-Last time in chapter 11-

"Dr. Eggman! You're going to pay for this!" someone yelled from inside of Eggman's ship. "The Chaotix has fallen apart because of you!"

"Metal, who is that...?" Shiaza whispered from behind a stack of crates.

"I don't know..." he replied. "But why is he here?"

"Shut up, you fool! The Chaotix would never have lasted anyway!" Dr. Eggman yelled from his egg ship thingy.

"You know we would've survived, and beaten you to the death! You were afraid, so you hired an assassin to defeat us for you."

"Ha! You were too weak for my secret weapon, weren't you?"

"The others may have been, but obviously I was stronger. Your 'weapon' disappeared in the middle of our fight. How pathetic is that, Doctor? You'll never defeat the spirit of the Chaotix. You may have gotten rid of my two comrades, but there's still me and Knuckles, and don't you forget it!"

"Knuckles?! He's no threat to me. The only thing standing in my way is you, Espio."

-Now for chapter 12-

"Espio..." Shiaza repeated with hearts in her eyes. "Damn, he's hot."

Metal's eyes turned redder as he glared at the chameleon. "I suggest that you remain quiet so that you don't reveal our existence."

"Alright..."

"Dr. Eggman," Evil Tikal said as she approached the fatass. "Detectors have detected that there are two unwanted organic structures inside the ship. What shall I do?"

"Find them!" Eggman yelled furiously. "We have to destroy them, for they may know too much already! Lock down the ship, prepare the artillery, and make me a ham and pickle sandwich!"

"Yes sir!" the evil echidna replied before leaving, passing by a hedgehog as she left.

"Shadow! Go and find the intruders; there are two of them! Sound the alarm, Shadow, and make sure they don't escape!"

"Yes sir," Shadow said, as Shiaza watched with even bigger hearts in her eyes.

"Shiaza!" Metal hissed, "we've got to get out of here!"

"Shadow..." Shiaza sighed dreamily.

"SHIIIAAAAAZZZAAA!"

"Huh, what?"

"INTRUDERS! GET THEM!" Eggman yelled, pointing at the two.

"RUN!" Metal yelled, grabbing Shiaza's arm and pulling her with him.

"Aw crap..." she said as she began running on her own.

Metal and Shiaza continued running away from Evil Tikal and Eggman's robots. They split up when they reached a three-way intersection, and continued running. Shiaza quickly turned around a sharp corner, and smacked straight into Espio.

"Oh, uh, hi..." she stammered, blushing.

Espio got on his feet and stared down at her. He held out his hand, which she accepted, and pulled her up.

"T-thanks..." Shiaza replied, as she begin walking away.

"Look out!"

Suddenly Espio jumped on top of Shiaza, knocking them both down as a huge blast flew over their heads. One of Eggman's robots began stomping towards them, recharging as it did. Espio leaped up and threw a Shuriken star at it. He then spun around and kicked the robot in the head, destroying it. He helped Shiaza off the ground again.

"Thanks again, uh... Espio...?"

"Yes. You're welcome," Espio replied. "Will you be able to survive on your own?"

"What is that supposed to mean?!" Shiaza cried. "I'll have you know that I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself!"

"Suit yourself."

Shiaza snapped her fingers and disappeared, reappearing in the hall on the opposite side of the room. Suddenly two robots appeared on each side of her. She pulled a small bar-looking object out of nowhere, which turned into a long staff.

"I'll show you, Espio..." she muttered as she planted the staff in the ground, spun around it, and knocked out the robots. "Wait, where did Shadow go? I've got to save him... Eggman!"

Shiaza ran down the hall and into the main room, where Eggman was escaping through the top of the ship.

"Oh no you don't...!" Shiaza yelled, jumping in the air and landing next to Eggman. She stuck her staff into the middle of the spinny elevator thing. "You're not going anywhere."

Sparks began flying out of the elevator as Shiaza jumped down and landed on the ground. Eggman tried to get out, but became stuck in the seat.

"Help! I can't get up! HELP ME, I'M STUCK!"

"Not my problem that you can't lay off the snack cakes, fatso," Shiaza said, smirking.

Suddenly the elevator blew up, and eggs began raining down on the ship.

"Ack!" Shiaza cried out, hiding underneath an overhang.

"What's going on?!" Espio yelled, running next to her. An egg landed right in his face. "...Shit."

"I've defeated Eggass, I've defeated Eggass!" Shiaza started singing.

"Hey, don't get your hopes up. Eggman never dies."

"Sonic! They're going to kill me! Shadow's going to kill me!" Amy cried.

"I know, I know... it's okay, Amy. We'll get out of here. Trust me."

Suddenly a huge piece of debris flew out of the sky and crashed into the cells, leaving the area wide open. Sonic and Amy walked out.

"See? Told you so."

"Hey, look!" Amy said, pointing to a piece of land next to the Egg Carrier. "It's a random piece of land next to the Egg Carrier!"

"How random!" Sonic said. "Maybe we should go there."

"Okay."

"Shiaza, this place is going to blow up! We need to get out of here!" Metal said, running up to her.

"Alright. Espio, come on! We've got to go!"

"What about everyone else?" he asked.

"Leave them! We're going to get blown up!"

"Oh, alright..."

Shiaza, Metal, and Espio ran out of the Egg Carrier an onto a tree-covered island that was conveniently placed nearby. The giant ship blew up seconds later.

"But... what about... Shadow...?"