Haha! Sorry for the slight delay on this chapter, my computer was acting strange… Also, I am terribly sorry, but I have made a huge mistake as a writer. I left out important details! I really never specified how old Eileen was, but she is supposed to be around nine. Thanks to TheMidnightEclipse for unknowingly bringing it to my attention.

Also, I can't help but cheer because its this story's 1 month anniversary! YAY!
Sorry bout' that. anywhoo, onward!


Disclaimer: I do not own Shadow or any other Sonic team characters, that is SEGA's job.


He had to do something, after all, he owed it to Eileen and her mom for all of their kindness. Shadow's adrenaline started to flow as his vision grew slightly sharper. All that was in his head now was that he had to save them. He just had to… With that the dark hedgehog hurled himself off the edge of the building, landing on top of the police car.

Before the men had time to react Shadow had already begun fighting the increasing number of men, his breath short and fast. The first couple were easy, armed only with a small club, obviously the rookies of the group. When they swung at him all he had to do was knock them over with a swift kick. Then came the harder people, armed with small pistols.

The ultimate life form smirked slightly, his body a blur as he travelled from person to person, quickly knocking them out. That smirk was wiped off his face as a huge aircraft loomed over the hedgehog, seemingly engulfing the sun. long ropes fell from the ship as men and woman slid down them, clad in body armor and armed with deadly looking assault rifles.

One pointed the barrel of his gun at Shadow. "As a G.U.N. agent, I order you to stand down!"

Shadow frowned slightly. These ones were going to be a little tougher than the last guys. But still, that didn't stop him. "And if I don't?" the hedgehog asked, the small smile returning.

The man nodded at the rest of his team, signaling them to open fire. A barrage of bullets flew at Shadow, who merely jumped, flipping in the air before landing on a lamp post. He then flung himself at the nearest troop, using his head as a springboard to launch himself at the aircraft. Shadow clung to the side of the airship before climbing into a ventilation shaft on the side.

The main G.U.N. agent pulled out his radio, clicking a button on the side and speaking in. "This is Delta Quadrant to aircraft, you have a hostile in your aft ventilation duct, over."

"Roger that Delta Quadrant." The static-y voice emitted from the radio.

Shadow dropped down into a large room with one computer monitor that stretched across a whole wall that showed a video surveillance of the battle that just occurred. The hedgehog quickly looked at the keyboard in front of him, not wanting to see the carnage that he had caused. After a while, Shadow had hacked into main command functions and set a loop in the data leading to the control room so that they would think they were still in control. It was a plan that could buy him just enough time, so that he could take the battle away from any civilians.

The doors behind Shadow burst open as two more G.U.N. officers came charging in, surrounding him. Shadow swore quietly as a muscular figure strolled through the door, a smug look on his face. The other officers parted for him, allowing him to face the hedgehog.

"Shadow the hedgehog. What an interesting name." the man said, his voiced laced with a thick Russian accent.

Shadow furrowed his brow in confusion. "Who are you and how do you know my name?" he growled at the man before him, who merely laughed in response.

"My name is Agent 45. But, since you managed to outfight all of my men, you may call me by my first name, which is Simon. As for your other question, we have found an ally that has proved more… useful than we imagined." The man gave as a response.

Simon… why did that name seem so familiar… the hedgehog thought, not hearing the last part of his answer.

"Now," Simon continued in his Russian accent, "I propose we have a dual ourselves, just you and me." The guards surrounding them all gasped slightly. It was unusual for an agent ranked above 50 to go into a battle alone.

Shadow smiled. " Thought you would never ask." He said, hurling himself at the man.

Simon was faster than he looked though, and he wasn't all just muscles, he had a great battle strategy too. Every one of Shadow's kicks was matched by his arm, and every punch was evaded easily. Faster than the hedgehog could react, Simon swung his fist at him, connecting with Shadow's jaw.

He staggered back, blood dripping from his mouth. "The ultimate life form? Ha! What a joke!" Simon yelled with a rumbling laugh. But as Shadow started to smile, he grew concerned.

"You're not as smart as you seem, are you?" the hedgehog asked Simon without even raising his head.

"What do you mean?" Simon asked, "I am a brilliant strategist, one of the best in the ranks! Of course I am!"

