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Apartment Courtyard 2/10/12 11:26 am-

Shadow was sitting on the rim of the fountain,thinking of the one person he once called his enemy. No matter how hard he tried,he just couldn't stop thinking about Sonic. 'Damn that faker...out of all the people I could be thinking about right now,it has to be him...why,WHY!' Shadow mentally screamed at himself.

He placed his elbows on his knees,rested his chin on his hands,closed his eyes,and sighed. "I don't understand why I want to see him so badly..." He whispered to himself. "I feel so...alone without him...but why...I've only ever felt like this with Maria...and she was like a sister to me." Shadow was so confused by his thoughts,he didn't know what to do about it.

Ever since Sonic showed up,Shadow hasn't been able to get him out of his mind. "I just don't understand..." Shadow sighed and stood up to walk to his apartment. Before he could get far,Nicole digitized next to him and gave a questioning look. "What's the matter Shadow? You look upset." She put a hand on his shoulder.

Shadow looked over to her and shook his head. "I'm fine...don't worry about me."

"OK,if you say so." Just as Nicole was about to remove her hand,she froze in place with a scared expression. Shadow turned to her and asked her "What's wrong?" She looked at him in horror. " I just got a distress call from a city nearby the forest. I'm scanning the area and I'm detecting that Sonic is there!"

Shadow grew wide eyed and looked Nicole straight in the eyes. "Where is the city at?" Nicole continued scanning the area,trying to get the location. "Um...It's about 30 miles south of the great forest." She informed. Shadow quickly turned from her and ran to the apartment gates. Nicole extended a hand to him. "Where are you going?" She asked.

Shadow stopped in place but didn't turn to face her. "I'm going to Sonic." He then ran off to the gates and jumped over them.

-Great Forest 2/10/12 11:49 am-

Shadow was zooming through the forest,dodging branches and jumping over tree roots. He was trying to get to the city before Sonic left. ' I have to see him...no matter what it takes.' He thought as he sped up,causing a golden streak to form behind him.

-The City 2/10/12 12:00 pm-

Shadow ran until he stood on top of a cliff that hung above the city. He walked to the very edge and looked down to the area below and grew a horrified expression. The air was thick with black smoke and the surroundings were a mix of red,orange,and yellow. The entire city was on fire. He scanned the area,trying to see if he could locate any citizens around the streets. He saw none. He quickly shook his discomfort away and jumped off the cliff. He landed on the ground with a soft thud and began walking around.

The city was ablaze but there were no people running or screaming. It was dead silent. Shadow walked until he saw a shadowy figure standing a few feet in front of him. He squinted his eyes,trying to adjust to the smoke so he could see who that was. His eyes grew wide when he realized who was standing in front of him.

"SONIC! What are you doing?" Shadow asked in anger. Sonic didn't answer,he knew Shadow was behind him but he just simply ignored him. Shadow grew impatient. "Dammit Sonic ANSWER ME! Why did you set the entire city on fire!" He asked again. Sonic casually turned his head and shrugged. "I was bored so I thought 'Eh,why not?'"

Shadow flinched at his response. He began looking in every direction,hoping to see a person walking around. "Where are all of the residents?" Shadow whispered. Sonic completely turned to Shadow and smirked. "Don't waste your time trying to find survivors...there are none. I killed them all."

Shadow's eye twitched. "You killed everyone?" Sonic put his right hand on his hip. "Yup,pretty much-" He stopped his sentence when he heard a rustling sound coming from his left. A small boy,no older then 4 years,came tripping out from the bushes. "Whoops! I must have missed one." Sonic said as he began running to the boy. Before he could even take another step,he was tackled to the ground with a strong force.

Sonic opened his eyes to see Shadow on top of him. "Er! Get off of me!" He demanded while trying to punch Shadow off. Shadow quickly grabbed both of Sonic's wrist and held them above his head. "Stop trying to be something your not!" Shadow shouted. Sonic looked up to him and shot him an icy glare. "What are you talking about?" He asked,squirming around underneath Shadow.

"You save people NOT hurt them! So why do you continue to do it?" He asked. "Because I'm ANGRY!" Sonic responded. "Then fight us and leave everyone else alone!"

"Why! Why do you care so much! You hated me since the day we met so why are you bothered by what I choose to do!"

"I don't KNOW OKAY!" Shadow closed his eyes and hung his head. "I don't...know..."

Sonic became confused by Shadow's actions, he stopped trying to fight him and just stared at him with his green eyes. Shadow slowly lifted his head to look Sonic in the eyes.

