Attention! In this chapter will involve the original characters.

Yes, I know what I said, I hate to create original characters. But it was in 2005, when this chapter was written. I was still in school and would like to add something of my own. But, do not worry. These characters will not play a key role in the plot of the story. They are mere subordinates and they have absolutely no super powers except for the good combat skills and a good level of intelligence. But not more.

By the way, here are three first ships in "The World of Chaos". Or rather, ex-ships.Be careful, because you can experience an easy butthurt. Good for all.

Mercy

Sonic is walking the Knothole streets along with Sally tightly holding his arm, wearing shocked emotion on his face, which is also expressed a terrible sadness. What he saw a few minutes ago, it dropped him into a terrible shock, to which nothing can compare. Sally simply tightly held her boyfriend's arm, by squinting strongly and her head bowed to the ground. Out of her eyes tears was rolling down, but she was not sobbing, keeping her emotions inside with all the forces she had and showing no emotion on this occasion. However, it was obvious that couldn't able to keeping that for long.

The two walked in absolute silence for thirty minutes, until they walked out of the town and approached a sea shore. After more ten minnutes of walking they reached a cliff near the sea. They stopped once they walked over the edge of the cliff, and then Sonic helped his girlfriend to sit on a large log. He sat in front of her and took her hand tightly, making it clear that he was here beside her. Sally opened her eyes and sobbed once. She nodded.

"I'm fine." she said with a strong tremor in her voice.

Sonic nodded and smiled, "Sal. Nobody's here. We are alone."

After him said those words, the squirrel broke emotions. She closed her eyes, bared teeth and hugged Sonic as tight as she could. She buried her head in his chest and began to cry so bitterly that is seemed she's just lost someone. Obviously, she had a nervous breakdown. Of course, Sonic hugged her back, trying to comfort her. Out of his green eyes, tears also starts to rolling down, and in a moment he closed his eyes too strongly. With a sob, Sonic patted his girlfriend on the back before wrapping his arms around her even more tightly.

"Baby ..." he kept repeating in a gentle tone, "Please, calm down!" He sighed, "Unfortunately, the tears will not help!"

"Sonic." Sally's voice said, causing Sonic to open his eyes, "How could this happen? HOW?" they broke the hug, then Sally opened her eyes and looked at him, still squinting and teeth bared, "He disappeared just for one minute. A minute, Sonic." she raised her index finger, "ONE! F…CKING! MINUTE!"

Sonic shook his head, then he took her hand tightly and hugged her again. He didn't told anything back to her simply because he had no words. Sally was not resist. She buried her face in his chest again, continuing to cry.

"Guys?" Was heard a familiar female voice. Sonic opened his eyes, then turned toward the source of the voice. It was Blaze. She stood close to the duo, looking at them with a surprise emotion. It seemed that she wanted to hear the answer about their behavior. But, alas, there was no answer. Sonic closed his eyes again and lowered his head. After this point, Blaze shook her head. Then she ran to her close friends. She sat next to Sally on the log and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Sally, what ..." she did not finish her sentence, as Sally pushed away from Sonic, then clung to the feline, and hugged her around the neck. Blaze gasped after she did this. But then she shook her head and wrapped her both arms around her Mobian gollegue. Squirrel not calmed down yet. She just buried her face in feline's shoulder.

"What?" Blaze asked sadly, "What happened?" She frowned and turned to Sonic, "Sonic why she's crying?" She widened her eyes, "Why are you crying?"

Sonic sobbed once, before sitting down to the left of his girlfriend and put his hand on her leg. He began to stroke her gently, hoping to soothe her grief.

"It's Tails." he said sadly, then shook his head, lowered his head and buried his face in his hands in, "He's ..." he sighed, "He's just an idiot."

"Sonic?" Amy's voice was heard. Sonic opened his eyes, then turned right. He saw Knuckles, Rouge and Amy are walking toward them with the questioning expressions of their faces. Once Amy ran up close, she immediately sat down next to the blue hedgehog, because obviously noticed that he was crying. She hugged him around the shoulders and rested her head on his left shoulder.

"Do not cry, Sonic." she said tenderly, "Everything will be okay."

But the blue hedgehog wasn't said a single word, or even pushed her away, as it usually happens. He just continued to sit motionless. Once Knuckles and Rouge have come close, red echidna shook his head in displeasure, and then looked at the bat.

"It was the last time when I let you to choose a place for a date." he said irritably.

Rouge furrowed her brow in approval, "Sugar. Don't be angry. Maybe there was something wrong." She looked at the gang, "What is the meaning of this massive emotional breakdown?"

Blaze looked at couple, "Tails did something wrong."

Knuckles widened his eyes, "Tails?" he asked, "And what could he do wrong?" He looked at Sonic, "Sonic?"

The hedgehog said nothing again. He just closed his eyes and lowered his head. Knuckles arched his eyebrows questioningly. But then he frowned fiercely and bared his teeth.

