(Sorry for the wait, but here it is

(I'm SO sorry for the long wait, but here it is. Chapter 10. I don't own Sonic and co. I only own Ambient and the Nega-5.)

CHAPTER 10

Shadow beat the cold hard pavement with his fist. "I blew it. I was so stupid. Sonic and the other are now at GUN's mercy, all because of me." He shook with rage. "Damn GUN. They've ruined so many lives, including mine, but now they want come after Sonic and the others and want to take away their freedom too?!"

Ambient was in disbelief. 'Sonic, Tails, Amy… They were captured?!' He ran over to Shadow. "What's going on?!"

Shadow looked up at the orange echidna in surprise and shock. "Who are you!?"

"Toya AKA Ambient. I'm a friend of Sonic's. Now, what happened!?"

Shadow figured he'd trust the newcomer for now, since he was a friend of Sonic's AND he just saved his life. "Well… If you must know, I think Sonic and company have been abducted, by GUN."

"GUN!? That hush-hush military group?"

"So you have heard of them… Well they've captured Sonic and the other, and it's my fault. I feel like they're doing this to get back at me for going AWOL, or they've given up on me and have set their sights on the only hedgehog who could rival me, and his friends. It's all rather complex to explain."

Ambient shook his head. "You can give me the details later. What's important is, we have to rescue them, fast. I've heard of rumors of GUN's activities, and who knows WHAT they could do to Sonic and the others…"

"So GUN's at it again, huh?"

Shadow and Ambient turned around to the new voice, and caught sight of a familiar headphone wearing crocodile, accompanies by a bee, and a ninja chameleon.

Ambient narrowed his eyes. "The Chaotix…" He pointed one of his guns at the trio. "Don't move another step!"

Shadow's eyes widened. "The hell do you think you're doing!?" He rounded on Ambient.

"I've got some bad beef with the Chaotix…" Ambient explained. "They've got a warrant on me for my arrest concerning chaos emerald poaching."

Vector nodded. "We're planning on hauling this thief's butt in too. But we're putting it on hold for now, because it looks like we've got bigger problems now."

Shadow stood up. "Damn right… Not only is my past catching up too me, it's harming anyone close to me… Just like it did with Maria…" He clenched a raised, shaking fist. "I'm not going to let that be repeated. It's time I stop feeling sorry for myself. Maria obviously doesn't want that. Right now, she wants me to save my friends! So I'm going to do just that!"

Ambient walked towards Shadow. "Not alone, you're not. Sonic's my friend too, so I'm coming along, no questions asked."

Shadow looked at Ambient for a moment before nodding. "It looks like you've already made up your mind of what you're going to do, so I might as well let you come along." He turned to the Chaotix. "What about you guys? Are you coming too?"

"Hell yeah." Vector Replied. "After we witnessed what just happened here, and from what we've heard… I don't know about Espio and Charmy, but if I leave now, without helping, I'm gonna have nightmares. The only problem is… HOW do we know where to go after these creeps?"

Shadow sighed. "I wish I knew. They have gone back to GUN HQ, OR they might have gone elsewhere…"

Ambient's eyes lit up. "What about channeling your mind through the prism emerald?"

"Prism Emerald?"

"The Chaos Emerald I threw to you. I don't just dig for chaos emeralds, I research on them too. I'm what you'd call, an amateur geologist. Prism Emeralds are a sub-class of Chaos Emeralds, called Prism, because of how they shine in the 7 colors of the rainbow. They aren't just pretty jewels either. Apparently they may have power beyond that of the original chaos emeralds. They can even synthesize and link to each others energies. How would this help? Recently on their date, Sonic gave Amy some earrings and a necklace as a gift…and they were made up of…you guessed it, Prism Emeralds. I should know, I was the one who suggested and gave the gifts to Sonic. Never thought that they'd come in handy for a situation like this."

Shadow was confused as hell at Ambient's explanation, but was getting the message that the prism emeralds could be the way to find Sonic and the others. "So how do I use the Prism Emerald to find them?"

"Well…" Ambient began. "From what I found out, you must hold the prism emerald to your head, and envision a person in your mind, if they have a prism emerald in their hand, your own emerald will start to magnetically point in the direction of that emerald, and that person. Don't worry, I tested that theory out. It WILL work."

Shadow looked at the prism emerald in his hand. "Ok… Guess I gotta believe the echidna on this…" He placed the emerald to his brain, and closed his eyes. He went through his thoughts until a picture of Amy came into his mind. Suddenly his mind was filled with rainbow colored light, as it lit all around the image of Amy… He then felt the emerald in his hand began to act like a magnet and draw his hand into a direction. When he opened his eyes, he found the emerald in his hand pulling his hand and pointing it to the mountains upon a low orbitting Angel Island. "The mountains… That's Holy Summit!"

