A.N. Okay, first off, sorry for not updating in a while. I'm going to try and get the next part out by Monday, at the latest, to try and make up for it.

I just sorta hit a wall with this story, trying to figure out what exactly I wanted to do…Then I realized that I should just follow my gut.

Hope you enjoy this one guys.


Shadow sat atop of Omega's head, rifling through the Want Ads once again. Omega walked along a busy street, the two getting a considerable amount of stares from the populace.

"Hmmm…" Shadow said, rubbing his chin, "Omega, what are your feelings about fish?"

"Same as the rest of you organic meat bags," Omega answered, "That you are all doomed to dust."

"Ah, okay. Good," Shadow said, "Because let's get to the harbor…We're going fishing!"


Shadow was in boots again, though these boots were attached to odd rubber pants that were held up by suspenders. He was also wearing a wide brim hat, and was given an old fishing pole.

Omega stood beside him, looking fairly normal, though in his robot hands he held a large, pointy harpoon.

"Argh," the man in front of them said. He had wild white hair, beard, and mustache. His coat was blue and ragged, as were his pants. His shirt was white and slightly fluffy. Shadow had inquired if it was a blouse earlier, earning him the old fishing pole and not the cool harpoon.

There was also a weasel on the man's shoulder. A normal one though, non sentient, non mobian.

"Argh…" the old man repeated, "Avast ye sea dogs, for ye have been brave enough to heed ol' Captain Maurice's call to battle."

"You mean the Want Ad? For fishing, right?" Shadow said, holding up the newspaper.

The harbor shuddered suddenly, and Omega and Shadow twisted about wildly, wondering if their was an earthquake. Omega's harpoon went off, flying high into the sky.

"Hello," a low voice rumbled, and Shadow found himself face to stomach with the biggest cat around, Big.

"…Big!" Shadow said, after going through the files of people he allowed to exist in his head, "Been a while."

Big nodded to Shadow, "I am here…Fish?"

"Argh," Captain Maurice said for the third time, "Three good men for this journey. Avast."


Thankfully, Shadow wasn't seasick.

The 'boat' they had been brought aboard shuddered dangerously, rocking back and forth in the waves. It probably didn't help that both the large robot and cat were also on the boat. Plus, their was a steady, growing pile of fish by Big.

The only reason it could be considered a boat even would be the fact it floated, and had a certain boat-like shape to it.

"Avast, keep your eyes open for the great white goldfish!" Captain Maurice shouted from the helm, which was simply a steering wheel attached to a piece of termite infested stick…thing…

Shadow raised an eyebrow, having so far been successful in catching an old boot, himself, and a magic nickel. He had thrown two of these things away though.

Omega, with his harpoon reloaded, was scanning the horizon, in more then one sense of the word, attempting to find anything big enough for the harpoon to catch. Most fish would be less then anything after having a harpoon going through them in these waters.

"…Can goldfish be white? I thought they were always orange…" Shadow mused, as the ship lurched forward, Shadow pitching into the water once more.

After Omega pulled a water drenched Shadow back on board, Shadow coughed up a minnow, which slapped him, then jumped back into the water.

"Shall I open fire Comrade Shadow?" Omega inquired, getting his sights onto the minnow.

"No, no…" Shadow muttered, shaking his head, then knocking some water from his ears, "That would be overkill, for one."

"And when has that stopped us before Comrade Shadow?" Omega wondered, with a glance towards his shorter friend.

Shadow opened his mouth to retort, then closed it, considering his robotic friends words when suddenly half of the boat cracked off from the other half.

"…Omega, can you transform into a boat?" Shadow wondered, as he, Omega, and Big started to drift away on their half of the boat, the pile of Big's fish falling into the sea, Captain Maurice not noticing that he was slowly sinking.

"Argh…"

"Negative, Comrade Shadow," Omega answered, "But we are not that far from the shore."

They continued to sink, Captain Maurice continuing to sound like a bad impersonation of a pirate, and Big was simply floating in the water now with his inner tube, still fishing.

"Quickly, the life raft!" Shadow shouted, and jumped for Big, overshooting and splashing madly in the water, unable to swim.

Once more Omega pulled him out of the water, but instead of back on the sinking boat, unto himself, as Omega did seem to have an emergency floatation device.

"…Why didn't you tell me you could do this when I asked?!" Shadow demanded, clinging to his robotic friend for dear life.

"Because you asked if I could transform into a boat, Comrade Shadow," Omega explained, "Not if I had floating capabilities."

