Shadow sighed in relief as he walked into his room and saw his luggage had been brought up safely. Walking over, he began to unpack, slowly and carefully taking everything out. Placing his most treasured artifact, a photograph of him, his love, and their twin boys Soni and Davy, on the nightstand, he smiled at the image. Soni had his fur color and single-bang split but Sonic's hairstyle and hair color while Davy had Sonic's spikey bangs and fur color but Shadow's hairstyle and hair color.
He smiled at the thought of coming home to his love and children and was imagining what kind of greeting would they do when his portable hologram phone rang. He answered with a, "Ultimate Life Form speaking."
"So is that your title I have to call you by now, huh Shadow?" the voice came from Sonic's hologram which just appeared.
"Sonic? W-Why are you calling? Is something wrong?" Shadow asked.
"No, I just have some news." Shadow's stomach did a flip-flop as he asked, "W-What news Sonikku-Kun? Are Soni and Davy okay? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine Shadow. I just wanna tell ya'... I joined StarWolf!"
Shadow felt sick. He knew StarFox and StarWolf were mortal enemies, but he couldn't stand the thought of being Sonic's enemy again. Not when they're married with 2 kids...
"Yo, Shads, You alright? You don't look too good..." Sonic inquired, a worried look on his face. Shadow snapped out of his trance, relizing Sonic could see him. Faking a smile, he said cheerfully, "That's great Sonikku!"
Smiling, Sonic replied, "Thank ya Shadow-Kun. I'll call you later, mkay' sweetie?"
"Okay, bye Sonikku-Kun..."
"Bye Shadow!" Shadow flipped the phone closed, sick to his stomach and sad. 'Why, of all teams, StarWolf?" he thought miserably as he walked out of his room.
Fox stood in front of his team. It was an odd group of people; Falco Lombardi, a bird, Slippy Toad, a frog, Peppy Hare, a hare, R.O.B., a robot, and their newly appointed member, Shadow Chaos Robotnick the hedgehog.
"Everyone, since we have a new member, we should go over our names. I'm Fox McCloud, codename Fire Fox," he said.
"I'm Slippy Toad, codename Frog Spawn," Slippy squeaked.
"I'm Falco Lombardi, codename Lone Bird," Falco grumbled.
"I'm Peppy Hare, codename... Killer Easter Bunny," Peppy mumbled, causing sniggers from Slippy and Falco.
"I am Robot Operating Buddy, my codename is R.O.B.," R.O.B. droned.
"Um... I'm S-Shadow Robotnick, and um..." Shadow began, but Fox cut him off with, "Your codename is Dead Silence." Everyone nodded approvingly, but Shadow seemed distgusted. 'What's his deal?' Fox thought. He continued.
"These codenames are to protect your identity. Use them during missions and battles. Some teams such as StarWolf-" (Everyone but Shadow, who gulped, hissed angrily) "-StarFish, StarCat, and StarChipmunk-" (Shadow wore a confused expression while everyone nodded approvingly once more) "-know our real names, but still... YOU MUST USE THE CODENAMES. Alright?"
"Yes sir!" the team chimed.
"Y-Yes s-s-sir..." Shadow stuttered.
Wolf opened the door to Sonic's new room. Sonic walked into the room, in total awe of the blue ocean murals decorating the walls and floor. "This is the blue room..." Sonic turned to Wolf and stared, open-mouthed, too stunned to talk. Wolf looked away, embarressed, as he mumbled, "Um, if you don't like it there is the garden-painted yellow room, or the fire red roo-"
Sonic glomped Wolf, repeatively saying, "!" Wolf blushed slightly as he murmered, "Y-Your w-w-welc-come..." Sonic let go of Wolf with a big smile. "My luggage should get here soon," He said. Wolf nodded.
"The team will be downstairs preparing information for- AAAARRRRGGGGGGG!" Angie suddenly appeared directly in front of Wolf but her back facing him. Smiling, the tomboy said to Sonic gingerly, "Here's all the things you need... clothes, spare underwear, pictures, formal wear, a couple of your power rings, your ds, dsi, 3ds, your gameboy advanced and a few games for each one, stamps, drawing supplies, all of your running shoes, 2 chaos emeralds, black and blue, skin lotion, some swim suits, sunblock, bug repellent, your allergy meds, drawings from the kids, some balloons, a portrait of me, some money(some=ALOT), your I.D., your driver's lincense, your diploma, your secret digsuse, special shampoo, conditioner and body wash, your stuffed cow Milk('Sonic grabbed the cow and quickly hid it.'), and just in case..." Angie's voice lowered to a whisper so only Sonic could hear. "Your maternity clothes and several E.P.T.s. Okay! Bye bye Sonic!" And as fast as she came, she was gone.
Wolf was totally confused at what just happened. "Um, who was that?" He asked. Sonic, still embarressed at what Angie last said, mumbled, "My best friend who came to bring me my luggage..." Wolf nodded at this and said, "Well, when you've finished unpacking, come downstairs." Then he left the room.
Sonic was back to normal seconds after his embarressing ordeal. Wolf stood in front of team and said, "Everyone, introduce yourself."
"I'm Leon, and in battle or on missions, my codename is Killing Stealth," a yellowish lizard said to Sonic.
"I am Panther, and my codename is the Black Rose," a panther murmered rather dramatically. Sonic couldn't help it, so he burst out laughing. Panther glared and hissed, "What's so funny?" Sonic fell to the ground and laughed, "That is s-so funny! What a ridiculous name! Black Rose! HAHAHAHAHA!" Wolf couldn't contain the laughter that sprang up inside of him, so he laughed too.
A serious female voice cut in and even stopped Sonic's laughter. "Boys, where are your manners?" All male creatures in that room turned to see StarWolf's only female member, Krystal. She jumped down from her perch on the stair rail and walked over to them. "What ever happened to ladies first?" she inquired. Wolf cleared his throat to protest, but Panther suddenly had a rose in his hand and was giving it to Krystal, all while saying, "Introduce yourself next to our new member." Krystal walked over to Sonic and said, "My name's Krystal but my codename is Fox Killer." Sonic nodded as he took in this small piece of information, storing it away. Wolf smiled as he told, "Sonic, you already know my name, my codename is Moonlit Blood. You may pick your own codename as you introduce yourself." Nodding, Sonic announced, " My name is Sonic Robotnick-WaterRain the Hedgehog, and my codename is going to be Chaos Emerald!" Every murmered approvingly while Sonic thought, 'Maybe this won't be so bad after all.'
