Chapter 2

Well, I can certainly it has been a while. I kind of just never got around to it, but here I am. This chapter introduces a long known ally/ accomplice of Shadow. I think we all know who it is. Read and Review.

Shadow walked down the G.U.N. hallway ready to get beat down from the general. He was told not to screw up. Way to go.

This hallway was really long, he was running out of thoughts. Weird.

Finally, he reached the double doors, took a breath, and walked in.

The general turned around. " Ah, Shadow. I understand the status of your latest mission."

" Gen-"

"Don't worry, you've still got your job. And now something to assist you." He pointed to his far desk.

The seat spun around and revealed a bat sitting in the seat, drinking a cocktail.

"Good evening, Mr. Bonds." she said slyly. Her sophisticated look was soon broken up with laughter.

"Who is this?" he pointed to Rouge.

"Who am I? Who am I? I am Rouge the Bat! Greatest spy ever!" she replied.

"Alright. This self proclaimed spy, is pretty batty." He yelled at himself for making a pun.

"You and her are now a team." the general said with an optimistic voice.

Shadow, on the other hand, was not optimistic at all. This was not something, he would enjoy, or appreciate. She was just another variable in the Hell that is Life.

The general frowned at his scowl. Rouge just smiled.

"Must be used to people thinking she was an idiot."

"Shadow, please come with me for a moment." the general said firmly.

They walked outside of the room and stared at each other for a few moments.

"She's your partner." he told her.

"I don't like it." he replied sharply.

" I don't care." the general replied even sharper.

They walked back into the room.

"Ah you're back. I missed my boss and partner." she said sarcastically.

"Today is your first mission. There seems to be something disrupting the peace near Station Square. You know what to do." he stated.

Well, that didn't go well. He and Rouge walked out.

"So, are you here because you want to be?" she asked.

He kept looking forward, and walking.

After a few moments of silence, Rouge piped up again.

"Man, this is a really long hallway."

Agreed, so please shut up. But rude wasn't his style. Clever was.

They finally reached the outside doors. Shadow got ready to speed off.

"So when are we planning to-" But Shadow couldn't hear her . He was already gone.

If she wanted to contribute she would have to keep up. Like if that were possible. It was.

Suddenly, he got a white boot to the face. It didn't come from the front, side, or the back. That only meant from the sky.

Shadow was pinned to the ground, Rouge staring at him.

"Treat a lady with respect. Treat a partner with respect. Do you understand?" she barked.

He understood with crystal clarity.

So after the abrupt stop, they continued back on their journey.

" Do you understand where we are going?" she asked.

For the first time he spoke to her. "From the description it sounded like a hedgehog like myself." he replied.

He had a pretty good idea who it would be. The one, the only, the metal, Metal Sonic.

The Doctor made some smart inventions, but Metal Sonic was his least favorite. It reminded him of himself. How he went through the "android phase".

He shuddered. That was a very dark time.

"Well, if I pinned you down, this should be easy."

"Well, this might not be an ordinary hedgehog we are dealing with." he replied sharply.

She looked puzzled.

"This might not even be a hedgehog. It might be a machine. I think it might be Metal Sonic." he explained.

"Oh," she replied with no understanding. "A machine?"

"It was created by Dr. Eggman to match and defeat Sonic. Now it's on the loose." he explained

" How can you be sure it's Metal Sonic?" she asked.

"I'm not, but it has caused trouble lately, why not now?" he replied.

It made sense to her.

Upon arriving a few moments later, they couldn't find anything that's wrong.

They searched the city until they saw the problem.

"Oh, great." he stood in front of one of his more known enemies, or should he say two.

"How ya doin' Shadz?" the green hedgehog asked.

"Your lookin' as good as ever." the fox replied seductively.

"Fine, Scourge and Fiona. What is my displeasure of meeting you today." he replied.

"Well, I'm always looking for trouble so I decided to stir up some of my own. Especially with this." He held up a Chaos Emerald.

"Who is your little bat friend?" Fiona asked.

"The name's Rouge." she replied sharply.

"Rouge. That name seems kind of weak." she replied.

Fiona then didn't know what hit her. The same kind of kick that Shadow received, the same kind of shock. Sucked to be her.

Shadow took this distraction to do what he did best.

"Chaos Control!" he said. Everything warped.

But why was Scourge still fast?

"Nice try Shadz, but with my precious emerald here." he said with a laugh.

He charged at the hedgehog while he laughed. A direct hit to the jaw.

"Sucker punch, huh?" he growled. " I can play that way."

He jumped up and tripped Shadow. He jumped on the ebony hedgehog and brought down a downpour of punches.

Rouge had noticed how fast they were fighting. Bad mistake, because she didn't know Fiona was flying through the air.

They tumbled to the ground clawing and kicking. Rouge eventually pushed her off.

"You aren't that tough." Fiona fired at Rouge.

"You aren't impressive either." she replied.

Before Rouge leapt at her again, she was hit with a flying object. That object was Scourge.

Shadow now had the Chaos Emerald and was smirking. That was unusual.

"Heh. Nice work, Shadow." she complimented him.

His eyes widened and rushed towards her, he picked her up and ran.

"What are you-" Then she saw why. Metal Sonic was staring at her.

"Target not assimilated. Retrying attack." the machine murmured.

Shadow faced towards the machine and put Rouge down.

"Chaos Control!" he yelled.

He sped down the street and kicked into a building.

He grabbed the machine and threw it across the road.

Rouge had underestimated Shadow's raw power. He then ran towards her, picked her up and ran. He had something in his hand.

It was a Chaos Emerald, but then she noticed something very strange. It was ticking.

"SHADOW!" she grabbed the emerald, and flew high in the air and tossed it. Too late she realized.

Shadow saw the bat falling to the earth. He caught and her kept running. She was hurt bad. He was going to keep running.

He screwed up again.

Wow, that was a lot of action. That was one of the more favorite things I've done. I especially like the idea of the exploding emerald. I like how Rouge is hurt on her first day. That was an interesting element. Well that's all I have to add so Read and Review.