This story I actually never had a plan of writing, it was just an idea that came into mind one day, and I decided to use it.

It was going to be a one shot an all, but reading it over, I wanted to elaborate on it, and so this will be a story that I'll add to my weekly updating list, which also includes One Tree Hill and The Disease of a Thousand Words. A War in My Mind might come back again, although I've had severe writer's block with it.

Shadow will be in the main characters spot in the story, and Blaze also just letting you know. Obviously the couple is Shadamy. So here is my 12th story. Oh and the title is sort of long.

Completing The Puzzle of Me

Chapter 1

A couple days ago I was taking a stroll down memory lane, well not in the way I had wanted. She was haunting my dreams again, which angered me a little since I thought I had finally gotten her out of my life.

About a full month ago I was heading out to my first appointment with Doctor Van Zandt, one of the top physiologists in the world. He was advised by my doctor about what I was going through mentally, saying he's the only one capable enough to stay calm despite my power. The rest were just too scared, whimps.

But Doctor Van Zandt, or Trevor which was his real name, was really different than most people I've went to. He was laid back, cool, and didn't do the normal things most physiologists usually do. The first few days it was just me and him laying back talking about favorite things to do, and other things.

But then he finally did start talking about memories, a topic I dreaded to discuss with anyone.

But his past fascinated me more than most. He was abandon as a child, and just was dumped into a foster home, where he spent most of his childhood.

When he turned 18, he decided to run off and live his own life, no more people like in the foster home where they commanded you to do things that you didn't want to do. Eventually that led him to what he does now, and he even tells me he never regrets anything.

My appointments have gotten lessened since he believed that my overall mental health was well enough that I wasn't needed to go to daily sessions. He told me honestly that 3 times a week at most is alright by him.

And so that's that.

But she still haunted me in ways unimaginable.

I still wanted her back, I needed her to be a part of my life, to complete who I was, like a missing piece to a puzzle. She represented my kindness, and without her I felt no desire for the emotion.

How can I be nice to a world that took my one and only true friend away from me? Well some may be able to, but not me, I can't.

Sometime I wondered how she was able to alter and shape my life as much as she did, or used to.

Maria…

That day still is fresh in my mind, so many years ago. Her sacrificing of her own life for me to be safe was the kindest thing anyone has ever done for me.

When I had first been released from that chamber years ago, my original intentions were revenge, for Maria's sake. I didn't want to become friends with people, not after what they did.

All the time I spent with her on the ARK, our one combined wish was to one day finally be able to step foot on that beautiful planet, as nice as it was to see how it looked from the space station, we wanted to see the place for ourselves.

My dreams were realized and I did make it here, but sadly it was alone, and all because of her.

I regretted sometimes even being created, for the fact that she might still be alive right now if those damned authorities didn't attack because of their naïve thinking that what was going on in the ARK was dangerous.

I noticed I was almost shouting at myself, and tried to eliminate those thoughts from my mind, I just didn't feel like thinking about it all day.

I was in the park at this time, relaxing in one of the many selections of trees that were scattered among the park grounds.

I wasn't a huge fan of people coming around and disturbing my peaceful relaxation time, all the more reasons why trees were very comfortable.

It was pretty nice outside, I always enjoyed autumn more than the other three seasons. It wasn't hot, or cold, just reasonable. The tree I was in was a nice golden color, it looked really cool from my viewpoint.

I laid my head back and planned to take a nice nap in the tree, calm myself down and maybe help with my lack of sleep.

"Shadow? What are you doing up there?"

Dammit, now what?

"Rose, that you?

I turned and looked down but oddly enough didn't see her, I wondered where she went? I shrugged and laid back down but only to find a pink hedgehog's face right next to me.

Not expecting her presence so near I jumped a bit, causing me to fallout of my spot and land on my leg odd onto the grass below. I heard a crack when I did hit the ground, and I could tell that it wasn't going to work out well.

"Shadow!, are you alright?" She asked, running over to my side, both scared of how I'd react, and worried that she might have injured me in a way.

"Yeah, I'm okay." I answered, but winced a bit when I tried moving my left leg. I tried to hide the fact that it hurt like hell, but it's Amy, and it's difficult to pass something by her.

"Well by that painful look on you're face it doesn't seem like everything is okay. Let me see your leg."

