"Woah!" Shadow shouts, feeling an unexpected change in the weight of his arms. He catches himself and blinks in shock, seeing a now fully grown equally shocked Sonic still wearing a diaper in his arms. "Wha-what just happened?" Sonic softly stammers, "Uuuuhhhhh..." is all Shadow can say, "Hey little blue, you're big again! How'd you do that with the pretty pink light?" Knuckles asks. "Uhhhh..." Shadow and Sonic gape at each other, both clueless and thinking What the hell just happened?! Shadow shakes the cobwebs out of his head, adjusting his hold, he examines the seemingly back to normal speedster. "Hmm, it looks like the pink gas has worn off. How do you feel?"

"Uh, I feel alright, I guess..."

"Alright then," Shadow dumps Sonic leaving him on the ground, "Get up. I'm not going to carry your lazy ass anymore."

"Lazy ass!" Sonic sputtered, lifting his face from the dirt, "I couldn't walk!" Shadow crosses his arms, "And now you can." Sonic grumbled, picking himself up. "By the way, nice job with Egghead, you guys did-Woah!" He waved his arms, trying to catch himself but felt right back on his face, "Don't worry, I gotcha blue." Knuckles yanked him up, dusting his shoulders, and patted his back. Sonic's legs wobbled, and he fell again,

"Ow." Came a pained muffle, Shadow hummed. He picks up Sonic by his shoulders, setting him on his feet while still keeping hold, "Can you walk?" Sonic's legs wobble and jiggle like crazy underneath him, "Augh, I-I-I don't think so. My legs feel like jello." He looks down at his legs in concern. This has never happened before. Shadow, still keeping a firm grip on his shoulders, takes a few steps back, "Go ahead and try again." he lets go keeping his arms out; Sonic's legs shake even harder when he does so and immediately begins to fall. Shadow catches him before he falls on his face again, "Guess I still can't walk." Sonic mumbles sadly, "So it would seem." Despite his sorrow over his still useless legs, it takes less than a minute for Sonic's cocky attitude to return. "Guess that means you still have to carry my lazy ass."

"No," Shadow firmly pushes him backward, returning Sonic's cocky attitude with his own, "He is." Sonic grasps the large object behind him for balance, slowly he looks up at the red giant, "Huh, guess you're just a bigger baby now." Knuckles concludes, hoisting the blue blur up his shoulders. Eyes bugging out at that statement, Sonic felt the familiar sensation of a blush come over him, "Knuckles! I'm not a baby!" he exclaimed, feeling smaller than he was before as his friend puts him on his back piggyback style.

"Sure, you are! How else would you explain the diaper?" Knuckles asks, shaking his shoulders, making the white padding crinkle. Sonic fell silent, hearing his diaper crinkle, the red shade in his cheeks grew, having forgotten he was still wearing the thing. Shadow chuckled at his obvious embarrassment, "Enough teasing. Let's get back and call Tails to let him know what's up."

*Later at Amy's*

Knuckles slid Sonic down off his back, dumping him onto the couch and he joined his friend to relax. Shadow clicked his communicator to life, pressing the Tails' icon; he placed a hand on his hip, waiting for the two-tailed fox to pickup. Tails image popped on the screen, "Hey guys! What's up?" Shadow, not one to beat around the bush, got to the point of his call, "We might have a complication on our hands."

"Oh, really? What happened?"

"Our little hedgehog is not so little anymore."

"What?! Is he back to normal? That's great!"

"Awwww! They grow up so fast!" Amy lamented in the background. Sonic fell forward, burying his face in his hands in his continued embarrassment.

"He's not totally back to normal; he still isn't able to walk."

"Really? I guess the gas affected him more than it would seem." Tails' tails whipped behind him on the screen. "Have you guys found anything yet?" Sonic asked, wanting to change the subject. Tails thoughtful look broke at the question, "Oh yeah! We found a journal log and some other files in the computer systems that I think will help. Shadow, could you stay on the line and stop by my place real quick?" Shadow silently nodded before turning and dashing to the fox's workshop.

Shadow screeches to a halt, "Alright, I'm here." he says, pushing the workshop doors open. "Great! Go to my computer; it should be up and running already." Shadow saw said computer on a table just as Tails said, "Found it. Now what?"

"Take off your communicator. You should find a rectangular indent on one of the sides, press that, and plug the USB into the port." Shadow pulls off his wrist communicator and finds the notch; he gently pushes it and out pops a USB plug, inserting it into the computer, he waits for further instructions. "Ok, just give me a second, and I'll upload the files we've found into my system." A loading bar pops on the screen. 30 seconds later, a ding resounded signaling the download was complete; Shadow unplugged his communicator, strapping it back on, he looked at Tails image on the small screen. "Great! That made things go a lot faster, thanks Shadow!" he chirped. "We should be back later this afternoon. I'll drop off Amy and pick up Sonic for more testing." Shadow 'hmphed' and ended the call.

After Shadow left, Knuckles and Sonic decided to play video games, and Sonic, as usual, was dominating Knuckles. "Augh! Come on, quit hitting me!"

"Hahaha! Yeah right! I'm totally gonna beat you, Knux."

"Nooooooo!" Knuckles cried as Sonic hit his character with a final blow; and did a victory dance on screen. "Welp, better luck next time, Knux." Sonic stretched, putting his controller on the coffee table, "I'll get you next time, little blue."

"Sure, you will," Sonic said under his breath, gripping the edge of the couch, Sonic shakily pushed himself up. Slowly he squatted up and down, trying to stand up while keeping his hands on the armrest for balance. Knuckles, still leaning back, silently chuckled, watching Sonic's unusual behavior. "What are you doing?"

"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm trying to stand up and walk."

"Really? You look like a bird bobbing up and down like that." Knuckles continued to laugh. "Yeah, well, you try doing this with your legs feeling like spaghetti."

"Here, let me help you," he says, standing up and reaches for Sonic's hands. He almost falls as Knuckles removes his hands from the couch,

"Woa-Knux, what are you doing?!" Knuckles adjusts his grip to that like a parent would hold their child learning how to walk, "Helping you, come on, try and take a few steps." Sonic worriedly looks up at his friend. Once again, feeling very tiny, his cheeks lit up a bright pink, legs rocking underneath him. "O-o-o-k." he says and tries to take a step. With his giant red friend keeping him steady, Sonic can walk from the couch to the dining table slowly. "That's it! There you go! Now, do it on your own." he says, letting go of the blue blur, "Wait, Knux, no wait!" Sonic yells too late as his legs give way, falling face-first on the hardwood floors.

"Oops." Knuckles scratches the back of his head, "What are you two doing?" comes a low voice. Knuckles turns to see Shadow is back, arms crossed with a questioning look. "Hey, Shadow! I was just helping little Sonic here learn how to walk." Shadow's eyes fall, seeing Sonic groaning, sprawled out on the ground motionless. "Looks like it's going well."

"Ha, ha ha." Came a monotone muffle from the floor, Sonic turned his head facing Shadow, "Very funny, Mr. Emohog. Would somebody please help me up." Knuckles complies, picking up the irritated blue hedgehog and placing him on the couch, "Thanks." he mumbles, "So, what did Tails have to say?"

"They are on their way back from the tunnels and will arrive later this afternoon. You will go with Tails back to the workshop for further testing when they get back."

"More tests? Great." Sonic moaned, falling to his side, "Wake me when they get here." he says, turning on his back, he wraps his hands behind his head and closes his eyes.