Star: I honestly feel bad about my lack of updates for my other story, SatSC, just because of the time I put into updating this story…don't worry my readers for the other one because I haven't abandoned the story! First things first, (as hypocritical as it is coming from me) time for my responses to you wonderful viewers:

Eba-chan150- It is nice when a franchise remembers that there are other character because as much as I love the main ones its nice to have moments that would never happen to the main characters. As for Sonic X being dark it reminds me of all the other gaming moments such as Legend of Zelda's Majora's Mask rated E despite it being a game about death and Pokemon's Lavender town making various references to blood and ghosts…

Dreadwing216- It depends on who else is in the story. In the Archie comics I support Tails/Mina, in Rush I do like Tails/Marine (though I'm pretty sure they're counterparts just as Blaze is Sonic's counterpart), and in BOOM I am fully behind Tails/Zooey. Whenever it's only Cream I do like them, but hands-down Tails/Cosmo is my favorite. I just think they would be great together with Tails/Zooey coming in second. ^^

Waterthorn13-Speaking of that…

Star: Today's theme is Light, and as obvious as it may seem, I actually had a hard time with this. I was going to do something with Chip, since he's LIGHT Gaia, but if the last update shows anything, it's that I normally do something random. Of course, the next chapter is going to be completely predictable so I decided to go extra random with this one and have an almost brotherly moment with Sonic and Shadow (NO SONADOW). Also, there is some mild blood so be warned. Everything belongs to their respective owners. If you somehow managed to guess this one then a pat on the back to you!

Chapter 3-Light

Shadow's P.O.V.

I dodged another beam as the ridiculous robot shot at me. Did Eggman seriously think that he could get away from not one, but two supersonic hedgehogs by merely shooting some measly beams and missiles at them? At this I looked over the Faker to see that he was keeping up as easily as I was. We were chasing after the Doctor mostly because he had stolen a chaos emerald from a poorly guarded museum, but according to Sonic Eggman had abducted the Master Emerald…again. Seriously, though he himself was acceptable the Faker's friends had either no skill or no level of caution when it came to carrying out the task at hand.

"Will you STOP moving you little-" Eggman was cut off when I launched a chaos spear at him. "Give it up already Egghead!" Sonic taunted as he dodged another missile. Why were all the missiles aimed for him when I was the greater threat? I then launched yet another chaos spear which managed to score a hit on the doctor's Eggmobile. I halted and watched the faker stop to my left a fair distance from me.

The Eggmobile bounced a few times before it skidded to a halt in front of us. I scoffed. After all of his bragging, Eggman really wasn't worth the effort to stop again and again. I saw Eggman get launched out of his own vehicle and land squarely on his butt. He looked ridiculous as he scrambled to stand up before he puffed out his chest. "I fear this is the end of the line for you, Shadow the Hedgehog." I rolled my eyes. "I fear those glasses of yours aren't working, Doctor, for it is I who will win this battle," I shot back, not showing the slightest look of fear. After all, not only was I going to beat Eggman in battle, but I could see Sonic sneaking into the Eggmobile and emerge with the Chaos Emerald in hand.

I knew I was getting careless. If only I had known HOW carless then I could've prevented what happened next. Carelessness had gotten Maria killed, and him almost dead in the planet's atmosphere. Eggman had a button that he was holding behind his back. It was connected to a laser that was hidden into the debris of the Eggmobile. The very thought of how stupid I was on that day is enough to make me paranoid of everything in the room. After all, who would have guessed that a perfectly aimed laser that was in top condition if not a little dusty would be hiding within the destroyed Eggmobile ready to fire at me? Well, apparently the Faker had.

I was shoved to the ground a few yards from where I had stood. I jumped back to my feet and was ready to lecture Sonic about touching me when my eyes widened at what I saw.

Star: And that wraps it up for this chapter!…

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just kidding! These are called one-shots for a reason. (Sees everyone pointing guns at my head)…let's get back to the chapter…please don't kill me…

There was the Faker, grimacing as he struggled to stand straight. There was Eggman, who had an interesting mixture of shock and superiority on his face. And there, on Sonic's left shoulder, was a huge gash that was already bleeding heavily.

The next few seconds happened so fast that I honestly can't recall how exactly everything played out. One second I was standing, shocked. The next I was damaging the Eggmobile even more then it was already beaten. At some point I interrogated Eggman about the whereabouts of the Master Emerald. But the moment I remember most clearly was having to catch Sonic as he fell over. The only other time I had seen a wound this deep was when Maria was shot on the ARK. Sonic was obviously hiding the pain he was in, because he didn't so much as groan when I picked him up and dashed to the nearest place I trusted with him, which happened to be Cream's house.

