Awakened

by PackageHD

Shadow the Hedgehog finds himself on a foreign planet 50 years after the incident on the ARK. He soon finds out he's on Earth. Realizing how much has changed, he meets a young woman working at a breakfast diner to help him, but will she be the help he's looking for, or will she be more trouble than meets the eye? Shadow origin story, my own take on it. Read and Review! Complete!

2. Chapter 2 - Partnerships

Quick note guys, I typed this chapter on my phone, so if there is any spelling errors I do apologize, I will be back on my PC for CH3!

*Jessica's POV*

I was awakened by the loud knocking coming from the door. I sat up and looked around blankly for a moment, trying to gather myself, then the banging continued.

"Jesus I'm coming, I'm coming calm down."

I stood and walked over to the door, opening it to find a Rouge and a tall, older man with her. They both wore GUN uniforms.

"Hey Rouge, anddddd (I glance at his tag) Commander Towers, what's going on?"

Rouge looked at me worryingly, I couldn't imagine what this was all about. Then it hit me, Shadow. He was nowhere to be found when I woke up, he was snooping online for GUN info, maybe he saw something he shouldn't have…

"Hey Jessica, the commander just has a few questions for you. Mind if we come in?" Rouge asked in an upbeat, yet careful tone.

Reluctantly, I let them in, if they knew something already why fight it?

"Please make yourselves at home, and ignore Bongo, he won't bite."

"I gotta say, you've got a nice apartment kid." Rouge said examining some pictures on the wall. The commander was already sat down, tapping his foot anxiously. I sat in the chair across from him.

"Well commander I'm all ears!"

"Jessica, is it? I got word that a certain phrase was entered into a laptop that came from this location, know anything about that?"

I gulped nervously, I saw Rouge glancing at the computer on the table.

"Well, um, in all honesty, yes and no."

"Care to explain?" he said impatiently.

"Well, you see sir, yesterday at work, this hedgehog came into my place of work, claiming he didn't know what a pancake was! He was Sonics size, yet he wasn't anything like Sonic… he was way more intimidating. He had these crimson red eyes, this deep, emotionless voice, he wore a black jacket, black jeans, and these hover shoes. Oh oh, and he wore these white gloves with these shiny golden acted as if he had traveled through time or been asleep for a long time."

"I see, what happened next?"

"He ate 50 pancakes in like 6 minutes, no bullshit. Then we talked for a while and I found out he wasn't lying about being asleep for almost 50 years. He was so confused by everything, so I told him he could stay with me and I'd help him learn. Last night when we got here, he asked me about GUN, when I asked why, he said something about GUN doing something to him in the past. I let him use my laptop to look you guys up, he doesn't know much on how to use the internet yet though."

He nodded, taking notes as I had been talking.

"Where is this hedgehog now, and did he give you his name?"

"Why yes, his name is Shadow, Shadow the Hedgehog. And honestly, I woke up and he wasn't here, I hope he didn't get lost, poor little fella, why, is he in trouble?"

The commander let out a deep sigh and looked over at Rouge, who had her arms crossed and was listening in.

"You see Jessica, it's not that he's in trouble, it's that he is trouble. 50 years ago he went on a killing spree on this secret space lab called Space Colony ARK. He killed my best scientist and his daughter. He's evil, Jessica. If he comes back, give Rouge here a call, Rouge, let's go."

"Rouge, I need you to find this hedgehog. Do whatever you need, you'll be paid well for your troubles." I heard the commander whisper as they walked out.

I was in such shock. Shadow had seemed kinda tense, but he was a cold blooded killer? Fuck Jessica, what're you getting yourself into this time?

Meanwhile, on Eggman Island.(Shadows POV)

I found myself on what appeared to be a deserted island. The sun was blaring and it was hot as hell outside. I decided the jacket I had on was unnecessary. I hated wearing clothes, but Jessica told me it was "inappropriate" to walk around without them. Hm, this planet isn't what I pictured it to be. Humans wearing clothes, others like me wearing clothes? How come I wasn't wearing any when I woke up? Suddenly, images of a blond haired girl started to flash in his head.

Shadow, remember what you promised me!

