Sequel to Nightmare of a Video Game. Keiko once again gets sucked in, but this time, it's Sonic Heroes. Sure, she's happy about Shadow, but with his amnesia, will she be able to hang on to her sanity long enough to get back to her own world? As for the disclaimers, I only own Keiko, Haru, and their mom. Everyone else is owned by Sega. PLEASE REVIEW!!

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"Oy Keiko!" My older brother Haru tapped me on the shoulder and waved the cover of what appeared to be Sonic Heroes in front of my face. I angrily swept it out of the way. "Will you play it with me?" he begged. "It has Shadow in it." My eyes widened in shock. I had clearly seen Shadow falling to his doom in SA2. I even tried to save him. How could he be alive? Haru laughed. "Don't tell me you forgot." I looked up at him from the video game cover in which a certain annoying blue hedgehog, a cute yellow fox, and a gullible red echidna were flying.

"Forgot what?" Haru started roaring with laughter. He choked on his own spit while attempting to talk.

"Shadow comes back to life!" I mentally celebrated.

"Really?!" Haru nodded.

"Yeah, I know you're secretly a Shadow fangirl." I felt myself blushing.

"No I'm not…"

"Yeah, you are. I remember, you would always let me play the Rouge and Eggman stages in SA2, but you'd get really mad and force me to let you play the Shadow stages." I continued to blush as the sorry truth spilled out. "So will you play?" I began to think of a way I could benefit from this, as if attempting to get sucked in again wasn't enough.

"Will you do the dishes for me for another month?" I asked innocently. Haru groaned.

"Keiko, I'm still not done with the deal for playing Sonic Adventure 2."

"Then after you're done with that deal, you can start on this one. I'm not playing otherwise." Haru sighed.

"Fine, fine. Let's go." I followed Haru upstairs to his room. I couldn't believe it. Shadow came back to life? Thank you Sega! Once we were both inside Haru's room, the game started. The words "Sega" and "Sonic Team" appeared on the screen as music played. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles appeared on the screen as Haru pressed the start button. Suddenly our mom called from downstairs.

"Haru!" she called. "Phone for you!"

"Coming!" he called back. "Keiko, can you get the game started?"

"Which story do I pick?" I asked.

"Anything. Just pick one." I smiled mischievously. I was obviously going to pick Shadow's team. I pressed the A button on story mode. I moved the cursor over to the Team Dark box, where Shadow, Rouge, and a red robot stood, and pushed the A button, but nothing happened.



"Come on!" I pressed it a few more times with no luck. Suddenly, Omochao floated into the screen.

"Hurry and pick a team!" he said. I cocked an eyebrow in confusion. Since when did Omochao float in randomly, telling the player to pick a team? I pressed A again, but I had no luck. I concluded that the controller wasn't plugged in properly, so I unplugged it. Omochao once again floated into the screen. "You unplugged the main controller! Now you must die!"

"What?!" What was Omochao's problem?! Since when did he say this kind of stuff?!

"Come closer…" I took a step toward the TV screen. "A little closer…" I took another step toward it. Suddenly, a blue mechanical hand popped out of the TV screen and grabbed my shirt. I couldn't find my voice to scream as it pulled me into the TV. I expected a crash, but nothing came. I soon felt a familiar falling sensation as I landed in a completely different room. There was some sort of pod in the middle of the room filled with a green liquid. There was something black inside. Was it… Shadow? I heard the door open and quickly hid behind a red pillar-like thing. A white bat with aqua blue eyes stepped into the room. I quietly sighed in relief, recognizing who it was. This person was unmistakably Rouge the bat, a friend and comrade of mine when I last got sucked in. I didn't want to yell out to her, though. I knew the Dark story started in Eggman's base, and I didn't want to get caught.

"This must be it…" I heard her say to herself. "I've found Eggman's secret treasure!" She walked up to the capsule filled with green liquid and pressed a few buttons on the keypad below it. It was only now that I noticed a red robot slowly advancing toward her. The green liquid in the capsule drained and the black thing inside opened its eyes as the lid opened. I was right! It was Shadow. Suddenly, the red robot fired at a red pillar behind them, causing it to explode.

