Disclaimer: I own none of these people. There Sega's. Except the Mangabot itself. Okay, I think thats it.

Chapter 1: Welcome back Shadow...

Shadow felt the unbearable heat as he crashed down to the earth below. He was closing in on the atmosphere and it was not a enjoyable experience. Shadow spat something, probably blood, and closed his eyes. He had fulfilled his promise and to him nothing could be better. His purpose was fulfilled and... Shadow's hand felt something he was holding. Shadow used his other hand to feel his skin, pieces of himself were tearing off, if he was to proceed with the idea he would have to act quickly

"C-c-chaos c-c-control..." and with that, he was gone.

"WHERE IS IT!!!" Four Animal heads span around as this sound erupted from the Cannons core room on the A.R.K. A red echidna suddenly blurted out, shocking the bat close by,

"The emeralds!" As soon as this was exclaimed the other animals completely understood and were on the way to the location of the sound.

Robotnik chucked various stuff through the air as he searched around a small pile of emeralds shouting various swears and curses. He was so enraged he was becoming hard-boiled. He threw a slab of rock witch had come off the emerald shrine in the A.R.K.'s close encounter with destroying the earth. The slab flew fairly straight and barely missed Sonic as he rushed in.

"What's the matter Eggman? I could help you find brain, but I think you lost it before coming on the A.R.K." Sonic realised he would have to improve his wit when he got back. Robotnik turned around to face Sonic. Robotnik's face was now sporting eyes ten times the original size and a mouth that looked like it would ravage Sonic apart.

"WHERES THE RED EMERALD?!!!" Robotnik, uncharacteristically, jumped on Sonic and started throttling him. Sonic tried to break free to no prevail. Robotnik's look of anger was slowly morphing to a look of glee. As Sonic changed to a lighter shade of blue, however, Knuckles, Rouge and Tails all entered the room. Knuckles gave Robotnik a one-two punch to his face without a second's hesitation. Robotnik released Sonic and fell to the ground. Rouge smelt trouble and made her exit. Tails was about to say something before Sonic shouted

"THE RED EMERALDS GOne..." Sonics voice trailed off as he was suddenly reminded of turning Super with Shadow. Shadow had an outstretched hand... the red emerald and the other emeralds were rotating around them... The emerald past Shadow... Then it was gone...

"Shadow took the emerald." Sonics voice had quietened. Robotnik decided this was going nowhere. He tried to grab the emeralds, but was stopped by Knuckles, who stepped on Robotnik's hand.

"Time for a hero's reward" sneered Robotnik as he took a small remote from his pocket and started pressing buttons

"Where's Amy?" Tails looked around with a look of confusion on his face "I mean I was fairly sure she was here before..." Robotnik looked up from is seemingly random pressing of buttons, obviously thinking of Tails as a complete idiot.

"I am about to blow up the damn space station and all you can think of is where that pink hedgehog, who, by the way, is as useful as a dead battery, has buggered off to?"

"BLOW UP??!!??" Sonic snapped out of his thought so quickly Tails fell over shocked. Robotnik gave out a quiet, small laugh and exclaimed

"I will miss flattening you with badniks." and with that, pressed the last button.

The President sank slightly into his chair. He had just received information that the A.R.K had successfully been stopped. He went through a few papers on in desk until he came to one with the title Operation: 'Eggman'. He scanned through the writing before picking up the phone and calling the F.B.I

"Tell the agent to come back with the Chaos Emeralds and Eggman in custody." The President heard some muttering on the line, until he was given an answer.

"Apparently, sir, Eggman threatened to blow up the A.R.K colony if anyone stopped his escape, also, sir," By now the President was slightly less happy than he was a minute ago. "The ultimate life, Shadow, stole one of the emeralds before crashing into the Earth" The President thought over the situation a before replying

"O.K, get the remaining Emeralds back, strengthen security around Gerald's other creation, Gizord, and send G.U.N to where 'Shadow' will land, if Dr. Gerald truly made him the ultimate life, I'm sure we might find some of his remains, and the Emerald."

Underground, under many hidden tunnels, Robotnik had another base. Unlike his other base, this was more futuristic. Silver walls, automatic lift like doors and many large, years ahead of their time, computers and other technology. In one such room a smallish, blue robot flexed its spiked fingers and stared coldly with his red pupiled, black eyes. E-114 was not programmed to feel fear, to be frank; he was only programmed to follow orders.

"Initiating battle mode." Metal Sonic, who had much more free will, took this as 'GO', leapt in the air, coming down on the unfortunate E-Series robot hard. E-114 tried to hit Sonic's Mecha double, only to attack air. E-114 stopped the on slaughter of air briefly to see Metal Sonic balanced on his Left arm. Metal Sonic gave E-114 a quick 'tornado kick' and fell to the floor, followed by the remains of the latest E-Series robot. Metal Sonic rose to full height as one of the monitors behind him started making a strange siren like noise. Eggman then appeared on the screen as Metal Sonic turned around.

"Metal Sonic, I need you to hack into the government computer and keep notified for any transmissions concerning Shadow. I have a hunch. I'll be 'on the road' so notify me from the Egg-O-Matic." And with that, Metal Sonic made some mechanical noises and switch the monitor off. He then pressed a few buttons, which moved a wall to reveal a door with the words 'Metal overlord' written over it. Despite not having a mouth, Metal Sonic seemed to smile.