Everyone has been so supportive! Thank you, thank you all!
I do not own Sonic or anything sonic related, except this fic and the original ideas within it!
Well, i've been getting many reviews that ask why this is named Cross-Wise.
If I answered that here, it would spoil the rest of the fic. Rest assured, all will be revealed within a few more chapters!
Shadow POV, you get the idea.

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"Okay, back to what you said yesterday. You're sure GUN is after you?" Sonic's

expression was as serious as it ever gets, normally. "I distinctly heard the words Secure

Project Shadow, in that order." "Okay, that's a definite downer." Tails was doing

something in his room. We'd heard an explosion before, but Tails claimed it was nothing.

Sonic is friends with weird people. "Why would they be after you, Shadow?" "The same

reason they destroyed the ARK for. All they want is more power." Tails came out, wearing a

big backpack. "Okay, I'm ready to go!" "Go?" "Well, the last time GUN went after one of

you, our house got trashed! So I figure we should leave. Besides, I have to return our

Chaos Emeralds to Knuckles." "Makes sense," Sonic lead the way down the stairs. Outside

the building was calm. For about five seconds. Then GUN units started appearing

everywhere. "All this for one hedgehog? Man, Shadow what is it with you and the military?"

"I can't help it if I'm superior," I say with a smirk. "Whatever, copycat." "Freeze! Put

your hands on your heads, and put everything you're carrying down now!" "How?" Sonic

called back. "What was that?" "I asked how are we supposed to not move, put our hands on

our heads, and put down our stuff at the same time?" "Uh…" I rolled my eyes. "Pathetic,"

I say under my breath. "Watch out you guys," Tails said as his backpack changed into a

walker. "Climb on before that guy figures out what you said." Sonic and I clambered on and

watched as the walker turned into a jet and flew us away. "My latest invention!"




Tails flew us to Angel Island. The world really is an amazing place. I never would

have thought that an island actually floated. We landed. Rouge and Knuckles were waiting

for us inside. I thoroughly enjoyed the shocked looks they had when they saw me. Tails was

giving Knuckles the two Emeralds he had when Rouge popped the question of how had I

survived. I just showed them my Chaos Emerald. Saying the same thing over and over gets

downright annoying after a while. "AHA! SEE! I NEVER TOOK YOUR EMERALD! SEE! SEE!"

Knuckles muttered a curse and demanded I give him my Emerald. "No," I said in a perfectly

calm manner. I could see he was prepared to fight me for it. I just turned my back on him

and walked outside. I listened as the sounds of a roaring argument echoed from inside. It

was a bit amusing at first, but then I got bored and wandered off. I thought about the

Chaos Emerald. It was strange, how I had found it. I was falling through space, just

starting to brush the atmosphere, and it just appeared in my hand. I had absolutely no idea

how it did that, but that's exactly what happened. I thought about it as I gazed past the

edge of the island. That's when I saw the jets.




'NO! NOT NOW!' I ran across the uneven ground to the others. They were outside the

cave looking for me. Before I could get very far, the GUN jets roared overhead. The

shockwaves from their passing knocked everyone for a loop, including me. Ultimate Life Form

or not, I'm only flesh and blood. I could sense one of the jets hovering over me, and as it

launched a stun net I held my Emerald close and mentally begged for help. It glowed and

vanished inside of me, but before that could really register that the stun net knocked me

out.





"The subject refuses to cooperate, sir."

"Are these things even safe?"

"Quite safe sir, we've tested them extensively."

"…Alright. Do it but if it dies I'm holding you responsible."

"Yes sir. Inject the nanos!"

Nanos?

What's happening? Where am I? Suddenly it hits me.

Pain. Overwhelming, unbelievable pain. Burning up in reentry was less painful than this!

I scream and scream until my voice gives out. And still it burns! Eventually, though, it

fades.

I force my eyes open.

"Look at that…all that and it's still conscious! What a high tolerance level!"

I'm in some laboratory. Floating inside some greenish fluid in a giant glass tube in a

laboratory…


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