I'm slowly becoming more obsessed with Sonic again and my favorite couple, Shadow and Rouge. One day I played SA2 again and I realized how much I loved that game and all of those crazy characters. So I've taken up writing fanfiction again because of it. Hope a few people still enjoy Sonic as much as I do to be reading this fanfic. Hope you like it!

I do not own any part of Sonic the Hedgehog. They all belong to Sega.

Prologue: Releasing the Beast

"Commander, are you sure this is such a good idea?" A solider asked holding his gun close to his chest. He was walking in a group of twelve soldiers following behind a man with two different colored eyes: a gold and a blue one.

The Commander stopped leading the team through the dark hall and turned to face the soldier who spoke, "Of course it's not. The President is crazy if he things that monster will help us after what happened all those years ago. It killed everyone on the ARK and It'll kill again if we let him free."

The soldiers all looked at each other nervously. The same soldier who spoke before spoke again, "Then why are we going to free him? Or even bother trying to reason with it to help us?"

"We are following the President's orders. He has given me orders to kill it if it attacks us. Let's continue moving. Its cell is just a little further."

The soldiers continued following their commander through the hall stopping at a door labeled DO NOT ENTER! DANGER INSIDE.

"This is it." The Commander whispered. He pulled an authorization card from his pocket and slid it through the lock. He entered a code into the lock as well and the doors slid open.

The soldiers behind his raised their weapons and followed the Commander inside the room. It was dark other than a few lights on a computer in the center of the room. The Commander entered a password on the computer. A small section of the floor moved apart revealing a tube holding a black and red creature.

The soldiers stared at the creature with amazement. One soldier smirked, "It looks like a hedgehog. I really doubt a stupid hedgehog is capable to destroy an entire planet."

The Commander turned his attention to the soldier, "Then you are a fool. This creature is known as the Ultimate Life Form. He was created by Professor Gerald Robotnik about fifty years ago. But the creature went crazy and killed everyone on the ARK including a very close friend of mine. I'm going to release and you are all going to shoot to kill. Understand?"

"But what about the President's orders, Sir?"

"We just need to tell him that it attacked us. He doesn't need to know everything that happens. Ready your weapons." The Commander pressed another button on the computer causing the tube to open.

The black and red hedgehog slowly began opening his eyes. He looked around the room, his eyes stopping on the soldiers in front of him. His eyes narrowed and he stared at the badges on their chest. G.U.N. The hedgehog stood up from the floor. "You bastards are gonna pay for what you did..." He growled at them.

"Now! Shoot!" The commander yelled. The soldiers began shooting at the hedgehog, but he was too fast. He managed to avoid being hit by any of the bullets.

The hedgehog sped toward the soldiers and snatched the guns from two of them. "Chaos Spear!" He shouted as he attacked them with a bright, yellow, spear like light.

The Commander was left standing alone. The hedgehog has single handily taken out his entire team. He aimed his gun at the creature, who just smirked at him. "Today's your lucky day, Commander. I have bigger plans for you, so I'll let you live for now."

He shot at the Hedgehog, but he was gone from his location and now present by the exit. "Come back here and fight me, you coward!"

"My name is Shadow. Shadow the Hedgehog. Don't worry, Commander. You'll get your chance to fight me at my best." The hedgehog exclaimed before exiting the room leaving just the Commander with his fallen comrades.

-3 days later-

"You wanted to see me, Mr. President?" A white bat said as she peeked into the President's office from behind the door.

The President put the papers he was reading down and motioned for the bat to enter the room. "Yes, Rouge. Please come in."

Rouge the bat entered the room closing the door behind her. Her heels clacked on the floor as she made her way towards the seat across from the President's desk. She took her seat and smiled at him "So whatch ya need from me, Sir?"

He placed some papers in front of her and said, "This is information on an experiment that was done on the space colony ARK fifty years ago. It was named Project Shadow and Professor Gerald Robotnik was attempting to build the Ultimate Life Form. Unfortunately, the creature he created turned out to be a monster and killed everyone on the ARK."

"Uh huh. That's all very interesting, Sir, but why would I be interested in some project from fifty years ago?" She asked while looking through the papers he handed her.

The President sighed and rubbed his temples. "Three days ago, I sent a team to the lab to release the creature from captivity in hopes it may be an asset to our army. It killed the entire team leaving just the Commander alive."

Rouge's eyes widened. "Why would that thing have been left alive?! It should have been destroyed after being captured and you seriously thought it would help you?" She shouted.

"That's not even the worst part, Rouge. He escaped and we have no idea where he went. That's where you come in."

"So you need me to find a psychotic creature that could possibly kill me and I have no idea where in the world it could be?"

The President nodded and Rouge sighed. She placed the papers back on the desk and leaned back in her seat. "You already know what my next question is going to be, Mr. President."

"Of course. Your payment. You will be paid with anything you wish to have assuming you do come back alive."

Rouge smiled and stood up. She gathered the papers on the desk and placed the in a folder. She held the folder under her left arm and waved at the President with her right. "Sounds like a plan. And I will come back alive so be ready to pay up. Now I'll go home and do my homework if you don't mind." She said as she turned to leave the room.

-Later that night-

Rouge sat on her bed holding a glass of red wine in one hand and a paper in the other. "Project Shadow hmm...Where could you have run off to?"

Her eyes scanned the paper for any information as to where it could have run off to. Unfortunately, there wasn't much information to go on. The bat was getting a headache from rereading the paperwork so much. "Ugh, this is useless. These stupid papers aren't a bit helpful."

She got off the bed and walked into her living room. She threw herself on the couch and snatched up the remote. She turned on the TV and began watching a sitcom. "I'll figure out where that thing is later. I need to clear my head a bit before starting again."

"We interrupt this program for breaking news! A local museum has been robbed this evening. The only thing that was stolen was a Chaos Emerald that was on display."

Rouge's ears perked up. "A Chaos Emerald!" She shouted. Someone was stealing her gems and she was not happy about it.

"Footage shows that the thief is the infamous Sonic the Hedgehog. Once a renown hero, he has now turned to a life of crime. The hedgehog was last seen escaping into the forest. Police and government officials are in pers-"

The bat shut off the TV not needing to hear anymore of the broadcast. She leaned back onto the couch. "I really, really doubt Sonic was behind this. There is no way. But the image did look a lot like Sonic. Could it be whatever the Ultimate Life Form is can take the image of someone else?"

She quickly got of the couch and hurried to her room. She grabbed her cat suit and slipped it on. She put the hood on over her ears and reached for her iron boots. After putting those on, she grabbed a small back and shoved the folder with her paperwork in it. "The only way I'm gonna get any answers is to just go after this thing. The forest is huge, but at least it narrows out my search. Hopefully, it hasn't left the forest yet."

She swung her bag over her shoulder and left her apartment to begin her mission.

Author Notes:

Well that's the prologue. I hope it was good. It has pretty much the same beginning concept as SA2 but I assure you it is going to be very different. Stay tune and please review! Thank you.