Clouds spread across the sky, it wasn't a sunny day today. It looked like it could almost rain.

Flash Back
Shadow layed on the carpet, Rouge walked up to him, stairing at him with endless curiosity.
"What in the world are you doing?"
"Trying to sleep," he responded, wide-awake.
"Well it's only midnight, why sleep?" Rouge put her hands on her hips.
She sat down next to him, and laid down, to mock him playfully.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"Trying to sleep" she mocked.
Shadow snickered as he closed his eyes.
"Say Shad, I was thinking, how about we go on a little vacation…"
Shadow didn't respond.
"Whaddya think about taking a break from this city here?"
"Well I like this city" Shadow replied.
"But you have to admit.." rouge yawned, "it does get pretty boring around here…"
Shadow opened one eye and looked at her.
"What?" she exclaimed.
"Nothing" he kept staring with his normal grumpy frown.
"Hmph" Rouge got up. And walked over to the living room. "well if your just gonnna lay there, I'll do something fun." She turned on the TV and sat on the couch.
End Flash back

Flash Back (Sonic battle scene)
ROUGE: Hmm! You'll never change, will you? That robot... Gizoid is known as
the "Ultimate life form." Just like you, except he's 4000 years older. I
heard the Doctor was hiding something really big, and I guess this is
it...

- The alarms sounds, and a Guard Robo approaches Shadow & Rouge.

GUARD ROBO: Intruder alert! Intruder alert!

SHADOW: Dang!

ROUGE: giggle Hee hee...

SHADOW: What's so funny?

ROUGE: It's been a while since we fought together like this!
End Flash Back

Flash Back (From Sonic Battle)
ROUGE: Hi, sugar! Yes! Good morning, Shadow! Has the prince finally
awakened?

SHADOW: I must go. I must go to the Gizoid. To the Emerald.

ROUGE: Hey! You can leave as you please, but don't you dare pass out on me
again! Who do you think dragged you here in the first place??

SHADOW: You...? ...

ROUGE: Th-that's right...! You aren't even going to thank me?! It figures! You
men are all alike, you know that?!

SHADOW: Thanks, Rouge... Thanks for saving me. I cannot allow myself to die
just yet.

ROUGE: ..."Emerald Beach."

SHADOW: Huh?

ROUGE: You're looking for Emerl, right? He's always there. Hmm! I went ahead
and told them about you, anyay.

SHADOW: ... Huh. Heh... "Ally."

ROUGE: Wh-what? You got a problem with it?

SHADOW: No... I don't.
End Flash back

Shadow clenched his fists slowly. "Damn it…. " he muttered. "Damn it!" he shouted, Shadow fiercely punched through a wall on the upper deck.
"Hey, calm down Shadow!" Sonic pleaded.
"That stupid bat disserved it" Knuckles smirked stubbornly. Everyone turned to him.
He'd always know the wrong think to say in situations like this. He once said terrible things about Sonic, when he disappeared, and Rouge had to kick Knuckles on the back of the head for it. Sonic X episode 52
"IT sure takes a load off my back." Knuckles scuffed.
"Knuckles!" Sonic said in disbelief.
"It's true-"
Shadow plowed his fist into Knuckles stomach, Blood spurted out of Knuckles mouth, he hit the rim of the boat.
Shadow's eyes were a strong red, red energy flew around him, he lifted his hand up, energy waves pulsating in it. "HEHRAAAGH KEEP YOUR FUCKING MOUTH SHUT" He aimed to blast Knuckles in the face, Knuckles Jumped out of the way and tried to land a punch on shadow's back, Shadow grabbed Knuckles by the arm and slammed him through the floor. Knuckles snarled.
"Stop!!" Cream shouted getting in between them. "I know what Mr. Knuckles said was wrong.. but she can't be dead, she just can't be… Mr. Shadow.. please.. please! stop fighting!" Cream had tears in her eyes. " Please Mr. Shadow, This isn't getting anywhere!"
Shadow was ready to attack cream with a chop of the fist.
"Mr. Shadow!!" Cream shouted

At the HQ of GUN.

