Sonic's p.o.v.

I woke up the next morning and jumped out of bed. I put on my shoes and gloves and went downstairs. I entered the kitchen and D was standing in my way.

"I want to know why you came back with blood on you again." he crossed his arms over his chest and frowned at me. I put my hands on my hips and tilted my head to the side.

"Why? I'm just outside minding my own business." I pushed past him and grabbed an apple.

"I looked around in the city and no one saw you all day." I took a bite and he had a worried look on his face.

"I was in the forest."

"Why were you there?"

"At the old house, I would run in the forest all the time and this forest feels just like the other one." I took another bite and D moved in front of me again.

"I worry for you X." I swallowed and put my hand on his shoulder

"You don't to worry for me D. What is it that you said before? I'm living life to the fullest." I walked past him and headed for the door.

"Stop trying to twist my words against me and you told me that wasn't a word." I smirked at him then raced out towards the forest. I went to the fortress and saw that all the body's were still there. I breathed out a sigh of relief and took off to the sky. I opened a portal and arrived back on Mobius. I watched Shadow pace back and forth, probably thinking of going after them. He stamped his foot on the ground and finally went in the direction he saw the others go in before. I tapped on his shoulder and once he turned towards me, I punched him straight into a tree, knocking him out. I picked his body up and created another portal. I flew through and arrived on Earth. I placed his body at the edge of Station Square and created another illusion. 'This has to be the biggest illusion I have made so far. He would no doubt fall for it.' I chuckled to myself and flew off to wait for my guest to arrive.

Dll's p.o.v.

After X ran out the door I decided I would follow him. I was about to race after him when someone called my name.

"Hey Snake! What's up?" I turned to see Scourge and Sawyer come my way.

"Hey guys. I was just about to follow X. Wanna join?"

"Sure."

"Why not." we raced off in the direction X went and saw him flying to the sky. 'So much for running.' I followed him and flew through the portal he created with Scourge and Sawyer right behind me. We arrived on Mobius and watched as X hid in the trees and watched Shadow.

"What is he doing?" Sawyer asked

"Don't know." we continued to watch until X followed Shadow into the forest and banged him against the tree. We flew through another portal he created and watched as he placed Shadow's limp body down in the city and raced away.

"Is this some type of joke?" Scourge asked and I flew closer to Shadow. Once I did I felt the same sensation that happens whenever X makes an illusion. I entered the illusion and I gasped. I exited and flew back to them.

"What did you see?" Sawyer asked and I pulled them into the illusion.

Third Person

A groan came from tan lips as the ebony owner sat up from the ground and rubbed his sore head. He remembered those red eyes he saw. The eyes looked closer to pure red orbs but the being was much too close to see any other body part. Those orbs were the ones that knocked him into a tree and sent him into unconsciousness. He wanted revenge from the owner of those eyes cause no one messes with the ultimate life-form. Shadow opened his eyes and shock was written all over it. He stood from the ground and tried to see what was going on but all that there was to see was chaos.

Absolute chaos.

The black arms were fighting G.U.N. soldiers and there were bodies of either side on the ground. Blood was splattered on anything it could touch. The ebony hedgehog thought the battle was finished years ago and the black arms were extinct. He just stood there dumbfounded and couldn't think straight. He shook his head to get him out of the shock and decided to race into the battle. He tried to charge at one of the aliens but was shot to the ground by some type of force. He sat on the ground and watched as the alien he charged at fell to the ground by a soldier. He got up on his feet again and skated through the fight. The deeper in he went, the more dead bodies he saw. Shadow soon came to the end of all the bodies and when he turned, all the fighters lay on the ground. Blood coated every building and the road he skated on was now a river of blood. He heard a whisper and turned to see a figure in the distance.

"Shadow, please Shadow, do it for me." he recognized that voice from anywhere.

"MARIA!" he skated up to the figure and the closer he got the more he could make out the sky blue dress and blond hair.

He stopped a few steps away and he looked at the human. She smiled the same smile that Shadow had wished to see again from her and he smiled back. He stepped closer to the girl and as she reached her hand out to him, she fainted. Gloved ebony fingers were about to touch the girl until she just vanished. The ebony hedgehog frantically looked everywhere for his friend. He didn't see her anywhere and heard another whisper. His head shot in the direction of the voice and he raced off to find out who said it. He soon came to the center of the city and saw a blue figure in the distance.

