Disclaimer: I don't own any of the "Sonic The Hedgehog" characters or places (apart from Blizzard and his home) they belong to SEGA. Jasmine belongs to Shadow lover 123 and the cover image is from Burtn's stock on deviantART.

Deep in the deserts of the Mystic Ruins Shadow and his team were waiting. He had called Rouge but she didn't pick up so he wanted to survey the base before going in. "They've got armed guards patrolling the perimeter and watchmen positioned on the roof of the building" Blizzard explained to his comrades. "Not that protected for a base full of Eggman's plans" Tails replied. "All the security must be internal, wouldn't you say Shadow?" "Huh? oh yeah, sure..."

Blizzard's POV

I haven't known Shadow for that long but I can already tell that this is odd behaviour for him, wasn't he meant to be the stone-cold badass that wasn't phased by anything? "There! See where the vent comes out on the roof" I follow the yellow fox's finger to the outlet he was pointing to. "Yeah I see it" "We could distract the guards and send someone through there! According to the blue-prints they'll bypass all the agents and end up in the main room" "Whoa hold on there kid why would we need to do that? We're just supposed to be checking for any signs of attack" "Just coming up with a backup plan in case things go south" he says to me with a childish smile. I hope things don't go like that, I'm not paid enough to kill military. "Where's Jasmine?" I hear Shadow ask from behind us. "She's setting up a sniper's perch on that ridge over there, I tried to..." "Good, we're going to need her there if things get bad" I almost don't feel the need to turn to Tails as I could see out of the corner of my eye that he was already smirking. "Oh alright you're right I'm wrong, let's just get this over with" after hearing me say that Tails burst out laughing and Shadow started walking towards the base.

Third-Person View

"Ok here's what we're going to do, Jasmine you're looking over me from the sniper's perch. If you see anything suspicious, such as me getting shot at then open fire" "Got you covered" "Blizzard you and Tails are with me, but whatever happens you get to that computer!" the 'team' leader shouted, gaining only a nod from Blizzard. "Ok let's go"

As they started walking into the first checkpoints of the massive structure they were greeted by one of GUN's many soldiers. He was a middle-aged man with chiselled features and short blond hair. An abundance of scars littered his face showing off his past 'glories'. He stands straight upon seeing the group and salutes as he calmly says "Operative Shadow Sir! The Commander told us to expect you" "Did he? That's weird..." the ebony hedgehog replied. "Because I haven't spoken to him for months!" and with that Shadow cast a chaos spear at the agent catching him by surprise.

A bloody and destructive battle soon occurred with Shadow sending waves of chaos related powers towards his opponents. He had been practising for something like this and learnt how to use his powers without needing to verbally pronounce it first. Meanwhile Blizzard and Tails were taking cover behind one of the many overturned trucks that littered the battlefield. Blizzard was hurling spikes of ice while his younger partner screamed into his radio, informing Jasmine of who and what to shoot. "Tails! We have an opening, we could make it into the base through that door there!" "Ok" He replied uncertain about his friend's plan. As they ran Blizzard used his powers to make a shield that would protect them; However one shot still pierced his shoulder before they made it into the base. "You alright? I saw the shot from here" Jasmine called over the radio "I'll live, let's move" the turquoise fox-hog pushed on, ignoring the pain that the bullet had caused.

Jasmine's POV

"Good..." was all I got to say before I lost his signal. I've known Blizzard since the day I was 'born', yet I still worry when he is hurt. He tells me I'm too overprotective, that I'm just being silly and I should focus on myself. But how can I when he's always the one that does the dangerous jobs/ Planting bombs, infiltrating hideouts it makes no difference. He leaves me now choice but to worry for him. "Jasmine, do you think you can clear out the men on the catwalk?" I wake up from my little world and ready my gun, aiming for the agents one by one...

Third-Person View (Following Blizzard and Tails)

The two heroes ran down the corridors at top speed facing almost no obstacles as they made their way to the computer room. "You would think that either Eggman or these guys would set up some defences inside the complex" Tails shouted. "Ha, now if we run into something I have the perfect reason to blame you!" "That's not fair!" Blizzard chuckled leaving his yellow companion slightly angry.

Arriving at the HUB of the facility, Tails started to copy and de-code certain encrypted files whilst Blizzard looked on starting to get extremely nervous. 'Come on man it's now or never' he thought to himself. "Tails?" "Yeah?" "I need to tell you something" "Alright" the yellow fox replied. Pushing Tails gently on the floor so he gets into a sitting position. "I am you're half-brother..." Tails soon froze as soon as he heard what Blizzard said, his mind still processing what just happened. "What?" "We both have the same mom, however my dad was a hedgehog and part of the ice clan that now occupies the frozen part of angel island. Slowly Tails started to smile and suddenly leapt on Blizzard, hugging him tightly. "Can't breath!" Blizzard managed to cough out. "Sorry" A large beep soon echoed throughout the room. "The download's done!" "Shadow we have the data, exiting the base now" "Good work guys, see you at home"

For starters I want to say sorry for not updating in a while, it's just been hard to plan the style/pacing for this chapter. However I now have the next few figured out, don't forget to review. Next Chapter: When Angels Fall