It didn't take long to get everyone up to the ark, the Rubiens and the Doraliens, and within the day, many other mobiuns and freedom fighters arrived as well. Including some unexpected, and slightly unwelcome visitors.

"Oh come on! I'm just taking a nap up here, not like I'm going to catch ya for Cobalt or nothin'!" Scourge said as he relaxed on a bed in one of the arks many housing areas. Fiona lay beside him, under the covers. The two had obviously been there a while, because her clothes were on the floor.

Shadow, Shade, and Darkerz were all standing in the doorway, ready to attack him. After all, it hadn't been but a year since he had been threatening and trying to kill them with each other's mind controlled selves.

"Get out of here, Scourge, this place is not for those who will cause trouble!" Shade yelled at him. The three black hedgehogs fur were all standing on end, they knew what he was capable of.

"With those crazy human hunters runnin' all over the place looking for mobiuns this past year, it's not easy finding a decent place that's private you know, since Cobalt kicked us out anyway." The green hedgehog said, it was only then that the three realized how different he looked since the last time they had seen him. The signs of experimentation still lingered, though not as dominant, and he had tribal tattoos on his quills.

"Where did you go to get those markings….?" Shadow asked him.

Scourge stood up, leaving Fiona in the bed, the fox looking irritated with him.

"These? Oh, just found some rabbit tribe. Stayed with them for a while. Left when they weren't of any use anymore." The green hedgehog laughed darkly.

Shadow stared at him, realization coming to him.

"If you hurt Luna and Mayra…!" He began to threaten.

"Relax, So-called-ultimate, I just left them after I stole food and stuff. They hide good from humans, but rabbits aren't my well to my taste." The evil version of Sonic muttered with a snicker.

"We're about done here anyway, heheeh. Have to go mess with some humans I say." The green hedgehog grabbed his and Fiona's belongs and began stuffing them into a bag, while Shadow glared at him every time he tried to take something from the ARK.

"Ta ta, I'm sure we'll see each other soon!" Scourge grabbed Fiona's arm, and with a flash of light, disappeared, am emerald I in his hand just before he vanished.

Darkerz looked at his comrades, confused. "When did he learn Chaos Control?!" He asked.

Shadow and Shade shook their heads, stating the obvious.

"Cobalt's Lab."

Within the next few days, everyone seemed to settle down. More and more mobiuns came, the humans it had seemed had gone insane. Hunting Mobiuns, was a horrible thought, they were intelligent beings, and before the humans had embraced them, aside from the skirmish aboard the ARK pertaining to the professor. What was more, it seemed their technology was crumbling, they were resorting to any way and means of hunting them. Those who kept technology, were the most deadliest, per se Eggman. Even he had gone insane with it, and had abandoned his idea's for an empire, focusing only on attacking mobiuns, which he only did secondary before.

Shadow contemplated what Scourge had been talking about. It had been many years since he had seen his two rabbit friends, Luna and Mayra… The last time he had seen them, was after the great war of the tribes, in which the Knuckles clan and Longears had fought. Now that he thought about it, the Quicktails had been there too. Luna's mother Mayra, had become the leader of their tribe, and brought peace between the three tribes. The black hedgehog would have stayed, but other matters had taken ahold of him….

The black hedgehog shook his head, turning to find his sister and the blue cat next to him. They were wearing space suits without helmets. The cat had his arm around the hedge-fox in a loving way and was grinning, his red eyes alight with glee.

"What are you so pleased about?" Shadow asked him, suspicously.

"Nothing!" The cat said, still snickering.

"We found these space suits all over the place, we should where them in case we need to evacuate quickly, and their ventilated specially so we can get into space with just a helmet. When we're not around the oxeganized outside areas of the ARK anyway." Foxbeast said, handing him one.

The black hedgehog took the suit still staring at the cat.

"What? Oh… we're… er… dating as humans call it." The hedge-fox said, smiling.

Shadow nodded, it had been a long time after all. It was time to start afresh for all.

After putting on the suit, Shadow went to find Darkerz, who was most likely tending to the orphans and his wife, who had given birth to a female hedge-bat this time. Though only time would tell if he had the same attitude as Demon, it seemed so, the way she whined and threw her toys around.

He was right of course, that was where Darkerz was, and Rouge was with him. Team Chaotix were helping him with the orphans, though Charmy appeared to be making it worse, as a food fight started.

"SHADOW HELP! AHHHHHHH!" Darkerz appeared terrified, ducking this way and that, while Rouge stayed up in the rafters with their baby, grinning and watching.

Shadow immediately left, they could handle it, and he wasn't about to get into it. Moving on, he was about to go around the corner but stopped, and fell back, watching around the corner.

It was his sister and that cat again, Kenji. They were busy, standing there wrapped tightly in each others arms and kissing deeply. Their tongues danced in each others mouths, their hands groping each other as they expressed their new found love for one another.

