Sonic was the first to start attacking. He did a spin-dash and tried to hit the white hedgehog. Silver just jumped up, effortlessly avoiding the attack. Unfortunately, his moment of cockiness made him forget about the other hedgehog until it was too late.

"CHAOS SPEAR!" Silver turned around…only to be hit with the beam of energy. He grunted with pain at the contact, and landed on the ground, collapsing on his knees. He sensed the two hedgehogs coming to grant him with another hit. He quickly leaped backwards, using his telekinesis to lift a nearby tree and aiming it at Sonic and Shadow. Shadow managed to get back in time, however Sonic wasn't as lucky.

Chris gasped and Cream turned and fell into his arms, whimpering in fear. Cheese gripped onto the top of Creams' head, his eyes tightly clenched and murmuring in fright, saying his signature, "Chao, chao." Chris bit his bottom lip, feeling helpless. Shadow turned back, finally noticing Sonic.

The blue hedgehog was covered with dirt from head to toe. Scratches from sliding harshly on the ground and the prickly surface of the tree covered his arms and legs. A bit of blood had appeared on his face and his left leg. The reason for that was the tree had fallen on his leg…

…making him an extremely easy target for Silver.

Shadow ran to Silver to try to finally stop this. Silver looked at the hedgehog and, after a moments' indecision, moved his hand outwards where the two kids and chao were hiding. Chris and Cream were lifted again, making them yelp in surprise and terror.

Shadow stiffened, his full attention on the blue-eyed human lifted up in the air against his will. The boy looked back at him, trying to give him a reassuring smile, but failing miserably, especially with him and Cream getting lifted higher every second.

Silver turned to Shadow, a confidant smirk on his face. "Take one more step in stopping me, and you'll never see these kids again." Silver had no intention or thought of going through with his threat, but Shadow and Sonic didn't have to know that. Shadow froze in place, looking at the children, stiffening as he felt some sort of deja-vu.

Heavy breathing, a soft, warm hand encased in his…

Rapid footsteps from behind them; cold, bare walls, the vastness of space…

A gentle but firm push into some sort of glass case. The same blonde girl turning toward him with a luminous pair of frightened but loving eyes...

A shot of blaster fire… the sight and the smell of blood. The girls' eyes slowly closing as she felt her life slip away…

Chris looking at him in some sort of prison, the same blue eyes pleading for something…

Shadow growled more menacingly than Chris had ever heard. He looked toward his friend, a mixture of concern and fright in his eyes. Sonics' green eyes widened as he saw Shadows' form being surrounded by an angry red aura. Even Silver was beginning to lose his smile the longer he watched.

Deep, dark laughter that seemed even unnatural for Shadow exited his lips as he folded into himself, as if he was about to demonstrate a spin-dash himself, but as he did, the aura grew brighter and brighter. Chris and Cream gaped down at the situation below them, suddenly feeling very grateful that they were up in the air, safely away from the dangerous situation below.

"CHAOS…BLAST!"

Shadow was a few feet off the ground, his legs and arms spread apart, even his head quills seemed to defy gravity as he released all his pent-up energy. Silver was thrown back, the telekinesis hold on Chris and Cream breaking as he was. The tree flew off of Sonic, but sadly, threw Sonic back as well, making him comically moving his hands up and down.

That would have made Chris laugh if Shadow wasn't displaying unstable behavior. The hedgehog in question kept his red glare on the silver hedgehog, never breaking his stride. Silver gulped, now lost of all of his previous feelings of bravery.

Shadow lifted a gloved hand up, a bolt of chaos energy in his hand before anyone could blink. Before he threw it, a raging stream of fire flew toward him at full speed, throwing his feet from under him. Silver blinked before looking up, and his face lit up.

"Blaze!"

…

'Blaze' landed in front of Silver, allowing everyone to observe her. She was a purple cat with three tufts of fur defying gravity on her head, like three ponytails. She had a ruby on her forehead and a purple coat with red trimmings on her sleeves and the material down her chest. She was wearing white, leg-long pants and two gold bracelets. Her gloves were covered with fire that didn't seem to hurt her of melt her gloves. She had shoes that looked similar to Sonics', but were a magenta color and had no buckles.