"Radio transmission unresponsive. Report. Something has redirected the signal" reported an agent.
"Trace the signal." The women said. This was the same women who worked for the president, that made Rouge abide by her orders.
"We've got something"
"Let me see."
"I'm picking up voices. Analyzing voice patterns and identifying."
The women nodded.
The agent held a surprised face,"..I don't believe this.. it's… Dr. Eggman!"

---somewhere out in the sea—

Eggman sat at his control screen, in the submarine. With little time to spare, he managed to escape his exploding creation by sneaking into this underwater escape pod.
"I would have destroyed them all if my dang blasted controls worked!" Eggman complained to himself. "Ah yes, the back up files are safely secured. If I had lost those, I would have lost my nasty little discovery.. Ho ho ho" Eggman laughed to himself.

"Lets see what this radio transmission is picking up" Eggman listened intently as he streamed the transmission. "Hmm.. All I hear is echos. Testing, testing. Hmm. Maybe if I stream it closer to the surface it will work properly!" Eggman drove the submarine up to the surface of the Ocean, and listened in on the transmission again. "Anything?" he asked himself. He then heard "Anything" in the radio transmission. "That's impossible, I hear myself."

The agent contacted Rouges communicator. "Contacting Agent Rouge. Rouge, Respond" There was a pause. The agent slammed his fist to his keyboard. "Rouge? Do you copy?" The agent tried fixing the channel. "Rouge!" The agent looked around nervously.

"..Yeah yeah, heardja the first time" Rouge whispered.
"Your not in the location you were assigned."
Rouge wondered how they knew this. Were they tracking her? "Well old Egg-head decided to show us a show. My hands got tied up in his little mess. I'm in an under water vessel of his, but I don't know where we are."
"You are currently 30 miles from your original location." The agent responded.
'So they are tracking me!…' rouge answered to herself. "30 miles? Boy.. I need to get a hot ticket off this egg-head express ride."
"I'll direct you once you escape. Over and out."
"Roger." Rouge answered.

They end the conversation.

Turns out Eggman wasn't the only one who managed to escape into his little escape ride. Rouge clung to the ceiling of the tall submarine.

"Hmm, how am I going to understand what I discovered if these dang blasted controls still won't work!" Eggman shouted with anger, thinking that this echoing surely was an error.
'Hmm….Nasty little secret huh?' Rouge listened in, curious on what this secret was.
"But then that's prosperous, this hardware was designed by me, the worlds greatest genius" Eggman gloated to himself.
'Bluegh' Rouge stuck her tongue out disgusted. 'I have no time for this, I have to focus on the major objective. I don't wanna be sliced and diced!' Rouge gulped.
Rouge climbed to the ladder leading to the door of the submarine. She slowly climbed up the steps one by one, and screwed open the door, She poked her head out of the opening, chilled a little from the cold air, but it didn't really bother her, Rouge has been in colder places then this.
"Thanks for the ride Doc!" Rouge flew out and into the air.
Eggman shot out of his seat, startled "What?! How'd you-"
Rouge was already long gone.
Eggman looked up at the open door, then back to the screen. "Hmm.." Eggman put his hand to his chin, listening to the signal, there were no longer echos of himself.

--Back at the ship.---

Knuckles got up. "Outta the way!" He ran past Cream and charged at Shadow. "Arrrgghhhh!!!!" Knuckles yelled with a fierce punch. Shadow turned swiftly dodging the punch. Knuckles pushed off his right foot and curved a punch to Shadow's chin. "Got'cha!" He smirked. Shadow's Face slowly turned from up, to down, he slowly slid off his bracelets. The look on Shadow's face was undescribable. It was… wild, an out of control wild.
Knuckles jumped away from Shadow, but Shadow's speed was far faster then any thing Knuckles was capable of. Shadow kicked Knuckles into the air like a beanbag, and then jumped up after him. He slammed down on Knuckles back and kneed Knuckles in the stomach at the same time. Blood splashed out of Knuckles mouth like a small skwirt gun. Shadow grabbed Knuckles arm and threw him around like a play toy. Tails flew up and caught Knuckles. He flew back down to the deck, holding Knuckles still. "Stop Shadow!" Tails called out from the deck.
Shadow landed back to the deck, slowly approaching Tails. Tails took a couple steps back.
Sonic ran in front of Tails. "No way" Sonic said sternly, ready to take anything Shadow could throw at him.