Hi, people! I hope you guys are ready, because you've been asking for it! That's right, the arc of the story based on the new game, Shadow The Hedgehog, now begins! Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Teen Titans, or anything from the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

Chapter 7: Doom Descends.

It had been a few months since the invasion of Eggman, and the assault against Metal Sonic. Sonic and his friends had found themselves places to live in the city, and Shadow still lodged with the Titans, and was even made an honorary Titan himself, because he still fought alongside them. Things still hadn't become quite normal yet, though. Among other minor things, the most prominent were the fact of Shadow's lack of memory still being present, and the constant presence of Rouge in BeastBoy's life.

Shadow still lacked any memory of his past, despite a few flashes of the past. He was starting to get desperate to find a way to restore them.

As for the relationship between BeastBoy and Rouge, it was interesting, to say the least. Rouge constantly teased BeastBoy, be it with a constant presence, or provacative suggestions, or any number of activities that usually caused BeastBoy's face to become a rather peculiar mixture of red and green. Not only that, but all this activity between them had provoked interest in two seperate parties. One was the Titans, who usually wasted no time teasing BeastBoy, who, despite all of Rouge's suggestive and teasing actions, made no real effort for them to cease, especially when he discovered Rouge was only eighteen. The second party was Knuckles. It was not hard to see that jealousy was highly present within the red echidna. It looked to everyone that it was only a matter of time before Knuckles would seek confrontation. The only question was when.

The day began normally, with the Titans in the common room, doing their usual activities. One was, of course, a daily taunt to BeastBoy about Rouge, courtesy of Cyborg.

"Honestly, man. I'm surprised there aren't little changeling and bat babies running around here." he said. BeastBoy gagged on the soda he was drinking, spraying it forward all over the counter.

"Dude! That was not funny!" BeastBoy yelled. "I've told you, Rouge and I aren't like that!"

"Yeah, well, tell that to Knuckles." Cyborg muttered.

"What?" BeastBoy asked, wiping some soda off his lips.

"Oh, nothing." Cyborg said in mock innocence, walking away whistling.

Meanwhile, on the roof of the tower, Shadow stood looking out at the ocean, thinking.

'Why can't I remember anything? All I have to go on is my name...and that...gruesome image.' he thought, and the memory flashed in his head...running down a corridor, being chased...coming to a dead end, soldiers at the entrance, pointing their guns...a gasp, as the girl turned to him...a gunshot, and his voice calling her name..."Maria!"

Shadow opened his eyes. "What happened back then? And who is this Maria?" he said, getting nothing but wind as an answer, which fluttered a newpaper by, bearing the headline, BLACK COMET TO APPEAR! 50 YEAR COMET TO RETURN!

All was still for a moment, then dark crimson and black clouds began to quickly appear, blocking out the light and covering the city, and apparently stopping there. Shadow looked up and turned around, facing the city. A giant hole in the clouds had opened up, and numerous alien creatures were pouring out from it, into the city, and immediately proceeding to destroy things in sight. The door to the roof burst open as the Titans came up to get Shadow. Just as they were about to leave, a small, octopus like creature, with a single eye floated through the air, towards Shadow. Once it got close enough, it made a projected image from its eye, which showed a large, regal alien, obviously the leader. He spoke in a deep, warped voice.

"Well, Shadow. It's been a long time. Now, you must bring me the seven Chaos Emeralds, as you promised!" he said.

"The Chaos Emeralds? What are you talking about?" Robin said. The alien looked over at the Titans.

"Ah, the Teen Titans. The ones who defeated that arrogant rival of mine. Trigon, that fool." the alien said. "Perhaps one of you will know me...I am Black Doom." he said.

"No..." Raven whispered. The Titans and Shadow looked at her. "I'd forgotten the story, it was so long ago. Trigon isn't the only horrible demon lord in existence. Like Trigon, Black Doom was too powerful to originally be defeated. So, in a desperate attempt, people linked him with the comet that would herald his appearance. He can only appear on a planet that the comet is within a decent range of. How could I forget?" she said.

"It would seem my reputation precedes me. No matter. Shadow, you have my demands. A deal was made, and now you must uphold your end of the bargain." Black Doom said, then the projection vanished, and the octopus like creature floated away.

"We've got no time to figure out what's going on!" Robin said. "The city's under attack! Titans, go!" he yelled, and they all rushed off to the city, except for Shadow, who lingered behind for a moment.

'Another bit of my past that's come back to haunt me...' he thought. 'Looks like the only way I'm going to recover my memories is to gather the Chaos Emeralds, and use them myself...' he thought, and teleported into the city, and began running into the battle.

"And nothing's going to stop me!" he yelled, rushing into the fray.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

Well, anyone who's played Shadow The Hedgehog knows what that means, being that you could choose a path for Shadow in that game. However, no matter where I may lead Shadow in the next chapter or so, the story will still take its end from the Last Story part of the game. Those who have beat that part know what Shadow is going to do then!

Until the next chapter, see you. Oh, and please, don't forget to R&R! As many of you as possible!