-Last time, in chapter 6-

Shiaza silently followed him until they had reached the end of the path. The figure took off his hat and coat to reveal a coughverysexycough black hedgehog. He pulled out a Chaos emerald and opened his mouth. Before he could say anything, Shiaza realized that he was going to leave, and that she'd have to track him down all over again. Just as he had almost finished speaking, she ran up and grabbed onto his arm.

"CHAOS CONTROL!" he yelled, and the two disappeared.

-Now, for chapter 8-

Shiaza held onto the black hedgehog as there was a huge flash of light, and then they were gone. She shut her eyes tightly, not knowing what was going on, where they were going, or anything at all about what was happening. All of a sudden, she felt everything stopping before her. She cautiously opened her eyes and saw that the two were aboard a dark, gloomy ship. She was laying on the deck, and the hedgehog was standing near her.

"Where am I...?" Shiaza said to herself quietly, then she looked at screen, which said 'Egg Carrier' on it. "Ah."

"Who the hell are you?" the hedgehog asked in a calm yet harsh voice as he glared down at her. Shiaza sat up.

"Well, that's really none of your business, now, is it?" she snapped back.

"No, I suppose it's not. Leave. Now. The boat landing is over there, so get your ass on it and leave."

"Well excuuuuse me, Shadow the Hedgehog, but I'm not going anywhere."

"Suit yourself," the hedgehog replied as he started to walk towards the monorail. "But you're not coming with me."

"Fine," Shiaza said aloud, then muttered under her breath, "I'll just stalk you, then..."

Shadow stepped on the green button and waited for the monorail. He got onboard, and when she was sure that he wasn't looking, Shiaza jumped into the other car.

The monorail dropped them off inside the ship, where Shiaza immediately ran and hid behind one of Eggman's individual Eggman carrier thingys. Shadow walked towards the stairs and stopped just below them. He looked up as he saw Dr. Eggass coming down the spinny elevator thingy.

"Shut up," the fat failure said. "Grrrrrrr... DO AUTHORS EVER GIVE MY OBESITY A BREAK?!"

Nope. We authors are eeeeeeeeeeviiiiiiiiiiiiil. grins And just to prove how evil I really am deep inside...

Ash Ketchum from Pokemon runs in, holding a huge Pokeball with both arms.

"I got the new and improved Heavy Ball, guaranteed to catch Pokemon even fatter than Snorlax!" he exclaimed, then turned towards Eggman. "AHH! A FAT POKEMON!" he yelled, pulling out his Pokedex.

"Eggass, the failure egg Pokemon. It's extreme fatness and ignorant mind is a great disadvantage to this Pokemon. It attacks with pathetic plans, and is a huge waste of space," Dexter the Pokedex said.

"COOL! A rare stupid Pokemon! POKEBALL, GO!"

Ash heaved the massive Pokeball over his head and threw it at Eggass, knocking him out cold. Then the Pokeball opened and he disappeared into it in a red flash. The Pokeball shook around a little, then popped open, releasing Eggass again.

"Damn," Ash said. "He's just to fat to fit in."

"AAAASH!" Misty yelled from behind them, holding up a thin blanket that was wrapped around her body. "I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU YET!"

Everyone looked at Ash and realized that he was standing in the middle of the room with only his Pikachu-print boxers on. Ash blushed and ran out.

"THIS NEVER HAPPENED!" he yelled as he left. Everyone sweatdropped.

"Aaaaaaanyway... Shadow! Are you ready for your mission?" Eggman asked, regaining consciousness.

"Yes sir."

"Good, good... though you were three minutes late. Another second longer and I would've thought that you were betraying me! And you know what happens if you betray me," Eggman said.

"Yes sir."

Metal Sonic, who was wearing a leather-looking black jacket, walked in and made a few metallic noises.

"DAMNIT, THAT'S IT! METAL, YOU'RE GETTING A VOICE BOX! GO TO THE VOICE BOX ROOM AND GET ONE INSTALLED ALREADY!" Eggbutt yelled. Metal left, got a voice box, and came back.

"Voice box successfully installed, mon capiton!" Metal said. His voice wasn't as automated sounding as the other robots' voices were, and his didn't stay on just one tone. It was almost humanlike.

"Great. Anyway, I am no longer in need of your services. Veira here is more capable of fulfilling my needs," Eggman said as the robot-dog walked up next to him. "Now, get out!"

Metal looked disappointed as he trudged towards the monorail. He heard a faint hissing noise and turned towards it to see Shiaza motioning for him to come over to her. He sneaked over and hid behind the thingy with her.

"What?" he whispered, then paused. "Hey, why are you even here?"

"Long story," Shiaza replied. "I like your voice."

"Thanks," Metal replied, blushing a little (A/N: Yes, robots can blush.)

"Anyway, what's up with Shadow obeying that fat guy?"

"Eggman? Oh, well, he stuck a device in Shadow's fur that will explode if anyone tampers with it, or if Eggass presses the big red button on his remote. The deranged moron will blow Shadow up if he doesn't do everything he wants," Metal explained.

Shiaza looked down at the ground. "That's horrible..."

"I know. Hey, are you okay?"

"I... I don't know..." she replied as a single tear fell to the ground. Before she knew it, she was crying.

"What's wrong...?" Metal asked, concerned.

"I-it's nothing... I don't want to talk about anything right now..."

Metal hesitated a little, then placed his arms around Shiaza and held her as she cried. Though he was a robot, she found comfort in Metal.

"Maybe we should leave now," Metal suggested. "There's no reason for us to be here."

"No... I have to wait... for something..."

"Alright then."

"Shadow, your mission is to find someone and bring them back to me. Not 'dead or alive'. Just plain dead. Do you understand me? Either you kill this person and bring them to me, or you'll die yourself," said Eggman.

"Yes sir," Shadow replied. "Who will I be hunting down?"

"A girl. A girl named Amy Rose."