Finally, the story returns from hiatus. Not as good as the other stories so far, but it will get better.
The Truth Behind Project: Shadow
Chapter 2: Decisions
In less than a minute, Shadow had got from Tails' place to the Chaos Lake. He was still in a trance. Noticing the water, he quickly regained consciousness.
"What am I doing here?" He asked, staring at his reflection in the water.
At that second, Sonic appeared behind him.
"Shadow, are you okay?" The blue Hedgehog asked his dark counterpart.
Shadow just continued to stare at the water. "I don't know." He replied. "All I want to know is why I have this dream and why my past isn't there."
Sonic placed a hand on the black Hedgehog's shoulder. "If you want to know about your past, then you know where it is." He said.
"Space Colony ARK." Shadow muttered.
Shadow looked up at the sky. He knew he had to go. But how could he get there? All the shuttles had been used to get between the Hidden Base in the desert and the ARK. He stopped thinking as Tails, Amy and Tiara appeared.
"Tiara…" Shadow said, looking at her sad expression on her face. He walked over to her and hugged her. "I'm sorry."
"It's alright." Tiara cried into his shoulder.
Tails then raised the subject again. "So what are we going to do?"
"We're going to the ARK." Shadow said.
"But how do we get there?" Amy asked. She was right, how was the group going to get there?
"Oh, that's no problem." Tails said. The others looked at him confused. "I've been looking through the databases in Eggman's old hidden base and I found that there is one shuttle left for a return journey."
"That's cool." Sonic replied. "Come on guys, let's-". Tails cut him off.
"I would go with you, but if I went, Cream would come with me, and it would be too dangerous." Tails said. "Sorry, but I guess you'll be going without a computer expert."
"Oh, no need to worry about that." A came voice from behind Sonic and Amy. They turned around to see Rouge. "After all the research I did before the Final Hazard, it shouldn't be too hard."
"So that's Shadow, Tiara, Rouge and me." Sonic said. He got elbowed in the ribcage. "And Amy. That's five of us."
"What should we take with us?" Amy asked out of curiosity.
"The usual, food and things to do." Sonic said mockingly. Shadow shot him a death-glare. "Alright, alright, just food."
"And when are we going to go?" Tiara asked.
"Two days would be the best idea." Rouge answered. "We can't have Shadow suffer much more."
The five animals looked at the Bat in shock. "How did you know I was suffering?" Shadow asked.
"It helps to be a spy sometimes." Rouge answered, trying to stay calm.
Both the male Hedgehogs took a step towards her, causing her to flee. When she realised they weren't chasing her, she returned.
"So where should we meet up?" Shadow asked.
"The Base of course." Sonic replied. "At least we don't have to dance around the city before leaving for the desert."
It was settled then and there. Shadow, Tiara, Sonic, Amy and Rouge were going to the ARK to discover the Shadow's lost past.