encounter, Spike had never seen reality warp around that much before, even in Cyberspace, whatever power Black Doom has now, it is not good at all.
"So that person we just encountered, you know him Shadow?" Spike asked as they took a few moments to come up with a plan to stop him.

"I know him all too well Spike, I told you about the Black Arms before we came here, if they've really returned, we can't afford to let them get the power to invade Earth again!" Shadow said with a serious look which Spike understood after he finally caught his breath again.

"How are we gonna find out where he is?" Spike asked while they looked around the room for anything to help.

This made Shadow hum a bit before he saw what looked like the Chaos Emerald he had in front of them, it was the same yellow color as his own, and Shadow was very interested as he knew what it was.
"The fake Chaos Emerald Tails made to thwart the Doctor's plans, even I have a hard time distinguishing between the two of them." Shadow said as he picked the fake one up, and it could be useful for later.

"You think it'll help us stop Black Doom at least?" Spike asked while he put the emeralds away for now.

"It's possible, but we can't waste any time here, we need to find out where he's hiding on this ark." Shadow said as they were about to leave the room.

But just before they did, a bright purple light flashed outside of the room in the void of space which got they're attention, and Spike gasped with shock as they saw the same monster from before emerge through another portal, and Spike growled with anger seeing it's here.
"That's the same monster me and my mom encountered! Shadow, get ready!" Spike said as he was about to draw his sword again.

But the monster started charging up more power again like it did before, and it roared with fury as it unleashed another strange portal that was as large as the entire ark, and the light was so bright it blinded Spike and Shadow, and they suddenly saw a vision of what looked like Sonic's friends being sucked into separate portals just like with Spike and Angel, and they could barely do anything as the light blinded them too much to the point everything around them went to white..

But as Spike and Shadow finally opened they're eyes, they gasped with shock as they found themselves within a strange white space that looked nothing like they've seen before.
"What is this place?" Spike asked with surprise while they looked around to see where they are, and to they're surprise, they saw what looked like Omega near where they were, and he was powering up again after something dragged him here too.

"Omega? How did he get here?" Shadow asked with concern while they looked around the place, and they soon saw what looked like an entrance to the space colony they were just in, only it looked more like it was a portal to the place since it looked shrunken down, almost like a small landscape. They saw it was completely white for a few moments before some of the color and life to it was restored, like what they went through just now restored it somehow.

"That monster, it must've done this." Shadow said while Spike felt worried for what else was taken here.

"Do you think my mother ended up in here somewhere too? If this is the place where what's left of everything ends up after that monster attacks it, she may be here somewhere." Spike asked hopefully while they looked back at the way to the ark.

"It's possible, but I think the only way to find her is to restore what that monster's taken, and it may lead us to Black Doom too." Shadow suggested as they saw a strange red and black gear protected by a shield that floated right above them, and it looked like they'll only get it once they restore the ark to full.

"If that's what it takes, then we need to do what we can to restore this void to life." Spike said as they looked up in the sky, and they saw a strange looking creature that was looking over everything, and the strange gear Shadow got suddenly started floating away from them, and it went flying towards the creature before it was absorbed which gave it more power, and they saw one of it's creepy eyes open up, like it was being brought to life. And it made Shadow more upset seeing the thing grow.

"Come on, we need to keep moving." Shadow insisted as they were heading to the portal that lead them to the ark again, and Spike only sighed a bit since it looked like the only way.

"Alright, let's go." Spike said as they started running through the portal as the strange symbol looked over the sky, whatever was going on right now, Spike hoped they would be able to put a stop to this for good.

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this guys! I hope I blended Spike into the first level well here with what I was able to do, I'll have the next chapter go more into the Doom Powers that will be needed to keep moving through the void, and I'll see what I can do for Spike and Angel's separate story's as we keep moving forward. Just hope I'm doing well with this story so far, and hope you all have a good day!

4: A Dark Power

After Spike and Shadow ended up in that strange white void thanks to the cause of that monster, the two of them decided to head back to what seemed to be a portal to the Space Colony Ark again, there was something there that they hadn't fully finished with yet, and until they figure out how to stop this monster, or that thing they saw in the sky, they need to gather what info they can before moving on.

