Chapter 4: The rescue.

Shadow doesn't know how far he ran he just ran and continued to run. Light was only enjoying it giggling uncontrollably the speed her father was going was tickling to her.

Shadow noticed and it smirked he finally came to a cliff and a very familiar one. He stopped sitting under a tree near the cliff and looking to Light she was so beautiful to him. He never thought that in his life time he would be a father, not at all. But he loved it. He loved the proud feeling his children gave him. They knew nothing of the evil he once was and yet they loved him, they saw no evil. The crimson hedgehog was going to keep it that way.

Light looked into the eyes the liked a lot like her own color and all. "Da-da." She cooed reaching her hand up to his face.

Shadow never thought that anyone but Rouge could make his heart jump but little Light proved him wrong. He felt his smirk turn into a smile, pleasant and caring he was proud and wondered if Night was even talking now.

"When did you learn those words?" he chuckled lightly at the infant as she continued to reach for his face.

Light saw she made her father happy and smiled reaching up to him a little more now. "Da." Believe it or not she was still finding it hard to get the words out often cooing instead while Night either cooed or spit.

Shadow only chuckle at his little girl and played in her silky hair. He sat her down on the ground as she looked to him and smiled they were pretty far from the edge so he didn't have to worry about her crawling to it. He looked to her for a little while, her red eyes reminded him so much of his own only innocence. Yes, innocence not yet taunted with this worlds malice of life and rules.

Light sat looking to her father as she liked being near him more than anyone but he still wasn't comfortable about the fact that she was close to Faker too. She mumbled some words and crawled on to Shadow but he wasn't paying much attention at the moment. He was too busy thinking about Rouge. He really wished she was here with Night and Light by his side where she was supposed to be not with that demon. Why did he have her anyway? What did he want with him? And he would be damn if he puts his hands on his son and daughter.

Light was looking up at her father trying to get his attention where ever it may be. She stopped playing his chest fur sensing someone else was here and the energy was not nice to say the least. She looked around to see if she could find. it was starting to bother her. And this time Shadow noticed.

The crimson hedgehog looked down the white hedgehog she began to whine but she was still looking at the figure. So Shadow turned it seeing a twin of himself only he was a fade black, the straps on his quills were light blue and his eyes were too. Shadow was on alert holding Light close to him.

"Hello Shadow." The figure said smiling evilly and tilting his head on the side.

"Who…are you?" Shadow asked looking the figure from head-to-toe he looked just like him gloves, shoes, and even chest fur. Professor Gerald couldn't have created this being so where could he have come from.

Mephiles chuckled just as he thought no one remembered him this would make things all the better and fun for the demon.

"My name is Mephiles the Dark." He said smirking as he changed into he's normal crystalized form.

Shadow growled and held Light closer to him. "You…you're the one that took Rouge." He said.

Mephiles laughed. "And what are you going to do about it? She is quite beautiful I should congratulate you with such a lovely woman." He said placing his eyes on Light making him chuckled. "And I see you two were quite busy."

Shadow covered Light's face with his hands she was small so he could cover her up almost completely. "Cut the games where is Rouge?" He growled he didn't feel like playing games.

"But I like games they are very interesting." He chuckled and dodged a chaos spear and Shadow had another ready for him. "You're really going to put you precious little girl in danger like that?" he chuckled as dark purple ooze moved around him.

"I can protect my daughter it is you should be worried." Shadow said as Light was clutching her father's chest.

Mephiles laughed. "What about your son and friends?"

Shadow looked to him confused then his went wide realization. "What the hell have you done?" he yelled scaring Light horribly.

Mephiles only chuckles disappearing into the ground of purple ooze. "Nothing…yet." He said fully disappearing. Next thing Shadow knew monsters were attacking the city and quite fast.

Shadow held Light closer. "Hold on Light." he said speeding off rivaling his rivals speed with no question.

Sonic and the others were down stairs talking amongst themselves making a plan to save Rouge from whoever this being was.

Merah was still upstairs by herself as Donno walked in with a bucket of Rocky Road ice cream. "Donno, I really don't want to talk right now." She already knew it was him.

He sighed sitting beside her still holding the ice cream and two spoons. "Well, you need too." He said as she looked to him still seeming upset.

