"So you don't remember anything from when we first met?" pleaded Sonic.

Shadow shrugged and shook his head, frustrated at not being able to satisfy Sonic. "I keep telling everyone this, but I don't remember a damn thing from before. Not from the six years I've supposedly travelled, not from the battles onboard the Ark, nothing!" He turned to Sonic, noticing how despondent he was at the moment. "Sorry, it's just that ever since I arrived here, that's all that everybody's been asking me. I just want to give my head a rest from all this."

"I didn't mean to be bitter at you," sighed Sonic. "It's just that you were a good pal to me and everyone here, and I want you to remember what we accomplished together. Besides, I want to make sure you have your identity back, I don't want you going around not knowing who you are! I'm sure there's a good explanation for all this, Shadow, and we'll help you any way we can get your identity back."

Shadow could only stare back wide-eyed at that promise. "You'd really do that for me?"

"Of course," cheered Sonic, patting Shadow on the back. "You really meant a lot to me. All this time I thought you were dead, but now you've come back somehow. And besides, that's what friends are for, right? We're supposed to look out for each other, Shadow, no matter what."

Shadow quietly nodded, giving a quick smile on his face, showing a rare piece of emotion. "Thanks, Sonic. That's awfully nice of you to do this for me."

Sonic noticed his communicator was buzzing as he wrapped his hand on Shadow's shoulder. "It's the least I can do for a friend, Shadow. I'll be right back." Sonic got up from the grass they were sitting on as he took out his communicator out of his pocket. "What's going on, Miles?"

"Something's happening at Station Square," said Miles on Sonic's communicator. "There's lots of robotic armies circling the place, and they're coming by fast!"

"Looks like our buddy is up to one of his schemes again," sighed Sonic, speaking on the communicator. "I'll be over as fast as I can."

"Where are you off to?" asked Shadow overhearing the conversation.

"Looks like Doctor Eggman decided to pay a visit to Station Square, and it ain't friendly," chirped Sonic. "I was just going to go over to see if Miles needed any help."

"Let me go with you," said Shadow. "If you're willing to help me out, I'll do the same to you."

"Thanks, bud," smiled Sonic, "but I don't think that's a good idea."

"Even with this thing?" smirked Shadow, taking out his Chaos Emerald.

"Hey, you've been holding out on me!" Sonic was beaming as he gazed into the Chaos Emerald. "Well, with this thing, we'll take care of Eggman in no time!"

Shadow nodded as he grasped the Chaos Emerald in his hand. "Sounds like a plan… friend."

The two then darted off towards Station Square, until they arrived at the coastline, overlooking the buildings inside downtown. From their vantage point, they could see Eggman's robotic enemies descending downwards from the skies, attacking anything within their sights.

"Just as I thought," grumbled Sonic. "Eggman's always up to no good. I really thought we got rid of him last time…"

"Was that six years ago?" asked Shadow.

Sonic looked towards the Chaos Emerald that Shadow was holding. "The last time Eggman attacked here was more recent. Ever since you left, Eggman decided to try and take us down again, take over the world and rule his own empire… some things never change."

Shadow brought up the Chaos Emerald to where his eyes met, grasping it in his hand. "Well… what are we waiting for, then?"

In a flash, Sonic and Shadow jumped over the coastline into the downtown area, right where the robotic army was landing from where they were coming from. Sonic did a spin dash into the first few enemies he saw, sending them face down onto the road below them. Shadow saw what Sonic was doing and emulated what he did, taking out another few robots. Sonic then jumped and performed a homing attack on a few enemies to land on top of a building, with Shadow following close behind taking out more enemies along the way.

The two were left standing on top of the building, barely breaking a sweat from the battle, as they stared in front of a highway they were nearby. "This way, then!" cheered Sonic, leaping forwards.

Shadow followed right behind Sonic as they barreled down the highway, dodging the stranded cars left behind as the people inside them either ran away or cowered inside their cars. Sonic took out any robots standing in his way, clearing the path for Shadow to follow him.

Eventually, Sonic stopped dead in his tracks, as Shadow nearly overran him trying to figure out what he had stopped for, before looking up and seeing an elaborate drill machine, standing twice as tall as the hedgehogs on the ground.

"Is Doctor Eggman inside that?" asked Shadow.

"I doubt it," shrugged Sonic. "It's probably one of his elaborate machines that he created. I don't know what he plans to do with this drill of his, but it doesn't appear to do any good!"

