Just as the elevator closed its pending doors, Sonic pushed the button leading to the primary floor.
Leaning against the wall, he sighed out in frustration at himself. If only he could've known that Amy was in danger of permanently destroying herself, just a cry for help would've gave him a great deal to think about and rush to her need in time.
Oh well, she shouldn't have been outside if she knew there was a big storm coming. She brought this upon herself.
Reaching for his cell phone, he suddenly heard a voice so close in his ear.
Chaos Control!
A large green flash blinded Sonic terribly, only because he was close to the spot where a dark form appeared. At that time, the dark form rammed on the emergency button with his fist, the impact affecting the whole elevator immediately, rocking and shaking a bit violently. It got dark inside for a while, afterwards dim red lights flicking on. Poor Sonic didn't know what was going on, seeing that someone, or something, stopped the elevator's travel down below. He was stranded.
"Okay; what's going on here? Whoever's doing this, it's not funny!" Sonic exclaimed in anger, although he was a bit spooked by this.
"About to call Christine, aren't you?" a deep, empty voice echoed around him.
Taking a glance behind him, the blue hedgehog nearly jumped out of his skin, but he calmed down knowing who it was now.
"Shadow, is that you? God, don't scare me like that; a stunt like that would've rewarded you with a punch," Sonic exclaimed.
An eyebrow raised, Shadow didn't look at all in a funny mood. Sonic saw this in an instant.
"Eh, what's the matter buddy? Is there…something…," Sonic muttered timidly, then backed up into a corner when Shadow walked closer until they were close up on their faces.
"Wrong?" Sonic squeaked.
His usual displeasure for the blue hedgehog grew a bit deeper.
"What I want to know is, were you out in that storm last night?" And Shadow pursued this with rigid determination.
"I was in the storm, and I'll have you know that -" Sonic started.
"Were you, in anyway, in a somewhat private position that a certain someone could've mistakenly seen?"
"Shadow, just out with it if you're going to be an interrogator on my life!"
This angered Shadow more. "Were you with Christine that night?"
Penetrating silence. Shadow knew he needed some answers, and he wanted them now. The more the image of Amy's expression replayed in his mind, the more defensive he became.
"Well…yes. I was with Christine, only because I was worried that she would get ill if she got wetter in the storm. But why did you ask that if a certain someone would…"
It was at this moment that Shadow's eyes grew dangerously poisonous and lethal, scaring the hell out of Sonic's soul.
"Did you ever catch a glimpse of a pink hedgehog on your little rushes?" Shadow hissed.
"What are you talking about Shadow?"
"Did you ever see Amy when you met Christine?"
Sonic had to think for a moment. Did he ever…Well, how was he supposed to know? All he could remember is running past what looked like a collapsing pink lamppost or something and he proceeded to ignore it…
Oh crap.
"You knew, didn't you?"
No words.
"DIDN'T YOU!?!" Sonic shuddered at the noise level.
Now Sonic could see clearly that Shadow was getting really pissed off, only because he thinks that Sonic is hiding something.
"I…uhh…might've made a teeny bit of a mistaken identity back when I – OW! OW! SHADOW, MY NECK!"
It was as though he couldn't see anymore, because Shadow now clasped at Sonic's location of his spine in his neck, almost making Sonic bluer.
"What's wrong with you? You didn't even come over and talk to her. Did you ever consider that she loves you that much, also that sometimes the way you behave and think towards her can make her think of herself the same thing you do?"
In a struggle, Sonic nodded no in confusion. Shadow just sighed in frustration.
"Look blue hedgehog. I'm not really going to waste my time with you, so let's get this straight. Just because she bugs nearly everybody at one point doesn't mean she isn't worth a damn to your conscience." Shadow growled with bared teeth.
Sonic gulped at the look of his fiery eyes. "And your point is?"
Shadow shifted his eyebrows at his tone of voice. He grabbed the neck tighter by the second, Sonic turning bluer and flapping his arms around for help.
"All I'm saying is, if I ever hear that Amy Rose is injured, harmed, even dead at a moment's notice, and the cause is on your behalf, and you don't care -," Shadow threatened, his canine fangs showing in a lethal appearance.
"I'm going to make sure that Mephiles won't be the only one that has finished Sonic the Hedgehog."
He then dropped a dazed Sonic to the floor, the blue hero panting to catch his breath. Sonic stared up at him in bewilderment.
"And that's a damn promise." Shadow reminded.
"What's your deal with Amy all of a sudden? You like her or something?" Sonic asked.
Before taking out the Chaos Emerald, Shadow looked over his shoulder and smirked.
"Something like that."
And with that, he Chaos Controlled out of the elevator, the elevator itself back to normal and leading down to the bottom floor.