I fell to my knees in pain, my head throbbing. I sat there for a moment before deciding I should rest. Am I hallucinating or was that shit real? Who was that girl, and what the hell kinda promise is she talking about? I found a cliff to sit on, looking out over a waterfall. Everything was peaceful, the sound of the water flowing and birds chirping was a true change of scenery after being in that city. For some reason, I pictured Earth to be… different. I didn't expect to find others like me. I wonder if I'm stuck here, or if I'll find my way back home. The word echoed through my head. Home… where am I from? I glanced around for a moment, realizing I still had no idea where I came from. Do I have a home? Is this home? I finally stood and decided I shouldn't ask questions that have no direct answer. I began walking for a while, pondering why I had little to no memory of anything that happened before I woke up. I also admired the quiet. I was walking for no more than five minutes when I came across something awfully peculier. There was a large metal gate out in the middle of the tiny forest on the island. There was some sort of symbol on the door. Is that a face with a mustache? Why does that look so familiar?

I was suddenly hit with another set of images flashing through my head. One showed a older man in a white lab coat. He had a white mustache and glasses, next to him stood that blond girl…

Maria, go get Shadow please sweetie, we have to run more tests on him.

When I snapped out of it, I found myself face down in the sand. When I picked myself up, I noticed blood in the sand, I looked down and noticed blood rolling off my chest. Come to find out, my nose was bleeding.

So that girl… Maria. Why does her face keep showing up, why does her name haunt me?

Suddenly a loud voice came from a speaker on the gate.

"My oh my Sonic, I never expected you this early, you do have to apologize but I'm in no shape to fight you at the moment, come back later."

I sat there pondering if the man was even worth responding to, but my pride to over.

"I'm not blue you buffoon, and I guarantee I'm much more of a challenge than this Sonic you speak of." I anxiously waited a response, much to my surprise, the gate flung open and a large man appeared in some sort of hovercraft. He too had glasses and a mustache, yet his was orange, not white. I assumed he must be impersonating the man I saw in my head.

"Ah I see, you're not Sonic at all are you? You don't happen to be on his side do you?" The strange man asked with a wicked grin. He wore a red coat. I couldn't see much else sense he was in the craft.

"On his side? I'm not a child, I don't pick sides, I just destroy whoever's in my way." I responded coldly. For the first time, someone looked at me and didn't look afraid. Instead, he looked thrilled. This guy must be bonkers.

"AAAHAHAHAHA! YES, FINALLY, SOMEONE WITH THE SAME MENTALITY AS ME. Say, would you like to come inside and discuss business?" He landed his hovercraft and hopped out. He was abnormal to say the least. He had the skinniest legs I had ever seen, yet his top was large to say the least. He wore black pants along with the red coat, and he wore long black shoes.

"Sure, I didn't catch your name."

"Oh where are my manners, I'm Ivo Robotnik, but the people of this planet call me Dr. Eggman!"

I studied the man for a moment, Eggman huh. This is the man Rouge, Blaze and Jessica spoke of. Let's see what he's all about.

"Yeah, I've heard of you. I'm Shadow, Shadow the Hedgehog. Let's talk business doc."

He allowed me to climb into the hovercraft with him, and he flew off into the hidden base.

Once we arrived at what appeared to be some sort of control room, he landed and began to type on his huge computer.

"Shadow huh, you don't happen to be the same Shadow created by my grandfather Gerald Robotnik?"

I felt the headache again. First this Maria girl now this man, Gerald. I knew them somehow… but how.

"Doctor, I'm going to be bluntly honest with you. The name sounds familiar, but I don't remember shit since I woke up yesterday. I've been asleep in some sort of chamber for 50 years. When I woke up I was here, with no memory of how I got here or anything." I can tell my words were doing wonders for this man, his grin grew by the minute.

"Well Shadow I must say, you sure sound like the same hedgehog my grandfather created. If you'd like, I can help fill in some of those blanks in your head, but first you'll have to help me. Ever seen one of these before?" The fat man pulled out a chaos emerald. It glowed Blue.

"In fact, yes. It's a chaos emerald, I can sense their energy when I get close to one." Studying by his reaction, the fat man liked what he was hearing. He was practically jumping out of his shoes.

"AH YES, Shadow, you're just the hedgehog I'm looking for, what do ya say, help me find the remaining emeralds, for each emerald you bring me, I'll give you pieces of your memory."

If i wanted, I'd beat the everlasting shit out of you and get my memories back on my own, but since he seems so eager, I guess I'll indulge him.

"Let's get to work doctor." I said, folding my arms and waiting for instruction.

