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Chapter 2

Meanwhile, the notorious Dr. Eggman was hidden in his secret underground base and had been working there for the past 10 years. He was twisting nuts and bolts and solded various pieces of metal together. After a while he'd finally finished.

"Finally…after 10 long years, my greatest project is complete!" He said aloud. "My new Time Absorber 2000! With this I will be able to hurl that wretched Sonic into time and space and he'll become trapped there for eternity! Muahahahahhahahaha!" He laughed manically.

"It's a pity though, really. It has so much power that it can only send one body through the time portal at one time. But one shot is all I need and then Sonic will be out of my way and I'll be able to take over the world! Muahahahahha!"
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Later on that evening, Shadow was still up checking over Amy's final guest list to the beach party. The time was about 12:30am. Amy had gone to bed a few hours ago, as the strain of being pregnant made her more tired than usual.

Shadow wasn't tired though.

He was sitting on a large sofa, just near a table. He read the list aloud to himself thinking of how and when to make contact with them.

"Let's see…Well Sonic already knows so that's one person done. Tails we can contact by videophone. Trouble is how do we get the news the Rouge and Knuckles? Knuckles is on the Floating Island but Rouge could be anywhere…."

Shadow sighed. He was beginning to feel heavy and tired.

"I should leave this 'till morning. But what else is there to do when you can't sleep?" he said to himself.

He got up and wandered out to the balcony again. He leant on the railing and looked out to the sea.

It calmly swayed onto the sand every so often. The sky was clear that night so the moon was fully reflected from the ocean's surface. The atmosphere made Shadow become even more tired. He yawned loudly and rubbed his head.

"Ok ok I'm going…" he said to himself and wandered back indoors.

A few hours later, the sun rose and morning came around. Amy and Shadow had awoken together and Amy set about to making invites for her guests. She sat at her computer and began typing.

Downtown, Sonic had woken up too. He was on his morning run through the centre of the city. He stopped at a huge shopping centre and looked through various windows to try and find some party stuff. He wandered into random shops, not really thinking about whether or not the shop actually sold any party things.

After a few hours he'd eventually bought a cool variety of things for the beach bash.
Balloons, a new pair of sunglasses, a rather large chocolate cake…it went on.

"This is gonna rock!" Sonic said to himself carrying his many shopping bags.
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Amy had finished her invites and was ready to email them to her friends. She sent 3 copies to Tails, as she didn't know whether or not Knuckles or Rouge had a computer. Just as she sent them her video phone rang. Shadow answered it.

"Hello?" he said
The screen fuzzed and Tails' face appeared. He certainly looked older. He had more hair around his head and face.

"Hey Shadow! It's me Tails."
"Hey there, Fox boy. Long time no see."
"Yeah! I know!"

Just then Amy walked up behind Shadow and peered at the screen.

"Hey Tails! I just sent you an email!" she said waving at the screen.
"Yeah I just got it!" Tails answered. "But why 3 copies?"
"Oh well I didn't know if Knuckles or Rouge had an email and I know that you're quite close below Angel Island so – "

Tails chuckled.

"Don't worry Amy. I'll send them on for you. I'm actually gonna go visit them today anyway."
"Rouge is on Angel Island?"
"Yup. Her and Knuckles have been living up there for years now!"
"Cool! Thanks for sending them on for us Tails."
"No problems! I better go get the Tornado ready now. But you can count on my attendance for Wednesday!" Tails gave a thumbs up.

"OK Tails! Bye!"

The screen turned off but almost immediately the video phone rang again. Amy answered it. This time it was Sonic.

"Hey guys! I just got a ton of stuff from the city for this party!"

Amy and Shadow saw Sonic bend down and pick up a load of shopping bags.

"See? I got balloons, cake, music everything for an awesome get together!" he said proudly.
"Good work, Sonic!" Amy complimented.
"Yup! Just thought I'd let you know. I better go now so I'll see you guys on Wednesday!"

And with that, the screen turned off once again.