I have been very lazy, I know, but to the patient few who actually like this story, this is gonna be an extra long chapter!! ^_^

I do not own Sonic...Nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It played through his head. Endlessly. Continuously. Space. The ARK. Shadow... but what tormented him most was the falling. Falling through the inky blackness of space. Infinite. Lost forever? Was he dead? But if he was dead, how could he be thinking this? It flicked across his mind. A mysterious image laughing, with a wide unpleasant grin. Who was it? Where was it? Where was he? In purgatory, between the realms of life and death? He knew he'd die someday...but so soon? He had so much he wanted to do and see, to feel and experience. Some thing was creeping up on him. He could feel it. A burning fire. To fight the emptiness that consumed him. A mindless rage.

And somewhere in the bowels of the fortress, an unconscious hand twitched. And it broke its chains.

(5 minutes earlier)

"Amy. I found it. A weak link in the cell. Give me a minute or so and we'll be able to find Shadow."

Knuckles gingerly tapped the wall. He stopped for a second judging how much force would need to be applied.

"Hurry up, Knux. We're not getting any younger."

"Right."

And with that he slammed his fist through the wall.

(Present)

Shadow cast his eyes downward. The alarm had just gone off. He wondered who would be stupid enough to try and escape a top secret government facility. Possibly a Sonic android? It could have malfunctioned.

A fleck of dark blue sped past his cell. Definitely an android.

"Where's the exit monkey boy? I don't like confined spaces."

Remarkable. The android sounded almost exactly like Sonic. If a little more hoarse.

"Shadow, stop being an emo or I'll hit you real hard."

Shadow looked up quizzically.

"Sonic...you're dead..."

"Not so emo-kid. Just in an induced coma. Now stop feelin' sorry for yourself or I will be forced to put your face through that wall. Got it?"

Sonic seemed different. His fur was darker, he was more aggressive and he seemed to relish at the thought of others pain. It was understandable, though. Sonic loved freedom and putting him in a coma was a sure way to piss him off. Shadow grinned. He wanted to see where this would go.

"Ok. Wanna see what kind of trouble we can get into?"

Sonic smirked.

"Sounds like a plan."

Shadow's shoes powered up and they sped off into the base.

"Hurry up Knux!"

However, he was too busy fighting the G.U.N beetles.

"It's not my fault someone set the alarm off is it Amy?"

"Who do you think set it off?"

"Shadow, but he'll be long gone by now. He doesn't even know we're here."

"Well...let's get Tails and get out of this hellish place."

"Commander, I have just lost the basis for our super weapons! I want answers!"

"You are not the one to do the questioning here Robotnik! Find them and destroy them if needs be!"

Ivo smirked. He had been waiting for this moment for a long while. The base was in disarray and all the G.U.N troops were focused on the escapees.

"The only one who will be destroyed, sir, is you."

And Ivo shot the commander. He grabbed the intercom and began to speak.

"My name is Ivo Robotnik, and from this moment forward, G.U.N answers to me."

A voice rang through the intercom startling the two hedgehogs.

"My name is Ivo Robotnik, and form this moment forward, G.U.N answers to me."

Sonic and Shadow glanced at each other. If Robotnik was in charge of G.U.N the outcome could be disastrous; he could launch an invasion of the world and he couldn't be stopped. The androids had two clear purposes. One, to bluff his way into G.U.N, and two, to distract the world's heroes from his bigger scale invasion. He had to be stopped. They changed their direction and focused on the battle ahead.

Yeah...this is the first inclusion of Dark Super Sonic. I thought it would be appropriate since it only happens in the Sonic X universe, but he's an interesting character. Any comments? You know what to do...