Meanwhile…

GUN HEADQUARTERS (ROUGE POV)

After hours of nothing but dead ends searching for this hedgehog, I finally returned to the GUN HQ. I was greeted by Topaz with a strange look on her face.

"Rouge… you need to see this." she sounded like she was ready to cry. I quickly followed her to a back archive room. She pointed to the table, hundreds of papers lie there, all involving the hedgehog.

"He took down an entire space colony. This hedgehog means business, you really need to be careful Rouge."

"Topaz, I have an idea, but promise you'll keep it between us, okay?"

With a simple nod from her, I continued "I met Shadow before I realized he was who he was, at the diner. He asked me for help, which I obviously declined, but I'm starting to think when I find him I should offer to help, and manipulate him to get him arrested. What do you think?"

She responded with a smirk and a slight nod "Yeah Rouge, that sounds like a plan. Let's get you prepared, you've got quite the mission on your hands.

*Shadows POV*

I glanced out over the city, the sun had gone down and the blazing heat turned into a slight chill. I sat in silence for a long while before the communicator on my wrist broke the silence.

"Shadow, do you read me?"

"Loud and clear doctor, did you find the location of an emerald?"

"Yes indeed, you're on the building I told you to wait on correct?"

I rolled my eyes in response. "Yes doctor."

"Good, okay, head west two blocks and you'll come across a very tall building, the sign will read Hotel Westopolis. Once you arrive, let me know."

"Will do." With that, I dashed down the side of the building, traveling at max speed, I was there in 30 seconds flat. "Okay doctor, what now?"

"DAMN! You're there already? I've barely had time to sit down, BAHAHAA. Okay, head inside and head to the check in desk. There will be a man or woman there, asking for your name. Tell them your name is Sonic the Hedgehog. Trust me, we will both benefit from this."

I didn't wanna pretend to be someone I'm not, I alone was the strongest life form ever created, but I didn't wanna test the doctor just yet. I followed his orders. I walked in, the lobby was lit by a gold tiled floor and bright lights hanging from the ceiling. The woman at the desk smiled as I approached.

"Do you have a reservation mister?" she greeted me with a big smile.

"Why yes, it's should be under Sha- Sonic! Sonic the hedgehog." Damn that was close.

"I knew you looked familiar! Sorry I even had to ask Sonic, here's your room key, please enjoy your stay!"

I walked off without saying another word. Were all humans this dumb? How had the doctor not conquered them all yet? I entered this thing, the doctor told me it was called an elevator. Whatever it was, it moved way faster than stairs.

"Doctor, I'm in the elevator, what's next?"

"Great job Shadow, now all you have to do is enter the room and wait for my command, it may be and hour or two so get comfortable, but stay alert. When I give you the word, we will have a very small window of time to get the emerald before it gets locked away again."

"Will do doc."

I entered my room, it was quite nice actually. There was a good view over the city, a very large bed, a bar with all sorts of drinks, and a mini fridge. I sat on the bed and turned on the TV, trying to figure out how to change the channels. I eventually figured it out, then found this thing called basketball. It was just a bunching of humans bouncing and throwing a ball into a hoop. I was amazed people found this entertaining. The next channel showed people kicking a ball around to each other, they called it soccer. I realized then that humans were nothing like me, they found amusement in such little things. I eventually found something that caught my interest, some channel called the food network. I was very curious to learn what humans ate. The lady on the TV was making something called a pizza. I had no clue what it was, but it looked good. I was brought out of my trance from the TV when there was a knock on the door.

I quickly called the doctor to see if this was planned.

"Eggman, someone's knocking on the door, what should I do?"

"Well, ignore it, if the knocking keeps happening answer the door and act natural. Send them off if need be, just try not to attract too much attention."

After a moment, another knock came.

I walked over and opened the door, expecting some sort of fangirl at the door, yet I was greeted by something completely different. A rose, pink colored hedgehog with a large hammer stood waiting at the door. She tried to look tough, but my appearance clearly threw her off.

"What do you want?" I said in the same emotionless voice I always had.

"You're… you're not Sonic, who are you?"

I grabbed her and quickly pulled her into the room with me, then I placed my hand over her mouth and tossed the hammer onto the bed.

"Why the hell are you snooping around looking for Sonic, I thought you and him were friends." I knew who she was, I recognized her from the video Jessica showed me.