Before Sonic could study the drill further, the machine powered up, spinning its drill faster than even Sonic could spin up himself, and aimed its drill towards the two hedgehogs. The two dodged out of the way, both on opposite sides, as the drill screeched to a halt, marking up the highway with its tires.

Shadow went behind the drill machine and started bouncing off the back without hesitation, sending some bolts flying off the machine in the process. The drill then quickly turned around before he could do any meaningful damage, as it darted towards Sonic's direction. Sonic jumped above the machine as it rolled by, and homed in another couple of times onto the machine, causing a bit more damage than the last time.

Sonic landed back on his feet and turned himself to face the drill machine, seeing Shadow land right beside him. "Looks like a simple device to take down," huffed Sonic. "Just might take a while."

"Is it possible to flip the drill upside down?" asked Shadow.

Sonic scratched his chin, raising an eyebrow. "Hmm… never thought of that. Well, maybe we can use the emerald to generate enough force to flip the thing over!"

Shadow took the Chaos Emerald and sped off towards the drill machine, circling around it as it stopped in its tracks. Shadow then ran up behind the machine again, but jumped right before he was going to hit the back, and stomped on the ground nearby the machine, temporarily getting the wheels off the ground before it landed on the ground again. Shadow waved Sonic over without speaking, and got himself ready to pound the ground again with the Chaos Emerald, as Sonic ran towards the machine.

This time, as Shadow pounded down on the ground, Sonic got underneath the drill machine, and held it up off the ground from the back. Shadow ran over and pushed the machine with Sonic, slowly tipping it over on its side until they flipped the whole machine over, as the machine tried in vain to move its wheels to get away from the hedgehogs.

"There," panted Sonic. "That should take care of that."

From a distance away, the two hedgehogs could hear someone shouting and complaining, and they turned around to see a small child wearing a lab coat, stomping his remote controller in rage.

Sonic was mortified as he saw the child yell and shout. "My god, if that's who I think it is…"

"Haven't you had enough of tormenting a poor, little child?" shouted Doctor Eggman, rising above the highway in his ship, as he approached the child. "I thought you were more decent than this, bullying my boy and breaking his toys."

"He should learn like example and treat others with respect!" snapped Sonic back.

"ENOUGH!" Eggman brought his son onboard his ship, putting him in the back seat. "I've just about had it with you, Sonic, and I'll see to it that you'll never mess with the likes of the Robotnik Army ever again!"

Sonic chuckled, crossing his arms. "Hey, maybe you'll get smart enough to realize you'll never beat us, Eggman!"

Doctor Eggman ignored his arrogant remarks, as his attention turned towards the hedgehog standing beside him, holding the Chaos Emerald. Eggman's face grew red in rage as Sonic chatted lightly with the hedgehog. "SHADOW! What the hell do you think you're doing being with that hedgehog? You should be working for me, you idiot!"

Shadow looked at Sonic, giving a blank stare. "What do I say to him?"

Sonic waved off Shadow, as he smirked at the Doctor. "Looks like times have changed, Eggman! Maybe you'll begin to realize that even he doesn't want to be with you anymore!" shouted Sonic, referring to Shadow.

Eggman growled and grunted in rage, smashing his hand down on the ship. "I never should have trusted you in the first place, all those years ago. You've caused me nothing but trouble back on the Ark, and now, after all these years, you've finally decided to show who you really are! Get away from me, you traitor! Gamma! Take out those two hedgehogs!"

E-102 Gamma flew into range beside Eggman's ship, arming his gun as he aimed it towards the hedgehogs. "Target Acquired and Ready," buzzed Gamma.

Gamma then started to fire rapidly at the two hedgehogs, but they darted away from the line of fire before Gamma could hit any of them. Gamma then fired his gun crazily as each hedgehog came into view, but found no success reaching any of them.

"This is getting ridiculous," snarled Eggman. "Gamma! Take those hedgehogs down as best as you can, I'm going to bring some more reinforcements!"

Out of the corner of his eye, Sonic could see Eggman flying away in his ship into the distance, not giving him any time to react to chase after him. "Let's get out of here, Shadow! Eggman's bailed from the battle!"

The two jumped off from the overpass on the highway into the streets below and ran away from where Gamma was back into the downtown area, littered with cars and smashed windows everywhere.

"Eggman's probably going to bring another machine over here," said Sonic, catching his breath. "What he wants to do with Station Square, I don't know… but this place is an absolute mess!"

