Disclaimer: I don't own shadow or the sonic crew, Beat and Lucky are mine….if you don't know this by now…I'm going to smack you…

Chapter 21: Back to work

Shadow and Beat had stayed a day on the ARK, enjoying life and memories. They had finally went back to Mobius.

"You know how to find us" Belisma smiled, dropping them both off outside the city.

"Thank you again" Beat smiled happily.

Belisma waved as the small shuttle craft's door closed and it took back off into the sky, and then slowly got out of sight.

"Wow" Beat smiled, "That was awesome" she twirled around and turned to Shadow, "Now let's bother mom"

Shadow raised a brow, "Before or after I kill her?" he asked, arms folded.

Beat glared at him, knowing if given the chance, he would do it. "Do you hate her?"

Shadow sighed and shook his head, "Just the opposite, I love her so much, I'll suffocate her" he said unenthusiastic.

Beat opened her mouth in an O and stared confused at Shadow.

"Don't do that, You'll get flies in your mouth" Shadow told her. She shut her mouth immediately. "Don't you have something to do when we got back anyway?" he asked her.

She looked at him curiously, trying to remember.

"The Papillion?" he reminded her.

She hit her head, "Oh….right" she then looked at him, "I can kill her right?"

"Can I kill your mother?"

"umm….No"

"Then No"

Beat gave out a loud yelp and began to cry, "I WANT TO KILL IT!!!! I WANNA! I WANNA! I WANNA!!!!!" she yelled like a two year old.

Shadow sighed, this is what happens when you have a daughter…she has your need for murder.

"fine" shadow glared, "Don't let your mother see you"

"Let me see what?" A familiar female voice walked up behind them. Rouge was walking up behind Shadow. Shadow folded his arms.

"Nothing" Both father and daughter proceeded to say, in union.

Rouge sighed, "You two….always so secretive" she sighed throwing her hands to her sides, upset.

Shadow shrugged as familiar male dog and hedgehog, both off white walked up behind Rouge.

"Hey boss" Lucky bounced over to him, "I've got good news and bad news…" Lucky held up his right hand for the good news, and his left hand for the bad. "Which do you want to hear first?"

Shadow sighed, "How about going in which news came first?" he asked the dog sarcastically.

"Okay" Lucky held out his right hand, "I now officially for the first time….HAVE A GIRLFRIEND!!!!" Lucky began to jump around.

Silver sighed and stepped forward, "The bad news is is that we have to go back to gun, Rouge included"

Shadow raised a brow, "You too?" he asked, pointing at Silver.

Silver nodded, "It seems whoever is in charge of your missions wants everyone on the boat this time" Silver explained.

"Damn Commander" Beat grumbled; the last person she wanted to work with anyone who wasn't her own mother.

Shadow sighed, "What about the other two girls?" He snapped his fingers trying to remember their names, "ones bread and the other is something for music…" he said, still trying to remember.

"Croissant and Rythum" Lucky told him, angered that Shadow would call his first Girlfriend bread, "Croissant is my girlfriend"

That's when Lucky felt the worse punch of his life, he was hit on his left cheek and knocked over 30 feet away.

Beat stood back up after knocking the stupid dog over, "I hate men" she grumbled, glaring and Shadow, Shadow glared back.

"You realize he's the only way to get in contact with headquarters right?" he told her.

"Oh well" Beat shrugged. Silver had jumped when Lucky was punched. Rouge just smirked, "that's my daughter" she elbowed Silver happily.

~~Little while later~~

"So…how did your vacation go?" The commander looked down at Shadow, Shadow stood at attention, Beat on his left Silver on his right, Rouge and Lucky behind him. Lucky still rubbing his head.

"Not well….we brought two more along" Shadow told him, motioning to Silver and Rouge.

The commander coughed, "Welcome back After 18 years Rouge" he told her.

Rouge, "Yep….great" she grumbled.

"Well…we've discovered what the governor and his daughter are up to" he told them, "They want to plant a bomb in the center of mobius, they want to create a massive explosion to kill everyone on the planet"

"Typical Regina" Beat rolled her eyes, sighing.

"Yes…well, hopefully this will be the last time you confront them" The commander told them, "this is a search and destroy mission, Shadow you're leader" he told the black hedgehog.

Shadow saluted, gathered the papers and walked out, everyone following him.

"Question" Beat spoke up, walking out of the office behind Shadow, "Whats Search and destroy?"

"Something you will enjoy" Shadow smirked, "We find our target and kill them" he told her.

Beat began to giggle like a maniac, "That sounds awesome"

"She is defiantly your daughter" Rouge whispered to Shadow.

"and?" Shadow asked, not caring, "You make it sound like I'm evil"

Rouge raised a brow at him, "I give…I'm tired of trying to understand you" she grumbled.

"Perfect" shadow turned to her smirking, "Now you get it"

Rouge grumbled as he chuckled, "You always did like to make me mad" she retorted.

Shadow just smirked as they left the building.

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