It's been a few hours since the mission, the brawl, and the kidnapping of Blaze the Cat. Everyone returned tired and weak. Silver, Sonic, Knuckles, Infinite, and Eclipse were covered in bruises. Shadow was in the worst shape as he had cuts, bruises, and dried blood all around him. It was a grim feeling that filled the atmosphere around them. Shadow still has not waken up from their bout and Eclipse was resting on a bed next to them in the hospital owned by G.U.N. Sonic and the others were checked for their injuries before they were cleared to leave. Knuckles left to check on his Master Emerald in case Eggman made a move to steal it. Sonic and Silver decided to stay with Eclipse and Infinite for the time when the ultimate lifeform wakes up from his slumber. Rouge just came in and greeted the others.

"Hey everyone." Rouge said.

"Hey Rouge." Sonic and Silver said.

Infinite just looked the other direction huffing in his breath. A lot of things were going through his mind after what just happened hours ago, so he didn't bother greeting the ivory bat.

Rouge disregarded Infinite and walked towards the door to see Shadow and Eclipse. She came earlier to see them, but the doctor would not allow anyone into the operation room. Since Sonic texted her that the doctor has cleared them, she came by to see their conditions.

She seen Eclipse first, "Hey Clipsy," Rouge said softly.

Eclipse looked over to her direction and smiled a little, "Hello Rouge."

"How are you doing?" Rouge asked.

"I'll be fine," Eclipse said, trying to stay comfortable on his bed. "I actually can leave at any time because of my healing factor. I just chose to stay here until Shadow wakes up."

Rouge shifted her body to the side, "Speaking of Shadow, I assume he's on the other side of that curtain." Rouge pointed towards the curtain that was next to Eclipse's bed.

Eclipse nodded in response, "Yeah, he has been nursed to good health and part of that is his healing factor. He will be fine, but he hasn't awoken yet."

Rouge pulled the curtains away to see her ebony partner in crime sleeping peacefully on his bed. "Since he has been asleep this whole time, then he doesn't know about Blaze?"

"No."

Rouge turned to see Sonic, Silver, and Infinite walking into the room. "I'm afraid to see his reaction when he does though." Silver said as he stared at Shadow.

Infinite folded his arms, "It won't go well. That's for sure. I just hope he doesn't lash out against us." Infinite sighed.

Sonic eyed Shadow for awhile, then turned towards Eclipse, "You know exactly how he thinks right? Do you know what he will do?"

Eclipse shook his head, "I can only do so much to predict his reaction. I can hypothesize that he will be very angry."

"He will possibly regress a little as well." Rouge said quietly.

"What do you mean he will regress?" Silver asked.

"Remember, no one has actually broke through Shadow's shell except one other person besides Blaze." Rouge stated as she turned towards the sleeping hedgehog.

"Maria." Sonic said with wide eyes.

"Exactly," Rouge nodded, then turned her head towards her friend with a pained expression, "He tried moving on from his past continuously, but very few times has it come back to haunt him. And now he has to relive it with Blaze this time...it could be too much for him to bare. I'm just afraid of him closing us off whenever we try to help him."

"Or do anything rash against Eggman." Infinite said.

Everyone stood quietly to gather their thoughts. The worry for Shadow grew as they stood to themselves. Shadow was never one to express himself when he's in pain or distress. If anything, he keeps quiet whenever something is bothering him like when he tried to shut Blaze out days ago when he had the nightmare of Maria's death. Even though years have passed since he came into the picture and matured since his encounter with the Sonic team; he still has not opened up completely when it comes to his pain. Very rarely does he share it with Rouge or Eclipse.

"Uhn,"

Everyone heard a sound and turned to see who it belong to. They see the black and red hedgehog sitting up on his bed staring at them. Shadow groaned as his head felt heavy. He shook his head and looked around and absorbed his surroundings to recognize that this was a hospital.

"Hey Shadow," Rouge said as she and the others walked over to Shadow's bed. "How are you feeling?"

"A bit sluggish," Shadow answered. "I still feel a little weak from our battle. Anyway, did we recover the Sol Emerald?"

Sonic held out the white gem in his hands. Shadow smiled as he stared at the emerald, "I'm sure Blaze is overjoyed that we've recovered her emerald." Shadow looked around for the lavender feline, but could not find her anywhere. Shadow looked at the others in confusion, "Where is Blaze?"