Spike still had to get used to the face he's literally in a different point in time where he is, wherever his mother is, it could be either within this same void they're in, or somewhere far away they can't reach yet, wherever she is, Spike just hopes she can hold out until this business is finished.

But he didn't have long to think over things, because soon enough, he and Shadow emerged through a portal that took them through time and space, and they both ended up back on the Ark after heading to it, it looked almost unaffected by either what that monster did, or even what Black Doom did with his strange powers, it was the same highly advanced space station as they saw it before.

Spike and Shadow looked around the place to see what else is off, other then a few more robots then there usually are, there isn't anything particularly off here, but they have a feeling they won't have to wait long to see it.
"Something's not right here, there should be at least something affected from that monster we encountered." Shadow said with a suspicious look as they looked through a window to see multiple parts of the colony.

"This place is huge, there's no way nothing here could've been affected by what Black Doom or that monster did, this isn't right at all." Spike said in agreement with what they're seeing.

"There's got to have been something altered here, come on, let's see what could've changed!" Shadow said sternly before he started to skate down to the open hall ahead of them, and Spike didn't waste another second to follow behind.

"Let's just hope there's something here that could help us find out what's going on." Spike prayed as they started running as fast as they could to search through the place again.

Spike and Shadow soon began speeding up again to try and find anything off fast, they both had suspicions something was wrong here, and they weren't gonna any time to find it. Spike's been getting a lot faster over the time he's spent in this world, both due to him adapting to his new powers, and races he often did to test his speed, he's almost as fast as either Sonic or Shadow, he's pretty sure he's even faster then Rainbow Dash by now, and that's saying quite a lot, but he's felt really proud of himself because of that.

But Spike barely had much time to think to himself right now, as he and Shadow leaped off the ledge that lead them down a path through the Ark, they began speeding up even more to keep up the pace, they could see multiple robots and enemy's ahead of them, and they got ready to destroy each one of them.
"How come there are still Eggman robot's here?! Hasn't it been years since you or anyone else was here?" Spike shouted before he ran forward and rolled out of the way of some gunfire, he drew his sword again and deflected each blast to give Shadow cover, and he jumped behind Spike and delivered a drop kick on one of the flying drones, followed by multiple teleportation moves to warp him to the ones surrounding them.

"No one's been here since the Black Arms invaded from what I remember, they must be left over security Eggman had when he had no choice but to fight back to." Shadow theorized before they began boosting forward ahead, they could feel the ground moving and turning upside down around them, and all the while they could see and barely dodge more missiles flying at them from the cannon's around the place.

They both avoided them after boosting fast enough and jumping off a spring and got onto a handle pulling them upwards through another tight path, they could see the view of the Earth from here, and no matter where they go, it's always a great view to see even from this perspective.
"You know considering what I know about this place currently, I keep wondering why Sonic didn't tell me about it during our free time, because it would've been real helpful to know what lies here!" Spike shouted before he ran forward even more and did a homing attack on a chain of drones that gave him access to a higher route, and Shadow used his teleportation to jump off the rubble to keep up with him.

"You seem to adjust to what comes to us quickly, it shouldn't be an issue for us when something comes in our way!" Shadow shouted just as he used Chaos Spear again which hit a trigger that opened a few doors that helped them run through the corridors of the colony.

"Guess your right about that, but I still have a lot of catching up to do for sure. how many times have you guys had to save the world from Eggman or some other huge threat? I've only done it once so far?" Spike asked since The End was the real threat he had to face during the Starfall Islands, and he's sure that they won't be seeing that thing again, even with this whole time travel thing happening.

"Even I've lost count on how many times that's happened, heard Sonic once went through these books of famous fictional story's at some point, but honestly that story sounds ridiculous even for me. Whatever he's been through is likely something even I will need a reminder of if it comes back to us" Shadow replied while they jumped over some speed ramps and rolled down on the ground to keep moving.

They got surrounded by more enemy's and stood back to back, Shadow growled with anger and shot a Chaos Spear at the largest one, followed by Spike using his Flameloop ability and running around in a circle, once he reached the end of the line, the fire burst around the surrounding enemy's like he's done before, he's had a lot of time adjusting to his powers, and it doesn't hurt to have some changes to them from time to time.

"Wonder how many they got left over here?" Spike asked with a small smirk as they saw one more squad of robots aiming they're guns at them, and Shadow soon pulled out his Chaos Emerald and got ready again.

