By Life Comes Sacrifice

Episode 4

Fake

Sonic smiled at Robotnik. "Getting bigger every time I see you, Eggman! I wonder how many rooms you will take up next time…"

Robotnik snickered. "Unfortunately, Sonic. There won't be a next time…"

Sonic wiggled his fingers in front of him. "Oh, I'm so scared!" he said sarcastically.

Eggman snapped his fingers and Robo-Sonic appeared next to the cell. "Enjoy, just don't kill Shadow completely," Eggman smiled evilly at Shadow. "He needs to see Maria's face when I turn her into a robot…"

Shadow ran right past Robo-sonic, holding the open cell door, and jumped at Eggman. He knocked him down and started punching him hard.

"You…Leave…Maria…Out…Of…This…!" Shadow yelled. He Spin Dashed him and Eggman threw into a wall. Robo- Sonic didn't know what to do. He just stood there and watched as Shadow beat the c out of Eggman.

"Okay, Shadow. I will let Maria and everyone else go…"

Shadow dropped Eggman and signaled for everyone else to come out of the cell. Sonic, Tails and Knuckles stared at Shadow in disbelief. They knew Shadow was a mean guy at times, but they never thought he would do something so rash.

Sonic followed Knuckles, Shadow and Tails to another cell. Where Maria was laying on the floor. She was breathing, but she was beat up and was asleep it looked like. Shadow slid the card key through the lock and the cell opened. Maria opened her eyes and smiled at Shadow, who helped her up and they all left the Egg Carrier. Because the Egg Carrier was parked right off Angel Island, they got out side and stood in the dark evening.

Sonic and Knuckles ran ahead and got to the Master Emerald where Knuckles hid some medicine under a loose rock. They ran back and Shadow laid Maria down on the grass. She smiled up at him. "Thank you, Shadow…"

Shadow did something that surprised Knuckles, Sonic and Tails. He started crying. "I'm so happy I found you again. I thought you were going to die…"

Knuckles drabbed some medicine on Maria's leg, but he gasped. Sonic and Shadow looked at him. "What is it Knuckles?"

Knuckles looked up at Shadow. "Maria isn't a robot is she?"

Shadow looked down and saw that Knuckles had rubbed off some paint on Maria's 'skin'. Shadow dropped her as Robotnik began to speak through her. "Hahahaha, good job, Shadow! You found my robotic Maria that I made years ago in case I had to get you back here for some reason!"

Shadow yelled at the robot. "Eggman! You fing… a!"

The sound of Robotnik's laugher faded and in a shockwave, the Egg Carrier took off. Shadow ran after it, even though he knew he could not catch it from the ground. He ran to the cliff of Angel Island and dove off, but he ran into an invisible wall and fell back down onto the ground.

Sonic ran up to him. "What happened?"

Shadow put his hand against the invisible wall and pushed, but nothing happened. "He must have put a barrier around Angel Island…"

Knuckled pushed on it, but nothing happened either. "It's not just hedgehog proof that's for sure."

Tails put his hand on it. "We're trapped on Angel Island…"