Everyone stood silent as they adverted their eyes away from Shadow. Shadow tilted his head, feeling more confused as to why they did not answer.

Shadow tried again, "Where is Blaze?"

Eclipse got up from his bed and stood in front of the others. Eclipse gave Shadow an expression that conveyed solemnity. Shadow blinked his eyes at his brother.

Eclipse began, "Shadow, I'm going to tell you, but you have to promise me something."

Shadow stared blankly at his brother. He wasn't sure why he was giving off this demeanor when they have the Sol Emerald in their possession.

"Promise me that you will stay calm and listen to us." Eclipse stated.

Shadow didn't move, "Eclipse, what happened to Blaze?"

"Promise me fir-,"

Shadow cut him off, "Where is my Blaze?" Shadow's stare turned into a glare as he faced his brother.

Eclipse sighed in response, "The robots kidnapped her Shadow."

Shadow froze in his bed. His eyes went wide as he heard the news. Many emotions flowed through Shadow as he was processing this information: anger, confusion, despair, anguish, and many more. Shadow opened his mouth to say something, but closed his mouth and looked away from the others.

"How could I let this happen?" Shadow whispered in disbelief.

Silver began, "Shadow, we're sorry that we couldn't stop the robots from taking her. Please forgive us!"

Shadow got off of the bed on the side away from the others and stood still for a few seconds.

"Shadow?" Rouge asked, worrying over her best friend.

"I knew that doing this was a mistake." Shadow whispered to himself.

"What?" Sonic asked.

Shadow turned to them with anger on his face, "I knew that this whole relationship thing was a mistake!"

Everyone stood there shocked, all except Eclipse and Infinite who eyed Shadow. Sonic walked up to Shadow, "Shadow, how can you say that!?"

Shadow growled at Sonic, "You wouldn't understand. I told myself that something would come up. I knew that something bad would happen if I've allowed her to be close to me!"

"But Shadow, you love Blaze. You said it yourself before," Rouge said. "You can't just let that go!"

"I'm not letting past tragedies repeat themselves," Shadow said sternly. "I refuse to let that happened once again! I should not have listened to you guys and trusted my instincts!"

"But Shadow, it's not like she's dead or anything man. Eggman is not going to hurt her in any way. He's not like that." Sonic reasoned to calm his friend down, but it didn't work.

"I'm not worried about the doctor. Nega is the one I'm worried about!" Shadow spat.

"Shadow, everything will be fine. Please listen-," Sonic began.

"So you've forgotten how twisted Eggman Nega is, huh?" Shadow glared at the cobalt hedgehog. "You forgot that he tried to kill you and Blaze? Did you forget that he tried to destroy Blaze's world when the both of you defeated him as his trump card!? He's a deranged sociopath Sonic!

"We don't know what the hell Eggman Nega could be doing to Blaze right now! We have no idea at all! He could be torturing her right now!" Shadow looked away.

"So that's it?"

Shadow turned to see his brother walking up to him, "What?"

Eclipse continued, "So that's it? You are giving up on Blaze?"

"I'm not going to let her stay as Eggman,s captive, but I can't continue our relationship." Shadow stated.

"So all that effort we've put in to help you will all be for nothing? How selfish can you be brother?" Eclipse spat.

Shadow eyed his brother, "This is for her own good Eclipse. I've mentioned this before when you convinced me to go for her, but you didn't listen to me."

Eclipse became flustered, "Because we wanted you to be happy! I wanted you to be happy! Why would you want to throw that happiness away!?"

"If it means Blaze's safety being secured, then I must sacrifice this relationship to protect her!" Shadow replied with visible annoyance in his voice.

"What's the point if you only end up hurting her anyway!? You think that she would be ok with this!?"

Shadow answered, "No, but it's for the greater good!"

"She will be heartbroken and you know that very well," Eclipse stated. "You are not thinking this through. At. All!"

Shadow closed his eyelids, "Thats enough Eclipse."

"What!? You can't handle the truth. It's a known fact that you never think things through. And it always leads to you closing yourself off because you think that you know what's better for others!? How can you be so blind!" Eclipse continued.

Shadow's ear twitched, "I said enough Eclipse." Shadow had his fists clenched as he started glaring at his brother menacingly.

