Hello! Sorry for the wait, but I've been having computer problems lately. That, and the fact that I needed a break from typing after all the typing I had to do for college for the past two weeks. So, is anyone else playing Injustice: Gods Among Us? I love that game! This chapter, as well as Chapter 11, will be slightly shorter than most of the chapters I've been uploading lately. I will continue Shadow's flashback on Chapter 12; speaking of Shadow, I am meaning to change his eye color while he is in his Chaos Form from red to green (anyone in Chaos Form will have eye colors that match their Chaos Emerald) If anyone decides to read back to see if I did or not, please review to let me know. I have been busy lately and may forget to do it. If I forget to change it in the actual story, just know that it's supposed to be green not red while in Chaos Form.

My friend and I are currently working on drawings for Shadow, Sonic, and Silver in their Zero-tech suits, as soon as we finish any of them, I will upload them to my pictures on this site.

As always, enjoy the chapter and review if you have any advice or ideas. I am open to anything and will take it into consideration, as well as add the idea somewhere in a future chapter!

Chapter 10: Friendly Chat

Space Colony Ark; Sonic's Quarters, Minutes after Metal's Healing

Sonic's POV

I smiled as I opened the case containing my new suit Gun gave me. It picked up the long-sleeved shirt and inspected the designs on it; it was a slightly darker shade of blue than my fur with a tan stripe that stretched from the tip of the sleeve to the base of the shirt. The pants also had the stripe continue down to the bottom of the leg. There were also new shoes (black where mine are red), gloves (bright white), and sapphire colored cuffs for both of them (like Shadow's gold ones from the looks of it).

"Sweet, something different for a change," I said aloud as I slid the clothes on. They felt like silk; breathable with flexibility to boot. After I finished getting dressed, I noticed something that resembled an arm-brace with a label titled, "Zero-tech."

I picked the brace up and gave it a quick look-over before strapping it on my left arm and pressing a button labeled, "Connect." Instantly there was a sharp pain that made me yelp and try to remove it; only to find that it began to meld with my skin. I almost panicked until I noticed that there was no more pain almost as soon as it finished fusing with my arm. Confused, I tapped my arm a few times where the brace had been. I was surprised to find that I could feel each touch, along with my arm lighting up. I tapped a symbol that looked like a window; instantly, a holo-screen appeared over my arm that the brace was before it fused with me. "Amazing," I whispered, "it's a part of me now. And judging by the symbols," I tapped the symbol for clothing and my suit disappeared, "it seems that my suit is a part of me too; even the shoes change!" I laughed out loud at how awesome it was to see my new black shoes fade to red when I pressed that specific symbol.

I then spent the next hour fiddling around with the holo-screen. With it, I could browse the internet, as well as make custom clothing from sleeveless tees and gym shorts to thick winter coats and overalls. I decided that I would keep it on a long-sleeve hooded pull-over jacket with the hood back and a white tee underneath it; I noticed that there was also a swirling silver design that resembled a tornado. 'If I'm the Wind Element, then that makes sense,' I deduced to myself as I finished with my suits torso layout.

'Shadow and Silver probably like their suits designs too,' I thought as I designed my lower suit layout. I was suiting myself up by making my pants become a pair of cargos (with the Velcro pockets on the sides) with a slightly darker blue than my fur (just like my jacket) with a tan stripe on the side that lined up with my jackets stripe. I kept my blue Chaos Emerald on the right pocket on my cargos.

I was about to call it a night and try to get some rest for Shadow's next boot camp session until I heard a loud scream come from across the hall inside Silver's room. Before I could even stand from my bed, both the door to my room and I was lit up in an aqua aura. I was levitated off the bed and my door was flung open; I was then yanked through the two open doors and into Silver's room with the doors closing behind me.

I was then slammed against the closed door, with the aura constricting my movements, and Silver seemed to appear out of nowhere in my face while screaming, "HOW DO I GET IT OFF?!" His face was filled with panic.

Both confused of his question and still in shock of what just happened, I asked shakily, "W-w-what do you m-mean…?"

"THE SUIT, THE BRACE, AND THE SHOES; HOW DO I GET THEM OFF?!" he continued to shout.

"IF YOU DON'T SHUT THE FUCK UP I AM GOING TO STAB ONE OF MY CHAOS SPEARS SO FAR UP YOUR ASS YOU'LL CHOKE ON IT!" we both heard through rumbling walls as it appeared that Silver's outburst woke Shadow.

"Hehe; um, sorry, Shadow!" I apologized for Silver. We both could hear him grumbling in annoyance at being woken up before it was quiet again. "Silver, how bout you put me down and we talk, okay?" I asked in a hushed tone so not to disturb Shadow again.

