Our Pasts entwine,and is different from out future

"Company eh?Like...whose company?"Sonic asked Shadow.Shadow seemed very silent,then laughed.

"Seems the chipmonks want their royal whore back in a hurry"the slits in his eyes narrowing to see far distances.

"Yes...for once,their early"Amy said coming up behind them.The three of them were at the door of the empire,but it was only them.They had all decided they needed a challenge,and well,beggars can't be choosers.Amy breathed in deeply,her mallet shouldered.Shadow was halfway crouched,amrs behind his back ready to pull out his sabers from their sheaths.Sonic already had his sword out,its tip sticking into the ground.He was leaning on it,showing the upcoming chipmonks with good eyesight,that he was already bored of them.

"So,exactly how long is it going to take for them to get over here?"Sonic asked,his tongue encircling his right fang.Something he always did that annoyed Sonya...to death.He stopped,somethings were just to real to joke about.

"Why don't we go at them?"he yawned.

"No".Both Shadow and Amy said this.

"If you charge at them,then you prove you are just wasteing your energy"Shadow replied.

"And,your also showing that your not worthy or war because no smart soldier will rush into death.Every good warrior must have patience to win"Amy added,putting her mallet at her feet,and getting to her knees to conserve this energy they spoke of.Sonic shrugged and did the same.

"So then we wait till they stand in front of us,or am I wrong there to".

"Yes,you are.Never let an amry get to close to your empire,for they could get inside the fortress and all cause is lost.A decent distance away the easiest way to live and to defend your empire if it were ever a single handed battle...See Sonic,your learning"Shadow smirked,one of his eyebrows going higher than the other,giving him the look of a friend,and a traitor,which made Sonic kind of nervous.

"Hey...I have an idea.Wait first,and threaten the death of their princess unless they meet our demands,they have to,the king is there.Meet them out halfway and order that propostion,if they disagree,we can kill her on the spot and get rid of them to"Sonic's eyebrows arched in asking them what they thought.

"Where's the fun in that?"Shadow tilted his head to the side.

"I can see the fun in that"Amy said with a sinister smile at the little daydream of killing off Sally.

"Actually I have a better idea"Rouge said from the shadows of the empire.Stepping out,she was holding her lovely spellbook.

"I'm listening"all three said at the same time.

"Kill the army,leave the king defenseless,for now.Bring out his beloved daughter,then make the propostition.If he declines,kill her first then him.But,since you left him defenseless,he won't feel so high and mighty facing the three of you alone.Its a stupid move for him,and an easy checkmate for you.You just have to have it planned out well.He's lieable to agree,once he's told his armies not to follow Eggman anymore,his spare armies mind you,kill him".

Deciding,Rouge's plan was most logical and most fun at that,they decided to go with it.Sonic had been counting down the distance until he could strike them down,something he really wanted to do.Her sighed impatiently.

"You sound ancy"Shadow smiled,his little jerk smile,something he couldn't help.After all he was created by those who caused mass suffering.So he had a very small side that was somewhat of a jerk.

"Ready?"Amy asked,both boys looked up.She was on her feet,mallet at the ready.Shadow and Sonic stood completely up,blades ready to strike.They moved their feet in a position in a ready to run stance.

"GO!"they all took off.The chipmonks charged as well,their own weapons at the ready.Slowing down to a walk,Shadow,Sonic,and Amy made their way to there.

"Well well...hello your royal highness"Sonic bowed,"And how are you doing this fine day?I can't imagine why your here though".

"You bastards have my daughter!"King Acorn shouted.

"Daughter...daughter...you daughter...doesn't ring a bell"Amy said catching on to Sonic's little game of aggrivation.Piss off the king,he won't think straight and therefore his army will be helpless.

"Don't toy with me boy!I will shred you to bits!Give me back Sally!"

"OH! Sally's your daughter?My apologies sir,I figured she was a cheap whore who would make the fighter's in my empire enjoy their time"Sonic smirked.King Acorn's bottom lip started to tremble with insanity.

"My daughter is not a slut!"

"Could've fooled me"Shadow shrugged.