I pulled away from her, I didn't need anybody's help, even if they knew what they were doing. I'm the ultimate life form, I can take care of myself.

"Shadow even if you somehow try to scurry away from me, there's no way you're going to be able to move on your leg. Now, just let me see it."

No use to argue with her, she'll win if I try.

She took hold around my knee and bended it back a bit, testing to see how damaged it was I guessed. I felt sharp waves of pain sweep throughout my body, causing me to shout out into the sky.

Worried and surprised upon my reaction, she returned my leg to the position it previously was in.

"It's broken pretty bad Shadow, tell you what, how about you stay at my place for now? That way you can have me around to help you, and also because it's been so lonely recently, I'd like some company."

I didn't really have any desire to stay with rose, but something in my head told me that it would be for the better. I was defenseless in my state, making it sort of dangerous to go back to my home, especially in the kind of area that I lived in. With the high level of crime around my home, there was a extremely bad chance of me getting robbed, due to my condition.

"Well…"

But did I really want to deal with somebody like Amy for more than a week? Being with here for that long might nearly kill me.

"Please Shadow!!"

"Hmm… alright, why not?"

She jumped for joy, at least I made her happy with my answer. But something also in the back of my mind made me think about what had I just gotten myself into?

"Wait, how am I going to get all the way back to your home? I can't walk."

"I can try and carry you?"

I shot her a smile, did she really believe that she could carry me all the way there? Amy may have that hammer an all, but I wouldn't be caught dead in her arms. Sonic would assume something's up, and talking to him is really annoying since he can't stay in one place.

"You're not strong enough to carry me, and even if you could I bet there is no way you could make it all the way back to your home. It's a good 2 miles away from here."

She made a devilish smile right back at me, "You're not in any position to talk mister!"

"Well if you didn't come over… Hey!!"

Suddenly I felt myself being hoisted off the ground and soon enough was supported by two pink arms. I was obviously surprised, I didn't think it could be that easy for her, or was I getting skinny?

"Ahem?"

I looked up to see her expression; she could just say I told you so to me.

"Fine you were right, I was wrong. Can we head to your place now?"

"Sure let's go."

(later)

I was pretty impressed with Rose's strength, although she nearly collapsed once we got to the front door.

She shuffled her feet over to the couch once we opened the door, and placed me on her white leather couch.

She plopped down into an armchair next to me, her breathing was very heavy, and her chest moved in rhythm with that.

"I owe you big time for this you know."

I was guessing that she wasn't listening because she just continued to stare out into point blank. Odd, she seemed fine before, but I would be tired carrying somebody that weighed a lot more than me.

"Amy, you okay?"

Then her body fell over and nearly hit the corner of her glass coffee table, but somehow I got over and grabbed her in my arms. Pain seared through my body again, because I had weigh on my broken leg.

I screamed with every step I took, and managed to get her onto the couch, while I scampered towards her phone that was in the kitchen, every step I was taking was killing me, but something was seriously wrong with Amy, I had to find out what.

I grabbed the phone, and when I went to reach for it, my left leg just decided to give out, and I fell to the floor, my head bouncing off the tile floor.

Dazed, I grabbed her cordless phone and readied to call 911. But the second I put the phone to my ear, the normal tone had disappeared. The phones were dead.

"Shit! Now what?"

Frustrated, I slammed the phone on the ground, shattering the plastic appliance and causing the battery cartridge to fly out and land a decent distance away from me.

Using her wooden dining chairs, I hoisted myself back into a standing position. When I began to make my way back to Amy, I noticed something at the corner of my mouth, tasted just like blood.

I glanced to a mirror an saw that where my skull had met the floor, apparently a small blood vessel had been broken due to that, and very bright reddish blood was making its merry way down my face in little streams.

I grabbed a few tissues from the box on her coffee table and wiped some of it, the rest smeared and made me look as if I was attacked, nobody would guess by a wood floor.

I put her in my arms, the same as she did to me just earlier and kicked open the front door with my foot.

Now, how in the hell am I gonna get to a hospital?

Well, it's a start. I have plenty planned for this story, and I look forward to the reviews I'll be getting from it. It will have plenty of romance, along with some sadder sections of the story. Updates might not come too quickly, for I have decided to do an updating cycle of 5 of my stories in progress. Otherwise I hope you liked it so far. Reviews will be read, and I appreciate any I receive.