They both left the base, going back to the house, never noticing that Kro was sitting on top of the roof, he chuckled to himself and looked over to the remote detonator to the bombs that he placed inside of the base before he fought with Tracer. He pushed the button and listened as they went off; the two kids hit the ground as they exploded.

"Tails!"

"No Kat don't!"

Tracer held his sister down in the sand as the old barn collapsed into the sand; she was yelling and trying to escape her brother's vice like grip. She was crying and cried out for her friend, but he still held on.

Kro watched the interaction between brother and sister, he moved his hand away from his side, the sharp ting of blood reached his beck, and his hand was covered in it. He swallowed and carefully took a breath while using both hands to look at the wound, it was deeper than he expected and since he was not feeling any strange pains in his guts, it had not cut though the most important organs of his, the flight organ.

He took another breath and sighed in relief he could still fly, which was the most important thing he liked, lower in rank than him controlling the flames he so cherished. He could control the wind as well but he hated giving up power he had gain the hard way, learning.

Kro stumbled as he flicked his wings out, (that kid is smart, but to use a trick like that could nearly cost him his life, I will watch that child, once I am healed, he could be a great asset to our cause) the wind blew softly and he snarled under his breath, the wind leaving quickly, knowing that he was not their friend anymore, it was going to go without him.

Kitt walked up the stairs, he could hear soft sobbing and cocked his head, stopping mid step. He kept climbing and was growing suspicious, (what, or who cause Kit-Kat to cry like that?) he asked himself. He opened the door, first noticing that the barn in the window was missing. Then he noticed that Tracer had a bandage around his arm and was comforting his sister. She had her hands in face; while Tracer had his good arm wrapped around her shoulders, and had a tissue in his other hand. He was softly saying good things to her, and making promises.

Kitt carefully walked up to them, he knew what happens when Kat was upset, and her golden jewel would block anyone who stepped up to her, or even within her reaching length. He managed to walk up to both of them and was mentally pleased that Kit-Kat was sad enough to allow anyone near her. Kitt gave them both a hug, still standing while they had been sitting on the bed. He was again pleased that Kit-Kat leaned into him during the hug.

"Does anyone want to explain what happened?"

"Dad, I will explain but only when Kat is okay, or even calmer than she is now."

"alright Tracer, but should I bring mom up here to help her?'

"No dad, its fine I have it covered, but don't talk about the one and inventor with Kit-Kat, alright?"

Kitt nodded his head, and silently left the room leaving both Tracer and Kit-Kat alone again. He wondered what had happened to Tails and walked down the stairs, it was Light-Raze who nearly knocked him down the rest of the stairs, and he was running in place and talking nearly as fast.

"Raze, slow down and wait for me to get to a different room before you say anything, or attempt to kill me in my own house."

"Alright but you wont believe what happened to the secret base and everything that was useable or your new medication is destroyed. Even the emeralds are gone."

"The emeralds are gone, and my medication? What could have happened?"

"We don't know but it's an internal attack on us, it must be a spy or Karr has something real dirty planed."

"We will wait in the living room and watch the news channels; we still have to be ready for a frontal attack or another attack internally."

Light-Raze vanished with lightning fast speed; he was now the second fastest thing on the planet, Sonic was killed earlier that day. Kitt sighed and joined Safferia on the couch, watching as Light-Raze was back to playing a dancing game, while on the endless level, he must have been playing it for days since he gave up his watch time to Kitt to beat a new record of his.

"Well? Does anyone know what happened to our secret base?"

Safferia looked up from painting her nails, and glanced back down when no one said anything for the last few minutes, after Katara offered the question.

"Nope not me, I was checking the borders in my watch, seen something strange about the air borders but after you called us to a meeting. I had to check back up on it, it was only a sight glitch with the borders, and I was going to tell Tails if he could fix it when the wind whistled angrily."

"Well we might have to make sure that glitch is taken care of, the only person who is capable of fixing Tails inventions is Shadow, but no one knows what happened to him after he found out about Sonic."

Replied Kitt as he shut the TV off, cutting Light-Raze off of his game, right before he could break his record of two weeks playing, it was a slow reaction, but it was the only thing that was blocking the others from watching the news channels.

"Hey! I was about to break my record!"

"Yeah whatever. New record for you and we never get on the board again with the high scores that you can make."

"Well I can't really move the high scores and I don't want to restart it. And why should you care about what is going on in the outside world?"

"He does have a good reason to watch the news, he might miss who else is killed, and you don't know what could happen next."

"Hey Tracer, how's that sword working for you?"

"It works great, especially today when I fought the being that killed Tails."

Tracer sat down in the chair that was next to his mom, who was sitting in the recliner, it was a flashy green color, neon green. He sighed as he finally was able to rest from comforting his sister, something he had been doing a lot most days. Safferia laughed as Light-Raze kept complaining about the stupid game he had been playing.

"Well son, are you going to tell us what happened?"

"Yeah dad, I fought a black shadow that held two weird short swords that was on fire."

"Really? Is that why you have a cut on your arm and the base was suddenly collapsed?"

