2 - Your King Has Arrived!

The ivory bat rubbed her delicate fingers against her earpiece as she listened in to it. She was holding up a small device that acted like a speaker to pick up sounds far away. Right now, she was sitting against a rooftop, looking down at four kids bicker. Children that she was very familiar with. That pink Rose girl, the little orange fox who was much smarter than most would think, her oh so lovely red knucklehead, and of course...Big Blue himself. But, according to the conversation she was eavesdropping on, this wasn't the case. Her wings fluttered as she leaned her palm against her chin with her legs crossed.

The three were interrogating Big Blue about not being the real Sonic. She was flying to the GUN base in town when she suddenly heard some yelling. Then, she sat down and began to listen. As it was getting juicy, she made contact with her partner just in case things turned for the worst. But once this 'Sonic' started to talk, she let the ultimate life form know to be ready to step in when she made the signal. Because the things coming from his mouth, sounded very villain worthy in her opinion.

Then, she blinked.

She shouldn't have.

Because once she did, she gasped to herself. She watched Sonic shoved his fist right into the little fox's jaw, sending him straight into the wall of the abandoned building. She immediately stood up and called for her partner to make a move now. And then, she saw Sonic turn around, and look right up at her with a creepy grin. She flinched, and glared at him. Then, she saw a flash of green from the corner of her eye. To that, she smirked back at the fake Sonic. "Perfect timing." She turned to face her partner, who was conveying the situation. His expression was stoic for the most part, until he saw the kitsune on the ground, laying unresponsive while Knuckles and Amy tried their best to wake him up. His ruby eyes widened, not expecting to see the Hero of Mobius strike his own little brother.

The black hedgehog just scowled. He had no idea what was up with faker this time, but this faker obviously wasn't the real deal. He had no idea where Sonic went, but after this, he had better get his ass home and now. "I'll drive him out of the city. You get the kid. Call in for back up to secure any nearby citizens."

"Aww, you care?"

"Now's not the time." He quickly cut her off from her teasing. "If faker comes back and finds out that his kid was hurt while we did nothing to stop it, I'll never hear the end of it. From both GUN and him."

"I'm surprised you two keep in touch." She said as they both walked towards the edge of the rooftop. "Go when you're ready. I'm right behind you." She assured.

Keep in touch? Tch, not recently. He mumbled to himself. "Let's get moving."

"You bastard!" Knuckles hollered as he charged towards the fake Sonic. The hedgehog swiftly moved out of the way, and moved his body more as Knuckles' fists kept coming. And he did so with barely any effort considering his speed. He dipped and turned and even whistled casually. Well, at least he dodged like the real Sonic. "You get off on hurting little kids!?" He yelled before grunting as he thrust his arm into another punch.

Sonic just hummed, saying nothing back as he continued to dodge. And then, he went on the offensive. With one more dodge, he instantly seized the fist that tried to hit him, and pulled it along with Knuckles' entire body weight. With great strength and no effort, he tossed the echidna over to the side into the building that was next door to the alleyway, smashing right through it. With a high pitched war cry that almost made his ears bleed, the pink hedgehog ran forward and swung down her Piko Piko hammer. The fake Sonic of course had no trouble dodging any of her attacks, being too slow for him.

So, he turned and swung his leg right into her abdomen. All of the wind knocked out of her, and she fell to her knees instantly. She coughed up spit and fell down to her side, while her hammer dropped to the ground. All three of his friends, down in only minutes.

"Enough." A deep voice announced. A flash of green came into view, and before his eyes, stood the notorious Shadow the Hedgehog. Now that was bad. Not because he couldn't fight him, but because he knew if the hedgehog tried to trigger any chaotic abilities, his entire charade would fail. And he didn't want that, at least not yet. "You're not the faker I know of." He concluded as he slowly walked towards the fake hero. Rouge flapped her wings as she landed softly on the ground on her heels, and quickly went over to Tails. She knelt down beside him and checked to see if he was even alive.

Seeing her again, made the imposter smile to himself. Ah the good old days. "I haven't seen you in a very long time." The fake Sonic murmured as he began to step backwards. To this, they both seemed a little put off by this response, but it didn't stop Shadow from coming closer. "And I oh so hate to be a party pooper. But I've got places to be."

