Attacked

The only thing I could hear was the sound my heart was making in my ears. Was he even following us? I was way too scared to look back and see. My hand was shaking from the death grip I had on Keily's arm and my fingers throbbed in response. I never thought that this could be possible.

"S-Sami…" Keily choked. I couldn't help it anymore, I had to look. I stopped only a few feet from the field entrance and looked over my shoulder. Nothing was there. Nothing at all. The grass swayed like it always did in the wind. Something just didn't feel right though. I knew for a fact that he was there, standing right in the center. Right where we could both see him, but he had now disappeared.

"W-where did he-" I began, but never got to finish.

"Where did who what?" A voice chuckled behind me. I spun around as fast as I could and met the exact red eyes from my dream. The exact same in every way from the inside out.

"Sh-Sh-Shadow…" I stuttered and felt him grip my risk just like my dream. Everything was the same except for something I couldn't have even imagined. The fire I felt in my dream was nothing like the real thing that now burned my flesh. It was like someone had taken the sun out of the sky and stuck it purely onto my skin. The scream I had been saving since my dream last night burst out in a wail as my knees buckled under the pain. My vision was completely black as I tried to pry his hand off to no avail. He chuckled at my attempt. Oh how he must pity such a weak creature like myself, but why was he doing this? Why was I being targeted by Shadow the Hedgehog, the Ultimate Life form?

"Knock it off!" I heard a thump and his grip loosed just enough for me to pull away. When I could finally see again, I was on the ground face first in the grass. I looked back just enough to see Keily try to attempt an escape but was caught by her ankle the second she lifted her foot to run. Her body fell limp to the ground and she screamed just as I did. Shadow had a bump on his head. Keily must have thrown something at him, maybe a rock? Either way, my heart melted to see my friend in so much pain. What was this mad man doing to us? Shadow looked surprised by her reaction and dropped her foot at the same speed he had picked it up. I could hear him curse under his breath as he looked towards me again. His brow was frowning, but his eyes looked focused on whatever mission he had at hand.

"You," He was in front of me before I could blink, "Don't make this any more difficult than you already have. Because of your idiotic screaming, your little nuisance of an ally decided to step in and now she must share the same fate as your." He shook his head and glared back down at me.

"M-my fate?" My voice continued to shake uncontrollably. I still couldn't believe any of this. Maybe I was still dreaming. Shadow laughed again and I felt my body tense. "What are you planning to do to-"

"I'm not going to do anything." He bluntly stated and looked out at the sky above, "The doctor on the other hand," I felt his gaze return to me from the corner of his eye and a smirk spread across his face, "The doctor has so much he wishes to speak to you about." I felt my heart stop. I knew exactly who he was talking about and that was the last person I wanted to ever see.

"Are you serious?" Keily called as she turned over on her back, "you can't be talking about Dr. Eggman!" Of course Keily was the one to speak my mind for me.

"I suppose you'll have to wait and see." Shadow chuckled.

"No way!" I was on my feet before I could blink. Both Shadow and Keily were surprised to see I had regained my energy so fast. I was a little surprised myself. "There is no way I'm going to see some crazy old doctor who shouldn't even exist!" I could feel myself back up a few steps, but Shadow would have nothing of the sort. All I saw was a flash of black head strait at me, but my body reacted without my knowledge. I had taken a step to the side right before Shadow had grabbed me and watched as he stopped a few feet to my left.

"The doctor will be pleased." He chuckled staring at me over his shoulder from the distance. I felt my feet lift off the ground and suddenly, I was being carried under Shadow's left arm. I couldn't wiggle my way out of his grip as he simply walked over to Keily and lifted her the same way under his right arm. Oh how humiliating.

"I won't go see Eggman! I won't, I won't, I won't!" I wiggled and kicked as Shadow simply laughed.

"You're quite entertaining for a human." He looked down at me again. That was really getting old. I frowned deeply and he laughed again.

"Where exactly are you taking us?" Keily asked as her answer appeared in front of us. A ring of light shot out of the clouds above, as Shadow calmly walked straight into the shinning circle. Gravity seemed to cave in as we stepped inside and began to float up into the air. This reminded me strangely of alien abduction and I wondered if those people felt the same way as I did now. Completely helpless.

"Take one last look humans," Shadow motioned for us to look down at our now disappearing houses, "for this will be the last time you ever see any sign of this pathetic world you call home." I swear I heard my stomach drop down to the ground with a splat. What on beautiful earth was going to happen? They weren't going to destroy this place were they? An even more horrifying thought crossed my mind then. What if they weren't going to destroy this world, but wanted to destroy people on it, starting with Keily and myself. I felt a shiver along my spin as we climbed out of the cloud bank that once hung above our heads.

"Holy cow!" Keily yelped as all I could do was stare breathless at the sight that made my stomach do flip-flops. "That's the-"

"That's the Eggcarrier." I interrupted. Both our mouths hung open as we ventured closer and closer to the flying fortress in the sky. It was hopeless now to fight back. Shadow was just too strong; he had won this round, but definitely not the war. I was going to figure a way out of this for Keily and myself both. I had to fix this, I just had to. I wouldn't allow anymore trouble for us. This all just couldn't be real. This just couldn't be happening.