"Sonic," asked Shadow cautiously. "What did the Doctor mean when he said that I caused trouble on the Ark?"

"I think he still holds you responsible for what happened back on the Ark," explained Sonic. "It'll take too long to explain now. Right now, we got to get more reinforcements of our own – before Eggman comes back again!"

Back at the workshop, Miles got back up from underneath the Tornado 3, painted both red and blue, emulating the two previous versions before it. He noticed Sonic and Shadow approaching the Tornado, and walked up to them as he wiped off the dirt from his face.

"You just about ready to go, Sonic?" asked Miles.

"Pretty much," replied Sonic. "We just need to make sure the radar is working properly before we go out there trying to find Eggman again."

Miles went over to the dashboard of the Tornado 3, turning on the lights to his satisfaction. "Everything seems to be all set to go. From what Eggman's done in the past, he should make his next move during the night."

Shadow looked bewildered as he scanned the Tornado. "So where are we going to fit on this?"

"We'll ride on the wings," smiled Sonic. "It'll be fine!"

"I don't think so," Shadow grumbled as he kept searching around the Tornado.

Miles looked over to Shadow as he overheard the conversation between the two hedgehogs. "Would you rather go there by foot?" he joked.

"I suppose not," sighed Shadow. "Just make sure I don't fall off."

"Relax, bud," said Sonic, wrapping his hand around Shadow's shoulder. "Miles is a good pilot. Even if something does happen, it'll be smooth sailing until we hit Station Square again. The best part about it is that we can leap off at any time and join in the action! So what do ya say?"

Before Shadow could properly reply, Miles fired up the Tornado and hopped right into the cockpit, while Sonic leapt onto the left side of the plane. Shadow sighed and climbed onto the right side, barely able to grab on to the wing as it moved outside the hangar and flew out into the skies, as the wind blew against his face.

Eventually the three made it into Station Square, just as the sun was about to set on the day. As the Tornado flew above the buildings, Sonic scanned the area, searching for anything out of place.

"I don't see any badniks anywhere," said Sonic. "They must be hiding away somewhere. Miles, do you have the radar on?"

"It's been on for the last couple of minutes," confirmed Miles. "I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary yet."

Shadow knelt on the wing of the Tornado, just as had been for the last few minutes. He kept looking forward, not moving his head either to the side or down below, not wanting to know how high he was up off the ground. He kept to himself for most of the ride, but as the Tornado approached the Radical Highway, Shadow turned his eyes to face Sonic.

"Sonic?" Shadow called out.

Sonic turned his head to face Shadow, still holding onto the wing of the Tornado. "Yes, Shadow?" he called out.

Shadow hesitated for a few moments as Sonic began paying more and more attention to Shadow. "You've been really nice to me, Sonic, even though I don't remember anything we did together. I can't thank you enough for helping me out."

"Thanks, Shadow!" smiled Sonic. "I'm always happy to help!"

Shadow faced forward on the plane, trying to think of something else to say to Sonic. However, he was interrupted by Miles' radar setting off an alarm, beeping faster and faster.

"There's a couple of badniks coming up right behind us!" yelled out Miles.

Shadow and Sonic turned around and noticed the bug-like badniks flying behind them, as they shot flames out of the robotic stingers and hit the Tornado directly. Miles swerved the Tornado towards the right to get out of the direct line of fire, but Shadow fumbled his grip on the wing, slipping away from the Tornado as he grabbed the wing back again, dangling from the side as he saw the distance between himself and the ground below. Shadow used all of his strength to get his feet onto the Tornado, as Miles straightened out the Tornado as it started to go straight again.

"Sorry about that, Shadow!" yelled Miles over the engines of the Tornado. "There's more badniks than I thought. I can't shake them off without risking sending you off the plane! Try to get the ones behind us off our back!"

"It's too far," replied Shadow, keeping a firm grip on the Tornado. "I don't have anything to hit them with, and if I jump off, I've got nowhere to land." As he said this, Shadow looked forward again and noticed that the Tornado was flying nearby a tall bridge leading straight into the Radical Highway. "Fly towards the bridge, Miles, then we can get rid of the badniks behind us and get onto the bridge while doing so."

"You got it," answered Miles as he turned the plane towards the bridge.

"On my count," said Shadow to Sonic, "jump and take out as many badniks as you can. Then we can get onto the bridge. Eggman shouldn't be too far behind."

