Two Souls, One Origin

Even now for him, it was difficult to breathe. It had been 10 years since he had broken his nose. Well, someone broke it for him and ever since he couldn't breathe properly. It didn't bother him that much, so he never went to fix it. He hated everything that had to do with going to the doctors not because he was afraid of surgery but because he knew we would be in bed for weeks.

And he didn't have the luxury.

Even more, now that the world was in danger, he walked around thinking of any other solution but that one Tails had just mentioned.

"You know that we need him." Tails sighed as he turned his chair to face the blue one, who was still not accepting the facts.

"You know very well I don't talk to him anymore." Sonic had a frown on his face as he stopped mid-track. His face told Tails everything, he didn't want to do anything with him. Anyone but HIM.

"Sonic what happened between you and him was 10 years ago and-"

"Because if him I stayed in prison for 10 years Tails! 10 years in which I didn't see the sunlight...and..." Sonic stopped as he remembers the terrible memories. The white walls of his prison cell, the guards, the needles, the doctors, the pain...

"Sonic snap out of it!" , Tails hated seeing his best friend like this. His eyes were full of panic whenever they talked about what happened during those ten years. Never again, Tails promised him.

Even so, he knew that to save the world, they needed him.

"I know it was horrible for you...but you know very well that we need him...If we are gonna save the world...we need him, Sonic!", Tails said with a pleading face. Tails knew that Sonic wasn't like before, he couldn't defeat enemies like he used to. He needed help and Tails just needed that assurance that if he was going to the battlefield, HE was going to be with him.

"Fine, but I don't know how to contact him." Sonic finally agreed.

"Don't worry about it, I got it."

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Now they were in the well-know floating Angel Island. Sonic had to admit that it was nice to see Knuckles do his job once in a while. He was sleeping of course, right next to the Master Emerald.

"KNUCKLES!", Both Sonic and Tails screamed on his ears, making him jump and hitting his head with the Master Emerald. "What is your damn problem!? THIS BETTER BE GOOD OR I-", Knuckles was fuming from his nose and was redder than usual, ready to him Sonic and Tails in the face.

"Short story, Eggman got all seven Chaos Emeralds and Sol Emeralds and transferred them into Metal Sonic. Now he is probably the strongest enemy we have ever faced.", Sonic said as he saw Knuckles face change expressions.

"All of this happened while I was asleep?", The red echidna asked.

"What doesn't happen when you are asleep?" Tails mocked him and at this, Knuckles hit him in the head, leaving him a very noticeable bump.

"Where is Metal Sonic now?"

"We don't know, probably destroying a city or something. He could be anywhere if we wanted. I am pretty sure he is going to want to come soon and take the Master Emerald."

"Alright, so you are here to protect it?", Knuckles inquired,

"No Knuckles, we are here because of we-"

"We want to use it to fuse into one."

Everyone turned around to see the Shadow the Hedgehog. He looks as good as always, black fur, red stripes, white fur, and his legendary rocket shoes.

"This ain't Dragon Ball Quest, I don't know if I capable of doing such thing", Knuckles used his sarcasm as soon as he saw the black hedgehog. He wanted to be neutral between the things that happened with Sonic and Shadow. However, Knuckles always had a particular sense of rivalry with him.

"Is it possible?", Shadow asked as he walked towards him, still not able to see Sonic in the eyes.

"...Yes, it is."

"Then let's get this over with... Sonic?", Tails looked at the blue bur who looked away into the distance.

"Sonic?", Tails asked again, beginning to worry now.

"...Going."

Sonic turned around and finally saw Shadow. The first time in 11 years. He wonders how was he so calm? Maybe because the world depends on it. Furthermore, he knew that he wanted Shadow to suffer, more than he did.

"Very well now, look at each other."

They both did. Now, Sonic wanted to destroy him. More than Metal Sonic at the moment and he swore that when given the chance, he would do it. He was going to wipe out his entire existence.

Knuckles cleared his throat and began to recite the words of the ancients of the language, Sonic nor Shadow could understand, but Tails clearly heard them.

"Gods of Chaos, grant me the power to bestow these two hedgehogs the ability to become greater! Through your holy Master Emerald, I ask you..merge this two hedgehogs into one so they can once more protect what you created!"

It began to be cloudy all of a sudden, and then, there was rain. Heavy rain covered the everyone's furs and that's when they knew they had failed.

"What went wrong?", Tails asked Knuckles.

