"You think he's gonna stay in there for long?" Amy looked up from her eggs and bacon at the others at the table. Knuckles simply shrugged. Sonic smirked.

"I wouldn't mind if he did. It's about time he found his place," Sonic flipped an egg, "I mean...Who ever said life was fair?" Amy glared at him. Rouge slowly walked in.

"Rouge! Did he let you in?" Rouge stared for a minute. If she we're to tell them... Would Shadow be angry? The events that had occurred today shouldn't be anyone's business...except theirs.

"'Fraid not. He basically is going to ignore us for the rest of our lives." Rouge then broke down and ran to her room and began to sob.

"Dammit. Why? Why does Rouge have to hate me? Ugh! I could just" Shadow threw a lamp across the room. It broke with a shatter. Shadow sat down and dug his head into the furry palms of his hands. He continued to sob, when there was a knock at his door. He ignored it at first, until it became more desperate. He glared and opened the door, There standing, was the whole Sonic Crew. They were grinning. Shadow cursed loudly and sent a black tornado towards them. They screamed and thrashed about until Shadow slammed the door and locked it again. He continued to sob...until...he noticed...

The gloves.

They were sitting there...glowing...Shadow confusedly took them into his palms and put them on. They suddenly sent him into dark depths.

"Nooooooo!" He screamed and thrashed, pain jolting through him like spears, not allowing him to move. Wind thrashed against him face like a whip, howling as it went past. Then, suddenly...it stopped. Shadow opened his eyes and saw a pair of eyes, floating in front of him...then slowly the outline of an unmistakable Rouge traced. There she was...sitting on her windowsill, playing a sad melody with her wooden flute. Then she began to hum. The song she hummed was sweet and grew louder. It was team Dark's theme song. Shadow blinked in surprise. He reached out to her but then....

He was back on his bed, lying exhausted. The gloves were now glowing a bluish color. Shadow leaned up, using all of his energy....and kissed the gloves before collapsing into his bed once again.