"Long time no see, eh Shads?" the emerald eyed hedgehog put his hands on his hips and watched as the ebony hedgehog stepped closer to him. Once they were a few steps apart, the azure one smirked and the other crossed his arms over his chest, frowning at his counterpart.

"Faker, what are doing here and what was that all about?"

"Shads, why didn't you use my name this time? You used it before."

"That was before you got older and answer my question." tan lips growled and peach ones turned into a frown.

"I'm not going to answer that." Shadow tossed his arms to his side and clenched his fists to hold himself from launching at the annoying hog.

"Why not?" he growled through clenched teeth.

"Cause I think you should take a chill pill."

"Hmph." he turned his head away and closed his eyes

"And Maria died for nothing." he snapped his eyes open and turned back to Sonic. Said hedgehog laughed at the others action and smirked at him. "It's cause she thought you were so boring that she died cause she didn't want to spend another minute with you." Shadow growled and took a step forward.

"Don't you dare bring her into this." azure ears flopped to the side as Sonic looked at his ebony counterpart confused.

"Why not? She just didn't like you and she probably wanted you dead as well but didn't have enough courage to do it." Shadow growled and lunged at the hero, pinning him to the ground.

"Shut the hell up!" peach lips curled into a grin and Shadow looked at the azure one confused.

"If its a fight you want, then its a fight you will get." Shadow tightened his grip on the hedgie underneath him until he got knocked off of him. Sonic stood up and looked at the ebony hedgehog scramble on his feet. "I've always wondered if you could die and this is my chance to see if that theory is true. We have the whole city to settle the score and I'm not going to back down without solving the question and setting the score once and for all." the two got into a fighting stance and as if a whistle blew, they charged at each other starting the fight.

"Why is he doing this? He should be back in Athens not fighting his rival." Scourge said and Sawyer agreed.

"Yeah, he was upset about the announcement before but now he looks happy from fighting him."

"I just don't get it. One moment X said he was going to run in the forest, the next he's fighting against the one he looked up to." the demigod swished his tail and gave out a sigh. "Do you think he went insane and we didn't realize it?"

"That could be a possibility. He is sneaky at times and I'm sure that this could be like the other time he went insane." the three shivered at the thought and continued to watch the fight going on.

A few years ago, before Exe came to Mobius, him, Dll, Scourge, Sawyer, Fleetway and his group all decided to have a little party. Fleetway brought a lot of beer and almost everyone got drunk. The one who didn't was Exe. Fleetway and his gang tried hitting on him and he said no every time. Later on in the night, Fleetway pushed him a little too far and made Exe go insane. He knocked out everyone and dragged Scourge to the bed. He tied the green hedgehog down and was about to give his love to him. Dll was the first to wake up from the hit and was sober. He was able to stop the little rape session from ever happening and from that day forward everyone was a little more careful with how they treated Exe. Fleetway and his group come around every once in a while to play a prank but they are still half-friends with him. Even if they were the ones to cause the incident to happen. Scourge still hits on him just to see if he could make those same feelings come back without the insane one following. But he can't thanks to the overprotective brother.

Sonic smashed Shadow into another building, neither one was stopping and they both wanted to prove who the strongest really was. Shadow staggered on his feet and charged at the azure speedster. The blue blur dodged Shadow's attack and got nicked in the shoulder by a chaos spear sent his way. The ebony hedgehog sent a barrage of chaos spears and Sonic almost dodged them all. One hit his leg and he fell on his knees. Shadow walked over to the blue blur and stared down at him.

"So you want to play dirty?" Sonic looked down at his leg and started to float in the air. Shadow walked backwards until Sonic lunged at him pinning him to the ground. Crimson stared at red orbs. At that moment the ebony hedgehog recognized those eyes. He was able to toss the owner of the orbs off him and stand on his legs.

"You! It was you who punched me!" the ebony one said and the blue blur was able to stand and look over at the ultimate life-form.

"You know my name Shadow and yet you call me 'you'?" the cobalt hedgehog walked over to the striped one and Shadow fell backwards. He scooted back until Sonic grabbed his chest fur and forced him to look in his eyes.

"Who are you?" Shadow said and for once in his entire life, he felt fear. Sonic's grin went ear to ear and blood tears started to fall from his eyes.

"I am god." at that moment his hand shot thru the ebony's body and pulled his heart out. He dropped the hedgehog on the ground and the muscle melted on the spot.