"Let's find out.." Shadow said just as he used Chaos Control again which stopped time just as they fired on them, Spike quickly charged through and sliced through the bullets with his sword before he jumped towards one drone and delivered a hard kick to it which sent it flying into the squad.

And just as the thing exploded, Spike and Shadow boosted through it again and began heading deeper into the Ark, they began coming upon strange anti gravity spinner's or sorts, and with the right timing, they soon jumped on and ran across them before jumping off of them and homing attacking across multiple floating rocks which were just around the place, and they used them to get high enough to another rail, and they quickly grinded across it before jumping off it one last time to the next area.

Boosting at this speed was exhilarating to Spike, going at such fast speeds and through places that go by in a flash, it's an amazing feeling he's still getting used to, even with all the laps he took around Station Square or other places he's been too in this world, it never will stop being exciting to him.

Spike and Shadow made they're way through the inner parts of the colony again, Shadow helped them get through by using Chaos Spear on switches which opened the doors blocking they're path, it was a bit easier getting through here then on the outside, but the place still had very high security, and they weren't letting they're guards down for a second.

"I think we're almost out of here Shadow, I can see a way out just over there!" Spike shouted as they saw some springs leading them towards a hall that could take them to wherever the source of the problem is.

"Let's get moving!" Shadow shouted again as they boosted even faster then before, and soon jumped off the springs that helped lead them to the halls in front of them, and they could see the way out just ahead.

But as they were pushing through it, something strange began to happen, strange black clouds began to fly around them after appearing out of nowhere, and they began surrounding the two of them while they were in shock.
"W.. what are these things?!" Spike asked with shock as they flew around them.

"Watch out!" Shadow screamed just before the clouds flew into the both of them, Spike suddenly felt a huge surge of power go through him, it was almost like how he felt when the Cyber corruption gave him strength, but at the risk of him being corrupted, even if he pushed through it, he still felt great pain from it, and this was very similar

He and Shadow screamed as they felt a strange power flow through them, almost like something from the Black Arms themselves, Spike and Shadow began falling out of the hall, almost going down into the abyss of space before something emerged from them.

Dark red and black wings began emerging from both they're backs, while Shadow only got a single pair that looked deadly , Spike grew a second pair of wings that were larger and went just above his main ones, they were large, looked almost organic in ways. It wasn't like anything they've felt before, it felt so unnatural to Spike, like it wasn't something he should ever use, and yet it gave him so much strength..

The wings fully emerged from they're backs as they screamed with pain and anger as they fully emerged, with the newly grown wings on they're back, they were able to swiftly fly up to and land safely back on the ark, they both had looks of surprise and shock as they felt the strange power flow through them.

"What.. is this?" Spike asked with surprise while they looked around the place, they felt they're wings lifting them up into the air again as they saw one last obstacle course ahead of them, and they just felt an urge to unleash this power, Spike and Shadow felt it surge through them before they screamed with anger even more as lightning flowed around them for a brief moment.

They both combined they're strength together and used they're power to fly through and destroy anything that was flying at them, whatever drone or robot came in they're way, or meteor, anything that was in they're path, they boosted through it with they're power and destroyed it all in an instant.

These new pairs of wings gave Spike way more time to react and move faster when in the air, while he was already skilled with avoiding objects while flying, this took things to the next level. Even if he didn't like the power he's feeling, it gave him such strength he's never felt before.

Spike and Shadow continued to scream as they stayed close together and destroyed anything left that was heading too them, eventually blowing up and destroying whatever robot that tried to destroy them, the two of them soon landed on a platform pretty high up that gave them a view of the place again, and they used that moment to take in some time to rest after what they felt.

"What.. was that? This power.." Shadow asked with surprise as the wings gave them a strength that made them extremely durable, and Spike felt his claws shaking from how much he was feeling, he didn't know if it was of shock, anger, fear, or something else.

"I don't know what it is.. but I don't like it, the last time I felt power like this it almost corrupted me and Sonic, I was able to push through it mostly, but Sonic almost lost himself completely, if this is anything similar to that, then we need to be careful with this." Spike said in a warning tone while they felt things calm down.

"Even if they're similar.. they could still be useful to us.. but I will agree, we need to be careful with this." Shadow said seriously while they looked around the Ark, seeing things have slowed down again.

