It was an ordinary day at the Thorndyke mansion. Sonic, Tails, Cream, Amy, Rouge, Knuckles, Sonia, Maniac, and Shadow were doing what they always did. Sonic was very active, and he raced Amy, and Tails, and even Chris. Rouge and Knuckles were just friends, but she really liked Shadow.
Shadow, on the other hand, was very quiet. He meditated in his room, like every day. I guess that since, he's still trying to rediscover his memories, after being inside a tank. He liked Rouge, but yet he was the kind to well, be secretive about it, for now at least. He just sat and meditated, and then he went to the living room to watch TV.
Then all of a sudden, he noticed something interesting on the news. "This just in. Dr. Eggman has been wreaking havoc in Station Square, I repeat Eggman is wreaking havoc in Station Square." The reporter stated. "Man, now what is Egg up to." Sonic said sarcastically. "I don't know, but it's about time I got some of the action." Maniac said enthusiastically.
Then Rouge ran to join up with Sonic and the others. "Shadow, aren't you coming?" Sonic asked. "I'll be right there." he replied. Before he left, he got his handgun and loaded it up, and then he joined the others.
As they were going into the city, Maniac asked, "Nice gun, where'd you get it from?" "Well I got it from inside a ruined GUN facility." he replied. "Nice, but I'll probably beat you in a shooting contest." Maniac added sarcastically. "We'll see about that." Shadow added calmly.
Then they finally found that Eggman was inside a robot, that he'd usually create. It was tall, and large two legged robot, and it could shoot rockets, machine guns, and a powerful laser beam, from its core/chest. Sonic homing attacked the cockpit Eggman was in, and it did some damage, but the robot wasn't down for the count. Then Tails used his ring bombs on the robot, and it did little damage. Rouge threw thunder discs, and she used her black wave attack and it did affect Eggman, but he endured the attacks.
Eggman laughed and sneered at them. "Hmph. Is that all you got?" he asked sarcastically. "Hey Maniac." "I want you to shoot at Eggman, and I'll attack him from behind." "Yeah buddy." Maniac replied. Then Maniac shot at it with his mini guns, and boy did it do little damage. Eggman could barely see through the gunfire.
Then Shadow shot the engine like crazy with his gun, until it had no ammo left, and it did do a deuce load of damage, but then he went beserk and smashed the living crap out of the robot with his homing attacks, and he did a shadow kick (Note: Shadow's shadow kick is similar to the way Johnny Cage did it in MK 5, but the color of the streak is an orange, gold color, and the streak is a combination of a normal straight line, and shadows of Shadow, but the orange, gold color that I mentioned earlier.) to it, just to add an insult to the scientist.
Just before Eggman gave up, he shot a cosmic beam towards Rouge, but without thinking, Shadow dashed and took the hit. And then Knuckles dashed and destroyed the robot with his powerful punch. The robot exploded, but Eggman managed to escape, "You may have won, but I took one of yours." Eggman stated. Then he laughed.
Rouge was worried about Shadow, after he had took that blast for her. She checked if his heart was still beating, and sure enough, it was. "He's still alive, but he's unconscious." she said to the others. The others were relieved that he was still okay. "We'll take him back to the mansion, and we'll let him rest." Sonic ordered. The others agreed.
"Sonic, I have to go back to Angel Island. I must make sure it's alright." Knuckles stated. "Go, and do what you must Knux." Sonic replied. "Thanks." he added as he and Sonic pounded their fists in friendship. "Bye Rouge." "And take care of Shadow, will you?" he added. "I will Knuckles. I will." she replied. Then they went back to the mansion.
Shadow rested, and Rouge stayed by his side, all until she had to go to her room and sleep. She, Sonic, and the others wondered if Shadow was still going to be alright, after that ordeal.
I'd like to add that Maniac is Jodan007's customized character, and that he gave me approval to use him in my story.