Well, This is only my second F/F so please be gentle. Here's the info you'll need:

Sonic: 22 Tails: 14 Shadow: 25 Rouge: 23 Amy: 18 Omega: None provided Cream: 10 Big: 16 Enjoy!

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The wind blew large sheets of gusts toward Shadow's face as He sped up. The creature was following him, and was right on his trail. Shadow jumped up onto higher ground. There was obviously going to be a storm. Shadow narrowed his eyes...the wind was about to blow him off his feet...he continued to speed up. The creature roared and jumped onto his ground level. Suddenly, Shadow screamed 2 words that would save his life:

"Black Tornado!"

Suddenly, black bursts of gust burst out of Shadow's hand and the creature's feet were taken off the ground and into the air. The creature screamed in terror as its body was stretched apart and blood splurted everywhere. Shadow was suddenly gasping for breath as he tipped over and fell into the hard rock terrain below...

"Is he alive?"

Shadow's eyes we're blurry when he finally woke up. He tried to move, but he couldn't. He was glued to the floor. His eyes ran into focus. He was in a glass tube. He jerked and jerked, pain shooting through his body. He turned his head to discover he was changed to the side of the tank. His eyes began to bug out in fear when he looked up and, to his surprise; Rouge was standing over the tank, Eyes twinkling with joy. Next thing you know, Shadow was being suffocated by everyone hugging him with joy. Finally, Knuckles pushed through. "Give him some air! He's still not FULLY healed." And with that, Shadow was seated onto a couch to rest himself. Shadow began to close his eyes when Rouge plopped herself onto the couch with him. He smiled...a rare event.

"I'm glad your okay Shadow. I missed you..." Shadow was surprised to hear Rouge being so caring towards him... Then she frowned, surprised in herself and quickly blurted out "... I was worried because uh...I need you to steal treasures that I can't get with eggman." She grinned and got up to run some practice runs in the practice fields. Shadow was confused the rest of the day...

"Shadow! Help! Please, Shadow help me!" There was a vortex, and the whole Sonic team had died...except Rouge. She was calling out to him, her hand withheld towards him. As he reached to save her, He noticed his hands...were metal. He blinked in surprise. He tried to speak but couldn't... Then ...Rouge was gone. She screamed as the Vortex sucked her into its dark depths. Shadow tried to yell to her, but all he could do was mouth single word... "NO!"

Shadow woke up, in a cold sweat. He was gasping for breath, not believing what he had dreamt of. Then he noticed Tails sitting there, a worried look on his face. Shadow blinked, and then became himself again.

"Morning Shadow. What's 'p?" Tails grinned at him. Shadow kept his grim expression.

"Tails? You surprised me. What the hell are you doing here?" Tails nodded his head.

"They told me to take care of you."

"Is that really necessary?

"They said it was..." Shadow narrowed his eyes then shrugged. Tails pulled something out of his pocket. A pair of gloves were in his hands. Shadow raised his eyebrow in confusion. The gloves were silver, with spikes on each of the knuckle frames, it's silver was metal. They glistened when Shadow reached for them.

"What?" Shadow grimly frowned. Tails blushed...

"Rouge wanted me to give them to you. She says they're welcome back to earth presents" Shadow smiled a bit. He put the gloves on. They sent a small shiver down his spine. Heh, he thought, these are pretty spiffy, coming from Rouge. She probably stole them from Sonic. With this statement He chuckled. That's Rouge for ya. Shadow suddenly stopped. He slowly turned to face tails. He was grinning from ear to ear. Shadow widened his eyes when he saw tails cock his head. What? Was that a private message? Shadow yelped in surprise as Tails grinned some more. "you...you can read my thoughts?" Shadow whispered. "Well, I guess so. I mean, it's not that hard..." Shadow at first was surprised, then his fright turned to anger. Did Tails know of his love towards Rouge? And if he did, did he tell her? "You..."The anger was bubbling inside him "How DARE you intrude my thoughts! My mind is my Sanctuary! Get the hell away from me!" Tails wimpered and began to back away slowly. Shadow glared until Tails ran out of the room. Shadow slammed the door, and made sure that it was locked. Since his mind was no longer his Sanctuary, A locked door would be his new barrier...No matter what.

I hope you enjoyed it. I'm usually not the mushy-gushy romance type, but I was bored, so there ya go. Anyways, R/R please! More chapters will be available soon. Spring break is a great time for me to sit back and write fanfictions. I hope I become one of your favorite authors!