Apologies of the lateness of this chapter '''' I had another case of writer's bock lol. But yeah I'm back now. Another apology for the shortness of this chapter! lol but yeh I hope u like it all he same

Chapter 7

"Excellent!" exclaimed the first of the four aliens. "I knew he wouldn't be able to resist a second time!"

"The Leader shall be very pleased, will he not?" said a second, a big grin of glee on his face.

"Yes but now those other creatures know about us. Should we not worry about them?" asked the third.

"It'll only be a matter of time before they join us too. There's no point spending our time worrying about those fools. We have more important matters at hand!" the first alien replied.

The first alien stepped away towards The Leader's chamber.

"Wait here for him. I shall inform the Leader." He said and scampered away before the others could answer.The tunnel which allowed the aliens to access the Earth's surface was disguised with a manhole cover. A few seconds after the first alien left, a shuffling sound could be heard from up there.

The aliens blinked and looked at each other.

"He's here!" they all said together.

Sure enough, Shadow then appeared from the gaping hole that lead to the city. He landed with precision and looked at the aliens. He bowed and put his hand on his chest in respect.

"I've come here as you requested." he said.

The aliens grinned. "Good work. Now, The Leader wishes to see you immediately." The first alien replied.

Shadow nodded and followed the alien to The Leader's chamber. As Shadow emerged into the dark mysterious room, the Leader turned and saw him approaching. He grinned and walked over to the hedgehog and the alien. Both of them bowed.

"Sir, we've managed to bring him to our side." The alien said. The Leader stared at Shadow, smirking with fulfilment.

"Excellent…" he said.

The aliens still spoke aloud in their hideous speech but Shadow could now understand it and could also now speak in the same way.

"I am forever in your service, my Lord." Shadow said, still bowed low."I am glad to hear it." The Leader replied.

He fluttered his hand at the other alien comrade, signalling him to leave. The alien did so.

"Tell me," The Leader continued to Shadow. "just what kind of creature are you? You're defiantly not that of human kind."

Shadow stood upright, his green eyes flashing in the dim light.

"No sir. I'm a hedgehog."
"A hedgehog?"
"Yes Sir. My name is Shadow.""Interesting…you have the same posture as that of a human, yet it is obvious by your appearance that you are in fact a hedgehog. Are there more like you?" The Leader asked.

"Many, my Lord." Shadow replied.
"They shall soon be alongside you in my service, do you not agree?" The Leader asked.

"I can make it so." Shadow replied with a smirk. "Some know that I have joined the side of the Gargons but not all. I can trap them, my lord. Then they'll have no escape."

The Leader chuckled with excitement.

"I like the way your mind is set, Shadow." He said. "The more people infected, the quicker it takes for them to surcome to us. There is no stopping the rebuilding of the Gargon race!"

Shadow grinned evilly and his eyes flashed again widly.

……

"He's what?" Tails exclaimed.

It was now morning and Tails had just been told about the happenings of the previous night, by Knuckles. Sonic was at the mirror trying to carefully put a plaster on the carpet burn on his head.

"They got him Tails! He was right all along when he said that something was "taking over" him." Sonic said from the mirror. "There!"

"Well…what do you think we should do?" Tails asked, slightly annoyed at Sonic's apparent lazy attitude toward it all.

"Maybe we should look for him?" Knuckles suggested.
"And do what then?" Sonic returned turning from the mirror. "He's one of them now you guys. I bet he'll try and do to us what they did to him."

Tails and Knuckles still looked a little confused. Sonic sighed.

"He'll try and make us one of them." He said.Tails and Knuckles got what Sonic was saying and nodded at one another.

"Do we even know what kind of things we're facing here?" Tails asked.

"Well yeah! Aliens!" Sonic answered."Yes but what KIND of aliens? I think maybe we should find out more about what these things actually are."

"How do you propose we do that?" Knuckles asked.
"Well I guess there's only one way…we'll have to talk to Shadow."