Shadow was getting agitated with the fidgeting Sonic on his lap.

"keep still" he hissed, the blue hedgehog looked at him worry clear in his eyes, drawing forwards Shadow captured his lips before pulling away "I'm sure it will be fine, this is Knuckles where thinking about"

BANG

Everyone looked up at the smoke that erupted from the Island.

"I'll head for that" said Tails as he flew over to the smoke.

"Drop us off and get back home, we're gonna stay with Knuckles for a while" said Sonic over the noise.

"I'll circle until I'm sure you're okay then I'll go back" reasoned Tails as he circled over the area to find it was a building with part of it in flames with bits and pieces of robots here and there. Sonic and Shadow left the plane and hurried to the building, leaving Tails to land somewhere safe until they came to find him.

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Knuckles growled as he raced through the building, he had woken up from the last dose of sedatives in a cell with wires attached to him and two robots hovering around him, without thinking Knuckles attacked the one that went to touch his stomach, he pulled out the wires before attacking the other one and pushed it into a box, realising that it was a gas tank, he started to run as the mechanic robot started to spark. The explosion resulted in him being discovered and now he was being chased by a lizard and a human.

"Shit" he growled as he hit a dead end, he span around to find he was cornered, the human moved towards him, the red echidna bared his teeth and lowered himself into the defensive position to protect his stomach.

"now, now come quietly and I wont hurt the little one" came Lazardo's voice as he walked towards where he was cornered.

"fuck off" rumbled Knuckles as he looked around him, smirking as he jumped and glided over their heads but his smirk dropped as he was caught by the ankle and pulled own, finding himself in Lazardo's arms.

"now come on, I think someone's grouchy" sneered the Doctor as he turned and started towards his lab. Knuckles started to shout and kick but Lazardo was holding him in a way that meant he couldn't hit him, growling in frustration he started to squirm and twist.

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Sonic and Shadow entered the building by making their own entrance, they raced around the building trying to find out what was going on before they heard a familiar voice turning the air blue with his curses. Shadow stopped and listened to where it was coming from.

"Sounds like our lovely Echidna" smiled Sonic as he stood beside him.

"With his wonderful Vocabulary" chuckled Shadow as a loud 'fuck off you fucking son of a bitch!' came echoing down the corridor. "this way" said Shadow as he took off down the corridor where the shouts where becoming louder before they died. Sonic screeched to a holt.

"I think I prefer it when he was swearing" he said.

"Shhh" hissed Shadow as he crept forwards, they moved to the end of the corridor to find a large room, a laboratory. Shadow shivered but a hand on his shoulder made him feel better. They surveyed the area darting behind a table when a human and Lizard came towards them, once they where gone the two hedgehogs looked around the lab to see the Dr stood over a struggling Knuckles that was strapped to a table with a mussel over his face.

"Now young one calm down, its just a small operation to see where the child is situated" smirked the Dr.

"child?" hissed Sonic, Shadows mind wirld with the new information before it all calmed down and the answer came to him.

"I know what Lazardo wanted when he gave use that drug, but first we get red out of here" said Shadow as they rushed out of their hiding place taking Lazardo by surprise.

"your not taking him" the Dr shouted looking at Shadow.

"too late" came Sonics voice as he held Knuckles in his arms, the blue hedgehog smirked before he took off with the Echidna leaving Shadow with the Dr.

"Why do you want to know if Knuckles can carry children?" the black hedgehog demanded.

"The reason why he would be mine if I had my way. Science" said the Doctor

"forget that idea, he is ours and he will never be yours" spat Shadow as he punched the Dr sending him into the computers, knocking the human unconscious and the machines over, the computers started to spark, Shadow turned and saw the gas lines grabbing It he ran out of the room, pulling the pipe out, he was gone before they sparks created the huge.

bang

That destroyed the rest of the building, everything inside it went with it, Shadow smirked feeling a feeling of satisfaction, he had just gotten rid of a threat to Knuckles with one last look at the ruined building he took off towards where he had seen Tails land.

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Tails landed the tornado and sat waiting for Sonic, he heard an explosion and started to pray that Sonic wasn't in it. The two tailed fox looked about him when he heard something speeding towards him, he flew into a tree to see what it was, smiling as he saw Sonic come into the clearing holding Knuckles bridal style.

"Sonic!" called Tails as he flew down to meet him.

"Hey ya little guy" beamed Sonic as he put Knuckles down, who pulled the mussel off and started to move his jaw. "you alright knuckles?" turning the Echidna towards him, Knuckles pulled away growling before taking off into the forest.

"Whoa, Whats wrong with him?" asked Tails as they saw the red blur disappear into the trees.

"I don't know" said Sonic. "I'll go after him"

"Leave him be" came Shadows voice "I think we could do with staying here for a while"

"Fine by me" smiled Sonic "hey tails, your in charge of the house, tell the others where we are"

"okay Sonic, let me know when you want to come back" said the Fox as he climbed into his plane.

"will do buddy" smiled Sonic as he moved back to let the tornado take off leaving Shadow and Sonic in its wake.

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Knuckles ran into the cave that housed the Emerald, checking that the green rock was still there, seeing that it was still spinning he was reassured he collapsed to his knees, he was tired and carrying the extra weight mentally and Physically wasn't helping, carrying this child was messing with his emotions going from high to low in seconds but he always fort it, now he was too tired to care he just hoped Sonic would leave him alone, Knuckles curled up where he was and feel asleep, not hearing Sonic and Shadow arrive.