Hey everybody! Again, I'm sorry this is late, real life called and I had to answer. Seriously. That and I had writer's block and kinda forgot to do the story. Anyway, I'll try to not let that happen again. I thank everyone who read and reviewed the last chapter (or if you guys didn't review, the I thank everyone who read this.)

Disclaimer: Shadow only belongs to Sega. All of the OCs belong to me.

Chapter 9

Back in the Day…

It was nighttime on the island and almost everyone was asleep right now. The old 'Underground' lab was quiet, except for the sounds of angry shouts and roars of fury coming from a beaten up room that was now completely destroyed. Silva was standing in the middle of the room, his claws bearing, surrounded in a red aura.

"Impudent wench!! She foiled everything!" he ranted. He was referring to what had happened a couple hours ago.

When Shadow didn't come, Silva got fed up with waiting and went out to search for him by himself! Silva passed by a door that led to the corridor/room an hour later and saw Pandora kiss Shadow. Silva listened to what they were telling each other and realized that the black hedgehog had gotten his memories back!

Thinking back on it, the enraged panther slashed at nearby objects, shouting 'Chaos Swipe' every time. Soon after his onslaught to the poor, defenseless room, Silva took in heavy deep breaths, the red aura slowly fading.

He took in a huge deep breath and calmly said to himself, "No matter. I can deal with her later. Right now…" He reached into his cloak and pulled out a syringe filled with a pink liquid. "I need to bring back the memories of a certain fox."

The black panther smirked and chuckled to himself in an evil-like manner, then he turned towards an untouched bookshelf, and put the syringe back in his cloak before moving the bookshelf away from the wall, revealing a door that no one except himself knew existed. Silva pressed a button near the door; a keypad replaced the said button. He keyed in the code and entered a dark room when the doors opened.

The door automatically closed behind him 5 seconds after his entrance. The room was mostly pitch black and dark, the only light that was in here was the one that was on the wall. At the most, it was like an interrogation room with Silva being the cop who had just arrived.

On the lit up wall, hung to it by the wrists in chains, was a white fox with black lightning bolt tattoos on its arms. The said fox's head lifted slightly, revealing dark circles around its blood shot silver eyes and a very tired expression.

Silva just smirked at the fox and said, "Riddle me this: 'What is your name?'"

The white fox glared at the panther in pure hate at being asked that.

"A-A-Ame-" He was struggling to say his answer and his voice sounded raspy and fatigued. "A-Ame-th-th-thyst."

Before the fox could even blink, he was slapped across the face by the panther. A red mark was now visible against the white fur. Silva glared at the fox icily.

"Wrong!! Think!! You are NOT a girl!! Tell me now: What. Is. Your. NAME?!" he shouted. The white fox coughed and wheezed a few times, not even bothering to give an answer.

Silva pulled out the syringe, stuck the needle in the fox's upper left arm, and injected the pink liquid into his body, saying, "Maybe this will help you remember." under his breath.

The white fox trembled- not in fear, but in pain- as the liquid entered his body and made its way through his bloodstream. His breath became rapid and he tried his best to hold in his pain and not scream…… but he miserably failed and screeched at the top of his lungs!

A massive wave of memories flowed through the white fox's mind, causing him to twist and turn and move all around even though the only thing keeping him from moving away from the wall are chains. Amethyst tried so hard to figure it out, but he knew that he wouldn't have much time to delve into these memories when in so much pain.

The wave subsided, leaving the poor fox to take in huge gulps of air and twitching immensely all over. His coughing and wheezing became worse than before and he clenched his teeth together, trying to overcome a migraine he was having now as the liquid's side effects took place.

Silva, looking very displeased, put the empty syringe back in his cloak.

"You better remember soon. If the Alcanine drug doesn't kill you, I will!" He leaned in and whispered in Amethyst's ear, "Do you want that?"

Amethyst shook his head weakly. Silva smirked and added, "Good boy, Hazard."

The white fox could only growl at the panther since he didn't have enough strength to argue. Silva then turned and left the room.

'I will make you remember, Hazard. Even if it means coming back and using that drug on you again.' He thought to himself as he pushed the bookshelf back in place.

"… And that is how we defeated the Black Arms." Shadow finished. Pandora laughed a little at the story. Since this morning, Shadow and Pandora had been telling each other what had been going on since they were separated. Shadow had just finished telling the yellow hedgie about his encounter with the Black Arms and Black Doom.

"What's so funny?" asked the said black hedgie. Pandora calmed down and rubbed the back of her head in a playful slash nervous manner.

"I'm sorry. It's nothing really… I'm just happy that we can talk like this." she replied. Shadow stared at her for a while before he smirked.

"Me, too." he said. The two hedgehogs looked into each other's eyes, crimson clashing with hazelnut as their faces drew closer. They would have kissed if Pandora hadn't pulled back at the last minute. Shadow looked confused.

"What's wrong?" Shadow asked. Pandora didn't say anything, but just shrugged and looked away from him. The black hedgehog gently pulled her face back to his own; a serious expression was written on it.

"No more secrets?" he asked in a serious tone. Pandora averted her eyes so that they wouldn't meet with Shadow's as she slowly started to shake her head. Shadow raised an eyebrow then turned his attention to Pandora's stomach. His eyes narrowed as if he noticed something different about it. He pointed an index finger at her stomach and asked, "Why's your stomach flat?"

