SA2: A New Adventure

Author's Note: Characters of Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog, Amy Rose and everyone else from the Sega Sonic games are copyrighted to Sega and Sonic Team. I'm just using them in my story/fan-fiction series. So please, don't sue me because I'm a poor, unemployed bum who desperately needs money!! Also you can't use the characters of Aozora Kitty, DarkAozora Kitty, and any other character that isn't associated with Sega Sonic. Those are my own creations, and I'll be very pissed if someone uses them without my consent. Only thing would be that Aozora No Knife is the title of a song copyrighted by Avex Trax and Enix. So don't sue me please!

Farewell to A Shadow…?

   Sonic sadly watched as his former rival Shadow used up the last of his hyper form strength to return the ARK back into its original orbit. Making one last attempt to save him, the blue wonder stretched out a hand to try and reach him before he fell into the earth's atmosphere. But his efforts proved to be futile; Shadow lost his grip on his hand as he continued to fall, the only thing left for his trouble being the golden bracelet left from his glove. He was about to go after him when he realized that he was also running low on ring power that maintained his present form. With a heavy heart, he reluctantly returned to the space station.

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   Meanwhile, inside the space colony, everyone, including Dr. Eggman, was rejoicing over the apparent victory over the Biolizard by Sonic and Shadow. Tails jumped out of his Cyclone walker and onto Knuckles' back screaming, 'They did it!! We did it!!" Little did he know that it was pissing Knuckles off. But not wanting to kill his fun, he let him continue.

   Rouge, who saw all of this, was thinking to herself that the red echidna who had given her a bit of trouble with those emeralds had more to him that could been seen by the naked eye. "How cute", she said quietly. 'I see you've taken a liking to Knux' said someone to her side. Amy had heard the whole thing. Rouge blushed slightly. 'It's beyond your understanding' she said softly. "Does he know yet?" the rose hedgehog inquired in her squeaky tone of voice. Rouge was about to say 'Shut up before I throw you out in space!'  But Amy, who yelled over to Knuckles, cut her off. "Hey Knuckles, I know something you don't know!"

   The crimson echidna took the two tailed fox off his back and in the direction of her voice. 'Sonic doesn't like you?' he smirked. Amy frowned at him. She hated it when Sonic and the others preferred not to take her seriously. Rouge, a bit relieved that her latest secret wasn't revealed, yelled back at him. 'Hey knucklehead! You shouldn't tease her like that!'  He took a few more steps in her direction but stopped when the lab door opened to reveal the lean figure of a now battered blue hedgehog…