"Is he still in the workshop?" he asked in a tone so violent and aggressive that immediately attracted attention. Sally stopped crying, then opened her eyes and raised her head. She looked at Knuckles. As the others. Sonic shook his head, then he started to getting up to his feet. Only to be stopped by Amy, who hugged him tighter.

"No, Soniku." Amy said, sad and comforting, "Don't get up. You have to recover."

"Amy, I'm fine." Sonic said sadly as he looked at her, "Let me go."

"Are you sure?" the hedge-girl asked. Sonic nodded, then took her hands away from his shoulders and rose to his feet. He approached Knuckles, then took a deep breath before speaking.

"Knuckles, I know what you're thinking, but better throw it out of your head and never think about it!" He said troubling tone, "Believe me, what happened to him ..." sigh, shaking his head, shocked look, "I cannot even to describe it."

Knuckles crossed his arms, by straightened to his full height, "Don't you dare to defend him!" he demanded sternly, "If our young genius began to outrage again, we should give to him a good sticking!"

"I know, Knux!" Sonic agreed, "And I totally agree. But believe that now the problem is much more serious than Tails' youthful maximalism. He…" He frowned and pointed a finger at him, "Knuckles, promise me you will not laugh when I tell you!" He said, demanding voice and frowned "Sally was there too! And she saw it all!"

Knuckles' eyes widened. He looked at Sally, who was now stared back at him with a frown. She then got up on legs, walked close to the trio and crossed her arms.

"Knuckles ..." she with a sadness in her voice, "Please, I beg you, listen to all that Sonic will say, and do not try to make a hasty decision!"

Her voice was so mournful and depressed that echidna decided not to resist and simply raised his hands in a sign that he will make it right.

"Deal!" he said, then he put his hands on the belt, "I'm listening."

Sonic frowned in response, then nodded before you speak, "Tails did this idiotic experiment he told about the last two weeks." He said with a sad tone.

"What?" Knuckles asked in surprise, "But, he also said that this is possible only in theory." A thoughtful look to nowhere "Or, how did he called it there." He looked at Sonic "Okay. And what happened now?"

Sonic just beckoned Knuckles and Rouge by hand to him, making it clear that this is not worth to speak aloud. Those two nodded in response, then moved closer. Sonic whispered something to them on the ears. Something that made them both to wide their eyes and gasp. After they straightened up, they glanced back into Sonic's eyes with a shocked looks on their faces.

"WHAT?" they cried.

"HOW?!" Rouge said, shocked, "How he did it?"

Amy arched eyebrows at their reaction. Since she don't heard anything.

"I'm sorry, but what are..."

"Because of this idiotic tests Tails up to four years!" Rouge told her with a surprised tone in her voice.

Amy's eyes widened, and then she turned to Sally, giving her a shocked attractive face. Sally just looked at her with a sad emotion, making it clear that it's all true. Blaze, who was also gazing with a shocked face, looked at Sonic.

"Sonic, what are you talking about?" she asked, "Explain it to us."

Sonic nodded, before taking a deep breath. Exhaled air, he opened his eyes and was ready to start the story.

"There you are!" was heard the harsh and dark male voice, causing the others to make their wide eyes, "It seems that the whole little family is complete!"

Enough to Sonic growled in frustration, then turned to the source of the voice. It was a dark hedgehog dressed in black clothes and huge red-and-white shoes. His gait was saying that he was drunk. And strongly drunk. And how could it be otherwise, if at this moment he is holding a half-empty bottle of whiskey. Sonic growled irritably and shook his head once his dark counterpart came closer to them and stopped.

"Shadow!" He growled at him after baring his teeth, "What are you doing here?!"

Shadow snarled furiously at him, "What am I doing here? What am I doing here?!" he growled fiercely and aggressively," You yourself called me this morning and asked me to come here to talk!"

Sonic widened his eyes, then sighed and half-closed eyes. He put his hand to his face, then shook his head. Blaze, Sally and Amy questioningly raised an eyebrow, then looked at each other. Just like with Knuckles and Rouge. Bat then frowned and shook her head in dissaproval. She then turned to Sonic.

"Sonic, is it true?" She asked.

Sonic hit himself on the head several times, then shook it, crossed his arms and turned to Rouge "Yes, Rouge." He said, tired voice, "It's true." He turned to the Shadow, giving the guilty look, "Shadow, I'm sorry, I totally forgot about it."

Shadow widened his eyes, "What?" He asked in a threatening tone.

"Yes, I know I am a complete moron!" He said.

Dark hedgehog sniffed, before starting to walk in his blue counterpart's direction, still glaring at him, "Moron that's an understatement!" he snarled, "I was dragged here from Station for one thousand five hundred miles away from here ..." pause "... only to find out that you have forgotten everything?"

