CHAPTER 5

                       Chapter 5 Int. Inside Doom's Castle - Night

         Shadow walks down the hallway of the castle he can sense that there is something following him. He stops and listens for a few seconds then he hears chuckling. Shadow reaches under his trenchcoat, and pulls out his guns Maria, and Gerald. He then back flips as a scythe swings at him. Shadow then lands on his feet as he sees a Sin Scythe appear.

          Shadow can see that the Sin Scythe is floating in the air, and he then aims for the Sin Scythe's mask. He then speaks in Japanese.

                        Shadow (Speaking in Japanese)

                         Daitai sayonara kisama.

           Shadow then shoots the demon in the mask making the demon give an unholy scream as it turns to dust. He then sees other Sin Scythes appear in front of him. Shadow then growls as he then holsters his guns as he then jumps into the air, and yells out in Japanese.

                            Shadow (Yelling in Japanese)

                             CHAOS TOPPU!

           Shadow releases a red blast of energy at the demons, and hears the demons sheirking as their masks are shattered, and they turn to dust. Shadow lands on the ground on his feet, and with his senses on high alert he continues down the hallway. He then sees a door, and approaches it with caution. Shadow sees that the door leads to a huge ballroom. He opens the ballroom doors with caution and enters.

          Shadow freezes at what he sees. He sees Raven tied to a cross on the wall with different clothes on, and Shadow can see that she has various wounds showing where her clothing is cut. Shadow also sees that Raven's throat is slit, and bleeding. He quickly activates his hover boots and skates to Raven. He then jumps into the air, and hovers in front of her as he then gently calls out her name.

                         Shadow (Gently calling out Raven)

                         Raven?

            Shadow sees Raven start to wake, and open her eyes. He gasps as he looks into Raven's open eyes. Shadow can see that Raven's eyes are no longer crystal blue but are now red. Raven looks at Shadow, and quickly speaks telepathically to him.

                      Raven (Telepathically to shadow)

Shadow. Listen te me. Yer father has taken our son Reaper. Ye must get him back! Black Doom murdered me brother, and Amy...isn't herself anymore. Ye must fight yer father. Aye know ye can do it. Fight him...fer our son back...fer the deaths of...Maria and Gerald...Aye love ye...Shadow.

             Shadow sees Raven close her eyes and slump against the cross on the wall. Shadow then quickly cuts Raven free, and catches her before she can hit the ground. Shadow then lands on the ground, and as gently as he can lowers Raven to the ground. He can see the gaping wound in her stomach. Shadow then feels tear gather in his eyes but refuses to let them fall.

            Shadow then hears footsteps behind him, and he turns around to come face to face with both Black Doom, and Amy McLeod. He can see Black Doom has his and Raven's son in his arms. Shadow then growled as he looks at Amy in the eyes. As Shadow looks into Amy's eyes he then hears Raven telepathically yelling at him in his mind.

                             Raven (Yelling telepathically to Shadow)

SHADOW DON'T LOOK HER IN THE EYES! SHE'S BECOME A VAMPIRE! CLOSE YER EYES AND STAKE HER IN THE HEART!

            Shadow then closes his eyes, and with a snarl he charges his hand with chaos energy. Shadow then thrusts his hand into Amy's heart, and she gives an unearthly scream as she then becomes dust. Shadow then looks at Black Doom holding his son, and growls at him. He then runs at his father and drop kicks him making him drop Reaper. Shadow quickly catches his son in his arms landing on his feet on the ground. He sees Black Doom getting up, and he quickly moves Reaper to one arm.

          Shadow quickly charges chaos energy into his hand and yells out in Japanese.

                           Shadow (Yelling)

                           CHAOS YARI!

            Shadow then releases the spear and watches as it hits Black Doom in the heart, and he hears Black Doom scream as he turns to dust. Shadow then looks down at his son in his arms, and he's surprised that the infant is a black hedgehog with silver stripes, and with silver chest fluff. Shadow sees his son open his eyes to see that Reaper has red eyes like him.

            Shadow then looks over to Raven, and walks to where she is laying on the ground. He stops beside her, and kneels. Shadow then reaches into his quills and pulls out a chaos emerald bracelet. He then paces the bracelet on Raven's left wrist, and he then takes Raven's amulet, and stands up with Reaper in his arms. Shadow then leaves the castle.

                                 (Fade To Black)