Hello again! Now, you may think that this is gonna be a Son/Amy fic. Well...Maybe, but, I have some plans for Shadow and Amy. So...Shad/Amy fans, don't quit on me yet! Uhm, ok... I wanna thank everyone again for the wonderful reviews! Thank you so much!

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic. Sega does, they made it clear when I played Sonic Heroes again today. Such a huge Sega logo... Yes, we already know that Sonic belongs to Sega... Don't rub it in!

Chapter 15: I Want You Back

:Eggman's Hidden Base:

"So Shadow, did you destroy Station Square?" Eggman asked when Shadow came back to the base.

"No." Shadow simply said as he leaned against the wall with his eyes closed.

"What! But I said that you had to destroy Station Square!" Eggman said, clearly angry.

Shadow opened his mouth to say something but Eggman cut him off. "No, let me guess. It was that irritated blue hedgehog again, right? I knew it! He always gets in my way!"

Shadow opened his eyes and walked over to Eggman. "Actually, no. It was some pink hedgehog. She knew my name and she wanted the 'old me' back."

Eggman growled. "Amy... That girl had crossed my path to many times..."

"But I had the strange feeling I knew her. I couldn't continue with the quest."

"Next time you see her, just destroy her! You do not know her, you never knew her! You cannot let her get close to you."

Shadow frowned. "And why not? She cannot cause harm to me, the Ultimate Lifeform."

"She can cause too much damage to you Shadow! She can do more then you think." Eggman remembered that Amy brought Shadow's memory back, but that can not happen twice! He won't let it happen.

"Whatever you say, doctor." Shadow said as he walked away, leaving Eggman alone to think about how to get the Sonic Heroes.

:Park, Amy's POV:

"Shadow... What happened to you?" I whisper softly to myself. I can't believe what just happened. Yesterday, Shadow saved me, and today, he acts like he doesn't know me. What has Eggman done to him? He's brainwashed or something... When I hugged him, I couldn't feel his warmth, I only felt coldness. And his eyes... So hard... So cold...

I hugged myself tighter due to the memories and how cold it suddenly became. I haven't been home yet, Sam must be worried. I sighed and looked up. The stars were beautiful tonight, as well as the moon. I wish I could see them with... I shook my head. No, he would never do that.

I walk further as I suddenly see a very familiar pink hedgehog looking up.

"Sam!" I called her name. She turns to me, with a sad look on her face. Why is she so sad?

"Oh, Amy! What are you doing here?" She asks me. I now stand next to her.

"I... was thinking. I'm sorry I didn't come home, you must have been worried." I said as I see her eyes slightly widen.

"You..." But I cut her off.

"You must have looked everywhere for me. I'm so sorry Sam."

"Ah, yes, that's right! Where were you? I was worried about you." Sam said with a tone of nervousness in her voice. Why is she nervous? I shrug it off.

"Let's walk back home, I'll tell you everything on the way." I suggest. She nods.

"Well, I was going to the store when-"

(End Amy's POV)

:Eggman's Hidden Base, Shadow's POV:

"Who was that pink hedgehog that knew my name?" I asked no one in particular. I sat in a dark corner in one of the rooms in the base. It had all kind of computers in the room.

Her face... Her eyes. She seems so familiar. But yet, I can't remember her. And I couldn't destroy her. Something held me back. When she ran up to me and hugged me, I felt something. It was saying I knew this girl. Yet I couldn't remember. What did she say again?

"Don't you remember Ark? Don't you remember Maria?"

Ark... It was also something I knew. I couldn't ask the doctor, he wouldn't explain. And that name she said. Maria...

I stood up. I can't take it. That girls haunts my mind. So does the name Maria. I looked around, I saw some old documents laying around. I picked them up and blew the dust of them. I opened one of them. All kind of things where written in here. Formulas, but also just text. I skipped trough the pages. This is useless, I can't do anything with this. I grabbed another document and skipped again trough the pages. Suddenly, something fell from it on the ground. I picked the piece of paper up and stared at it.

I gasped a bit. It was a photo, with a girl and a man on it. The man on the photo looked a bit like Doctor Eggman. I looked at the girl on his side. The girl had blonde hair and a light blue dress. Her eyes were also light blue. She had a smile which could made you melt. I looked closer.

"Who are you...?" I whispered. I looked at the back of the photo. There was a text written on it.

For my dear granddaughter, Maria.

Maria? Could this be... the girl that the pink hedgehog spoke of? I wanted to remember. I couldn't stand this feelings I have. Irritation for not knowing who they are.

"Shadow, come here! It's time go play outside." I heard the voice of doctor Eggman called to me. Mh, it's seems that my memories and feelings have to wait.