Blaze, who was frowning all the time while she looked at Shadow, bared her teeth, then got up on her feet and headed towards him. As she came close, she stopped him, by putting her hands on his shoulders. She gave him a plaintive, pleading look, as though asking him, for not being an angry. As for Shadow, he sighed and shook his head after she did it, and slightly narrowed.

"Blaze, step aside." he asked as politely as he was capable of being drunk.

Blaze shook his head, "No, until you calm down." she said in a calm, but at the same time a sad tone, "How much did you drink this time?"

"Blaze, please."

"How much?" the cat demanded.

Shadow sighed before shaking his head, "Three bottles." he said a little sad and guilty.

Blaze frowned, looking into his eyes, "And you thought that someone wants to talk to you while you're in this state?" she asked, a little harsh, "Shadow, please, go to the base. Sonic will talk to you, but only when you're getting sober."

Irritably sighing after the words Blaze dark hedgehog looked at the others. He frowned, "No, Blaze." he said sternly, "I was dragged here over a thousand miles not for you to put me to sleep." He bared his teeth, looking at Sonic, "You an incompetent idiot. First you bothering me and saying that you have an important conversation to me, and then you declare that you forget about everything! You're lucky Blaze is here. Otherwise, I would have torn you to pieces!"

But Sonic closed his eyes and lowered his head in shame, "I understand. You're absolutely right." he said as if he was sad. Enough to Shadow arched his eyebrows in puzzlement, because such behavior is totally untypical for Sonic.

After several moments of silence, Sally decided to break her and headed toward the dark hedgehog, "Shadow." she said, "Sonic forgot about it because of me." She approached closely and crossed her arms, still looking into his eyes, "We have a serious problem, and we decided to switch to it. Do not blame Sonic. Blame me. It's entirely my fault. I persuaded him to go with me to the workshop." she gave him a pitiful look, "Believe me, it's very, very complicated!"

After he widened his eyes and blinked once, he looked at Blaze, then at Amy. Then he turned to Rouge.

"What the hell is going on here?" He asked.

Frowned and sighed, a bat came close to him, before speaking, "Shadow." she said, "We do not know anything yet."

Shadow blinked twice, then turned to Princess of Metropolis "Then, can you clarify me?" He asked.

"Not now!" She said, on which dark hedgehog opened his mouth to answer. But Sally stopped him, "And before you thought that we are trying to hide it from you, I will tell you that you have nothing to worry about!" She said soothingly, "It's just this news may shock you!" She frowned, "Especially after three bottles of whiskey!"

Shadow squinted irritably, "What are you hinting at?" He asked.

Sonic looked up, then stood next to his girlfriend, "Shadow!" He said calmly, "You're drunk!"

The dark hedgehog rolled his eyes and shook his head. He again looked at the couple, then threw his arms in hand, "So what?"

"That ..." Knuckles spoke causing the hedgehog to turn to him "... you may have the wrong reaction to what happened!"

Shadow growled in exasperation, then put his right hand to the face, "Damn you all!" He then walked a short distance, turned to the others and spread his arms, "Tell me what the fuck happened! If you calling me a part of the squad, then be so kind..." frown, glare, clenched fists, "... share!" He crossed his arms, without changing expression, "Or you hold me for an idiot?"

The members of the company took a deep breath and shook their heads at his word, and then Blaze, with a calm look, walked up to him, "Shadow, what I told you?" she said with a calm tone, "Go to the base, rest and then we'll tell you about it."

Shadow blinked several times at her words before half-eyeing again, "Okay. You won." He said with a tired voice, then looked at the others, "But only because you asked me about it."

After that, he turned and started to walk away, "See you on the base." he said finally. Feline sighed, continuing to watch him go with sad eyes and stroking her shoulders with both hands. Rouge, however, looked after him with a sour look.

"You know?" bat spoke, "I do not understand why you're with him." She turned to Blaze, "How do you put up with his alcoholism? I barely lasted a week, and you stand for over an entire month."

Blaise turned to her, with a sad emotion on her face, "I don't know Rouge." she said, also sadly, "I don't know." She turned to Shadow, who continued to go toward the base, "Maybe because I feel sorry for him. Many of you did not even try to understand what it's like to live with the guilt for the death of everyone you know."

Sonic, Sally hugging around the waist continued to look at the dark hedgehog some time before the idea clicked in his brain. He let go of his girlfriend, then grinned and headed for the dark hedgehog. It was enough to Sally raised an eyebrow questioningly.

"Sonic?" she asked.

"Shadow!" Sonic called "Stop!"

Shadow sighed irritably, then shook his head and turned his face to the blue hedgehog, who was standing a few feet away from him.

"What do you want?!" he asked in a tired voice.

Sonic sighed and pointet his right hand's index finger on the cheek, "It was my fault." He said, "I deserved it."

Shadow raised an eyebrow at his request, "You have nothing to do?" He asked.

Sonic opened his eyes, "You could say that!" He said, "Besides ..." he grinned, "... don't you want to punch me?" He asked.

