Shadow: *Sniff* Sonic, why do you smell like onion?

Sonic: Let's just say LovesBugsalot has a mean throw.

SuperSonicSpeed: Tell me about it... So far I've dodged very sharp pens and I can't hide thanks to blabber mouth Shadow!

Shadow: Blabber mouth!

Sonic: Hey SylverEclipse! We do have lives!

Shadow: But we'd be more than happy to comply with the tickle torture. *Looks at SuperSonicSpeed*

SuperSonicSpeed: Eh? Hehehehe... he... I own none of the characters.

Shadow: Better start running.

Sonic: START!

"Has anyone found anything!" Yelled the Commander.

"Negative sir, nor have our heat sensors."

The Commander looked ahead, "By the looks of things, those two haven't found a thing either." He sighed frustrated.

Espio and Vector's metallic bodies glinted in the afternoon sunlight as they flew around hunting for anything suspicious.

'Looks like Eggman did standard robotization,' He grinned, 'A ninja and a crocodile on our side instead of Project: Shadow. This'll make things easier.' He looked around, 'Shadow as a robot... Hm.'

With Shadow

"IT'S NOT FAIR!" Yelled Charmy as he headed towards the door.

Shadow quickly intercepted his path and pinned him down,

"Don't be a fool." He growled, "If you go out there, we're all in trouble."

"B-but... Espio and Vector-"

"Aren't themselves." Shadow stressed the words, "They'll attack the second you go out there, then, they'll come after us full force. We're not prepared for a full assault from G.U.N. troops, nor do we know how to fight without damaging your friends."

"They'll also destroy the lab and all the information we've gathered." Tails added, "Please listen to us Charmy."

Charmy slowly stopped his struggles and soon only his sobs were heard.

"There's a cure for robotization," Tails spoke, "We'll have your friends back in no time." Charmy nodded.

Shadow slowly walked over to a screen, "Now, let's get back to wh-"

An earthquake began to rumble disrupting everyone's thoughts.

"Is that supposed to happen?" Asked Rouge as Shadow ran over to a security system.

"Begin outer perimeter scan." The computer complied with Shadow's voice and soon the screen projected a hologram of the underground base. Soon, movements were being recorded through the earth.

"The Eggmorphers are very close to the walls of this place." Shadow mumbled.

"I thought we couldn't be found here!" Knuckles yelled near Shadow's ear.

"If you know what's good for you Echidna, you'll give me some space." Shadow glared back and raced to a system in the center of the room, "Activate emergency shut down procedure."

"Shut down procedure?" Rouge asked.

"It's for precaution. We can't afford a single slip up right now."

"Please place hand on scanner."

Shadow removed his glove and allowed the green light scan the details of his palm.

"Granted. Initiating Emergency Shut Down."

"What about all the data!" Yelled Tails.

"It's all been sent to various computers that are connected to this one. Each one has a jamming signal Eggman won't be able to trace or hack. Now everyone stay quiet, this may be sound proof, but that doesn't mean it's 100% safe."

The earthquakes got a lot more violent as the movements of the Eggmorphers pushed the dirt aside. Beads of sweat appeared on Shadow's forehead as he could hear the movement of the metal,

'Don't find us... Don't hit us... Don't even sense us!'

Everyone held their breath fearing that the Eggmorpher could possibly hit the walls of the secret location. After a few minutes of tension, the rumbling began to slow down and disappear. Shadow waited a few more minutes before speaking,

"Reactivate main power source."

The lab came back to life, but just as everyone was about to cheer, they saw Shadow looking at a screen.

"The G.U.N. soldiers are at the third loop entrance!" Tails and the others began to have a panic attack as the Commander began to lean against the rock. Gasps echoed in the lab as they closed their eyes, waiting for the Commander to head towards the next door after finding out the secret.

Shadow seemed to be unphased,

"You can open your eyes now."

When they looked at the screen the Commander spoke,

"There's nothing here. Keep looking!"

His troops and the two robotisized mobians saluted as they progressed further ahead.

"Wha?" Tails was trying to figure out what just happened.

"The first scanner on the loops scanned a special chip hidden in the extreme gear. The second scanned our physical appearance, meaning if you don't have the board, you can enter by just scanning your form."

"I should have more gear made for all of us soon along with the chips Shadow gave me." Wave went straight to work, "NO ONE BUG ME!"

A few rolled their eyes and went back to their stations.

'Now for testing.' Shadow sat down with a joystick in hand.

"This isn't time for video games Shadow." Tails nudged him.

"This is more than just a video game." He pressed the to button and a screen flickered on.

"Choose your locations"

Shadow put on a headset and spoke, "All locations with massive bodies of water."

"Sending out tester bots."

"How are you going to control all of those?" Tails asked amazed.

"I only control one. If I want to switch, I just say the tag number it has."

Each bot lowered itself to the deepest parts of the oceans, scanning water particles or any unusual formations. The darker it got, the lighter they glowed.