"Then that's our next destination…" Vector said. He pointed to the Chaotix's car. "Need a lift?"

Ambient was already in the back. "Lead the way, chief!" This earned a sweat drop from Vector.

Shadow casually walked over to the car. "I could chaos control, but I think I'll need to conserve all my energy for fighting those Nega-5 Bitches. I need to save Sonic and the others, and also deliver some payback to GUN." He opened the door and sat down, in the passenger's front seat.

"Well, it's decided then." Vector jumped back to the Driver's sea, and started the car up. "Next stop, Angel Island!" The car sped out of Night Babylon, and back into Central City, in the direction of Angel Island.

'Hold on, guys… I'm coming as fast as I can.' Shadow thought. 'I just wish I knew what they're gonna be put through…'

Meanwhile…at Holy Summit, Angel Island…

Sonic slowly opened his eyes, his whole head pounding and aching. 'Uuuuh… What hit me…?' He thought to himself. 'I was just finishing up a wonderful date with Amy…then I met up with the gang…then the Nega-5… The Nega-5!! They attacked us! By the way my head's pounding, that last attack must've knocked everyone out…' His vision was still dim and blurry. He noticed that even though he was regaining consciousness, he was standing on his own two feet, on what seemed to be a grassy surface. As his vision finally began to clear, he noticed that he couldn't move, because his arms and legs felt like they were tied up, as was his entire body. He looked around, and saw that he was in a mountain area, in the opening of a small cave, with his arms were chained up from the ceiling and he was hanging on his own two feet, his arms stretched out by these chains. "The hell?" He turned to his left, seeing Amy, unconscious, and also tied up, only chains had ensnared her mid section, pinning her arms to her side. "Oh my god! Amy!" He called to his girlfriend.

"Oooh…" Amy groaned, her eyes fluttering open.

Sonic breathed a sigh of relief. "Amy…you're ok…"

"Sonic!" Amy exclaimed, struggling against her chains. "What's going on? Where are the others?"

"Your other friends are being held in separate caves, here in Holy Summit, each with their significant other…" A smug voice said. "I've got the duty of watching you two right now, and I plan on having a little fun…" The silver furred form of Fury appeared before Sonic and Amy's eyes. "Hello Sonic… Sleep well?"

"Not really." Sonic said sarcastically. "Especially with having to wake up with your arms tied up, and seeing your girlfriend tied up in chains!"

"Temper, temper…" Fury laughed. "You two were obviously the first to wake up from our little energy beating… You want to know what's going on, do you? It's simple… You're all going to lose what freedom you have…and become experiments of GUN!"

"WHAT!?" Sonic and Amy screeched.

Fury shrugged. "Well we need SOMEONE to replace that traitor Shadow… That black Hedgehog is such a menace… A real Ultimate Life form has no need for love and friendship… The only REAL need is more power, and obviously Shadow can't meet with this, especially if he can be rivaled by someone like you." She pointed at Sonic, giving a disgusted look.

"Well I was born with feelings of love and friendship?" Sonic told Fury, straight and simple. "That goes for my friends too, so capturing us is a waster of time."

Fury sneered. "Not for long… A little mind erasure and personality rewrite will take care of that…" She looked at Sonic with a lustful gaze. "I must say, you'll make a fine specimen for an ultimate life form…"

Sonic turned away, smirking. "Sorry but I'm taken…"

"He's MY love!" Amy said aggressively.

Fury laughed. "Soon you two will have no need for love or any feelings… But now I must leave, for an unwelcome guest is arriving soon… The failure…" She sighed angrily.

"You mean Shadow?" Amy inquired.

"Yes… Shadow." Fury spat his name out like a bad piece of meat. "He does not know when to give up… and that shall be his undoing… I'll leave you two for now… But when I come back… Your lives shall soon change, whether you want them to or not…" Fury vanished, leaving Sonic and Amy to contemplate their situation.

"Sonic…" Amy began. "Do you think Shadow will stand a change against the Nega-5?"

Sonic sighed softly. "I hope so Amy…because right now, our lives are in his hands, as well as his own life."

Shadow and the gang, meanwhile, where now on Angel Island, just outside of the mountains of Holy Summit which were drawing closer to them. Shadow took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Almost there… If the others can just hold on, I'll bust them out, and finally put the big smack down on GUN. Guys... I'm coming right there, so just wait for me." He opened his eyes. "The Nega-5…will pay for what they've done." He clenched a fist as he gazed at Holy Summit.

TO BE CONTINUED

(I leave the chapter here for now. What will Shadow find waiting for him? Will he able to save Sonic and the others? Find out next time, next chapter!)