"I'm all ready," cheered Sonic. "Just say the word!"

Shadow judged the distance between the plane and the bridge, preparing his muscles as the plane got closer and closer. The badniks approached the Tornado as well, going faster than the Tornado could, steadily catching up to the plane. Eventually, the badniks were right behind the Tornado, and were preparing to shoot at the Tornado again.

"Now!" Shadow yelled, jumping off the Tornado without hesitation. Sonic followed quickly behind him, and the two both homed in onto the badniks, taking the two behind them out in one shot. Sonic then jumped down onto the top of the bridge, landing on the top of the bridge's tower. Shadow went towards another couple of badniks while he was still in the air, homing in on both of them one after another, before landing on the bridge's tower in the same way as Sonic did.

"We'll follow Miles as best as we can on the bridge," explained Sonic. "He'll lead us right towards Eggman."

Shadow nodded and jumped down onto the railings of the bridge, using his shoes to slide his way down the railing as it curved downward and back up again towards another tower. Sonic followed closely behind Shadow as they built up enough speed to overcome the height of the railing and back onto the next tower.

Past the next bridge tower was more robots floating around, guarding the place. Sonic jumped ahead of Shadow and took them out with his homing attack, one by one. Sonic landed down on the bridge below, then spin dashed towards the robotic army arming their weapons at the two hedgehogs. Shadow followed right behind Sonic, taking out any other robots that Sonic missed along the way.

Sonic then got to a part of the highway that had been broken up into pieces, as down below he couldn't see the ground at all. "Looks like Eggman's responsible for this," Sonic growled. He jumped up from one piece to the other, carefully making sure that he landed properly onto the platform before jumping to the next one. Shadow was much more hasty when jumping, almost carelessly going from one platform to another.

As Shadow jumped off the last platform and back onto the section of the highway that had remained intact, Sonic got startled by Shadow's pace as he landed right beside him.

"Careful where you're going, buddy!" Sonic jumped.

Shadow didn't reply, only instead looking forward into the highway, as it curved upwards and downwards. He spun up for a moment before taking off down the highway, and Sonic did the same, trailing right behind him as they ran up the highway.

As Shadow reached the top of the curve, a flurry of bullets started to rain down onto the highway, forcing Shadow and Sonic to take evasive action by jumping off the curve. The two landed down beside each other again, and while Shadow seemed unfazed, Sonic looked back towards the top of the curve.

"What the heck was that?" shouted Sonic. He was then interrupted by the sounds of a loud ship hovering over them as it descended downwards towards the two hedgehogs. Sonic and Shadow jumped out of the way as the ship rushed past them, sending down more bullets.

"You have the Chaos emerald, right?" asked Shadow, catching his breath.

"Of course!" smirked Sonic, as he brought out the emerald. "Wouldn't come here without it!" Sonic then rushed at the ship with the power of the emerald, hitting right at the windshield of the ship and sending it backwards. The ship then stopped and brought itself back towards Sonic again, as Sonic jumped and homed in at the ship again, taking out some of the metal pieces of the ship.

Shadow spun himself around to gain speed, then as the ship started to move towards him, Shadow dashed towards the ship and as the two were about to meet, Shadow bashed against the windshield, causing it to crack slightly. Sonic attacked the windshield again, causing the crack to grow bigger as the ship started to waver and shake from the damage being given by the two hedgehogs.

The pilot of the ship spun the ship around as the hedgehogs split up and started to move towards the ship from both sides, and the pilot started to send more bullets down their way. Sonic and Shadow sidestepped to avoid the bullets, though Shadow briefly tripped and fell on the ground, getting some dirt onto his face. Shadow managed to jump up and get into the air before the ship could properly aim at him, while Sonic took the Chaos Emerald and absorbed some of its energy, as an aura of energy started to form around him.

Sonic then released from where he was standing and charged right at the front of the ship, sending it completely backwards as it scraped onto the bridge ahead of them. Shadow prepared to keep attacking at the ship, but the pilot jumped out of the cockpit as the ship started to burst into flames, taking up the whole width of the bridge.

Out in the distance, Sonic spotted Eggman's ship approaching the two hedgehogs, along with a whole army of robots flying beside him. Sonic took the Chaos Emerald and mentally prepared himself for the upcoming battle, soaking up more of the emerald's energy.

Eggman hovered over the wreckage of the destroyed ship, out of reach of the flames as it started to die down. "I don't know why I keep sending these idiots to you guys," Eggman grumbled. "I'm just about done messing around."