"Stay here," he commanded her.

"Shadow!" She called back in surprise.

"MUST ERADICATE ALL EGGMAN ROBOTS!" the robot said monotonously.

"Huh?" Rouge was clearly confused. Suddenly, the robot fired at a pillar… the one I was hiding behind. I screamed and ran out of the way, blowing my cover.

"K-Keiko?!" Rouge asked in helpless confusion. The red robot made its way over to where I was hiding.

"MUST EXTERMINATE ALL TIES TO EGGMAN!" it said robotically. "MUST KILL RANDOM GIRL!" I ducked behind the robot and ran towards Shadow, who stuck out his foot to trip me.

"And who would you be?" he asked me. I was absolutely speechless; I was just happy to see him alive.

"Hey, hold up!" Rouge said, breaking up the fight while Shadow jumped toward the red robot. The entire room was in ruins.

"Who is this?" Shadow asked her, pointing to me. Rouge stared helplessly from Shadow to me, then back to Shadow again.



"She…" she began. "She's with me!"

"Well I certainly didn't see her with you. I don't know who you two are, but you seem familiar… somehow…" Rouge's face lit up, as if she just realized something.

"Now I get it…" she mumbled. "Now I know what this is all about!" She gestured toward the robot. "You're mad at Eggman for sealing you in this room… and you…" She gestured toward Shadow. "You can't remember anything, can you?" Rouge jumped down from where she was sitting. "Then it's settled." She picked up Shadow and threw him into the robot. "Now you two make up so we can go looking for Eggman… together…" She put her hand on top of Shadow's, which was already on the robots. "Oh yeah, baby, this makes us a TEAM!" Rouge then addressed me for the first time. "Wanna come, Keiko? You probably wouldn't want to be caught by Egghead, would you?" I shook my head, still speechless. "Then come on then!" I walked up to Shadow.

"Shadow—" He cut me off.

"Keiko, is it?" I nodded. "I don't know, but you seem really familiar…"

"Long story short, she comes from a different world," Rouge broke in. "A world where everything we do is some sort of game to her. Somehow, she keeps getting sucked in them, though."

"What do you mean, 'keep getting sucked in'?" I shot back. "This is only the second time!" Rouge scoffed.

"Yeah… only the second time…" Shadow broke up the mini-fight.

"Well… am I supposed to know you?" Rouge and I both groaned in exasperation.

"How is it you remember me and not her?!" she asked him. "Trust me, she's been with you longer than I have… she definitely cares more about you than I do… oh, and by the way…" Rouge pulled out a golden bracelet. My eyes widened in shock at it. How could she have kept it for so long? "I think you're missing this." She tossed it to him. Shadow swiftly caught it and slid it onto his wrist. I turned my attention toward the robot.

"I assume you're E-123 Omega," I told him.

"AFFIRMATIVE." he replied. I smiled and held my hand out to him.

"I'm Keiko. I'll be accompanying you on your little quest. Please tell me if I get in your way." Omega grabbed my hand and squeezed it tightly, sending waves of pain through it. Shadow's eyes narrowed at him.

"Hey, stop that!" he snapped at him. "You're crushing her hand!" Omega released my hand. Suddenly, a siren blared. Rouge cursed under her breath.

"We better get out of here," she told us urgently. "Due to all the ruckus, Eggman will know we're here. Come on you three. Shadow, do you mind taking Keiko with you?"

"Not at all."

"Then hurry up! Let's get out of here!"



"AFFIRMATIVE!" Omega piped up as he followed Rouge out the door. Shadow grabbed my hand.

"We'll be moving pretty fast."

"I know," I replied. "I'm used to it. Just don't Chaos Control… I don't think I'll be able to handle that." Suddenly, we both heard footsteps coming toward the room. Shadow tossed me a pleading look. I sighed and nodded.

"Chaos… CONTROL!!" I was instantly transported to a familiar black void.

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Not much insanity and humor in the first chapter, I know. There most likely will be some humor in the later chapters, but not much. That's why I didn't label this as "humorous". Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW!!