And once he said the word 'be', he had already booked it out of there in a gust of wind. Shadow growled, and quickly teleported away. Rouge managed to get the fox to wake up, and got ready to move to the rest of the gang. She held up her hand and pressed her gloved finger to her ear piece. "GUN headquarters, send back up and paramedics immediately-" She stopped once she felt a tug at her ankle. It was the kid, almost lifeless. He struggled to hold his head up, but once he managed to do it, he looked at her with glossy eyes. "I-I know...Who that was." He weakly warned, blood dripping down his chin. "M-Make everyone..in the city...evacuate..now..." Then, he sniffed and gritted his teeth, making her feel sorry for the child. "..Please, Rouge." He begged.

With furrowed brows, the white bat sighed and nodded.

Red gold-buckled sneakers stomped across the streets of Station Square as he ran into traffic, not giving a damn about the cars that screeched in their path to stop. One almost toppled over and crashed into a child due to his reckless running. He didn't care for anything in his way, or any consequence for his actions. This was his time, his plan going into motion, and he'd make sure it would go through all the way. Shadow quickly followed after him, yelling for citizens to get out of the way and go home if they didn't want to get hurt.

As the black hedgehog tailed the faker, he realized he wasn't running nearly as fast as Sonic normally did. And Shadow would have already grabbed him if it weren't for the people in the way. So he was purposely running slow, just to taunt him that he couldn't catch him, but come just close enough for him to be right on his ass. He was toying with him.

'Sonic' looked behind him with a smirk and made a peace sign towards the ebony hedgehog. Shadow felt a vein pop on his forehead. He charged something in his hand that made a small red light that began growing slightly bigger. "Chaos..." Analyzing where to aim so he could nail his target, he winded his arm back and tossed the ball of light into the sky. Once in the air, small projectiles formed into spears that were targeting their victim. "Spear!" He yelled as he swung down his hand to activate the weapons of pure energy.

But then, once he did, he saw that his moving target became green for a second. Then blue again. A green hedgehog? No, maybe his mind was playing tricks on him. They followed the fake Sonic, and came directly at him like homing missiles. But, the fake already anticipated this. Right when the first spear was about to strike towards him, he swiftly turned completely around and dug his feet into the concrete of the street. He dodged the first few spears, but when the next three came, Shadow watched as the other hedgehog flipped into the air.

He twirled, making a complete 360. As he turned and twisted his body, he was actually moving it to catch the remaining spears in his own hands. Once they were in his grasp, he landed down gracefully and then darted towards Shadow at an alarming speed. He was so quick, Shadow barely had enough time to register his movements. He tried to dodge by making his skates screech to stop, and dip his body backwards. 'Sonic' tried to shove one right into Shadow's head, the next in his shoulder, and the last in his stomach. All spots that he missed by just the skin of his teeth. The spears disappeared in light particles, and Shadow quickly took a step back.

Then, the fake Sonic stood tall and proud at his opponent. He sneered. "Didn't think anyone could do that, did you?" He then out of thin air, spawned a chaos spear in his own palm, and twirled it like a swinging key chain.

Shadow said nothing as he tried to read his movements. He was way too puzzled to try and figure out how the hell this bastard did what he did. By now, cars turned immediately around, people ran away from the area. Though, some did get hurt. There were some injured people who crashed, and even a few injured children. He'd hear about this from GUN later. 'Sonic' suddenly made the spear disappear and put his fists on his hips with a smile.

"Well, let me show you what else I can do."

A black-murky aura surrounded the blue hedgehog in a matter of seconds. It then dispersed into his fists, similar to how Shadow did earlier. Then, it disappeared entirely. Shadow kept up his guard, fixing his posture to be ready for anything.

And literally in a flash, he was right in front of him. He shoved his fist directly into Shadow's cheek, making him fly across the road. He landed hard, even destroying some of the concrete, like a rocket crash landing. He grunted in pain, but got right back up, only to find the fake Sonic right above him in the air with his leg stretched out. His heel devastatingly in position for a brutal axe-kick. Shadow managed to move just in time, but even when the other hedgehog made an impact on the ground, it made him lose his balance.

