Chapter 2 Part 1- Enter: Faker

The Sonic team were somewhat enjoying the day, until Sonic and Shadow got into a fight over who was cooler. "I was never evil!" Sonic said. "When are you talking about? When I was controlled, when I was tricked, when I was working for Eggman, or when I simply hated you, which I still do!"

"I don't isolate myself!"

"I don't eat chili dogs and be a slob!"

"I'm not a slob!"

"Prove it!"

"*sigh* Okay you got me there. But I'm more colorful!"

"I don't have a stalker!"

"Hey!" Amy said. The others snickered.

"I am not technically more than 50 years old!"

"Well I wasn't dumped by a chipmunk!"

"I have more franchise and games than you!"

"I have more fangirls than you!"

"I didn't think I was a robot until it was proven I wasn't!"

"I didn't die because of Eggman's machine powered by chaos emeralds then came back to life!"

"Why don't we settle this with a race?" Sonic asked.

Shadow smirked. "Challenge accepted."

The two sped off at a sonic boom, making sand fly in everyone's face. As they waved the sand away, Sticks came with her boomerang. "Hey Sticks! You just missed another argument!" Onyx said. "Darn it! I wanted to knock them both out!" Sticks said. Everyone stared at her as if she was crazy, which she is so that's normal. "What?" Sticks asked. Everyone waved it off as Shadow came back.

"Shadow, aren't you racing Sonic?" Grey asked skeptically. Shadow seemed a bit different; green eyes, and grey stripes. "Sonic gave up once he erm, fell!" Shadow said. Knuckles stared at Shadow. "Dude, what happened to your stripes?" Knuckles asked, pointing to his quills. "Oh, well, I ummm tripped! In charcoal!" Everyone shrugged it off and left, except Grey. She didn't think this was her boyfriend.

"Okay, if you are Shadow, what's the name of your girlfriend?" Grey asked. Shadow froze. "That's a trick question! I don't have a girlfriend!" Shadow said defiantly. Grey smirked and punched Shadow in the face. "Wrong! I'm the real Shadow's girlfriend: Grey!" Shadow smirked and changed forms, surprising Grey. "What the-" The hedgehog snapped his fingers and Grey fell unconscious.

One hour later…

Shadow and Sonic sped back to the hut, only for it to be a tie. Sonic and Shadow sat there, gasping for air as everyone came back. "Damn, it was a tie!" Sonic said. "Huh? Shadow, I thought you said that your race ended a while ago!" Amy said. "Ended? It ended now," Shadow said in his usual monotone voice. "Hey, your stripes are red again!" Knuckles said. Shadow now looked a bit agitated. "Again? They were always red!" Everyone looked in confusion. "Wait… when did you last see me?" Shadow asked.

"A few minutes after you started your race," Amy said. Sonic laughed. "That wasn't Shadow! We were racing and insulting each other in the canyon at that time!" Everyone looked in confusion. "What did he look like now? Taller? Fatter?" Sonic asked. "He looked exactly like Shadow, except green eyes and grey stripes," Tails said. Sonic and Shadow froze, them growled. "Damn it I thought we killed him!" Shadow muttered. "This is one big problem," Sonic said. "What is it Sonic?" Amy asked.

"Remember the Soleanna incident? You know, Silver, Elise, Blaze? That hedgehog is probably Mephiles!" Sonic said. "Ooooooh, wait, why does Mephiles now look like Shadow?" Tails asked. "He used my looks and copied it, but his real form looks like a crystal hedgehog," Shadow muttered. "Ehhh Who's Mephiles?" Sticks asked. "We'll tell you later, right now we need to track him down," Tails said. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, we're missing Grey here!" Onyx said. Now Shadow was absolutely pissed.

"Mephiles must've taken her!" Shadow growled.

"Then we need to get her ASAP!" Sonic said.

"Woo hoo! Some action!" Knuckles said, fist pumping the air.

Everyone got in the Tornado, except Sonic and Shadow, who wanted to go by foot. "I'll track down Grey by her chaos energy!" Tails said. Shadow and Sonic nodded and ran/skated after the Tornado.

Meanwhile, with Grey and Mephiles…

"Let me go Mephiles!" Grey shouted from the chains. Mephiles laughed. "I'm sorry, but I need you for something important." Grey smirked. "Important as in getting trapped again?" Mephiles shot a dark energy spear at Grey, leaving a deep cut on her shoulder. Grey bit back a yelp as Mephiles stared at her.

"I suggest you don't disrespect me," Mephiles said. Grey growled. "You see, I figured out Iblis is somewhere on this island, and I intend to find him," Mephiles explained. "Together, we will destroy this dimension!" "Then how come you haven't found him yet?" Grey asked slyly.

"Because, the flame of Iblis gotten weaker, and his energy source has died down, unable for me to track him. But, by destroying this island, Iblis and I will be reunited!" "And what about me?" "You'll be quite a nice sacrifice to Iblis." Grey growled. "Shadow will save me!" she yelled. Mephiles shot another spear, leaving a deep cut on her waist. Grey winced and Mephiles growled. "That puny hedgehog and his friends won't destroy me, but in the meantime, you and I must do something fun." Grey's spine shivered as Mephiles knocked her out. Again.

"You won't win this time hedgehogs," Mephiles said to himself. "I will find Iblis."