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"So the seven locations are: Paris, Angel Island, Tokyo, Moscow, Sydney, Station Square, and Washington DC." Tails said as he leaned back in his computer chair. The team was now back in Station Square and their apartment. "How do you want to do this?" Tails asked looking at the other three.

"Well, we should do Station Square and Angel Island first, since they're the closest. Plus, we're more familiar with both areas than the others." Blaze said as Shadow nodded.

"I agree. We'll do Station Square first and then Angel Island next." Shadow said writing it on the whiteboard they had. Silver groaned as he leaned back on the couch.

"I hate Angel Island. We'll probably run into that dick-tective, Knuckles." Silver said as Tails rolled his eyes.

"I'm sure the Station Square robbery will keep him grounded long enough to keep him off Angel Island." Tails said as Silver looked back at Shadow.

"Let's do Paris next since we have the blueprint for the Louvre." Silver said as Shadow nodded.

"Tails, do you know where the others are exactly located?" Blaze asked.

"Only the obvious ones like G.U.N. Headquarters and the Master Emerald shrine." Tails explained as Shadow frowned a bit.

"I'm surprised Rouge didn't ask us to steal that too." Silver muttered as Blaze laughed quietly. Shadow and Tails exchanged looks before Shadow rolled his eyes and Tails chuckled. Ever since they got back from Paris, Silver and Blaze have been flirting non-stop.

"All right, let's just do Paris, then Moscow," Shadow said as he began writing the order of locations on the board. "Sydney, Tokyo, and last DC." Shadow said before capping the marker. "DC will definitely be the hardest." Shadow said as they all nodded.

"Are we going from location to location or are we coming back between every location?" Silver asked.

"Stop here between locations. We have the time and we can't hastily go through all these spots. We need to take our time." Shadow said as he looked at the calendar. It was currently October and by October of next year they'll have the seven most powerful jewels in the world. "How's the Emissary?" Shadow asked looking at Tails who just smirked.

"Well." Tails answered as Shadow nodded. Back at G.U.N. Headquarters Knuckles was staring at all the papers on his desk when Sonic walked in with two coffees. Knuckles growled and smashed his fist on the desk.

"Would you relax? We have Amy working the case. You know that girl never fails." Sonic said as Knuckles frowned.

"They didn't go after the Chaos Emerald in Paris. They were there, but didn't steal it? It doesn't make sense!" Knuckles exclaimed.

"Maybe they're not after the Chaos Emeralds after all. Rouge did host the party. They were probably there as attendance. Amy said that she didn't see them do anything suspicious." Sonic said sipping his coffee.

"No! I know they're after the Chaos Emeralds! I just know it!" Knuckles exclaimed as Sonic rolled his eyes.

"Well, you can't rely on that gut feeling on everything. You could be sending us to follow the wrong lead." Sonic said as Knuckles glared at him. "I'm just saying." Sonic said innocently.

"I hate my job." Knuckles groaned covering his face with his hands. Shadow was staring at the blueprints of G.U.N. Headquarters and tried to think what room the Chaos Emerald would be in.

"Silver," Shadow said as Silver looked up from making new poison darts. "We're breaking into the headquarters tonight, but not taking the emerald. We need to find out what room the emerald is in." Shadow said as Silver sighed.

"Can you grab us coffee then? I've had a long night." Silver said winking at Blaze who just rolled her eyes. Shadow grabbed his leather jacket and keys before crawling onto the fire escape. Shadow jumped down and landed on the ground with his knee on the ground. Shadow walked out of the alley and headed to his usual coffee shop. Shadow entered it as the smell of coffee and pastries hit his nostrils. He got into line and spaced out before feeling a tap on his shoulder. Shadow turned to see Amy smiling at him.

"Amy?" Shadow said in confusion. Amy was standing behind him with a small smile on her face and looking up at him bashfully.

"Uh, hey, I was just sitting over there when I happened to see you walk in. I…I didn't know you lived in Station Square also." Amy said coyly as Shadow narrowed his eyes. Why was she acting all shy now? At the party, she was all assertive and confident. Maybe she needs some drinks in her to be like that. Shadow decided to ignore it and continue the conversation.

"Yeah, I live here. I've never seen you around here." Shadow said.

"I moved here a month ago. I'm just discovering the city." Amy said.

"Where did you live before?" Shadow asked.

"Knothole." Amy answered. "I came out here for my career."

"What do you do?" Shadow asked after placing his order and paying.

"I'm a writer. I'm trying to get published right now." She said as Shadow nodded. "What do you do?"

"Climatologist." Shadow said his rehearsed answer. The group all had their "occupations" memorized and other routine questions. "I'm never in the city for too long. I always travel around the world to study the climate change." Shadow explained. Their "occupations" also required a lot of travelling to excuse their absences.

"Interesting." Amy said nodding. "That must have taken a lot of schooling. Where did you go?" Amy asked.