Sonic felt uneasy and decided to step in to stop this argument, but Infinite held his arm up to stop Sonic. Sonic looked up at Infinite as to why he stop him from stepping between the two brothers. Infinite shook his head to Sonic, and turned back to the brothers. Sonic stared in confusion before Silver pulled him back.

"Hey, what gives?" Sonic whispered.

"I think this whole debate was long overdue. Shadow needs to hear this." Silver said quietly.

Sonic stared at Silver for a few seconds then nodded, "Ok fine, but I will step in if this turns physical." Silver nodded in agreement. They turned back towards the others.

"And what's this repeating past tragedies? Just because of what happened over 50 years ago doesn't mean anything. You always say that you've moved on, but it's obvious you haven't. If anything, you need to let Maria go!"

Shadow grabbed Eclipse and slammed him into the wall behind him. The wall behind Eclipse started to crack, as if the next impact would make the wall collapse. Shadow had his brother pinned to the wall as they bared their fangs at each other.

"That's it!" Sonic was about to pull Shadow away while Silver went to use his telekinesis.

"Wait!" Infinite yelled.

Sonic's ear twitched in aggravation, "Do you want them to have a fist fight in here!?"

"Just wait a damn second! Let this play out for a little longer." Infinite said and turned back towards the two brothers. Sonic and Silver wanted to retort, but Rouge told them not to.

"What have I told you about saying her name!" Shadow yelled.

"Shadow, you have to get over your trauma of Maria's death! If you do not get past that soon, then you will never live a happy life! Do you want that for yourself!?" Eclipse hissed.

"If it means the safety of others are secured, then my happiness is not needed!"

"Then what about Blaze's happiness!?" Eclipse questioned.

Shadow stopped for a minute to think. Eclipse continued, "You can't expect her to agree with this brother! You know that! You can't make that decision for her Shadow! You can't possibly bring yourself to hurt Blaze, can you!?"

Shadow shook his head roughly, "I do not want to hurt Blaze.!"

"And you think breaking it off with her won't hurt her in the end!?" Eclipse questioned.

Shadow looked at Eclipse for a moment. He was loss for words. While Shadow was distracted, Eclipse pushed Shadow off of him and grabbed Shadow by the shoulders.

"If there's one thing I know, it's that you hate to lose the people you care for. I understand brother. I've been there," Eclipse stated. "I know what it's like to lose. You're the reason I even lost everything! But I decided not to try and kill you. Because I wanted to create a kinship with you. I didn't know what would happen, but I decided to go with my heart and stay with you and look where we are now. You could do the same thing Shadow.

Follow your heart Shadow because I know you yearn for Blaze's love no matter how much you deny it. Don't do something that you will regret later on in your life."

Shadow closed his eyes and sighed, "Eclipse, I have failed to save Blaze today because I was too weak to protect her. It can happen again. I don't want to risk that."

"You need to put more faith in yourself."

Shadow looked up. The voice belonged to Rouge. "Shadow, everything isn't guaranteed. Life will always put our lives to the test no matter what," Rouge walked up to Shadow and grabbed his hands. "We all have our doubts all the time. It's a part of life Shadow. No matter how many hardships we've been through, we all stood strong and persevered. You can do the same now with Blaze by your side."

"Besides Shadz, we know you're more than capable of protecting Blaze. We can't count this because you were taking a beating way before we even got to you." Sonic added.

Silver added more, "Just believe in your own abilities like you've always been doing Shadow. The more determined you are, the stronger you'll be for Blaze."

"And do not let this situation faze you. It's not completely over just yet." Everyone was shocked to see Infinite putting in his two cents. "We'll bring her back safely, then you two can do whatever it is that you two do together."

Shadow around at them. He couldn't find any reasons to counter them. Shadow looked down, "I have to think about this..."

Sonic sighed, "Fine, in the mean time we need to find out where Eggman is keeping Blaze."

Shadow looked up at them, "They are located in Lava Reef Zone." Shadow has a look of compassion in his eyes.

A small smirk formed on Sonic's lips, "Then what are we waiting for?"

"Well, we know that the Eggmen has one of the Chaos Emeralds in his possession." Eclipse said.

"Two Chaos Emeralds." Shadow corrected him. Eclipse looked over to his brother in confusion. "Remember I dropped my emerald in battle." Eclipse gave his brother a look filled with disappointment. Shadow looked towards the window.

"Well, all will be fine. Doesn't Knuckles have the rest of the Chaos Emeralds on his island?" Silver asked.

