Blaze was busy with work and meetings that she soon forgot about Eggman Nega. Hours went by and there was no word of him. It wasn't till the next day that she passed the Head guard in the castle.
"What's the news on Nega?" she asked. The guard stopped and faced her.
"Still no sing of him." He replied.
"What about the sighting at Lake Tsunami?" Blaze asked. It was unclear what the guard's expression was through the helmet he was wearing.
"I am sorry but I have heard nothing about the lake." said the guard. Blaze clenched her fists.
"Ok then. Can you tell me were Silver the hedgehog is?" Blaze asked. The guard pulled out a yellow and black hand-held device that showed all the cameras in the town. He flicked his armored finger across the screen a few times then showed it to Blaze. There was a grayish being leaving a gate. It was hard to see the details with the rain.
"This was recorded at 5:17pm yesterday at the western entrance." said the guard. "Tsunami Lake is also to the west of here. Should I send a search party to go find him?" Blaze shook her head.
"No. I'm sure Silver can handle himself." Blaze told him. The guard nodded and went on his way. Blaze turned and walked toward the castle entrance. She grabbed a large, purple rain coat and put up the hood. "When I find Silver I'll teach him a lesson about lying to me." Blaze mumbled to herself as she opened the door. The rain was so strong; she could barely see a foot in front of her. Blaze put her hand out and caught a rain drop. She recoiled her hand almost instantly. Blaze took a deep breath. "Ok, on the count of three I'll run. 1….2…..3… GO!"
Blaze shot out the door as fast as she could. Blaze ran passed houses, people and a few guars as she ran around. She zipped out the western door so fast; the camera only caught a purple blur. Blaze took a few steps out the gate and noticed that there was no rain. Behind her was a large black cloud dropping tons of rain into her town. Yet it was completely dry were she was standing. She was completely soaked. "I hate rain." Blaze said as she ran off to the west. Suddenly, a huge wall of ice blasted from the ground blocking her path. Blaze came to a halt.
"And where do you think you're going?" A voice boomed out.
Sonic and Tails were sitting in the living room while Sonic was explaining what happened in the park with Eggman and the Rift stone.
"Well… Eggman has just used time travel in his plans so he won't be doing that." Tails stated. Sonic shivered.
"Ya, I still can't get over the fact that I was so fat in the past." said Sonic. Tails laughed.
"That was a real learning experience for everyone." Tails joked.
"So if Eggman is not using time travel, then that means he is trying to go to the Sol dimension again." Sonic said. Tails grinned.
"So that means we get to see Blaze again. You must like that." Tails taunted. Sonic blushed a bit.
"Oh… Shut up Tails. Besides, it was the Chaos Emeralds that sent us there. How do we get to the Sol dimension without them?" Sonic asked.
"Hmm… How about we take the Rift stone from Eggman and stop the problem before it starts?" Tails suggested. "Then we won't need to go to the Sol dimension."
"Ok but I'm going to need help if I want to break into Eggman's base." Sonic told Tails.
"Well Shadow knows the base well and I can disarm the security system." Tails stated.
"Sounds good to me! Let's go find Shadow." Sonic said as he ran for the door.
"Wait a second!" yelled tails as he went into the kitchen. He walked out with a sticky note. "Shadow's address is 221 Gerald Street."
"What? Shadow has an address? I thought he lived with Rouge or something." said Sonic surprisingly. Tails shook his head.
"Come on. Let's go!" said Tails.
Sonic and Tails arrived at large red and black house. The front lawn was a deep shade of green.
"Why am I not surprized that this is Shadow's house?" said Sonic as he walked up to the front door. He was about to press the doorbell when he heard a sound coming from the back yard. Sonic waved Tails over as he crouched at the outside of the house. They creped along the wall... The sound kept getting louder.
"Can you feel the sunshine, does it brighten up your day."
Sonic and Tails peeked around the corner and saw Shadow crouched down holding a small shovel digging a hole. He was singing to himself.
"Reach out for the sunshine, forget about the rain. Don't you feel that sometimes, you just need to run away!" he sang as he placed a beautiful white flower into the hole he dug. Shadow's backyard was filled with many other colourful flowers and plants.
Sonic stepped out from around the corner and snickered a bit.
"Hey Shadow! I didn't know that your liked to garden." Sonic joked. Shadow was startled by Sonic and fell down onto a yellow and blue plant. He quickly stood up.
"What do you want?" Shadow asked wile fixing the plant.
"We need you to help us break into Eggman's base." Tails told Shadow. Shadow turned and faced them.
"And why should I help you?" Shadow asked. Sonic walked up to one of the flowers.
"I'm sure Rouge would love to know the real you." Sonic said as he picked a bright yellow flower. Shadow growled.
"You wouldn't dare." growled Shadow. Sonic smirked.
"Try me." Sonic told him. Shadow crossed his arms.
"Fine. I'll help you out." He said. Tails nodded.
"Good, when will you be ready?" He asked. Shadow walked up to the hose nozzle and turned it. The backyard was rotated and a new, flat area of dead grass was in its place.
"That's pretty cool." said Sonic.
"Ya, ya. Now let's go!" Said Shadow.
Sonic, Tails, and Shadow were all standing behind a large rock that was just outside Eggman's base. The base was shaped like a large factory with Eggman's face painted onto the front. A large Eggpawn was guarding the entrance.
"Ok, I'll disable the security system while you two go after the Rift stone." said Tails.
"The what stone?" Shadow asked.
"I'll explain later." Sonic told him. Tails handed Sonic and Shadow an ear piece.
"I will keep in touch with this. Ok?" Tails said. Sonic and Shadow nodded as they ran out from behind the rock. Sonic crashed into the robot while Shadow blew open the door. The two ran down large metal hallways crashing robots.
"Guys, they know I'm in the system. Hurry and get the stone before they-"Tails was cut off by the sound of the alarm. Sonic and Shadow ran passed more hallways till they entered the room were Dr. Eggman was. He was pressing buttons on a large panel. Beside him was the Rift stone. It was in a glass container with wires attached to it. Eggman pressed a button and the alarm went off.
"Tails, we found the stone." Sonic whispered into the headphone. There was silence on the other end. "Tails? Do you read me?" Sonic said again. Still no answer. A door on the other side of the room opened and two Eggpawns walked in carrying a yellow fox by its arms. Eggman walked up to it.
"Well, well, well… If it isn't little Miles Prower. If you are here than that pest Sonic is here as well." Eggman said. Tails just growled at him. Sonic and Shadow jumped out from behind the corner.
"Let him go Eggman!" Sonic yelled. Eggman grinned.
"As you wish." The robots threw Tails into the middle of the room. Sonic and Shadow ran up to him to see if he was ok.
"Sonic, look out!" said Tails but it was too late. Red laser beams dropped around the three animals. Eggman began to laugh.
"This is easier than I planned!" He laughed.
"What do you want Eggman!" Shadow yelled.
"To find out if the rock will work!" Eggman responded as he pressed a big red button. The rift stone began to glow red. The room began to shake as it got brighter. Suddenly, the wires attached to the stone glowed. Then a large, white beam blasted down from the top of the laser beam cage that Sonic, Shadow and Tails was in. When the beam stopped, the cage was empty.