I forgot to do the disclaimers last time, so I want to say I do not own Sonic. This applies to this entire story. Also, trivia: That poem I wrote for the last chapter uses an Iambic Pentameter, if you wanted to know. Also, even if you posted a comment, feel free to post again as I would love feedback on how you like my tale... Now, ENJOY!

Shadow...

It's all right, I know.

He pulled her closer and was about to kiss her.

Their lips inched ever closer and had nearly met-

BRINNGGGG!!!!!!

Amy rubbed her head and slowly awoke.

That was a good dream...

She muttered a few choice expletives under her breath and wandered downstairs.

The doorbell was ringing franticly and was, quite frankly, beginning to give her a headache.

She slowly opened the door as the last time someone came round this early tried to rob her. Unfortunately for them, she had her Piko Piko hammer close to hand and they both woke up with some rather nasty headaches at the police station.

"Knuckles? What are you doing here?"

"Do you know where Tails and Shadow are? I know you hate Shadow, but he needs-"

He had just caught a glimpse of Shadow sleeping on the couch.

"Oh...right...is Tails here too?"

"Yeah."

She wasn't in the mood for explanations. She had just been interrupted form the best dream she'd had in a long time and she was really pissed off. Partly because that dream wasn't real, and partly because it had been interrupted.

Strangely, Rouge followed. Amy wasn't sure for the past year whether they had a relationship, but now it seemed blindingly clear.

"Are...you two...?"

Rouge blushed. The answer was an obvious one. Knuckles decided, against his better judgement, to speak up.

"Kinda...yeah..."

He smiled at Rouge. The real killer for Amy was the fact that they were both so happy and yet it seemed they were seeking out sadness. Were they insane?!

He was being chased. He knew it. He could almost feel them. He had to run and asses the threat. Only then could he make a reasonable decision of what the best course of action would be.

He readied himself and then he sped off into the light. But no matter how fast he was, the light would not get any closer...he was drowning in the inky blackness, it was smothering his soul.

And only as he was taking his final breaths, did he see his assailant. It was himself! He looked down at his fur, and to his horror he was cobalt!

"Bye Sonic...I'm gonna take everything you had and use it as my own...your friends...your girl...have fun dying, faker.

Shadow smirked before he sped off into the night.

"Aaaghh!"

"Shadow, what happened?

"Fuck..."

His breathing was heavy and scattered. Amy just wanted to hold him, but she held herself back. She knew he wouldn't want that.

"Amy...it was just a bad dream. I'll be fine."

Just then he noticed Knuckles and Rouge in the next room transfixed by each other.

He raised a conspicuous eyebrow in puzzlement. Amy caught his meaning and said,

"Yeah, I wasn't expecting it either. They wanted to find you and Tails but they just have."

"So they heard then."

"A hero shooting and killing a police officer? It's been on every news channel continuously since it happened."

"Anything on any chaos emeralds?"

"Sorry, no."

Shadow would have got up, but he noticed something about to smash through the wall.

"DOWN!"

So you like my new direction...? Don't worry I'll post a new chapter when I finish orchestrating my master plan. In my original version, Amy was the villain, but...I decided on something far worse. Get prepared as this story is about to take another dark turn in a few chapters...

Also please R&R!!!