I don't own any of the characters except for Obsidian.

Enter Obsidian

In a metallic city where the air was thick with smog everyone's favorite egg shaped villain was hard at work on his latest project.

Eggman grinned at his finished machine, "I've really out done myself with this one Snively."

A young man that was standing beside him nodded, "It is impressive sir. I just have one question though, what is it?"

"It is the Ultimate Cannon! I will use it to blast the mobians only hope of defeating me into oblivion!"

"Then why is it pointing at the Ark sir? I would have thought you would use it on Sonic."

"Oh I didn't tell you did I"

"Tell me what sir?"

"I ordered Metal Sonic to capture Shadow so that I could obtain a sample of his dna. Now before you ask, I had already thought about Shadow using his pesky chaos powers so I came up with an inhibitor that blocked his powers. My plan was going perfect until Sonic and his band of idiots showed up."

"Let me guess, Sonic rescued Shadow and your plan failed."

Eggman grinned maliciously, "Not exactly." He pressed a button on the computers console, a video popped up, "You see Snively, Metal not only delivered me Shadow's dna but he also did the one thing I have been trying to do since I began my world conquest."

Snively watched as Sonic the hedgehog, the great hero, fell to the ground never to rise again, the camera focused on the hero then suddenly a ball of fire took over the screen and then static. "You must be ecstatic sir!"

Eggman nodded, "The death of that pain in my butt only cost me my base, since someone must have triggered the self destruct program. I am hoping that it was Metal and he killed more of them. Although the only compliant I have is that I wasn't able to see the faces of his friends since the cameras are programmed to focus only on Sonic when he enters my base. Perhaps I should change that."Eggman said thoughtfully.

"But sir, I noticed that Sonic managed to grab the antidote and throw it to someone before he was shot. Do you think that Shadow has gotten his powers back?"

Eggman shook his head, "I am sure that Sonic would not have sacrificed himself for Shadow, so it must have been Tails that was in the room with him. And since the base exploded whoever was in the room was desinigrated taking the antidote with them."

"Are you certain that Shadow is on the Ark now sir?"

"Of course I'm sure. I scanned the Ark a few minutes ago and it stated that there were two life signatures onboard. It did show a tiny life signature but I think it was a computer glitch."

"But sir, how did Shadow get to the Ark without chaos control?"

"He probably got Knuckles to take him there with a warp ring, so now I can take out not only Shadow but Knuckles as well! And you know what the best part Snively is?"

"What is that sir?"

"Shadow will never see this coming!" Eggman gloated as he prepared the cannon.

Back on the Ark Shadow and the others were oblivious of the demented doctor's scheme. Sonic and Shadow were too busy stuffing their faces.

"You two need to slow down, you'll choke!" Maria scolded.

"But they're so good!" Sonic exclaimed as he stuffed three chilidogs into his mouth.

"I have to agree with chao face there, I haven't had food like this in years!" Shadow said as he also stuffed about five in his mouth.

Maria laughed, "You always did like chilidogs Shadow. Grandfather used to hang one at the end of a treadmill to see how fast you could run."

An image of him as a young hedgehog running on a treadmill after a chilidog, surrounded by laughing scientists and a grinning Dr. Gerald flashed through Shadow's mind.

"What's wrong are you ok?" Sonic asked in concern as Shadow's eyes went unfocused.

Shadow snapped back to the present, "I'm fine, I just remembered what Maria said."

Maria smiled as she handed him another chilidog, "Maybe I can help you to regain all of your memories."

"Yeah, and she can make chilidogs for everyone in Knothole!" Sonic exclaimed.

Suddenly the air was full of sirens and red lights; Maria screamed and clung to Shadow's neck.

"Shadow its G.U.N.! They're coming for you just like last time!"

"It's ok Maria I won't let anything happen to you." Shadow said as he placed his arms around her.

"Me neither." Sonic said as he struck a fighting pose, which is very comical coming from a chao.

Despite her terror Maria couldn't help but laugh at Sonic's attempt at bravery. Shadow mouthed "thank you" as he led Maria out of the room. Sonic jumped from the table to follow them.

Shadow led them to a large room filled with computers. He walked over to the largest one and began typing furiously on the keyboard.

"I have good news and bad."

"What's the good news?" Sonic asked as he climbed up onto the computer.

"It's not G.U.N."

"And the bad?" Sonic asked fearing the answer.

"Eggman has just fired a large beam at the Ark and we have five seconds before the whole station is incinerated."

Sonic's eyes widened, he jumped to Shadow's shoulder, "Well, what are you waiting for? Get us out of here!"

Sally jumped as Shadow materialized in front of her with a screaming chao and a crying blonde hedgehog in his arms.

"What happened Shadow?" Sally asked as she grabbed the chao. (Who immediately went silent)

"Eggman just blew up the Ark." Shadow said trying to keep the sorrow out of his voice as he continued to comfort the blonde hedgehog who was still sobbing.

"I am so sorry for your loss Shadow; we can find you a temporary hut."

"I don't want to bother anyone."

Sally smiled, "I know, you can stay in Sonic's hut till he gets back."

Shadow grinned, "Yeah, and I can eat all the chilidogs he has in his fridge."

Sally had never seen a chao glare like that as she handed him to the grinning hedgehog. She turned to the girl who had finally stopped sobbing.

"I haven't seen you before, what's your name?"

The blonde hedgehog took her hand, "I'm Maria."

Sally smiled, "I'm Sally, would you like a separate hut?"

"I don't mind staying with Shadow."