Tracer nodded, gently rubbing his arm as his natural healing abilities made the scratch itch. He told them what had happened, not realizing he was healing much slower than the horrifying deep wound that he dealt to the black shadow.

"Kro! It took you long enough to kill that two tailed freak."

"Sorry boss had a slight run in with a bunch of kids."

"Kitts kids? He has only one kid, her name is Kit-Kat, did you get the emeralds?"

Kro handed Karr the bag he carried within his downy feathers, it was made of the softest cloth so it would not react with his red skin, and the flame lived within his own body. Karr opened the bag, and nodded as he seen the three emeralds and the golden gem.

"Yeah, but that blue and black kid sure knows how to fight, Look at this, nearly took out my flight organ, mere centimeters away. Are you sure Kitt has only one? This one had his looks, and his fierceness when fighting."

"What was the blue and black kid's name?"

Kro smoothed out the ruffled feathers on his arms.

"The kids name is Tracer, don't know where he came from but he can sure fight, he's not quite on Kitts side, but he sure is protective of the girl, he would be a great way to conquer Kitt even if he is his own kid."

"Tracer is only a legend. Born of two warriors and the gift of turning the tables, he is a Protector. And will stop at nothing if the person he is protecting is hurt or killed, the girl must be that person. Capture her Goliath; it's a must to win this fight."

The bulky shadow behind appeared into the light nodding his head as Kro stood dumbfound, staring at that the strength and bright colors of the brown and black speckled leopard. He was the type of creature that was only seen and never heard of, one of the rare creatures in the dark ages of Mobius.

"And I thought I was the only creature from the Dark Ages."

"You talk too much, shut up."

"Wow mister big and scary can speak, amazing. Hey!"

Goliath held Kro by the back of his neck, holding him only at least 3 to 5 feet off the ground. Kro kicked and swung back and forth, trying his best to escape his grasp. It was the sudden twist of the air around Kro, and Goliath turned around toward the wall, while Kro gently rubbed the back of his neck.

"You're a smart bird, but bird can be crushed. Can I crush him Karr?"

Kro narrowed his eyes, being nearly nothing but slits as he glared at the oversized leopard.

"I will let him burn in the pits before I die, that monster is nothing but a guard, let me capture the girl, Karr. I can do so much better than that cat."

The black shadow turned from the pillars and stepped out, into the light.

"This is a failure; I thought you said that it was an elite group Karr."

"I did the best of the best. Thank you for joining us Dark-Raze. How about you capture the girl? At least it's something that will stop these two from arguing."

"Of course, it will be easy as pie, don't you get too disappointed."

"I won't be disappointed; you're the best of the best, capture the girl, that's all you have to do, the Protector will follow her anywhere."

Dark-Raze stepped back into the shadows silently walking away like he had never been there, Karr turned toward Kro and Goliath; he was upset that they had to argue all the time.

"You guys will continue looking for Shadow; he will be a good trading card if we don't get the girl."

"Yeah boss, I have been looking since I killed the fox, not one speck of black fur. He just is not showing up."

"I no find black hedgehog, fits legendary but no hedgehog."

"Shut it big guy."

"Little bird man getting on my nerves, can I crush him, or do I have to burn in pits first?"

"Karr, you let this guy be your bodyguard? He's nothing but an idiot and a moron; he won't protect anything when you can protect yourself."

"Both of you leave now. Get Shadow, or be killed, your nothing but a bunch of weaklings."

Karr pointed toward the way Dark-Raze had left, Kro and Goliath both walked toward the exit, it seem they had been getting on Karr's nerves, and now had to leave. Karr watched them leave, and took a deep breath, calming himself down before he meets with his own master, one he still had not dared to defy yet because his first part of his plan had not been quite finished yet, he wanted his freedom back again.

Shadow thrown the black soot off of him, finally coming out of his mind, the lose of his greatest friends hurt him more mentally than physically. The first lose was when he was young, his friend Maria had died, but he had promised her to do things right on the planet he was on. He did things right, but a new generation of heroes now took his place, he may not have been getting old like his boyfriend was, but it seemed that he now could take things into his own hands, despite already dirtied by humans, he was finally going to let the true wraith of his loose.

Shadow climbed out of the burnt down building, the only thing he could say was left of his boyfriend was a couple of quills and the valiant cobalt fur of his. He held them tightly in his gloved hand of his, ring glittering in the moonlight. Shadow pulled his green Chaos Emerald out of his own quills and Chaos Controlled back to his little safe haven, without knowing he was walking into a trap.

"Are you here? Master I had came to tell you our progress so far. Vectra?"

Karr walked around the dark room, looking for his master. Karr spent an hour searching the dark warehouse, and found nothing at all, he was confused at first then realized that Vectra had left to see if Shadow would go back to the place where he was created, the very place where his best friend had died and where he went to calm himself, it had been nearly 70 years since Shadow had gone up there, and he known nothing about the trap that was now set up.

Karr shrugged his shoulders, thankful that he did not have to see his master for one night, it was going to be a real relief to see Sevipa complain again and hear the stories that Goliath told about some of the Dark Ages, he could finally eat a warm dinner again, Karr shut his mouth sharply, noticing that the thought of hot food was making him drool, he missed it so much.