Tick…tick…tick…

Shadow: What are you doing?

Counting down till I turn fifteen.

Shadow: In your redone fan fiction? I doubt anyone's going to celebrate…

Sonic: (Jumps out with party supplies) HAPPY ALMOST BIRTHDAY!!!

Shadow: I am standing here besides myself…0o; (Quote from Short Circuit)

Chapter 7

Race against the Clock

Sonic paced around in his cell. He began looking at the writings on the wall in a sitting down position before hearing a sissy-like scream from the guard and a body fall.

"Is it safe now?"

"Yeah, just make sure you don't make a loud noise Amy."

Sonic stood up and walked over to the iron bars of the cell before a human girl walked up to him.

"Who are you?!" Sonic asked.

"Just a fellow Sonic fan." She shrugged as she held up a key. Immediately it was snatched away by a gloved hand. "Amy?!"

"Amy? You're here too?" He jumped back.

"Who else? Are you sure you don't need help? It looks like you could use it!" Amy smiled as Mona stood a few feet back and didn't pay attention.

"The main reason I'm in here is because of that fake hedgehog!" Sonic said bitterly.

"I wouldn't call Shadow a fake." Mona said out loud noticing Sonic's comment.

"Shadow?! You know him?" Sonic yelled accidentally waking the guard.

"Quiet!" Mona whispered before unsheathing her sword and swiftly throwing it at the wall next to the guard with great accuracy causing the sissy to faint. "Don't start thinking that I'm a villain. But I know where he's going to be headed." She said before turning to Amy.

"Today would be nice." She said before Amy unlocked the cell door. "You see, Shadow came here with Eggman." She said before pulling her sword out of the wall. Suddenly a greenish glow came from it. "And I think I found something." Mona said before slashing the wall open and revealing a pair shoes flying in front of her. She picked them up and put them on. They were blue in color and looked like Amy's except the stripe was running horizontal and it was black in color and had silver buckles.

"Nice! They even match your outfit!" Amy gave her thumbs up. Mona smiled before it faded in dread.

"Sonic, Amy, listen, you've got at least ten minutes to get off this island before it explodes!"

"EXPLODES?!"

:---:

Rouge smirked as the robot fell on the ground and made a small explosion.

"Well, that takes care of that!" She said before the door behind her slammed shut. She turned and immediately kicked at it in an attempt to bust it open. "Oh great…" Rouge turned on her radio. She had to get someone to bust her out, along with the Chaos Emeralds.

"This is Rouge, I have a small problem. I cannot believe I am stuck inside this locked safe with the Chaos Emeralds! I guess I cannot call myself a treasure hunter anymore."

:---:

In the woods, Mona's eyes widened. She looked in the direction of Security Hall and ran off with the help of her new Supersonic Shoes.

:---:

In the other part, near White Jungle, Shadow continued walking towards the Egg Carrier. Even though he heard Rouge's transmission he decided not to lift a finger.

"She got in there, she can bust herself out." He said to himself.

HANG ON!! I'M COMING!!!

Shadow stopped in his tracks before a bunch of flashbacks of Maria's last moments went through his head. He looked in the direction of a path that went to the Security Hall and back at the timer before turning his radio on.

"Doctor, I'm going to Security Hall. Apparently Rouge got herself stuck."

"Ok, turn the timer back five minutes. I want those Emeralds, with or without that bat-girl and brunette!"

"Roger…" He turned the timer back before racing through the jungle.

:---:

At the same time, Sonic was running through Metal Harbor as he smashed through robots. His dashes lead him to a huge missile that he immediately ran towards. As Sonic approached the missile, GUN activated it before Sonic grabbed onto it. The missile shot through the air and flew at a high height before Sonic released his firm grip and landed on a tower's glass frame before boarding through it.

:---:

Mona reached the area where Rouge was stuck. She broke through the huge door with a blast from her Charger Emerald Sword that caused it to split in two.

"Nice entrance…" Rouge muttered as the door slammed shut behind the girl after fixing itself.

"Sheesh…where's Shadow?" She asked before picking up her radio.

:---:

Shadow ran through the jungle area in the direction of Security Hall. He reached a small part of the area just as Sonic landed with his makeshift air board.

"So far so good." Sonic gasped before spotting Shadow on a huge tree which had fallen earlier. "HEY THAT'S…!"