The black hedgehog didn't disturb them. His sister needed to find love. It would help her deal with her past and give her a fresh start. He just hoped she knew was she was doing, this cat seemed okay though. He had aided them greatly since they had returned, helping them fix the ARK, find supplies, and get situated. Kenji didn't tell them of his past, but it was apparent that him and Espio had some history together, not a good one, though his relationship with Knuckles and Kight seemed quite close.

Finding yet another direction to go in, he decided to check on his daughter. It was safe here, and things needed to be done, so he allowed the little golden hedgehog to play with Kight again. Though the dog was a sex hound, he was good with kids. He still refused to aid Darkerz though.

As he went down the passage way, he turned, and there down the next hall was Scourge. And Maria was standing with him, while Shade lay unconsious on the floor beside him.

Shadow immediately charged, his one concern to get his children away from the bastard hedgehog. Scourge didn't flee, nor flinch. Instead, he moved sidewards, pulling Maria with him and standing over Shade.

"Calm down, Black, I'm not here to fight. Not this time anyway." Scourge said, wearing a black spacesuit, decorated with hi trademarked flames, though he still had his glasses.

Shadow didn't listen, he knew Scourge too well then to listen to his idle talk. Again he made for Maria and Shade, and this time Scourge drove him to a halt. As the black hedgehog charged with his hands forward, the green met him, their hands clasping together as they tried to outdo the other in power.

"I'm here to warn you, as much as I hate to. Cobalt and Moku have control of the human population, that's why they're hunting us! If they're not stopped, even I'll be killed. So understand this is only to save my own skin, Shadow!" The green hedgehog grunted as he tried to keep Shadow at bay.

Shadow broke away for a moment, glaring and breathing hard, as Scourge did the same. The black hedgehog nodded at Maria, and she came to him, as Scourge stepped away from Shade. Shadow knew that the dark version of Sonic was being truthful, though he never had been in his years. He hardly ever called his enemies by their names to their faces.

Hearing noise behind him, the three turned, and Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Kenji, and Foxbeast came running down the hall.

They glanced at Scourge, but bombarded Shadow. The humans were attacking, too many, and they were being led by Eggman. Even the ARK couldn't withstand that pressure forever.

"What are we going to do?!" Tails said. "We can't possibly get everyone through the teleporter during such a short time, it's just not possible! The distance is too far, and the interferance too much!"

"Why is Scourge here?! Whatever, we have to evacuate everyone!" Even Sonic was hyper.

As they continued the frantic discussion, Shade stood up, and Shadow halted him before he attacked Scourge again. Obviously his son had not waited for the green hedgehog to explain why he was here. Maria stood close, she had been through many situations like this before, and always her father had kept her safe.

Now, the evil hedgehog who was only helping them to save his own self, interrupted.

"There is… a way to get them off fast." He said with a smirk.

The entire group turned to stare at him, most with untrusting eyes. They were wise to do so, Scourge was capable of dark things, as he had shown before Cobalt and Moku had turned against him, and given him control of experimented beings.

"Do you really think this is the only space station of it's kind? I didn't get this sexy suit from thin air you know. You all are so obsessed with saving the weak, you aren't even going to fight until you get them out of the way, so I have a place to send them. Then you fight. Send them to the station in my dimension." The green hedgehog said, his smirk staying plastered on his face.

Sonic shook his head, they shouldn't trust the bastard, he had betrayed them too many times, his evil ran too deep, he knew. The rest seemed to be thinking it over. Even they knew the evil that Scourge had done and was capable of, this might be the only way.

Finally, they agreed.

Again, everyone would be moved to a new area, the dark space station NIGHT.

Scourge went ahead to make preperations, while the others did likewise for their own side. Everyone was in space suits now, and Meiou was altering the teleporting device into a portal that would reach the alternate station with Tails' help. Scourge hadn't told them how he had made interdimensional travel, but even so he probably couldn't transport them all enmass.

"This isn't a good idea, do you even know what Scourge is capable of?!" Sonic told Shadow. The blue hedgehog was in his own space suit as well, but he wasn't about to let up on what he thought was the wrong decision. He had been following Shadow, Crimzone, and Articzlar around mercilessly.

Finally the two leaders of Doralien and Rubeteiau had had enough.

"Youz needz to shuttup and help! There is no other wayz!" Crimzone said sharply to him. The blue hedgehog was strong, and pure at heart, but there were times when he was wrong, and this was one of them. They couldn't fight the humans yet, not with all the innocent in the battlefield.

Even Shadow, who was tormented that he was leaving the ARK to the humans for now, was doing his duty and aiding people for preparation.

Tails and Meiou finally finished fixing the machine, and reported.

"We're done. It'll hold, and when we make it to the other side, we can disable it remotely. The humans will never find us, no matter how hard they try. And when we need to come back, we'll build a new one that will reconnect to this one remotely, though it will take some time." Tails said.

"We had best get everyone through it quickly, the humans are just about through the defenses!" Meiou said, appearing alarmed.

"Then let's get the hell out of here." Shadow said, holding Maria's hand. The golden hedgehog nodded.

"The humans seem to cause nothing but trouble." She said. Her opinion of the human race was not kind, after being tormented by them nearly her whole life.