Author's note: A little earlier, but I'm sure you are glad about that!

Chapter Six: No More Cream Cheese

When I woke up the first thing I was aware of was the splitting head ache. Tails was nowhere in sight and I was laying on the floor of some building that the roof was burned half way off. From what I could tell, it was night time. There was no stars, or moon. The sky wasn't navy blue, but pitch, unbroken black. I shuddered. It was nearly as hot as it was when we arrived. The temperature had only dropped a degree or two.

I tried to sit up, but was quickly over come by a blinding pain in my head. Who ever knocked me out had a strong hand to brag about. After a good while of staring into the pitch black sky, I attempted to sit up again. This time I succeeded. I looked around. The 'house' I was in had one couch in the center of a small room, a plie of blankets in one corner and a stove on the other side with a small book case beside it half filled with cans and the other half with worn, old books.

There was someone in the bed. I stood and walked over to the blankets that served as the bed. The girl was wearing a white blouse with a black skirt. Her hair was tied up in three hair ties and went down past her knees. I didn't recognize the animal, but she was a light brown color. I shook me head and held in a yell as it awakened the pain there. I slowly looked around the small house for Tails. He wasn't in sight. "Hoover," I whispered.

Suddenly, I had one hand behind my back and the other being twisted. I let out a loud yell as the force of the twist nearly broke my arm. "UNCLE!" I yelled, hoping it would work. The pressure stopped, but my arms weren't released. "What is your problem?" I asked angrily, ripping my arms away from my attacker. I had made a lot of mistakes since the beginning of my journey, but this had to be the worst.

I was on the floor, face down, feeling the blows of whoever thought it was a good idea to attack me. I lifted my head and yelled, "CHAOS SPEAR!" (Author's note: Or Disappear) The blows stopped and they got off my back. I stood, slowly, and looked at my attacker for the first time. It was the female who had been sleeping on the bed. My back and head were burning and my vision was blurred. "Who are you," I whispered.

The girl sighed. "Name's Cream. You?"

I nearly passed out there. Cream? That little rabbit that had that little Chao? The same rabbit that always said "sorry" and "excuse me" was the one who had attacked Tails and I? "Shadow," I answered, holding out my hand. My goodness, she looked like she was twenty! Wasn't she six the last time I saw her? It was only then that I realized that her 'hair' was actually her ears. She took my hand and shook it firmly. "I had a fox with me," I began.

"He's outside, I think," Cream answered. She noticed I was staring blankly at her. "Got a problem, hedgehog?" She spat the word 'hedgehog' with hatred.

"No," I whispered and walked outside. Tails was staring blankly in the sky. I sat beside him and neither of us spoke for at least two hours Cream finally walked out. "Thought you two had fled by now," She said, sitting beside me. "I remember stars." I looked at the unbroken sky.

"What happened?" I asked suddenly. She jerked her head up. "Sorry, gosh."

She shrugged. "Nothing, just some crazed freak-o took over the world. What planet are you from?"

"Actually, I'm from the Black Comet and the ARK, Tails is from Earth, I think. . ."

"The Comet? ARK? How old are you?"

I shrugged. "Around 54, I guess, why?"

Cream looked at me. "The Black Comet was destroyed 14 years ago! So was the ARK! Nothing survived it, and everything that was taken sixty years ago was destroyed, including a black and red hedgehog called Project: Shadow."

I blinked. "I am Project: Shadow." Cream flinched in disbelief.

"Project: Shadow is dead! We were all shocked that he killed him! We all figured he would want a hedgehog in his twisted world." She pointed to the sky.

"Who's he?" Both of us turned. I had completely forgotten that Tails was even here, let alone listening.

"We don't speak his name," Cream answered.

"Who's we, then?" I asked.

"Me actually. There are no more animals like me."

"Team Chaotix?"

"Dead."

"Eggman, or Robotnick?"

"Dead."

"Amy?"

"Dead."

"Sonic?" Tails asked, with a pleading voice.

"Gone."

I stared at her. "Who did this?"

"He did. Our dictator did all of this," She answered darkly.

"Who is your dictator?" Tails asked. "And who are. . ." He stopped short, looking at Cream. "Cream?" He whispered

Cream jumped. "How do you know my name?" She hissed.

Not good, not good not good! I thought. More time travel? What did we do this time?

"It's me, Miles Prower!" Tails said.

Cream shook her head. "I don't recall knowing a Miles Prower," she said simply.

"Where's Cheese?" I asked.

She glared at me with stone eyes. "Cheese is dead, along with my mother and everyone else! Only humans survived! Team Chaotix was the first to go. Our Dictator went for the first attempt to take over the world and was brought down by Chaotix. They were dead within a week. Robotnick stopped him the second time. He died within a week. Within three months, every animal was killed, other then my mother and my father. After having me, they were destroyed. A little while later, I found Cheese. He was killed a few years ago. On the third attempt, years ago, he succeeded."

"Who is he?" Tail screamed.

"We do not speak his name, boy! We only call him Dictator!" Cream snapped.

"How did this happen?"

"He got a hold of something called the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald," Cream answered.

"Because there was no one to guard it," I whispered. I could have slapped Knuckles and at that moment I wished I had killed him.

Cream stared at me. "What?" She asked.

"Nothing. Let me talk to Tails alone, please."

Cream nodded and walked inside.

"Tails, we've messed up, big time! Will Chaos Control work again?"

"NO! Shadow we are dead in this world! The time Stream doesn't know what to do with us! For all we know, it will send us to the exact points we die. No Chaos Control," Tails snapped.

"Tails, we can't tell her we are from the past. From what I gather, we are only ten years ahead of our time. How do we get back?"

"We need the Master Emerald. In theory, it would fix this completely, getting Knuckles back for us and mending the Time Stream. But we only have about a tem percent chance of fixing the time stream."

"And the other 90?" I asked.

"The Time Stream will dump us into a black hole and we suffocate or blow up from the pressure differences."

I rolled my eyes. "Great."

Author's note: I know it was short, but it's the best I can do when my brain is fried from Band Camp!