Sally nodded, "Ok, I guess I'll see you guys around." Sally's face suddenly fell, "Shadow I'm really worried about Sonic, he hasn't contacted me in days."

"I'm sure he's just fine. He's probably found a chili shack on Angel Island."

Sally laughed. "You're probably right Shadow, I just worry about him." Sally said as she started towards the castle.

Sonic waited until Sally was out of sight before jumping from Shadow's arms. "All right, I'll let you two stay at my place as long as you promise not to touch anything."

Maria smiled, "We promise, don't we Shadow?"

Shadow rolled his eyes as they followed Sonic to his hut.

Back at Eggman's base the infamous fat man was celebrating.

"I've finally done it Snively! Both the hedgehogs have been eliminated, and now I have no other threat to contend with!"

"What about Knuckles sir?"

"I'm sure that he was on the Ark with Shadow when I blasted it out of the sky. So I'm not worried about him. Besides, I need to focus on the thing I have been searching for."

"And what is that sir?"

Eggman grinned, "Knothole, Snively. I'm going to find it and burn it to the ground."

"But sir, how do you plan to do that?"

"Simple Snively, destroy the Great Forrest until I find it."

Back at Sonics' hut the small blue chao was laying down the law for his two guests.

"Ok, the kitchen is off limits to you Shadow, but not to Maria. But my power ring is off limits to you both." Sonic said as he stared proudly at the golden ring mounted on his wall.

"What's different about this ring than any of the others you have collected Sonic?" Maria asked in wonder.

"You see Maria, that ring is the billionth ring I've collected. For some reason it bonded with my body, so I decided to keep it."

Shadow stared at the ring, "It looks like a normal ring to me."

"Well it's not!"

Maria interrupted, "So Sonic, where are we going to sleep?"

"Well, I guess you can sleep in my bed and Shadow can sleep on the couch."

"But where will you sleep?" Maria asked concerned.

"Oh, don't worry about me; I'm sure Shadow can find me a nice box."

Shadow grinned, "Then I could ship you to Hawaii."

Maria laughed as an exclamation point appeared over Sonic's head.

"Don't joke like that Shadow! You know Hawaii is surrounded by water!"

"Speaking of water… both of you need baths."

Both Sonic and Shadow gasped and bolted for the door. Unfortunately, when they opened the door they ran straight into Bunnie Rabbot.

"Where are ya'll goin in such a rush?" the half robotic rabbit asked in her Southern accent.

"Grab them!"

Shadow soon found himself in the robotic grip of Bunnie's arm, his only consolation was that Sonic was also caught in the clutch of her none robotic arm.

"And who might you be?" Bunnie asked as she carried the struggling chao and grumbling hedgehog into the hut.

"I'm Shadow's friend Maria."

"I'm Bunnie Rabbot. So why were these two runnin like two chikins with their heads cut off?"

Maria laughed, " Oh, they were just about to take their baths."

Bunnie laughed, "Yeah, hedgehogs do hate the water. Although I thought chao liked it?"

Sonic rolled his eyes.

Maria giggled, "All right Shadow you go take your bath first."

Shadow trudged into the bathroom.

"Don't forget to wash behind your ears!" Maria called after him.

Bunnie laughed as Shadow's grumbling came through the door, "Maria why'd you make Shadow go first I had him."

Maria smiled, " Actually Bunnie, Shadow could have gotten loose at any moment. He just didn't want to hurt you."

"Well, I'll be. Never thought Shadow cared."

"You'd be surprising at how loyal and caring Shadow really is. He's just been through a lot."

"At least he's man enough to face his fears." Bunnie said as she grabbed the blue chao that had crept to the door.

Inside the shower Shadow relaxed as the water rushed over him. He really didn't mind showers or baths, it was just the large bodies of water that gave him the creeps. Shadow inhaled the steam, allowing himself to completely relax. He sighed, now that he had Maria back he couldn't continue on moving from place to place. He would have to settle somewhere, perhaps even in Knothole. Shadow smiled, yes, he would live her in the one place that held people he considered to be his friends.

Once he had finished his showered Shadow dried himself off and walked back into the living room where Maria was holding a squirming chao.

"About time you got out. Bunnie had to leave so you'll have to help me with squirmy."

"No! You'll never bath me alive!" Sonic screamed as he struggled harder to get loose from Maria.

Shadow grinned, "This will be fun."

Back at Eggman's base the villain was admiring his new robot.

"It's perfect Snively! This is my ultimate creation! Aside from the party sub I made this morning."

Snively rolled his eyes as he admired the robot, the body looked like that of the late Sonic while the spines curled up like that of Shadow. The body was made of a black metal, and on each spine there was strip of blue glass. Blood red, emotionless eyes stared back at him.

"Ironic isn't Snively? That the very likeness of the Earths fallen heroes will be the one to destroy it."

"I'm not sure I follow sir? I know that it looks like Sonic and Shadow, but how can you possible hope to take over the world with just a robot? I mean the Freedom Fighters could still destroy it."

Eggman grinned, "That would be true Snively, if this were a normal robot. You see, this is the project that I needed Shadow's dna for. I combined Sonic and Shadow's dna and my programming into this robot. And with their combined abilities and power nothing can destroy it!"

Snively grinned, "What do you plan to do with it first sir?"

Eggman turned to the waiting robot, "Go Obsidian, destroy the Great Forrest, find Knothole, and exterminate the Freedom Fighters!"

"Yes Master." Red eyes flashed as Obsidian raced from the building.

Please review and let me know what you think.

(Oh, I may not be able to update for awhile, finals are coming up)