Shadow of the Wolves

By Fangs of Lightning and The Chuckinator

Chapter 1: The Transformation

By this time of the battle, Sonic and Shadow were the only two who had been able to reach Eggman's location. Everyone else was busy with other things like protecting people and destroying robots. Being two of the fastest, they had run off after the fat scientist when he had made his escape. Now, they were in his base, far from everyone else's locations.

"Eggman!" Shadow said. "Come out and finish this, you coward!" He looked at Sonic, who was standing beside him. "That fat bastard is hiding. We need to be careful."

Sonic nodded. "You think Metal Sonic is here?"

"Most likely."

Sonic started down one of the halls nearby, watching for Metal Sonic, or any other robots Eggman has to attack them with. Eggman was most likely at the center of the base, but that didn't help much when Sonic had no idea how it was set up.

Shadow followed him, also on the lookout for robots. A few minutes later, they heard a loud laugh and turned around to see Eggman holding a serum in his hands. He was pointing it at Sonic and Shadow.

"Here I thought the two of you would be smarter than this," he said. Sonic glanced at Shadow as Eggman continued talking, wondering what the darker hedgehog thought they should do.

"What are you going to do this time, doctor?" Shadow asked, looking at Sonic as well.

Eggman merely smiled, snapping his fingers. In moments, robots had come from seemingly nowhere, grabbing onto the two hedgehogs in the hall. Shadow and Sonic struggled but the robots were to strong. They led the two hedgehogs to a table and strapped them to it. Eggman came over, holding the serum in his hands, and injected it into Sonic and Shadow. Aware of what was going to happen, he moved away from the two and watched from a distance.

The two hedgehogs suddenly felt pain in their bodies and screamed. Then they began to transform. Both of them felt their skeleton restructuring, developing a definite animalistic form. Quills became shorter and changed to fur, the rest of it lengthening to match. Both tails grew in length, swishing against the table they were laying on. Paws took the place of their hands and feet, sharp claws sticking out from the tip of each toe. Their teeth grew longer and sharper, coming to a point. Faces extended into snouts, nose flattening on the tip of it. Their eyes changed as well, though they retained their natural color. Growls were coming from the both of them as they tried to get on their feet.

Eggman smirked and set the two wolves down on the floor. They raised themselves to all fours and stood, growling at Eggman. "Now, now. The two of you should calm down. This could actually benefit the two of you."

Shadow and Sonic looked at each other and then back to Eggman, wondering how that was. Eggman tried to think of a way the transformation could actually benefit them. He had just said it to get them to calm down, but now they were expecting an actual explanation.

"You won't need to worry about those pesky people you don't like anymore," Eggman said. He didn't know if that was a good enough reason for them. The two wolves growled some more and advanced towards Eggman. Clearly to them, that mean him. He gulped and continued to speak. "You won't need to worry about attachments to people, or have to do what other people tell you to do. You can truly be yourselves now."

Shadow and Sonic looked at each other. They knew this transformation was permanent but if they left, they knew that Eggman would take over Station Square. The two wolves growled and pounced on Eggman, killing him instantly. Then they let out long howls and ran out of the base, heading to Tails' house to see what he knew about this transformation. Once they got there, they pawed at the door and whined. Tails opened it and gasped when he saw them.

"You look a lot like Shadow and Sonic," he said. Tails looked them over in confusion. Moving to the side, he motioned for them to come in. There wasn't any other reason he could think of for two strangely colored wolves to show up on his doorstep.

The two wolves whined and nodded, looking at Tails, then walked inside. Tails looked at them more closely and gasped.

"How did this- Eggman did this, didn't he?"

Sonic walked forwards and nodded. Tails frowned; he wished he understood them.

"There has to be some way I can understand the two of you."

The two wolves whined and nudged each other, looking out of the house towards the forest. Tails nodded. They wanted to tell him that the transformation is permanent and they were going to live in the forest from now on.

"I'll come up with something to tell the others." Tails smiled. There was just one thing he needed to know. "Is Eggman still alive?"

They shook their heads, growling in anger. Tails' eyes widened as he knew they had killed him. He sighed and shook his head.

"At least we won't have to worry about him any more. Is there anything else you need me to do?"

Shadow and Sonic looked at each other and back to tails, shaking their heads. They turned around and ran out of the house on all fours, heading towards the forest. Tails smiled as he watched them leave, hoping they would be happy with their new lives.