Barely moments as Shadow gave to Sonic a significant slap in the face. Sonic shouted and began to stagger falsely and screaming in pain. He collapsed on the ground and began to roll in the grass. Enough to members of the company raised their eyebrows in question, watching this scene. And to Shadow laughed quietly. For him, these cries, albeit false, it was sounded like a music.

"Hey, Shadow!" Was heard furious male voice. Unfamiliar. But it was threatening. Terribly threatening. This provoked a cry of silence. Shadow with a puzzled expression on his face turned slowly toward his voice. He turned there glaring, then stood into a fighting stance and threw the bottle aside.

"Who the f..ck are you?" He yelled at the new arrival.

"Shadow!" a man's voice was heard.

End of flashback.

Shadow slowly opened his red eyes. He stared in front of him, he found himself sitting on a chair in the studio and looking in the rotor wall, where was nothing. Just bare wall made of sturdy concrete. He sat on a chair in Rotor's workshop, leaning his elbows on the table and his head on his left hand. In his right hand he was holding a smoking cigarette. And on this cigarette the ash was falling slowly. One had the feeling that he is immersed in his thoughts on the so deeply that not completely forgot why he was there and what he should do. Although, fortunately for him there was one person who will return it to the ground.

"Shadow, wake up." Rotor called him.

Shadow turned his head slowly to the right to meet the eyes of the one who called him. But just to see the walrus, who shook his head slowly from side to side, and who frowned on him in disapproval.

"We're not smoking in here!" he said a little demanding.

Dark hedgehog, however, only continued to stare at him with narrowed eyes, then looked at his cigarette. He shook his head, then extinguished it before hide his cigarette back in the pack and hide it in his jacket. Then he rose from his chair and walked right up to walrus. He leaned on the table with both hands and stared at the screen.

"Anything here?" he asked with a neutral tone in his voice.

Rotor sighed wearily, and then wearily stared at his computer screen.

"Nothing yet." he said irritably, "I was able to remove the protection from the hard drive, which was at its core, but it was even more difficult." He pressed a few buttons on his keyboard, "There's another system that encrypted the files after I took off the previous one. So, with the disclosure of the secrets we'll have to wait." He leaned on his chair and frowned, "I don't like it. The last time Eggman used a double protection system seven years ago."

"Yes." Shadow agreed, "The deeper you diving, the more obvious fact becomes."

"It's not Eggman." The rotor continued his thought, "But if it's not him, then who?"

Shadow frowned, never taking his eyes off the screen, "This is what we have to find out." he said, then drew himself up to his height. He raised his left hand and looked at his watch.

"We have to go." he said, before glancing at Rotor, "I hope that now you don't need to sit at the computer to ensure that everything goes according to plan."

"Oh no!" Rotor growled irritably, then rose from his chair and headed for the door, "I sat in front this piece of scrap for all day and I'm not going to spend it for the whole next night!" He left the workshop.

Shadow did not betray his reaction really matter. He knew what the walrus feels right now. Grinning, he just followed him, with his hands in the pockets of his jacket.

With Sonic.

In his room, a blue hedgehog lying on top of a shelf and viewing the information on a disc that Shadow gave him. He stared at the screen of his laptop, with a stern face and frowning. Yes, he was still working in warrior mode. Perhaps the information was too sensational to read. Or simply too useless, and Sonic seemed that he just spent his time in vain. Shaking his head, blue hedgehog pulled the disc out, and then turned the laptop off. He put the disc in the box, then put it on top of the laptop. He sighed wearily, before staring up and fix his gaze on the ceiling.

"F..cking great!" he said coldly to himself, "How many more sensations awaits me in the future?"

He looked at the disk. Then he shook his head, took a disc in right hand and jumped down from the top shelf. He took his orange coat, then put it on, hide the disc into the inner pocket and walked out of the room.

In Sally's office.

In the office, where Sally conducted a meeting, you can see our squirrel sitting on a chair and staring at the detachment fighters with a stern look on her face. At the moment, there were several members of the group. Bunnie, Antoine, Rouge, Silver, Amy, as well as several young fighters of rank. Gray hedgehog, hare orange and pink pig. The three men stood at attention, with a frown, giving their leader to understand that they will do everything in their power and ready to go on a mission.

"Your first priority is exploration. Listen carefully whatever agent Bates and agent Kintobor tells you." Sally said with a tone of harsh military general (General Sally), "To conduct any overt act against combat units is forbidden, if you want to stay alive." She frowned harder, "I repeat no public action. Only a hidden intelligence and neutralization with using electromagnetic devices and being in the shelter. Do you understand?"

"Yes, your highness." One of the fighters said with a confident tone in his voice.

Sally nodded back to them, "You three are free." she said, "Prepare for the mission."

The trio nodded, before heading towards the exit from the office. They quickly left the room, leaving the most experienced fighters in mild puzzlement. Rouge, Bunnie, Silver, Antoine and Amy all looked at the door with question expression of the faces. They turned back to Sally, as if waiting for an answer to a question.

