Hello everybody! Im a little later than I said I would be so Im sorry! There's going to be about 25 - 26 chapters in this story

MYSTIC RUINS

Shadow, Rouge, Sonic, Tails, Amy, Cream and Cheese ran to Tails workshop. Shadow was ahead of everyone running faster out of fear and anger. I can't believe I let this happen! five minutes after I tell her I will protect her, Black Doom shows up and grabs her right in front of me! Shadow thought.

I'm such a loser! Why didn't I react quicker!

Shadow felt a small tear emerge in his eye but he blinked it back. When they approached Tails Work shop Shadow was really anxious to get going.

"Tails were is your ship?"

"Well, it's called the Tornado 3; it's five times as large as the tornado 2, it's finished, but it takes two chaos emeralds to power" Tails said.

Tails nervously looked over to Shadow.

"So… uh, Shadow… were going to need those emeralds back" Tails said cautiously.

Before Tails could finish, Shadow had already handed him the blue and purple emeralds. Tails darted into the workshop and five minutes later, the wall opened and the cliff turned into a runway. A large red ship rolled out of the workshop. It was huge.

"Whoa…" Amy said.

They all climbed into the door. On the inside there was a large window in the front and a green floor, there was a huge seat near the back of the ship and two smaller seats to the left and right of the captain's seat. Behind the seats were the two emeralds.

Tails was sitting in the captain's seat. Sonic ran and took the seat to the right of Tails, Amy took the seat to the left. Cream stared out the window. Shadow stood in the center of the green floor with his arms crossed and his eyes closed. Rouge stood beside Shadow.

Tails pulled a lever and the ship darted down the runway and blasted of into space.

"How far away is the Black Comet?" Rouge asked.

Tails thought for a second.

"The Black Comet is constantly moving, but the Tornado 3 should catch up to it in about two hours." Tails said.

"Hey, Tails," Sonic started, "If this ship is so big how come I never noticed it!"

Tails shrugged, "You never were that observant"

PYRAMID

Knuckles approached the Master Emerald, Espio, Vector and Charmy were a few steps behind him. Knuckles was so happy to see the Master Emerald, but he did not say a thing, he just smiled and put his right hand on top of it. Suddenly, the emerald started to glow brighter and brighter every second.

"Knuckles! What's going on?" Vector yelled, shielding his eyes from the blinding light.

"I don't know! Nothing like this has ever happened before!" Knuckles yelled.

Suddenly a figure appeared out of the blinding light. At first it was a pitch white but it became more and more clear. It was an orange haired Echidna.

" Tikal?" Knuckles asked.

Tikal bowed, "Greeting Guardian, it's so nice to see you again"

"Uh, what are you doing here?" Knuckles asked.

"Well you see, Guardian, Chaos and I will only appear out of the Master Emerald when a great crisis is about to happen" Tikal said.

"But… where's Chaos?" Knuckles asked.

Knuckles suddenly noticed a puddle of water beside Tikal, It suddenly morphed in Chaos Zero.

"Oh"

"Guardian, we must hurry if we are to stop this crisis!" Tikal said, fear in here voice.

"But where do we even start?" Knuckles asked.

"The Space Colony ARK!" Tikal said.

Knuckles looked confused. Tikal walked over to him and the Chaotix. "Everyone gather around me, I can use Chaos Control to warp us right there!"

Everyone stood around Tikal and she reached for the sky. Then, they all disappeared in a red light.

TORNADO 3

Shadow stared out into space. He was alone, there was no one standing around him and there was no one taking to him. Shadow suddenly noticed a large space station to the left of the Black Comet.

"Tails, what's that?" Shadow asked.

"That's the Space Colony ARK" Tails answered.

Shadow stared at the colony with interest.

"This is where I…" Shadow muttered. A vision suddenly popped into Shadow's head it was himself, only he was in Hyper Form, and beside him was Super Sonic. They were attacking a large orange lizard. There was another vision, this time it showed himself and Super Sonic charging at the ARK. The last vision was of Shadow plummeting to the earth. "Died…" Shadow suddenly had a flashback.

He was running down a long metal hallway, Maria was right beside him, Shadow was holding her hand as they ran. The two of them ran into a room.

"Maria, are you alright?" Shadow asked.

"No, Shadow. A bullet has hit me in the chest, now please go stand in that ring" Maria said.

Shadow did as she asked and he became trapped in a capsule. "Shadow…" she started her voice getting weaker. "I beg of you… please, do this for me… for a better future" she said she could barley stand up.

"MARIA!" Shadow screamed.

"For all the people who live on that planet... give them a chance to be happy. Let them live for their dreams. Shadow, I know you can do it. That's the reason that you were brought into this world. Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog." She said, suddenly a soldier came into the room and shot her in the neck and she died in front of Shadow. Then the capsule shot of into space.

Shadow popped back into reality. Maria… she died… because of me!

Shadow suddenly realized that he was responsible for his 'sisters' death!

Shadow suddenly felt the urge to cry. But he sucked it back. But his lip started to quiver and his eyes got a little puffy.

"Maria…"

Rouge noticed Shadow's sadness.

"Shadow, what's wrong?"

Shadow gave her a sharp look. "N-nothing…" Shadow said, and then he quickly turned away from her. Rouge walked up to him and put her hand on his shoulder. "Shadow… you know you can tell me anything" Rouge said kindly.

Shadow took a step away from her.

"Shadow…" Rouge started, "Please tell me…"

Shadow looked her in the eye a tear ran down his cheek, "Maria… she died because of me!" Shadow said his voice full of sadness and grief.

"Who's Maria?" Rouge asked.

Shadow told Rouge about Maria and how she was shot.

"So… she sacrificed herself to save you?" Rouge asked.

Another tear ran down Shadow's face, "Yes"

"She was so young… she had her whole life ahead of her… and she died because of me!" Shadow said.

"Shadow… she sacrificed herself to save you because she LOVED you!" Rouge said.

Shadow turned away from Rouge, "If I could turn back time… I would sacrifice myself for her!" Shadow said.

The others were quiet, they had heard everything. But they did not say anything. Shadow suddenly felt the familiar urge to reek his revenge upon humanity. But he held it back… all that mattered for him now, was to save Hope. She was the only family he had now… and he would take on an entire galaxy of black creatures to protect her.

ARK

Knuckles, Espio, Vector, Charmy, Tikal and Chaos appeared on the Space colony ARK. " Tikal… what are we doing here?" Knuckles asked. "We are going to find a weapon that will help save humanity in the end" Tikal said. "What?" asked Espio Tikal turned to Espio and looked him right in the eye.

"The Eclipse Canon"

SPACE

Behind the Tornado 3, flew the G.U.N. commander's ship. "So, Sonic and his friends have decidedto work with that murderous, evil hedgehog" he said.

"Well I kill them all, with my greatest invention of all, the Diablon!"