He then looked in another direction while dropping the field around me and letting me move on my own accord again. "I'm sorry, Sonic, but I can't take this suit off; the shirt, pants, shoes, or brace," he explained. I sighed when I realized that this was all that the problem was.

"It's alright, buddy," I said while patting him on the shoulder. I looked down at his suit, which was dull gold and grey with an aqua light line coming from the four bracelets he wore to the center of his chest where it formed a large circle like the ones on his gloves; the grey on his suit was just outside the aqua lines and the dull gold took up the rest of the suit. "As for taking it off, you can't; it's a part of you now, but you can change how you look if you don't like what you're wearing," I explained.

"Really; how do I do that?" he asked. We spent two hours going into detail about how to change our outfits, tweak what we're already wearing, and to remove what we're wearing (no homo).

"Aaaand that's about all that I know," I concluded. I dismissed my holo-screen and looked up to see him still fiddling around with the clothing options.

"Ugh, I can't decide on anything!" he complained while switching from an open light jacket style to a closed hooded jacket to a leather jacket to back to the original open light jacket style before throwing his hands up and falling back on his bed while sighing in defeat.

"Ya know, this style suits you; I would keep it," I assured him while leaning back in my chair that was at the foot of his bed. His t-shirt under the jacket was grey with a bright aqua light circle on the chest.

"Yeah, I guess so," he said while crossing his arms behind his head. "So, you and Amy are together now?" he said out of the blue.

I almost fell out my chair at the sudden change of topic and replied, "Um, yeah. We got together not long after myself and I defeated the Time Eater."

He turned his head towards me and asked, "How did you get the courage to give her a chance, or is it just a 'change in pace'?"

"Oh har har har, very funny, smartass," I retorted at him referring to when Eggman constantly shouted 'How about a change in pace?!' at me during the fight with the Egg Dragoon.

He snickered and egged me on by saying, "Oh come on, Sonic, I was just pulling your leg. But seriously, how did you two get together? Were you just tired of running?"

I sighed and sat back in my chair. I thought back to that very day and told him, "In a way, yeah I was tired of running. She had followed me to the ends of the earth most of her life; or at least ever since she met me." Silver perked up on his bed and started to pay more attention to what I said as I continued. "But about three weeks ago, which was also the second month after Eggman's 'Time Eater' backfired on him, she stopped chasing me," as I reminisced I tilted my head up to the ceiling, becoming lost in my memory of that day, "Naturally, I was worried that something had happened to her; otherwise she would be up my ass like she always was, so I decided to check up on her in Station Square. At the time, she had an apartment not far from City Hall; I knew that because of the few times I caught the business end of her hammer from a smartass remark and she brought me to her room to recover and apologize."

Silver and I both laughed as he said, "So let me get this straight, you were unconscious in her house? You don't think she…"

"Would ya stop being a perv; of course she didn't do anything like THAT," I protested.

"Whatever," he responded, "anyways, you were saying?"

"Alright, let's see…" I agreed while remembering where I left off. "Like I was saying, I remembered where she lived and decided to swing by. When I got there, she was just leaving; to go shopping I guess. I asked her how she was and she said she was fine, ya know, how usual conversations go. But something was different; she wasn't all over me or anything like that, it was almost like she didn't even care about me anymore."

"And that made you like her?" Silver guessed.

"Well, I guess you can say that," I responded sheepishly while smiling, "but I think it was that I finally started to notice how beautiful she is. She also seemed a little more mature at the time; when I asked why she wasn't following me around anymore, she told me that she had a life to live too and she didn't want to spend it following a dream. Naturally, I was caught off-guard. I decided to make my move later that night to see if she was still interested in me. When she agreed, our feelings turned out to be mutual."

"So…ever since, you two have been together, like dating?" Silver asked. He seemed to be blushing slightly, but at what I can't say for sure.

"Uh, well yeah, ever since I asked her to dinner that night, why?" I asked him, wondering where he was going with this.

Silver was obviously uncomfortable about revealing his intentions, but finally spoke up by stating, "Well, I've kinda had this thing for Blaze. She's just so smart and beautiful; even how she is shy around new friends she makes, like your friends. I want to be with her like how you and Amy are."

I smiled and told him, "Well, first things first, you have to ask her how she feels. To be honest, we don't really act like normal couples."

"What do you mean, Sonic?" he asked, confused by what I meant.

"Well, we go out to eat every now and then; we don't hang on each other every waking minute of the day or even say that we love each other very often," I explained.

"Isn't that how all couples are?" he continued to question me.

"Yeah, I think; remember, this is my first actual relationship. Why don't you ask Rouge about this stuff when you get the chance? She knows more than I do about relationships," I suggested.

Silver smiled and stood from his bed. He began to stretch while yawning and replied, "I guess you're right, I will in a few days or so. Good night Sonic." He then encased himself in his aura.

