The note reads:

Dear Shadow,
There's something I need to talk to you about, but I never got around to doing it. You think you could meet me out by the pool tonight?
Sincerely,
Rouge T. Bat

It was evening, Shadow waited against the wall near the pool. Rouge came from the other side of the ship and walked up to him.
Shadow looked at her awaiting her explanation for the note.
"Hi" Rouge waved over to Shadow as she walked up to him. "I see you got my note!" Rouge exclaimed with a wink.
Shadow had a half smile. "…And just what was it you wanted to tell me?"
"Honestly Shadow, so quick to what you want" Rouge's eyelids drifted down a little. 'I hope I can get this stupid set up over with' She thought to herself annoyed at her previous orders. Rouge turned from him, expanding her arms in a stretch like motion. "The truth is Shadow, I think we should really take advantage of the atmosphere here!"
Shadow frowned. "What do you mean"
"Oh come on Shadow!" Rouge faced him again "Look around you! This place has so much to offer!"
Shadow just looked at her, waiting for her to get to the point.
Rouge took a few steps back. " I just think.. –" Rouge paused, she couldn't do this. Her orders were too vague to her liking. Rouge looked at Shadow taking another step back. "Shadow.. I can't do thi-" her vision grew blurry as her thoughts grew more negative to the set up.
"Rouge..?"
The back of Rouge's neck started to hurt, and she started to see double, "Urrah.." she let out a little moan of discomfort, shutting her eyes.
Shadow took a step for her, "Rouge?!"
Rouge meant to take another step back, but instead fell backwards right into the water. Her body drifted down to the bottom of the deep pool.
'Just great' Shadow said to himself sarcastically, He quickly dove into the pool for her. An electric wave struck him, his mouth jerked open from the pain, no sound coming out, Shadow flinched, as he looked back down at Rouge, he kept swimming. An electric wave hit him again, Shadow winced as he got to the pool floor. He scooped Rouge up into his arms, and pushed off the floor of the pool, quickly moving to the surface of the pool. He was struck 2 more times on his way up, the strikes were longer each time, hitting not only him, but Rouge too. Shadow kept one eye closed keeping his eyes up at the surface of the water. He shot out of the water grabbing the metal stairs too the pool. He pushed himself out of the pool, with Rouge In one of his arms. He got up from his knees and took heavy steps. His quills were soggy, dripping with the cold pool water. He looked down at Rouge's face, taking heavy breaths with his teeth digging together. She was out cold, but still breathing, barely. Shadow kept going, each step was like a stab in the knee.

He didn't know what was going on, but those electric charges weren't meant to scare off the birds, and he knew that. Shadow turned back at Rouge, gritting his teeth. Trusting the ship wasn't the best choice right now, so was bringing her to the infirmary the right choice? Where else should he take her?

Her room was the next best thing. Lucky for him, she left it unlocked. It didn't matter though, because he kicked the door open. Shadow carried Rouge to the bed, and set her down on it.
"..I presume this makes us even.." he said, knowing she probably wouldn't hear him. Shadow stared at Rouge's unconscious face. What was wrong with her? Who set those charges? And what did she want to tell him? Shadow's hunger for answers was cut short by his pain. The shocks really shook him up. He lugged himself over onto the couch. It was pretty late, and everyone was asleep but him.

Rouge's assignment was to that on the fourth day, she was supposed to lure Shadow into the water, the pool, where he would instantly be knocked out. It was 4 days ago that her boss told her she had to lure Shadow into the pool water, where he'd be knocked unconscious by electric charges in the pool. This shock would copy all the genetic information of the hedgehog, and all needed information on what he was capable of, his body composition, etc. The shock worked much like the shock that shocked Sonic to create his copy, Metal Sonic. His DNA would be tested, and x-rays would be generated as well. However, Shadow's stamina was underestimated, and he was not knocked out. But the information was contained.

"Agent Rouge's mission successful. Nero-94607-chip successful. Ultimate life form DNA is under our possession, and is ready for DNA testing."
"Excellent"
"The ultimate life form data will be released to you once testing is completed."

-The next day.-

Rouge awoke in her master room on the ship. Her head hurt like heck. "ugh.. What happened?" She asked herself, not remembering a thing from yesterday. Rouge stepped out of her bed. "What a head ache.." She muttered to herself. Rouge looked over to the bathroom, and at the tub. "Hm.. Nothing a hot bath can't cure.." She slowly walked to the bathroom, and got the bath ready, setting the temperature to her liking. Rouge slid into the tub once it was full. "Ahh.." Rouge closed her eyes, fragments of the night before reawakened in her memory as she settled into the water. She remembered she hit the floor of the pool, and that someone saved her.. Rouge put her hand to her head, but quickly jerked her head up. 'Shadow..' 'What happened to him?' she looked down into the water. "and What happened to me?" she asked herself 'Hmm.. maybe my imagination is just getting the best of me..'.

Just at that moment, Rouge's pager went off. Rouge got up from her hot bath. "Now what!" she said irritated. She grabbed the pager from off the nightstand. 'Hmm.. it's the president..'