Shadow woke up in a bed, which happened to be quite large, with Cluck by his side.

"-cluck- /Sir?\ -cluck- -cluck- /You've changed!\" it clucked.

Shadow looked over himself. His hands were back to being regular human hands, but a strange, thick black skin covered the back of them. Looking over the rest of his body, he found that his clothes were back, jacket and all, and that strange black skin was covering everything but his palms, fingers, and face. At least he still had his hedgehog spines!

He looked at Cluck. The robot chicken had not changed.

Why was he changing? He was in Sonic's world, fair and square, and he was officially in Robotropolis! Why was he changing back to his Earth self? He was on Mobius, for crying out loud!

"Cluck, how long have I been like this?" he asked, still looking at his hands.

"-cluck- /Two hours, sir!\ -cluck-" was the reply.

"Bring the most disruptive Swatbot you can find; I need to trash something," Shadow mumbled.

Cluck ran off, happy as ever that the poor robot getting trashed did not happen to be him.

Shadow held his head in his hands. What was going on? Why was he changing?

Cluck came back with two other beings; one was metallic, and the other was pink.

"Not her again! Please, not her again!" Shadow prayed. This had not been a good day for him.

"Let me go! Let me go! If I had my hammer, I'd...!" the pink-haired and similarly color dressed teenager called as she was dragged into the room.

"/She was found wandering the halls\" the Swatbot explained in monotone.

Shadow sighed. Amy was still Amy, human or not. She'd probably be blonde if she was on Earth.

Actually, noting her hair, Shadow had no doubt of the assumption.

She was dropped in the middle of the floor, with Cluck hiding behind the Swatbot that brought her. Shadow lifted himself from the bed and walked over to Amy, who was currently scowling.

"Well, well..." Shadow mused, slipping back into his giddy self. "We seem to have found a trespasser!"

"We?" Amy asked, looking highly suspicious. Probably a look she adopted from Sonic.

"Me and everyone here. Have you noticed how much you've changed recently, Amy?" he asked.

"Yeah. I look kinda like what Robotnik's supposed to be, but I'm definitely different..." she mumbled, looking at the floor instead of his face.

With his face only inches from hers, Shadow replied, "You're about to change a lot more, Amy. In a shiny, metallic way..."