Shadow realized right then, this was not an ordinary enemy.

With a worried scowl, he held up his hand that was engulfed in red chaos energy. Suddenly, molded from the depths of his power, sword-like lances formed in the sky. It aimed directly at his enemy once more, and flew down like meteorites. This time, he put more power into them, so they flew much quicker. The fake Sonic couldn't dodge from it in time, and got slashed at his arm and legs. But, it didn't knock him down. So with a smirk thinking Shadow failed, he took a step forward to run towards him.

But...Then he couldn't move.

Blinking several times, he looked down at his limbs, to see that they were being constricted by red wire-like energy. His arms and legs, all wrapped up in a spider's bloody web. He grunted and tried with all of his might to break them, but he ended up making himself lose balance. Shadow moved his hand as if he was pulling something back, so the wires tightened. The hedgehog fell backwards with a yelp.

"Now talk." Shadow commanded as he gripped the side of his enemy's face. He was knelt over him, completely at his submission.

"Nah ah ah," He taunted. "Not until you say the magic word-Argh!" He was socked in the face in response. As blood trickled down his lips, he just began laughing.

"Who are you?" He asked loudly with an irritated tone. "Did the Doctor send you?"

"Doctor? Oh, you mean your Eggman. I already took care of him."

"What?" Shadow blinked and narrowed his eyes. "Elaborate."

The fake Sonic just sighed with a smile. "Let's just say the reason why he hasn't been making a move, is because I paid him a visit one year ago." He looked Shadow right in the eye and spat blood right into his face. The ebony hedgehog tried his best to contain his composure, before giving another sock to the jaw. "Ngh!" He moaned in pain, until it began to sound sultry. "Nmm, yeah daddy more~"

"..?!" Shadow's eyes widened in shock while his face slightly heated up. Did he just-?

"If it wasn't obvious, I'm a glutton for punishment. Hahaha.." He cackled. "No but seriously, you just made things ten times hotter, dude."

One word. Ew.

Shadow made a sound of disgust and withdrew his hand from his face. Okay, that solidified the fact that this bastard definitely wasn't Sonic. "I'll ask again, damn it," Shadow's voice became a rising growl as he gripped his hand into his neck. The other just grinned, squinting his eyes from the pain. "Who the hell are you!?" He yelled.

"Someone you don't wanna fuck with." He coughed out. "Don't worry, I'll explain soon-" He made a strangled gasp, falling limp against the ground. His limbs were constricted by Shadow's chaos wires that were entangling him. He couldn't get away or fight back. He was barely conscious, his mouth widening to attempt to get air into his body. But it was futile, Shadow's fingers were strangling him. His legs twitched underneath him, his heart beat racing faster.

But, wearing his rival's face, wearing Sonic's face...

...He couldn't.

Shadow scoffed at himself and let go of the other hedgehog. He stood up from his body and dragged his gloved hand over his face. Chaos, what was wrong with him?

The other coughed against the street ground, breathing and panting heavily to get air back into his lungs. But then, he started giggling again. "Y-You...Hahaha, I can't believe it.." He croaked. Shadow whipped his head towards him with an enraged expression. He was done with the games. He was pissing him off more and more by just breathing. "You two totally fucked, didn't you? Hahaha!"

Shadow winced at his words, looking away sharply with gritted teeth.

"Ha! I'm so right!" The fake hedgehog giggled. "Oh no wait, don't tell me. You two were never a thing, you just have a crush on him! Pffft! The ultimate life form's lovesick!"

With a huff, Shadow stomped over and shoved his foot onto his enemy's stomach, making the oxygen poof right out of him again. His eyes shrunk at the sudden loss of air supply, and he continued to cough his organs out. "I'll give you one more chance." He said lowly. "Who are you?"

And then, the chaos wires snapped.

The hedgehog shot up from the ground, making Shadow fall over with the other on top of him. He slammed his hands down over his head with his thighs pinned down by his bottom sitting on top. He miscalculated the duration of his power, a silly mistake. "I have a crush on Blue too, you know." He whispered eerily. He leaned closer to Shadow's face, whom turned away with a glare. "The way you look at me. At my face, my eyes. You looked so betrayed and hurt it wasn't the real deal." He laid his head next to Shadow's, grinning. "If I'm so wrong..." He trailed off, leaning back up and looking Shadow directly in the eyes.