"How do you know how to use this stuff?" Tails looked at another screen.

"What do you think I did in my spare time?" Shadow switched bots.

Hours past and Tails had fallen asleep on his chair. Shadow remained persistent, refusing to let his eyelids close,

'I'm sure there has to be something down here. There's no other place he could be.'

One by one, the small bots came back with negative results,

'This should've wo-'

"Unidentified particles detected."

Shadow smirked, 'Bingo.'

He began to search the area only to find nothing but strange fish and other species.

'I don't understand.' He continued looking, 'There should be something!' He growled frustrated.

The bot's camera began to fritz and blacked out.

"What!?"

Shadow tried to access the bot once more, desperate to at least get the coordinates.

"Tsk Tsk. So close weren't you Shadow?"

"Eggman?" Shadow slammed his fist against the keyboard, 'Where are you!?'

Eggman appeared in the camera, "Right here. Where else would I be?" He grinned, "Why so shocked? You really didn't think I couldn't hack at least one thing from you did you?"

'Does this mean he knows where we are?' He noticed Eggman's background, "What are you doing to him?"

"Who?" Eggman played dumb and received a cold glare from Shadow, "OH! You mean Dash. That's a surprise for you in the near future." He chuckled.

"Are you done gloating?"

"Actually, I wanted to give you an offer."

"Oh really?" Shadow perked up an ear, "Now what can you possibly offer me?"

"You want to be back with Dash don't you?" Shadow looked over at the robotic hedgehog. Eggman smiled at the interest,

"I can unrobotisize him at anytime and he'll be his usual self, just like before. Isn't that what you want? A happy life with Dash? Hearing him call you 'dad' and you teaching him the basics in life?"

Shadow's eyes slowly widened, "You would, unrobotize him?"

"Of course! I won't even perform my little surprise for you on him."

Shadow remained pensive, "What do I have to do?"

"Just swear me your loyalty and bring your friends to me. There, I shall return Dash to his former self and with both of you on my side, we'll rule together with an iron fist!"

Shadow looked at everyone who had gotten involved in this conflict, 'Everyone one has taken a task to help me retrieve Dash. Some even went as far as allowing themselves to be robotisized just to achieve this goal.'

"Do we have a deal?"

Shadow sighed, "You really take me for a fool don't you?" He glared at the screen, "I don't care how long it takes! I'll save Dash and the others from your dirty hands without your deals! Then, I'll bring you to your knees!" He raised his voice a bit more, "YOU CAN KEEP YOUR OFFER EGGMAN! I'M NOT INTERESTED!"

Eggman frowned, "I offer you a once in a life time chance and you blow it." He looked at Dash, "Begin running the program."

"Program?" Shadow looked at Dash as a the computers began to hum.

Eggman glared at Shadow, "You can forget about your son. He'll no longer be here."

The screen blacked out once more, ending the intermission.

Shadow gritted his teeth and looked at Tails, "Did you get the coordinates?"

Tails rose slowly, "Yeah. I say we get moving on the next part of the plan as fast as we can."

Shadow nodded and saw everyone in the center of the room, waiting for instructions.

"We need a vehicle that can get us down to those depths." Shadow started.

"Tails and I can make something, but it'll take a few days..." Wave spoke up.

"We don't have days." Shadow spoke, "We probably only have a few hours."

"WHAT!?"

"You see, we sort of..." Tails coughed a bit, "Made direct contact with Eggman's computers and he might know where we are thanks to some abandoned coding."

"Tails? Why would you do that?!" Asked Knuckles.

"It was our only chance to locate him." Shadow defended.

"But what about the lab?" Asked Rouge.

"I won't let Eggman retrieve any equipment if that's what your asking."

"You mean you're gonna-"

"Blow it sky high? Yes." He looked around, "I rather see this place turned to rubble than under Eggman's control."

A silence took over but Shadow quickly spoke again,

"Use the extreme gear, Wave and Tails, you should be able to make something that can carry us into those waters in a few hours."

"IMPOSSIBLE!" They both yelled.

"Not in this lab."

Both looked at each other confused as Shadow walked into an inventory room.

SuperSonicSpeed: C'mon! One tickle session is enough!

Sonic: Nope. Not until SylverEclipse says so.

SuperSonicSpeed: What!? Since when do you take orders!

Shadow: It's not taking orders when it's torturing you.

SuperSonicSpeed: Do I still get my guacamole?

Shadow: No. But before we continue, there's a question for you.

SuperSonicSpeed: YAY!

Sonic: From chloemcg: Aren't Sonic and Dash the same person, or should I say hedgehog?

SuperSonicSpeed: Technically yes, physically. But there will be a future chapter that explains what's going on. :) And no worries, you're not being rude. I like being questioned because then I can see where there are any holes in the story.

Shadow: Hm... Shadow rifle crazy... I like the idea xiXlToxiclXix.

SuperSonicSpeed: O.O Thank you everyone for reading, reviewing, following, favoriting, and etc! See you next chapter! *Takes Cover*