Hey! SexyShadowGirl here! I hope everyone's enjoying reading this story so far. I just wish more people would come and read. I'm sure people will show up more once it's finished though. That's what I usually look for. I always want to read the stories that are finished first. I'm such an impacient reader. Anyway... Please enjoy this chappie and review once you've finished. Also, all the Sonic characters in this story belong to sega. Now that I said that, it's on with the story! Whoo! Yeah! Okay... I'll calm down Enjoy!

Chapter 9: Running Out of Time

Sonic was standing peacefully, looking out towards the horizon, just thinking about where Amy might've ended up. He didn't want to lose her, but he had no idea where Shadow took her. Sonic looked down in shame. "I already lost her." He sadly thought to himself.

Then all of a sudden, a familiar eight year old voice started shouting out to him. "Sonic! Sonic! Come here quick!" It was of course, his friend Tails. Something was different however, for he sounded frantic.

Hearing that tone of voice from his young fox friend worried Sonic, so he quickly ran towards Tails' workshop.

"What is it Tails?!" Sonic asked in a worried tone of voice. He almost sounded as if he was shouting, but Tails just ignored that. For what he was about to say, would change everything.

"It's…Its…Black Doom!" Tails shouted hesitantly.

"What?! I thought he was killed by Shadow…" Sonic said. He suddenly started drifting off into his thoughts. He was thinking, "How in the world could he still be alive?" And, "What exactly was Tails getting at anyway?"

Tails finally answered after seeing Sonics puzzled look and said, "I guess not… Because he showed up here and told me that if you don't come to rescue Amy then… he'll kill her!" Tails finished off with a worried yet scared expression. "Sonic! What do we do?" He asked franticly. Tails then noticed that Sonic seemed to be deep in thought once again. "Sonic?"

Sonic was too lost in his thoughts to even hear his name being called. 'Why would Black Doom capture Amy? Shadow must have something to do with this! Or else Black Doom wants Revenge. Either way, I have to come for her. Who knows what he'll do to Amy!' "Alright Tails! Let's go!" Sonic shouted confidently. He then quickly lost that confidence, for he had no idea how they'd get there. "But…How do we get there?" The blue hero asked with a puzzled expression upon his face.

"Good question." Tails simply answered.

Meanwhile…Back on Earth (Shadow's Planet)…

'I have to find Amy, but where could she be?' Shadow asks himself.

He keeps running and running but can't seem to find her anywhere. 'I hate to admit it, but I may need Sonic's help.' Right after he says that Shadow then shouts out "Chaos Control" and disappears without a trace.

Meanwhile… Aboard Black Doom's ship...

"That hedgehog is taking too long!" Black Doom said impatiently. "Let's see what he'll think when I do something to his little girlfriend." He then grins evilly.

Amy notices this and says, "I don't care what you do to me! Just don't hurt Sonic!"

"Oh…but I already am. You're his weakness. If I try to harm you then he'll come in a flash. Now…You're coming with me." Black Doom then turns to two of the same Black Arms that took Amy once before. "Guards… Bring her to my room and I'll take care of the rest." Black Doom ordered, an evil grin plastered on his face.

The two black aliens come towards Amy and grabbed her.

"Let me go! Let me go!" Amy cries out. She tries to resist but they just pull her even more. Once Amy is lead to Black Dooms main room, they throw her to the ground and lock the door behind them. Amy falls face first onto the ground. Then Black Doom somehow lifts her up in the air with his powers and leaves her floating in the air.

"Hey…! Let me down! Now…!" Amy shouts out. She tried moving her arms and legs, but for some reason she couldn't.

Black Doom just laughs at this futile attempt and then shouts out, "Never! Once your boyfriend shows up they'll be no need for you! Ha! Ha! Ha!"

Meanwhile…Back on Mobius (Sonic's planet)…

Sonic was franticly walking back and forth. He couldn't stop thinking about Amy. He just had to get her back somehow.

"Tails! We have to hurry!" He shouted out a little too loud for his friend's ears to handle.

Tails attempted to cover his ears but Sonic's voice was just too loud. The young fox then calmly but sadly answered back saying, "I'm sorry Sonic but we have no way of getting there without the Chaos Emeralds."

Just then, it was as if Tails said the magic words, for standing right before them was none other than Shadow.

"Hey! Did somebody say Chaos Emeralds?! Cause it just so happens I have one." Shadow then pulled out a red Chaos Emerald from in between his quills.
Sonic however, didn't care for this at the moment. Instead, he decided to let all his anger out on Shadow. "Shadow…! You…!" He said as he pointed at his dark counterpart angrily.

Sonic was furious with this hedgehog and wanted to beat him up for what he did. If it wasn't for him, Amy would still be safe at home, on her own planet.

Shadow saw this and quickly changed his composure. He was now angry at the blue hero as much as the blue hero was angry at him. "Hey! What's the big deal?! You should be happy I even came at all." Shadow said darkly.

"He does have a point you know." Tails pointed out.

Sonic settled down at this remark but still had an eye out for Shadow. 'I don't trust him.' Sonic thought to himself. He then focused his attention back to Amy. "Okay…But how do we get Amy back?" He questioned Shadow.

"Not sure…" Shadow admitted. "But…Well…I guess if we work…Together…" Shadow said, trying to hold back his words. He wasn't usually the type of person to say that.

"Wow Shadow! I never expected you to say that." Sonic said sarcastically. He was enjoying every second of this.

"Yeah…Well…Don't get your hopes up because once we get Amy back, she's still gonna love me more!" Shadow answered back confidently. Once again, he was acting like his same old self.

"Is that so? Well…We'll see about that!" Sonic challenged.

Shadow just crosses his arms, then arches his brow in a sly way, and says, "You really think she'd love you more?"

Sonic just laughs at this remark and says, "Well, yeah…!"

"Well then…Bring it on!" Shadow answers with a slight smirk on his face. He still kept his arms crossed however (as always…).

"Fine…" Sonic simply stated.

"Fine!" Shadow answered darkly, still keeping his arms crossed.

Tails rolls his eyes at their usual attempts to beat each other and says, "All right! Let's go already!"

Shadow stared at him in disbelief and uncrosses his arms. "Who ever said you could come?"

"I did!" Tails announced happily.

Then Knuckles comes in.

"Hey! Don't forget about me too!" The red Echidna says proudly.

"Fine…Let's go already!" Shadow was really starting to get annoyed.

Everyone then groups together and with the words "Chaos Control," disappear into nothingness.

And off they went. Where Amy was? They didn't know, but the clock was ticking and Amy's life was at stake, so they had no choice but to find her.