Shadow: We're back…unfortunately…with another chapter to this remake of my game. By the way, it goes from stage 1 to Lethal Highway, Circus Park, Death Ruins, Gear Gadget, and…well, you gamers know, and for others, it's a surprise!

DL: Ooh! I love surprises! Me! Pick me!

Kussia: You want a surprise?

DL: Umm, from you? No. But from somebody else? Maybe.

Shadowpaw: How about me?

DL: …

Shadow: Well, here is the extremely odd chapter that has violence and entertainment…

Shadowpaw, Kussia, DL, and Shadow: But mostly VIOLENCE!

Chapter 3

Race Against Time

At first, all Shadowpaw knew was that she was lying on something hard. Then, she thought, why am I lying on something hard? She slowly opened her eyes, and found she couldn't see anything. She blinked a couple of times, and finally she saw a faint outline of items. She frowned, although nobody would know that in the dark. "What's going on? Where am I?" Suddenly, a door on her right opened.

She ducked behind a box and hid. She peeked from behind the box. One of Eggman's robots was looking around the room. She held her breath. The robot glanced around the room, and turned around and shut the door. She sighed. She looked around. Her eyes got more and more accustomed to the lack of light, and soon she saw she was in a storage unit.

She crossed her arms. The steel floor was cold, and her fur wasn't enough comfort. She curled up and waited, for what, she didn't know. The end of the world…the apocalypse…anything to get her out of this cell! Finally, she felt the room shake. She blinked as the door opened again. This time, she didn't even bother to hide. She looked up as a robot walked towards her. It picked her up roughly and pulled her to the door. She shook herself out of its grip and brushed herself off. "I can walk myself; I didn't lose my feet."

She was walked into a huge room with controls everywhere. She looked out of the window. She found herself doing a double take. She was looking down on the planet, in the dark reaches of space. She felt a little queasy, but didn't dare show it. She was just stubborn like that. A huge screen popped up from the floor, and Eggman's ugly mug appeared on it. He laughed at her, making her blood itch to kick him.

Eggman smirked at her glare. "Ho ho! Shadowpaw, my rivals' friend. It's nice of you to drop by for a visit!" Shadowpaw hissed. Eggman just smiled. "Still as stubborn as ever, I see. Well, we'll have to change that, now, won't we?" Shadowpaw spat, "You can't touch me, you egg-bellied swine! I can take you!" Eggman smirked. "Yes, I'm sure you can! But what about my army?" Doors all around the room opened and Egg Pawns poured in. There was barely enough room for all of them.

Shadowpaw glared at him, and tried to kick robot away. Eggman laughed. "Don't hurt yourself! We wouldn't want you to lose your last life before your job is done!" Shadowpaw's ears perked up and she stopped herself in mid-punch. Her arms flopped to her side, and she looked at Eggman uneasily. "Job?" Eggman laughed again, and a video screen popped up next to him. It showed Shadow on Tails' ship, flying towards them. Eggman smirked. "You're bait, so that I can get rid of him and his weak little friends once and for all!"

Shadowpaw snarled, "I will not be used as bait, you…you damn egg-headed, yellow-bellied coward!" Eggman smirked. "I would never have thought of you capable of such language, Shadowpaw! How rude!" Shadowpaw tried to attack the screen, but the Egg Pawns held her back. One hit her in the side and knocked the wind out of her. The ground rose to greet her, and she found stars spinning around the room. Eggman laughed as she was picked up by an Egg Pawn and marched out of the room, almost like a rag doll.

She was simply too tired to fight anymore.

The Pawn dropped her unceremoniously into a bigger room, and locked the door behind it. Shadowpaw just sat there, staring at the blank wall. There was nothing in the room; no chairs, no boxes, no…anything. She stared at the wall, too angry to think straight, and too tired to move around to calm down. She was being used as a 'damsel in distress' so Shadow can get fried and Eggman can rule the world.

That didn't sound fun.

She sighed and lay down. She closed her eyes, but she couldn't get to sleep with all of the worries, the anger, the loneliness…She finally grunted as she got up on her feet and paced. Her anger cooled quickly as she saw she couldn't do anything to get out of this if she was loud. She would have to use quick thinking and stealth to get out of this. Surely he gave food to his prisoners…

The door whooshed open, and a tray was pushed into the room. Shadowpaw stared at it. It was stale bread with cheese and a cup of milk. She groaned. "You've got to be kidding me." But she ate it, and drank the milk as she thought. Hmmm, let's see…the main room is usually in the middle of the building, so if I just go away from it… She sighed. I'll walk right into space. What am I supposed to do now? I have no plan whatsoev-

Suddenly, she thought of something so rare and unlikely… "It just might work!" She got up, and waited for the robot. Sure enough, the robot came. Obviously, Eggman wanted her to be full and content when Shadow came to rescue her. Her stomach did a flip-flop when she thought of Shadow coming. Shadow… she clenched her fists. I will not let them fry you!

