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Chapter 6

Shadow could feel himself being thrown forward incredibly quickly. He landed hard on the ground and lay there for a few minutes, unconscious.

Eventually, Shadow moaned in pain and slowly opened his eyes. He could feel that the ground beneath him consisted of crunchy grass blades. As he came to he could seethat he was in some kind of forest. The trees surrounding him were incredibly huge and almost blocked out the sky, which itself was filled with dark smoke.

Shadow stood up cautiously as he took in this new environment.

"Where in the world am I?" he thought to himself.

He decided to investigate further and walked through the forest, keeping his eyes open for any danger. It wasn't long until he reached the edge of the forest and he saw what appeared to be ruins.

Aged buildings covered in vines and various other plants. The road ahead also had weeds and vines growing through and around pieces of it, where it had cracked or broken apart.

In the distance, Shadow could see a huge and dark looking building. It looked a lot newer than the relics that lay before him.

"It looks more like a mansion than anything else." Shadow said quietly.

Just then he heard rustling behind him. He swung around and saw 3 big and stern looking robots carrying weapons. They pointed their weapons at Shadow.

"Subject identified as R. Hedgehog" One of the robots said.
"You are under arrest by order of the Supreme Ruler. We must take you to him immediately." Said a second robot.

"R. Hedgehog? I think you must have the wrong guy!" Shadow said. "But there's no way you can take me anyway!"

He leapt at the 2nd robot with incredible speed. He kicked the robot in the face. The robot yelped with shock and Shadow pushed it to the ground, with his foot.

The two other robots began shooting at him. Shadow jump from tree to tree and ran around, avoiding the fires. But then, one suddenly hit him in the shoulder. He yelled aloud in pain and fell just by a tree trunk. The 2 robots and the angry 3rd one surrounded him and pointed the guns at him.

Shadow snarled and clenched his wound.

"Resistance is futile, hedgehog" said the robots.

Suddenly, something hit one of the robots and it exploded! Shadow blinked and was just as surprised as the other robots were.

A shape landed in front of Shadow and back flipped, using its legs to kick the 1strobot's chin. The shape then jumped backward into the tree and yelled.

"Chaos Spear!"

Several spears flew down and hit the robots, causing them both to explode. They lay in a pile of wreckage, smoking and frizzling.

Shadow gasped and stood up slowly. The shape landed back in front of him and turned to face him. It stood in the shadows so it couldn't be made out.

"Good thing I was around to help you huh?" said the shape.
The voice sounded like a young male's voice, quite husky.

Shadow blinked.

"Yes…thanks but…who are you?" he said.

There was no answer.

"Please, come into the light." Shadow said.

Shadow could hear a sigh and then the shape stepped forward. Shadow gasped as he saw that the shape was in fact a hedgehog, which looked almost exactly like him!

The hedgehog's spikes were the same shape as his and his fur was black but he had a tuft of fur on his head that had pink streaks. He wore big red boots with black under soles. He also had a small white tuft of fur on his chest.

"I know who you are though." said the young hedgehog. "You're the guy in this picture."

He put his hands behind his back and took out a folded photograph from his spikes. He walked up to Shadow and gave the photograph to him. Shadow took it and looked at it.

The photo looked quite old and had a few little creases, including one down the middle where it had been folded. The picture itself was of him and Amy Rose in the hospital. She was holding a baby and Shadow stood just next to her.

Shadow didn't say anything.

"This must mean that…you're my father." said the hedgehog, breaking the silence.

Shadow looked up.

"Ray…?" he asked.
The hedgehog nodded.

Shadow was shocked. His son had only been born yesterday and now he was a young adult!

"That means you're name is Shadow, isn't it?" said Ray.
"Yes that's right." Shadow replied.

"Wow… who'd of thought the first person I bump into on a Saturday morning was my father…especially after everyone told me you were dead." Ray said.
"Dead?" Shadow said.

He gave the photograph back to Ray.

"Yeah. The day Robotnik took over you-"

"Whoa whoa whoa! Eggman's the Supreme Ruler now?"

"Yeah but to be honest with you, I don't know much about it. All I know is that I'm fighting against his rule and fighting for Uncle Sonic's freedom!"

"What? Sonic's been captured?"

"Have you been living under a rock all this time or something?"

"The last thing I remember is being back at the beach…"

"Beach?"

Ray shrugged.

"You need to catch up! Come on, I'll take you home. You need to get that wound fixed anyway."
"Before we do just please tell me something." Shadow said.
"Shoot." Ray answered.

Shadow pointed to the ruins.

"What is that?" he asked.
"It used to be Station Square." Ray answered. "Or so my mum told me."

He began to walk away and Shadow hastily followed.

"Speaking of my mum, shewill be glad to know you aren't dead!" Ray said over his shoulder. "She's been a bit low since you disappeared, you know."

Ray then began to run. He had an incredible gift of speed, just like his father and his uncle Sonic. Shadow sped after him, clutching his shoulder.

"Hey! You can run too! Now I know where I got my gift from!" Ray said.

The two hedgehogs sped of through the forest, one after the other.