(End Shadow's POV)

: Near Amy's apartment:

A blue hedgehog walked over the sidewalk with a bouquet of white and red roses in his hand. He looked determined, yet scared. His hand were sweating because he was about to make the confession that will change his life.

'I'm almost there...' Sonic thought as he came closer to Amy's apartment. 'But, what should I say? Just say, I love you? I don't think it would be that easy. I'm about to confess my love to Amy, the girl who chased me for years.' Sonic gulped. 'This isn't going to be easy...'

He stood in front of her door. He took a deep breath, and knocked on her door. After a while, nobody answered the door. Sonic knocked again.

"Amy! Are you there? It's me, Sonic! Ames?" Suddenly, he heard some noise coming his way. He jumped out of the way, leaving the flowers on the ground. The attack burned the flowers. Sonic looked at them, then at the direction the attack came from. He saw someone coming towards him, but he didn't see the face.

"Who are you?" Sonic asked as he tried to see the attackers face.

"Well, well, have you forgotten so fast, faker?" The figure said. He stepped into the light of the streetlight, which revealed who he was.

Sonic gasped. "Shadow?" Sonic smiled. "I'm so glad you escaped from that Egghead. Actually I thought you where a goner." Sonic laughed as he puts his hands behind his head. Then he frowned. "But you didn't had to attack me you know."

"Yes, I must. It is and order from my master to destroy you and all the humans." Shadow said, as he crossed his arms.

Sonic blinked and then laughed. "Right, Shadow. Really funny. But you can stop doing that. You can't fool me with that." Suddenly, Sonic felt all his air leaving his body and a enormous pain in his stomach. Sonic looked up, seeing that Shadow had punched him in the stomach.

Shadow smirked. "I am not joking, faker."

"You..."Sonic gasped as he fell on his knees.

"This is the new Shadow, the Ultimate Lifeform!" Shadow said as he kicked Sonic away, hard. Sonic 'flew' fast and landed in a bush.

Sonic slowly sat up and gasped again for air. "What was that for? And who is your master?"

"His master is me." He heard a voice from above him. He looked up and saw Eggman in his Egg carrier. (A/N: I just don't know what it's called anymore... I don't think it was carrier... Gomen for that!)

"Eggman..." Sonic growled, holding is hand on his stomach. "I should've known..." Eggman flew next to Shadow.

Sonic growled again. "What have you done to him?"

Eggman laughed."It was really easy, actually. When you and the pink hedgehog were gone, I used sleeping powder to let Shadow sleep. I brought him to my lab, where I simply installed a little device at the back of his neck." Shadow turned around with his head down so that his quills went up so that you could see his neck.

Eggman pointed at the little grey device on his neck. "This is my little master piece, and Shadow was the perfect subject to test it on. It just simply sends waves to the brain so that the subject will be brainwashed and only listens to who placed it."

Sonic looked at Shadow with sadness in his eyes. "I thought you were stronger then that, Shadow." He shook his head. "But I guess...I was wrong."

Shadow turned around and smirked, crossing his arms. "Oh, but I am stronger, hedgehog. Stronger then I ever was before!" He said as he grabbed his emerald. Sonic gasped and before he knew it, Shadow stood behind him using Chaos Control. "And I will proof it to you right now." Before Sonic could react, Shadow kicked him in his back, sending him on the streets.

Shadow walked up to him, grabbed his blue quills and held his head up. Shadow smirked to see Sonics pained face. "Any last words?"

"Stop it Shadow!" A female voice was heard behind him. Shadow let Sonic go and looked behind him.

"It's you." There stood Amy Rose, together with her sister Sam. Amy looked behind Shadow and saw that Sonic lay there pretty beat up.

Amy gasped. "Sonic!" She yelled and ran past Shadow towards Sonic. Sonic opened his eyes and smiled at Amy, glad just to see her.

"Sonic, are you ok?" Amy asked with a concerned voice.

Sonic coughed a bit. "Y-yeah, no biggie Ames. Everything's gonna be alright."

Amy stoked Sonic's quills softly as she puts his head in his lap. "Shadow did this, right?" Amy asked, sniffing a bit.

Sonic chuckled. "Yeah, but he's not himself, Eggman did this... He brainwashed him."

"Eggman..." Amy said, growling. She shot her head up and glared at Eggman, who was grinning.

"Look who's finally defeated. The great Sonic the Hedgehog! Finally, I did it!" Eggman said, laughing.

"You... you will pay for this! I dare you hurt Sonic, how dare you brainwash Shadow! I will never forgive you!" Amy said, standing up.

Eggman didn't see very scared. "Oh, and what are you gonna do about that, little pink?"