The door opened, and the robot looked around for her. Shadowpaw flew at it, and caught it by surprise. She took it down easily, and knocked down the other robots nearby. With a new strength she never knew she had, she sneaked past the robots and ran for an elevator looking door. It had an array of buttons, labeled with different floor names, so it was probably an elevator. Some kind of elevator, anyway. As soon as she walked in, a computer voice came up. Where would you like to go?

Shadowpaw looked at a conveniently placed map on the wall. She scanned over it until she saw one labeled 'Experiment Room'. She smirked and said, "Experiment room, please!" The computer answered your welcome and it zoomed to the left, making Shadowpaw fall down. It stopped and zoomed up. Shadowpaw still hugged the ground. When it finally reached the room, Shadowpaw wobbly walked off. The computer said, Have a nice day! Shadowpaw grumbled, "You too, computer person…"

She walked on, and looked around. She was in a room filled with models and tubes. One tube had a fox looking thing, except it had four arms and three red eyes. Shadowpaw stared at it. The fox crossed its arms and said in an alien voice, "What are you looking at?" Shadowpaw looked down and didn't look at any other experiments. She walked past one that had a cover on it, and it raised her curiosity.

She backtracked and stared at it. She finally worked up the courage and pulled off the tarp. She stared at the thing in disbelief. It was a blue Chaos Emerald. She thought of how Shadow and Sonic moved so fast whenever they had one. She smirked, and carefully picked it up. Shadow is so going to owe me! She was about to yell "Chaos Control" when an alarm when off. She snapped her fingers. "Turn on the alarm, will they?" She looked to her left, and ran into a door.

As she closed the door, she noticed she was in an abandoned room. She looked at all of the broken robots and parts. It's like walking through a junk graveyard… She carefully stepped over some robot parts, and was about to leave when another idea hit home. She looked down at the parts. They seemed to have come from a fast vehicle. She grabbed an arm and a wheel, and a model firmed in her mind. "I may not be a mechanic," She said as she started to put the parts together. "But I do know enough to get by!"

Shadow and Sonic

Shadow paced the ship as they flew towards Eggman's ship base. Sonic lounged on a chair, staring at him. Finally, Sonic said, "Chill, Shadow. I'm sure she's having fun up there, kicking Egghead's butt. Relax, loosen up a little!" Shadow sighed. "Yeah, but if I hadn't left her in the ruins…" Sonic sighed. "It's not your fault, it was hers. If she hadn't lagged behind, she would've never been outwitted by Eggbelly. So, don't kill yourself over it; we'll get her."

Shadow sat down on the chair. He was still mad at himself, but now he actually had the sense to wonder why. What's wrong with me? I'm acting like…like… He cringed as he thought of Maria. He stared out of the window a long time, trying to recollect his thoughts. Suddenly, Sonic cheered. He pointed at a huge group of monsters flying over them like vultures.

Sonic smirked. "Now that's what I'm talking about! It's time to rock and roll!" He smirked and ran off. Shadow glanced at the window again, then ran after him. Sonic pressed a button on the wall, and pulled out a Chaos Emerald from behind his back (like with Shadow, we don't know where he put it…) and did a thumbs-up at Shadow. Then he yelled "Chaos Control" and ran off in a flash. Shadow took out the Emerald he had and did the same.

As Sonic raced ahead, he looked at Shadow and smirked. "I'll race ya, Shadow! Just like old times!" Shadow frowned. Old times? When did he… He shook his head and ran ahead of Sonic. Sonic grinned. "I knew you'd love a race!" He ran after him, and they raced on. Shadow was sometimes ahead, then Sonic would find a shortcut and get farther. Sonic grinned as he turned to Shadow. "I've heard Egghead has a Chaos Emerald! Want that as our meeting point?"

Shadow almost tripped. "Chaos Emerald? Now you tell me?" Sonic was running backwards now. He shrugged. "I didn't really think it mattered, since you already have about-" But he was cut short when Shadow raced ahead. He didn't like how things were working out. If Eggman has an Emerald, and those monsters want them all, then that means they're hear for one reason and one reason only: to get the Chaos Emerald. He jumped over monsters and passed Egg Pawns. His mission was to find that Chaos
Emerald before those monsters did.

Suddenly, he saw something flying out of Eggman's ship. (It looks like a giant Egg Pawn with jets and a cockpit) He watched as it hovered for a second, and started to come to him. He was about to battle it when he saw something furry in the cockpit. It was waving at him, and it had white paws… He screeched to a halt, and Sonic ran past him. He screeched to a halt too and backtracked to where Shadow was staring at the ship. They watched as Shadowpaw zoomed towards them. Sonic scratched his head. "What the heck is that? I've never seen that before."

Shadow rolled his eyes and pointed at the cockpit. Sonic squinted, then he grinned and yelled, "Hey, Shadowpaw! Over here!" Shadow slapped his forehead as monsters started to come towards them. He smacked Sonic in the back of the head and yelled, "We're still in the battlefield, you idiot! They're swarming us now!" Sonic rubbed his head as the monsters came towards them. But, they stopped. They seemed to be feeling something. Come to think of it… Shadow looked around. Sonic nodded. "I feel it, too. Where's that power coming from?"

