Worlds Collide

Chapter Twenty

Shadow purred when Alex scratched behind his ear. Megan was literally dancing from her happiness. Eli rolled his eyes at how silly she was being, but he was glad too to see Shadow.

Alex then looked at Megan, "You wanna call everyone?"

Megan grinned and pulled out a spoon from her sleeve where she had hid it. She then began tapping it against the side of the wall, alerting the group to come out.

"Hey! Everyone come out! We got a visitor!" Megan called, still dancing and hitting the spoon against the wall. She looked like she was performing. (OMG! Al typed this paragraph!)

A couple seconds passed, but then the sound off paws could be heard padding across the floor. First to appear was Maddie, tripping over her own paws and sliding everywhere. Sonic scurried behind her, and then Oliver and Callisto came running in. All four skidded to a stop, their eyes wide and staring at the newcomer.

Callisto spoke first, "Hi Mr. Shadow! You must be Alex's friend."

The dark colored cat nodded, "Yes." His eyes were also wide, but more out of fear. Alex then scooped him up in her arms and hugged him.

"It's okay Shadow! This is Oliver, Callisto, and Maddie. You know, Megan's kitties?" She pointed at each one when she said their names. She then pointed to the blue hedgehog, "And this is Sonic!"

At the name Shadow's ears pricked up, "Sonic? You mean that character you and Megan are always fussing about? What's he doing here? ...And why am I like this?"

Megan grinned, "Yes, this is the Sonic you're thinking of. We have no idea why he's here, he just got sent here through my computer. And we know diddly squat about why you are like this!"

Shadow blinked, "Okay… And you're happy why?"

"Because…" Alex and Megan murmured simultaneously. They each had a sly look on their faces.

Eli coughed, "Knuckles… Tails…"

The black cat let out a laugh, "Well that explains it!"

Maddie went over to Alex and demanded, "Hey! Put him down! I wanna meet 'im!"

The girl rolled her eyes and muttered, "Just don't scare him…" She set the cat down on his feet and Maddie smiled.

The tortoise shell kitten shook paws with him. "Hi Shadow!" she chirped happily.

"Hi, um, Maddie."

Suddenly the rest of the group decided to grace the humans with their presence. The Chaotix ran up the stairs from the basement, followed by Shadow (hedgehog), then by Amy and Cream. Then Tails came running down the stairs that lead to Megan's room. Knuckles and Rouge still didn't appear.

"What's going on?" Amy asked when she skidded to a halt.

Cream said in a small voice, "Who's your friend Maddie? Is he here to help find Missy?"

Maddie shook her head, "This is Shadow. He's Alex's cat. He's here because… Because…?" She turned toward the humans. "Why is he here?" she asked.

Alex shrugged, "Does he need a reason? He's here to make me happy! That's a pretty good reason!"

"I thought that was Tails's job…" Eli muttered.

Alex grinned, "Him too!"

Megan laughed and then said, "Alright! Shadow? I assume that since you live with Alex you can make a good guess about who's who, right?"

The cat nodded, "Amy is the pink hedgehog, Cream the rabbit, Vector is the crocodile, Espio the chameleon, Charmy Bee." He grinned looking at Tails, "And of course I know you, Miles 'Tails' Prower. Alex's favorite character."

He then turned to Shadow, "And you must be Shadow the Hedgehog. Nice name."

"Likewise," Shadow smirked.

Cream piped up, "Alex?" The human girl looked at the little rabbit. "Is Shadow your cat named after Shadow the Hedgehog? Or is this coincidence?"

Alex winked, "A big coincidence Cream. Honestly, I didn't know about you guys when I had my kitty. But because of his name, when the Shadow the Hedgehog game came out I had to buy it, just for fun. And now two years later, I'm meeting Sonic and group!"

"Who's Missy?" asked Shadow. His tail flicked back and forth in curiosity.

"Missy! You know, the cat Megan's always complaining about over at my house?" Alex explained.

"She's real!" Shadow gasped in surprise. "I thought she was some OC Megan made up or something!"

"Sadly not. She's real…" Shadow the Hedgehog muttered. "And now she's missing. We have to find her."

Amy pulled out her hammer, "And when we do my hammer is gonna have some fun!" She swung the heavy mallet back and forth, careful not to hit anyone. She then stopped and pointed out, "Hey, Shadow and Shadow have the same name. How do we tell them apart?"

"Good question," Megan rubbed her temples with her fingers. She then turned toward the black cat; "You got a nick name?"

"No. Not that I know of." The cat purred at the miffed look on the blonde girl's face. "Of course I wouldn't mind if you gave me one."

Alex raised her hand, "Ooh! Ooh! I know!" She began jumping up and down, excited. Eli thought it was funny. Megan just thought it was irritating.

She grabbed her best friend's arm, "Al! Al! Stop it, or Shadow goes back home."

The girl smirked, "Which one?"

"You know what I mean!" Alex winced as Megan tightened her grip on her arm. "Now stop acting like a certain… you know who…" Her eyes traveled over to Charmy, anger automatically flaring up in her eyes.

Alex laughed, "Okay. Whatever. Anyway, how about Shady Boy? That's what you always call him when you're over."

Sonic chuckled, "That's… unique."

"I like it. Is that okay with everyone?"