"mrrrr mrrrrrrmmrmrrmrr"

I realized I should remove my hand before I ask questions.

"Scream when I move my hand and I promise I'll remove your head from the rest of your body."

With a nervous glare in her eyes, she slowly nodded.

"Me and Sonic are friends, but… well I like him more than that. Now who the hell are you?"

"Who I am is of no importance, you're not leaving though. Sit and don't cause me trouble, or I'll tie you up and leave you in the closet." I sat her down on the bed, taking the hammer and placing it in the bathroom. When I returned, she was laid out watching the food channel.

"Not that I like to judge people off their appearance, but you seem like more of a sports guy than a chef." She said with a giggle.

"Enough talking. Sit and be quiet, I have to make a call."

"Doctor, Amy the hedgehog, Sonic's friend, was at the door. I took her hammer and I'm keeping her captive until you give me the go ahead to move on our plan." I was careful with my words so I wouldn't spoil our plan.

"Good thinking Shadow, it'll probably be another 30 minutes before we can move, stand by."

I noticed the call had gotten the attention of the pink hedgehog.

"Shadow huh?" she said with a smirk.

"Silence, before I make you silent."

"Oh come on you wouldn't hit a-"

I cut her off by knocking her out cold with one punch. I threw her over my shoulder and carried her to the closet, tied her up and left her there.

I warned her, dumbass.

"Shadow, it's time. Let's get a move on, get into the elevator and head to the top floor, once you get there you'll have a two minute window to take down the guards and grab the emerald before the cameras turn back on."

"Moving doctor, we will talk soon."

I dashed out and into the elevator. After a moment, the ding rang throughout the air and the doors opened. There stood 5 guards with assault rifles, sitting around another guard pushing a cart with the emerald on it. I instantly aimed and shot out the cameras with a chaos spear, just in case. Then I turned my attention towards the guards.

"Holy Shit what is that thing? FIRE!"

A barrage of bullets flew through the air. I dodged as fast as my feet would let me, after a few seconds they stopped to reload.

"Pathetic humans, you'll die for opposing me! CHAOS SPEAR!" I shot and got a direct hit on three of the five, the other two were left wounded from the blast. As I walked over, I stepped on and broke the neck of one of the guards, then I picked up the last guard by the throat.

"Remember my face, and tell people what you saw here today. Tell them how evil Sonic truly is." I dropped him and grabbed the emerald, then decided to make myself scarce.

"Chaos control now!"

With a flash, I found myself back with the doctor. I left him visibly startled, he clearly had no idea I could teleport.

"Damn Shadow don't scare me like that! You could've gave me a heart attack!" he replied between breaths.

"Sorry doc, here." I tossed him the green emerald, just for him to toss it back.

"Whatever you did to get here so fast, it took the emerald right? Keep it on you, and when we get the rest you can hand it over then."

"Will do doctor, now, about my memories." I walked over and sat in the chair next to him, studying his expression. He almost looked shocked that I brought it up.

"Oh right, of course. Let's see here…" he began typing away, and after a moment the words Project Shadow" appears on the screen, requiring a user and password.

"Blasted Gerald, give me some time to think Shadow, I'll come to you right away when I figure out the information required. Why don't you lay low for a bit instead of going out? We don't want you getting in trouble now do we?"

I simply walked out, leaving him to do whatever the hell he needed to do. I walked down the long hallway until I met a staircase, I climbed them and found myself on the roof. It was still dark, but it had to be early morning. The air was still crisp, yet I could tell that it slowly began to warm up. I decided to nap for a while to rest up. I lied down, back against the concrete wall, and glanced out towards the ocean. I'd never seen anything like it, from what I can remember at least. This planet would be nice if there weren't so many damn humans here. Hm, I wonder how Jessica is doing? I didn't tell her I was leaving… no matter, I'm sure she's fine. I was brought back to reality by the sudden sound of wings flapping. I laid still, my eyes were still closed, yet my ears were perked up, laser focused. The flapping stopped, and everything fell silent for a moment. I wondered if I had been imagining the noises, then I heard the sound of clicking as someone walked towards me. I was forced to open my eyes when I felt a tug on my jacket.

"Shadow, don't ya know it's dangerous to sit on the edge of a roof like this?"

I opened my eyes to find the bat, Rouge, standing next to me. I simply ignored her, closing my eyes and trying to focus on something else. She made it extremely difficult though, she sat next to me and poked my chest, once, twice, and I felt her move for a third try, but I quickly grabbed her hand and opened my eyes once more.

