Through The Looking Glass: Prologue
Through the Looking Glass
A Banjo-Kazooie/Sonic the Hedgehog Crossover by Herr Wozzeck
Prologue
Dr. Ivo Robotnik had finally done the unthinkable.
He had captured Sonic the Hedgehog.
Shadow still wasn't sure how it had happened. All he remembered was Sonic getting himself into yet another fight against the megalomaniacal doctor again when he pulled out this incredibly complex trap. Thinking about it then, the ebony hedgehog should have realized it would be obvious how the doctor would catch Sonic. But to think that the trap would actually work was something else entirely.
The ebony hedgehog would not have minded so much if not for the fact that most of Sonic's allies had also been captured at around the same time. Tails, Amy, and Cream had been among the first to be kidnapped by the evil doctor, and shortly after this quite a few people that were also allies to the blue hedgehog had been captured. Even worse, Rouge had willingly gone to Robotnik's side with the promise of extraordinary profits, which meant that one of the only other people who could do anything was not going to do anything. Even worse was the fact that the doctor had already claimed four of the seven Chaos Emeralds to power a machine that would erase the minds of everybody on the planet to make them mindless drones to serve him; all he needed were the three remaining emeralds and the Master Emerald and he would finally take over the world.
What was worse about this was that Shadow and Knuckles were the only two people left who could possibly do anything about this conflict. Thankfully, the ebony hedgehog had a quick mind and could run even faster than that.
So naturally, he took action as quickly as he could.
He and Knuckles had both managed to move Angel Island to a remote spot far, far away from any visible land. They knew it was only a matter of time before the evil doctor would find the island and claim the Master Emerald, but they knew that they had to buy a little time for themselves. Besides, they would try to move the island again if the doctor, his minions, or Rouge (especially Rouge from the echidna's point of view) came anywhere near, so as long as neither of them was caught they would be in good hands.
However, to be extra careful, Shadow had done a little something else; he took the three remaining Chaos Emeralds, and left one of them in a place Eggman would hardly think to venture and keeping two of them to himself so he could use Chaos Control to travel as far as he could with that. With this done, he began to move all over the world quickly, making it difficult for him to be tracked by Robotnik's machinations.
Even then, however, the black hedgehog knew it was only a matter of time until Robotnik had found him, so he prayed for a miracle to occur.
A miracle, that would begin on a very, very sunny morning in Spiral Mountain, in one of the most unlikely ways imaginable...