I hope I'm doing a better job here than Blood Night, I screwed up the pacing on that big time.. I don't think it's salvageable really.

After making it through Eggman's facility with the child in tow, Sonic lead Shadow to wear Tails was hiding out past the perimeter.

"Thank goodness!" The fox said seeing his friends arriving safe from harm. "Shadow? Is that a baby..?" Tails pointed to the infant in the striped hedgehog's arms.

"Yeah, she's the reason why I asked to go the nursery." Sonic explained. "Eggman made her from our energy and DNA, was gonna train her to be the perfect heir to his so called "Eggman empire"."He put the last part in finger quotes.

"So, there's no emerald then?"

Sonic shook his head.

"The doctor told me there was a way to clone Maria.. I made the rookie mistake of trusting him.. " Shadow shook his head. "He used me, to lure Sonic in."

"It's ok, Shadow, we made it out after all!" Sonic tried to comfort his friend.

"Hey, what are you gonna do about..that?" Tails asked once again gesturing to the sleeping infant.

"I'm not going to let Eggman get a hold of her again." The blue hedgehog turned to Shadow. "Well, what do you say, Shadow? She is our daughter after all."

"I definitely don't trust you to take care of a child by yourself for one and second, I have to admit I feel like I have a responsibility to care for her, it is partly my blood in her veins after all. I'll do what I can." Shadow agreed.

Sonic smiled. "Now she needs a name! Mind if I choose it? I kinda wanna name her after my mom."

"Your mom?" Shadow asked.

"She doesn't look like an Aleena." Tails said, examining the baby.

"Well, I mean more her middle name, Allison." The hero clarified.

"Allison? Hmm, it's a nice name." Shadow smiled. "Speaking of middle names, mind if I choose one?"

"Go for it." Sonic replied happily.

"Grace, Allison Grace the Hedgehog. To live with grace is what I want for her."

"Allison Grace, I like it." Tails smiled.

Sonic nodded in agreement. "We could call her Ally for short." The baby hedgehog in Shadow's arms began to awaken from her nap. She smiled sleepily at Sonic. "Hey, Ally!" He said with a smile. She smiled wider and made happy sounds."Haha! C'mon, let's go home for Egghead notices we're out here."

Everyone got into the small plane and took off for home.

When the group got home they gathered everyone of their friends together to welcome this new addition to their strange little family. As well as tell the story of her birth.

Amy absolutely loved Ally and mentioned how she would gladly babysit her free of charge.

Rouge congratulated the two hedgehogs on parenthood and gave them a wink despite knowing the story of how Allison was born at this point.

Knuckles was a bit confused even after being explained to atleast twice but still seemed happy for his friends.

Cream said she couldn't wait for Ally to be old enough to play with, she doesn't like there aren't many kids around.

Silver and Blaze said if they planned to have children in the near future they should set up a playdate.

The group spent hours talking and it was slow going at first to get Ally comfortable with all the people around her. Eventually the sun started setting on the day and Sonic waved everyone off.

Once Sonic and Shadow were alone they began on serious matters when it came to raising Ally.

Sonic turned on the lights and sat beside Shadow on the couch while holding Allison in his lap.

"So..." Sonic started.

"Do you think it would be best to move in together?" Shadow asked. "For her?" He gestured to Ally who seemed very intrigued by her fingers.

"Well, I got a guest room..so, we're doing this? For Allison?"

"Yeah, for, Allison. You seemed hesitant though. Is there something on your mind?"

"It's just, you seemed to not want much to do with me before and now? We suddenly have a baby and you're asking to move in. It's a lot to process.." Sonic confessed.

"I can understand that. It's been a long day. If you wish I could take Allison for a few days while you think." Shadow offered.

"Nah, no.. I'm good..but, thanks, Shadow, that means a lot." The hero gave a small smile.

"You're welcome. Well," Shadow said getting up."What's our plan?"

"You can stay the night and we can go get your stuff in the morning. Sonic said.

Allison yawned and rubbed her ruby eyes.

"Looks like it's time for bed." The blue hedgehog chuckled.

Sonic carried Ally and lead Shadow upstairs, they walked down the hall a bit until they reached a door at the end of it.

"This is the guest room, feel free to use it how you want." Sonic said encouragingly.

"Thanks." Shadow nodded.

"Welp, night, Shads." Sonic walked to the other end of the hallway to his bedroom. He flicked on the light with his free hand and placed the baby on the bed. The hedgehog sat on the bed and slipped off his shoes. He was about to take off his gloves when he noticed the small striped hedgehog start to roll on the bed. Sonic gasped and caught her before she could roll off the edge.

"Phew! Don't do that, Ally, you scared me for a second!" The hero placed her back on the bed.

Sonic managed to get one glove off before the small hedgehog tried once more to roll off the bed.

"You're not gonna stop are you?"

Sonic was only met with childish giggles in response.

He sighed. "Yeah, didn't think so.." Sonic looked around the bedroom, there wasn't really anything that could he could prop on the bed to stop her from rolling.

He sighed again when he got an idea. The blue blur picked up Ally and walked down the hall to the guest room. He knocked on the door and Shadow opened it momentarily.

"Yes?" Shadow said, it seems he was just woken from the brink of sleep.

"Sorry, it's Ally. She kept nearly rolling off the bed. I was wondering if maybe you could sleep with us? Until we get her a crib, that is.

"Alright, just because she could get hurt otherwise." Shadow replied.

Sonic nodded. "Totally, of course."

The two walked back to Sonic's bedroom. Shadow layed down and took Allison from Sonic, who walked over to the light switch and turned it off. The hero walked to the other side of the bed and layed down next to Allison. The striped baby hedgehog tried rolling back and forth between the two but eventually settled and yawned. Her heavy breathing signified her falling asleep.

Sonic looked over at the two sleeping forms and smiled.

Family bonding! :3