I panicked the second I picked him up. I knew that he was bleeding badly, but why was he so light? It took a moment to realize that he was always this weight. How high is his metabolism to be able to stomach so many chili dogs yet be so light? I wondered briefly over how much chili dogs it would take for him to actually feel full, which would explain why he was always hungry. Still, something didn't add up…I discarded the thought and focused on getting to my destination.

I was thankful to see that the young rabbit wasn't there because at that point Sonic had fallen unconscious. Vanilla took him in and started bandaging his wounds immediately. I excused myself to contact Tails, who was out of his house the second he heard that Sonic got hurt. I decided not to tell anyone else, since Amy wouldn't help with her initial reaction and the others were looking for the Master Emerald. That and I didn't want Sonic to wake up with an army's worth of people surrounding him. I had a slight suspicion that the Blue Blur was the tiniest bit on the claustrophobic side.

Tails arrived shortly after I had contacted him. That kid could move fast when he wanted to. I knew that I wasn't needed around, so I left to go pay Eggman a visit regarding the Master Emerald. Now that I didn't have to worry about carrying an unconscious hedgehog, I could use chaos control using my newly obtained emerald, but I felt that it was best for me to take the long way on foot as to better think about what just happened. Even Tails, who was built to fly, was heavier than the Faker. I thought about all the times I had attacked Sonic in the past. Whenever he was hit by one of my blows, he had been knocked a few feet backwards. I had always thought it was because he would never brace himself for the blow, but now…my entire prospective of the one people call the 'Hero of Mobius' had changed. It must have been hard to tear through robots at first with a weight like that. It was easy to guess why he saved me, but I had no clue as to why Sonic would've worked that hard to beat the doctor that early in his life. With somewhat more of an understanding of the Faker I arrived at the base. I was going to have a serious talk with Eggman about certain fighting methods.

Normal P.O.V.

Sonic woke up in Vanilla's house. "Ugh…ow!" he winced mid-stretch. When he located the cause of the pain, Sonic understood why it was hurting so much. His entire left upper-shoulder was covered in bandages. He then recalled memories of earlier that morning. He shuddered when he remembered getting nicked by the laser. If only he had acted sooner…at least he was pretty sure they had beaten Eggman.

Sonic's ears perked at the sound of someone entering the room. When he looked over he was surprised to see Shadow of all people leaning against the door way. Sonic just allowed himself to fall back on the bed seeing how he really didn't have much of anything else to do. "Hey Shads" Shadow looked up. "What now Faker?" he said, obviously not amused by the use of his nickname.

"What ended up happening with Eggman? Did they get the-" Shadow cut him off. "Don't stress yourself over it." Shadow deadpanned as he grew slightly worried. Sonic had been conscious when he had defeated Eggman. "How much do you remember?" he asked. Sonic frowned. "I saw Eggman hold a switch or some gadget behind his back and when I saw the Eggmobile shifting…" Sonic winced "…I knew it was aiming for you, so I guess the rest was pure instinct."

Shadow tried not to show any expression. He had heard that certain villages across Mobius had certain aspects to their people. Such as only having one species or hibernating each winter. There were very few villages still around that had what was called 'instinct' where the citizens would go into a survival mode when panicked or stressed. That was actually where the word instinct had originated. Was that a choice of word or was Sonic hinting towards something?

Shadow looked as the one who was nearly identical to him in almost every way. Both were hedgehogs that could move at the speed of sound, had similar structure, and were famous around the globe. Both saved the planet on a a regular basis. And maybe both had a dark past.

Star: NOW it's the end. I know it looks like an automatic two-parter, but I honestly think that it should be up to you guys. Should I make the next update a sequel, or should it be completely unrelated? As for how I translate the challenge: I wanted to have Shadow's prospective on Sonic, the 'lighter' one of the two of them, but I felt that that would be to over-used. I don't know why, but once the idea got stuck in my head, I wanted to do something regarding Sonic's weight. Think about all the times in the Sonic series that Sonic has fallen and not taken any serious damage. Sure, it may just be rings or his shoes or something, but it would make sense if he was light (*cough* Sonic Unleashed), not to mention it would help with his speed. I don't know, I may just be me. I don't know where the whole Sonic's past thing came into play, but I guess it's inevitable if you're working on another story about his past at the same time. Again, since I was planning on my SatSC story updates to be longer it should be updated about once every week or so, so apologies to readers on that end again. And lastly, if you enjoy the series, don't forget to review…or favorite or follow if you're feeling generous.^^ It's your support that keeps this series running smoothly, so thanks again for being awesome!