For those who are wondering, I completely cut out the original chapter 9 and the beginning of this chapter which had been a continuation of that chapter. So here is the new chapter 9, the editted chapter 10 of the original!
"I'm back!" Clowy called as she walked into the Chaotix Headquarters, having appeared on their front lawn after taking a seemingly aimless walk around Ring City.
"Clowy! Are you alright?" Charmy and Vector asked as they ran up to her, surprising her a bit.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She said, smiling assuringly at the two. "I'm going to bed, I'm tired." She said, walking to the base of the stairs before remembering the wallet. "Oh yeah, I got more money. Spend it on whatever you want." She said, throwing the pouch over her head and into Vector's hands before walking up the stairs.
Clowy walked into her room, planning on just flopping down on it, only to see a familiar purple figure lying on it.
"Espio." She whispered in surprise, walking slowly up to the bed.
"He was worried you wouldn't come back. He's been lying here since you left, he must have fallen asleep." Vector explained, appearing out of seemingly no where, now standing in the doorway.
"Oh...I see...I didn't mean to worry you guys." Clowy said, gently picking up Espio, who was very light compared to her armour, and carrying him to his own room. "Night Espio." She whispered, kissing him on the forehead and tucking him in like a little kid before going to her own room and falling asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
A few weeks later.
"Looks like Sonic and the others need our help. Seems Shadow has disappeared along with you Clowy." Vector explained as the group walked towards Tails' house, Clowy's ear drooping.
"I hope he's ok." She said, the others nodding slightly in agreement.
"I just hope they don't recognise you. Knuckles will get mad at us if he finds out that we're hiding you from him and the others." Charmy stated, everyone shuddering slightly at the thought of the echidna being angered with them.
"Then let's hope that my new look is enough to throw them off." Clowy said, smiling.
"Anyone else think that the girl with Vector and the others looks familiar somehow?" Knuckles asked as the Chaotix left, the Sonic Heroes nodding in agreement.
"Tis because it is-" A sudden silence came suddenly, due to Andrea's dangerous glare at her knight.
"Alexiss." Andrea warned.
"I apologise, your 'Ighness." Alexiss said, kneeling as she always did when she did something wrong.
"That is a secret that we must keep, until she so decides to speak. We may have noticed, but it is not to be mentioned without her consent." Andrea whispered into the fox-girl's ear, the girl nodding.
"As you wish, Princess Andrea." Ana said, said person helping Ana back up.
"It's weird...that girl looks really familiar but I can't put my finger on it..." Sonic said, the others nodding in agreement.
"We must be going...important things to do you see. We'll inform you if we find anything out about either Eclipse or Shadow." Andrea assured, walking out of the house with Alexiss close behind.
"Clowy? You acting...like everything is fine even though Shadow is missing. Are you alright?" Charmy pointed out suddenly as Eclipse was making dinner, causing her to stop what she was doing.
"I...I'm fine Charmy, but...there is something that I need to show you and the others after dinner." Clowy said, knowing that it was time to reveal her true identity to the Chaotix.
"What do you want to show us Clowy?" Espio asked, wanting to know anything that she was going to tell them, though he wouldn't admit it out loud.
"I...I've been keeping a very important secret from you, and the others two. It's sorta...the reason that I'm hiding from the Sonic Heroes." Clowy explained, looking at the ground.
"What have you been keeping from us Clowy?" Charmy asked in that cute kid way of his. The black and red female hedgehog pulled the green Chaos Emerald out of her purse, throwing it into the air before anyone could ask her anything.
"Chaos Armour!" She called, a beam of light from the emerald shooting at her and her body flashing, momentarily blinding the Chaotix. They opened their eyes, Charmy being the first one to be able to see what was in front of him.
"It's Shadow!" He yelled, Espio and Vector looking through the light to see that Shadow was indeed in Clowy's place.
"What happened to Clowy?" Vector and Espio both yelled.
"I AM Clowy." Shadow said simply, everyone gaping as they stared at him in disbelief. "Armour down." He said, a beam of light shooting at him from the still floating green emerald, soon revealing Clowy under the armour.
"So this whole time...you were Shadow?" Vector asked suddenly, being the first one able to speak.
"Yes, that's right. I was supposed to be the ultimate life form, and they didn't think that the ultimate life form could be a girl, so I took on the form of the one now called Shadow." Clowy explained, sighing sadly. "Rouge and Alexiss found out...the later told Andrea. I...I got scared and ran away here." She admitted, looking at the ground, expecting the Chaotix to be mad at her.
"That's understandable. I'm sure Rouge was hurt from you keeping this a secret from her." Vector said, much her Clowy's surprise.
"You can still stay here as long as you want. Even after if you want, as Eclipse. After all, you won't be able to live at Shadow's house without drawing attention to yourself." He said, the rest of the Chaotix nodding in agreement.
"Thanks...everyone." Clowy said, smiling. She looked at the window, seeing Tails and Knuckles looking through the window with looks of disbelief on their face, Clowy fainting at the sight of them.
Poor Clowy...I don't think that's what she was hoping would happen. Hope you all like! Don't forget to Review and Vote!