"...I don't know why it bothers me,it just does...and it will until I get you to come back to us. We need you Sonic...'I need you..'" Shadow had thought the last part but he desperately wanted to say it. Sonic became silent as he tried to take in everything he was just told. He turned his head away from Shadow and closed his eyes. "Sorry you feel that way..." 'Did I just tell Shadow sorry?' Sonic thought but continued his sentence. "...but I can't go back..." And with that,he used his knee to roughly hit Shadow in his stomach.

Shadow let go of Sonic's wrist and grabbed his stomach with both hands. Sonic crawled away from him,stood up,and stomped on his back,forcing him to the ground. Shadow doubled over in pain and gasped. Sonic backed away from him with a blank face. He turned to run away but glanced over his shoulder,giving Shadow one last look before he disappeared in the smoke.

Shadow rolled onto his back and looked over in the direction Sonic had ran off in. He sighed and just laid there,listening to the crackling of the fire burning through the buildings,trees,and homes.

-Apartment Complex 2/10/12 2:50 pm-

Shadow walked,with a slight limp, up to the complex gates and pushed them open. He walked towards his apartment,passing up the courtyard that was filled with his friends,opened the door and walked into his room. He dropped himself onto his bed and closed his eyes.

Shadow was completely exhausted from putting out the huge fire that took over the city,making sure it didn't spread elsewhere. He laid in silence,not only trying to recover from his current actions,but also because he was thinking about Sonic. 'He actually looked like he WANTED to come back with me..' He thought to himself.

Shadow sighed. "Maybe he's changing...maybe he will come back...someday..." Shadow finished his sentence and fell into a deep sleep.

-Shadow's Apartment 2/11/12 10:05 am-

Shadow began to move as he woke up. He sat up in his bed and rubbed his eyes. He looked at his clock,that sat on his desk nearby,and it read 10:05am. "Did I really sleep a whole day?" He asked himself as he stood up and stretched. Shadow walked out of his room and into the kitchen,so he could make himself some coffee.

After a couple of minutes,he began pouring some of the hot liquid into a cup. He sat at the table and took a sip before he heard a knock on his door. He walked over to his front door and opened it,revealing a white bat on the other side. "Shadow! Where were you yesterday!" She frantically asked. He stepped aside,making room for her to come in and sit down. She mouthed 'Thank you' and sat on the couch near the kitchen entrance.

Shadow went and grabbed his coffee,sat next to Rouge,and began explaining everything that happened yesterday. As he was telling his story,Rouge became more and more shocked and happy all at the same time. "So he really killed everyone in the city?" Shadow nodded his head. "And he really looked like he wanted to change his ways and come back to us?"

Shadow nodded again and took a sip of his coffee. Rouge looked at the ceiling and smiled. "I can't believe it...Sonic's coming back!" Shadow frowned. "MAYBE Rouge,keyword being 'maybe'." He corrected. She frowned at him. "But still,he's having second thoughts about what he's doing so that is a good sign!" She clapped. Shadow only rolled his eyes and drank some more coffee.

-Woods 2/11/12 10:05 am-

Sonic was sitting on a tree branch,thinking about the events that happened yesterday. 'Did he really mean that? Do they really need me? Did I just overreact and blow things out of proportion?' Sonic was beginning to doubt himself about everything he has done. '….Shadow looked so...sad...maybe he...doesn't hate me after all...' Sonic clenched his fists and shut his eyes.

"...Or maybe this is just a trick to get me to come back! That has to be it! They don't need me,they probably don't even WANT me!..but still...Shadow looked upset...maybe he wants me..." Sonic was so confused by everything he thought his head was going to explode. He violently shook his head to get rid of that thought. "NO! There is noway Shadow wants me...i just need to lay low for awhile...yea...that should help." Sonic laid back against the tree and closed his eyes.

-Station Square 3/4/12 11:26 am-

It has been three weeks since Sonic has tried anything,so the group decided to have a break and just kick back and relax. The all decided to head to the park to have a nice picnic.

-Park 3/4/12 11:30 am-

Tails and Bunnie were setting the tables as Amy helped Cream to fly her new kite and Rouge,Sally,Knuckles,and Silver helped to unload the X-tornado of the food. Vector insisted that they should have some music so he brought a stereo and a couple of CD's to listen to. As everyone was trying to organize everything,Shadow only sat underneath a tree,trying to sort out his thoughts. Rouge walked over to him and tapped him on his shoulder. "Hey Mr. grumpy, stop worrying about Sonic and come relax with us...I'm sure where ever he is,he can take care of himself. Shadow nodded and stood up to walk with her,back to the others.

