Disclaimer- -does the Disclaimer jig- I own no one and nothing… except for the painting on the wall in the hallway. Do you see it? Do you!

… -clears throat- Sorry. Hello there, fabled fanficcie peoples… I would like to dedicate this fanfic here and now to Golbez teh hedgehog. The screename is Golbezandcrew. If you like Shadow-Amy, Shadow-Maria and artsy stoof, (Better than this, even) check it out! 'Tis awesome. In fact, while I was writing this, I got distracted by the fanfics. Curse you!

-clears throat- Just fyi, it's currently 1:10 a.m. and I just drank a 2-liter of Mountain Dew in half an hour. So… I'm bloody hyper.


I stood next to my evil boss and female cohort, listening to my boss and watching the military cleaning robots clean up the broken bits of their brethren. I nodded to show my boss I understood his orders, and would have left soon after if not for someone who had thrown their arms around me.

… Like a hug…

For that millisecond of time, I was so involved in my own thoughts that I didn't hear what whoever was hugging me was saying. I imagined a kind and sweet voice saying "Guess who!"

… The same voice that sang me to sleep each night…

In that millisecond, I traveled over fifty years into the past and over 20,000 miles straight up. The ocean around Prison Island disappeared, replaced with silver and white, a hallway, stretching forever.

… How many times I have run up and down that hallway...

The smell of spilt robot blood (a.k.a. Oil), salty sea air and smoke was swept away, replaced with lemon-scented floor polish and her favorite shampoo that filled me up and made me feel at home for the first time in so long.

… Her shampoo... it was Pine Forest scented…

She had stood, or rather, crouched behind me. She had done that every morning since we became friends, but it still surprised me that she had remembered.

… She thought of me as something other than an experiment…

From the moment she first touched me every morning, I would feel safe, secure,

… Loved…

Whoever was hugging me in the present time on Prison Island suddenly let go. Gone was the long hallway and back was the salty smell. I paused for a moment, gathering my bearings. I turned my head to look at the one that had hugged me, sending me into my reverie. The pink hedgehog was now looking at me, shocked, finally realizing I was not who she thought I was.

… She's no Maria, but she'll do…


Was anyone confused? -raises hand- I was! Anyway, this scene took place right before the Tails-Eggman fight on SA2:B on the Dark side. (A/n- Dark side! More like the DORK side!) (... Why did I just do that? Curse you, Skittles! Curse you!). Is anyone else confused? -raises hand- ... Besides me?

Anyway... thank you, Golbez for being my tenth putter-on-lister person! I would have gone around and done commission for all my fans, but... I don't feel like it.

In short, I r lazy.

Reviewers get huggles and Magic Hippy Cocoa. (Copyright Ookami/Crazy Wolf/Dandy. She has multiple personalities. She has to, because she RPs with me! )