A/N: Another weird one shot!

Ruby's PoV

"Commander! I got the Chaos Emerald!" a black Hedgehog called into his wrist communicator.

"Excellent work, Shadow! Come back to HQ, and hand it over for safekeeping." the Commander replied.

"Yes, sir! Over and out!" Shadow replied with a salute.

Shadow closed the wrist communicator, reached into his quills, and pulled me out. He held me up in the air, and yelled, "Chaos Control!". I refused to transport him to the HQ.

"What the hell? Chaos Control!" Shadow yelled.

Again, I refused. Shadow tried again and again, but no avail.

"What the hell is wrong with this Chaos Emerald? Why won't it work?" Shadow shouted in frustration.

Shadow tried again, but I still wouldn't give in.

"Damn it! Why won't this stupid Chaos Emerald work?" Shadow roared.

Okay, that's it! I've had enough! I thought angrily.

I started glowing and flashing violently, and I appeared in my Mobian Hedgehog form. Shadow was in brief shock, but he quickly made it subside to maintain his bad-assery.

"What the? Who the hell are you?" Shadow shouted at me.

I seized him by the neck, and Shadow tried to punch and kick me, but utterly failed.

"I've had enough of you using Chaos Control all the damn time! Leave me and my sisters alone! We are not your slaves or personal transportation devices! LEAVE US THE HELL ALONE! Take a friggin' taxi or something! You have super speed, so use it, you lazy bastard!" I shouted at him.

I threw him against a wall, and teleported away. Shadow was in a slight daze.

What the hell was that all about? Shadow wondered.

He dashed off to HQ, using his rocket skates, empty-handed.

Shadow's PoV

Who the hell was that girl? Is it possible that she's the spirit of the red Chaos Emerald? No…What if…What if she IS the Chaos Emerald? I thought as I skated to HQ.

I kept skating until I saw a very large building. G.U.N. Headquarters. I entered to large metal slide open doors, and saw my friends Rouge the Bat and E-123 Omega.

"Inquiry: Do you have the Chaos Emerald?" Omega asked monotonously.

"No…I don't have it anymore…" I sighed.

"What happened?" Rouge asked.

My cheeks heated up, but my blushing went away as quickly as it came.

"I had a run-in with someone, and lost it…" I half-lied.

"Sure you did…Commander Towers isn't gonna be happy, Shadow." Rouge added scoldingly.

"I know that, Rouge. It's not my fault that…that girl bumped into me…I think she stole it from me…" I quickly made up an alibi.

I heard a door open, and the Commander walked in.

"Shadow, do you have the Chaos Emerald?" he asked.

Oh shit! Gotta think of something! Wait…I'll just use the same excuse! I thought.

"No, sir…I lost it…" I replied.

"WHAT? How could you lose it?" the Commander yelled.

" Well, I bumped into a girl, and I think she stole it.." I lied.

"Couldn't you get it back?" Commander Towers growled.

"I couldn't…She already left when I suddenly realized that I didn't have the Chaos Emerald." I lied again.

The Commander grabbed me by the shoulders, and started shaking me.

"AND YOU DIDN'T GIVE CHASE?" he roared.

"Uhh…No?" I managed to think up of.

"Idiot! Thanks to your incompetence, the world might be in jeopardy!" he yelled.

"Don't worry, Commander, I have a feeling that girl's gonna take care of that Chaos Emerald really well…because that girl is the red Chaos Emerald…" I muttered out the last sentence.

"What did you say?" Commander Towers asked.

"Nothing…It was nothing…" I lied.

"Uh huh…Well, get to bed. You have a very busy day tomorrow…" Commander Towers reminded me.

"Yes, sir…" I sighed.

I started walking to my room, but Commander Towers stopped me.

"Oh, and, Shadow, don't mess up on your next mission tomorrow, or there will be consequences…" he scolded.

"W…What's my mission tomorrow?" I asked.

"Same as today: Get a Chaos Emerald." he stated.

I froze in fear. I thought about what the girl said about leaving her sisters alone. If I go for another one of the Chaos Emeralds, they would beat me up, but if I don't get one, I could be fired from G.U.N.!

Oh, God…I'm fucked… I thought in panic.

A/N: So...That's it...It ends like that...Random cliffhanger...