Sonic let out a light chuckle. "So you've finally decided to show your face around here, huh? Ok then, bring it on!"

Without hesitation, Eggman commanded his robots to swarm the two hedgehogs, but as they started to approach Sonic, Sonic let out a burst of energy, which sent the robots back a few feet. Shadow spun around and jumped into the air, taking out a couple of robots in one go.

A few of the robots landed onto the ground and transformed into ones with legs and arms. Some of them armed themselves with guns built into their arms, while the rest charged up towards the two hedgehogs, ready to battle directly at them with hand to hand combat. The robots started to punch and kick at Sonic and Shadow, and they could do nothing but defend themselves, either by blocking their punches or jumping out of the way. Shadow jumped back onto the edge of the bridge to take a breather, while Sonic kept fighting with the robots, defending anything that they could throw at him, and sending some punches of his own. But even with the Chaos emerald powering him, the robots proved to be very sturdy and strong, withstanding each of his attacks.

One of the robots managed to strike Sonic directly in the face, sending him down to the ground briefly, though Sonic was able to get himself back up without hesitation. Sonic started to growl as he charged up with the emerald, gritting his teeth. Two of the robots started to run towards Sonic again, but Sonic let out another burst of energy at the robots, sending them back into the ground. However, they got themselves back up from the ground, hardly showing any signs of wear.

The two robots charged right back at Sonic and resumed their attacks at him, as Sonic blocked everything they threw at him, with each hit becoming more and more painful than the last. Sonic then jumped back to the other edge of the bridge, as the two hedgehogs faced directly across from one another on opposite sides.

Doctor Eggman smirked as he looked on at the battle. "Giving up so soon?"

Shadow stood tall as he stared right at Eggman's eyes. "Not by any means, Doctor," he scowled, just as he jumped off the ledge and rejoined the battle. Shadow spun as soon as he landed and quickly charged up to speed before darting off and hitting one of the robots right in front of him, sending the robot down onto the ground. Shadow turned around and saw another robot coming up from behind, ready to attack, so Shadow swung around and kicked the robot to get it off its feet, then as the robot was about to get itself back up, Shadow did a spin dash right at the robot, breaking off one of its legs.

Sonic went down to where Shadow was, and as the two met, they ran towards where Eggman's ship was hovering above the fight, and Shadow lifted Sonic's feet up in the air as Sonic jumped right at Eggman's ship, only to be stopped by an invisible force preventing him from reaching the ship, as Sonic landed back onto the bridge.

"I didn't think you'd be so stupid to jump up here," cackled Eggman.

Sonic brought out the Chaos Emerald, and as he was getting ready to charge up some energy, a laser came and shot out the emerald right from Sonic's hand. Sonic quickly turned around and saw that a robot had approached him from behind and was getting ready to fire at him again, so Sonic jumped out of the line of fire, only to be stopped by a couple more robots quickly closing in on where Sonic was. They punched Sonic a few times and kept beating him up, as he was thrown away from where the emerald was, landing hard onto the ground.

"Shadow!" Sonic called out. "Go get the emerald!"

Shadow noticed the legless robot straightening itself off the ground, getting its weapon ready. "Look behind you, Sonic!"

Sonic took a hit from the gun of the legless robot, falling back down to the ground. Shadow started to run over towards Sonic, but Sonic waved him off. "Forget about me, Shadow – just get the emerald!"

Shadow looked back and forth between Sonic and the emerald, both at equal distance in either direction from Shadow.

"Just get it!" yelled Sonic, as he jumped back on his feet, as more badniks started to swarm around him, forcing Sonic to swat away at them.

Shadow quickly ran over towards the emerald and grabbed it off the ground, just as a robot was about to pick it up. Shadow barged through the robot as he kept running after picking up the emerald, splitting the robot in half as it fell to the ground.

Sonic was able to get rid of the last of the badniks that had swarmed around him, but the legless robot armed its weapon again and shot directly at Sonic, hitting him in the chest as he grimaced in pain, flying back towards the ground.

"SONIC!" Shadow furiously ran towards where Sonic was, but the legless robot kept shooting at Sonic as he tried to get himself back up, to the point where he had more bullet holes and lacerations than fur on his body. Sonic kept trying to stand up on his own power, but Sonic eventually collapsed, as he started to bleed from head to toe.