"And whats that supposed to mean?!"

"It means that your daughter awhile ago tried to sleep with me to get out of custody,and frankly,she's not my type.So,you could've fooled me"Shadow blinked.He remembered it,he nearly threw up his organs on the spot,screaming at her that there was only one woman for him.King Acorn took something out in his hand,and blew it at their face.It was some sort of blue powder.

"A compliment for Eggman"he said.Sonic and Amy held their breath but then looked at him like,'wow,your very stupid'.Shadow merely coughed once and then looked at him.

"Riiiiiiiiiiight,can we reduce the size?"he asked turning to Sonic and Amy who smiled an nodded.Sprinting fast,and swinging weapons,blood splattered everywhere.The heads of warriors fell to the ground along with dismembered limbs.

After only about fifteen minutes,only the King remained.

"I have a proposition for you your highness.Stop serving Eggman...and you'll live,its your choice"Sonic crossed his arms.King Acorn looked into his eyes,then turned his chin up.

"I think not".

"Then Amy have fun"Sonic replied waving his hand.Sally appeared out of no where into Amy's clutches,and Amy's sinister smile was not comforting to King Acorn.He raised up her sithe and put the blade to Sally's throat.

"You have till the count of three to reconsider.One...two...three".Still Acorn said nothing but simply stared at Sonic for mercy.Sonic sneered before adding...

"I don't do the whole mercy thing".

"Alright!I'll do it"His highness said,bowing his head.

"Excellent,if you try to ambush us,you won't get far if you really love your daughter.Now,break the contract with Eggman,and have a nice day"Sonic turned around and left,Shadow and a very disappointed Amy dragging Sally following him.

"So...any luck?"Shadow asked Tails as they walked down the empty halls.

"Nearly...why do you want this so bad?"

"Because being immortal isn't all its cracked up to be"he sighed.Tails nodded and headed back to his room,shutting the door behind him and Shadow was left alone to walk down the corrider.Rouge was standing by his door,she looked up at him as he neared,making him stop dead in his tracks.

"How'd everything go?"

"Exactly as you said it would.But why suggest things if you already know the result?"

"Because I can't always look into everyone's future"she sighed and wrapped her arms around the nape of his neck,hugging him.He hugged back,afraid to let her go.

"Which its weird because,I feel something bad is going to happen to you.Not death,but something that will certainly scare us.But I do not know what"she whispered,burying her head into the soft patch of white fur on his chest.

"I'm fine...I promise.I've already told Sonic and Amelia that I'd come up with some plans on how to trap the remaning army,because we both know the King isn't going to be true to his with?"

"Sure".It hadn't been long until all four of them started discussing possiblities and 'what if's' for self defense.Amy was saying something about a four wall close in,but Shadow's focus was slipping in and out.

"What do you think Shadow?"Amy asked.Shadow wasn't sure to what she was refering to,but didn't say anything.He kept closing his eyes to make the pressuring noise in his head go away.What was wrong with him,swallowing nothing but the air and spit in his mouth he tried to speak,but his mouth never opened.Breathing in deeply,he rubbed his eyes to make these pains go away.

"Sha-dow?"Amy's voice was slowing down.Shadow felt,not as though he were going to be sick,but was going to throw something up.Looking at the map she had drawn out,he tried to comprhend what she might have said.Now he could feel it,something in the back of his throat,not bile or vomit but...

When he did open his mouth he coughed up pools of dark blood.He tried to cover his mouth to stop the flow but couldn't.He could feel the other's around him get up and try to help him,but he couldn't stop.Why was all this happening.He then had a sudden flash back to the blue powder...that was probably it.Even though Amy and Sonic held their breath,they still would have inhaled some in.So why was it only affecting him?Then he remembered,Acorn looked directly at Shadow when he said 'a girft from Eggman'.He couldn't breathe,ok he took it all back.He was immortal if no one bothered him,but he could be killed.Then he could breath again,then more blood.He was beginning to feel light headed,he heard the voices of the other's slow so he couldn't make any of it out.Darkness fogged his vision and his eyes zoomed out,he soon sat in darkness.

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