It was only an hour later before he found himself in the middle of the mountain range standing in front of a lone mountain; the sun was making it's way to the horizon, but that no longer mattered, he made it. He looked up at the mountain that cut through the low morning clouds that flowed around it. To anyone else they would just see a normal rock in the ground, but to Shadow, he saw his past.

"H-help...me..."

He shook his head to get rid of the words, 'It's different now. I need no one. I know what to do.' he said walked closer to the mountain.

Amy clung to him more, "Shadow where are we..."

"We're at the mountain."

"...so...now what?" she asked, she still seemed slightly fazed from the meal she just had, which kept her quiet, so Shadow didn't care.

He was quiet and put a hand on the rock; it was over 50 years ago but the image was burned in his head.

"Don't worry we'll help you..." a strange creature told him.

Shadow was on the ground covered in bight red blood that shone in the moonlight; he had raging eyes. Now, he didn't thirst for blood, but something to forget what he had done.

The creature pressed a few rocks into the mountain and took one out a portion of the it that looked as fused together as it could be with the rest, pulled back and lifted up. They picked him up...

The flash back ended, that's all that he could recall before blacking out. He pressed the same rocks and took the same one out. There was a moment of silence and then the ancient mountain roared to life as the rocked pulled back and lifted up. Just the same. Amy tensed against him, "Shadow..." he walked in quietly, inside was tunnels, dug out long ago straight threw the rock. He looked round quietly, it seemed empty. 'Hm...empty.' he walked quietly his shoes clinked against the stone and echoed threw the complicated hallways. He looked at Amy and she looked terrified. He just ignored that though and walked until he got to the end of the hallway; he took stairs down and went down another hallway and took a left into a door. He opened it and walked in.

Inside was a simple bed with a rust colored blanket and a wooden cabinet in a rock room, untouched by time. He put her down on the bed. "Sleep."

Amy curled up slightly not letting go of him. "W-where are we?"

"The mountains." he said again not wanting to say more, "Now sleep."

"What abo..."

"Sleep." he ordered again.

"Ok.." she let go of him reluctantly and lay quietly. Right now he was the only means of safety she had.

Shadow stood straight and turned for the door, "Wait!"

He looked back at her outburst "...?"

Amy had her arms crossed over her chest, "You can't just leave a lady in a dark room."

"...you'll be fine it's empty in here." he said and opened the door. "I'll leave it open." he said darkly and stepped out.

Amy sat quietly just stiff watching him.

Shadow started walking off.

Amy got up and walked out following him staying AT LEAST 50 feet behind him.

Shadow was focused one thing and one thing only, time. He hurried down the halls not hesitating at all, he got to a room that looked like it was bolted together; Shadow knocked it down with one blow. He stepped inside. It was a complicated room, the walls were lined with computer screens and buttons and notches. In the middle there was a large test tube that was tinted black and stood from the floor to he ceiling. He walked over to it and tapped it, 'It's still hard as steel...' he thought remember being stuck in there during the day. He looked around the room observing it. It looked like no one had been in there for years. Not even insects. 'Wonder where they all went...' he stepped out of the room and headed down the halls...

WOOSH! The blue hedgehog ran threw the forest and down the same path he went last time with his partner Knuckles who was still in the hospital. He went against everyone's wishes, but he had to get that vampire now.

"Sonic what are you talking about you can't go without me!" Knuckles complained on the hospital bed. His torso was bandaged up from his crescent birthmark down to the start of his tail covering where he was punched.

"Well look what they did to you!" he fought back.

Rouge nodded, "He's got a point Knuckles but that doesn't mean you can go by yourself." she said, she'd come down to see them after she found out what happened.

"You're not going either bat girl!"

"Why not Knuckles? You worried about me?" she said with a smile.

He just glared at her coldly, he moved on, "Sonic doesn't have the tracking skills I do."

"Is that why you keep loosing that master emerald of yours?"

He flailed his arms around, "I DON'T LOSE IT YOU STEAL IT! THERE'S A DIFFERENCE!!" he shouted out losing his temper.

She just smiled, "I'm just kidding Knuckles." she turned her playful blue eyes over to Sonic more serious, "As silly as he sounds, he's right Sonic. Now promise me you won't be going alone."

Sonic was just quiet. "I promise." he said sternly, 'To get those vampires...'

"Good now sit down." he said, "I'm leaving this dump today. Now that Rouge is here I have to go back to my emerald."

"You can't possibly do that when you can't even glide." she said, "How will you get back to that island? Swim up a waterfall?"

"I'll find a way but someone's got to watch it."

"Just wait until you're..." they went on like this until Knuckles lost to much energy fighting with her, he passed out again.

Sonic stood up, "You watch him, I have to see something." he lied and walked out.

That was how it stated. He was set on a course. A strict course. The path that they made was hard to see but he found the clearing they fought in and continued from there. The only footprints he could really follow were Amy's, Shadows somehow seemed to just melt away into the ground.

'I ran all night. But I can't stop until I'm sure where they are...' he thought, the sun started to peek above the horizon, the light shimmered threw the trees and the dew droplets shone a magnificent rainbow of color. Sonic didn't bother with the beauty though, he was a trained professional with only one thing on his mind... 'Boy, I sure could use a chilly dog right about now...'