Hey! sorry about not updating, I've been having a little case of laziness (not much of an excuse)

MYSTIC RUINS

Knuckles ran through the cave leading to Angel Island. After he was past the gate to Ice Cap he stopped in his tracks he got a pounding headache out of nowhere.

"I sense a disturbance in the Master Emerald…" He said clutching his forehead.

Knuckles knew what had happened.

"Oh no" he said dashing off faster than he had ever ran before.

When he got out of the cave he saw that Angel Island had crashed into the water!

Knuckles ran across the bridge that was now connected to the island. When he got on the Island, he saw Vector, Espio and Charmy were on the ground unconscious.

"Vector! Espio! Charmy!"

Vector let out a big groan. Knuckles ran over to him to help him up.

"Knux… we couldn't beat… him…" Vector said with visible effort.

"Who, Vector Who? Who couldn't you beat?" Knuckles asked.

Vector was clearly trying to remain conscious.

"It… was…"

Vector eyes closed and he collapsed, but not before blurting out:

"Metal… Sonic…"

PRISION ISLAND

Shadow was tied to a wooden seat onboard the GUN truck. On the left wall sat three armed soldiers. On the right wall sat three more armed soldiers. Straight ahead of Shadow, in front of the back door stood four more armed guards.

I can see any chance of escaping is out of the question, thought Shadow as he tugged on his handcuffs.

"Stop that! No struggling!" a soldier said pointing his weapon at Shadow.

Shadow stopped struggling and just sat there.

I can't believe I let them take me down, and they took my Chaos Emeralds! Maybe Doom was right about these humans…

Shadow closed his eyes and tried to focus on his visions.

His mind was completely blank as if his visions had completely disappeared.

I must need the power of the Chaos emeralds to keep those memories coming… I MUST get them back even if it means killing these humans…

Suddenly the truck stopped the soldiers got out the door except for two, who took off Shadows handcuffs.

"Get up"

Shadow did as he was told and got up, then the soldiers escorted him out of the truck. As soon as he was out, they gathered around him with there guns pointed at him.

At first Shadow thought they were going to all shoot him but they pushed him over to an big airplane and once he was in they hand cuffed him to a seat… again…

But unlike the wooden bench, the seat was very conferrable.

Shadow found himself starting to go to sleep but just as he had fallen asleep the plane landed and the soldiers pushed him off the plane. But this time when they took the one end of the handcuff that was cuffed to the seat off and put it on Shadows free hand.

When Shadow got off the plane he saw a Island military base surrounded by a Jungle.

Shadow suddenly remembered something about this strange Island.

I remember this place… I came here once and was captured by the human soldiers but why and how did I escape? Shadow thought.

While Shadow was lost in his thoughts a soldier pushed him forward.

"Keep it moving Hedgehog!"

Shadow snarled then started to walk forward. As he approached the entrance the door slid up into the ceiling and Shadow's jaw dropped at what he saw. It was an enormous military base, Thousands of soldiers walked side by side. Soldiers climbed into what appeared to be robotic MECHs.

"Halt." A voice said.

Shadow looked and saw a large man in a GUN military vest, the vest was covered with metals.

"Present Identification" the man said.

One of the soldiers that was holding Shadow stepped in front of Shadow and saluted.

"Unit 28377 reporting with prisoner 827 sir!"

"Excellent. We have been expecting you." The vest man said looking down at Shadow.

"These are his sir!" said another soldier handing the man Shadows Chaos emeralds.

NO! My Emeralds!

"Good… Good… take him to cell 3224." The man said walking off, with Shadows chaos emeralds!

Shadow wanted to run after him but the soldiers pushed him again. After walking for about an hour they came to Shadows cell. It didn't look like a ordinary jail cell like the one in the Egg Carrier it was just a small room with a blue force-field for a door. One of the soldiers swiped a key card through a mechanism on the door and the force-field disappeared.

A soldier pushed Shadow in the room violently and Shadow fell flat on his face. The soldiers laughed at him. Shadow got up and charged at the soldiers but the force-field came up again and Shadow hit it and was violently shocked by it.

The soldiers laughed some more then walked off.

Shadow got up and wiped the dirt off his chest, "Didn't think I'd fall for that trick twice.

Shadow could still hear the soldiers laughing.

"Pathetic humans"

Shadow started pacing he did it because well, he was bored. After about an hour of solid boredom a soldier walked up to Shadow's cell.

"You have a visitor." The soldier said then walked off.

A visitor maybe whoever it is can tell me why I was captured… after I helped the humans!

A Bat girl ran up to the cell, she was smiling and had tears in her eyes.

Wow… she's hot…

The bat girl deactivated the force field then ran up to Shadow, kissed him on the cheek and hugged him.

"Oh, Shadow I knew you weren't dead!" she said.

"Who the hell are you?"

The girl stepped back away from Shadow, "I'm Rouge the bat, don't you remember me?"

"I don't remember anything!" Shadow yelled.

Rouge was silent for a second.

"You know… I could help you."

"What do you know about me" Shadow asked.

"I know a lot about you Shadow the Hedgehog." Rouge said stepped toward Shadow.

Rouge told Shadow about the Eclipse Canon and how he was on an evil rampage to collect the Chaos Emeralds.

"Whoa… I never thought I would ever work for that Doctor!" Shadow said.

Rouge smiled, "Well… he is your creator's grandson."

All was silent for a few minutes.

"Professor Gerald Robotnik…" Shadow said.

Rouge was about to saw something when a soldier walked into the room.

"Visiting hours are over."

"Please let me stay with him!" Rouge begged.

"No. besides he needs his sleep for tomorrows… events…"

"Events? What events?" Shadow asked.

The soldier did not answer and Rouge walked out of the room, the force-field closing behind her.

Shadow sat on the bed and stared at the ceiling, thinking about what Rouge had said and the same question ran through his head over and over.

What are tomorrow's events?

Shadow eventually fell into a deep sleep.

Hours later when all the soldiers were asleep, Rouge the Bat approached Shadows cell, typed in a few numbers and the force-field disappeared. Shadow was still asleep and Rouge frantically shook him.

Shadow yawned then looked up to see Rouge with a look of Panic on her face.

"What is it Rouge?"

"Shadow, they are going to kill you!" Rouge said.

Shadow jumped out of bed, "Why are the soldiers going to kill me?" he asked.

"I don't know, the lieutenant said direct orders from Headquarters."

Shadow was silent for a moment.

"I'm not going to let them kill you!' Rouge said grabbing Shadows hand as she ran off dragging him behind.

Little did the two know, the lieutenant was watching them through the security cameras, beside him stood two guards

"What is your orders sir?" one said.

"Seek and destroy." He said.

"What about Rouge?" the other soldier asked.

"She is a Traitor, if necessary kill her two." The lieutenant said.

The two soldiers walked of to ready their troops, while the commander continued to watch them.

Thats chapter nine... chapter ten will be up in a few days