Maddie raised her paw, but spoke before anyone called on her; "I don't want his name to be Shady Boy!"

Callisto was standing right next to her. In a calm voice she asked, "Then what do you want to him to be called?"

"Fred."

"Fred?"

"Bob!" Megan called out randomly. The Mobians all turned to stare at her strangely, but the humans and cats were very used to her randomness. (Yes, I do yell out Bob randomly. But I'm better now! Now… I yell out Knuckles…)

"Fred," Maddie confirmed, crossing her arms stubbornly.

The Siamese cat shook her head in confusion, "Why Fred? And…………Fred?"

"I wanna call him Fred because I want a llama named Fred, but you said I couldn't get a llama, so I gotta name something Fred. It's on my list!"

"List?" Shadow asked.

"My list of all the things I wanna do before I die. I'll show it to you later." Suddenly Knuckles appeared at the top of the stairs.

"What's going on?" Knuckles yawned rubbing his eyes with his huge hands. His red dreadlocks were messy from just waking up, going every which direction.

"Nothing, Maddie is just being a dork like usual. Sorry to wake you Knux," Megan apologized, but gave Maddie a rude look.

"Whatever. Hey, who's he?"

Alex jumped up and down, clapping her hands, "This is my baby, Shadow! Or now officially named, Shady Boy!"

"Fred," a certain kitty coughed.

Knuckles nodded and muttered, "I'm going back to sleep. Don't wake me. Again."

Once he was gone Megan sighed dreamily, "Isn't he cute?"

"No!" everyone answered, causing Megan to snap out of her Knuckles fiasco.

The blonde snapped her fingers and yelled, "Oh no you didn't!"

"Yeah, we kinda did," Shadow muttered grumpily.

Megan said nothing but snarled a little bit.

"So… Do any of you know where Missy is? Any ideas?" Shady Boy asked.

Callisto thought for a little bit, "Um, she wouldn't be in the basement still. She knows we would look there. Has everyone looked in every room?"

"Yes and yes." Sonic suddenly got an idea. "Hey, why would Missy still be in the house? Didn't you say she wanted to be free again?" He was looking at Oliver.

Oliver grew hot with so many eyes on him, "Uh, well, um, that was, uh, just my thought. She never, um, actually told me that. I, uh, was just making an inference."

"Missy wants her freedom?" Megan asked confused. "I never knew that…"

Oliver blushed, "I was just stating my thoughts… They don't mean anything…"

"Don't say that!" Cream cried. The orange tabby looked baffled by her outburst. "If you think Missy wants something, don't you think it would be kind to actually give her it? Maybe that's why she's so grumpy." The little rabbit looked at Sonic, "She wouldn't be the only one mad for being locked down."

The orange cat sighed, "Okay… But I have no proof. I was just thinking…"

Amy raised her hand, "Um, where do you think Missy would have gone? To a restaurant?"

"Perhaps a mall?" Cream suggested.

Callisto suddenly broke off laughing, "Oh my! The day you take that cat to the mall is the day I walk on the moon! Missy isn't a girly girl. She's more of…"

"A villain?" Sonic asked.

Shadow, "A devil?"

"FBI's most wanted?" Vector asked, hope gleaming in his eyes. Kind of scary…

"I was gonna say a tomboy, but she has been called all of those. Sadly."

Maddie piped up, "Darn it. She beat me by one." Everyone stared at her, confused.

"What?" Sonic asked.

"If she's FBI's most wanted, that means I'm their second most wanted. Now I gotta beat her so I can be numba one!"

Megan shook her head, "I'm waiting to get back to reality now…"

"Amen," Eli muttered in agreement.

Suddenly a noise was heard from beneath their feet.

"Now what?" Megan moaned.

Her and the rest raced down the stairs to the laundry room. There, Megan flicked a switch, making a bright light shine in the small white room.

"Damn," Shadow grunted, shielding his eyes. "That would have been helpful last time we were down here.

"Sorry," Megan apologized, but then moved a bunch of laundry baskets out of the way. Behind them was a door. Behind it, the noise vibrated.

"Please, Lord. If what happens what I think'll happen, please, give her some road knowledge." With her pray said, Megan turned the doorknob and pushed on the door. And her fears were confirmed.

Missy grinned when she saw the group standing there, gawking at her. The black and white cat was sitting in the driver's seat of Megan's father's black Corvette. (Damn her.) Missy turned the keys and pushed on the gas. The car was already in reverse.

"I hate you!" Megan screamed at the top of her lungs when the car was nearly gone from sight. The little kitty had put the pedal to the metal all right. She was gone in about three seconds.

"Great! Just great. My evil cat just stole my dad's car and drove away and eighty miles per hour. Could this get any worse?"

A laugh above her head proved her wrong.

"Hoho! My my. If it isn't Sonic and the group what a lovely surprise! Thought you've seen the last of me?"

"Dr. Eggman!" everyone yelled in unison.

A/N: Sorry if you liked the previous chapter of this, but I couldn't think off of it. Too much writer's block. Which is weird because normally 'Knikatu' is all I eva think about. Hope you like this chapter better. I do. With this one, I'll be able to type chapter twenty one. Dang. That far already. And I've only just begun. (Laughs evilly) Read and Review.

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