Here's chapter 3. It will be quite short. Also at the end of the last chapter, on the list I forgot Metal Sonic, but lets pretend he left for now. There will be some TailsCream and SilverTikal moments, plus a little ShadowBlaze. Enjoy

Sonic, Shadow and Silver had been with Tails for some time now. Metal Sonic had almost broke his leg permanantly and beat him within an inch of his life.

"I promise Tails, Metal is going to pay for this!" said Sonic, with anger. Tails put a small smile on his face though.

"Thanks Sonic, just be careful, don't turn into Dark Sonic" he joked.

"Are you sure you'll be ok Tails?" asked Silver.

"Don't worry guys, I got a TV so I won't miss any action" Sonic and Silver gave Tails a thumbs up and Shadow gave a reasurring nod. Since coming down here, Shadow hadn't spoke a word. Yet again, he certainly wasn't the emotional type. It was until the rest of the gang appeared.

"Hey Shadow" said Blaze, obviously ignoring the others.

"Uh...hey Blaze" replied Shadow. He was very nervous at this point. The others rolled their eyes at this.

"Oh, you'll never guess who I saw earlier" said Sonic.

"Who?" asked Amy.

"Sally Acorn, she gave up the throne"

"Wow, cool. Maybe we should meet her later?" asked Tails.

"Of course, but we need to come here, obviously"

Tails looked around and saw everyone else just standing there. This confused the fox at first, but then caught on.

"Hey Guys, you don't need to stay here, I'm fine"

It didn't even take half a second for everyone to evacuate the room. Everyone, including Sonic left. Tails sighed but perked up when he noticed Cream the Rabbit standing there innocently.

"Cream, what's wrong? don't you want to go have fun?"

"It's okay Tails, somebody has to keep you company" Tails smiled. He was surprised by the fact Cream was missing out on fun time just to be with him. She was really a great friend, almost as good as Sonic or Knuckles. Maybe even Cosmo, but decided not to think about that particular subject.

Starlight was exploring the vast hotel, and was the only one on the 8th floor at the moment. Suddenly, a bright flash appeared and Starlight got into a fighting stance. Somebody appeared in front of Starlight.

"Who are you? Why do you look like Shadow?" Starlight asked. The other hedgehog just chuckled.

"Hahaha, oh me and Shadow go back a long way but anyway I need your help" Starlight looked at him as if he was stupid. Did that hedgehog really think Starlight would help someone who hasn't said their name and looks exactly like one of his 'friends'

"I can offer a sixth chaos emerald"

Starlight perked up now. With 6 emeralds, he was boarder line invincible. He thought for a moment but accepted.

"Very well, what are your commands?" Starlight asked.

"You must defeat Shadow the Hedgehog, and bring him to me. At that point, you will get your emerald"

"Understood" Starlight ran off, and the hedgehog jumped into the portal.

"Yes, the master will be very pleased."

Shadow, Silver and Blaze were talking in the lounge bar until Silver noticed Tikal standing by herself so decided to go talk to her.

"Hey there Tikal"

"Hey Silver" she replied. She looked very upset.

"What's wrong?"

"Well, it's just, apart from You, Blaze and Knuckles, nobody wants to hang about with me" Silver smiled.

"Is that it, I mean I hate most the people here anyway and plus if I'm your friend, you've got nothing to worry about" Tikal looked up at him. "Thanks, you know how to cheer me up" Silver then held his hand out to hers

"Come on, join us" Silver and Tikal came back to Shadow and Blaze.

"Hey guys, Tikal's joining us, that alright?" asked Silver.

"Yeah it's alright, me and Blaze were just...talking" said Shadow, eyes moving side to side.

"Uh...okay" said Silver, freaked by Shadow's attitude.

The four of them continued talking about past adventures. Shadow had it in him to tell them what happened in the past and how he was created. The other three were astonished by the tale. Unbeknowest to them, though, someone was watching them, listening to Shadow's story.

"Ultimate life form data complete"

Now it was 10pm. The gang had decided to go for a late dinner tonight. The crowd was thinner tonight. The chaotix including Mighty, Bean, Bark and Fang were not present, as well as Starlight, Tails and Cream. Sonic and Amy were back from talking to Sally, who seemed less than impressed to see them together. Knuckles asked Rouge out, which she accepted. Shadow and Blaze had done something mysterious to kickstart a small relationship. The gang got a smaller table. Manic and Sonic headed the tables. Sonia, Amy, Rouge and Blaze sat together and talked about girl things. Tikal and Silver talked with each other. Sonic and Shadow were having an argument and Knuckles and Manic were properly catching up. Yet, once again, somebody was watching them, listening in.

"Chaos control data, telepathy data, pyrokenises data, chaos data: all complete"

It was the second day of the tournament, and Sonic and Shadow invited everyone for breakfast. Both were in a relaxed mood. No fighting for a couple of days, just chilling out and watching people getting hammered. Today was in Silent Hill. It was supposed to be creepy, but because it was day, it was fine. Today, probably like any other day, was a sell out. There was the promise of some great matches.

"Welcome everybody to the second day of the ultimate tournament. Let's get started...Vector the Crocodile vs. Manic the Hedgehog"