Chapter 2

"Will you please shut up?" Shadow pleaded. "We're almost there." For some reason Amy did what she was told. She skipped along side Shadow looking down at her feet.

"How come you don't want to talk?" Amy asked shyly. Shadow paused at the question.

"Because all you talk about is Sonic." He finally answered.

"Okay, we can talk about something else then!"

"I don't want to talk."

"Oh… Okay." It was awkward for Amy. The last time she talked to Shadow, he had promised he was going to save the world for her! (Sonic Adventure 2 is when he says it) Now he's stubborn and mysterious again. "So, do you remember anything?"

"What're you talking about?"

"You know, on the ARK."

"No. Should I?" Amy put her hands on her hips and stuck her nose in the air proudly.

"Ha, you're talking big, but you're too scared to admit that you can't remember a thing, aren't you?" Before Amy had realized what she said was a little rash at the moment, Shadow clutched Amy by both her wrists tightly. He stared at her with the integrity of anger.

"And just what exactly do you know about me, Amy Rose?"

"N-nothing! That's not what I meant!" He terrified her. He threw her arms away and he kept walking. Amy shook. She couldn't believe she was doing this for Sonic; it had only been an hour and she had already made Shadow mad!

"Sorry." She muttered under breath. "I didn't mean anything rude." It was out of the ordinary for Amy to be so calm and quiet; even Shadow knew this.

"Forget it. Come on let's hurry." He pulled Amy by the arm.

"Wait, Shadow!" Amy yelled.

"What is it now?"

"I can't run as fast as you; I can't keep up."

"Just hang on." Amy wrapped her arms around him rigidly. He zoomed off after the fortress. Amy closed her eyes when they had crossed over the rivers and ventured over a cliff. She was too afraid to look down!

"Why are your eyes closed?" He demanded. He was still running.

"Because I'm a little afraid."

"What? You think I'm gonna drop you?"

"Eh, maybe."

"Humph." Amy and Shadow were running under the flying fortress. They were almost past it when Shadow could hear humming noises in the sky. Anxious to look up, he saw missiles firing from the fortress! "Damn it!"

"W-what? What is it Shadow?"

"This is when you close your eyes; hold on!" Shadow sped up faster to avoid the homing missiles. The missiles were at his feet; three of them were. Shadow had to keep running straight or else the missiles would've caught him.

"Shadow!? What's that noise?" Amy cried. Willingly she opened her eyes and looked down. "EEK! There are missiles behind us!" She squeezed Shadow tightly and it knocked him off balance!

"NO!" The missiles exploded. Dust was everywhere. When the dust had cleared there was no one there. Amy crawled out of the rubble.

"S-shadow?" she coughed. "Where are you?" She tried pulling her feet from the tree stump she was under, but they were stuck.

"Amy!? Where you!?" Shadow's voice was faint, but it sounded fret.

"Shadow, I'm over here!" Amy felt relief as the trunk was pulled off her. She sat up quickly. Shadow was panting and he looked bruised. He didn't seem too fazed to have seen Amy alright and well. When she attempted to stand, she was limping on her left foot.

"You were hurt?" He lifted his hand out to her. Suddenly Amy didn't want his help; she didn't want to get close to him. She limped passed him.

"I'll be okay."

"You're gonna slow us down."

"Who cares we're alive aren't we? At least now we can keep following the ship!" Shadow walked quickly in front of Amy.

"We've lost the ship. The only way we can find it now, is if we go at my pace. Come on." He lifted his hand out to her one last time before she turned her head from him anyways. This time he wasn't so cooperative and calm. He picked Amy up by the waist.

"What the hell are you doing!?" He threw her over his shoulder.

"I don't have time for you to be arguing with me. Half the chaos emeralds are on that fortress."

"That's the reason you want to stop the weapon?" Amy stammered. "You mean you don't even care about the others, or me?"

"I never said that."

"Well that's the way it sounds!" He closed his eyes.

"I do care; there. Does that make you feel better?" Amy gasped.

"You… You mean it?"

"Yes I do. Now can we please get going?" Amy smiled.

"Sure, let's go."