"Can we know why these three?" Bunnie said, "These guys are not so many missions in summary, to send them to, perhaps, the most difficult job in their lives."

"I agree." Silver added, "Maybe it's better if we go to Eggmanland instead of them?"

"These guys have a big enough experience in military organizations, unlike most of us." Sally said quietly and squinting, "They will unconditionally fulfill all orders, to act as they were ordered, and so on." At this point, the front door opened and Shadow with Rotor went inside, but no one paid attention to it, "In addition, it is possible that we need someone else, if there will be any worse trouble."

Silver scratched his head in thought. But he then just smiled and nodded, "Yes, it is fair." he said, then crossed his arms, "And what about Espio? He should be back."

"Espio said he had to do one more thing, when I saw him last night." Shadow said, drawing to itself attention, "He said he would be back in four days." He crossed his arms, "I'm didn't ask him about what was this thing, but I can guess." He arched his eyebrows, then looked at Sally, "In the corridor I bumped into three guys who told me that they have chosen as my assistants. They know what to do?"

Sally smirked, then leaned back on her chair.

"Don't worry, Shadow." she said, "They will do everything you tell them and won't make even one step without your command." She folded her hands together, "Whom do you take?"

"I'll take Antoine and Rouge." Shadow said quickly, "And Amy." Amy's eyes got wide when she heard his words, "These people will be enough for the mission went smoothly."

Antoine felt a slight shock, as Shadow called his name. He looked at the dark hedgehog with wide eyes and a questioning face, trying to figure out the cause. But he was not as shocked as Bunnie. Rabbit-girl frowned, then crossed her arms.

"May I ask why?" she asked a little harsh and disturbing, worrying about her husband, "This should be a very good reason."

"Because in that case, if we need an urgent retreat and I can not take away the rest, Antoine is the best one." Shadow replied calmly, "He knows the catacombs, workarounds and places through which we can pass unnoticed. He will be useful to me in this mission."

"This is not a reason, Shadow!" Bunnie protested, "I will not allow you to expose his life is in danger!"

"Bunnie." Antoine called her. Bunnie turned to her husband with a sad emotion on her face. Antoine walked right up to her, put his hand on her shoulder and smiled at her warmly.

"Darling, I'll be all right." he said confidently, "You can be at peace."

Bunnie, however, did not buy his words, "Oh, no, Antoine!" she said a little sternly, and with even greater anxiety in her voice, "The last time you went on a mission, you almost died along with Sonic. I can't allow history to repeat itself!"

Antoine rolled his eyes to the ceiling, before shaking his head. He again looked into her eyes, then smiled more charming, "Bunnie, my love." He said, "You know Shadow. He will not allow me to act like he does not need."

Silver arched eyebrows before frown and look at the dark hedgehog, "Shadow, Bunnie is right!" he said, drawing everyone's attention, "You'll need someone stronger. Let me go with you instead."

"And how often have you been in Robotropolis, Silver?" Shadow asked him, "Do you know the local sewer? Workaround? Catacombs?" He frowned, "No! I want experienced people, and not only the strong." He looked at the Bunnie, "I'm sorry, Bunnie, but we do not have such a large selection among the soldiers. Antoine runs fast, can shoot and well-versed in the field. And, as I said, he knows all the workarounds in Robotropolis."

Silver shook his head, before approaching close to his dark counterpart, "So, we need to reconsider our decision." he said sternly and slightly demanding, "Antoine is a great fighter, but this operation is not for him. He's certainly not the only one who knows Robotropolis catacombs." He turned to Sally, "I'm right?"

"Yes, you're right, Silver." Sally told him calmly, "But there is one problem. The detachment left only three people who know these charts by heart. One of them will go to the Mystic Ruins to get in touch with Sonia Delphius. The second can't leave the town because of the camouflage breakdown." She crossed her arms, "Antoine is the only one who is free and able to lead them through the catacombs safely." She looked at the Bunnie "Bunnie, please. This may be our only chance."

Bunnie, however, do not buy into her words. She walked right up to the table and leaned on it with both hands, looking at her best friend's eyes, "If this is our only chance, I can not allow my husband to ..."

"Bunnie." Shadow called her again. Rabbit-girl instantly stopped before straightened to her full height. She looked back over her shoulder with a sad expression to face with the harsh, but at the same time, warm look that dark hedgehog gave to her. Shadow just stood near the Mobius map that hung on the left wall in the office, looking at Bunnie's eyes, trying to make sure that she did not worry much.

"I understand your distrust of me." he said in his trademark dark manner, "I have a lot of things done for my life. I have worked with Eggman, almost destroyed the planet, nearly killed Sonic in a fit of rage. I was drinking like a pig, and behaved as the last bastard on Mobius. But know this. Your husband, you, me. All who are here and who is on this base, we all knew what we were going, when vowed to regain freedom for our planet and defeat the madman. We made a promise that we obliged to execute what we have is not worth it. This applies to all of us. And if your husband has vowed to fight for freedom, I swore to protect you all with my life." Bunnie eyes widened," Your husband will not suffer. Mark my words."

