AN:….Long time no update….I am so sorry about this. Anyways here is the long over due:

Chapter 4

The grey buildings of which held the dorms of the GUN agents loomed of the sky line of Station Square making the skies appear darker and more cluttered among the other sky scrapers. Rouge the Bat peered out her dorm room window and sighed. She wished to be out enjoying the day in the sunshine then being cooped up here writing out a report about Team Dark's failure of a mission. Her head pounding from trying to conjure up a good story on why they had messed up on a simple task. Rouge sighed as she put down her laptop and stretched out a bit. A few minutes for a break couldn't hurt. Rouge closed her eyes, imagining herself on the soft sands of the beach when a disordered noise and a bright flash of light interrupted her thoughts. She groan as opening her aqua blue eyes to revealed a black hedgehog.

"How many times have I explained this Shadow…use the door," Rouge said, the tint of annoyance in her voice. Shadow said nothing. He walked over to Rouge and shoved a piece of paper into her hand.

"What's this?" she questioned looking at the other in her room. The hedgehog remained to say nothing as a knock at the door was heard.

"Agent Rouge, we require your presences out here now," boomed a solider extremely loud voice. Rouge cringed and turned her head to focus on the door.

"Yeah, yeah hold your horses," she muttered. Rouge got up from her bed and noticed that she was once alone again.

"He must've Chaos Controlled out again," Rouge thought as she walked over to the door, shoving the piece of paper under her pillow. Rouge opened the door revealing two soldiers dressed head to toe in combat gear.

"Uh, can I help you?" she asked rather coldly. The soldiers looked at one another as the one cleared his throat.

"Agent Rouge," He spoke, "We have been told by our superior that you were the last one to talk to Agent Shadow. Do you know by any chance on where he would be?" Rouge narrowed her eyes, wondering on what the hedgehog had done this time. She sighed.

"Nope, can't say I've seen him today boys. Sorry about that." The soldiers nodded and walked off as Rouge entered back in to her dorm. She pulled the piece of paper out and proceeded to read.

Rouge,

I really hate on doing this to you, since is my burden to bare here. There is something that I am going to need you to do. JUST you on this one. Think of it at a solo mission. I ended up hearing some things that I shouldn't have and now know that GUN wants me back in the sleeping chamber due to a certain girl who I believed to be dead rediscovery of me being alive. I do wish it doesn't have to be this way here but I'm in hiding until further notice. Just please…let Maria know I'm okay and I will find her, no matter what.

~~Shadow

Rouge smiled as she tore the letter up for no one else could read it.

"So Maria Robotnik's alive huh. Well let's see if I can find the kid before GUN does."

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"You know what breakfast really needed?" blue hedgehog asked for the umpteenth time causing the blonde human girl to cringe on hearing the question again and the fox boy to just roll his eyes as he tinkered away on a gadget of sorts.

"Bacon," Maria said, the hint of annoyance on her voice, "now please tell me that this is the last time you ask this question. It's been nearly 3 hours since breakfast and you haven't shut up about the bacon!" Tails looked over at the girl.

"It's okay Mars, this is just Sonic…you'll get used to it," Tails explained still tinkering away at the gadget. Maria sighed.

"Well, the thing is…I think I should go…" the noise of the tinkering fox stopped and the hedgehog walked out from kitchen from washing the dishes.

"Go? Where? Why are you leaving?" Tails asked franticly.

"It's just…"Maria sputtered, trying to ignore the hurt in the fox kit's eyes without succeeding. She sighed, "There's someone I really need to find … and it's really important that I do find him."

"Well we can help you look for said person," Sonic said. Tails nodded.

"Yeah with Sonic's super speed…we should be able to find that person in no time! Please…just one more night?" Maria looked over at the kit giving her the 'Bambi' looked.

"Okay one more night and tha-wait super speed?" Maria asked in disbelief. The two Mobians looked at each other and nodded.

"Yeah…300 miles per hour is jogging speed," Sonic shrugged.

"And…I can fly…a bit," Tails mutters. Maria looked at them.

"You guys are Mobians" she said in awe. When bored on the ARK, Maria found interest in research papers of her grandfather. The basic build for Shadow was that of a hedgehog from a planet call Mobius that was said to been absorbed by Earth many of years ago. Since then the humans and Mobians had gotten along, mostly keeping out of each other's way.

"Wow you're using old names there girly" Sonic said. Maria looked up at the hedgehog who was heading upstairs, "the term Mobian hasn't been used in nearly forty year now."

"Oh" Maria said. Tails looked up at the human girl as he grabbed her arm. Maria looked down, but did not see the fox kit, but the black hedgehog that she had been yearning for. She looked around the place and noticed that everything was the familiar white walls and huge windows that peered into the darkness of space that was the ARK. The hedgehog kept looking up at her and smiled.

"Come on Maria…I don't have all day you know. You need… to… find…me…."

"What?" Maria stammered, pulling her arm away. She got up from the couch and walked towards the door, closing her eyes and reopening them to see she was back in house she was staying at, a very confused fox gawked at her.

"You could have no to a tour of the garage, though I do recommend seeing it. It is amazing," Tails pouted. Maria sighed deeply and smiled sweetly.

"Sure I would love to see the garage Tails." Tails beamed and went off outside with Maria slowly fallowing behind.

"Just what was that about?" she thought, "and why was Shadow there…and the ARK? And why is he saying come find him? Is something wrong…is Shadow hurt?" Millions of questions raced through her mind…and she felt more and more guilty.

"I should be looking for him…not sitting here looking at garage…"

"Smooth Robotnik…" Maria muttered under her breath, thinking no one would hear it as she shut the door and fallowed Tails out back…

… and leaving an ever so stunned and confused Sonic half way back down the stairs, who had excellent hearing.

"Did she just say….Robotnik…?"

-XXX-

AN: I feel like and complete and utter loser for not updating…and I am so very sorry about it. Yes I am writing chapters at work when I have down time…I just haven't had the time to type them up. I fell so horrible for the lack of updates. I've been having a hard year which started out with my grandfather, who I was extremely close to, passing away, ended up getting a boyfriend who takes away my time so much, but I love him so much. And to top it all off…as of a week ago…I broke my wrist by falling off my bike.

My life in a nutshell.

Again I do thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading reviewing and sticking with me through this. I promise updates to come soon

Thank you again for reading.

Darko's Moonlight 91~

PS: to make it up to you guys…I am going to Fan Expo in Toronto this year! Please feel free to come up and say hello…or stalk me…either works….

PPS: 21 years and still going strong…Happy Birthday Sonic!