Shadow's point of view:

Four Years later:

An explosion sounded throughout the entire Ark, followed with an all too familiar ear-splitting screech tearing through the silence.

Not again, I mentally cursed as I rolled out of bed, Shade already up with a purely annoyed face on, his eyes half closed from lack of sleep.

"How are you up alrready?" I asked Shade, knowing he was never the one to be up first, even when we were allowed out onto the space park he was lazy. (A/N: imagine that it is Crazy Gadget, or Space Gadget, whatever it was called. -_-)

"I was woken up." He snapped, his lime green eyes and stripes glowing slightly, bathing the room in an eerie glow.

"Maria here yet?" I asked, and I could see his fur ruffle slightly to the sides, signaling that he shook his head to say 'no'.

"I've been waiting for her myself. Something is wrong, especially when-" Cue an explosion to sound, only closer this time, "-she is only down the hall."

Another ear shattering screech sounded, but it sounded as if it was right outside our-!

I huge tail crashed through the bedroom wall, and swept Shade and I from our feet. The Biolizard again?!

"Chaos... SPEAR!" I roared, and a huge burst of red light erupted from my hands, cutting through the flesh in the Biolizard's tail.

"Shade! We have to get Maria and the Professor to safety!" I roared, and alarms began to blare.

The corridors were lit up red, revealing the ugly, scarred face of the Biolizard.

"Chaos Lance!" I growled, and shot a concentrated beam of Chaos Energy into the Biolizard's ugly face.

Shade used this time to sneak away from the battle between the Biolizard and I, and to get Maria out of here.

The creature screeched in annoyance and charged me.

"Let's go ugly!" I sneered and spin dashed through the deformed creature's legs as it barrelled through the enforced steel walls.

"See ya ugly!" I chuckled as the thing continued to run, believing that it was doing mortifying amounts of damage to me.

"You know, Shadow the Hedgehog, G.U.N plan on attacking this place." A dark chuckled came from behind me. I spun around to see a figure envolped in darkness and dark smoke billowing from the damage done to the ark. The only things visable being blood red stripes and a pair of malice filled amber eyes.

"Who are you?" I demanded from the phantom-like figure.

"Me?" The figure asked ever so innocently, but I just wanted to throw up.

The thing faded from sight, only for the appaling scent of rotting flesh to fill my nostrils.

"I am the very creature that was locked away in the Master Emerald." The figure snarled, and a spiked fist connected with my face.

I caught the glimpse of a green tint to the figure's eyes, and cobalt blue fur.

"Now, Shadow the Hedgehog, let's finish what I started: I will not have another son against me!" The dark creature bellowed, and a blast of oynx energy erupted from the figure, and I was sent flying through a few walls until I landed right next to Shade and a startled Maria.

"Shadow! What happened to you?!" Shade rapidly asked, and Maria shushed him.

"A dark monster is here... And G.U.N are on their way... We need to warn the professor." I rasped out as I gritted my teeth in pain.

As if on cue, the professor and six of his co-workers ran up to us, all armed with some kind of energy gun. The professor threw his to me, which I caught with ease, and made a gesture for me to explain the trouble currently happening.

I started with explaining the Biolizard awakening me and attacking Shade and I till the dark creature nearly obliterating me.

"This is bad... Very bad..." The professor mumbled under his breath, cursing wildly.

"What is wrong Grandpa?" The now fourteen year old Maria asked curiously, her eletric blue eyes slightly glazed with worry and fear.

"If what Shadow said is true, then the darkest entiety has partilly broken free from the Master Emerald... And with the Biolizard, we are all doomed." The professor said, his face falling.

"But dad! Shadow is the strongest here, is he not?! He put the Biolizard back in his prison once before - why not do it again?" Shade piped up, a huge grin plastered onto his face.

"You have a point Shade... Shadow, you and Shade will follow the Biolizard and the Dark Entiety. You must succeed!" The professor exclaimed, hope in his voice.

"But can I help grandfather?" Maria quietly asked, making me remember of her.

"I'll look after you Maria. I would'nt be able to live with myself if something happened to-" I was cut off by a loud gun shot, and a lab worker dropped dead on the ground.

G.U.N were here, and they were out for blood.

"Go! I wish for all three of you to survive! Now, my co-workers! We must save our home!" The professor encouraged, and gave me a small nod to confirm my deepest desire: for Maria to live.

"So it's complete I take it?" I asked, hopefully. Only he and I knew - Shade... Well... Couldn't be errr... Trusted thanks to his... Ummmm... Lack of the ability to keep a secret...? Yeah, that!

"Yes. Sometime next week we will complete the ceremony. Now, get on with your task!" The professor barked, and I grabbed Maria and she hopped onto my back, her arms wrapped around my neck.

"Come on Shade, we have vengence to have." I growled and skated off into the alarm blaring maze of the Ark...

Me (Soul): Alright... Soooooooooo... How long has it been? Nearly five months? Yeah... I got caught up on another story of mine... A crossover to be exact. I have next chapter planned out completely, so... Yeah. That's it.

Shadow: Your reason for not updating?

Me: Other than the other story? I had writers block, lack of insperation - stuff like that. I'll update this hopefully withing the next few days, as I am going to Spain for a school trip, so I will get multiple chapters written for this, Sonic Origins 4 and Sonic and The Dark Realm. Also, this is apparently one of my best works as a site known as 'Novel Joy' offered me to write for them, and they proclaimed that this story is the reason for the offer. Don't believe me, I'll tell you the exact words they told me.

Shade: Read and Review for sicker chapters!

Me: And goodnight! (Why the f*** am I so happy right now exactly?)

~The Prince Of Souls (Soul Rebirth)