Black Chaos- Chapter 1

Amy: *walks down the beach in front of Sonic's house and looks at the sky*

Sonic: *sees Amy from his doorway* Hey, what'cha doing Ames?

Amy: I'm waiting for Cliff. He said he was going to be dropping off some fellow archaeologists to assist me with excavating some of the local ruins.

Sonic: Is he dropping them from the sky like he did us?

Amy: He kind of has to Sonic. The ocean isn't really accessible from the excavation. Oh! There he is! *points to a plane flying overhead*

Cliff: *looks at three people behind him* Well, this is your stop.

Pink Hedgehog: Gee, thanks for dropping us off... *jumps off the plane with the other two*

Sonic: *watches with Amy as three mobians descend. The pink hedgehog flips and lands gracefully on her feet, along with a purple cat. An orange echidna lands face-first in the sand behind them*

Echidna girl: Oof!

Pink hedgehog: *turns and sweat-drops* Heather, you can glide. How did you manage to land face-first?

Heather: Not all questions are meant to have answers. *stands up and cleans off her glasses*

Amy: Hi! I'm Amy! You guys must be the new recruits that Cliff told me about.

Pink hedgehog: *smiles* Yep! I'm Savannah! The purple cat is Miranda, and the Echidna is Heather.

Sonic: Wait, what?! I thought Knux was the last of his kind?

Savannah: *chuckles* Well Heather was kind of found on her own when she was little, so I guess she got lost?

Heather: Yeah, I'm an enigma.

Amy: *smiles* Well, I'm glad to meet you guys. *looks at their two bags each* Is that all you brought?

Miranda: We just sky-dived out a plane to get here. We only brought what we could carry.

Savannah: Plus, we don't typically stay in one place for very long, so we don't have much.

Amy: Oh. Well let me show you to my house.

A few minutes later...

Savannah: Amy, your house is adorable!

Amy: Wow. That's the first time I've heard that. My friends have no appreciation for my decorating skills.

Savannah: What a shame. You're really talented.

Amy: *giggles* Thanks. Just... try not to wreck the place okay?

Savannah: *raises an eyebrow* Why would we? Just how rude do we think we are?

Amy: *shoots a glare at Sonic*

Sonic: *sweat-drops*

Bea: *flies up to Amy, buzzing happily and wagging her stinger*

Heather: What is that?

Amy: Oh that's just Bea. *hugs Bea* I rescued her after a battle with Eggman. We painted her pink so that we can tell her apart from all his other bee bots.

Miranda: Oh. Hey, Amy? What's the deal with that? *points to a pile of boards*

Amy: That is our third attempt at building my new bookshelf...

Heather: Third?

Amy: Yeah. The second attempt got destroyed by a certain pain-in-the-neck. Not that it looked right anyway.

Savannah: Mind letting me see the instructions?

Amy: *hands her the sheet* Knock yourself out.

Savannah: Hm... *glances through it for a moment, then builds the shelf in less than a minute* There!

*Sonic and Amy's jaws drop*

Sonic: What the what?!

Amy: We couldn't build that to bookshelf to save our lives!

Heather: Savannah can build anything.

Miranda: And we do mean anything. It doesn't matter if it's furniture or complex machinery. You name it, she can build it.

Savannah: *chuckles and scratches her ear* I don't know if I'd go quite that far, but I do enjoy building things nonetheless.

Amy: Wow! Thanks! But how did you build it so fast!

Miranda: Oh Savannah can--

Savannah: *covers Miranda's mouth* Anyone else hungry? Let's get some lunch!

Sonic: Okay, but there's only one restaurant in town.

 

 

At Meh Burger…

 

Miranda: This is a restaurant?

 

Sonic: Well, it's called that anyway. Apparently, serving edible food is not a requirement for that title. But Amy's the only one of us who can cook, so we always eat here. *grunts as he suddenly gets knocked into the counter*

 

Shadow: *comes out his spindash* The fact you have to rely on this place for your meals is just another example of how pathetic you are, Sonic.