The wings on they're backs soon disappeared and they felt most of they're strength return to normal, while they could still feel the power in them, they at least felt better not feeling it overwhelm them like what happened moments ago.

The two soon sighed with relief and looked at eachother again, they had the same idea that there may not be much left here for them right now, so it's best they leave for now.
"We'd best head back to that white void we were in before, there was another place I saw not too far from where the colony is, it could give us more answers." Shadow said just as a portal opened up for them leading back to the white void, while it was convenient for it to appear right here and now, they weren't gonna just pass up on the opportunity.

"Lead the way." Spike insisted with a smile before Shadow nodded and began running to the portal, Spike soon began running behind too as they jumped through the portal, and it soon closed leaving the Ark almost like it always was before, whatever this power was, despite it being useful, they didn't like the feeling of it one bit, and they hoped they'll find out what's going on soon.

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this guys, sorry it took a bit to update this but I've been busy with other story's I've been prioritizing more then this, even if this was a bit shorter then the other chapters since it's only on act 2 of the Ark, but I'll make sure the other's are focused on the full acts soon, but please understand that there are things I need to do other then write, and don't wanna burn myself out with writing so many stories at once, I may be slow with this story, but I'll do my best with it when I work on it.

I'll give some more explanation to why Spike can use the Doom powers like Shadow can within the game, I have ideas on making it work, I'm thinking of calling them Devil powers to make them stand out a bit for Spike, so I hope this idea doesn't seem too obscure to you guys.

I recently finished up Sonic X Shadow Generations recently too during my free time, and I gotta say it was a huge blast to play! One of the best Sonic games I've ever played, and I highly recommend it. I have ideas for this story which could set stuff up in the future if done right, so I hope you look forward to that. I'll get into Rail Canyon within the next chapter before jumping to Angel's side to help the story flow nicely, other then that, hope you liked this and look forward to more!

5: Rail Canyon

After Spike and Shadow left the Ark again, they found themselves back within the white space they appeared in before, it was one of the strangest places they've ever seen, it was as if the life from it was sucked away by that monster they encountered before, and with it being most likely Sonic and the other's are stuck in here, Spike only hopes that his mother is here too, and they'll encounter her very soon.

As the two of them were walking away from the portal leading to the Ark, the color and life in it was restored, and it gave them the idea that in order to find a way to escape, they need to go through similar places like this, whatever lies ahead, is something they'll need to find out.

But as they kept walking, they could both feel the new power they were given flow through them, neither of them liked the feeling of it going through them, while it was strong, it gave them a bad feeling, and it felt like it could get worse the longer it's within them.
"What was that power? I've never done anything like that before. It's not something I should be able to do, yet.. for me it felt.. natural.." Shadow said with fascination while Spike saw the energy flowing through their body's.

"I've.. never felt anything like this before, even when I was on the Starfall Islands, these powers are completely different.." Spike said with worry while Shadow looked at him with confusion.

"Why do you think these powers are different to what you can do now?" Shadow asked while Spike looked at him again, and tried thinking over it.

"These powers are likely from that.. Black Doom we saw before, the powers I gained was from the Cyber Corruption that almost took over me and Sonic, we pushed through it, and were given a power to destroy a being that could've been The End to everything, it doesn't feel like something I should have.. while the Cyber powers.. felt like something I.. should.." Spike said as he manipulated some of his fire for an example which interested Shadow knowing this.

"Interesting.. but even if these powers are dangerous, we'd best put them to good use. Whatever that monster was, we could put an end to it, and Black Doom if we find them." Shadow said with determination which Spike could agree with, even if he already has a feeling Sonic's taking care of the former.

"If they're somewhere in this void, we need to find a way through here." Spike replied just as Shadow looked ahead, and despite them faintly seeing what looked like.. a castle of sorts, the moment Shadow looked closer to it, he suddenly gasped with shock as he saw someone familiar far off in the distance..

Even the person he saw ahead could see them both, but before she could try to reach out to them, someone else stopped her, someone that also sounded familiar to him. And even from this distance, it looked like..
"Maria?" Shadow asked with shock as he looked ahead in the distance, but couldn't see anything after it as the castle looked to be fading away.

"Shadow? What's wrong?" Spike asked with concern while he tried seeing what he could, but Shadow soon brushed this off and tried regaining focus despite how similar they looked.