This speech made a great impression on all who have been here. Even Amy, who was on bad terms with the dark hedgehog, was delighted with his manner and convince his majestic voice. Bunnie, in turn, shook her head, with dramatic emotion on his face, then went close to him and showed him a finger on her right hand.

"Promise me!" she demanded.

"I promise!" Shadow said, still calm and confident.

After his words rabbit felt a strong relief. It seemed like literally a stone fell from her heart. She nodded to the dark hedgehog, then he turned to Antoine, who greeted her with a smile on his face.

"And now can I go for a walk on the street with friends?" he asked mockingly, thus causing a slight giggles of the girls who were here. Amy, Sally, Rouge and Bunnie could not help but laughed at his remark. At this point, the humor was the best cure for depression. Reassured, Bunnie came close to him, then she hugged him around the neck. She closed her eyes and rested her head on his shoulder, still smiling. Antoine hugged her back and stroked her gently, trying to comfort her, and making it clear that he will not put his ass under a heavy fire.

Rouge stopped laughing at that moment, then sighed and crossed her arms. She smiled seductively, looking like a couple enjoying each other.

"Awwwwww." she moaned, "It's always so nice when the spouses are so worried for each other." She looked at Amy, "Who knows, maybe someday we'll stand in the same way." She glanced at the Silver, "Right, Silver?"

Silver arched an eyebrow questioningly, then turned to her, "What?"

The girls could not resist again, and laughed at his behavior. It was enough to Silver eyes widened in surprise. After all, he did not say anything funny. At all! After the girls calmed down, Amy turned to Silver and grinned playfully.

"Nothing." she said, then looked at Sally.

Squirrel also calmed down, and then she said, "It's nice that we do not lose our sense of humor and a sense of beauty even in the face of mortal danger." she said, then got up from his chair and walked to the other. Antoine and Bunnie finished hugging, then they exchanged nods and turned to Sally, who was now standing next to them.

"Guys, we cannot delay." Princess Metropolis said before frown, "The sooner you start, the better. Be careful and go back safe and sound." She looked at Shadow, "This applies to all of you!"

Shadow arched an eyebrow, giving her a sarcastic look, "We'll see how it goes." he said calmly, and then looked at the others, "Let's go! Prepare evetything you need! We're moving out in an hour!"

Antoine was the first to confidently nodded to him, then he left the office, leaving the rest in an easy bafflement. Rouge sighed over his behavior, before turning to Bunnie.

"Hey, sugar." she called, drew the attention to her, "If anything, I'll take care of your husband with these eyes." bat playfully said, then left the room, too. Bunnie, however, perceived her words are not as expected. She widened her eyes as a sign of puzzlement, then looked at Sally.

"Now I'm really worrying!" she said sarcastically, then left the room, too.

Sally, who still wore her smirk on face, just shook her head over the sarcasm atmosphere in the room, then looked at Shadow.

"It was a very impressive speech, Shadow." she said jokingly, "Good job."

Shadow arched eyebrows, "Naturally, this is good job." he said, then grinned in response, "I've been rehearsing this speech for a month before a mirror, to pronounce it the most natural. Oscar to me!"

Sally giggled slightly at his words, then sighed and nodded. Shadow nodded back, then glanced at Amy. He nodded his head toward the door, then headed there and left the room. Amy's eyes widened over his behavior before without a word following him.

After Amy left the office, those who stayed here were Silver and Rotor. Except for Sally, of course. Squirrel sighed, then looked at the duo.

"Rotor." Sally spoke, "How is the work with deciphering the data?"

With Shadow and Amy.

"I don't understand why you chose me?" Amy spoke with a dark hedgehog as they walked through the corridors of the base, "You plugged my mouth there in the restaurant. You threatened to arrest me. You didn't talk to me for eight months. And now you just take me in your team." She shook her head and narrowed her eyes, "Shadow, Confess. Why did you do it?"

Tired of verbal diarrhea, irritated Shadow rolled his eyes to the ceiling. He shook his head, before looking back to the pink hedge-girl, with his corner of his eye.

"Because, Amy!" he said sarcastically and with a sour face, "You are a member of the Liberation squad! You are not supposed to ask questions about the choice. I choose you, because I needed it!" He looked ahead and slightly accelerated, "This conversation is over!"

Amy's eyes turned wide, after he told her that "very good reason" as soon as she stopped. But in another moment she frowned and then ran after him. She will not leave it just like that and without attention.

"Wait a second!" her exasperated tone again sounded behind dark hedgehog, causing him to stop and close his eyes wearily. He particularly tired of her endless questions, and her unbridled nature. Opening his eyes, he looked back at her over his right shoulder, then completely turned to her and crossed his arms. Amy came close to him, then frowned and crossed her arms, keeping eye contact.