"Good night Silver. Wait, why are you-" I was interrupted by Silver flinging me back to my room and closing the doors behind me. I was dropped three feet above my bed face first. After a few bounces, I turned over, propped my head on my arm, and complained, "I could have walked here, sheesh."

The Next Morning

I woke to the pleasant sound of Shadow and Silver arguing in the other room. I dragged myself out of bed and changed my suit from pajamas to my 'default' setting. Satisfied with my attire, I opened and walked through my bedroom door. I turned to my right to see Silver in his suit he set last night. Shadow was also wearing his suit; the pants were like mine only black with a red spike running from the sides of his waist down the leg, the torso was also black with red spikes going from the shoulders to the chest and the sleeves had a red spike from the wrists to the elbows, and his red emblem given to him by Gun from the Black Arms crisis was on the left side of his chest like my tornado.

"I told you twice already, you AREN'T going to Earth!" Shadow shouted at Silver while slamming his hands on the table.

"But I have to see if Blaze is okay, she could be in danger; they ALL could be!" Silver countered while slamming his fists down like Shadow.

Yawning, I walked up and opened the fridge looking for some orange juice. While I rummaged, I asked, "Alright, I'll give; what are you two going on about now?"

After I fixed me a glass, Shadow replied while crossing his arms, "I got a report from Rouge that Tails called the girls wanting them to see something; more specifically, he wanted just Rouge, but since she is supposed to be watching Amy and Blaze, they went too."

"So what's the big deal? It's not like Tails or anyone else would try anything with them; I trust Tails and the others," I said between sips.

"Maybe, but what Shadow didn't say was that Rouge said that everyone but Tails and Charmy were severely hurt by Eggman's new robot. Basically, he called the girls over WITHOUT defeating the enemy!" Silver nearly exploded at me.

Shadow rolled his eyes and explained, "Like I told Silver, Rouge reported that the android was last seen on Angel Island at the Shrine of the Master Emerald. It also did not give chase, meaning that for whatever reason he's there, it has nothing to do with attacking our friends."

"So," I asked, "what does it want then?"

"We don't know, but Shadow won't let us go to find out!" Silver shouted towards Shadow.

"Do you want a Spear up the ass?!" Shadow shouted back.

"Bring it, 'Faker'!" Silver countered.

"GUYS!" I shouted at both of them after putting my cup down. "Will ya both shut up already?! Shadow, is Metal Sonic there yet?"

"He goes by 'Metal' now, and yes. He saved Vector before the android could finish him off. Rouge reported that Tails said that Metal then warped back to the Shrine to finish the fight," Shadow replied calmly.

"'Metal', huh?" I asked smiling, "Sounds like he's a changed person; er, I mean, android."

"Your first guess was right, Sonic," Shadow said while smiling, "seeing as he is alive now, with flesh and blood; chrome flesh and mercury blood, but still."

"What?! But how did you-" I began before a beeping from Shadow's pocket interrupted me.

"This is Rouge; Shadow, can you hear me?" a voice called from Shadow's Gun radio.

He took it out and replied, "Loud and clear, what's the situation?"

"Everyone I listed as injured previously have made a full recovery, looks like Gun really came through with Metal. He healed everyone before going back to Angel Island," she reported.

Silver spoke up asking, "Rouge, are you all okay?"

"Is that Silver? He does know that we were nowhere near the android, right Shadow?" Rouge asked curiously.

Shadow, while facepalming, replied, "Yeah, he knows, he's just really stubborn and a little thickheaded."

Rouge let out a giggle at Shadow's joke and said, "Regardless, yes Silver, we're all fine; Blaze too."

Silver blushed at her teasing while I requested, "Rouge, Shadow, can I head down to Angel Island? I want to see Metal on the field; plus I want to stretch my legs." I started to do my daily stretching that I did normally before a good jog.

"I don't see a problem in it honey, all of us here are in Tails' Cyclone right now. You know, the big silver and yellow one; we are going to check up on him and provide assistance if necessary," Rouge replied.

Shadow's eyes widened and he spoke up saying, "Rouge, you know you were told not to engage or go anywhere near anything to do with Eggman; that's the very reason you and the others are in hiding to begin with!"

She sighed through the radio and assured him, "Relax, we'll be fine. We have all these big, strong Mobians here to keep us safe. You worry too much, sweetheart."

"Keep in mind that those 'big, strong Mobians' were in critical state earlier. Plus, Metal is probably still learning how to use his powers; who knows when the next time he can perform that healing he did again? Maybe a few days for all we know!"

I pulled my Chaos Emerald out and nodded at Shadow and Silver. Nodding back, they reached for theirs too. We all said "CHAOS…CONTROL!" and began to shine white with energy.

We could hear her say just before warping, "Tails, punch it darling, there's some light shining over near the Shrine. Shadow, relax okay? Shadow, are you there?"