"Forget it Spike, I was just.. seeing things." Shadow replied as he remembered the awful moment where Maria was shot on the Ark, and he was sent to Earth over 50 years ago in her dying moments, and it was a memory that even to this day, still felt like a heavy burden he can never get rid off.

Even if Spike could tell something was off, he could see Shadow isn't wanting to discuss something like that right now, they did just meet a while ago too, so talking about something like this now isn't the best option. And as Shadow turned away, he and Spike agreed to just keep moving.

And as they looked towards a strange gate ahead of them, and just next to it looked like a shrine of sorts that it could be used for.
"Shadow, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Spike asked as they looked at it, and felt a dark power coming from it even from this distance, and with a simple nod from Shadow, they both walked up to the shrine to see what it does.

The shrine looked like something from Black Doom yet again, whatever he was doing here, he was clearly trying to spread his influence around this void, Shadow could feel something from it, and the powers he now had, felt very similar to what he's feeling from this..
"Something.. is calling to me.." Shadow said with fascination while they both came up to it, and even if Spike got a bad feeling from it, they don't really have a choice, and if this gear will activate it, he only hopes whatever they gain from this will help.

"Here goes nothing.." Spike replied before he held the gear they had in front of it, and just at that moment, the strange shrine suddenly activated, and what looked to be a strange eye of sorts appeared in the dark center of it, it shot a strange beam towards the gear which pulled it into it, and the power from it erupted and began flying out of it, and directly into them.

Spike screamed again with pain as he felt the power flowing through him again, spreading even more through him as the last time it happened. Even Shadow could feel the pain from it's corruption, and they both groaned with pain as they felt something changing in them yet again.
"What.. is.. this?!" Spike asked with pain before he suddenly felt himself take a deep breath, and as both they're eyes flashed after the power fully merged with them, they both made a loud scream of rage as they unleashed a new ability from them.

Shadow suddenly held out his hand and shot multiple Chaos Spears at a nearby gate that had target markers on them, each of them hit the markers easily and somehow opened up the gate, they were just like the strange wings they got before, but for Spike, his was a bit different.

Spike suddenly shot out a powerful stream of fire that was now a dark red color, and as the stream went across the floor, it suddenly exploded and left a big trail in it's path, followed by Spike shooting multiple dark red fireballs out of his mouth, and as he shot the last one, it collided with the others and made a much bigger explosion, and as the powers calmed down, they both took heavy breaths and looked at themselves as they felt the new power within them now.

"Ugh.. now I wish this was the Cyber corruption instead.. this isn't something I should have.." Spike said weakly while he tried recovering, and getting used to these new powers he now has within him, even Shadow agreed that whatever these powers were, it wasn't something Sonic or the others should use either.

"Neither of us should have these powers, but if Black Doom is wanting a fight, then we'll put these powers to use, it will just take a while to fully get used to them." Shadow replied as Spike finally recovered, and sighed with relief as they looked at the open gate ahead of them, and saw it leading to another place in this white void.

"If these will help us move forward, so be it, come on, let's see what's over there." Spike said as he and Shadow started making they're way to the next area ahead of them, despite how strange this place was, it was as if multiple places from different points in time were here all at once, and wherever this next place was, it was likely another place Spike hasn't been too before.

Spike and Shadow didn't waste any time to head over there as fast as they could, making they're way through the void that only had one set path for them right now, they cleared they're way through a few robots, and went over some rails that were here too, it was like the islands Spike had explored with Sonic before, and he only wondered what else they'll encounter the further they go.

They managed to clear through another gate that needed to be hit with more Chaos Spears again, it was a simple but quick way to keep them moving, and as they finally made it to the area ahead, they saw another strange area that was drained of it's life, and didn't look like it was gonna last unless they help it. And just ahead of it, was a huge looking castle with something at the very top of it, but they couldn't get to it right now given it looked like they'll need to explore more to find a way to get through it, and with this being the only way forward, there wasn't much left to do besides head to this new area.

"Do you think that monster brought this place here too?" Spike asked as they came up to the entrance of the strange area, and it looked like a strange canyon of sorts.

"It's likely every place we encounter was brought here from that monster, if we're gonna move forward, we need to bring life into this place next too." Shadow replied as they looked behind them, and could still see that strange eye looking down at them from far above, and Spike just got a chill at the sight of it knowing it's watching they're every move.