It was like he did see the real Sonic.

His eyes, his quills, his face...everything looked normal again. His eyes even looked innocent and happy.

"Then kiss me."

No. He's not...

He's not..!

"Heheh. Just kidding."

And then Shadow was thrown into the building across the street, falling through the glass of the windows right in the shop. He groaned in pain, not getting up straight away.

"Sorry to end the fun Stripes, but I got someone waiting for me. The very person you desire is in my bed after all~ Hahaha." He turned around and jay-walked his way down the street. In a streak of blue and then green light, he was gone in mere breezes of wind. The black hedgehog pulled himself up from the broken rubble of glass and stood on his feet. He pulled some shards out of his fur, and hissed at the pain. Shadow had failed, ending up letting the enemy go. This was truly embarrassing. And, damn..Was it that obvious that he-No. That wasn't important right now. Judging from the cryptic things he said, this criminal definitely had Sonic in his clutches. Probably captive somewhere. According to the feed Rouge was giving while listening in on Sonic's friends, Tails saw the exact same thing Shadow did. A green hedgehog for a split second, and then back to blue.

He needed to regroup with them and talk.

GUN soldiers were swarming the city at this point. The main HQ wasn't located in Station Square, but a branch did lie watching the streets silently. Some were checking on it's citizens downtown, while some were taking to the rooftops to search for this criminal. After only maybe half an hour, news reporters in helicopters were roaming the streets talking about the incident that just happened. Cameras zoomed in on wrecked cars, mortally injured bystanders that were being aided on the streets, and terrified and confused witnesses who just stood by their houses. In disbelief that they watched their 'hero' do these despicable things.

Rouge quickly round up the others after giving them medical attention. She got them sent home afterwards, but there was one person of interest she kept at her side. She took Tails to the HQ's branch. For a couple reasons. For one, to prove that what everyone saw wasn't the real Sonic. And two, to get some info about who that imposter was. Once she got word from Shadow on her earpiece that the bastard ended up getting away, she agreed to meet up with him at the GUN building.

As the pink hedgehog traveled to her own home, she had to walk by the reporters who had crowds of people and even authorities listening in with camera crews. The Mobian reporter who was a black cat with a purple suit, was retelling the story of what happened. The hedgehog hoped to Chaos they didn't screw up or conceal any information for ratings.

She looked down at her stomach, realizing the pain she felt earlier was all gone. She wasn't even sore. Once she came to, she saw Rouge look at her in bewilderment, saying she didn't even get the medics yet. Meaning she must have woke up pretty fast after the hit. It was strange, why wasn't she hurt? And Knuckles seemed okay too, even though he smashed through a building. But, when she saw him, he was never tossed through a building, he was just slumped against one. Like it never happened. Once everyone was up, everyone said they felt dizzy, like they needed to go to bed.

She wondered...was all that from the fake Sonic? Seeing and feeling things that didn't happen? For instance, like everyone thinking the fake looked like Sonic, when he probably doesn't look that way at all. Was he playing games with their eyes or something..?

Her ears suddenly perked up at the reporter.

"I'm suddenly getting word from GUN, stating that the person who just ran through the city wasn't Mobius' Hero at all, but some kind of imposter. Unfortunately, the said criminal got away and they could not take him for questioning. But the real Sonic the Hedgehog still has yet to be seen. GUN has stated that if the hero doesn't make an appearance in the next few days, they and local authorities will officially declare him as missing."

Missing? No, what if that person knew where Sonic was? What if-What if they had him hostage..!?

...Her head was spinning. She needed to go home right now. Maybe Cream's mom would make her some warm tea before heading off to bed.

Or, she could go back to Tails' place and discuss what was going on.

Yeah, she'd do the latter.

"I'm telling you, you gotta get these people out of this city! It's dangerous here!" The fox pleaded with the tall human man. The man that held wrinkles littered on his skin that created layers and layers of depth, just looked down at the child with suspicion. He didn't really buy this story he was telling. Rouge had escorted the fox right to his office, who seemed pretty healthy once he came to. Shadow came only moments later, battered up and in a pretty pissy mood. He just stood by, his arms crossed with his bruises slowly healing up in the back of the room.