"Do you mind?" I barked harshly.

"Ouch, someone's a little sensitive about his chest." she giggled, attempting to pull her hand away, but I wouldn't release it.

"What brings you here bat? The doctor has no business with GUN."

"Oh sweetie you have no idea, me and Eggman go way back. In fact I used to work for him, and since GUN found out that I talked to you, they fired me! Can you believe that? Just for talking to you, they fired me. Anyways, I came to see if Eggman would help me get revenge on them, then I saw you up here. I assume you're working for him now?" She seemed more relaxed now that we were in a flowing conversation, she didn't look as nervous as last time me and her talked.

"No."

"No..? Then what're you doing here?"

I finally turned my glance towards her, her eyes darted away as soon as I glanced over.

"Were you staring at me?" I let out the slightest of a chuckle.

She now turned her entire head away from me so I could no longer see her face. "Of course not! Now stop dodging the question Shadow, what're you doing here if you don't work for Eggman?"

I stood and forced her to look into my eyes "Why are you interrogating me? Remember when you said you didn't wanna help, plus I apparently got you fired? The real question is what're you doing here, bat?"

Her eyes danced around nervously as I finished speaking, I could tell I stuck a nerve with her. "Shadow, I told you I'm here to ask Eggman for a job, I just happened to run into you. I kinda felt bad about how we left talking, I know we don't really know each other but it seems you've had a rough time. Let me help you." she attempted to place a hand on my shoulder, but I quickly shook her off.

"Listen, I don't know and I don't care why you're here. I don't care if the doctor lets you stay or tells you to fuck off, just stay out of my damn way, got it?" I glared deeply at her before sitting back down, my blood was boiling. Control your anger Shadow, don't let some bat make you flip your shit.

Rouge walked away without saying another word, she headed down towards Eggman.

That wasn't weird at all. I joked to myself, then glanced back out over the ocean. The sun began to break over the horizon. So much for taking a nap, damn that bat. I stood from the ledge and pulled out the chaos emerald I carried.

"Chaos control now!"

After the bright flash died down, I found myself deep in the heart of the city. I noticed I was next to the diner again. I must be hungry if it teleport me here of all places. I walked inside and saw a picture of me on the wall.

*Wanted - Shadow the Hedgehog.*

$50,000 dead

$200,000 alive

$10,000 for information on the hedgehog.

Call the GUN hotline with any tips.

Hmph, guess I should make myself scarce. I turned to walk back out the door, but was stopped in my tracks by a familiar voice.

"Shadow the Hedgehog, don't you dare walk out that door!"

That was once voice I recognized, it had to be Jessica.

I turned and was met with a hard slap to the face. I staggered and gathered myself before I spoke.

"What the hell was that for?!" I yelled at her, she was in tears.

"You're a no good liar Shadow, you're a murderer." her voice cracked as she spoke, then she quickly ran and sat down at a booth. People were staring and recording what was happening on their phones.

"Dammit Jessica!" I ran over and grabbed her with one hand, then held the emerald with the other.

"Chaos control!"

We appeared in her apartment. She was walking kinda funny, I figured she was dizzy from never teleporting before. I grabbed her and guided her to the couch, sitting her down and sitting on the table in front of her.

"What makes you think I'm a murderer?" I asked, wondering if she knew I killed them men to get the chaos emerald.

"The GUN commander came to my house and asked me all these questions! All about you, and why you were here and where were you now? Rouge was here too!" Tears were flowing like a waterfall from the poor girl's eyes.

"Mhm, Rouge was here too huh? I knew something was fishy about her. What did the GUN commander say about me?"

She was crying so much she couldn't even speak. I could care less why she was crying, but to get her to shut up and calm down, I handed her the tissue box off the table.

"Thank you." She said between sobs, she wiped her tears and blew her nose, then she gathered herself and began to speak.

"He told me you killed hundreds of scientists. Including the main one and his daughter. It was on some type of space colony? The Ark is what he called it. That's all he said. and he told me to call Rouge if you showed back up."

Suddenly something clicked in my head, what she was telling me was wrong… I felt the memories begin to flash throughout my head. I saw Maria, I remembered Maria, I remembered the professor. I remembered the man…. Lieutenant Towers. My skin crawled and my stomach turned as I put two and two together. Not everything was clear to me yet, but something was wrong about all this.