"The sooner we get this done and stop both those monsters, the sooner I can find my mom, you ready to do this?" Spike asked as a portal was appearing in front of them which lead to this new area, and Shadow clutched his fists and got ready to run.

"Try to keep up." Shadow replied before he suddenly ran towards the portal and jumped into it, and Spike didn't waste any time to head after him to see where this portal leads.

"Let's do this." Spike said with a serious look as he jumped into the portal next, and they both began falling through a dark void which was taking them to another place.

They both fell besides eachother as everything around them was strangely shifting into somewhere else, as they were falling through the portal, they soon saw a light appearing at the end of it, and as they dove into it, they now found themselves in another area Spikes never been too before.

They soon fell through the portal and emerged in a ginormous canyon with tons of rails and mechanical stations all over it, large gun machinery was seen at the top of some of the mountains, firing at places from far far away. Spike was completely shocked at the sight of this new place, it looked like it had very limited area to move around in aside from all these rails, even if he can fly, the risk of them falling here is higher then ever, and he made sure to be careful as they now had to go through this place next.
"Shadow! There!" Spike shouted as they saw a pair of rails just below them which they could grind on, and as Shadow looked around, he recognized what this place is, and knew how to get around it.

"Follow my lead! I've been here before! And I know how to get us out!" Shadow ordered before he skillfully landed on one of the rails and began grinding down it, and Spike soon spread out his wings and flew over to the next rail nearby and landed on it too, and they both began grinding down the path ahead of them to try and get through this place.

"Lead the way!" Spike shouted as they kept they're balance, and soon boosted along the rails to make their way through the place.

This place had limited ground for them to move around with how huge the canyon is, the only way forward through it looked to be only on rails, and around the area had tons of machines and strange devices to help connect it all like it was some sort of train track, and it made things more dangerous as they saw strange carts with bombs heading around the place, seemingly heading straight to them.

Spike and Shadow soon came to an end of one of rails paths and started moving across some of the metal platforms that were all connected together, multiple Eggman robots could be seen around the place that could lead them to other areas, and while some had spikes coming from them, they're new powers could be useful.
"Alright, let's give this a shot!" Spike shouted as he took a deep breath and felt his new powers flowing through him again, and he suddenly shot multiple fire balls at each robot flying towards them, and destroyed them instantly upon contact, and as they went towards one of the strange spiky robots, Shadow used his new power and shot multiple spears at it, and robots that were just above it, and that was enough to stun each of them as it helped them move forward.

"Come on!" Shadow screamed as he teleported in front of the robots and destroyed each of the robots upon contact, Spike soon made a high jump and quickly landed on another rail that would change paths once he hit a red and blue switch, and once he hit the switch which turned it red, it lead them to another path leading the way out of here which really came in handy.

"Guess Sonic's been here too huh? This looks like an Eggman base!" Spike shouted as he saw more carts coming to them on more rails, and he quickly pulled out his sniper and shot each of them down while still trying to keep his balance.

"We were all heading through this when Eggman tried taking over the world again with a huge armada! But when we made it to that place finally, we soon found out that Metal Sonic was behind all of it!" Shadow shouted which confused Spike a bit since he hasn't been caught up on that story yet.

"Metal Sonic? Is he another one of Eggman's creations or something?" Spike asked just before he yelped a bit and nearly avoided falling off a rail that reached it's end point.

"You really need to catch up on what's happened kid, there's likely foes we'll face from my past that will be a challenge, and whatever we face, you will need to know how to take them down." Shadow warned which Spike took in, and they looked ahead again as they were heading towards a place where tons of trains were seen moving around.

"I'll catch up on that stuff later! Right now, let's try and avoid these trains!" Spike screamed as multiple of them were about to move down the rails towards them, and already knowing what to do, Shadow hopped across one of the rails and went in front of Spike, and soon held out his Chaos Emerald again to make things easier for me.

"Chaos Control!" Shadow shouted once again as he briefly stopped time again which halted the trains progress for a few moments. And using the time they had, they made their way around the trains before they could run into them, and just as they were reaching the end, they saw another light trail leading to another rail leading into a station ahead of them which they could use.

