Chapter 2:
The street lights flickered on again. Tails noted that they looked like the ones in Chris's world so he thought he was probably still there somewhere. He turned around, and saw Shadow.
"Shadow, is that you?" Tails asked. Shadow turned around, and Tails saw it really was him. "Shadow!" he said, tears forming in his eyes. "When Sonic came back to the arc with one of your bracelets and not you I thought you were dead but your alive and your here!" Tails exclaimed as he ran up to shadow and hugged him. Shadow simply stood there, taking it all in as Tails cried with joy. Tails and Shadow noticed that Shadow still had both his inhibitor rings on, but Tails didn't know they were called that. Tails moved onto his next thought and said "I can't wait to tell Sonic your alive, do you know where he is?" Shadow frowned, then he responded "The last thing I remember is falling to earth after saving the arc. The next thing I know I'm here". Tails responded, "That's odd, the last thing I remember is being on a shuttle heading back to Earth after you and Sonic saved the Arc, then I'm right over there." He gestured a few feet down the block.
Tails had an idea, "If I had a phone I could call Chris's house." Shadow responded, "By phone you mean the human's communication's system? Will this work?" and gestured to his wrist communicator. "Yeah" Tails said. The duo quickly tapped into the phone system and dialed Chris's number. A female voice answered, "Hello? Tails responded, "Hi its Tails, are Chris and Sonic at home?" The voice responded, "There's on one named Chris here. Who else were you asking for again? I think you have the wrong number." Tails replied "I'm sure this number's right. I'm looking for Christopher Thorndike and Sonic the Hedgehog. Are they out?" The voice gave an irritated reply "If this is a prank call, it's not very well done, goodbye" and hung up.
"Well," Tails said "Based on what that person said, Chaos control must have sent us somewhere else, and since they didn't seem to know Sonic's name. It must be another planet." Shadow nodded in agreement. "What should we do now?" Tails asked Shadow. Shadow responded, "If we are in an unknown location, we can't guarantee its safe. There is technology here", he gestured to the street lights, "but we can't be sure its creators will welcome us." Tails was about to respond when he yawned instead. Shadow spoke again "We should find somewhere to rest for the night, since its dark out". Shadow wasn't tired, but after all Tails and Sonic had done for him he felt obligated to look after Tails. "May I carry you?" He asked, "We'll move faster that way". "Sure" Tails responded. With that, Shadow picked up Tails, and sped off using his hover shoes.
A hour or so earlier, at the watchtower: "Trick or treat!" The Flash said as he walked into the dining room holding two bags of candy. "You didn't actually go trick or treating did you?" Batman replied, sounding annoyed. "Of course not" the Flash replied defensively, "I have my receipts right here" he said as he held them up. Batman had been annoyed with The Flash ever since recent announcement that the Sonic X anime was scheduled for HD rerelease next year. The Flash had been talking about Sonic all the time since then and drove Batman crazy to hear about the "that Hedgehog" seemingly every minute that there wasn't an emergency or a crime in progress. "Calm down Bruce" Superman said as he flew into the room, "He knows better than that." Like any well trusting team, the members of the Justice League had shared their identities with each other. A robot brought them dinner, and the league members spent the next hour eating and discussing current events, or lack thereof. "Things have been pretty quiet lately" Batman said, "So I've decided now would be a good time to have Wayne Enterprises negotiate a business deal with a company in Sereopolis." "Where's that again?" Superman asked. Batman was about to respond when an alarm went off.
"Flash, check the computers" Batman said. The Flash zoomed off and returned a full minute later. "What took you?" Superman asked. Flash responded, "You're not going to believe this but the sensors have just detected the Space Colony ARK in orbit around Earth." "Very funny Flash" Batman replied in a tone that showed he was not at all amused. "It's true though!" The Flash replied, "See for yourself." Superman flew off and then back "He's telling the Truth" he said as he flew back. "We'd better check it out then" Batman said. However, "checking it out" turned up little since the space colony didn't answer any hails, and not even Superman could get through an invisible barrier around it. "This barrier can't be created by standard technology" Superman said via radio to Batman and the Flash, who were in the Javelin. "I wonder if its powered by Chaos Emeralds?" The Flash questioned aloud. Batman replied, "We don't know anything for sure but I don't think we can do any more for now." The league headed back to the Watchtower. It turned out that the ARK was difficult to detect without sophisticated orbital sensors, so the people of Earth hadn't noticed it yet. "At least that thing isn't showing signs of hostility."Superman remarked. "That's a very good thing" Flash responded, "Since the Eclipse cannon it carries can destroy half the moon in a single shot". Batman was unfazed, "That assumes that this is somehow the real ARK and not a trick of some sort". The Flash was silent.
Shadow and Tails sped away from civilization, towards the mountains ahead. Eventually, Shadow found a small cave in a remote area. "We are far from any civilization, this will be a decent place to rest" he told Tails as he put him down on the ground. Tails nodded. Shadow continued, "If we light a fire, no wildlife will bother us. I will get some wood, wait here". He sped off and returned a minute or two later with some firewood. Shadow used a very low power chaos spear to light the fire and watched as Tails fell asleep in front of it. Shadow was more tired than he let on, so he also fell asleep. During the night the bust Ethan used to cast his costume spell shattered. Kyle and Miles would be in for a surprise when they woke up.