This is my first fanfic, so please go easy on me.

The night was warm and welcoming as the 17-year-old hedgehog known as Amy Rose made her way from her work back to her apartment. Exhausted from a long day, but as cheerful as usual, she walked down the street, humming 'bad blood' to herself, totally unaware of the eyes watching her. These eyes watched her with evil intentions, before quickly scanning the streets around her. "No witnesses" the stranger thought gleefully as he chaos controlled into the alleyway a few feet in front of the pink hedgehog. As Amy past the alleyway the stranger grabbed her, pulled her inside, and placed his hand over her mouth to prevent her from screaming. Amy, thoroughly terrified, looked into the eyes of her assailant and saw the cobalt blue eyes of a hedgehog she knew all too well, "Hey toots" Scourge said, smirking erotically.

He pulled Amy deeper into the alleyway, groping at her clothes while she whimpered in fear of what he was going to do to her. "I am going to enjoy this." He said and started to kiss her neck, only his hand slipped from her mouth. Amy let out the most piercing scream for help, before Scourge backhanded her "Quiet bitch! No-one can hear you." He said and started to undo her dress, while she closed her eyes to fight back the tears. None of them noticed the figure standing in the alleyway entrance, with piercing eyes that glowed a deep red and black quills that shone in the street light. "Sonic!" the figure shouted in anger as he approached Scourge in a fast walk. Scourge backed away from Amy, fear showing on all features of his face. He looked in the figure's direction and said in a trembling voice "No… Not you…" Using Amy as a shield, Scourge drew his knife and said threateningly "Take one more step and I'll kill her." The figure stopped, glared at Scourge, then disappeared. Amy could feel Scourge's sweat dripping from his chin as he frantically looked around for the figure, but found nothing. Shoving Amy to the ground, Scourge made a run for the alley exit, only to get a taste of his own blood as a fist connected with his jaw. He fell on the ground as the figure stepped out of the shadows and over him. "You little shit" the figure said in a familiar voice, before he started beating Scourge into a pulp, with Amy watching and wincing at every blow. The figure looked up, saw Amy, cursed under his breath and said to Scourge, "Be glad I am a gentleman, or else she would have seen you breath your last breath." He threw Scourge underneath the street light, looked at Amy and asked "Are you alright?" Amy nodded and looked past him, towards Scourge, only to see that he is gone. "That's strange." Amy said, tilting her head to one side as she thought out loud. The figure turned to face the street light and, when he saw there was no Scourge, he muttered "Shit! I was so close." He approached the street light, and Amy finally got a good look at the figure and was surprised at who she saw, "Shadow?" she said curiously as she approached him. He turned to face her and she saw an even bigger detail, that he had red ''v" imprint on the tip of his forehead stripe and that his chest fur was a dull grey instead of white, also his eyes were a darker shade of red and he was wearing a black leather jacket. "So that's his name," The hedgehog said, looking down with a nod of recognition and with his eyes closed. "Does he stay close by?" "Yes, he does." Amy answered while fidgeting with her fingers. He opened his eyes and asked "Can you take me to him?" Amy paused for a moment and nodded, and lead the mysterious hedgehog up the road to Shadow's residence, wondering what just happened and what is going to happen it the future.