"Now!" Spike screamed as he and Shadow hopped into the trail together and soon warped through it and went through most of the area around them, and they soon reached the end and hopped onto the far away rail just as time resumed again, and everything around them started moving again.

And as they grinded towards the area leading them into the station forward, just as they entered the place after the doors opened, something began happening again.

The entire area began shifting around them again, and as the rails were suddenly detaching from themselves, and everything around them was falling apart, they heard a familiar laugh just from behind them.
"You again?!" Spike asked with frustration as they saw the Doom's Eye use it's power again to shift reality around them yet again.

The rails were all detaching from eachother, and Spike and Shadow tried they're best hopping across each one before everything fell apart again, and they both fell into another void again as everything shifted again to look like that same place they've been too before, Radical Highway.

"This place again?" Shadow asked with annoyance as they saw the buildings and highways around them were all floating around again, it was a bit nauseating to Spike seeing everything shift around them so fast, but he tried pushing through it as they saw Black Doom moving around the obstacles leading out of here.

"This way, Shadow, and Spike!" Black Doom ordered as they chased him along a long bridge that suddenly began floating upwards, and lead to another bridge they had to grind across to avoid falling.

"Why should we follow you?!" Shadow asked with anger while Spike looked ahead of them and saw more robots in the way, and he quickly used his new powers to shoot a stream of fire along the ground, and as it went under the robots, it exploded yet again and destroyed them so they could move forward.

"Can you afford not too?" Black Doom asked mockingly as they boosted through the fire and headed up a dash panel that helped them run along a collapsing building that broke apart as they ran along it. And even if it's dangerous, it still looked like the only way out of here, and they had no choice but to follow along.

"Fine!" Shadow said with annoyance while Spike jumped onto another rail just above him, and he grinded his way across the place while Shadow jumped off the building, and sky dived his way down through parts of the buildings that were being twisted and changed from Black Doom's powers.

"Was he ever able to do something like this before?!" Spike shouted as he hopped onto the next rail that Shadow also got on, and they both chased after the eye moving through the twisted illusions around them.

"No! He never was able to this before! It must've been because of that monster!" Shadow declared as they saw multiple of those eyes appearing around them, and to try and prevent them from moving forward, they came in they're way and stretched out they're tentacles like spikes, and moved around like a fan to push them back.

Shadow didn't waste time to deal with them, and he simply show more of his spears at them which stunned them enough so they can push through them, and just as they reached the end of the path, gravity around them suddenly shifted upside down which made them fall into a completely different direction.

"Whoa!" Spike screamed as he turned upside down and landed on another bridge and grinded down the side of it, Shadow followed along and teleported across multiple robots in they're way, and they could see springs ahead of them which could help them get out of here.

"We're getting answers from you Black Doom! One way, or another!" Shadow screamed as Spike jumped on one of the springs which launched him into a few more, Shadow soon did the same thing, and gravity shifted around them again which had them run along the bridge that was slowly twisting around them like a spiral, and Black Doom could only laugh seeing they're determination to get to him.

"Very good you two! I hope my little gifts to you both have proven useful!" Black Doom screamed while Spike shot one of the fireballs at one of his eyes to destroy it, but more of them kept appearing around them which made it more frustrating.

"So this was because of you! What are you trying to do?!" Spike shouted with anger while Shadow grabbed his arm, and they both screamed as Spike shot more fire around them which hit the eyes one by one, and as they were falling down towards the last Doom's Eye in front of them, Shadow threw Spike directly towards it who didn't hesitate to deliver a hard kick to it, and that made it drop another one of those strange gears which floated to Shadow, and he quickly grabbed it as they were finally reaching the bottom.

"You'll both understand soon! But it's still not enough!" Black Doom shouted again as he soon disappeared in front of them as they jumped across one more ramp, and they soon landed down on another rail while everything around them began turning back into that strange canyon area again.

"Not enough? What did he mean by that?" Shadow asked with confusion while they saw things return to normal again which was relieving a bit, but they didn't have much time to relax, as they had soon emerged back into the canyon again, and began grinding down one long rail track that seemed to lead them out of there. There was a single portal in the distance which was they're way out.

"We'll find out the next time we see him! Let's get out of here!" Spike shouted as they headed down towards it, but as they were nearing the end of the rail, they could hear multiple trains heading towards them from behind, and Spike screamed with surprise as he barely avoided being hit by one of them, and Shadow quickly had to jump across each rail as the trains were moving down.

