Shadow propped his head on the small framework of the bus's window, staring out at the road before him. His orange jumpsuit-standard issue for every prisoner-was stained from the boat ride, and he smelled like wet dog. Strange, coming from a hedgehog. He acknowledged the stainless steel shackles with reinforced titanium holding him. 'They certainly took every precaution...I wonder how they'd hold Silver?'

The loud noises behind him scattered his thoughts, and he noticed the two prisoners arguing...over a bobby pin. Great. "HEY!" Shadow shouted, lifting his head and turning behind him. All eyes were on the Ultimate Life Form as he stared at the two. They were still arguing. "You two! I'm talking to 'ya!" They still fought and argued, which did not help their case. Someone behind Shadow snickered. Probably Maria.

Shadow stood up, fully facing them. "Hey! SHUT THE HELL UP, SHIT FACES!" He barked, his hands to the side, asuming the most intimidating stance possible. The bus driver chuckled. "Never learn, do they?" He mumbled. They stopped and looked at him, one a red echidna, the other a pink echidna. The red one growled. "The fuck you just call me?" Shadow smirked. "I called you a shit-face, echidna. What's it to 'ya? Huh?" Shadow realized how much he sounded like Scourge.

Said echidna belowed. "Okay, hedgehog. You want me to show you how it is around here? I CALL YOU THE SHIT FACE! NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!" Shadow huffed, the echidna's anger amusing him. "You think you can scare me because you have spikes on your knuckles?" Shadow motioned to his fists. He didn't reply.

"Well, I've got news for you, buddy. My biological father, is a god-damn satanic alien!" He began, chuckling in the crazy way. "I can control the space-time continum with a snap of my fingers!" Another snicker from Maria. Sometimes, Shadow just loves the way she looks at him when he does this stuff. "I've had a RPG in my closet for the past three years!" The echidna began to look intimidated, none of this sounding far-fetched, in the world they lived.

"I can materialize spears out of chaos energy, and I'm supposed to be alive when your grandkid's, grandkid's, grandkids die!" He stopped, glaring at the echidna, who glared right back. "I'm being put away for murdering Dr. Ivo Robotnik," he continued, his tone becoming very cold. "Who happens to be my nephew by blood. And you think YOU'RE something to be scared of. To top it all off, my brother, is a demonic hedgehog bent on the anihilation of the entire planet!"

Shadow finally stopped. He realized everyone was wide-eyed, because in his anger, he had begun glowing red. He sat back down, glaring at the window. "Big whoop. You may have heard of me. I'm Knuckles the Echidna." Shadow looked at him over his shoulder, and Maria came to sit next to him. "In case you hadn't gathered, I'm Shadow the Hedgehog." The whole buss went quiet. His reputation was much more effective than he expected. They sat in silence until they reached the Prison.

Maria was a beautiful golden hedgehog, with blue eyes and the most curvesious body you've ever seen. Well, not quite like a model, but close enough. She rested her head on Shadow's shoulder. "Nice speech, loverboy." He rolled his eyes and huffed in amusement. "Yeah, well he really pisses me off." She smiled. Then, they were there.

One by one, the prisoners on the bus, old(Knuckles) and new(Shadow and Maria), stepped onto the asphalt. Shadow headed toward the entrance, followed by Maria. They had induction to undergo. As they entered the infirmary, Shadow saw a blue hedgehog laying on a table, out cold, and a pink one in a lab coat taking off latex gloves. The pink hedgehog smiled at them, and motioned for them to enter. "New arrivals?" Maria nodded.

"Welcome to Prison Island Infirmary! I'm Doctor Amy Rose, first name Amy, title Doctor." She shook their hands, and pointed to a table. They sat on it. "So, now I'll ask you to hold out your arms, and prepare for sedative." Shadow smirked. "Oh, yeah, about that..." She looked at him with quirked eyebrows. "Continue." "That won't work on me unless you have a titanium needle. I need a pill." She huffed, and nodded. "You must be the 'special' prisoner Mephiles told me about. Boy, does he have something planned for you!"

Maria made mouth motions with her hands, and Shadow smiled. Amy came back with four pills and a needle for Maria. "Here you go!" She said to Shadow. "This may hurt a tiny bit." She said to Maria, who nodded. The needle piercing her arm making Shadow uncomfortable, he cringed and shoved the pills in his mouth, crushing them with his teeth. He turned back, to find Maria standing up, using the table for support. Shadow immediately moved to help her, slinging her left arm around his shoulder.

"Thanks." She whispered, breathlessly. A guard who was the spitting image of Shadow, but with orange quills, walked in. "Hello, inmates! You may call me Warden Mephiles, the person whose sole reason of presence is to make your life a living hell!" He said cheekily, his nose-less muzzle twisted in a smirk. Shadow growled. He followed him to a cell block, Maria clutching tightly to him.

Most of the inmates whooped and hollered seeing a woman who looked like...how Maria looked. They would ALL be hurting in the morning. SEVERELY. Shadow smirked at the thought of the pain he would bring them. Discreetly. "Now, the two of you will be sharing a cell with the lovely fellow who was in the infirmary from the result of his most recent brawl." Shadow laid Maria on the bottom bunk. "Did he loose?" Shadow asked calmly. Mephiles chuckled. "To my taser. After the baton refused to do him in." Before leaving, he stopped. "Oh, and the other guy happens to be to your immediate left. His name is Espio. He is a Ninja Chameleon."

Shadow smiled. He'd meet him later. The warden left and locked the cell, leaving them alone. Maria smiled at this. "Shame it's the middle of the day. Otherwise I'd be screwing you senseless..." Shadow smirked at his lover. He sat beside her, his quills bobbing as he did. Maria leaned on him, and tangled her hand in his chest fur. "I never stopped liking this.."

Shadow looked confused. "Liking what?" She looked him in the eye, red meeting blue. "Us, being like this..alone. So unlike the day Grandfather caught us making out in my room." He frowned. "He was definitely not happy." She smiled. "Everyday, I think about what you did to save me, and I wonder why I didn't fall for you sooner. You're just my Shadow." He smirked, and fell asleep beside her, sedative being aloud control by his immune system. They slept alongside one another, in peaceful harmony. Their cell mate was too adored to wake them, and fell asleep in his own bunk. Sonic the Hedgehog and Shadow the Hedgehog would make quite a pair.