"I'm sure he does." Rouge answered.

"Then let's get them and kick some Egg-butt!" Sonic exclaimed. He was ready to get some more action.

"Let's not forget saving Blaze either." Shadow said.

"Well of course Shadz." Sonic teased. "We could never forget your princess."

"Oh yeah Shadow," Shadow turned to Silver to see what he wants. Silver held out the two inhibitor rings that Shadow took off against the Metal Sonics. "I found these lying around in the wreckage. I'm sure you'd want them back."

Shadow took the rings from Silver's hands and nodded, "Thank you Silver." He put the rings on his wrist, and the sunlight shined off of the rings. He seemed like a knight in shining armored.

Click!

Shadow looked over to Rouge who held her phone out. Shadow seemed a bit discomforted, "Really?"

Rouge shrugged and smiled, "I couldn't let that slide Shadz. You looked really cool Shadow."

Shadow rolled his eyes in response, "Can we go now? I don't want to waste anymore time with Blaze as Nega's captive any longer."

"Yep, let's get moving." Sonic said with a lot of enthusiasm.

Ring, ring, ring, ring.

Sonic pulled his phone out, "Tails is calling me. I wonder what he want." Sonic answered his phone, "Sup Tails!"

"Sonic you have to come home immediately." Tails sounded distress.

"Tails, what's wrong?" Sonic asked. His tone of voice caught the attention of the others around him.

"Eggman has sent me a message regarding Blaze. He wants you and Shadow to hear it now." Tails explained.

Sonic hasn't said anything for a few seconds. He sighed, "Alright, we're on our way." He hung up his phone.

"Well?" Rouge asked.

Sonic rubbed his quills, "They're fine. We have to go to Tails house though."

"Why?" Shadow questioned.

"Eggman has sent a message and he wants me and you to see it." Sonic answered.

"Fine," Shadow said in annoyance. "Let's make this quick. Give me a Chaos Emerald." Silver handed Shadow a Chaos Emerald, then Shadow held the emerald up, "Chaos Control!"

They appeared in front of Tails' place. Sonic walked up to his door and opened the door with his key. "Tails, we're here!" Sonic called out to him.

"Come to the workshop!" Tails yelled. The heroes walked towards the back door and came into the backyard to see the yellow twin-tailed fox pacing in his workshop.

"Hey Tails," Sonic said.

"Sonic!" Marine just popped up from behind her ship and ran towards him. She grabbed his hand and shook it aggressively, "It's great to see ya!"

"It's great to see you too Marine." Sonic smiled.

Marine's smile disappeared. She made a face that conveyed worry, "Sonic, are you going to save Blaze?"

"Yes, that's why we're here." Shadow answered for Sonic. Marine looked at Shadow filled with hope.

"Don't worry Marine. Shadow will make sure Blaze returns safely more than any of us." Sonic said quietly.

Marine smiled once again, "Ok, I know I can trust you guys!"

Sonic nodded and walk towards Tails, "So what's this message that Eggman wants us to see?"

"You should see for yourself." Tails pulled up the message that held a video clip on his monitor.

Eggman appeared in his base standing as if he wasn't trying to be noticed, "Hey, Dr. Eggman here. I'm sending this to you for a bargain. We will return Princess Blaze unharmed, unless you give the Sol Emerald and the rest of the Chaos Emeralds in return, or so was originally the plan. I've convinced Eggman Nega to give you guys 24 hours. I hate working with that knockoff Eggman! I hate it, I hate it, I hate it! Now this should give you guys enough time to make a mock Sol Emerald because that's want Eggman Nega wants the most. Once you've created the mock Sol Emerald, I will return Blaze and you guys can deal with Eggman Nega while I quietly return to my other base.

"Now I know you are all skeptical as to why I'm even helping you furry runts, but my only reason is because I absolutely despise Eggman Nega! I do not agree with his methods. I will not stand for it any longer. Please, make the mock Sol Emerald, trick Eggman Nega, beat him, and we can all go to our regular lives quietly! And I promise not to interfere with your battle against Eggman Nega. I'll even give you the Chaos Emeralds I possess if you can get to me discretely. Now, I have to go. Don't mess this up!"

The video ended. Everyone was clouded with their own thought after watching the video. Sonic decided to say something first, "Well, the Doctor is on our side for once in awhile."

Tails looked at Sonic in disbelief, "Sonic, don't tell me you actually believe him?"