"Watch out!" Shadow screamed as Spike barely dodged another one, and as they kept moving, one last very large train chased after them, and they both boosted as fast as they could to escape. But when it looked like it was about to get them, Spike got an idea on how to escape this place

"Shadow! Grab my hand!" Spike shouted as he spread his wings again to try and fly, and already seeing what he's implying, Shadow took Spike's claw and he held on tightly as Spike took off into the air and saved them from being hit by the huge train which soon fell off the rails and exploded as it hit the bottom.

And using the free space they have now, Spike flew his way towards the portal while Shadow kept an eye out for any more threats, and just as he saw some carts heading towards them with bombs ready to be thrown, Shadow shot more Chaos Spears at them which destroyed them before they could do no harm.
"Finally! Let's get out of here!" Spike screamed as he and Shadow flew through the portal and finally escaped this huge canyon.

They both flew through the void before they finally came out of it, and soon landed down on the ground in the white void once again, the area they were in soon had most of it's life and color restored to it, mainly just the huge canyon they were just in, while the rest of the place that looked like a station or sorts still was all white.

Spike and Shadow sighed with relief at once as they found themselves back in the white space yet again after going through all that madness, and as they took in this moment to rest, another gear appeared from the area they were just in, one that looked like it could open another one of those shrines.
"Hmph, so the more we make our way through these places, the more the life returns to these areas..:" Shadow declared as he grabbed the gear piece for later, and before Spike could respond, the other gear Shadow got from Black Doom suddenly floated away from them, and soon flew all the way towards the eye in the sky again, and with it's power, another dangerous looking eye appeared from it, both of which were looking down at them, and they could both feel they're growing power the more they were here.

"That things likely where Black Doom is hiding, coward." Shadow mocked while Spike crossed his arms and looked around the place, and as he looked at the strange castle behind them, he could see another one of those shrines that could give them yet another power. It could help them lead to whatever's at the top of it.

"As long as this is helping is move forward, that's all I need to know." Spike replied as he glared towards the eyes again, and growled at the sight of them, knowing that it'll likely be their final destination. And with very little to do right now, Shadow and Spike looked up at the shrine again, and knew it was the only way forward after what they went through.

"Black Doom is wanting us to keep getting these new powers, that much is obvious now, but for what?" Spike questioned while he looked at himself again, and still felt the powers moving around him.

"We'll get the answers from him the next time we see him, but if not, they're just another method we'll use to destroy him! We can't allow him to escape this place, if he returns to Earth, everyone else won't stand a chance, especially with these new powers of his." Shadow said as he clutched his fists at the thought of it, and knowing what's at risk, they can't waste any more time here.

"Don't worry, we'll get strong enough to take him down for good when the time comes. For now, let's just find out what's at the top of that castle." Spike declared before he started making his way through the place to get the shrine, and Shadow didn't hesitate to follow him, wherever both those monster's were, they aren't gonna stop until this is all finally done.

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this everyone! Sorry again for the long wait on this chapter, but I'm still trying to plan out how to handle Spike in this story since there is quite a lot I've got in store for this, I know this was mainly on act 1 of Rail Canyon, but I have ideas on how to keep things moving forward without it feeling like a 1 to 1 with the games. I will include the movie DLC pack as well as a few other original stuff I'm gonna be doing for the story when I get to it, so I hope that will be interesting to you all when I eventually get to them.

I'm sorry I take a while with these updates, but I have a lot to work on which makes it hard for me to find the right time to work on stories like this. And with a recent loss I've been going through lately, it's been tough for me. But I'll try getting through this story fully one day, I know it's rough waiting this long for an update, and I do apologize for it. But I can't guarantee when I can update something again with how much I'm still working on, but when I know how to continue things, I'll make sure to update the story when I can, even if it could take a while, so I hope that's understandable.

I just hope I handled this chapter well, we'll be switching to Angel's perspective for the next few chapters or so to focus on Sonic Generations, while Sonic Generations didn't have much of a story at all, I'm gonna try to make it more interesting with her there at least. But I hope I did good with this chapter, again, sorry for the slow updates, but I just hope I've been doing good with this story so far. Thanks for reading this everyone, and hope you have a good day!