Gack! ITS BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE I'VE UPDATED?! Where has the time gone by?! -sigh- Shit guys, I'm sorry. Really really sorry. Truly sorry that you can hate me for the rest of your natural-born lives! I've just been so wrapped up in Naruto (its awesome) & haven't played anything Sonic-related until recently! I really hope you can come to forgive me, & still love the story, even if you don't love me. Hopefully this chapter will make up for it! Well, anyways, thanxs to CrazyAnimeGurl, xlestrangex, Sofia, Mike Industries, sk8rhog, Mikkey Hodge, xX-Arianna-himeXx, snowshoe32, deathhog2006, soynicthebeanhog, Midnight Lullabye, AishiteruSonikkuxEmmy, sesshomari, Shmeepy, ghost118, lilpup3125, Domokun Warrior, & kutiekat53 for the reviews! Thanxs & here's chapter fifteen!

Chapter 15

Sonic cracked his knuckles, looking up at the building. Knuckles and Tails were standing right beside him, ready as well.

"Sonic…" he heard Amy say behind him in a quiet voice. He turned around to smile at her warmly.

"Yeah Ames?" he asked.

She walked up to him, fiddling with her hands. "Just… be careful, kay?" she said.

Sonic grinned widely, like he always does. "You bet!" His eyes soon widened as Amy latched herself onto him in a hug. He soon returned it as he pulled her up against him. "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine," he whispered in her ear. She simply nodded to him as she pulled away from the hug.

He turned back to nod at Tails and Knuckles. "Ready guys?" he asked.

"Yep!" Tails let out.

Rouge walked up to Knuckles, placing a quick kiss on his lips, wishing him good luck. "Ready," Knuckles said after Rouge had let him go.

"Let's go," Sonic said seriously as the trio raced off, the girls waving them bye.

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"They're coming boss," Black said, cracking his knuckles as he let out his claws.

The boss nodded to the two of them. "You know what to do."

"Can I go again? Hopefully he'll put up more of a fight," Champ said with an evil grin.

"Now now… you can share between the three," Bruce said, sitting on his throne, hands placed in his lap.

"Yeah. And you got the hedgehog last time," Black whined.

Champ huffed. "Fine. We'll just see which one of us he wants to fight."

Black nodded, seeming to be happy with the plan.

"Good. And after you wear them down…" Bruce said, turning to stare at Shadow. "I'll finish it."

They all cackled into the darkness.

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"HAH!" Knuckles yelled, crashing his fist into the wall, making a gigantic hole. Light shot in through in, making the building somewhat easier to see. The three walked each alert and ready for trouble.

"Hmm… that's some kind of strength you have," a voice said in front of them, his body covered by darkness.

Knuckles easily recognized the voice as he called out, "I know its you Black, so come on out!"

"Aww… we can't be all mysterious since you already know our voices Knux!" Black said, walking out while acting hurt.

"Come on Black. Stop fooling around. We've got chumps to smash," Chance said to him, walking out of the darkness as well.

Sonic's hand clenched remembering the fight from last time with Chance.

Sonic stumbled back; clutching his neck as blood stained his white gloves. He let out a few painful gasps as he had gotten part of his windpipe. He let his hand go as he looked at it, feeling the blood ooze off, and seeing more than you should on his hand. He looked up as he heard Champ chuckling.

"Surprised? Well, lets just say besides my super strength, my claws have arsenic, poison in them, which besides giving you a slow and painful death, also make you bleed more than you usually would," he said, smirking. "Also, just to give you a head's up, the more I attack you with my claws, the fastest you'll die, so it's a good thing you're fast, because you won't be for very long."

'I have to remember to watch out for those claws for his. And I don't even know what Black can do, so I'll have to be on my toes,' Sonic thought to himself.

"So hedgehog, you get to choose. Who do you want to fight, me or Black?" Champ said, crossing his arms as his tail swished behind him softly. Sonic blinked, not expecting this.

"Uh…" he stammered, but Knuckles answered for him.

"Hey! What are we, chopped liver?!" he yelled at the two, Tails agreeing.

"Don't be a sore loser Knux. You'll get your turn," Champ said, making Knuckles' blood boil.

"Why you-" Knuckles yelled, running up to Champ, fist ready to smash him. Champ just grinned before moving a little to the right, missing the fist as he slashed his claws at him.

"Knuckles, watch out!" Sonic yelled right as Champ slashed Knuckles' glove. Knuckles quickly jumped back, taking off his glove and throwing it on the floor, looking for scratches anywhere on his hand. Thankfully, there were none. "Don't worry Sonic, I know all about Champ's poison claws," Knuckles told them.

"Poison claws?!" Tails exclaimed, Sonic nodding his head.

"Yeah, there's arsenic in them, so be careful Tails," Sonic explained, Tails letting out a gulp.

Champ chuckled, flexing his hand. "Lucky break Knux. This time won't be though!" He lunged at Knuckles, claws un-sheathed. Knuckles dodged the attack, but then Black came with a punch from the side.

It hit Knuckles squarely in the face, the force throwing him back to the opposite side. Black chuckled, flicking his tongue out to lick at his fangs. "You take care of Knuckles Champ," Black instructed. "The hedgehog's mine."

Champ frowned, unhappy with the situation but didn't argue as he jumped up into the rafters, similar to his battle with Sonic. Sonic immediately tensed, looking around, ready for the moment Champ would jump down. "Don't worry about him," he heard Black say, looking up to see him smirking. "Your battle's with me now." With that, Black jumped into the shadows, his body immediately disappearing.

