Ch4: Lost and Found

Espio went out of the room and came back with a girl behind him, who had her red and black quills high ponytail, which was familiar to Sonic. Signo looked at Knuckles darkly, but smiled at him the same time. Then she saw Sonic. Her mouth dropped and she blinked in astonishment. She shook her head and then gave him the same dark as she gave Knuckles.

"I'm going mad Espio, I thought he was … oh, forget it." She murmured.

Espio gave her a puzzled look then shrugged his shoulders.

"This is Knuckles, Signo," Espio said. Signo nodded at him but did not say anything. "And this is …er…"

"Sonic," Sonic filled in the blank for him. Signo nodded again; but this time she did not take her eyes off Sonic.

"I can't believe I thought he was…" Signo whispered.

"Who was what?" Espio asked inconveniently loud.

"She thought I," Sonic said, looking down at his feet "Was Shadow the hedgehog."

Signo looked up in shock and yelled at the top of her lungs "You KNOW HIM!" Signo suddenly found herself grabbing Sonic and shaking him vigorously. "WHERE IS HE? SHOW ME WHERE HE IS!"

"WHO THE HECK IS SHADOW!" Espio shouted.

"Her sort-of brother," Sonic said. Behind him, Knuckles was helping poor Signo breathe into a paper bag; as she was hyperventilating. Sonic folded his arms.

"WHAT!" Espio, Vector and Charmy shouted at the same time.

"Look at the Space Colony Ark files on the computer. The password is Professor Gerald," Signo said: hanging her head.

Vector searched the file and looked shocked at what he found.

"What are you doing in a Professor's diary that was written 52 years ago?" Espio shouted, staring at the screen.

"That is because that was when she was 5. That was when Professor Gerald Robotnik encased her spirit in her bodily form. I believe that Signo only ages when she wants to," Sonic said, and then he turned to Signo "Am I right?" Signo nodded her head. "Shadow thinks you are dead. He blames himself and he does not think that you being only 7 years old could have possibly survived that fall. You proved him wrong. I guess you're one tough cookie."

"TELL ME WHERE SHADOW IS! I NEED TO KNOW!" Signo yelled.

"Why didn't you tell me Signo?" Espio whispered.

"Because I thought Shadow was dead. I thought if I didn't talk or think about it, it wouldn't hurt so much, but it did. Every morning I couldn't help thinking about it. Every single night I had nightmares, every day I hurt so much and I knew I couldn't do anything" Signo replied as she threw herself down on the floor and put her head in her hands.

"But Shadow isn't dead" Sonic said.

"Please, take me to him, take me to him now" Signo pleaded.

"It is a long way there"

"I don't care, just please take me to see Shadow!"

"Can you run?" Sonic asked

"Oh, Signo can run alright, but she has to have a pretty good reason to do so" Espio said.

"I'll run alright, the quicker the better" Signo cried

"I'm fine hanging around here for a bit Sonic" Knuckles said, as Signo turned around and her backside was facing him, he almost began to drool. Espio threw him a dirty look.

"Don't you dare Knuckles, Signo and that what you're looking at are mine!" He snapped. Signo hastily ran out of the door and followed Sonic, running as fast as she could. Fast running must run in the family because she was much faster than expected.