Odd...How come Shadow had bruises, but the others didn't?

"For what? A petty criminal wearing your hero's face?"

"Excuse me for interrupting hun," Rouge interrupted with a concerned look on her face. "But this isn't just some 'petty criminal'. Shadow even had a hard time dealing with him, and he got away." She pointed out. The black hedgehog in question just scoffed. The tall human still didn't seem that convinced.

"We've seen much worse than this. If what you say is true, then I'll have Team Dark dispatched to investigate. As for you," The man pointed to Tails with a permanent frown. "No one will be evacuated until I'm given more information about this person, and more proof." He turned away from the kid fox who was just about to angrily spout out a bunch of protests. He fixed his tie and crossed his arms behind his back. "We will have soldiers patrolling the city, but we won't go as far as evacuation. That would call for a national emergency, and that isn't the case here."

Tails just shook his head and tried getting up out of his seat that was in front of the commander's desk. "B-But-!"

"Rouge, Shadow, I've already given all the necessary information to your smart devices. See to it that you analyze it thoroughly and do what you must to find this imposter." He held up his hand as a gesture for them to leave. "You are dismissed."

Rouge just silently sighed and shook her head while looking at the small kitsune. That was her way of saying, there was no changing the man's mind. It was already made up, and until they did what he commanded them to do, nothing would be done. With a huff, the two tailed fox turned away and followed the bat out. Shadow followed as well, walking beside Rouge down the long corridor.

"You didn't elaborate that much," Shadow suddenly said, briefly glancing down at the fox. "You seemed more cryptic than informative."

The ivory bat snorted a laugh. "He's not wrong." She looked down at Tails as she moved her hips to walk. "We understand you're scared little one, but you could have talked a little better than that. It seemed more like crazy nonsense than a warning."

Tails groaned and dragged his hand through his head of fur. "You're right. I..Was just rambling. But," He looked down at the polished floor. "I am scared. You don't understand. It's a long story, but this guy is seriously bad news. When I woke up, I just knew I had to say something, but it didn't come out like I planned. Darn it.." He mildly cursed squeezing eyes shut and shaking his head in frustration.

"Who is this guy exactly?" Shadow demanded with a quietly grounded tone.

Tails sighed heavily. "It's a seriously long story. And, no offense to you guys, but I really don't feel comfortable talking here. It feels like I'm being watched-"

"There are security cameras here, honey." Rouge pointed out.

"Right. So if you don't mind, I'll explain everything at my house."

This made Rouge internally groan. She really didn't feel like going over some kid's house for some exposition. But, if they were gonna get any leads on this Sonic imposter guy, they needed all the info they could get. And she had never saw the kitsune look so afraid before in the few times she fought alongside him. When he woke up, she remembered his expression clearly. It was like the embodiment of hell looked him in the face that day. This guy, had to have been a real problem.

Guess a little visit couldn't hurt.

The white bat sat down on the modern sofa, crossing her legs and leaning her elbow on her knee to hold up her chin. She kept her wings tucked behind her so she couldn't bother the furniture. Shadow was next to her at a fair distance, having his hands folded between his legs. They both kept their attention specifically on Tails, ready to listen about just how bad this guy really was.

They could tell by the way he was fidgeting in his chair, that he didn't seem too comfortable to talk about it. He kept making odd and difficult expressions, like he was trying to figure out ways to word what he was going to say next. He took in a small breath, and quickly exhaled before looking at the agents directly in the eyes.

He didn't give them tea, or anything for that matter. He wanted them to focus on only what he would say at this moment and time.

"There's another dimension in this world. A dimension that has another world that's parallel to ours, but exactly the opposite."

This made them both raise their brows a bit.

"In this opposite world called Moebius, everyone you know in this world, is the exact opposite in that world. For example, Knuckles. He's short-tempered and resorts to violence pretty quickly, right?" Tails asked. They both nodded slowly in return. "Well in that world, he's a pacifist who hates violence. He hates the very idea of violence. The island that Knuckles lives on isn't Angel Island, but Demon Island. And it's not in the sky, it's underneath their oceans."