Sonic also tensed up at this. "Be ready for anything Tails…" he said warily to him, Tails nodding to his, hovering slightly over the ground. Suddenly, the screech of metal filled the air, like it was being twisted and turned into some sort of shape. It was then Sonic heard Tails gasp from behind him.

"Sonic, look! Its Shadow!" Tails exclaimed, pointing his finger into the darkness. Sonic immediately looked in the direction Tails pointed in, and cringed when he did.

There he was, suspended in the air by chains behind Bruce's throne, looking exactly the way he did in Sonic's dream. "SHADOW!!" Sonic yelled, immediately turning into a ball and dashing towards him. A piece of metal suddenly flew through the air, landing right in front of Sonic's ball form.

Sonic changed back, one hand clutching at his chest, it heaving up and down as he did. 'That thing almost crushed me!' Sonic though, another memory unwilling creeping into his memory.

Shadow got slammed into the wall, instantly returning back to normal. "Ugh…" he said, grabbing his head. He looked up and let out a gasp.

The force that he was thrown into the wall made it un-stable as the rubble began to fall. Before Shadow could move, he was crushed under it.

"Shadow, no!" Sonic yelled out.

Sonic free hand clenched, not from fear but from anger. "You bastard…" he mumbled quietly to himself, staring down at the disfigured piece of metal in front of him.

"You… SON OF A BITCH! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Sonic yelled out in rage, thrashing his head from side-to-side, trying to find him. "Stop being a coward and fight me, you piece of shit!"

"Woah ho ho. Seems this hedgehog has a bit of a temper problem." The voice seemed to come from all around, which just infuriated Sonic more. The screech of metal started to sound again, and Sonic closed his eyes, trying to think of a plan.

"Tails!" he called, eyes still closed. He heard his reply some distance behind him. Sonic didn't bother to see how far he was from him. He opened his eyes again. "Start tearing apart the ceiling, start making holes for sunlight to shine in through!"

Tails seemed to get the picture as he flew up high, the roof of the building much easier to take apart than he imagined. 'If there is no more roof…'

'…Then you can't hide in any shadows," Sonic finished, the two's thinking one and the same. "We'll see where you're hiding soon enough Blackie," Sonic mumbled to himself, almost feeling like Shadow.

'Heh… maybe in memory since the poor dude got captured? Don't worry Shadow, we'll get you free… one way or another.'

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Knuckles seemed to having more luck than Sonic and Tails. Maybe it was because he knew the dude? Either way, things were not looking good for Champ.

He coughed, stumbling back to hold his stomach, trying to put some distance between himself and Knuckles. "What's the matter buddy?" Knuckles asked mockingly, walking up towards him. "I thought you wanted a fight."

Champ growled, blood trickling down the side of his face as he lashed out blindly at Knuckles, Knuckles easily evading it. Knuckles' hand then flew out, grabbing Champ around the wrist he was just trying to hit him with, crushing it under his grip.

Champ gasped at the pain, trying to pull his hand free but the grip was too strong. He then swung his other arm towards Knuckles, claws un-sheathed, in a desperate attempt to get free. Knuckles saw this, however, and used his hand to grab Champ's other wrist, crushing it with the same intensity as the first.

Champ howled out at the pain, not able to hold it in. "How does it feel?" Knuckles asked, hearing a sickening crack from one. "This is how it felt when Tails and I thought that Sonic and Shadow were going to die."

The other wrist then snapped, but Knuckles didn't loosen his grip. "Only worse," he snarled before kicking Champ in the stomach, the force pushing him farther away from Knuckles. However, Knuckles still had a grip on his wrists! Champ felt a tear, first near one shoulder blade, then the other. The pain was unbearable until suddenly, there was none. He saw Knuckles drop both his arms to the ground, but he didn't feel it. He didn't feel anything!

It was then he realized. Knuckles had pulled both his arms out of their sockets! The only reason they still hung limply against him, was because of his fur holding it together. Champ just sat there, his body seeming to go numb from the shock. "Now," he heard Knuckles say, forcing his head to look up at him, as he was just sitting on the ground.

"I suggest you and your little buddies leave. Now," Knuckles said darkly before turning on his heel and walking off, leaving Champ to sit there, and wallow in his own despair.

Eck, again, I'm super sorry. And I didn't want this chapter to wear on with constant fighting & blah blah blah. Anywho, Knuckles has turned into a total badass! Love it! hehe! And it seems Sonic's also starting to get some... darkness into him. hehe! (i think i'm in a stage where i love making characters dark) Also, you guys know I'm not a fighting expertise & I'll guarantee you I don't know all that much about how tendons & sockets & joints work, & so on. I'd guess that if your arm got pulled out of your socket, the pain would stop since your arm's not attached? Eeh, don't sue me, I don't know crap. We'll just make Knuckles super-strong, no? lol.

Another reason I decide to end here is because I STILL don't have a fighting move for Black! Ahh! What is wrong with me?! -hit self in head over & over again- Hopefully that didn't kill me…

Again, uber-sorry for making you wait a total of one year and… -counts on fingers- A HALF?! Hold crap, I really AM sorry then! Here, -stands still- you may proceed to throw old, rotten food at me, like in the olden days. -cowers slightly-

Please leave reviews! Though I am not making any promises on my next update. Hopefully it'll be really soon, soony soon so-! -gets hit over the head by a shovel-