He ran on through the thronging crowds, but he was trapped in the metropolis. He'd been seen too many times already, so if he returned to his friends they would all be caught by the iron fisted G.U.N.

He nearly crashed into several people but he didn't notice; to him, it was white noise. He had bigger things to worry about.

The THUM THUM of the helicopter came round the corner before the war machine did. He had an advantage; he didn't want to lose it and he didn't want to hurt these soldiers. His quarrel was with their supreme commander.

"Shadow; surrender now and we will allow you to live. Continue to run or fight will result in execution. Submit!"

Fight? Ha! Shadow had already been exhausted with his fight with Neo; and he was only temporarily out of commission.

"You don't surrender?" came the voice of the commander from the helicopter. "Fine. Men, open fire!"

Bullets whizzed past Shadow's head. He had to escape, but the G.U.N. units were slowly surrounding him. He couldn't avoid them forever, though. He heard a missile launch from its pedestal. Homing. Locking. Shooting toward him. So he stopped; the missile overshot and took out a few G.U.N. jeeps.

"I surrender."

"What? Do my ears deceive me Shadow?"

"You heard me."

"Tase him."

"Wha-"

And it all went black.

The lights were white and sterile. He wished for the soft lights of Amy's house. He wished for her. Her green eyes. Her soft pink quills, her... What was he thinking? Did he...? It wasn't possible...and it faded into darkness again.

Cold. Hard. His back hurt and he wanted some aspirin. Crap. His head was ringing like a bell, he was in a research facility (as far as he could tell), was being held prisoner, just discovered his love for Amy Rose. Such a great day. He loved his life.

"Welcome Shadow...welcome to project Sonic!!

"Work quicker! G.U.N. are closing in, Tails!"

"Knuckles, screaming at Tails will definitely NOT help."

Amy was doing her very best to keep the urge to hit Knuckles with her hammer under control. She had just run half a mile, was desperately trying to avoid the armed forces, and was subconsciously worrying about Shadow. She loved her life.

Suddenly the tornado hummed into life.

"Guys...I just hope these repairs I made work..."

"They will Tails."

He smiled a hurried smile at Amy before climbing in the cockpit. Even though they had just travelled half a mile, Rouge was pacing up and down restlessly at the fact she was being hunted down by her former friends.

The door of the work shop collapsed as if it were paper. But it was reinforced steel. G.U.N. must have been alerted to their presence. But how?

"Sorry guys..."

"Rouge? You fucking bitch!"

Amy was about to lunge when she noticed the red dots appearing on her pink dress.

"Amy they only want Tails. You two are free to leave."

And then Amy lunged.

Black.

"What...project Sonic?"

"Shadow...these are androids based on Sonic. They will hunt down and destroy threats to our collective security. Like you, Shadow."

"Two questions... to make an android you need the original to clone from...and two...you don't have the tech or experience to make these androids...who are you working with?

"Good question, Shadow..."

The voice was familiar...no! He was a psycho!

A figure emerged from the shadows. It wore a red jacket with straps, long black trousers and wore and indefatigable grin. Its name was Ivo Robotnik, more commonly known as Doctor Eggman.

Sorry for the long time between instalments, I was slacking off (no surprise there...). I hope you like this action oriented episode...and as usual send your comments to me!! ^_^

I DO NOT own Sonic...Damn...