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A Raven in the Shadows Chapter 4 - The Hunt For the Emeralds

"And that's all I can remember from then on. But I spent a year figuring out that Eggman had sent them to another world, and had me in an abandoned base. I never saw any of them again...until now."

"I...I'm sorry, Raven...that must've been hard." Tails said, now hugging his two tails.

"I never knew you had such a past. Plus, that Axel guy seems familiar..." Shadow said, but trailed off.

"It's fine," Raven said, then sighed. "We just need to find all of the emeralds before Eggman and Mephiles do. Otherwise, we could all probably be doomed."

"Psh. I don't believe that. But, It seems like a good enough plan, so let's do it, to it!" Sonic shouted.

Tails and Shadow nodded. Raven slightly smiled, but it went away as fast as it came. They all the left the lab, and went searching. Tails flew around Station Square, while Sonic ran below. Shadow went to places like Mystic Ruins, Angel Island, and even the ARK for the search. Raven went around Station Square as well, but he was trying to avoid as much as he could from being seen. That failed, though. He was looking around while in an alleyway, when he noticed a purple-ish hedgehog running, pretty fast, straight for him. He didn't move in time, so he got hit with an awful lot of force, then he hit a brick wall and landed in a dumpster below. The purple-ish hedgehog stopped, and looked in the dumpster to find Raven gone. But he merely teleported behind the hedgehog, and pinnedim to the dumpster.

"What was the meaning of that, eh?"

The hedgehog looked at Raven in the eyes, and after that he couldn't stay brave. He looked sideways and down.

"I-I'm terribly s-sorry sir..."

"Hmm..." Raven released the hedgehog, and stared at him with a confused look.

I swear on earth, I know this guy... Raven thought. Then, he decided it was just a kid, he didn't need this. He backed off, giving him some space. "It's fine. Sorry if I scared ya."

"Oh..." He got up, and slightly smiled, showing off what seemed like fangs. "Don't call me kid."

Raven just stared at him, trying to comprehend who this was. He suddenly remembered sitting in that cage with two others...his brothers. He remembered the fright of seeing them transform. He now knew what stood in front of him, and backed away.

"What's wrong, scared?"

"...Jay..."

The purple hedgehog gasped. "Raven?!"

"Yea-"

'Jay' dashed to him and hugged him as hard as he could.

"Heh...nice to see you again too, lil' bro."

"So, Teej, where's Cody?"

"At home. He...I'm not sure what's wrong with him."

"I gotta see."

"But-"

"Now."

He sighed. "Fine, but why all of these fancy nicknames, I'm stuck to TJ."

"Exactly. I'll just call ya Jay if you want."

"It's better than TJ."

"Now that that's settled, I need to see Cody."

"Fine..." He pulled out a Chaos Emerald, and teleported the two to the house. It looked abandoned and condemned.

"Ya know, I can teleport on my own. So can you, if I'm correct."

"Really...right, I'm just used to having Cody around."

"Odd question," He said, walking towards the house. "May I have that Chaos Emerald?"

"I can't give it to you, because we're gonna use it to fix Cody-"

"AGH!" Raven kneeled down, holding his arm. Jay recognized it instantly.

"We have to get inside, now."

Raven didn't care, he just followed Jay inside. The interior looked more high-tech and larger than the outside.

"Dad, I'm back!"

A hedgehog that looked just like Jay came in. He had a jacket, and more chest fur. He had some transparent neon green shades on as well. He had a 'bitten' ear, and a scar by it. He looked at the two, and smiled.

"Who's this?"

"It's Raven! I found him!"

Raven didn't say anything, and stayed quiet. He knew this was normal, as he had been getting the same pain ever since he ended up in that base.

"Really...then, do you mind if I do any tests on you?"

"Na." He kept it short, and slightly painful.

"Come with me, Jay. 'Raven'."

"You didn' haveta say it that way."

Tim froze, and turned back. "By the stars...it is you!" He walked over, and hugged Raven tightly. "The accent, the scoff...it's just like you were a long time ago!"

"I didn' think you'd be able ta tell." Raven smiled, but then winced, and clutched his arm.

"Hurry along, we need to get him to the lab." Tim said, while helping Raven up.

They did so, and Jay shut the door behind them.

A few days later...

Tails was in the lab, cracking some binary codes for fun. He was waiting for Sonic, Shadow, and Silver to come back with the report. Raven had gone missing a few days ago, and they weren't very sure where he went. Then, the trio came in, Sonic holding some food for Tails.

"Sorry Tails, but Sonic couldn't search without his stomach full." Shadow said with a scowl.

"What? It's true!"

"Never mind that, I think I have a location on Raven. He's in the poor side of town."

"Alright, let's go then, I've been waiting for forever." Silver said, already heading out the door.

Soon, Sonic and Shadow caught up with the coordinates. They headed out, the trio searching. But it came to Sonic's mind why they were even doing this. And so, he asked.

"Why are we even doing this, it's a waste of time!"

"Because I used to know him, apparently. But the whole Sonic 06 incident made me forget."

"And we need to get rid of Mephiles again before he summons Iblis again or something like that." Shadow replied after Silver.

Silver stopped in front of a pretty banged-up house. Sonic and Shadow had kept going, not caring. He decided he didn't really need to help them, anyway. He was the one with the tracker, after all. He walked up to the house, and knocked, suspicious why the tracker led him here. A board on the window creaked, and Silver heard someone speak.

"Who are you, what's your business here?"

"I'm Silver, and I'm looking for a...'Raven Darkstar'."

"He's not here, whoever that is." Another voice from inside said.

"Come on, I have a tracker. I know the guy, he knows me. Maybe. He knows my friends, that's for sure."

"Silver...?" Another voice, but sounded more weak.


BOOM, BANG, ANOTHER CHAPTER DONE! FINALLY! Oh god, I'm so happy! -w-