Normal Pov

Gabriela stood outside Shadow's apartment in the pouring rain in a pencil straight black dress, hair down her back. Smirking she knocked on the door and waited for an answer. Shadow curiously opened the door to see who in their right mind would come out on night like this in the pouring rain and crackling thunder.

"Gabriela? What are you doing here in this weather? Come inside, hurry." He asked seeing her shivering outside his door as she looked at him with pleading eyes. Then entered the household, Shadow shut the door staring at her confusedly.

"Thanks. I'm sorry to bother you , but Tails asked me to borrow something from you." She said wrapping her arms around her as Shadow walked from the entryway towards the living room

"You can explain later, sit down and warm yourself up. I'll be back in a moment." He said as he left her there and went to get a warm towel.

"Thanks so much, Shadow." She said winking at him as she wrapped it around her, she looked up at him then looked at the floor.

"I hate to bother you, Shadow. But Tails asked me to borrow a Chaos Emerald from you. And- " She said as Shadow's spines prickled, something was wrong. He couldn't tell what, but there was something off.

"What for?" He asked sitting beside her, she smiled and placed her hand on his knee, he watched her trying to figure out what she was doing.

"Oh, you know how Tails has little inventions and experiments. It would mean the world to me if you could get it." She said leaning closer to him, he moved away the got up. He couldn't see why he shouldn't give it to her, she had always been truthful. She was someone he could trust, but there was something amiss. He returned with a green Chaos Emerald in hand, but instead of sitting on the couch where he had left her, Gabriela leaned against the wall with a smile playing on her lips.

"Thank you, Shadow. You have no idea what this means to me." She said pushing away from the wall and walking towards him, he placed the emerald in her hand as she smirked at him.

"No clue of what this means." She said as she grabbed Shadow's arm and threw him into the wall…

Meanwhile

Justin stumbled through the mud as the rain poured down, he stopped and threw himself on the ground and cried. He thought his sister didn't want him anymore, that she didn't love him anymore. That he had done something wrong, so he cried because he knew that she always came when he cried. So when he felt no comforting arms wrap around his small body he threw himself into another burst of tears when he finally felt the arms he was waiting for. But instead of his sister it was Sonic, happy to see that he didn't hate him he clung to his shirt still sobbed about his sister.

"Abby! Abbby no want me! Abby no wub me!" He cried as Sonic rubbed his hand up and down the toddler's back trying to sooth him

"What are you doing out here? Why would Gabriela leave you out here?" He said as Justin sniffed and cried more.

"Abby want me to weave! Abby no wub me anymores!" He sobbed and sobbed as Sonic ran back to Gabriela's house, something was wrong. He could feel it. Then he saw the damage done to the inside of the house. It looked like it had been robbed, everything was destroyed and thrown about. Coincidently the first place Sonic ran to was Shadow's apartment and found the door laying on the ground. Setting the toddler down in the doorway he walked in slowly looking around when he saw Gabriela sprawled out on the ground

"Gabriela! What happened?" He said running over to her, she looked up at him meekly and gasped for breath.

"I-I just came over to talk to Shadow when he started to attack me. I don't know why, please you have to help me." She pleaded as Sonic nodded then stood up and saw the dark hedgehog standing across the room

"What's the big deal, Shadow!" He growled as Shadow crossed his arms gritting his teeth.

"That's not Gabriela. Look at her!" He snapped at him, confused Sonic looked back at her to see a slow strangely familiar smirk cross her face. She stood on her feet and clapped her hands

"Perfect. Now I have the both of you together, I can finally finish you off!" She cackled as Sonic and Shadow stared at her in shock.

"Gabriela what's happened to you?" Sonic asked taking a step closer as she smirked then closed her eyes. A dark mist swirled around her getting larger then suddenly dispersed. But this time a jet black hedgehog stood there with grey-blue stripes in his quills looking like the exact doppleganger of Shadow, with the exception of a mouth.

"What have you forgotten me?" He chuckled looking at the two.

"Where's Gabriela! What did you do to her!" Sonic snarled as the hedgehog smirked.

"Gabriela? Ah, you mean this girl." He said waving his right hand as another dark mist swirled the left as Gabriela stood for a moment then collapsed to the ground. Sonic was about to make a dash for her when several clones of the dark hedgehog blocked his path.

"What do you want from her!" Sonic growled as the ebony hedgehog laughed.

"It's not what I want from her. It's what I want from you and that would be your death." He said as Sonic tore away from his gaze and looked at Gabriela. She slowly opened her eyes let out a small groan then looked at the dark hedgehog.

"M-mephiles! Sonic! Shadow! Get away from here!" She gasped out as she struggled to her feet, Sonic looked at her then to Mephiles.

"Mephiles? Why does that sound familiar?" He said as Mephiles chuckled as waved his hand in Gabriela's direction as the clones disappeared, but the purple mist wrapped around her binding her hands and mouth.

"The reason, hedgehog, is because we have met before. Before you blew out the flame of disaster. If it weren't for you, Shadow and that moron Silver then I would have destroyed all of time and space. But because you blew out the flame I ceased to exist, everything that happened was wiped from history. But I was reborn as a spirit and trapped into a necklace-" Sonic's eyes widened as realization hit him, Mephiles moved towards Gabriela lifting her to her feet. She looked at Sonic silently pleading with him to save her, Mephiles looked at Sonic while still clutching Gabriela with one hand.

"Yes, the very same necklace Gabriela purchased not long ago. It's because of her I'm free. I thank you, Gabriela." He chuckled lightly touching her face, fury raged through Sonic. Hating the fact that he was helpless against him.

"Leave her alone. If what you say is true then leave her out of this!" Shadow said finally speaking up causing Mephiles to look away from Gabriela to Shadow.

"I don't think I will. She has something special that no one on this planet or any other could possess. Just like her brother once was the 'Pure of heart' she's something much more rare. Something very powerful once harnessed. You see, her essence is pure or her soul however you prefer to say it. If someone controlled her then they would have the power to dominate anything or anyone." He said pulling Gabriela closer to him, she whimpered trying to pull away from him. He moved his hand over her then she suddenly slipped into unconsciousness. Seeing his chance Sonic spin Dashed towards Mephiles but went straight through him as though he was a mist. They were gone…


Sorry its rushed! ~God Bless!~