"The Gods of Chaos won't let me fuse them, not because they don't deserve it but...because there isn't any bond tying them together. To do the fusion, two individuals most share a strong bond...if not, the fusion won't be successful.", Knuckles said and with that more rain poured from the sky. It seemed like it was never going to end.

"So, that's it, right? We are doomed! Once again, everything I ever loved was taken away by Shadow!" Sonic yelled, still containing himself.

"Sonic, you can still fix this... talk things through with him is our only option now." Tails looked at Sonic and the at Shadow who was looking at the temple's ground.

"Talk thing through? Tails, we are talking about the guy who put me in prison for ten years! Because of him, I got experimented on! It was goddamn painful too!.", Sonic let out a small cynical laugh as he turned his head to look at Shadow who now dared to look at him.

"I lost my ability to run Tails...and I lost Amy...this bastard killed her."

Sonic walked away already giving up on this idea. He wanted to think of other possibilities, but for now, it wasn't the right moment.

"I didn't kill her...you did."

That was it for Sonic. He couldn't run so he walked slowly, taking small hops from his right foot. His leg was broke once and it was never the same.

He got close enough to Shadow and punched him the face. Shadow let him have it, Sonic pushed him to the ground and began to strike him. Again...and again....and again.

"I WAS THE ONE ONE WHO FOUND AMY DEAD, YOU JUST APPEARED AND ASSUMED IT WAS ME! YOU DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO INVESTIGATE, YOU TOLD G.U.N. AND THEY BELIEVED YOU!" Sonic stared at Shadow and let go of his fur, calming down. "Of course they were going to believe you...you are their top agent after all...and I was just the hero who saved the world multiple times...That day I lost what I loved to do the most, the person I loved the most, the gratitude of people...and a friend."

Sonic was finally able to stand up and walked away. Shadow wasn't worth his time, and knowing Amy, she wouldn't have wanted it this way.

"Amy meant everything to me...", Shadow said as he cleaned the blood from his mouth. He stood up and sighed, "I broke your nose...but what you did broke me entirely."

"MASTER EMERALD DETECTED...MISSION: ANNIHILATE SHADOW AND SONIC INITIATING NOW."

Everyone's face turned pale as soon they Metal Sonic standing on top of the Master Emerald. Each part of his body integrated a Chaos and Sol Emerald. His power was immeasurable. Sonic felt his hand's sweat and heartbeat race faster.

A golden radiance surrounded the Metal hedgehog as he came down from the Master Emerald. Sonic and Shadow didn't even blink. They felt the pain coming to their stomachs suddenly. A few seconds ago, they were on the Temple of the Master Emerald. Now, they were in the forest of Angel Island.

It didn't take them long to realize that Metal Sonic had K.O them with one punch and the impact alone made them jump inside to the forest.

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"We have to help him Knuckles!", Tails said as he looked at Knuckles.

"There's nothing we can do, we would only get on the way...we can only stay here an pray to the Master Emerald to help us."

Tails didn't want to take that answer. He wanted to go and help Sonic more than anything. However, looking at Knuckles determined they look on his face made him change his mind. He sighed deeply and took a sit in front of the Master Emerald and prayed just like Knuckles told him to.

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Sonic could barely move. Sonic was laying on a cracked tree. A piece of it crossing his chest, coughing blood and his eyes almost closing. Was he going to die like this?

Shadow landed on a bush with his arm broken or so he believed. His blood was already on the process of closing up his wounds, but the cuts were still painful to fave.

"INICIATING TRANSFORMATION: SUPERMEGA METAL SONIC"

As if things couldn't get worse, Metal Sonic had transformed into a gigantic metal robot. Shadow couldn't tell how big he was due to the heavy rain blocking his eyesight.

"NOW PROCEEDING TO ELIMINATE TARGET ONE: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG."

Yes, this was it. Sonic saw how the gigantic leg of Metal Sonic began to rise. He was going to die by being stepped on by his archenemy. He wanted to thank Metal Sonic, however; his leg was blocking the rain and he was going to end his suffering.

He closed his eyes and waited for the impact to happen.

But it never did.

Next thing he knows, Shadow was there screaming his lungs out with a bleeding hand, stopping Metal Sonic from smashing him.

Metal Sonic stepped a little harder but Shadow screamed again and pushed up the gigantic leg.

"YOU DESERVE TO DIE", Shadow began screaming. "I HATE HOW NOTHING MAKES SENSE! YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE THERE WITH AMY. YOU SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED HER! YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IT FEELS...YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE THE PERSON YOU LOVE THE MOST DIE TWICE!"