Shadowpaw

Shadowpaw waved at them, and the robots noticed her. They powered up their guns and fired. Shadowpaw tried to maneuver through all of them, but three hit her right booster, and she spun out. She didn't feel so good. She shook her head, and hid the Emerald behind her. Can't show the monsters it or they'll freak! She finally got control of her jet, and it roared back to life. She thought she hadn't heard a sweeter sound in her life, next to a can opener.

She waved at Shadow again, and he nudged Sonic and pointed at the cockpit. He yelled something, and Shadow slapped his forehead again. Before he could strangle Sonic, though, the monsters shot at them and they had to duck. With the distraction, the monsters came at her ship like hawks. (Well, some of them were black hawks, but…) She couldn't escape them, and she couldn't fight them. She felt the Emerald pulse behind her.

Of course! She took it out from behind her, and the monsters shrieked. She yelled Chaos Control" and the ship disappeared. She was running in space! She thought she'd love to do it any day when she ran into something. She shook her head and found herself staring into a big monster's (for gamers, it's a Black Oak) eyes. She gulped and started to back away. But, she felt something behind her, too. She whipped around, and an Egg Pawn was standing there.

She tried to walk to her left, since the right was a wall, but found herself staring into open space. She looked back at the monster and robot, and found herself staring at Shadow, too. She was about to sigh in relief when she saw Shadow and Sonic fighting the monsters. She looked back and forth, and found that the other one in front of her had golden stripes, not red. She smirked. "One of Eggman's phonies, huh?" She quickly turned around and saluted them. "Adios!"

She started to run, but something grabbed her in the process. Her feet were still running, but she wasn't going anywhere. She turned around and looked. The Oak was holding her by the tail. She yelped and started to run faster. The friction under her feet made the steel really hot, and the Oak was inching towards the edge little by little. Suddenly, it let go. She shot like a rocket and…

…Ran straight into a wall.

She held her head, and she lost focus. An eye floated in front of her, but she was too dazed to think about it too much. Besides, before she focused, something hit her in the back of the head. She blinked back vomit, and the thing hit her again. She dropped. Before she lost consciousness, she groaned, "Not again!" Then, her vision went black.

Shadow

"Not again!"

Shadow whipped around, and saw Shadowpaw collapse. The blue Emerald fell out of her paw. Shadow slapped his forehead. "She's got the Emerald?" The Oak that knocked her out picked her up and the Emerald, and started to walk off. Shadow ran over to it and rammed into its back. It was almost rock solid. Shadow blinked, dazed, and the Oak threw him into a wall. He shook his head and ran up to it again. Before he could land a punch (Or ram into again), the eye showed the hologram again.

"You fool!" It waved its arms angrily. "You will pay, as will the rest of your allies! Starting with her!" He waved the Oak away, and it ran off. Shadow clenched his fist as it ran off. " You damn monsters!" The hologram laughed. "If you really want to see her again, come to the Black Comet. And," He added before Shadow left, "Bring the rest of the Chaos Emeralds." The eye flew away, and Shadow punched the wall over and over again. "Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn!"

Sonic ran up to him and held his arm. "Watch it, Shadow, or you'll break the wall!" A dent was imbedded into the wall, and Shadow kicked it and stomped off. Sonic ran up to him. "So what's the plan?" Shadow glared at the retreating monsters. "Find Shadowpaw, destroy all of the monsters, grab the Chaos Emeralds, and get the hell out of here." Sonic nodded. "Good plan! Let's go!" He ran off to the ship, and Shadow followed him, still fuming.

Damn cowards…using Shadowpaw as bait to get me and the Chaos Emeralds…well, they'll get their wish, but they won't get the Emeralds. He glared at the comet. When I find you, Black Doom, you'll die. Sonic laid back as the ship zoomed towards the comet. He smirked. "It's time to play the real game! You up to it, Shadow?" Shadow looked at him and nodded. "Yeah, I'm ready."

Commentaries

Shadowpaw: YOU HAD ME RUN INTO A FRICKIN' WALL!

Shadow: I really liked the part where Shadowpaw did her first real cursing!

Kussia: Really bad, I have to say! Bad Shadowpaw! No bad words from you! (waves finger in front of Shadowpaw's face)

Shadowpaw: Shut up! (bites finger)

Shadow: And why did I freak out when she got captured?

Kussia: Why did Romeo and Juliet die when they couldn't be married?

Shadow, Shadowpaw, and DL: (stares at Kussia)

Kussia: What? I can't read good literature anymore? Fine!

Shadowpaw: What was that supposed to mean anyways?

DL: Nothing, Kussia! It means nothing!

Kussia: But I

DL: (stomps on Kussia's tail) You have a busy schedule! I know! Go help those poor kids trapped in that landslide after you help the seals stranded after the tsunami! Let me drive you there! (runs out of room)

Shadow and Shadowpaw: (staring at each other)

Shadow: (cough) Well, we should do the thank you to people and stuff…

Shadowpaw: Yeah… (runs off after DL, yelling, "Let me help you, Kussia!")

Shadow: Aww, come on! Do I have B.O.?

Silence…

Shadow: Fine, I see how it is…