Rouge started to shake her head and wave her hand back and forth to try and get Tails to stop. "Wait wait and wait. So you're telling me, that knucklehead is a big pushover?" She began to laugh. "In what world?"

"In that world. Moebius. That's how everything is, everything you don't expect it to be. And there's an opposite to everyone. You can even ask Knuckles yourself, he fought him before."

Rouge just chuckled and flagged this off. "Oh yeah? What's the opposite me like?"

"I honestly don't know." Tails frowned, knowing she wasn't taking this too seriously. She probably didn't believe him. "I haven't met yours, or Shadow's before. I've only met Amy's, Knuckles', my own and Sonic's."

Shadow leaned back in his seat. "So let me guess, the opposite Sonic that you're telling us about must be the imposter I chased after."

The fox nodded quickly, satisfied Shadow was starting to get it. "Exactly!" He exclaimed. "There's an anti-Sonic in that world, who's more evil than you can imagine. Think about it, if Sonic's a hero in this world, what do you think he'd be as an opposite?"

The white bat who was cracking jokes before, soon faltered her smile into a flat line. She just realized the depth of the situation. "A criminal."

Tails nodded again. "Right. But not just a mere criminal-"

Shadow's red eyes began to widen. "-But a serious big threat."

The fox nodded once more, sighing in relief that they finally realized just how bad the situation was. "Listen, that guy..." Tails started to shake his head slowly, not wanting to remember. His blue eyes fell to his lap, shaking in fear at his memories. "That guy was powerful. That guy was evil. Pure evil. He was worse than any Eggman or Metal Sonic anybody could think of. H-He..." He put his hands up to the sides of his head and gripped his fur. "He's a monster. He killed people. He destroyed cities and homes. He was the very essence of your worst nightmare," He looked up at them, his clear sky blue orbs rattling against their eyeballs. "He was a consequence of their Sonic turning bad."

To this, Rouge's eyes began to shrink a little. "This...person, he's a blue hedgehog, right?" She asked worriedly. And it was obvious in her voice, making Shadow look over at her with a skeptical glare.

Tails seemed a little confused by the question. "Well, he used to be. For some reason he had turned green after a while. Why?"

"Oh no." Rouge face palmed and cursed to herself. "Damn it." She mumbled.

"You knew, didn't you?" Shadow scowled. "You know exactly who this bastard is, don't you?" He angrily moved closer toward her, demanding answers. The bat made a nervous smile, holding her hands up.

"Now just wait a minute-"

"Don't give me bullshit, you're not talking your way out of this." He growled.

"It was just a small heist, I didn't even know you at the time!"

"You helped our enemy."

Tails just stared in shock. "No, seriously, you're kidding right? H-How do you know him!?"

Rouge mentally screamed to himself. Damn, she always found some way to get herself into shit. "I was temporarily partners with the anti-Sonic. He was on Mobius for some reason, and I needed help on a heist to steal the Master Emerald. One thing led to another, and he managed to literally get his hands on it. But..." She narrowed her eyes. "Something happened. He tried to transform or something, I think a super form." She just closed her eyes and silently exhaled. "It failed. Something in the Master Emerald rejected him, and it only had half of an effect on him, turning him the way he is now. Green."

"Y-You-" Tails dragged his fingers over his eyes. "Thanks to you, he's super strong now. No wonder he was able to beat Sonic so easily.."

Rouge just scoffed. "It's in the past. Nothing anyone can do now."

Shadow just looked away. "Tch."

Tails scratched his head. "Anyway, we haven't heard from him in a long time. But the last time we did see him, he beat all of us to nothing. He beat Sonic by himself no problem. The only reason Sonic was able to ward him off, was because he turned Super. But now, I have no idea what he could be up to." The orange fox frowned heavily while biting his lip anxiously. "And I'd bet all of Sonic's rings that he has him hostage somewhere in Moebius."

"Then that's where we go." Shadow declared as he stood up from his seat. Tails immediately began to protest to this.

"What?! No no no, you can't go after him! He's insane!"

