~Chapter 4~

After walking around Eggman's base for a while, Shadow and Claire came to a closed door. "Stay here," Shadow said and then went inside the room. As the door closed behind him, Claire put her ear to the door and started to listen.

Shadow: Doctor, i have a question for you...

Dr. Eggman: What is it.

Shadow: Doctor, do you know who 'Nightmare' is?

Eggman: No, but i have been keeping an eye on her. Why do you ask?

Shadow: I fear my friend, Claire, is Nightmare.

Eggman: So...

Shadow: I need your help to see if Clare really is Nightmare.

Eggman thought for a while. he has a new invention that he has been meaning to try out for a while now.

Eggman: I have an invention that might help...

Shadow: What does it do, Doctor?

Eggman: Well, it scans a being for foreign entities.

Shadow: Will it work on Claire?

Eggman: I don't know... we'll just have to find out.

At that instant, Shadow nodded and went to get Claire. Claire, waiting outside the door, heard Shadow coming and quickly sat against a wall. "I see you have been waiting patiently, Claire," said Shadow. Claire stood up and heard a strange laugh. "Hello, Claire," said Dr. Eggman. "I want you to come with me for a moment." Claire looked at Shadow then at Eggman and said, "Why should I trust you? Or better yet, know that you aren't going to pull anything funny?" Shadow quickly answered her question, "Because, Claire, I trust him."

Claire and Shadow followed Eggman to a room. As Claire looked around, she saw a table with a scanner above it. She looked at Shadow and said, "Shadow, what do you plan to do with......" Before she could even finish her sentence, Eggman shot a seditive at Claire, forcing her to fall into a deep sleep.

Eggman: That should keep her still.

Shadow: Why did you do that, doctor? It was completely unnecessary.

Eggman: You may be right, but it WAS necessary

Shadow: Why?

Eggman: Because, i needed her still as the machine scans her. Knowing Claire, she would probably try to escape.

Hearing that, Shadow picked up Claire and placed her on the table and put the restraints on her.

Both Eggman and Shadow waited patiently as Eggman's machine scanned Claire. When the machine stopped, Eggman looked at the report. "Shadow," said Eggman. "It seems that your assumptions were correct. There is a foreign entity inside Claire." Shadow took the report, looked it over, and said, "Who do you think is responsible?" Eggman thought and said, "It is probably the work of a great evil, but it seems that only Claire knows what the entity is inside her. We should probably wait untill she wakes up to tell her about the entity and ask her about who placed the entity inside her." With that, Shadow nodded and went to Claire's side to wait for her to wake up.

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