Her golden eyes held no emotion as she observed the environment, a clueless blue hedgehog, a black and red hedgehog that looked ready to kill, and two younger children, both holding expressions mixed with fear, confusion and curiosity. The children were a female bunny about six or seven and a human boy a few years older.

Unexpectedly, she turned toward Silver and bonked him on the head.

"OW! Blaze, what was that for?"

Blaze smirked at him without remorse, "Because you never think before you act, you naïve hedgehog." Silver groaned at her.

"I hate it when you call me naïve." Blaze just smirked at her 'little brother' and turned toward the group of four (five if you include Cheese), studying them critically. She gave them a small bow.

"My, apologies for my friend, he wasn't thinking clearly." With that being said, she turned back toward Silver with a sliver of irritation in her hard, golden eyes. Silver shrugged at her, clearly not thinking he did something wrong. Sonic gave Blaze a thumbs-up.

"No problem…Blaze was it?" The cat nodded in affirmative, and looked at his leg.

"You're hurt." Sonic looked down at his leg before looking back at her, and laughed good-naturedly.

"Don't worry. I've handled worse." Blaze nodded curtly and was about to speak again when a harsh growl interrupted the conversation.

"NO PROBLEM? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY AFTER THAT STUPID IDIOT OF A HEDGEHOG ATTACKED US WITHOUT A STUPID REASON?"As Shadow yelled, the red aura brightened more considerably, but nowhere near as bright when he was about to perform the Chaos Blast.

"Hey!" Silver glared at the hedgehog, but calmed down (as Blazes' hand covered his mouth) when he heard the hedgehog growl in his direction.

"YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TALK, YOU IDIOTIC HEDGEHOG!" Silver finally whimpered and hid behind Blaze with a squeak of terror. Blaze sighed irritably, looking at the sky with a 'Why me' expression.

"Shadow…"

The red and black hedgehog turned toward the speaker with a snarl, but stopped immediately when he saw it was Chris. The boy had come closer unnoticeably and watched him with concern in his eyes. He slowly reached out and placed a hand on the hedgehogs' shoulder. Shadow clenched his eyes shut at the contact, and the red aura disappeared gradually.

Shadow collapsed on his knees, Chris immediately kneeling beside him in concern as he panted and shook with exhaustion. The boys' hand stroked up and down his back soothingly, giving soft reassurances to him.

Everybody watched this spectacle in amazement. How could someone calm Shadow with just a soft touch? It was unheard of. Cream smiled at the sight, Sonic slowly formed a smile on his muzzle, Blaze just continued to watch with an impassive expression, and Silver…

…he was gaping open mouthed at the two, stuttering and trembling . pointing his index finger at the both of them.

Shadow looked up at the boys' face, giving him a curt nod, letting him know he was alright. Chris lifted Shadow off the ground on his feet. Cream walked over to the group, her chao following dutifully beside her, "If you mind me asking, Mr. Silver, Miss. Blaze, what were you attacking Sonic for?"

Blaze turned to Silver and narrowed her eyes slightly, causing Silver to gulp. She bowed in front of the four people. "My apologies for how Silver behaved. He listens to whoever gives him warnings and doesn't take the time to think through them."

"Hey!" Everyone ignored Silver. Blaze sighed, turning back to the group.

"But if you must know, we are from the future…" She paused as she heard the unsurprising gasps of shock and awe. "…and someone told us that Sonic was the one that was going to destroy Mobius. But…you don't seem like the type of guy that would hurt a fly."

Shadow raised his hand, "There is a reason…" He gave a smirk to Sonic who frowned at him in annoyance. Chris shook his head in amusement. He turned toward the newcomers.

"You're right. Sonic would never destroy anything or anybody, even Dr. Eggman, and he's his arch enemy. He's a hero…a true one." Sonic smiled gratefully at his friend. Blaze nodded at the boys' words, then turned to her friend with a frown, causing him to back off.

Shadow finally caught onto something. "Hey, who told you that Sonic was going to destroy Mobius?" Sonic nodded.

"Yeah, I would like to find that out myself." Blaze looked steadily at the blue hedgehog.

"It was someone that I think knows you. He said his name was Mephiles."