That word in particular made Shadow stop his movements. Insane? He turned and glanced at the kid. "What do you mean, insane?"

"He killed people. He tortured people. Heck, he's probably doing horrible stuff to Sonic right now. He's above Eggman's level of insane!" He exclaimed. "You can't go after him, at least not by yourself. Please, let me help you. I don't want him to get to you too!" He pleaded. "I'm terrified for Sonic's safety, but I don't want anyone else to get hurt!"

They didn't know each other very well. And they only ever interacted when they needed to work together. Why was this kid being so protective of them like this? He really didn't want them to risk their lives for this. Obviously because he feared what this anti-Sonic might do to them, but it seemed like it was because he just cared about them. Two strangers. How odd. Maybe his child innocence was responsible. After all, he wasn't even a teenager yet.

They looked at each other after seeing Tails' eyes. They were slightly moist, sorrowful and wide. The kistune was very serious about this. For his sake, they could comply and play nice for a while. Shadow put his hands on his hips and slowly exhaled.

"Do you have a plan, then?" The ebony hedgehog questioned.

Tails looked down again and shook his head. "I-I don't but-"

A heavy knock interrupted their conversation. Shadow walked over to the entrance of the house. He gripped his hand onto the knob of the door and turned it. He pulled open the door and saw two people who eagerly were waiting to get inside. It was the Rose girl and that red echidna. No doubt the fox wanted them to come in, so he stepped aside, and allowed them to travel inside. The red echidna gave a glare at Shadow, who gladly gave a glare back as he walked through. Amy gave him one as well, not very trustworthy of either him or Rouge.

They rushed to Tails' side and began looking all over him. Asking over and over if he was okay, if anything hurt or if anything felt sore. Tails tried to get them to calm down, saying he was absolutely fine and for some reason, didn't feel any pain at all from what happened earlier. He quickly explained that he was telling Shadow and Rouge the identity of the imposter. And once he uttered the name, the two Mobians' eyes widened in shock and anger. Tails tried his best to relay some kind of idea to form a plan.

"Right now we gotta come up with a plan, and a way to get to Moebius. Sonic has to be-"

Another knock on the door. This time, much harder and louder, and with a voice singing outside. Anybody hooome~? Your hero's returned~!

The group instantly rushed outside at the familiar voice. Rouge had GUN on speed dial, and Shadow, though wounded, was ready to fight again. Tails was well prepared for anything he was about to see. Amy was ready to summon her hammers in her hand, to smash and destroy. Knuckles cracked his namesakes once again that day, and gritted his teeth.

Once outside, they got in position to strike at any moment.

And at that moment, they didn't see the fake Sonic. No, they saw a green hedgehog. A green hedgehog with piercing blue ice cold eyes, a plain black leather jacket with pockets and silver zippers, one black fingerless glove, black combat boots and red dark shaded glasses sitting on his head. The jacket was open, revealing the large scar on his chest. There were smaller scars on his cheeks, ears and quills. One of his hands had black polish on its nails, while the other didn't, oddly. This was definitely a much more different outfit than what they saw last time.

"Hey." The hedgehog smiled as a sneer. He glanced at all of his victims, smirking. His deeper, rougher Sonic-like voice struck them. Making them sure that this wasn't their hero at all, but the imposter that ran out of the city earlier today. "I came to give you all a present." He took one step closer, making Amy and Tails flinch. "But first," He looked at Rouge and grinned. "I gotta say hi to my old bestie. My ol' partner in crime!" He greeted cheerfully with his arms wide open. "Ah remember the good ol' days when I tried to hit it?"

The bat looked away in revulsion and rolled her eye-shadowed eyes. "In your dreams.." She muttered.

"Nm. Sometimes." He winked. Then, he looked at Tails. He applauded him and began to chuckle. "As for you, you got me good. And so quickly too, I'm impressed kid." He took one more step closer, making everyone put their guard up instantly.

Knuckles snarled. "Take one more step and I'll shove your face into the ground!" He yelled.

"But I got something real nice to show you." Though, the green hedgehog didn't heed his warning and only came closer. He said one thing, that made chills drill Tails' spinal cord. "Wanna see somethin' cool?"

END - 2