Pandora's eyes widened and her expression looked pale and frightened when Shadow asked the question.

"Was the baby born? Where is it?" Shadow asked, a bit excited this time. Pandora bit her bottom lip and was holding back tears.

"Shadow…" she tearfully began. "I-I'm sorry."

Shadow's expression immediately became confused. "Sorry? About what?"

Pandora couldn't hold it in anymore; she broke down crying. Pandora didn't even look at the confused black hedgehog as she said through her sobs, "It's gone….. I-I-I l-lost.. the baby…" She buried her face in her hands and cried harder. Shadow didn't know whether to feel shocked, sad, upset, angry, or whatever other emotions he knew of about this situation.

He could feel all of them mixed together, but he didn't know which one would affect him first. He sighed and puts both of his hands on Pandora's shaking shoulders to comfort her.

"What happened?" he asked. Pandora didn't want to tell Shadow yet, so instead, she turned to face him and buried her face into his white chest, crying her whole heart out.

Shadow had no idea on what to do except wrap his arms around her shaking form and hold her close to him in an attempt to comfort her.

"You can tell me, you know… remember? No secrets." he said as he slowly stroked the yellow hedgie's long quills. Pandora seemed to calm down a bit, but still sobbed like her heart was torn into pieces as she tried to get the words to come out.

Flashback/Pandora's explanation: 55 years ago…

Pandora's POV:

Remember when G.U.N. came and they destroyed everything… taking us and Cedric on board their battleship? When most of us escaped, you were thought to be dead Shadow. You and Hazard both...

After we were convinced of that fact, I had to stay healthy for the baby's sake. Yes, all of the projects knew eventually that I was carrying your child Shads.. But Silva…. Every time I passed by him, he would look nervous. I didn't understand why he would be, I mean, it's wasn't like he got me pregnant. I convinced myself that he was probably nervous about something else, but that wasn't likely.

Five months late, when my stomach started bulging… Silva came up to me…

Normal POV:

"Pandora, we need to talk." said Silva to the yellow hedgehog in a slightly serious tone. Pandora stared blankly at the panther for a few minutes. She had been on her way for her monthly check-up with Celeste and didn't want to be late. Habitually scratching her side due to the overstretched green sweater, Pandora asked, "About what?"

Silva took in a slow, deep breath and rubbed the back of his head. "About," he muttered. "…….Important matters."

Pandora sighed. "I can't right now, I have an appointment with-" She was about to walk around Silva, but Silva swiftly moved in front of her, blocking her way.

"This is really important. I think it best if you should be the first to know." His voice sounded urgent this time. Pandora shook her head and simply walked around the panther again. She then paused in her footsteps, looked back at Silva and said, "Silva… I'm sorry, but-"

"It's about Shadow!" Silva exclaimed. The yellow hedgie's eyes widened. Did Silva know something about Shadow that she didn't?

"I don't think he's dead." the panther continued. He turned to face Pandora, who by now was awestruck about the subject, a look of urgency and sadness was plastered on his face. "He could be alive… I've… been having strange dreams… with him in them all."

This sparked the hedgehog's interest a notch. "Let me guess. You want to tell me what they are and expect me to tell you what they mean, correct?" she asked, interestingly. Silva's face tensed, then faced the metal floor of the lab, nodding. "Well…" Silva quickly looked up at Pandora at this point. "… I guess the appointment will have to wait."

Silva turned around to face a blank wall as if it was the most fascinating thing on Earth. "Are you sure?"

"Of course. I can always go later; I'm sure Celeste wouldn't mind waiting until then." Pandora assured. She couldn't tell, but if she saw Silva's front, she would have noticed that he was staring at his hands, flexing his fingers every now and then. The pregnant hedgie leaned to one side to try to get a better look at his face, but to no avail. "Silva?" she questioned. "Are you-"

Silva muttered something, but it was barely audible to Pandora's ears. She then noticed a red aura surrounding his hands with claws bared. Before she knew what would happen…

Flashback/Explanation Interruption

"Shadow! Pandora!" exclaimed the indigo rabbit who had just entered the room through the door, which was already open. Shadow glared at Fusion, not liking the fact that he had just interrupted Pandora. The said yellow hedgehog was stifling a few sobs at this point.

Fusion looked back and forth between the two hedgies, looking confused. "Did I interrupt something?" he asked.

Shadow looked down at Pandora, who just slowly shook her head, telling him to say 'no'. "No," he answered in monotone. "Not at all."

"Oh. That's good." Fusion said in relief. Shadow raised an eyebrow at him. "Celeste just came back."

"And?"

"Well, this time she brought someone with her."

Pandora seemed surprised by this news as she started to dry her eyes. Shadow didn't look too impressed, but urged the rabbit to continue anyway.

Fusion sighed, then said, "She brought back some sort of girl…. a bat girl, with a wounded chest."

Both hedgehogs' eyes widened. They both knew who he was talking about; the question was:

Why was she here?

Hmm... things are starting to get interesting. Be prepared for the next chapter! ;) Coming either sooner or later! ;)

Next chapter: Sonic and the rest of the team plan to go on a search after hearing about Rouge's disappearance. Will they find Shadow, too? Meanwhile, Rouge finds Shadow and learns alot about the Underground and the other projects. When she decides to explore the island, what will happen after she finds a secret room?