A Time For Two Chapter 10

Space Colony Ark

Tails looked at the TV in shock as he saw the blue hedgehog strapped in about to be killed. He wasn't sure if he was angry at Eggman or angry at Sonic himself. How could he had gotten captured.

Amy sat there on the bed and cried for a bit and looked at the kit.

"We have to go and save him." Tails looked at Amy and then turned away. They did not have much time and they didn't even know where they were. He knew it was time for him to get to work.

"I guess it's up to me to save Sonic." He felt some hands hold onto his shoulders softly. He looked up to see the black hedgehog looking down at him.

"We will save Sonic." This made the fox ears perked up happily. Even with Sonic being in trouble he was lad to have Shadow there with him. He soon stood up.

"We need to get going Shadow." The fox turned to Amy who was still sniffling softly. "Don't worry Amy we will save him." She smiled softly at him. "And thanks again for helping me."

"It's what I do Tails you know that." She turned and looked at the screen looking at Sonic. By this time Tails and Shadow was on their way out of the door and heading back to the workshop. As the two walked down the street many of the people were looking at the television screens in horror as Sonic was put on display and Eggman laughed loudly at his suppose triumph.

No more then a half an hour later the two were back at the workshop. Tails was worried and went over into his workshop. He went over to his TV and started to hook up different wires and cords. Shadow watched him and sat down.

"You're going to track the signal that he is using to broadcast?" The fox nodded softly. Shadow was not the smartest person in the world but for Tails he was smarter then anyone he knew around him.

"It shouldn't take too long and once we find out where he is keeping him we can go and get him."

"You know it's not going to be easy for us just to walk in there Miles." The fox was playing with a machine as he started to get some information from the signal.

"I know but you say as if you can't do it Shadow. I trust you with my life and I know if anyone else was to be by my side at this I would be worried but I'm not." Shadow blinked as he looked at Tails. He had that much trust in him already. He felt the same way. As he was lost in a bit of thought Tails snapped his fingers.

"I got the signal! He's.." The fox stopped as he looked up the location of where the signal was coming from. Shadow looked at him.

"What is it Miles. Where is it coming from?"

"It's coming from the space colony Ark." Shadow shook his head and turned away from him.

"That's impossible that place was destroyed after what happened."

"Yeah I know but that is what it is saying. We have to go." Tails stood up and was about to leave when she turned and looked at Shadow who did not move. "Shadow, please I need your help." Shadow sighed softly all of his past memories coming back to him. He did not want to relive all of that again and he did not want to go back to that place. He turned and looked at the fox. He looked really hurt and upset. Most likely because the fox had just told him how much he trusted and now he was acting as if he did not want to help the fox. He then walked over to Tails.

"Alright fine. Let's get going and get this over with. I would have guessed Sonic would have been smart enough not to be caught by the scientist. Oh well." The fox smiled softly.

"Come on we have to go to the military base and get one of the space shuttles from there. It 's our only chance." Shadow nodded as the two went into the workshop of the fox and ready his plane for takeoff.

Tails jumped into the cockpit and Shadow took Sonic's place on the back of the plane. Tails looked up at him standing there ready to go. It was strange to see someone in Sonic's place standing there. He put his goggles on and soon turned the plane on and checked one last time before taking off into the sky. He looked at the clouds and for a brief second could see Sonic's face.

"I know we don't get along as well as we used to Sonic but that doesn't mean I won't come to save you. Trust me like I trust you and Shadow."

Shadow looked down at Tails as he concentrated on the path he was going to take to get to the base. Sometimes he could look so serious. Maybe that was why the blue hedgehog tried his best to be a great friend to the fox. He was very dependable.

On a military base that was north of Red Mountain men watched the TV screen shocked and amazed at what was happening. They looked at the timer to see it read 10 hours and some minutes. The clock was winding down for their favorite hero. One of the Generals was making his rounds when he heard a loud roar. It sounded like a plane. He walked outside to see the Tornado heading right at him. He knew it was Tails and it was only a minute of time before he was coming.

"It took him long enough to get here. I was a bit worried that he wasn't going to show up for a while." The plane soon landed and the fox hoped out and Shadow soon followed behind him. The General nodded to Tails. "Welcome back to the base Tails. How can we help you?"

"We need to use your space shuttle. We know where Sonic is. He's out in space." The man blinked and looked at the fox. He knew he must have been serious because he had an determined looked on his face.

"Well if it is what you need Tails. You do know that no one is to know of all of this." The fox nodded softly knowing that. It was the same things like before when he came to use the equipment to save Amy a few months ago. The man then turned and looked over at Shadow. "And who is this?"