"Jessica, I can't let you turn me in. Don't take this personal, but you're coming with me."

"WAIT!" she screamed as I lifted the emerald. I glanced down at her and waited for her to speak.

"Can I bring my dog with me?"

"I don't care just hurry up."

She ran and grabbed the small dog, then grabbed my hand. "Okay I'm ready now."

"Chaos control."

We appeared in the control room of Eggman's base, Rouge and Eggman were sat at a table when we appeared.

"Holy shit, he can cause chaos control?" Rouge dropped her glass of water on the floor, her jaw practically touched the floor too. Eggman on the other hand just laughed, he seemed amused by my entrance. He frowned when he saw I had a girl with me.

"Shadow, if you're gonna do something with her, keep it off the ship."

I sent him a disgusted look. "No doctor, she knows who I am, she's gonna stay here until we work all this shit out." I quickly pointed towards Rouge. "You and I need to have a chat, bat." I turned and walked out of the room, heading towards the roof. Shortly after, Rouge showed herself.

"What is it Mr. bossy pants?" she joked, yet I didn't find it funny.

I grabbed her arm and pulled her straight into a punch. Quickly, I tied her wings together so she couldn't fly off, then I dragged her and dangled her over the side of the roof.

"Alright bat, listen closely or I promise you I'll drop you. I know you're still working for GUN, so why're you really here? To spy on me? On Eggman?"

She didn't answer at first, then I let her slip a little to scare her into talking. "SHIT SHIT OKAY, look, the commander told me you were a Class A threat. I was told to manipulate you and bring you in to him, that's it I swear."

I wanted to drop her then and there, but something told me she'd be more useful than meets the eye. I pulled her back and sat her down next to me, then continued asking my questions.

"Commander Towers, what's he like?" I untied her wings, trying to show some trust. This didn't come lightly. She knew not to test me after what I'd just done, she was smart enough to go along with me.

"He's a douche, but he pays me, so I do whatever is necessary."

I was about to speak, when Eggman burst onto the roof. "Shadow, thank god, I got into the files, and it's worse than I thought, come quickly."

I glanced down at Rouge before leaving. "Listen, this isn't over. Stay out if you know what's good for you."

She simply nodded and stayed seated, while I dashed off towards the doctor. Once I entered the control room, I noticed there was video playing on the screen. Everything came back to me. The commander holding the gun to Maria's head, the agents beating the professor… then the video was cut short as Maria pulled a lever, I assumed what happened next was her dying. Then something else hit me.

Shadow, promise me you'll make them pay! All of them!

I felt my blood boil, I was clearly scaring the doctor, he was stepping backwards, staring wildly at me. A red mist was flowing off my fur, I felt the chaos energy deep inside me ready to explode.

It took a moment, but I finally calmed down. I glanced back over to the doctor and spoke carefully. "I'm sorry about that doctor, I can't control my anger… everything just came back to me all at once… I want revenge… I need revenge."

Eggman's concerned look turned into a wicked smile.

"AH YES SHADOW YES! LETS MAKE THEM ALL PAY!" He ran over and sat in the chair, pointing for me to sit next to him. I did as he wanted, he pulled out some sort of map, and began circling objects on it.

"What's this all about doc?" I asked, watching as he circled 5 things on the map in red, then circled one more thing in black.

"The red circles are the remaining emeralds, the black circle is the master emerald, oh, and I almost forgot!" He circled one more thing, this time in green. "The GUN HQ, where you will find and kill Commander Towers!"

My ears perked up in joy. "You're gonna let me kill him? Doctor… thank you."

"Don't thank me yet Shadow, we have lots of work to do! We have 5 emeralds to go, a master emerald, and the GUN leader to take care of. That's the order we're going on so be patient, and do me a favor, make sure Rouge won't be any trouble to us."

I stood and looked back at him. "Should I kill her?"

He chuckled and patted me on the back. "I don't care if you kill her or convince her to work with us, you just take care of it."

After the conversation with the doctor, I returned to Rouge on the roof, who happened to be video chatting with that guy Knuckles.

"Oh babe, I gotta go, I'll call back later." she quickly hung up and glanced over to me.

"Got a soft side now do we?" I smirked and sat next to her again.