"Columbia for undergrad and NYU for grad school." Shadow answered without even hesitating. "You?"

"I went to Wesleyan for my undergrad. I went to Brown for grad, but I never finished. I wanted to get out there and start writing." Amy said as Shadow nodded. Shadow's order was ready and he grabbed the two coffees. "Um, listen, I don't usually do this, but…are you busy tonight?" Amy asked nervously.

"Sorry," Shadow said genuinely sympathetic. "I'm actually leaving town for a week or two." He said as Amy looked down sadly.

"Oh." Amy said sadly.

"Although, I would love to have your number." Shadow quickly said as Amy looked back at him with happiness.

"Really?" Amy asked as Shadow smiled. They exchanged numbers before Amy watched Shadow leave. Amy looked down at her phone and smirked at the sight of Shadow's number.

"Too easy. Innocent and shy girl always rings them in." Amy said before gathering her stuff. Amy didn't believe one thing Shadow said about himself. Climatologist? Is that even a real thing? She liked the challenge though. By now any normal guy would have spilled the beans and be worshiping the ground she walked on. Shadow was different. He was a closed book. He kept his answers brief, but then again, they were only having mild conversation. Amy wondered what he thought about in that head of his. She sighed and looked down at her phone. She'll give him three days to call. If not, then she will call him. Shadow, Tails, and Silver were on the roof of G.U.N. Headquarters later that night. The building was mostly empty, but there were still a few workers and of course security.

"Time to test these out." Tails said slapping watches on the hedgehogs' wrists. A fazing, static-like ripped through them before they became two human guards. Shadow and Silver looked at each other before looking at Tails. "You look good, gentlemen." Tails smirked before handing Shadow glasses that had a mini camera built in. "Now remember, you only have an hour before the camouflage begins to falter. Make it quick." Tails said.

"Why don't we do this for all our missions?" Silver asked walked into the building with Shadow.

"Because we have more fun taking out guards." Shadow answered simply. Silver tapped his chin before shrugging his shoulders.

"Yeah, sounds about right." Silver said. Silver and Shadow walked around the halls occasionally nodding at the person passing them.

"Freeze you two!" Shadow and Silver stopped and exchanged looks. They both turned around to see the General of G.U.N. walking towards them. Shadow and Silver kept poker faces though as the broad-shouldered man stopped in front of them. "I need you two to take this key to the guards by the Chaos Emerald." The General said handing Shadow the key.

"And where is that exactly? We're kind of new on the job." Silver said sheepishly. The General rolled his eyes before turning.

"Go all the way down this wall, swing a left, take the flight of stairs up, turn right on the 18th floor, and walk down until you see a safe. The guards should be there." The General explained. Shadow and Silver nodded before following the General's directions. "Newbies." The General scoffed.

"Like taking candy from a baby." Silver whispered as Shadow nodded. Shadow and Silver soon found the safe and handed the two guards the key. The hidden camera located in Shadow's glasses was producing a live feed to Tails who was in the van from before. Shadow and Silver slowly walked out as Shadow slowly turned his head so Tails would be able to get everything. Shadow and Silver soon walked back on the roof and took off their watches. They both returned to their normal selves before jumping off the roof. Shadow grabbed Silver and they were in the van in a matter of seconds.

"That was fast." Tails said.

"We got lucky." Shadow said as Silver nodded. They all drove back to their penthouse and arrived to see Blaze on the phone.

"Yeah, they just came back. Yeah, I'll let them know." Blaze said as the three guys looked at her confused. "That was the Emissary. He says G.U.N. hired a special agent to infiltrate our operation." Blaze said as they all looked at each other. "He said she's really good. The best in the business. We have to keep our eyes open. We can't be busted on our biggest mission." Blaze said as the guys nodded.

"Does he know who the girl is?" Tails asked.

"Yes, but he couldn't tell me because he ended the conversation abruptly. I assume an agent walked into the room." Blaze said. "He did say he'll come back to the team after we finish this mission." Blaze said as Silver fist pumped.

"Yes! I missed that guy!" Silver exclaimed. Tails just shook his head with laughter before sitting down at his computer. "He's been undercover for a year now; it's about time he comes back." Silver said.

"He's not coming back tomorrow, Silver. He's probably going to be working for the FBI for another year. He said after we finish this mission." Shadow said.

"Why did he have to leave?" Silver pouted.

"Because we need someone on the inside to tell us what the FBI is doing about us. We're pulling all these risky missions and we needed someone on the inside." Tails explained. "Moving on, can we plan this mission out?" Tails asked. Amy sat in her apartment staring at her phone. It's been three days and Shadow has not called her. He did say he would be gone. Oh please. Amy rolled her eyes and grabbed her phone. Amy paced her living room for a little bit before sighing and dialing Shadow's number. It ran three times before he picked up.

"Hello Rose." Shadow answered.

