Meanwhile with Shadow.

Shadow had been sitting there for only a few minutes when he got incredibly bored. He got so bored in fact that he decided that he would ask for the time.

"Hey, Doctor what time is it?"

"It's about five-thirty and you've been sitting there since five." The doctor stated.

"Ok, guess I'll go to sleep then." Shadow said.

Shadow then went to where he had left the blanket and the pillow and laid down. He laid there for a few minutes and then he fell into deep sleep all nice and comfortable and warm. He was all snug like a bug in a rug.

A few hours later he woke up, he wondered what time it was. He stood up and walked around the cell a little bit. He tried to use his super ultimate hearing to see if anyone was outside the cell. He didn't hear Eggman typing or any mumbling. He figured it must have been in the middle of the night and that they must have went to sleep. Then he remembered Decoe and Bocoe. He would have to try to reach them.

"Decoe, Bocoe are you two out there?" Shadow called.

Decoe and Bocoe had been standing guard watching Shadow until the two fell asleep. They heard Shadow's voice and instantly awoke.

"Yes Shadow." Decoe answered.

"What time is it?" Shadow asked.

"About midnight, You want me to get the Doctor or Miss Rouge?" Decoe asked

"No, they're probably sleeping. If I need anything I'll ask you to get them." Shadow replied.

Shadow continued to walk for a little bit and then started to feel tired so he laid back down and fell asleep again.

A few hours later Shadow woke up and again asked the two robots what time it was. This time it was about five in the morning. Shadow walked around and then had to stop. He had an awful headache and he tried to shake it off, he knew it was probably just his thirst for blood nagging him. He just continued walking until he started to feel dizzy. So he laid back down but he couldn't sleep. He was wide awake. His headache just kept getting worse and worse. Soon he almost couldn't take it anymore. He could no longer stay quiet, he needed blood there was no denying it.

"Rouge, doctor, somebody give me some blood." Shadow said calmly.

Decoe and Bocoe were playing poker when they heard Shadow.

They immediately went to get Rouge up.

"Miss Rouge, Wake up, Shadow's asking for someone to give him blood." Decoe and Bocoe said simultaneously.

"Ok I'm coming." Rouge said and soon enough she came through her door and walked across the hall to Shadow's cell.

She used the intercom to talk to Shadow.

"Shadow, are you ok?"

"No, I need to eat."

"Shadow we agreed to see how long you could last without it?"

"Yea, but the headache from hell is back and it's worse than before."

"I am not giving you blood yet."

"I DEMAND IT NOW!" Shadow yelled suddenly it even surprised him. It was his vampire instincts reacting to a lack of blood and he knew it.

"I'm losing my mind." Shadow spoke calmly.

Rouge knew it was just Shadow's Vampire instincts too and told Decoe and Bocoe to get Eggman.

"He's already starting to lose control of himself." Rouge said to herself.

Shadow could feel himself getting angry and he knew it was just that he needed to eat and that was all. He could feel himself start to want to yell and run around like a crazed person. He figured this is what someone going through withdrawal would feel like. This blood was his drug and he needed a fix NOW!

"GIVE ME BLOOD! I NEED FOOD NOW!" The Ebony hedgehog bellowed.

Eggman came up to Rouge and then immediately jumped back for the yell.

"He's hungry isn't he?" the doctor asked.

The bat only nodded in response shocked by the scene on the screen. There was Shadow running around the cell and jumping on the walls like a lunatic.

"GIVE IT TO ME NOW, YOU CAN'T KEEP ME CAGED UP FOREVER, I'LL BUST OUT OF HERE AND WHEN I DO I'LL GET MY FOOD." Shadow yelled.

Shadow kept yelling for a few good hours. It was about nine o'clock when he stopped yelling. Shadow was purely exhausted. He was getting weaker and weaker. He started to crawl towards the blanket and pillow that was in his cell and he started to beg.

"Please give me some blood, I beg of you." Shadow started. "Please I need it now!" Shadow continued begging and pleading.

"Do you think we should give it to him….I mean it has been over sixteen hours since he last ate." Rouge asked.

"Yeah, it's kind of weird seeing Shadow beg…give him some blood." Eggman said.

"Yeah, it's not right for him to be begging like a dog for table scraps." Rouge started towards the medic unit when she heard Shadow say one more thing.

"Please I'll do anything for some blood. Please this headache and this bad feeling and losing my energy is driving me bonkers…..Please I'll do anything anything at all just please give me some blood." Shadow pleaded.

Rouge ran towards the medic unit that last sentence was just too much. This wasn't how Shadow acted, he didn't beg for anything and he most certainly wouldn't have ordinarily said he would do anything for something. Rouge got a whole bag of blood and ran towards the cell. She went into the cell where Shadow was. He was lying down and trying to get the cover over him. He seemed to be feeling the cold more because of his energy loss.

"Shadow" Rouge said as she sat beside him.

"Here."

Rouge sat the bag in front of Shadow. Shadow reached for it and almost missed but he grabbed it and brought it to his face and he poked two holes in it with his fangs that had enlarged due to his hunger and the sight of the blood. He began to drink it and he drank it all until the bag was empty.

"Thanks Rouge…" Shadow said before collapsing onto his pillow and sleeping.

"Night Shadow…" Rouge said and she draped the cover over Shadow and quietly walked out of the cell.

"He needs his rest…..he wore himself out." Rouge said.

"Yes…plus I think that lack of food for a while put a strain on his body and mind that he isn't quite used to." Eggman added.

"I think that we all need some rest after all we got up at like five this morning. So I think Shadow has the right idea. I think I'm gonna take me a nice hot bath and then get into my PJ's and watch some T.V." Rouge said heading towards her room.

"Good idea, I think I'll go to my quarters now too." Eggman stated sleepily then he yawned and went to his room.