Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ Sonic Matrix 4 ❯ Chapter 3

Shadow, Knuckles, and Sonic wandered around the back room of the bunker.

 “Oh… Manic would love this.” Knuckles said, motioning to the endoskeletons lined against the left wall. “This is straight out of Terminator.”

 Shadow read some of the info that was displayed on the monitors. “No, this is like T2: Infiltrator.”

 “I don’t get your reference.” Sonic replied.

 “The one Terminator story we couldn’t finish.” Shadow said. “Cyborgs trained from infancy to be killing machines, if they survive training.”

 Sonic’s lip curled.

 “The Robotniks are sick.” Knuckles replied.

 Suddenly, the doors and windows were locked down and the lights flickered on.

 Shadow groaned. “What did you touch, Sonic?”

 “Nothing.” Sonic replied.

 All the monitors switched to a live feed from Robotnik’s lab with a close up on Ivo Robotnik’s face.

 “I suppose my Sonia simulation wasn’t as accurate as I hoped.” Ivo said.

 Shadow raised an eyebrow. “You think?” He asked. “She didn’t even remember her daughters, Mom, or Sonic. Though I’d like to forget him sometimes myself.”

 “Hey!” Sonic protested.

 Knuckles laughed.

 “What do you want this time?” Shadow asked. 

 “I only want one thing.” Ivo replied. “Well, two. You and Sonic buried six feet under, that is if there’s anything left to bury. Without you two, the resistance will crumble.”

 Knuckles scoffed. “The chosen one trope doesn’t work in reality.”

 “That’s not going to happen.” Shadow said, crossing his arms.

 Ivo scoffed. “Oh?”

 Sonic pulled the Chaos emeralds out of his coat pockets. His spines started to turn gold.

 Shadow stepped closer to Sonic. His spines began to turn light yellow.

 Knuckles stepped away. “That can’t be safe to use.” He muttered.

 Shadow punched the monitor. 

 The doors unlocked. 

 Shadow and Sonic flew through the open door leading to the lab.

 “I’ll take care of this stuff.” Knuckles said, cracking his knuckles.

 Sonic and Shadow, now out of their super form, met up with Knuckles outside of the bunker.

 “I torched the back room and the factory room.” Knuckles said. “How about you two?” 

 “I destroyed the lab.” Shadow replied. “Robotnik took care of himself, the coward.” 

 “He… what?” Knuckles asked.

 “Robotnik locked himself into a room and triggered a self-destruct sequence on his robot.” Shadow replied.

 Sonic nodded. “I’ve already called in Cyrus’ crew to take care of everything. We can leave when they get here.”