Chapter 2: Planning Gets There

Knuckles stood alone on his island, the Master Emerald sitting quietly in its shrine behind him as he started to daze from sleeplessness.

The trio of fox and two hedgehogs continued down the busy road, receiving some compliments to Sonic for a job well done, but their trip was cut short when Tails stopped to watch the news in front of the old fasion television shop. Sonic followed his gaze and stood nearby, but Amy kept on walking for a while.

"Recent reports show that the mysterious black hedgehog was caught today, linked to many robberies, and now resides with the military, who will seal him away. Now Barbara…" Even though the boy next to him gasp in surprise, the blue blur didn't find this to his extent interesting.

"That's good to hear, we don't need any criminals just walking around and robbing places," Sonic gave a slightly proud pose since he stops the bad guys, too, though he doesn't like G.U.N at all.

"Sounds suspicious since I haven't had any reports on robberies in weeks," Tails pointed out to his comrade, but still the hedgehog was stubborn to change

"Yah, I know your right, but if he was powerful then he should be sealed away," Sonic tried to defend his dieing case. But of course, who could outsmart the one and only Miles Prower?

"But you're powerful too. And we're not going to just seal you away," Tails argued back. He definitly had a point, and a really good one, too.

"Fine, you win, we'll go check it out…after two hours of soaking in the sun." Sonic ran off the rest of the way to the beach before his best buddy could get in another word.

Shadow lay half awake on his cold torture bed. His mind scanning every detail and every second of the plan which he's created in his two days of living hell (s'cuze me). But for some reason, it wasn't complete, for one memory kept getting in the way. A girl had come in just an hour after the general to feed him food (since he's not aloud to move you know it would pretty hard to eat by yourself). Her hair was brown but her body was black in the shadows...

Flashback-

(Character here is was from a request) A noise reached the dreaded hedgedhog's ears when the clammer of chain and the shuffle of feet came closer to him. He was expecting a human with a large tray of food, but found a hedgehog, much like himself, with a bowl of soup and bread. Her pools of crimson met with his, and the entrence to her soul was seemingly unlocked. Her eyes pleaded for freedom, but they were also blank, showing in the time she has spent here. The watery substance only gave the creature a bad taste in his mouth, plus the bread was small. Once out of food, disappointment crossed her face, her eyes slightly hidden by the shadows and her brown hair. The man lead her away, and silence was king again.

End flashback-

Shadow found he had the energy to pull off his plan from the rage of her being here, he wanted to save her. He was about to start when once again, the doors opened and she came back. She had less food (this time on a plate), but it was bundled at one side. She came over, her face showed cunning and trickery, but who knows why until she put a key in his mouth. She put her finger up to her lips to keep him quiet and walked away, her chains still hooked to her hands. Shadow knew what just happened, someone helped him. Someone actually helped him, but more importantly, cared for him...for his escape, she risked herself...

Hope this is the chapter someone's been waiting for...enjoy