Shadows in the Trees

When I heard that Adrian had been kidnapped, I was horrorstruck. He and I had become as close as Amy and me before the separation. There was only one person who could've caught a G.U.N. agent off guard, my father Lionel.

I don't like admitting it, but even for the son of the original Ultimate Life Form, Lionel the Hedgehog had reached a new all time low. I considered what my father wanted. Why would he want me returned to the Survivors? I mean Shadow was the one who agreed most with him before he saw that day repeated. Why take me back, someone who never agreed with him?

"Sonic?" Shadow came to me. "What are you thinking about?"

I guess it should've been obvious that I was thinking, but not about what. "I want to get Desjardins back without going back to the Survivors," I said. "I'm trying to think: how?"

"I've been thinking that for a while," Shadow said. "And I think I have the solution," he got that evil grin on his face that normally showed he had a good idea nowadays.

"That's Genius!" I said after hearing it.

"Let's set it up and practice it first then."

Days later we had perfected the plan as much as we could control. I went to go get Adrian from the survivors while Shadow waited a mile out in the woods with his sniper Rifle. I didn't want to go back, but I had full confidence in Shadow's plan.

"Sonic!" I heard Tj's voice from above me. He flew down to meet me. "You Came!"

"I'm only here to get my friend back," I said with a stern look on my face.

"I don't think Lionel will allow that."

"I don't care, I don't belong here," Tj gave me a scared look. "Just take me to my father."

Tj led me to the audience hall. The forests where we set up camp were headed with technological advancements in the South Island way of living. The hollowed trees were filled with technology and the caves had all the weapons that the Survivors needed.

Eventually we got to the audience hall, where my father's throne was. He was sitting in it, the streaks of gold and the black body; he looked just as sinister as ever.

"So, you've come," My father said.

"I'm here to get my friend and go, I don't belong here anymore," I said.

"You're friend is responsible for our destruction three months ago!"

"No he wasn't! And if you still think that, I have proof against it! For all of you!" I called out every person in the audience, including but not limited to, Argentum (Spirit's twin brother), Kid, Tj, even Vlad (son of Mighty the Armadillo). They all looked at me with either rage or shock that I had spoken so openly against my father.

"You sealed your fate! You and the human shall die!" those were the last words that my father said that day.

"I figured as much, so I had a little help coming here!"

As soon as he realized what I talking about (Like the very same second) Shadow shot a bullet into the shoulder where he would miss all the arteries. He didn't even register the pain before I rushed through the woods looking for Adrian.

I knew that Shadow was keeping an eye on me, and we had communications devices in our ears. I found Adrian, chained up and nearly dead from beating.

"I got this" Shadow said just before a bullet flew through the trees and broke the chains. Adrian was in no condition to walk so I carried him out of the settlement and rendezvoused with Shadow. We ran out of the forest with Argentum hot on our trail. I decided to head to Angel Island after dropping Adrian off at G.U.N. base.