"I know it is upsetting but you and your father are a lot alike. He doesn't want to share you with me and you don't want to share him with Missy." Merah looked at him confused but he knew she knew what he meant.

"Donno-"

"Nope. You know what I mean." He said as she took a deep breath and started rubbing her giant baby bump. She had her father to herself all her life even when Rouge came along she didn't mind sharing him with her daughter but when he met Missy he wanted to spend time with her more his attention, well some of it, was on her. Merah felt…jealous of that.

"I know but." She stopped knowing that she had to apologize to her dad. Donno gently pulled her face to his kissing her passionately this being one reason why Merah loved this hedgehog.

He placed his hand on her stomach, "It's alright your just acting like this because of me." He said making her laugh.

"I will never forget how it is being pregnant ever." She said looking down at her stomach. She couldn't wait to have the infant. He or she was causing her a lot of emotional problems ones that she usual can control "What do you want it to be?" she asked looking back to him and then finally noticing the ice cream.

Donno didn't think about that matter-of-fact it didn't matter to him as long as it was born healthy. "Doesn't matter." He said noticing she was looking at the ice cream.

He smiled and opened it passing it to her. "I know it's your favorite." He said as she took a spoon and started eating it slowly letting her eyes roll in the back of her head.

"So, good." She said taking another spoon full and making Donno laugh. They sat there and ate that for a little while till Donno noticed the sky getting a little darker than usual he sensed something was wrong.

Merah looked at what he was looking at and got a little scared. "Come on." Donno said helping her up and taking her down stairs noticing that others noticed it too.

"What going on?" Cream asked keeping close to her mother Charmy and Saffron included as they looked out the ceiling windows.

"That isn't a normal storm." Knuckles growled.

Charmy was holding Night as he began to whine Merah took him and tried to calm him down but he was highly upset. Then the ground began to shake horribly knocking everyone to the floor. They heard roaring, people screaming and building either being blown up or falling.

"Dammit!" Merah yelled trying her best to keep herself, her fetus, and Night calm then she felt something pop as Donno made his way to her.

"Whatz the hell iz going on?" Red yelled flying down holding a scared Missy.

"HE IS HERE. OH GOD, HE IS HERE!" She screamed almost hurting Red's sensitive ears.

"Who!" everyone yelled and was answered by a loud roar outside the roar was louder and stronger than the others.

"What the hell was that?" Knuckles yelled trying his best to stand up.

Donno finally reached Merah but was confused when he felt something wet under her. "Donno…" she said breathing hard she sounded like she was in pain. He knew the shaking and fall must have made her water break but it is early, too early.

"Donno…I have too-"

"I know." He said pulling her to him and holding her close. She was still holding Night as he was fully squealing his lungs out now. The poor infant bat was terrified he didn't know what was going on or what they noises were but they were scaring him.

"Guy's we have to get out of here!" Tails yelled as the roof off the club was brought up.

"Well, hello." Mephiles said he was now in his beast form and chuckling.

"WHAT IS THAT!" Charmy and Saffron yelled holding on to each other for dear life.

"That is the thing that took Rouge." Sonic said trying to stand now that the shaking had stopped.

Red looked to Missy as she was staring at the beast with fear in her eyes. "Mizzy, est that him?" Red asked making Missy look to him as she only nodded and shut her eyes.

"Isn't this a nice bunch." The said 'thing' chuckled as everyone crowded up together. He took notice to Night the baby's cries was annoying him making his growl lowly at the charcoal bat.

Donno picked Merah up moved towards the others. "Guy's we really have to get out of here." Donno said worried for Merah and their child mostly.

Everyone, even Mephiles, brought their attention to the bat as screamed in pain scaring poor little Night even more.

"Whatz est wrong?" Red yelled looking to Donno.

"Her water broke!" he yelled making everyone worry.

"But she is only 8 months!" Amy yelled worried for the health of the baby.

Shadow was dodging flaming beast and people trying to escape holding on to a terrified Light tightly he saw Mephiles looming over his and Rouge's home. "Chaos…!"

Mephiles growled and chuckled, "Let's shut you up." He said going for the kill till he got a chaos spear to his face. He looked to see it was Shadow but soon Shadow disappeared and reappeared in front of everyone. Mephiles roared at them sending his little minions on them.

