A dark hedgehog with upper-pointing quills walked boringly into the lair of Dr. Eggman. He silently approached the door, disappeared, and then reappeared inside.
"Heh." He said, shaking his head at the stupidity of the so called "villain".
"Ohhhhhh!" A familiar voice shouted. "Shadow! If it isn't my favourite hedgehog in all the land. Well, uh, what can I get for you, sir? A nice drink? Perhaps something to eat? Ooh ooh, you're going to LOVE what news I have for you!"
"Save it, fool." Shadow uttered. "Give me something to do. I've grown bored of my home and I've come here to conquer those irritating, colourful pests."
"Well uh, you see, here's the thing." Eggman grinned happily. "I installed a MIND CONTROL device into Sonic's BRAIN!"
Shadow turned around and cocked an eyebrow, then he laughed. "Oh, no way. I don't believe that for a second."
"No, no, really. Look."
Eggman switched on the TV and changed a few channels, to reveal the vision through Sonic's eyes.
"Oh wow." Shadow exclaimed. "But why? What would you do with that?"
"Well, I've already done a couple of things, you know, just to make him hate himself." Eggman chuckled. "But, the big plan is a secret! You know, it would be great if you could go and battle him. I'm sure I could control the mind switch from here and then you can bring him back here, of course he'd come willingly!"
Shadow shrugged. "Whatever."
Sonic was playing volleyball on the beach with his friends when he heard a speedy noise approaching. "what the -"
Suddenly, he was pushed backwards by a spinning red ball.
"Hm." Shadow let out, unamused.
"Shadow," Sonic exclaimed.
"Yeah hi. I was told you had some sort of villain super personality now. So I was told to force you to switch until you come back with me to hatch some big evil plan or whatever. I guess you could try to fight me until that happens."
Sonic growled and got up, quickly dashing over and trying to defeat Shadow.
But Sonic was weaker than usual. His moves were flawed and his strength was drained.
"Geez, Sonic. Looks like something has gotten into you, huh?" Shadow grinned. He looked over as they both rised in the air in-fight and noticed Amy nervously watching. "Or maybe someone?"
With the instinct to protect Amy, Sonic angrily forced himself against Shadow as they spun across the beach at equal velocity.
Until Sonic stopped, rubbing his head. "Oh, man. What was that all about? You didn't have to hurt me. I am on your side, you know."
Shadow smiled. "Huh. Let's go then, fool."
They walked past Sonic's friends and didn't make eye contact. However, Sonic looked at Amy and winked evilly. Shadow said: "Oh hey, why don't you bring your little girlfriend along? I'm sure we could have some fun with her. And besides, she's probably safer with us anyway."
Sonic stopped. Although he was an evil version of Sonic, he could still feel the protective and loving sensations he had toward Amy. The idea of hurting her hurt him more, and he said, "Ok. But only for her safety."
This surprised Amy as she allowed him to take her hand and rush her to the lair. Knuckles and Rouge stared after them in shock.