"Me and Knuckles have been dating for 6 years, so I guess I have a soft side towards him." she chuckled, then glanced over at me. "I figured I shouldn't run off, I like living so, here I am."

"You're a smart girl. Listen, GUN has lied to you, if you don't believe me the doctor has video on his computer."

Her smile turned into a frown. "Please tell me you're joking."

"No, I'm not, you don't sound as surprised as I thought you would. Did you already know something?" I went to look at her, but she had her face buried in her knees.

"Well, no. I kinda had a feeling by the way he talked about you that there was a personal vendetta against you. I guess you know that though."

I forced her to look up at me. "He killed my best friend and the man who created me. The doctor is gonna let me kill him. I suggest you pick a side now."

She stood and waved for me to stand to, reluctantly, I stood and followed her. She walked down the stairs and into the elevator. We went down in complete silence, the doors opened and we were out on the beach.

"Listen. I can't work for GUN knowing they're corrupt, but I can't have you killing just anybody. Not everyone at GUN was around when that happened, you can't just kill anyone you want Shadow."

We walked a while before she stopped at a log and sat down. I stayed standing next to her.

"I kill only when necessary, or when I can't control my anger. I will sleep better at night once Towers is dead. I can't believe they promoted him to lead them after all he's done. He's a phony, he's a liar… I fucking hate him!" I felt the mist return, my heart was pounding, crying for revenge. I had my fists balled up when suddenly I felt Rouge grab my hand.

"Calm yourself, the time will come when you can get back at him, right now you need to breathe."

I wasn't exactly comfortable with her grabbing me like that, but her words did calm me slightly. I snatched my hand away and sat in the sand.

"You know you can sit next to me, I won't bite." she joked.

"I rather not let myself get close to anyone." I muttered, then turned and glanced up at her, she was staring again, just this time when I looked she didn't stop.

"You're really damaged aren't you?"

"You have no idea." I stood and grabbed her. "I've enjoyed this chat, but it's gone on long enough. Are you with us or against us?"

She sat for a moment then answered "I'll help you, as long as you control yourself."

"Chaos control."

We appeared back in the control room.

"You and Jessica will share a room. Go get acquainted. I'll find you when I decide to move on the next emerald. She left with a nod, and I decided to go find my room. The doctor set me up in the room next to his, so I assumed it would be a large room. I was indeed right. I entered and found the walls had been painted black, the blankets on the bed were red, and there were blinds over the windows. The doctor must know I like it dark when I sleep. I closed the door and removed my clothing, keeping on my inhibitor rings. I climbed into bed and turned off the lamp on the bedside table, drifting off to sleep almost instantly. .

When morning came, I found myself awakened by the white bat.

"Shadow… Shadow… SHADOW."

I finally opened my eyes, she looked awfully frustrated. I pushed her aside and sat up, she was sitting on the bed next to me.

"What's the big idea? Can't you see I was sleeping?" I said in a grouchy tone.

"Oh does prince charming need more sleep? Too bad, Eggman needs your help."

"Why couldn't he just get you to help?"

"Shadow sweetie, I'm going to visit Knuckles for a little bit, I have to give him some love ya know?"

I rolled over out of bed and tossed my shirt on.

"Yeah yeah, go do whatever."

I slid my pants on and turned to her, noticing she was blushing.

"What?"

"Nothing Shadow, I'll see ya later, yeah?"

"Sure."

She walked out, still blushing. I had no idea why, but whatever. I walked over to the bathroom and washed my face off, then headed to find the doctor. Sure enough, I found him in the control room.

"I was told you needed me doctor?" I grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down next to him.

"Ah yes, I think it's time we start preparing our move on the next emerald, what do you think?" He pointed towards the map. I simply nodded.

"Whenever you're ready doctor, which one should we take first?"

"Well, I think the most challenging one is gonna be taking the emerald that Sonic's friend Tails has. Only because Sonic will likely guard it. The others shouldn't be a huge deal, and the master emerald will be a challenge too, but no worries, we will cross that bridge when we get there." He smiles then pointed towards one of the circles. "There is a Jewelry store in Station Square that has a chaos emerald. You could go in loud and snatch it, or wait for the bat to return, she's a master jewel thief, and I bet she could help you do it quietly."

The doc had a point, if I were to go now, it would be a clusterfuck. I decided waiting for the bat would be best.

"I'll wait until Rouge returns from her date."

"Very well, that girl you brought here, Jessica? She was looking for you too, she's in the dining hall on the bottom floor."