-Later at the Park 3/4/12 3:02 pm-

Everyone was already exhausted from their day of fun in the sun. "Hey guys,it's getting kinda late. I think it's time to clean up and head out." Sally informed. Everyone nodded in agreement and began picking up their belongings. "Oui,why can't we do zhis everyday?" Antoine asked with a lazy voice. "I know right! I would love to just take it easy all day everyday!" Rouge agreed while throwing some paper cups and plates in a trash bag.

"Stop whining and start cleaning bat girl." Knuckles demanded. Rouge stuck her tongue out at him,turned away,and huffed. Knuckles rolled his eyes and continued carrying some stuff to the X-tornado. Just as he was about to turn around to gather some more things,he felt some one bump into him and knock him over.

He angrily got up and dusted himself off. "Er! Who ever you are,you got a lot of explaining to DO!" Knuckles growled as looked down to see who knocked him over. He froze in place when he realized who it was. "SONIC!"

Everyone stopped and looked over to where Knuckles and Sonic were. Shadow became speechless as he saw Sonic sitting on the ground looking up at Knuckles. "What are you doing here?" Knuckles asked in surprise. "SHUT UP AND GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Sonic shouted as he quickly stood up and pushed Knuckles out of his way.

"Hey! What's wrong with you! You look like you've seen a ghost or something." Knuckles asked as he grabbed Sonic's arm,preventing him from running away. "Don't touch me!" Sonic roughly yanked his arm back and began running again. "Sonic...what are you running from?" Espio asked in confusion.

Sonic quickly spun around to give a mean response but closed his mouth,got a scared expression,and pointed up,above everyone's head. "THAT!"

Before anyone had the chance to turn and look up,a loud screeching roar made it's way to everyone's ears. They all turned and gasped. "What is THAT!" Vector shouted in fear. A large black dragon flew above their heads,down to the ground,and landed a distance away from everyone.

"What is th-" Blaze was cut off by Sonic,who quickly silenced her with a shush. Everyone looked at him in confusion but he didn't care,he just covered his mouth with his hand and became quiet,as did they. The dragon walked around for awhile,back turned to them,sniffing as if he was trying to find something. When he finally started walking closer to them,that's when they all grew wide eyed.

The dragon didn't have a face! It was completely black,had large black feather wings,a tail that started at the neck,twirled around the body and ended with a large spiky ball. The arms and legs were not attached to the body at all,they just kinda hovered next to the body,extremely long nails on both front and back feet,it had five horns on it's head. It had no nose,but it had gills on it's neck,acting as it's nose,no eyes but it used it's hearing as it's eyes,and no visible ears and it had a mouth that was filled with A LOT of VERY sharp teeth.

(If you guys are Curious about what this thing looks like then just go to my deviant art profile and I will have the picture up for you guys ^-^)

The black dragon sniffed at everyone,unaware that they were standing in front of him. When it walked over to where Cream and Cheese were,they began to cry. This caused the dragon to make a deep growling sound. Amy was standing next to Cream and began trying to calm her down but that only added onto the noise.

The dragon stood up tall and roared in anger,stretching it's wings out in the process. It then lowered itself to the ground and hissed at them,preparing to pounce them. This only made Cream cry louder and that angered the dragon even MORE!

Just as it was about to jump,a rock was thrown at the back of it's head. "HEY! BACK OFF THE KID AND COME AFTER ME!" Sonic shouted as he threw another rock. The dragon slowly turned it's head to Sonic and made a deep demonic growl. A second later,it opened it's mouth so wide to roar,you could see the 5 rows of sharp teeth in it's mouth.

Sonic began running away from the dragon and away from everyone else. He didn't want it to bother them,especially Shadow.

The dragon ran over to Sonic,it didn't take long for it to catch up,whipped it's tail from behind it and whacked Sonic on the head with it's giant spiky ball. Sonic stumbled a little before he barely managed to catch himself. He quickly turned around to see what had hit him but froze in place when he felt something wrap around him,pinning his arms to his sides.

He slowly turned his head to look behind him,only to see that the beast had wrapped it's tail around him. It gave one last roar before it spread it's huge black wings. "NO!" Sonic yelled as he was lifted from the ground. The only thing Sonic could do was watch in horror as he was picked up off the ground and into the sky.

