Next Chapter up! WE would like to thank Tazkol the Master of Emeralds for being OUR first ever reviewer! Let's get back to this kickass fic! But first WE would like to say that WE do not own Sonic or Metroid.

Chapter 1

Samus arrives

Shadow watched as a strange spacecraft passed by the ARK. He knew that who or whatever was in it, it could only bring disaster. As he watched, another ship passed by, and Shadow knew that must be the disaster it was bringing, knowingly or not.

He walked over to the ARK's computer and looked at the data it had hacked from the first ship. So, this "Samus Aron wants to destroy me, eh? He smirked. She was using old info and was heading towards what was left of Prison Island. Furthermore, she could not find all of the Chaos Emeralds, as he had one. Maybe I should go down to earth and wait, it's been way too dull around here lately… He chuckled, he was thinking like Sonic. "Oh well" he said to himself, and climbed aboard a pod and launched to earth.

Samus stepped out of her ship, looking around the wreck of twisted metal, wire and fluid that must have once been Prison Island. "What kind of monster am I dealing with?" she gasped, wondering how Shadow could have destroyed a whole island, "Where is he now?" She looked up just in time to see a pod crash on the land near the island "I'm getting massive power readings, it must be Shadow!" and with that she hopped back in her ship and flew to the Mystic Ruins.

"What was that?" yelled Sonic as the space pod crashed 2 miles away. "It came from the space colony ARK, I could see the design!" Tails exclaimed. "Good eye, fox boy, but why would Shadow come back now?"

"It doesn't matter, I will destroy that traitor!" said a voice behind them that they all knew. "Eggman!" they all shouted "What horrible timing, why are you here!" Amy yelled. "I'm here for the three Chaos Emeralds you have," he said mockingly "Now hand them over!"

"Why do you waste breathe asking us, Egg Salad!" Sonic joked "We'll beat the fat out of you before you can say…" "AAAAAAAHHH!" Eggman was blasted by a missile before Sonic could finish his sentence. "Who…?"

A red, robot-like person, stood before them, looking ready for a fight. It looked at Sonic. "There you are, Shadow the Hedgehog, so-called Ultimate Life Form!" said a female voice from inside the suit "You should be honored, being tracked down and destroyed by Samus Aron, legendary bounty hunter!" she aimed her arm cannon. "Shadow? No, I'm…" he moved just in time to dodge a charge shot, and continued moving around her in circles. "I can't get a lock on him!" Samus exclaimed, right before the hedgehog hit her with a homing attack. But that attack left him open, she hit him with a charge shot. He ran toward her…

"Stop!" said a familiar voice "He is not Shadow, I am! And if you want to see how long you can last against me, try and beat me!"

Samus stared and looked back at Sonic "But…. Who are you?" "Sonic the hedgehog, fastest thing alive!" Sonic proclaimed proudly with a thumbs-up.

"Fine then, I'll do what I came here to do!" Samus said as she took aim at Shadow. Shadow gripped his Chaos Emerald, "Bring it on… Chaos Control!" He warped behind her, kicked her, and the battle began.

Eggman awoke he had been blasted at least 50 miles. When he looked up he saw strange, blue feet. "I see that Samus has given you a hard time" said a deep, raspy voice "She has been a thorn in my side for many years. That hedgehog doesn't look like trouble, but I guess looks can be deceiving." "Who are you… What do you want?" said Eggman as he looked up to see a dragonish face. "My name is Ridley, and I propose that we work together to destroy our enemies!" Eggman smiled evilly. He could tell that he had just gained a powerful new ally.

Sorry to leave at the start of what's sure to be a cool, chapter-consuming fight, but WE need to leave ya begging for more! Tune in next time!  