"May I ask you, who gave you this right?" she asked, still staying in discontent, "You didn't even talk to me and did not ask a permission." She frowned, "What if I don't want to go with you? Among other things I'll go with Sonic in the Mystic Ruins into the diplomatic mission!"

Shadow frowned, then walked right up to her. It was enough to Amy's eyes turned wide again and she felt herself a little uncomfortable. Shadow towered over her, looking straight into her eyes, giving her the most severe and confident look that she could see in her life.

"First! You're not going to the Mystic Ruins, because you'll ruin it with your behavior!" Hedgehog said sternly, "Second! Your hammer will be much more useful against the robots, which we consider our enemies, not against living people, buyout, we have to make our friends! Third! I have every right to recruit you as a representative of "Guardian Units of Nations"!"

Amy opened her mouth to protest again. But she was only about to sigh in disappointment after Shadow told her the news. On her face appeared sad attractive face, before she took hold of the shoulders. Shadow shook his head, without taking his eye contact, before continuing.

"Listen." He said, "If you really want to change something, it is better to start to do it with you." He crossed his arms, "Every time you go on a mission, you always did it in Sonic's group, which is quite normal, given your obsession with him." He frowned, "And I do not remember what you always bursting about him, like a magpie. What annoys me personally!" Amy frowned at him and pouted, "Let's face it. Your whole life is Sonic. Everything about what you think and how you live, it's Sonic. No personal preference, no diversity. Only Sonic, Sonic and Sonic again." He half closed his eyes, "Damn, Amy! You are here only because of him, or you want to stop the Eggman's tyranny on Mobius?!"

Frowning, Amy opened her mouth to say a couple more words. However, her eyes went wide again once she heard the tramp of boots. She glanced in the direction of the noise source. Her face immediately appeared happy smile once she recognized the blue hedgehog with green eyes, walking to meet them. Once Sonic walked right up and stopped, he gave him a sour smile on Shadow, before asking.

"Well, how are you doing, Shadow?" he asked in a completely neutral tone in his voice.

"Never felt myself better." Shadow answered, "After an hour we are going to Robotropolis."

"After an hour?" Sonic said admiringly, "Wow. I have to admit that sometimes you even faster than I am."

"In terms of thinking, I'm sure a lot faster than you." Shadow replied sarcastically.

Sonic laughed at his remark, then he shook his head, smiled, and walked right up to him. Very close. So close that only three or two inches left therebetween. The 'Blue blur' still had a cocky smile on his face, but Shadow understood, that it was only mask.

"I watched a movie that you gave me." he said jokingly, "It was very, very informative. I have to admit that the female lead was really nice in her role. I didn't even recognized that it will be such a plot twist. She opened so many new details about herself." He arched an eyebrow and winked, "I'm even shocked. If I had my way, I'd have her nominated for an Oscar."

Shadow sighed in his attempt to talk to a passphrase, as it turned out he was a hard time with this. But he just grinned in response, before speaking again.

"And since when Oscar gives award to porn movies?" he asked jokingly.

It was enough to Sonic turned shocked. However, after that, he grinned like a fiend, before answering.

"So there you have recorded porn in addition to the film that I saw?" he asked, much to Shadow's irritation, "Okay. Now, I'll know about it." He patted Shadow on the right shoulder, "Good luck with the mission."

Hiding his hands in the pockets of his orange coat, Sonic headed down the hall, in the direction of Sally's office. Shadow and Amy looked at him go. And if on the dark hedgehog's face was his trademark irritated emotion, on Amy's face was surprised and disapproving emotion. The reason for this was the fact that Sonic did not say a single word, Amy, for all the time that he was here. He just pretended not to notice her presence. Amy frowned, clenched her teeth, then pressed both hands into fists.

"Sonic the Hedgehog!" she called frown and harsh tone in her voice.

Hearing her voice, Sonic stopped dead, then growled in exasperation and rolled his eyes.

"F..ck!" he moaned quietly, "I'm almost gone!" furiously shaking his head, he looked back over his shoulder at Amy and smiled sourly, "Yes, Amy?"

Amy shook her head, then came close to him. Fixing her disgruntled look on his emerald-green eyes, she crossed her arms and straightened her height. She gave him that look and did not say a word, as though giving him telepathic signals. But Sonic did not understand her facial expressions. He crossed his arms after being completely turned to her and raised an eyebrow.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" the hedgehog asked neutrally.

"Do not pretend you do not know what I'm saying." Amy demandingly said, "Why are you ignoring me? You have not even asked me," how are you ", or something like that."

"Oh, it was so important for you?" Sonic asked with mock surprise, "Well, sorry then. Next time be sure to ask." He smiled sourly and waved at her with right hand, "Hi, Amy. How are you doing?"