Amy grinned. "Oh, you'll see... Sam, take Sonic to a safer place." She said to Sam who was watching it all.

"But... what about you, Ames? You can't fight this creep on you own! I'm gonna help you!" Sam said, but Amy rose her hand.

"No, Sam. You have to take care of Sonic, I have to take care of Eggman." Sonic didn't liked the idea, but he had no other choice. He had to let Amy do this. She was the only hope.

"Be careful, Ames." Sonic said, as Sam puts his arm around her neck. Leading him to a safer spot, but close enough to see the action.

Amy nodded and grabbed her Piko Piko hammer. "Don't worry, this won't take long."

Eggman seemed like he was bored. "Are you done yet? I want my Empire as soon as possible!"

"You are dead Eggman!" Amy screamed as she charged him. She rose her Piko Piko hammer behind her head, ready to smack him.

"Not so fast, Rose." Eggman said as he snapped his fingers. Suddenly, there was a bright red light. Amy felt that her attack was stopped by someone. Amy looked up as she saw that Shadow held her hammer with one hand.

Amy gasped. "Shadow!" Shadow smirked as he pushed Amy away with force. Amy, who wasn't that strong, skidded on the ground.

"Amy!" Sam yelled in horror. She and Sonic couldn't do anything but watch. Sonic felt useless.

'This can't be happening.' He thought. 'Here I am, useless on the ground, unable to do anything. And Amy... She doesn't stand a change against Shadow. Amy... I'm so sorry... I'm so so sorry...' Sonic closed his eyes. He didn't want to see Amy get hurt. But he couldn't block out her cries.

Amy stood up again, using her Piko Piko hammer for balance.

Eggman laughed. "Don't you see Rose? You can't defeat me, not even that irritating hedgehog! Not when I have all control over Shadow!"

Amy looked at Shadow. "Shadow, please don't do this... Please come back. This isn't you. I want the old Shadow back." Amy said as tears formed in her eyes.

Shadow only smirked. "Tempting... but, no." Shadow used Chaos Control and got behind Amy. "The Shadow you know is gone." Before Amy could react, she felt a strong arm around her neck.

"Shadow, stop this!" Sonic yelled as he saw Shadow choking Amy.

Eggman cackled. "Finally, all Sonic Heroes will be defeated, one by one."

"Eggman, I can't let you do this. You are going to pay." Sonic said, as he tried to stand up. But his knees gave in and he fell back on the ground.

"Sonic! Your not strong enough yet." Sam said as she held Sonic.

'It seems that Shadow's power has increased tremendous. When I fought him before on Ark, he wasn't this strong.' Sonic thought. 'That chip has also increased his strength somehow. If only we knew how to remove that chip...'

"Amy can't take this any longer. But what can we do?" Sam said, as she saw Amy struggle in Shadow's grip.

"Sha...dow.. St-stop this!" Amy said, difficulty in each word.

"If my master wants me to continue this, I will continue." Shadow said, as he tightens his grip.

"No! L-listen to yourself. The Shadow I know...would never take any commands. The S-shadow I know, listens to his heart." Amy said. She noticed that she still had her Piko Piko hammer in her hand. She used all her strength to swing her hammer backwards to hit Shadow's legs. Lucky for her, the hit was hard enough for Shadow to let her go so that Amy could get away from him. Shadow was already in his fighting pose, while Amy had her hammer behind her.

Amy looked at Shadow. 'No, I don't want to fight him... I don't want to anymore. I want the old Shadow back.' Amy said as she dropped her hammer on the ground. Her face was towards the ground, and tears formed in her eyes.

Shadow eased up some, but he still was cautious. Who knows what this girl is up to? Amy looked at Shadow, now with tears sliding down her face. Shadow looked at her wih a slight shocked face.

"Shadow... I don't want to fight you anymore. I can't... I just want the old Shadow back." Amy said sobbing.

"Amy..." Sam said, as she looked at Amy with a sad face. Sonic stayed quiet, watching the scene.

Amy smiled a bit and walked towards Shadow, who only stood still.

"Please, come back to us, to me." Amy said, as she now stood right in front of him. Shadow still said nothing. He only looked with a shocked face at the pink hedgehog beneath him.

Suddenly, the pink hedgehog hugged Shadow close. She buried her face in his white patch on his chest. Shadow didn't say anything, he just looked at her. He got the strange feeling again he knew her.

"I want you back..." Amy whispered, closing her eyes.

"A...my?" Shadow whispered. Was it all coming back to him?

W00t! I think this is my longest chapter yet! I hoped you liked it. I had actually never written an action scene before, so I hope I didn't do horrible. I also think it went kinda silly...Well, review and I'll see you soon!