"Great...this is what I get for being nice...now I'm going to die...and I'll never see...Shadow... again..." Sonic sadly thought. He shut his eyes tightly and lowered his head in defeat. Just then,he heard a strange buzzing noise coming from in front of him and then the dragon made a screeching sound,as if it was in pain.

Sonic looked back at the dragon and then in front of himself. He grew wide eyed as he saw the X-tornado following close behind them. Tails was driving it,also controlling the built in lasers,Knuckles was on the left wing and Shadow was on the right wing. "What are you DOING!" Sonic shouted to them.

"Saving you!" Knuckles shouted back. Sonic grew annoyed. "This is stupid! Just go back!" Sonic demanded. "Not without YOU!" Shadow angrily yelled as he formed a chaos spear in both of his hands. He then,threw them at the dragon,aiming for the head but only grazing the wings.

"Just go back! Who cares if I'm dead?" Sonic felt tears forming in his eyes so he shut them tight,hoping they wouldn't leak out. He really did think no one would care if he was dead,it made him feel unwanted. His ears twitched when he heard someone say ' I DO!'. Sonic immediately recognized the voice and was shocked to hear it come from him.

"I care if you're dead!" Shadow said again. Sonic quickly opened his eyes,letting the tears fall,not caring if they saw him crying. He wasn't worried about that right now,he was more focused on Shadow. 'He actually said he cares about me...' Sonic thought.

Tails began shooting at the dragon,expertly avoiding Sonic in the process. The dragon roared in pain and began swerving as it flew. "It's moving to much! I can't shoot it,i might hit Sonic!" Tails said in annoyance. Knuckles smirked. "Maybe I can knock it out if I can make it to the head!" Both Shadow and Tails looked at him with blank expressions. Knuckles looked at them and frowned. "What? You don't think I can do it? I'll show you!"

Knuckles jumped off the wing and glided over to the dragon. Luckily,he was able to grab onto the horns that were on the head and he held on for dear life. He began throwing punches at the head,making sure his spikes on his knuckles were stabbing it. It had no effect. "WHAT! THIS THING MUST BE HARD HEADED!" Knuckles shouted.

Tails shook his head and then started shooting at the monster again. It became so enraged,it decided to start spinning,swerving,and flying upside down,trying to knock Knuckles off and to avoid laser shots.

"WOAH WOAH WOAH! This thing doesn't have any seat belts ya know!" Knuckles informed Tails while his legs dangled behind him. "Sorry!" Tails apologized,also stopping his shooting. "We have to hurry and get rid of this thing! Chaos SPEAR!" Shadow threw multiple neon green arrows at the creature. Almost all of them had hit it's left wing,causing it to scream in pain. Almost immediately,it began to lose altitude. Sonic squeaked as he was yanked down."It's going down!" Knuckles cheered. "Yea but look under you!" Tails pointed out.

Knuckles looked down,expecting to see ground but instead saw a huge body of water with very sharp rocks sticking out from underneath them. "OH SHIZ!" Knuckles panicked.

Sonic on the other hand,had his eyes closed the whole time,to scared to open them. When he finally got the courage to open them,he slowly opened one eye but immediately closed it when he saw water under him. "Not water!...Can things get any worse?" He asked no one In particular. Shadow noticed Sonic's discomfort and tried to speed up the rescue.

"Tails! You think maybe you can shoot at it's tail? Maybe it will let go of Sonic if it's in pain." Shadow asked. Tails nodded and began shooting at the tail,also avoiding Sonic. The black dragon hissed,for he knew what they were trying to do,and he quickly zoomed up into the sky,bringing Sonic and Knuckles with it.

"Why are we going higher!" Knuckles began freaking out. "NO NO NO NO NO NO!" Sonic repeatedly said.

"OH NO! I can't follow them that high! My propellers will freeze up!" "DAMMIT!" Shadow cursed. "Now what do we do?" He asked Tails. Tails thought for a moment then got an idea. "I forgot that I had added some new projectiles to the X-tornado! I have one missile,if I can time it right,maybe I can bring that thing back down!" Shadow looked at him with hopeful eyes.

Tails began typing some codes into his little keypad he had. A few clicking sounds were heard then a door opened up underneath the plane,lowering a missile. "Target locked...ready for fire...aim...GO!" He shouted as he pushed a red button,releasing the missile. It was dropped then a moment later it was whistling through the sky.

It got closer and closer to the beast when all of a sudden an explosion was heard. In a blink of an eye,Sonic,Knuckles,and the dragon were falling to their doom. Sonic,now free of it's tail,was trying to get as far away from it as possible,very unsuccessful.