Shadow thought fast as the monsters roared coming from above and under the club. He teleported everyone into the Red's ship as Red started it quickly.

"Hurry!" Missy yelled. She was frantic to get away from Mephiles and so was everyone else. Red pushed the ship into high gear.

"HOLD ON!" Tails yelled as everyone did so as the ship took off.

They got far away from him now and was flying over the Mystic Ruins. Missy was searching hard for the place she was could never forget it.

While Merah was ready to give birth any minute, "Donnoz takez her to her room upz z ztairz." Red said as Saffron took Night from her and Donno took her to her room.

Tails took over finally getting at chance to drive the ship, "I will drive." He said as Sonic, Espio, Vector and Shade took a seat with the controls as well. Shadow took Night and Light seeing as they were shaken up by this and were probably hungry he took them back to the room to feed them. Knuckles watched out just in case Mephiles was following them.

Red was about to go upstairs as well till Vanilla stopped him. "I can help." she said. Red nodded.

"Get me zome water and towelz." He explained as they made their way upstairs and pointing to the closet holding the items as Vanilla nodded.

"May I help?" Amy asked as he was about to walk in Merah's room. Red nodded as they hurried in to see Donno sitting behind Merah holding her hands and helping her breath.

"Please come on!" Merah yelled looking in a lot of pain. She was pissed too it was that demon's fault she was giving breath early.

Red took a chair and placed in front of her as if he had done it before. Amy watched him take a blanket and hold it Merah before take her pants and underwear off.

Amy couldn't understand how he did this so normal like. "Have you done this before?" she finally got the ability to ask.

"Thiz est how Rouge got into z world." He replied shocking Amy further.

"I got the towels and water." Vanilla said walking in to see Red about to help Merah give birth.

"Givez me thoze glovez." Red said pointing to the dresser behind Amy. The sakura hedgehog grabbed the gloves and gave them to Red. Despite herself she had to wonder why were they even sitting there.

"Daddy! Hurry up!" Merah yelled, if Donno was behind her she would fall back but he was preventing her from doing so.

Red snapped on the gloves then took a look to see if the baby was ready to come. He didn't say anything for a some.

"Daddy, what. Is. The. Problem?" Merah asked after five minutes of silence.

Red looked back up at her leaving the blanket to cover her. "The babyz est not ready."

"WHAT?"

"There!" Missy yelled getting everyone's attention they heard Merah yell but said nothing. They looked to see she was pointing at a cave.

"Are you sure?" Sonic asked and Missy nodded her head.

"It's there, I know it." She said as Tails turned towards the cave.

Rouge woke up everything was blurry she rubbed her eyes to get them to adjust after some time they did. "What happened?" she groaned sitting up. Her back was killing her matter-of-fact her whole body was sore.

She looked to see she was at the same wall she was before but where was Missy? And where was Mephiles? She stood up seeing she was still chained. "Missy!" she called out only hearing her own voice repeat through the tunnels of the cave.

"Land here." Missy said as Tails did as he was told landing under the entrance of the cave. They had to wonder if Mephiles placed her on the ground outside the cave because falling from that height could made something break on her body.

"Alright. Saffron, Cream and Charmy will be here to watch the twins." Sonic said.

Shadow reluctantly let gave Light to Cream and Night to Charmy but not without some fuse from the twins. "I will stay here just in case something goes wrong." Shade said. She didn't think it would be long before Mephiles would come by.

"Alright, I will stay here as well just in case we will need to leave." Tails assured staying near the controls.

"Red and Donno will have no choice but to stay here. So let's go we have to hurry who knows when that demon may get here." Shadow said turning to leave till he was stopped by Missy.

He looked back to her seeing fear presented in her eyes clearly. "Please be carefully that cave is deep and has many passages ways. Try to remember what ways you guys take." She said looking to the others.

"We will." With that Shadow and the others turned to leave.

Knuckles punched his knuckles together. "Let's go." He said beginning to climb the wall with Espio right behind him.

Shadow and Sonic, of course go there before they did using chaos control. They could already see the crystals the cave as they nodded and made their way in the cave.

