A note to Shadow T Hedgehog: I couldn't think of how to introduce Trez. So I figured that he could make himself known to his adversaries by taking down Shadow. Sorry if I offended you.

Chapter 3: Channel Surfing.

Shadow had just started to fall asleep in his hospital bed when a gray chao crawled up on his bed. The ultimate life form recognized the chao.

" Snow? What are you doing here? Visiting hours is over." Shadow asked.

" I'm here to help you. Hold still…" Snow whispered as she put her hands on Shadow. A warm feeling crept through the black hedgehog's body as his wounds healed. A newly rejuvenated Shadow stepped out of the bed and slipped on his Air Shoes. Snow nodded and motioned to follow her.

It was morning at the Neutral garden when Ghost and the gang explained to Techno the situation.

" This will take awhile to make. If you would just wait outside for a few hours." Techno said as he pushed the group out of the shelter. Snow and Shadow arrived at the shelter and asked Techno to work on the Air Shoes. The violet inventor took the shoes and pushed them outside. Scribbles turned on the T.V. and grabbed the remote.

'Time to kill some time.' The mute chao wrote as he flipped through the channels. First was the news.

" There was an unexplained explosion at the Omochao factory late last night. No casualties were reported, but the Omochao production will be set back for a few weeks." The announcer said. Scribbles turned it to a sports channel.

" Welcome back to WCW: World Chaos Wrestling! Tonight, it's the Big Cat against the Metal Sonic Boom in a cage match." The speaker bellowed. The next channel was a public service announcement. The speaker was a woman with blue skin in a strange dress with sleeves that looked like claws. A paper talisman was pasted onto her hat. Boomer saw this woman and started to drool.

" It's Hsien-Ko from Darkstalkers!" the gamer said.

' She looks real nice for a zombie. Not like the other flesh chomping ghouls.' Scribbles wrote.

" Every day, millions of the Living Impaired are discriminated against and killed. This discrimination is caused by a hunger that unfortunately drives most of us insane. Today, I have a solution to this problem. All you need to do is to give one of these poor souls a nice, hot, nourishing meal every day! Remember, give the nice zombie something to eat, and they won't have to eat you! Thank you and good night!" Hsien-Ko stated. Scribbles turned around to see a zombie standing behind him. Boomer tossed a chunk of jerky to the zombie. The living impaired person then left. The next channel was 'The Bachelorette' The girl was none other than Amy Rose. As soon as the contestants saw her face, they screamed and jumped off the bridge.

'Now that's entertainment!' Scribbles wrote. On the other side of the garden, Shadow and Ghost were arguing about their skills.

" You're nothing without your Emerald!" Ghost yelled.

" You think you're hot stuff because you got a gun?" Shadow replied. Ghost snatched the Emerald out of Shadow's hands. The ultimate life form then assumed the fetal position.

" Chaos Control…Chaos Control…" he began to mutter. Techno stepped out of the shelter with a pair of shoes.

" These Air Shoes should be better. I put a magnetic generator in these so you can run on walls." The violet inventor explained as he handed them to Shadow. Ghost prepped the Froaster as the rest of the team gathered. Ghost, Flash, Scribbles, Flame, Spic, and Span hopped into the ship and moments later, the group was on their way to the space colony ARK. Each chao knowing that the upcoming fight would beat their past battles by a long shot.

Next chapter will pit the group against Trez Keep the reviews coming!