Shadow turned his attention towards the cobalt hedgehog and grimaced. "That blue hedgehog again, of all places!! She must have set him free!"

"I found you! FAKER!" Sonic pointed bitterly.

"Faker? I think you're the fake hedgehog around here. You dare compare yourself to me? HA! You're not even good enough to be my fake!" Shadow smirked causing Sonic's spines to stiffen.

"I'LL MAKE YOU EAT THOSE WORDS!!!!" He shouted jumping at Shadow, knocking him down from the tree. Immediately, Shadow and Sonic were in a flat area, sending homing attacks, and special attacks at each other in their fight.

"SHADOW?! WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU?!" Shadow jumped away from Sonic in time to hear the radio turn on.

"Nice time for a phone call." Sonic thought to himself before he found this as a good opportunity to give Shadow a strong uppercut. Shadow stumbled back before knocking Sonic into a tree.

"I'm kind of busy right now!" He grunted. "Where are you?"

"I received Rouge's call and tried to help but now we're trapped."

"Can't you bust yourself out?" He asked as he fired a few Chaos Spears.

"I tried! It's like slicing through a mountain!"

"Great…more good news…" Shadow muttered before continuing his battle with Sonic.

:---:

"Look's like we're dead." Rouge sighed just as Mona got flung back from the door which she was attempting to knock down with her shoulder.

"Tell that to my shoulder…" She groaned.

"Why's he grunting like he got a strong uppercut?" Rouge asked as she listened to the sounds of the battle.

"Something tells me Sonic caught up with him." Mona thought before looking at the watch and picking up the radio. "Shad! We only have six minutes left!"

:---:

Shadow cursed under his breath.

"What a great time for even more bad news!"

:---:

Eggman paced around his 'spaceship' outside the boundaries of the island. He checked his watch and muttered bitterly. He wanted the Chaos Emeralds about a few minutes ago. Angrily, he grabbed the communicator off its perch.

:---:

"Shadow! What the heck are you doing? Hurry up and get back here right now before the island blows up with you on it!" The three Mobians and one human felt fear shoot up their spines.

:---:

"BLOWS UP?!" Sonic yelled.

Shadow glanced in the direction of Security Hall before skating in that direction. Sonic looked in the direction where Amy was headed and clenched his fist.

"I've got to get out of here and warn Tails and Amy!" He thought to himself before running at a fast speed.

:---:

"Oh great, and we only have three minutes left!" Rouge shouted with anger and fear in her voice.

"Well, at least we can laugh." Mona shrugged.

"At what?" Rouge asked.

"At how Eggman's ranting and raving like an old man right about now!" She smirked quoting from a movie she watched.

"I was right, you're weird." Rouge sighed just as a huge crash was heard and Shadow jumped from the ventilation. He ran at the duo before shouting: "CHAOS CONTROL!!!" The trio and the Chaos Emeralds vanished and reappeared on the 'spaceship'.

:---:

Sonic ran towards Tails and Amy.

"Sonic! You're okay!" Tails exclaimed.

"Not now! The island's going to blow up!" Sonic yelled as he and Amy got into the other cockpit.

"Okay! Hang on tight!" Tails yelled as his plane jetted off.

:---:

Eggman stood in front of the trio. He shot a look at Mona who was trying to steady herself.

"Well?" He asked.

"We've got them…" She responded as she stood up.

"No, why weren't you at your post?" Eggman asked again.

"I got lost then Rouge got stuck in that huge safe." Mona explained. "I didn't want to leave a fellow comrade behind."

"Very noble, but next time you want to do something like that, tell me over the radio!" He said before walking off with the three emeralds. "I'm going to have to keep an eye on that brat."

"Grouch…" The girl thought before going to the window and watching the explosion. "Good thing they got away in time."

Shadow looked at the girl.

"I don't get it. There must be another reason why she knows this much. Maybe she was faking? No…she came from another dimension, so there is no way she's working for GUN. I'll have to check later." He thought before walking off. Rouge looked at him before turning back to Mona.

"Something's awry… And I wonder what."

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Shadow: Huh? What did I miss?

YOU FELL ASLEEP AGAIN?!

Shadow: I was watching the Godzilla movie trilogy all night.

You…watched…them…all…?

Shadow: 84 times…

(Anime style faint)

Shadow: …What?

R&R!