Far away from prying eyes, Shadow the Hedgehog sits in silence, his head bowed in thought. 'Whats wrong with me? Why do I feel like this? And, as usual, who am I..?' Shadow lets out a hollow chuckle at his own joke inside of his head. He remembered Sonic making the same joke only last week, and how the two of them had shared a laugh over a sundae. "Oh, why are things so damn complicated now?" the dark one asks himself, his answer coming in the form of a light creak coming from the space station ARK. He sighs, getting wearily to his feet as he begins to walk towards the main hall area.
"I need a new place."

"How many times!?" Amy screamed, swinging her Piko Piko Hammer at a cowering Vector. " DO NOT SIT IN MY CHAIR!!!!"

"Amy, calm down will yah?" Says Sonic, his peaceful nap being disturbed by the little pink psychopath.

"Yeah Amy, it's just a chair!" says Vector, narrowly avoiding the Piko Hammer for a second time as he dives behind the couch. Sonic sighs. 'Where's Shadow? This is boring.'

Sonic hadn't forgotten thier fight. In fact, it was all he could think about in the past twelve hours since Shadow had disappeared without a trace. Sonic already had an apology ready (with some help from Tails) and just to sweeten the deal, he had bought a box of dark chocolate for his dark lover. 'Hehe, I'm just so great.' He thinks, a smug grin appearing on his face.

Meanwhile in the garage, Tails was working on some repairs to the X-Tornado, while Knuckles watched, speaking to his little fox friend as he worked.
"Hey, Tails...Can I ask you something?"

"Sure....Pass me that wrench would you?"

Knuckles obliges, passing the wrench down to the fox as he asks his question.

"Tails...Do you think Shadow likes me?"

*CLUNK*

"Oww....Well, sure he does. Me and Amy were talking about this earlier."

"You were?"

Tails slides from under the Tornado, wiping his oil-stained gloves on his even more stained overall.

"Yup. We think you two should get together."

"Huh..."

Knuckles rubs his muzzle softly, thinking.

"Buuut..." Tails says, moving over to his workbench and rummaging through one of the drawers "Sonic would be pretty upset and mad if Shadow dumped him."

Knuckles glances over at the fox, before unfolding his arms and standing up straight.

"See you Tails. And thanks."

"Huh? You goi-"

Before the Kitsune could even finish his sentence the Echidna had disappeared in the flash of his Chaos Control, to a location unknown to all but the red one himself. Tails just sighs, returning to his workbench, pulling out a small light bulb with a smile.

"Gotcha."

In utter contrast to the chaos on Earth, the silence on the ARK was almost sickening, Shadow now more used to being in Sonic's house amidst the hustle and bustle of a normal day. Shadow sighs, flopping down on his bed. He had spent ten minutes of pointless shadow boxing in the main hall, the giant window overlooking the earth. And now he was back in the even greater silence of his room, boredom seeping at every inch of his being. He sits up on his bed, closing his eyes and kneading his brow with his palms.

"SO...DAMN...BORED....."

"Anything I can help with?"

Shadow freezes, just as two arms wrap themselves around his torso from behind. Two gloved, spiked hands holding his body softly.

"K-Knuckles...?"