"To-may-to, to-mah-to," Shadow sighed, attempting to adjust to a more comfortable position, as they and Big continued to float in the sea.

"What do fruit have to do with our current situation?" Omega inquired.

Shadow, about to open his mouth to explain what his earlier phrase meant, found himself unable to, as a giant, white, robotic goldfish burst from the sea, hooked on Big's line.

"Come on now!" Shadow said, "First giant robotic puppies, now giant robotic goldfish?!"

The giant, white, robotic goldfish let out a mechanical roar, pulling on Big's line, sending the cat upwards into the air, the cat blinking softly as he gained his now second flying lesson.

As the line snapped, the giant, white, robotic goldfish turned it's site unto Shadow and Omega.

"Now you can use the harpoon, Omega," Shadow said, as the mechanical goldfish opened it's mouth to eat them.

Sha-boing!

The harpoon was launched straight ahead, the line going taunt as it found a place to embed itself in.

"Errr…Comrade Shadow?" Omega wondered, glancing upwards, as the mechanical goldfish kept charging at them, "We have an unforeseen incident here…"

Silence.

"…Comrade Shadow?"

Omega glanced upwards. Shadow was not there anymore.

"Banzai!"

From the sky, Shadow appeared, having Chaos Controlled, coming down heroically with a kick, hitting the top of the mechanical goldfish.

A pause, and Shadow twitched.

"…Owwwwwwwwwww…" Shadow whined, falling off the goldfish slowly and back into the water, where he once more began flailing madly, unable to swim.

Omega blinked his sensors, then let go of the harpoon launcher, using his boosters to move forward and grabble with the mechanical fish that was white.

Then the water exploded.


Omega picked up the water drenched Shadow, and wrung him out, Shadow currently unconscious.

Placing him on his shoulders, the robot turned to the others. Big, having been the cause of the explosion of water that sent them flying back towards shore, was standing not to far from him, Froggy on his head, and a content look on his face.

Captain Maurice was there too, still standing on his half of the boat, which was currently stuck in a wall of a surfboard store.

"I don't want to go to school…" Shadow mumbled, beginning to wake up, "I want to stay home and beat up the Faker with you…"

Omega held up Shadow, then shook him vigorously, the hedgehog awakening with a start.

"Where am I? What happened? … Is this heaven?" Shadow wondered, glancing up at Omega, "Do robots go to heaven?"

"A question for another time, Comrade Shadow, but you are still in the realm of the living," Omega answered, then set him down, Shadow knocking some more water from his ears.

"Avast, you've helped me avenge my loss to the great white goldfish," Captain Maurice said, disembarking from his ruined ship, the owner of the surfboard store yelling profanities at him, "As promised, payment."

The water drenched man pulled out his weasel, which was drenched and shivering, then placed the weasel on his shoulder. Then, he reached into his coat once more, and produced three shiny gold coins.

Tossing one each to Big, Shadow, and Omega, the black and red hedgehog bit into it, then coughed out gold colored foil and month old chocolate.

"Argh!" Shadow cried out, disgusted, "This isn't payment!"

"Argh matey, I gave 'e a gold dubloon," the odd captain replied.

Shadow's left eye visibly twitched, as he held up the foil covered chocolate, "No you didn't! This is bad chocolate in gold colored foil!"

"I must inquire," Omega said, stepping forward, "What is the purpose of the animal known as the weasel on your shoulder? And what was your motivation for going after the large goldfish?"

"Weasel?" Captain Maurice said, looking surprised, "What weasel? This is my pet parrot, Polly. Hate weasels. And the great white goldfish stole my pet rock."

The weasel bobbed it's head up and down, and then hissed at Omega.

"…" the robot said, then simply grabbed the still protesting Shadow.

"Come Comrade Shadow. Perhaps we will have better luck tomorrow," the robot sighed.

Shadow sighed as well, following suit, "True…least I didn't get knocked unconscious this time…"

There was a pause, as the ground rumbled, and Shadow's eyes widened, as there was a flash of pain, Shadow being squished against Omega's hard metal and something large, furry, and white.

And before the world went dark, Shadow could have sworn he heard a large, friendly voice declared, "Bye buddies! See you later!"


A.N. And the running gag is maintained.

So, Shadow and Omega were unable to get any more money in this chapter. Sadness.

Next time, special guest star is Charmy, with another short appearance by Vector, along with Espio.

Can you guess what our two protagonists are going to be doing? Muhahaha.

I do not own Sonic and all related titles.