Knuckles,who was higher up,tried to get to Sonic so he could grab him and glide away from the beast,but the beast decided it wanted to throw it's tail around. The spiky ball hit Knuckles on his back,knocking him out instantly. Tails saw this and began to panic. "OH NO!" Shadow looked at Tails with confusion. "What?"

"They're both falling at a great speed! I can't save both of them! What are we going to DO!" Tails asked. Shadow looked over to them and thought for a moment. Go save Knuckles." Tails looked at Shadow with a shocked expression. "WHAT! What about Sonic?" He asked. Shadow looked at him with a serious face. "I'm going to try something risky."

And with that,Shadow jumped off the plane wing. Tails watched as Shadow began to fall.

"AHHHH!" Sonic screamed. The monster no longer had the ability to fly but that didn't stop it from trying to bite Sonic. It was continuously snapping at Sonic,extending it's neck so it could get closer,like a snapping turtle. "Stop snapping at me!" He yelled at it. He was so scared right now,due to the fact that he was falling,head first,into a large body of water that had pointy rocks in it.

Suddenly,he saw a small object from the corner of his eye. He looked over to it and saw that it was the X-tornado flying in the opposite direction. "Hmpf...i didn't expect them to help me anyways..." Sonic sighed as he shut his eyes,preparing himself for the worst.

A moment later,he felt arms wrap around his waist. He quickly opened his eyes surprised to see Shadow staring back at him. "Wha-? Shadow!" Sonic said with shock. "Hold on!" Shadow informed as he then did a front flip and activated his rocket skates. Sonic and Shadow were now hovering in air.

Sonic flinched from the sudden movement,so he,unknowingly,wrapped his arms around Shadow's neck. Shadow immediately flew up and away from the water and the dragon,who was still falling. The monster roared and hissed,trying to fly away but unable to, it fell into the water and caused a big splash.

After the water settled down,you could see the dragon, broken bones,snapped head,and rocks ripping through the body. Shadow looked away and covered Sonic's face so he wouldn't see the gruesome image. A second later,the black dragon began to dissolve and disappeared in a puff of black smoke.

Shadow,then,began flying back towards the plane,which was also flying towards him,after saving Knuckles. Sonic was uncomfortable with the whole 'flying over water' thing so he tightened his grip around Shadow's neck. Shadow noticed this and tightened his grip around Sonic.

Once the plane was close,Shadow deactivated his skates and hopped onto the plane wing. "Shadow that was incredible!" Tails cheered. Shadow only sighed and sat Sonic on the wing,still holding on to him.

Tails flew the plane all the way back to the park,then landed it a distance away from everyone. "Are you guys alright?" Amy asked as she ran over to them. "We're fine." Shadow said as he jumped down off the wing to the grass. "Speak for yourself!" Knuckles angrily stated as he tried to rub his back. "I think I'm going to need a back brace or something."

Rouge walked over to him and grabbed his hand. "Come on hon',let's go put some ice on that." "It was so cool! Shadow used his skates to fly to Sonic! I didn't know he could do that!" Tails said with excitement.

"Yea,i didn't know either."

Tails looked at Shadow with a dumbfounded look. "You jumped off the plane not knowing you could do that?

"Yup." Shadow plainly responded.

Tails would have face palmed himself but decided against it.

"Sonic are you okay? What was that thing?" Sally asked while walking over to the plane. Sonic didn't respond,he just sat on the plane wing and stared at it. "...Sonic...?" Sally repeated with worry. Shadow looked up at Sonic and then jumped up on the wing. "Sonic are you okay?" He asked as he kneeled next to him.

It took a moment for Sonic to answer. "...I'm fine..." He then quickly stood up and jumped off the plane. He began to walk away. "Where are you going?" Rotor asked. "Anywhere but here..." Sonic plainly answered. "Is that how you treat people after they saved your life?" Knuckles asked while holding an ice pack against his back.

Sonic stopped walking but didn't turn around. "I didn't ask you to.."

Knuckles sat down on a nearby ice chest and frowned. "Just because you changed doesn't mean we have."

Sonic was quiet but then sighed. "Whatever..." He then ran off,leaving everyone speechless.

WOOHOO! Finished another chapter!

Sonic: It's about damn time!

Sapphire: Your mean :o

Sonic: Your dumb

Shadow: You guys are so immature

Sonic: I know you are but what am i?

Shadow: -_-'