"This is my close friend Shadow. He is here to help me to save Sonic." The man nodded softly as the two followed the man and they were soon taken deep down into the depths of the base. It gets so dark that the two can not se and there is a glowing green light that helped lead the way. They soon came to a huge black door that is marked "Do Not Enter" The General goes and pulls out a card and swipes it into a slot and then punches in a code. The door slides open and they walk into a room that looks like a control room. Tails runs over to a window to see a few shuttles on the other side of them. They looked as if it was being prepared to go into space. Tails turned and looked at the man. "Were you expecting us to go into space?" The man shakes his head no.

"No we just have this here because the space program was running out of space in the area they were." The fox nodded softly. It was a bit strange but he really didn't have time to think about it right now.

"Well set us up! We have to go now. It will take us at least three hours to get there if not longer." Tails then ran past them going out into the shuttle area. Shadow was following as well as the two went and climbed into the closet shuttle and started to strap them selves in Tails was flicking the controls getting ready for launch as they hear a lot of noise and some flashing lights.

"INTRUTER ALERT! INTRUTER ALERT!" The voice called out. The general turned and looked at the screen and saw a pink hedgehog running around swinging a hammer at the men trying to get past them.

"There is a girl hedgehog down here! Take her down!" Tails ears perk up hearing this and calls out to him.

"No! Its Amy don't kill her! She is here to help us!" The guy looks at Tails on the screen. "I swear to you. Just let her come down here." The General sighs softly.

Ten minutes later the pink hedgehog is buckling herself into a chair next to Tails. The fox had to beg the General not to kill her because she had came there. She just wanted to help like she always does but never does it in the right way. Shadow looked at the female a bit annoyed that she had caused such a scene and made them waste some time.

"Amy if you wanted to come you should have just told us." He spoke softly to her. She sat back in the chair and looked over at tails as he did a final check as they were about to blast off.

"Tails would have said no. I know it he never wants me to go anywhere." Tails turns and looks at her.

"That's because I did not want you to get hurt. I should have guessed that you were going to come anyway. Oh well we need to get this show on the road." Amy crossed her arms and looked at them as the countdown started. As they yelled out ONE Tails slammed down the launch button and the shuttle went straight up heading into the atmosphere. It seemed like the three of them were in obit for hours. The three of them held on to their seats as the blue sky turned to black showing their decent into space. In Shadow's mind is was like going back in time to a horrible nightmare that he had been running away from the past few years. Once again he found himself going back to this place and for what? He knew why because he wanted to help Tails. Other then that he would not have come. Tails pointed as he soon saw the object floating in a circle. He couldn't believe it because they had swore it had been destroyed. "Well there it is." Amy blinked as she soon recognized what it was.

"Ark? I thought it was.." Before she could finish she saw Tails glancing over at her. She then looked over at Shadow who had fallen silent back to his old ways Tails knew this was going to be hard for him to face this place once again but he just wanted to go in and get Sonic and then leave. With Shadow there it shouldn't take too long to accomplish.

Tails took ahold of the controls and soon started to steer the shuttle in to land it on the far side of the colony hoping that Eggman did not see them. It seamed the scientist was too busy being on TV and making fun of Sonic to really noticed what was going on. Amy was looking at her watch getting more and more nervous as time started to wine down for Sonic. The fox landed the shuttle and gave the two the ok for them to get out of their seats. Amy of course was the first one up heading to the door to open it. Tails turned and looked over at Shadow more then worried about him. Was he going to be able to handle all of this?

Tails walked out onto the familiar deck of the floating monstrosity with Amy. Shadow soon followed and as he stepped on he started getting flashbacks of what had happen to him when he was here with Eggman's relative and when Sonic and friends had came here. He looked down a bit closing his eyes trying to push the memories out of his head.

"Shadow are you sure you are going to be alright?" Tails walked over to him to try and give support and comfort to help him. He looked at the fox his blue eyes glowing brightly showing concern for him. It made him smile.

"I will be fine Miles trust me." Tails tried his best to look happy but he was still worried about him. Right now they needed to find Sonic. He would talk to Shadow about all of this once they were safely home. He looked down at his watch and then pointed.

"Alright let's go this way. Amy come on." He looks around and the pink hedgehog was gone. He growled more then annoyed. He knew he should have made her go back home and now she had vanished. "Oh come on! This is the wrong time for her to be vanishing!" The fox sighed a bit frustrated at the hedgehog. Once again he felt the comforting hands of Shadow on his shoulders.

"Come on Miles you know she went to find Sonic. If she is not there when we find him then we will go and find her after we save Sonic alright?" The fox looked up at him and nodded softly.

"Alright then."