With his head still down and the blood still flowing, Shadow raised an arm, pointing behind the burly commander. "Look behind you." Was all he said.

Simon whipped around, his eyes widening in shock at the large monitor that had a map on it, and a small red dot representing the aircraft. Around them was a large blue expanse, all water.

"You… you rerouted command functions without us knowing? You've been controlling the ship this whole time?" Simon asked the hedgehog, who smiled.

"Not only that, but I've been in control of this battle the whole time. Look around you Simon. Where are we?" Shadow asked the strategist.

For the first time, Simon actually looked around the room. "The engine room…" he said, his Russian accent filled with dread. When he looked back, Shadow was looking straight at him, his red eyes glinting with determination. In his hand was the sliver of the emerald, and it was glowing profoundly.

"Time to see what you can do." Shadow whispered at the fragment before turning around to face the large turbines that sat behind him, closing his eyes and listening to the sound of the large fan blades spinning round and round. He let that sound drown out all other sound, and concentrated on only that.

"Chaos…Blast!" Shadow yelled, his arm outstretched toward the large engines. An yellow flash made its way from his palm to the turbines, causing them to erupt in a ball of flame. "Good luck!" he said, looking over at Simon before dashing out the door.

The strategist snapped out of his trance and began to bark out orders. "All troops, escape to the shuttles immediately! Abandon ship, that's an order!" he yelled at no one in particular. The large mass of G.U.N. officers all made their way to the crew escape pods as Simon walked over to a locked door, calmly punching in a code into the keypad on the wall. The door slid open to reveal a dimly lit circular room with all sorts of buttons and keypads lining the walls and a main viewer in front.

From the pandemonium behind him he pulled two people at random "You, you, with me." He told them as the commander shoved them into the pod. They immediately sat down and started to detach themselves from the main ship as Simon stood in front of the main viewer.


Shadow was racing down the hallways, looking for an escape from the flames that were slowly licking at his heels. The hedgehog spotted it in the form of a small window in what appeared to be a mess hall, and he didn't hesitate to dash through and kick out the window, shattering it. Luckily, he had planned for this and placed them not too high from the water so he could make an escape without breaking any bones on impact.

He fell through the air and spun around to see the large aircraft bursting into flames behind him, large chunks of debris and escape pods flying out with alarming speed. Shadow fell into the water, and started to swim quickly to distance himself from the plummeting ship. Once he found a piece of shrapnel that was large enough for him to sit on, the hedgehog laid back and watched as the G.U.N. airship fell into the water, creating a huge wall of water to rise up around it.

After Shadow was certain no pods would come shooting at him, he looked back toward the city in the distance and squinted. It was maybe two, three days away, especially since Shadow wasn't a strong swimmer. Despite his various injuries, the hedgehog couldn't help but laugh aloud as he thought of a certain blue hedgehog who would be completely doomed in this situation. As he slowly slipped from consciousness, his last thought was that this world, however weak it may seem, is not something to be trifled with.


The large rusted metal doors slid open to reveal a dark room with a figure hunched over in the corner, large cuts lacing his figure. Simon barged in fuming, and after a while, turned to the lump in the shadows. "You lied to us!" he began to yell at the figure. "You said that without these Chaos emeralds you speak of, he couldn't use those strange powers of his! Well guess what? He did have one!"

The figure froze. "This is… news to me." Despite the gashes criss-crossing his frame, the voice was still full of anger and malice.

Simon scoffed. "Are you kidding me? You're probably in league with him anyways! That's how you knew where to find him!"

The figure rose, turning his head. "Let me free." He hissed "I will hunt down the hedgehog and I guarantee you, I will not fail."

Simon chewed his lip, deep in thought. He had to catch that hedgehog. "Fine. Consider yourself an agent of G.U.N.. now, what is your name Agent…?"

The figure let out a sickening smile. "Just call me… Black Doom."


Oho! The plot just got more interesting eh? And can i hear a three cheers for the longest chapter yet? Again, I'm going to say that this fanfiction has no relation to the Shadow the hedgehog game, if you missed it the first time. Sorry if the fight scenes seemed a bit drab, this is my first time writing one so tell me how I did!

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-that is a dinosaur, signing out!