"Who is this, and why did you bring her here?" The Commander asked. Hello? I'm standing right here you know! I didn't say that out loud.

"A prisoner that was there along the resistance we came across. The information from when we hacked the system yesterday said something about a princess with unimaginable powers, we think this is her." Shadow replied. Seriously, am I invisible? Wait, Eggman did say something about a princess earlier, but I thought he was just being annoying. I'm not a princess, am I?

"And what makes you think she is? Did she reveal any of her powers during the battle?" Commander asked. Ya know what? I'm sick of this. I've an irritable day already and this is not helping.

"I'm right here and I have a name ya know! It's Anaya." I said annoyed. The Commander then turned his attention to me.

"Well then, are you the princess?" He asked.

"Dude, I have know idea. My life has been so confusing ever since Eggman kidnapped me earlier. He did call me princess though if that's what you want to hear." I said. My annoyance level is so high and I really would like some cheesecake right now. Or mozzarella sticks. I'm getting hungrier just thinking about it. Someone smacked me in the back of my head, ruining my daydream of mozzarella sticks. It was Shadow.

"Whaddya do that for?!" I snapped at him. He glared right back at me.

"I wouldn't have had to if you'd just pay attention!" He replied annoyed. I growled, but turned my attention back at the Commander.

"Soooo what now?" I asked, fed up with everything. I'm hungry, I'm tired, and all I wanna do is curl up into my comfy bed and fall into a deep, deep sleep... But will I ever get a chance to do that? I highly, highly doubt it. Highly.

"Now that I have your attention, you will be staying here in G.U.N. as a new member of Team Dark. Shadow, take her to her room." He ordered. Shadow grabbed my arm, firm but not too tight, and led me towards a hall. I didn't say anything due to shock. I didn't know how to react. I mean, that's it? They're just gonna take me in? No test or anything? I wasn't going to complain, because now I won't have to live in an empty house grieving anymore. I guess I should be happy.

"Um, what about these handcuffs? They're getting kinda uncomfortable now." I asked Shadow. He stopped, halting me along with him and turned to me. He then grabbed the cuffs, along with my wrists, and broke them with his bare hands.

"There, better?" He asked, grabbing my arm and walking again.

"Yeah, thanks." I replied, rubbing my wrists and looking down. I'm not very good at making conversations, and I was beyond pumped since my idol was right with me. So, needless to say, I'm speechless. I distracted myself by the scenery around me. All the halls were grey, so in other words, dull. We turned a corner, then bypassed some automated doors and came across a hallway of doors. We stopped at the very fourth door and Shadow opened it to reveal a really nice room.

"Wow. Are all of your rooms like this?" I asked him as he leaned against the doorway. I didn't make eye contact with him because I'm not really comfortable under someones gaze. It makes me self-conscious about myself, and I don't really have a high self-esteem. This only goes for people near my age and older. Younger kids I have no problem with.

"At first, but you get to decorate it as you please. We will notify you if there are any missions assigned to us. Anything else?" He asked. I debated asking him in my head.

"Shadow, why did you save me?" I asked him a bit quieter. I don't know what answer I expected, but I did hope it was good.

"I felt an extremely large amount of Chaos Energy, and I knew it wasn't just from the two emeralds in the vault. When I saw you in there, I put the pieces together and made an educated guess. Now answer me this; why are you so calm about everything? I know you are not from this world." He asked, looking at me skeptically. Hmm... how should I answer this?

"Um, it's kind of a long story." I replied walking over to the bed and sitting down. I backed up into the headboard and looked at Shadow. From a distance I'm pretty okay with eye contact. Anything closer than that? Nah.

"I have time. May I come in?" He asked. Well, better brace myself for an extremely long explanation.

"Sure. You can sit on the bed if you want." I suggested. He walked fully into my room and closed the door behind him. He walked over to the bed and sat down a reasonable distance away. Here goes nothin'.