Demolisher: Hey guys!

Shadow: ...

Cyclonus: Hey, Shadow, what's wrong?

Shadow: I just want to know what exactly the Doctor's gonna do to me this chapter.

Demolisher: Well, let's get started, shall we? I mean, the sooner we start, the sooner we find out.

(Police Sirens)

Cyclonus: We're not falling for it this time, Barricade.

Barricade: Falling for what?

Shadow: ugh, NMRN does not own Sonic or Transformers, Okay, let's get on with it!!!

(Sonic and Shadow's house)

Shadow, after ten showers, having finally gotten all of the lubricant and energon off of himself and slipped into something more appropriate for a date than his gloves and Air Shoes (as in a black jacket, his standard gloves, without the rings, and a pair of more formal-looking shoes), set off to pick up his girlfriend, Julie Rose. He gets into his car, a black Corvette with SHADOW printed on the license plate, and drove off to the Rose residence.

(Eggman's base)

Starscream, after blasting about 2000 Shadow Androids into scrap, had finally gotten over the humiliating defeat that Shadow had handed him (first time someone other than Megatron managed to injure him that badly). Eggman had left with Frenzy (with a color-coded drawing of him and Rumble) to find Shadow. "STARSCREAM, GET IN HERE!!!" Megatron bellowed from across the hall. Starscream rushed to the control room, knowing that was where Megatron and the other Decepticons were. "What is it, Lord Megatron?" Starscream asked in his normal, don't-talk-to-your-boss-that-way tone. "I told the Decepticons to assemble an hour ago, where were you?"

"Getting over my defeat in the training area."

"But you were successful in your mission."

"Megatron," Soundwave said. "Starscream is likely referring to the wound dealt to him during the mission." "Ah, yes," Megatron replied. "It wasn't serious, but it bruised his pride. Now, Rumble will keep us posted on Eggman's progress with his mission." With that, Rumble slapped himself in the face. "Come on, even our own boss can't keep the two of us straight!" "Sorry, Rumble. As I was saying, Frenzy will alert us if he and Dr. Eggman spot Shadow. The Doctor has something 'special' in store for him. Meanwhile, Starscream, I want you to investigate this distortion." Megatron then pointed out a blip on the radar.

(Amy's apartment)

"Julie," Cream yelled up the stairs. "Mr. Shadow is here!" "I'd hurry!" Cheese added. "I'm comin', I'm comin'!" Julie called from upstairs. Shadow was stunned by what she was wearing. Instead of her normal white T-shirt and blue jeans, Julie was wearing a purple dress, and actually put on a headband. "Wow," Shadow said. " You look great." Julie laughed. "You don't look to bad yourself."

"Shall we get going?" Shadow asked, gesturing towards his car. "Yes, let's!" the cyan hedgehog replied.

(Sonic Heroes HQ, Control Room)

"Hey, Sonic," Tails yelled. "You might wanna have a look at this!" Sonic came down and looked at the radar, looking at a large blip. "What exactly is that?" Sonic asked.

"Looks like a Chaos Control."

"Not another one! Who's closest."

"According to this reading, Shadow is."

"Oh no! We're not sending him to investigate!" Sonic said, remembering what happened last time he interrupted Shadow's date for a mission. "C'mon, we're going to investigate. Optimus!!!"

Prime came in as fast as he could without transforming. "We may need backup." Sonic told him. "Do not worry, Sonic," the Autobot leader replied. "I will show up if you need me." Sonic and Tails then headed off to the Cyclone.

(Outside the movie theater)

"Well, that was not as planned." Shadow said, because the movie they were going to see, Godzilla: Final Wars, was sold out. "Well," Julie said, optimistically. "There's still dinner." "Yeah," Shadow replied.

Shadow lucked out on dinner, being able to afford a very expensive restaurant, Café NIGHTS (part of having a government job). This time, everything went flawlessly. The atmosphere was romantic, the music helped a great deal, and the food was quite good.

When they left the restaurant, Shadow and Julie were in a great mood. "Well," Shadow said, "inconveniences aside, how was it." "Everything was great." Julie said. Then Shadow saw something in the alley. "I have something that just came up," Shadow said, "See you tomorrow!" "Don't worry, Shadow," the cyan hedgehog replied, "Your car'll be in our parking garage tomorrow."

Shadow chased whatever he saw for quite a while when he encountered Dr. Eggman and a human-sized, red Decepticon, carrying a large box.

"Hello, Doctor." Shadow said coolly. "Come now, Shadow," Eggman replied, "Is that any way for family to treat each other?"

"Family, Doctor?"

"Well, your creator happened to be my grandfather."

"You have a point there," Shadow said, "now what do you want with me this time?"

"I have a gift," the Doctor said. "A peace offering, if you will. Frenzy, if you will." The Decepticon opened the box, revealing battle armor.

Shadow put the armor on, reluctantly. After all, he would tear it off when he got home. He then noticed a button. "Oh," Eggman said, "That's a special feature. Why not try it out?" Shadow decided to risk pressing the button, besides, it wasn't like he would actually use the armor.

As soon as he pressed the button, however, Shadow clutched his head in pain and screamed in pain, stopping after a minute or so. "Well," Eggman said, "How is it?" Shadow looked at Eggman with a sinister look on his face and said "Not bad... Boss."

Shadow: WHAT!!!!!!!!! I work for Eggman again.

Obsidian: Guess he couldn't forgive you for turning on him.

Demolisher: Well, Next Time: World Collide!

Cyclonus: Please review!