"BE CAREFUL!" Saffron yelled up at them before they were out of ear shot.

Shadow took note of Missy's advice making sure he remembered what ways they took. Especially when they came before a fork in the way.

"This is great." Knuckles groaned with sarcasm.

"So what should we do? We don't have much time." Espio said looking down one of the passages.

"Maybe-" Sonic stopped hearing something both matter of fact both he and Shadow's ears twitched. "Did you guys hear that?"

"Hear what?" Knuckles asked he didn't hear anything and the only thing he got for a reply was him to be quiet.

Rouge was so confuse she was getting pissed. She was hungry, tired, needed a good hot shower, and most of all she missed her family especially Shadow and their twins. "MISSY, WHERE ARE YOU?" She screamed.

Shadow knew that voice. "There." He said pointing the passage sitting on the right.

"Let's do it." Sonic said as they ran down the passage.

They skid to a stop seeing another two way fork Shadow knew if he yelled back she would hear him. Why not give a shoot he heard her so couldn't be too far. "Rouge!"

Rouge ears twitched. She heard him. "Shadow!" she called back not knowing if it was truly him but she gave it a chance. If she didn't get out of here she would go crazy.

"Left." Knuckles said as they took that turn hearing her voice come from that way.

"Rouge, where are you?" Shadow yelled.

She heard him yell her name but not the rest of it. "What!" she yelled she didn't know she were helping them find her. But she figured it out soon.

Shadow named the turns as he and Rouge yelled to each other. Left. Right. Right. Then he saw her.

"Shadow!" she would have ran to him if she could. Shadow ran to her bringing her into a deep embrace he missed her more than she knew.

"Come on Light say mama." Saffron had been trying to coax the little hedgehog into speaking the entire time and Light wouldn't say a word. She was wanted Shadow not Saffron but didn't mean she would be mean to her just wouldn't pay too much attention.

"Mama!" Night was the repeating them but Light only stared at them.

"Come on Light you know you can say it." Saffron said picking up the infant.

"Maybe she is a little like Shadow." Cream said as the little hedgehog only stared at them. Night crawled off while they were busy. Mumbling to himself till he was picked up by his friend.

"Where are you going?" Charmy asked only getting a little giggle as his reply.

Tails only chuckled at them before looking back he noticed the trees moving and the birds flying away. Shade also saw it and just like she suspected he figured out Missy remembered where the cave was.

"Tails." Vector looked to the twin tailed fox with only started the ship.

"Already on it." He said quickly lifting the ship in the air.

Red looked outside the window of Merah seeing they were leaving. "What'z goingz on now?" he groaned.

"This baby needs to get it going that is what needs to going on." Merah complained. It was actually getting on Donno's nerves.

Night and Light felt the dark energy and began whine they didn't like it. "Awww, what's…" Saffron stopped seeing something purple coming their way.

"Uh-oh." Charmy said holding Night closer to him.

"What about Shadow and the others?" Cream asked running up to Tails. Not realizing that Shade was already on it.

Knuckles, Sonic, and Espio let Shadow and Rouge have their moment for the time being till Knuckles communicator watch went off. He looked at it confused but seeing it was Shade meant it had to be something going on.

"Hello?" Sonic and the others looked to him.

"Knuckles, I hope you guys have found Rouge because you need to get out of there now." she said but in middle of her sentence her connection began to weaken so Knuckles really didn't make out what she said after Rouge.

"Um, yeah we found her. Shade, what's going on?"

"I can't explain….you guys don't have time you have to get out of there now!" she yelled but the connection cut off.

"Hello? What is wrong with this thing?" Knuckles said hitting the watch as if it was the doing something wrong. Then he stopped. "Guys, I think he is here." he said getting everyone's attention.

"Shadow." He looked Rouge as she pointed at the chain holding her bound and with a simple Chaos Spear he broke it. Picking her up bridal style he was about to run but Espio stopped him.

"Shadow, it would be quicker if we used chaos control." Espio said as the crimson hedgehog only nodded and before Mephiles appeared they were gone.

Mephiles growled his fun was ruined or was it? He smirked he had another little game to play with them. He knew they knew the rules.

Sorry once again it is short but I wanted to end there. Hope you enjoyed.

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