"Okay, I'll come back once I have the emerald." I left with a nod and slowly walked down the hall. Rouge might be awhile, I guess I should check and see what Jessica wanted. I stopped for a moment, trying to decide if I wanted alone time or if I was willing to go talk to Jessica. She can wait, I need to think. I walked onto the rooftop, almost instantly regretting my decision. The sun was blaring heat. I walked into a shaded area where there was a tiny room on the roof, and sat down in she shade. I glanced out at the ocean and my mind wandered. Maria… The color of the ocean reminded me of her eyes. Maria, I wish I remembered more about her. I wish I could just remember everything. I realized I had a decent grasp on my past, but not everything made sense yet. Why was I even created? I remember one of the GUN troops calling me a weapon, but surely I wouldn't have been stuck on the ARK if I were a weapon. Something isn't adding up…

"Shadow, there you are!"

I glanced up and saw Jessica, who was now sitting next to me. She had adjusted from wearing the work uniform to now wearing a white tank top and tight fitted shorts.

"Damn it sure is hot out here, how do you stand it?" She asked, poking my arm.

"I'm not human, I'm immortal, mere heat doesn't bother me as much as it should, though it will make me uncomfortable. The doctor told me you wanted to talk, but I needed a minute, what is it that you wanted to talk about?"

I watched as her eyes darted off, she seemed nervous.

"You see Shadow, I have a slight problem with what's going on, do you know why Eggman wants the emeralds?"

"No, and I truly don't care." I responded harshly.

"He intends to use some type of super weapon to blow up the planet if the leaders of the world won't give him full power."

"Like I said, I truly don't care. He can do as he wishes, once I kill Towers, I'm going back to the ARK."

"You're a fucking monster, listen to yourself, all of those innocent lives are gonna be put at risk and for what? Over the death of a little girl"

I quickly stood up and pinned her against the wall.

"I suggest you watch your tone and choose your next words very carefully, let's get something clear right now, I only brought your ass here to keep you safe, but if you EVER talk about Maria like that again, I'll rip your goddamn throat out, understand?"

She was shaking like a Chihuahua.

"I'm sorry… please don't kill me." tears rolled off her face, I let go and she fell to the floor, now sobbing loudly.

"Maybe you should start telling Rouge about your problems." I said harshly as I walked back towards my room. Before I went in, I grabbed a pen and piece of paper, and began writing.

Rouge, come find me when you return, I need your help. - Shadow.

I placed the paper on her doorway, then went back to my room to sleep. This time, I didn't go straight to sleep, instead I decided to try out the shower. I didn't expect much, but I was surprised that the water pressure was so good. I stood leaning against the wall, letting the water fall over me. Damn, I could get used to this. After cleaning myself and deciding to just stand there for an extra 15 minutes, I finally climbed out and decided to start drying myself off. I grabbed the towel and wrapped myself up, re entering my room to find Jessica sitting on my bed.

"Jesus what now?"

She put her head down, she looked sad. "I came to say I'm sorry, it wasn't right of me to say what I said. I don't know you Shadow, so I shouldn't talk about you, it's not fair." she glanced up and looked at me.

"Apology accepted." I responded after putting a shirt on, still having the towel wrapped around me.

"Can I get to know you better?" she asked in a hesitant tone.

I slowly glanced over at her and studied her face. "Some other time, perhaps. Right now I need to prepare for my mission."

"Oh… okay Shadow. Cya around I guess." She stood and slowly walked out.

I was kinda shocked she wanted to learn more about me, but then again I really wasn't in the position to tell people about me, there was just too much confusion at the moment. I only knew what my mission was, and that was to get revenge for Maria, no matter the cost. I decided it would be best for me to nap until Rouge returned, so I put on some boxers and curled up in bed, leaving the door cracked so she could wake me when she returned.

Chapter 2 is done! Wanted it to be done before Thanksgiving so I could have some free time, hope everyone is enjoying the story so far. Chapter 3 will involve Shadow and Rouge having to work together to get the Emerald, and maybe, just maybe, introducing Shadow to a blue hedgehog we all know :) Chapter 3 will likely be out sometime next week, depending on how much time I spend this weekend writing instead of black friday shopping and etc, so follow the story and stay tuned for more updates! Reviews motivate me, good or bad, I'm always striving to get better, so let me know what you think!