Shadow took the emerald in his hand and charged directly at the legless robot, blowing it up into pieces and leaving a small crater behind. Shadow then looked up to Eggman's ship floating above the battle, as his blood started to boil to a crisp while he grasped the emerald, shaking the fist he made with the emerald.

Energy started to envelop Shadow as he built up more and more anger, seeing Sonic's nearly lifeless body on the ground. "You're going to pay for this, Doctor…"

Shadow then grabbed one of the pieces of the destroyed robot from the ground, and with a fit of rage, hurled the part at Eggman's ship, as it bounced off Eggman's force field, as Eggman chuckled quietly. Shadow then took more and more bigger pieces of the robot, throwing them faster and faster at Eggman's ship, until he got towards an abandoned police car sitting nearby. Shadow carefully picked up the car from the side, raising it slightly above the ground as he swung it around and flung it right at Eggman, faster than any of the parts of the robot he had thrown before. The car hurled forward at the force field, smashing straight through the barrier as the car bounced off Eggman's ship, nearly throwing him off balance.

Shadow then leapt up into the barrier-free ship, landing on the side as he climbed up to the dashboard as he breathed heavily in and out, gritting his teeth as flames could be seen from inside his eyes. Eggman nervously moved back as much as he could on the small ship, shuddering in fear as Shadow kept approaching Eggman, until Eggman was pressed against the side of the ship. Shadow then jumped at Eggman and started to beat him senselessly, punching him from every angle possible as bruises started to form on his face. Shadow then stepped back for a moment, then jumped right back at Eggman, grabbing him by the throat as he strangled him, while Eggman struggled to breathe.

Shadow's grip on Eggman's throat grew tighter and tighter as he scowled in anger. "I won't let you get away with this… not over my own life."

Eggman wrestled with Shadow's arms in vain, trying to break free from his grip. As he gasped in and out for air, his hand stretched out towards the side of the ship, reaching out until he grabbed hold of the knife that was nearby, and then quickly swiping it at Shadow's arm, causing Shadow to wince in pain, letting go briefly of Eggman's neck, allowing him to roll free of Shadow and get up as he was gasping for air.

Shadow saw Eggman get up from the floor of the ship as he swung his fists around towards Eggman's head, knocking him off hit feet as he went over the side of the ship, barely grabbing onto the ledge in time. The ship tilted downwards towards the ground as Eggman struggled to get back up, as Shadow hit Eggman's hands off the side of the ship, sending Eggman down to the ground, albeit at a lower height than it was before. Eggman landed flat on his back on the hard ground below, as he weakily got back up onto his feet.

Shadow went over to the controls of Eggman's ship, grabbing hold of them as he brought the ship down to where Eggman was getting up, charging the ship right at him as Eggman bounced right off and fell back down on the ground again. Shadow turned the ship around and went back towards Eggman, firing one of the weapons at Eggman this time as he ran right over the Doctor as he fell on his back again. Eggman rolled around so that he could look forward at where Shadow was turning the ship around again, and quickly brought out a pen-shaped device, pressing the button as the ship blew up in an explosion, self-destructing the ship.

Shadow fell off what remained of the ship and onto the hard ground, bouncing away from Eggman as parts and scraps went flying in all directions. Shadow grimaced as he slowly got back up on his feet, as he saw a couple of Eggman's robots go towards the Doctor and help him back off the ground.

"You haven't seen the last of me, Shadow," scowled Eggman, as the robots started to fly above the bridge and into the sky. "But your blue friend will certainly be done for, once and for all."

As Eggman flew off with his robots, Shadow looked around the bridge for any more enemies nearby, but found that they had all left with Eggman. Shadow then saw Sonic lying out of breath, and Shadow instinctively ran towards Sonic, lifting his head off the ground.

Shadow could only look on in terror as he saw vast amounts of blood covering Sonic and the ground around him. "Sonic… speak to me, Sonic!" he shouted, stuttering his words.

Sonic weakly looked up to see Shadow's face, barely able to keep his eyes open.

Shadow started to tremble as Sonic hazily glazed back at Shadow. "I don't know… what happened… I… I'm so sorry…"

Sonic lifted his head as much as he could, as blood came out of his mouth. "Shadow… It's… not… your… your…"

Sonic's head fell over to one side, as he collapsed in front of Shadow. Shadow carefully picked up Sonic off the ground as blood started to drip onto his own body. Shadow growled and shook in anger as he started to make his way back towards Miles' base. "Damn you, Doctor… Damn you…"