"YOU WHAT?!"

Shadow rolled his eyes. Attempting to sit up, he let out a sigh.

"Look, in my current condition… in any condition as a matter of a fact I would never be able to get you all the way up to the moon without an emerald." He said. Sonic rubbed his temple.

"Well, we need an emerald then." He muttered.

"It's not that easy. G.U.N has them all hidden somewhere in the facility." Tails said. Sonic was losing his patience.

"Then we'll break in again!" He stated. Tails hit his forehead with his palm.

"We barely pulled it off last time. Were gonna need another plan…" He said, thinking. Knuckles abruptly punched the wall, cutting his thoughts off.

"WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF TIME!" He yelled. Tails looked over, confused.

"What…?"

Knuckled held up the latest newspaper. It said that the death egg was within five miles of breaking the atmosphere and approaching… fast. Shadow's head shot up.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" He yelled, losing his temper. Tails ran over to him.

"Calm down. We didn't want to drop this news on you with your current-" He began, but was cut off by Shadow back-handing his cheek. Tails was sent flying a few steps back. Shadow climbed out of bed.

"MY CURRENT WHAT?! I COULD KICK ALL OF YOUR ASSES NO MATTER WHAT!" He yelled.

Sonic ran up behind him and quickly caught him in a choke hold.

"CHILL OUT MAN! WHAT'S UP WITH YOU?!"

Shadow let out a growl. He grabbed Sonic's arm and flung him off. Knuckles then took a swing at him. Shadow dodged and hit him on the back, knocking the wind out of him and sending him to the ground. He felt a smile cross his face.

"No…"

He reached down and grabbed Sonic, lifting him off of the ground easily.

"This… isn't me…"

He pulled his fist back and went for another merciless blow.

"STOP!"

It was then that something snapped. Shadow dropped Sonic and fell to his knees.

"What's wrong with me…?" he said between deep breaths. Tails sat up. He then noticed something. Shadow's inhibitor rings were gone. Knuckles quickly got to his feet.

"WHY YOU LITTLE!" he said, lifting Shadow off of the ground by his chest fur. Tails quickly grabbed his shoulder.

"Back off Knuckles. It's not his fault." He yelled. Knuckles felt his anger rising.

"HE JUST ASSULTED US ALL, YET YOU STILL ARE STANDING UP FOR HIM!?"

"He doesn't have his inhibitor rings! He can't control himself."

Knuckles let out an annoyed groan. He shot Shadow an angry look.

"You got lucky this time…"

He dropped Shadow to the ground. Tails ran over and helped him up. Sonic then slowly got to his feet.

"Monster…" He muttered under his breath.