"Is that my new nickname?" Amy asked thrilling one of her quills around her fingers.

"Technically it's your last name. Not really a nickname." Shadow countered.

"Clever, Mr. Shadow." Amy giggled. Amy could hear the wind blowing through the phone and briefly wondered where he was. "Why is it so windy on your end?" Amy asked.

"I'm standing on a roof." Shadow said like it was the most normal thing in the world.

"Embarrassed to be talking to me?" Amy asked.

"No, everybody I'm with is being loud. So, if you'd rather hear shouting I can very well walk back inside." Shadow said making Amy laugh.

"I'm good. So where has your fancy climatologist job taken you?" Amy asked.

"Greenland." Shadow answered.

"And you're standing on the roof? Aren't you freezing?" Amy asked.

"Eh, it's not too bad." Shadow said. "How are you, Rose?" Shadow asked as Amy smiled softly.

"I'm good. Nothing has really changed since I've seen you." Amy said as she caught her reflection in the mirror. She had the stupidest grin on her face and looked like a giddy teenage girl talking to the football captain. Amy frowned before whipping around and with a determined frown on her face. "When do you think you're coming back?" Amy asked.

"Probably in a week or two. What? Miss me already Rose?" Shadow asked as Amy rolled her eyes.

"You wish." Amy smirked as Shadow chuckled on the other end. Amy smiled at the sound of his laughter and sat down on her couch. Amy talked to Shadow for three hours and was actually finding things about him. Not his stupid back story. Things actually about Shadow. He likes all kinds of music, but not really techno music. His favorite food is chicken (any kind) and his guilty pleasure is ice cream. He told Amy how he could a gallon of ice cream in one sitting which she found disgusting and amazing all at the same time. He told her how he wants to have his business one day and stop studying "climatology." What the business will be? He's not sure yet, but he doesn't want to be a "climatologist" forever. That kind of warmed Amy's heart. Amy told him all the little things about her like he did and Amy could tell he was genuinely interested in what she had to say. By the end of the conversation Amy realized Shadow wasn't a bad guy. He was just doing bad things. Regardless of how good a guy Shadow was, Amy had to stop him and his friends. Shadow crawled through the window back into the apartment where the rest of his team stared at him.

"What?" Shadow asked.

"You were on the roof for three hours." Tails said as Shadow scoffed.

"Your point?" Shadow said walking back to his desk.

"Who were you talking to?" Blaze asked.

"Guys," Shadow said turning around and giving them the stare. "Just drop it and go back to work. We're doing this tonight, remember?" Shadow said as they all nodded hastily and returned to their work. Never challenge the stare. Later that night Shadow and Blaze were on the roof dressed in all black with masks. Tails was in the van and Silver was already inside. They arrived at three in the morning. The time where the late night workers would have been gone by now and the early morning birds would have yet to arrive.

"Let's go." Shadow said as Shadow flipped off the roof and into an open window. Blaze followed as they walked through the dark halls. They passed by some unconscious guards in a pile and it was obvious Silver has done his job. Silver was in charge of taking down the guards in the halls and hide them. Silver would be in the van with Tails by now and it was now Shadow and Blaze's job to get the emerald. Shadow hoisted Blaze onto the ceiling and she started crawl along the ceiling. Blaze crawled her way towards the guards outside the room of the Chaos Emerald. Blaze flipped off and kicked one guard unconscious before whipping around and chopping the other guard in the neck. The guard fell to the floor and Shadow was next to Blaze within a matter of seconds.

"You ready?" Shadow asked as Blaze nodded. Shadow pushed the doors open and the guards looked at him shocked. Blaze jumped over at him and with her hands surrounded by fire. Blaze surrounded the entire hallway with fire and the guards' watched in shock. Shadow ran towards them and tackled them to the ground and knocked out one guard. "Never seen a little fire?" Shadow whispered to the remaining guard. The guard was sweating and whimpering. The hallway was clear from any fire and Blaze stood over him with her hands still ablaze. "Code, now." Shadow growled.

"48392!" The guard cried out. Shadow knocked him out before Blaze typed in the code. The door slide open and the red Chaos Emerald was in there. Shadow grabbed it and smirked under his mask. Shadow grabbed Blaze around the waist and pulled him towards his body. Shadow closed his eyes and they disappeared in a red flash. Shadow and Blaze appeared in the van as Tails and Silver turned towards them.

"Got it." Shadow said letting Blaze go. "Now, let's get out of here." Shadow said as Silver turned on the van and drove away. Tails reengaged the cameras as they drove away and smiled at a job well done. Shadow was staring at the red emerald in his hands as he felt the power coursing through his veins. He forgot what it felt like to have all this power. Shadow remembered being told he has the potential to have the powers of the emerald without the emerald. Shadow decided to work on this and harness the power. He could just imagine the things he could do with his chaos powers at his disposal. When he has the time he'll train, but for right now, his focus was on Angel Island.

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