Sonic shrugged, "I don't completely trust Eggman, but I know that he doesn't like Eggman Nega either."

"Besides, he would not have sent these schematics of the base and the robots within the base, including Metal Sonic 3.0, if he wasn't on our side." Shadow said as he stared at the monitor.

"He sent what?" Tails ran to the monitor to see if Shadow was telling the truth. Tails stood in bewilderment as he stared at his computer monitor. Tails breathed, "I can't believe he would do this."

"Well, this confirms that he wants no part in this," Sonic concludes, then turned to Tails. "Can you make a Sol Emerald that is fake like Egghead said?"

Tails stayed silent for a second, then turned to Sonic, "I can try to make an emerald that has the same wavelengths and properties as a Sol Emerald."

"Can you make it within 24 hours?" Shadow asked quickly.

Tails looked at Shadow with a face that was unsure, "I'm not sure, but I will try my best."

Shadow nodded, then walked out of the workshop. Rouge noticed him moving away, "Shadow, where are you going?" Everyone turned to see the ebony hedgehog walking away.

Shadow stopped and turned his head towards them, "I'm getting Knuckles and the Chaos Emeralds. I will be back."

"I'll go with him in case he becomes stubborn," Rouge said and ran up to Shadow.

"Alright, sounds like a plan." Sonic smiled and gave Shadow a thumbs up.

Shadow nodded, then turned away from them, "Chaos Control!" Shadow and Rouge disappeared.

"Well, I'm gonna get started on creating a mock Sol Emerald. Who has it by the way?" Tails asked.

Sonic pulled out the Sol Emerald and tossed it to the twin-tailed fox. Tails caught it and put it on his table. "So, I just need to creat another white gem that is similar to the white Sol Emerald."

Sonic put his hands on his hips, "That shouldn't be hard, right? I mean you've made a mock Chaos Emerald when we went against Eggman aboard the Ark."

Tails looked at Sonic with wide eyes, "Sonic, you're a genius!"

Sonic looked at Tails blankly, "I am?

"Yes you are," Tails exclaimed. "I just need to find the blueprint I made for the fake Chaos Emerald, so that I can use the same method for the Sol Emerald!"

"Alright, so do you know where the blueprint is?" Eclipse asked.

Tails' excitement disappeared instantly, "Um... it's here, but..." Tails looked around at the mess he calls a workshop. He turned back towards the others and smiled weakly.

"You mean we have to search for it in the cluttered workshop?" Eclipse sighed.

Silver stood with enthusiasm, "This won't be too difficult with my telekinesis."

Sonic stood next to him, "And you have the fastest hedgehog in the world here to help!"

"Oi, I can help too!" Marine yelled.

"Alright, let's find the blueprint, so I can start making the fake Sol Emerald!" Tails exclaimed and raised his fist up.

Everyone else followed and yelled, "Yeah!"

"Hahahahahahaha!" A maniacal laugh was heard in the background.

It awoke a certain lavender feline. Blaze looked around feeling somewhat groggy. Her vision was a bit blurred as a light glared at her. Once her vision cleared, she looked around at her surroundings. Clank! Her ears perked up as she noticed Metal Sonic 3.0 surround by Egg Robots. It was being repaired from what it seemed. Blaze finally remembered what happened. She got up and tried running out, only to get knocked back onto her bottom.

It took her a few seconds to analyze what was going on. She walked up to where she got knocked away from and reached her hand out. An energized-like wall was blocked her exit. Blaze scoffed, "Great, I'm in a force field."

"Glad to see you are awakened, princess!"

Blaze turned around and seen Dr. Eggman Nega standing before her with his villainous and arrogant grin plastered on his face. Blaze glared at Eggman Nega, "What in Sol's name are you planning Eggman Nega?"

Nega did his usual cackle, which really began to get on Blaze's nerves. Nega stopped and looked back at her, "I plan to get back to our home dimension. I will bring about an age of fear and chaos back in our dimension. And it shall be glorious."

"I refuse to let you get away with this!" Blaze yelled, raising her fist at him.

Eggman Nega smirked, "There's not much you can do, Princess Blaze. You are absolutely helpless in your position. All you can do for now is play damsel in distress."

Blaze punched the force in hopes of breaking through, but the force field absorbed the kinetic energy and threw it back. The force knocked Blaze away, causing her to roll onto her back.

