School's out! School's out! School's out! School's out! School's out! pant pant I'm so happy! Summer Vacation's here, and to celebrate, here's the next chapter of the story! School's out! WIPPEE!

He ran. Shadow kept running. He didn't know where, or care about it. He just ran away from the appartment.

"Why Rouge?" He thought. "Why didn't you just say it yourself? Why did you lie to me?" Tears struggled to flow from his eyes, for he was still too proud to allow anyone to see him cry. But this pain...it was different from what he felt at Maria's death. This wasn't just sorrow and hatred, it was something new. Something Shadow had never really felt before: betrayal.

Shadow caught himself with his hands as he fell to the ground, his legs having given way after running so long. He allowed himself to catch his breath, not knowing what to do next. There was no way he could go to the appartment, since he had just left there. If he went to Sonic or the other's house, they would figure him out, as well as what happened with Rouge.

A new thought struck him: Had everyone else known Rouge was playing him the whole time? Why hadn't they told him? Maybe Rouge had bribed them. Maybe they had thought Shadow would figure it out. Shadow felt the tears beginning to well up, despite his efforts not to cry. They all probably knew, and he was the only one stupid enough not to figure it out. Walked into her trap like a fool, and now what? He was stuck with a kid without a mother.

A pain passed through his stomach. Shadow rubbed his tummy, acknowledging the child was there. He supposed he would have to raise the kid himself. Problem was, he didn't know that much about raising the kid. Rouge had done most of the research.

"Maria, if you saw me know, what would you think of me?" Shadow asked quietly, as if hoping for a reply. But there was none, no sound except for the wind, and the sound of his breathing.

"Damn it Ciel," Gemini cursed loudly, pacing the room. "How the hell did this happen? Rouge wouldn't really do that, would she?"

"I don't think so," Ciel said. "Besides, she said she ditched him, remember? It wouldn't make sense for a married person to get engaged to someone they broke up with, would it?"

"No, it wouldn't," Gemini muttered. So why would she do it?"

"She never said she did," Ciel said. "Ebony said it. Rouge was just standing there." Gemini's eyes widened, taking off his sunglasses.

"That's it," Gemini said. "Ebony was lying about the whole thing. He must of paralyzed Rouge or something, so she wouldn't mess it up. Ciel, your a genius!"

"I am?" Ciel asked. Gemini nodded.

"Come on," Gemini said, "we better go find Shadow and tell him. Meet me outside, and we can look for him." Gemini raced out the door.

"Convincing him isn't gonna' be easy," Ciel said to himself, "but I guess it's best to try. That's what Maria always said, right?" With that, Ciel followed his brother out the door.

Eggman led his robots toward the signal emitted by his radar. Something, or someone, was in his territory. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw something approch him, a blur of black and white.

"Hello Ebony," Eggman said, "I see you have Rouge? I'm suprised she hasn't put up a fight."

"She did at first," Ebony said, "Thankfully, that toxin of yours actually worked. It worked out better than I ever would have suspected."

"Why thank you," Eggman said. "Of course, I get to carry out my part now?"

"Of course," Ebony said. "I believe that's him right there." Ebony pointed towards the source of the signal on Eggman's radar. Eggman saw Shadow, crying his eyes out. A few busted-up trees lay nearby.

"You better get out of here before he sees you," Eggman said. Ebony nodded, disappearing with Rouge towards the base.

"As for you robots," Eggman said, "Grab the hedgehog. Don't forget to use the stun needles. Be careful you do not hit his stomach, or anything else that might hurt the baby. That's an order." Eggaman watched in delight as his robots jumped out of the bushes onto the unsuspecting hedgehog. He managed to damage a few, but was soon hit in the back by a barrage of stun-needles. He fell to the ground, the robots picking him up to transport him to the base.

"What are you going to do with him Dr. Eggman?" Bokkun asked, since he had followed his master. Eggman laughed.

"You'll see," he said. "You will surely see." He just continued to laugh maniacally, as he and his robots marched towards the base. Little did he know that he was being watched.

"Did you see that Gemini?" Ciel asked. "They got Shadow!" Ciel and Gemini had managed to track Shadow (thanks to Gemini's tracking spell) and had just arived when the robots had finished their attack. The two hedgehogs were up in the air, Gemini riding on top of Ciel.

"Damn, this doesn't look good," Gemini muttered. "Robots are resistant to magic, so I can't help much there. Ciel, I'm going down."

"Why?" Ciel asked, turning his head to look at his brother.

"I'm going to get Sonic and the others," he said. "They know more about storming the Doctor's bases than we do. I'll bring them to help, you just keep an eye on Shadow and Eggman for me."

"But Gemini-" Ciel was cut off as Gemini jumped to the ground, immediatly running toward Sonic's house.

"I hope nothing else goes wrong," Ciel said to himself, as he flew on to Eggman's base.

Hehehe, there shall be much more wrong! But isn't that obvious? Oh well, review please. Reviews make the world go 'round!