"It's not funny!" Amy said angrily. Then she made her eyes wide, before continuing her complaint, "Shadow chose me as an assistant on a mission to Robotropolis."

Sonic also widened his eyes, "What? Are you serious?" he asked surprisingly. Amy made a sad emotion and nodded. After that, Sonic smiled and crossed his arms.

"Its cool!" he said admiringly, much to Amy's shock, "You'll have time to stretch your muscles, kick a couple of hundred metal asses and to work with a hammer. I congratulate you."

"Congratulating me with what?" Amy asked in shock, then frowned, "Shadow recruited your girlfriend on a dangerous mission from which she may not come back. You will not be there to protect me. And you just say that it's cool?" She bared her teeth, "How can you say that?"

Sighing and narrowing his eyes Sonic stooped, keeping eye contact with Amy.

"First! You're not my girlfriend, and you never will. We're just friends." he said in a tired and irritated, then frowned, "I'm sick already to repeat it again and again! Learn to respect other people's words and feelings!" he straightened up and crossed his arms, "Second, you are fifteen ..."

"Fourteen!" Amy corrected him angrily.

"Fourteen!" Sonic continued, "Honestly, Amy. I single-handedly saved the world in my fourteen, and all you're in the same age only running after me. You need to become independent!" Amy pouted, "Thirdly. I know you too well, and I know Sonia too well. If you're going to show off ... and you will be... Sonia simply will kick us out and we can forget about any merger. And in the fourth." he grinned, "I have no power to challenge the decisions of GUN agent. If he thinks that this is necessary, then this is necessary." he spread his hands, "I'm sorry, but I can't help you with this."

Amy opened wide her mouth and eyes, "You ..." pause, "You ..." more pause, "We ..." she frowned and bared her teeth, "How dare you? It's not fair! I gave you my best years! And you ..." she did not finish her words, as someone grabbed her arm and dragged from Sonic, causing her to cry out, "AAAAAA ..." Amy made her eyes even wider, then glanced at Shadow. He frowned sternly at her face and shook his head disapprovingly, as a stern father who is dissatisfied with the behavior of his daughter.

"Amy Alexandra Rose!" dark hedgehog spoke sternly and angrily, "If you do not calm down right now, I will take away your hammer, lock you in your room and you do not come out until the end of the week!"

Amy gasped, then mimed mournful face, "But Shadow!" she begged.

"Enough!" Shadow interrupted her, "Immediately go and pack your things, or I'll do it myself!"

After his words, Amy could no longer protest. She turned away again pouted and turned away from the two urchins, snorted and headed toward her room. She realized that she had no chance. Luck and a vocabulary were not on her side.

The two hedgehpogs looked at the way she walking away, then looked at each other. Sonic looked into Shadow's eyes with a grateful smile before whispering, "Thank you!"

"Don't mention it." Shadow said, then followed Amy without further ado.

As for Sonic, he remained standing in the same place with a malicious and lightweight smile on his face, glad that he was able to easily get rid of. But then his face reappeared stern expression, then he looked over his right shoulder. Blaze stood there frowning at him back, thus expressing disapproval. Yes, she had seen and heard the whole conversation. Dressed in a purple skinny jacket, white jeans and purle shoes feline stood near the wall with her arms crossed in the chest area and shook her head from side to side.

"It was not really even fair, Sonic." she said with a hint of disapproval in her voice, "You would have to act a little more humane."

Sonic sighed, then narrowed his eyes, flashing a dramatic emotion, "I tried to act humanely, Blaze." he said quietly and dramatically, "But it was absolutely useless." He looked at the corridor where Shadow and Amy went, "It only led to worse." He closed his eyes, then shook his head to get rid of bad thoughts. Once he opened his eyes again, he looked up, and then completely turned to Blaze. He walked right up to her, his hands in his jeans pockets.

"You thought about my offer?" he asked.

"To go with you and Knuckles in 'Mystic Ruins' to meet this Sonia Delpheus?" Blaze asked rhetorically, before shrugging, "Sure. Why not? I do not really want to sit out my tail on the base."

Sonic grinned, "I'm glad to hear it." he said, before they went to Sally's office side, "Additional cover, especially on such a hot woman like you will be very useful for us."

Blaze raised an eyebrow, looking into his eyes with warning look on her face, "Slow down, hedgehog." she said with a neutral tone in her voice.

Chapter number eight is officially over.

Seven and a half thousand words. You can not imagine what pleasure I got while writing this chapter. This is a real breakthrough among writers. LOL.

I also want to say that the next chapter will be the last in the first stage of this story. The tenth chapter will be the final chapter in which our mobians appear together. Then the plot is divided into four independent storylines that tell about the various tasks and missions in which our heroes will appear and they will perform.

Because now I'm caught inspiration, it is possible that the next chapter will be released ASAP. I will try to do it in the beginning of March, but especially not promise anything. Until then, good-bye, my pretty.

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