 

Savannah: You're one to talk. You'd burn water if that were possible. But you know what’s really pathetic? That they actually call this food. *dumps her hot dog* Well that, and your massive ego. *turns to face Shadow*

 

Shadow: What are you doing here?

 

Savannah: It so happens that I came here with my friends for work.

 

Shadow: You’re still hanging out with them? Didn’t I tell you that you should ditch them?

 

Savannah: Tch, yeah, like I’m gonna take advice from you, the guy who’s so obsessed with being the best that he tries to crush anyone who actually stands a chance. Seriously, you need to get a life.

 

Shadow: At least I’m not wasting my potential.

 

Savannah: *starts to glow red* Oh I’ll show you wasted potential.

 

Shadow: *glows red as well* Bring it.

 

*Savannah and Shadow start battling at high speed*

 

Shadow: You’ve gotten stronger. Too bad you don’t have the strength to truly finish a fight!

 

Savannah: You know what’s true strength? Being able to accept that you’re not the best at everything!

 

Shadow: At least I don’t waste my time hanging out with inferior lifeforms!

 

Savannah: Oh shut up, you coward!

 

*Sonic and Amy gasp as Savannah and Shadow come to a stop and Shadow glares at Savannah*

 

Savannah: Yeah. That’s right. I went there. You claim that having ties to no one is what makes you strong, but in reality, you’re just a coward who is too scared of forming bonds only to lose them!

 

Shadow: Shut up! What would you know?

 

Savannah: Oh I know you better than you think. Catch me if you can! *runs off*

 

Shadow: *growls and runs after Savannah*

 

Sonic: Um. What was that all about?

 
Miranda: You probably wouldn't believe us if we told you.

Amy: *raises brow, unamused* Try us.

Miranda: Well, long story short, Savannah is Shadow's sister.

Sonic and Amy: What?!

Sonic: But she acts nothing like him!

Miranda: And that's bad, how?

Sonic: It's not... It's just... weird...

Miranda: Well as you plainly saw, they don't exactly have a healthy brother-sister relationship.

Sonic: I'll say.

Amy: Is there a reason for that?

Miranda: Are you familiar with the name Professor Gerald?

Amy: Yeah, he was a great scientist. He did some work in archaeology too.

Miranda: Well Savannah and Shadow--

Heather: Whoa, hold on. That's kind of a private matter. Savannah will get mad at you if you go around telling people. You know she doesn't like to talk about it.

Miranda: *sweat-drops* Good point. If Savannah wants you to know, better she tells you herself.


Meanwhile, in the jungle...

Savannah: *comes to a stop and turns to face Shadow*

Shadow: Finally done running away, huh?

Savannah: I wasn't running away in the first place. I was just drawing you away from the village since you evidently have no concern for innocent bystanders.

Shadow: Your concern for others is what makes you weak.

Savannah: I'll show you weak! *rushes at Shadow, only for him to catch her in a gridlock. Smirks* Chaos... Drain!

Shadow: *feels his energy dropping* What the-- *passes out*


A couple of hours later...

Shadow: *groans and wakes up*

Savannah: *sitting on a nearby rock, arms crossed and smirking* So what was that about me not being able to finish a fight?

Shadow: *sits up, shaking his head* What did you do?

Savannah: I drained your energy reserves, rendering you temporarily powerless.

Shadow: When did you learn how to do that?

Savannah: Sometime after you ditched me. Thing is, my powers aren't as destructive as yours, but destructive ability and strength are two different things.

Shadow: Hmph. Seems you've grown.

Savannah: Duh. Isn't that what you wanted? Wasn't the real reason you ditched me because you thought I wouldn't grow strong if I had you to rely on?

Shadow: *scoffs* Don't be ridiculous.

Savannah: *sighs* You're a stubborn jerk as always. *stands up* I'm going back now. If you're going to keep picking fights with Sonic, next time, do it someplace where nobody lives. Otherwise, I'll just kick your butt in front of everyone instead of privately.

Shadow: *rolls his eyes and disappears*