Shadow screamed louder as Metal Sonic tried once again to smash them both. This time, Shadow couldn't use his now destroyed hand and used his back as support instead.

"I HATE IT...I hate everything..."

Sonic couldn't see Shadow's face but if he knew any better, he could tell his voice was cracking due to tears.

"I hate how I can't hate you...I can't hate you even if you were the one responsible...I can't hate my friend."

Shadow turned his head to look at Sonic one last time. His eyes couldn't even let out the tears and he had no words to describe his feelings.

However, Shadow knew him very well.

This was it.

Sonic nodded, and Shadow did too. Finally content at the decision that was already made. Shadow couldn't any longer, nor Sonic.

Shadow let go.

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Knuckles and Tails heard a loud sound coming from in the forest as if a big stomp was made. The birds flew past them, and for a second time had stopped for everyone. There was no sound, no smell, no...nothing.

Tails felt it deep down.

That nothing could be done from the beginning.

But that didn't he wasn't going to try. He stood up and walked towards his Tornado to go to the previous sound.

"Where are you going?", Knuckles asked.

"I am going to pick up their bodies, I can't let them there...and I'll try to stop Metal Sonic by myself.", Tails said as he hops into his plain.

"That's suicide, Sonic wouldn't have wanted that!" Knuckles said as he walked towards him.

"Sonic wouldn't have wanted me to stay and do nothing! You can stay here and keep praying to your Gods, but guess what! Nothing is going to happen!"

Tails flew away into the distance as Knuckles let the rain touch him. His connection with Chaos had never failed him before. So why now? Was this meant to happen? Was this what the Chaos Gods wanted?

But he wasn't just gonna stay here and do nothing.

He turned around determined to make it work no matter what.

Knuckles placed his hands on Master Emerald and instantly it began to blink. It was palpitating like a heart. not one but two in perfect unison.

That's when Knuckles knew that he needed to once again, began to recite the old language of the Ancients.

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Due to the heavy rain, Tails crashed his Tornado but still made it out unharmed. He reached where Metal Sonic was. Now he was at his regular size, looking down on the two hedgehogs who weren't breathing.

Death.

Tails moved softly but made the mistake to step on a fallen tree branch. This cracking sounds made Metal Sonic turned his head immediately and without knowing it, Tails was already hanging up from the ground. Metal Sonic was holding his neck with one hand and lifting him the ground. Using his strength to choke him slowly and prevent him from breathing.

"I...won't let you...kill me!" Tails was holding a bomb detonator in his hand. He only needed to press it, and that would be it. He didn't know if the bomb was strong enough to stop Metal Sonic, but he was going to die trying.

"YOU WILL NEVER BE SONIC, YOU WILL NEVER BE A HERO", Metal Sonic said as he strangled him harder.

"I...I don't have...to be..a hero... I am...me"

Tails closed his eyes as he gave the last of his strength to press the button.

Then everything happened in slow motion. The lighting hit directly Sonic and Shadow's bodies ad they both levitated. Closed eyes and moving in circles, the lighting was still surrounding their bodies as if the Gods wanted to give back their lives.

Good and bad, hero and anti-hero, yin and yang, negative and positive energy.

Everything came together to create the perfect balance. These energies came into one to create a more perfect being. Sonic's blue fur and Shadow's black fur were no longer more. Instead a gold and white resemble their entered body. Red stripes around his body. When he finally opened his eyes, the right eye was green and the other one red.

Tails didn't know who this hedgehog was but he knew something for sure...Knuckles made it work.

"SCANNING: SONIC AND SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG... TWO SOULS, ONE ORIGIN...ELIMINATE TARGET.", Once again Metal Sonic transformed in SuperMega Metal Sonic, ready to fight.

Tails looked over to the hedgehog in front of him, "Who are you?"

The hedgehog smirked and said: "Shadic"

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Shadic flew up to face his enemy. He looked at Super Mega Metal Sonic and knew this was going to be a tough fight.

"Hey, Shadow." Shadic talked to himself. "Yes?"

"When this is over...let's talk."

"You read my mind."

Shadic smirked to himself and his opponent. The battle began, and the world could hear his screaming of war.

Their screaming of hope, of the future, of resolutions, of friendship and... love.

But the rain never stopped....

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I hope this is somewhat what you wanted? I enjoyed writing this very much!

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