Kidnapping/Negotiations

Sonic and Argentum went to see the female survivors of the Purge. I escorted Shade to Silver and Blaze's Room so that Silver could reintroduce Iridus and Titan to their mother.

"That was fast," Silver said.

"How long were we gone?" I asked.

"About a minute. I guess what you said about all those years passing in months wasn't complete crap."

Silver and I gave Shade and her children their space. We talked about what happened during Team Hedgehog's Absence. Apparently Neoshadow had help escaping, or more correctly was kidnapped, by someone he knew very well.

Sonic, Argentum, and I suddenly received a call from the G.U.N. Commander telling us to report to the main command room immediately. We went inside and standing in front of the commander was none other than two elite members of the Black Arms! Neoshadow was next to the one called Johnson while an orange-haired man known as Warden Kewell was standing next to Andrew. Apparently they were explaining what actually happened in between Kirona's assassination and today. Waiting for a break in the conversation, I then asked Andrew why they were sharing this information.

"You are the one known as Shadow Jr.? Heh, you look just like your grandfather." Andrew said to me in a clearly lighthearted manner.

"Although you are correct, I still do not get why you're talking about what is going on right now." I said to Andrew.

"Basically we are explaining the true events of what has been happening this last week. The name is Andrew. Do you remember your little 'interrogation' with Neoshadow two days ago?"

"You arrived today!? How is this possible?"

"We came around forty-five seconds ago and we managed to get Neoshadow out of his cell before anyone raised the alarm. Of course, we had to talk to Warden Kewell in order to secure his release, but I'm sure that's all water or lava under the bridge now. Yet one should know that an unofficial talk occurred yesterday with Neoshadow but you were absent so Sonic Jr. and Argentum had to find th-." the other Black Arms soldier said to me before Andrew whacked him on the head.

"Johnson, you need to introduce yourself, or you will look like a fool!" Andrew said to the guy.

"Fine, Andrew. I'll do what you said to me. Sorry, whoever you are, I had forgotten to introduce myself. My name is Johnson, and yes, I am a soldier. Who are you though?"

"I am known as Shadow the Hedgehog Jr., but you can call me Shadow Jr. even though I think that my grandfather is dead."

"Okay now where was I? Oh yes, while you weren't around for the second talk, Sonic Jr. and Argentum found out from Neoshadow who our enemy of Mobius actually is."

"And who is this true enemy?"

"This foe is another member of our race, a fool known as Black Hope. He is a renegade who wants to take over Mobius and eliminate Robotnik. He is one of the three of our kind that can mimic appearances and abilities, but Black Hope is the master of doing this, being able to mimic anyone perfectly, down to DNA, blood, and abilities and weaknesses. And as it turned out earlier, it was Neoshadow who had completely thrashed the Robotnik fleet, destroying all but one ship, and even that one ship didn't leave unscathed. Neoshadow had inflicted significant damage to it and destroyed most of its weapons and R-robots."

Suddenly another G.U.N. agent burst in and said that several unidentified ships have been sighted. The Commander ordered us to head outside except for Sonic and we did so. Neoshadow, Johnson, and Andrew also came out and what I saw was something that I could not forget ever.