"Hahahaha haha!" Eggman Nega cackled. "Do it again! Please, waste your effort some more for my entertainment!"

Blaze glared daggers at Eggman Nega. This time she decided to stay where she landed and sit on the ground. She was not planning on giving Eggman Nega any enjoyment while she was his captive.

Eggman Nega chuckled, "At least you've realized that there is nothing you can do. For now, I will leave you alone in your fantasy." Eggman turned around and got into his flying contraption.

Blaze looked up towards Eggman Nega, "What fantasy?"

Eggman turned his head a little towards Blaze, "The fantasy of you being saved by your friends. And the fantasy of you ever seeing that black hedgehog of yours again."

Blaze stared at Eggman Nega in shock. Nega started laughing as he flew away from Blaze and left the area. Blaze was surprised that Eggman Nega was speaking of Shadow specifically. How did he know about her and Shadow is unfathomable. She began to worry for the safety of the heroes and mostly Shadow.

"Ahem."

Blaze's ears perked up. She looked up to see the nefarious Dr. Eggman of Sonic's dimension.

"Why hello there. Fancy meeting you here." Eggman said with a smirk plastered on his face.

Blaze's ear twitched in annoyance, "What do you want!?"

Eggman laughed a little, "You and Shadow are perfect for each other. Hahahaha!"

"How do you and Eggman Nega know about me and Shadow!?" Blaze hissed.

Eggman crosses his arms, "Eggman Nega has been monitoring every move you've made since you came here. So, he's seen the little disgusting kiss you two have shared." Eggman said in disgust. "He's seen how you two react to each other. If you ask me, he's more insane than me in my perfect opinion."

Blaze was bewilderment by this information. She did not know what to say or do. If anything, what she is feeling is regret. Regret for ever letting Shadow become a prime target for Eggman Nega. Regret for being so oblivious to the eyeful villain such as Eggman Nega who spied on her since her arrival.

'I can't let Eggman Nega hurt Shadow," Blaze thought. 'It would be all my fault if he does. I can't believe I was so dumb let my guard down like this... but it's too late... I'm stuck here, with no way to foil Eggman Nega's plans or saving...' Blaze sat there with a grim expression.

She was genuinely worried for Shadow. Worried if she'll ever see him again. She began to shiver at the thought of his lifeless corpse lying in front of her as the others struggled against both Eggmen. All the scars and dried blood that covered his body as she shook him to wake up. The tears of sadness that dropped from her eyelids onto his cold face. Just the thought of that scene brought goosebumps to her back.

As much as Eggman love seeing his foes in agony, but this was somewhat unsettling for him. "Hey, Princess." Eggman called out to her.

The lavender cat looked at Eggman, still shook from what she was imagining.

Eggman continued, "Don't worry about Shadow and the others. They are more than capable of stopping Eggman Nega's plans. Now he may be more deranged and prone to try and finish Shadow off than I am, but Shadow is a formidable force. Also, I'm not helping Eggman Nega in this fight when the furry runts get here."

Blaze raises an eyebrow, "What do you mean you're not helping Eggman Nega? Aren't you on his side?"

"Nope, I dislike Eggman Nega. In fact, I can't stand him at all." Eggman sneered.

"Then... why are you here with him?" Blaze asked.

"Because I get front row seats to see Eggman Nega lose to Sonic and the others. It's always funny when it happens to someone else." Eggman chuckled.

"That's a bit mean. Don't you think?"

Eggman shrugged, "Who said I was nice?"

Blaze folded her arms and sighed, "Point taken. So wait, how do I know you're not planning anything behind our backs?"

"You'll just have to wait and see, princess." Eggman started cackling, then coughed afterwards. "Anyway, once Sonic and the others follow the plan I made, then they will come to rescue you while I be on my way. Anymore questions?"

Blaze stayed silent. Eggman looked at Blaze for a few seconds, then began to walk away.

"Wait!"

Eggman stopped and slightly turned his head. Blaze began, "You promise you won't make a move against Sonic and the others when they get here?"

Eggman laughed, "As long as they don't make a move against me, then I'll keep my distance!" Eggman left Blaze alone in her holding space.

Blaze started thinking about Shadow the Hedgehog again. These new feelings that Blaze has developed for him is new to her. It's hard for her to explain, but it's obvious that she miss that ebony and crimson hedgehog. Blaze whispered to herself, "I hope they get here soon."