Sonic walked down to Tails' basement were he did all his work. "Hey Tails, remember when I asked you to build that training room for me and Knuckles? how far did you get with that"? Tails slid from under the plane he was working on and took his weilding mask off. "Its over there, I never got around to finishing it completely, but it should do for now. Why do you need it for". Sonic was already walking around in it. "Oh, me and Shadow were just gonna spar for a bit". Tails Frowned at that thought, after all that work him and Shadow would definatly tear that place down sheet by metal sheet. "Well, Knuckles said he would be over in a hour. Try not to bust it p too badly, that whole course, still unfinished, took me about a month to build". Sonic looked it over, it was definalty challanging, it had hidden trap door, convator belts that moved in every which way, Walls and moving platforms floating with the support of magnets. Everything you could imagine was in there. "Wow, this is a real nice piece of work Tails". Tails couldnt hear him because he was already going back to work on the plane. Sonic walked back up to find shadow standing at the edge of the cliff staring out to the ocean. "Hey, Knuckles is coming in a little bit, so if you dont mind waiting about an hour...". Shadow turned around. "What is it about these places that make people so...clam". Sonic tryed to find a way to explain that to him.
"Well, places like this have a certain...calm to them, some people come here to enjoy themselfs, others to escape their problems, theres alot of different reasons to come here. Me? I like looking out there on the sunset. There isnt a kind of serenity and beauty better then that". Shadow thought about it for a minute. He still didnt get iut entirely. How could something give a kind of clam that could stop all there problems, surely it wasnt that easy. "Hmph. If that is how they look at it them there fools, sitting there watching the sun drop is a waste of time, they should take action to change what they dont like". Sonic laughed. "Thats true too, but sometime, people need to stop and think". Shadow chuckled, orm, what you could argue to be a chuckle. "You never struck me to be taht type of person". Sonic smiled and sat down. "Life is more complicated then that, everyone has a thing they do good. Im good at running for example, so thats what I do. But, thats doesnt mean that in my fast paced life that I sont need to stop to think". Shadow sat down now. "I see, I understand the stand back and examining part, but the I still dont belive what you said about the sunset". Sonic continued to stare out. "Some people need inspartion, and some find it in the sun set. Maybe you'll come to understand that one day". "Am I missing something"? They turned around to see Knuckles. "Hey Knuckles, ready to get beat"? Sonic said smirking. "I see we have a new combatant. What are you doing here Shadow? Normally I dont see you unless there something serious going on". Shadow stood up "Nothing is going on, are we gonna spar or stand here"? Sonic laughed, it was getting a little bit annoying. "Anxious are we? Well lets get to it then. Knuckles and I will show ya around". After a five minute or so tour, they all got in there starting spots.
"You guys ready"? Tails shouted. They all gave the ok sign. "Ok, three, two, one, GO"! They all started in. Sonic ran down from the high platform he was on and instantly went to trade blows with Knuckles. "Hey Knuckles, seen the dentist resently"? Sonic said trying to goad him into attking. "Oh no, not this time, i refuse to fall for that old trick. Im gonna keep my cool and when ive beaten you like a drum, then we'll see who's laughing and another thing...ahhh"! "Maybe you should spend more time watching you back instead of trying to beat Sonic with insults". Shadow said. Sonic jumped down and tryed to kick Shadow, but he missed as Shadow jumped away. "Maybe you should follow your own advice". Sonic said smirking to hopfuly get the same result from Shadow. "OWCH! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT"! Knuckle got up and swung at Shadow. He missed and Sonic jumped up onto a platform. About two hours of exchanging attacks, they finally decided to take a rest. "Same time tomarrow Knuckles"? Knuckles wiped some sweat from his head and tossed the towel into a bin. "Yea yea, just make sure you get the practice grounds fixed up first". Tails was already panicing over the fact there wanted to do this again tomarow, and the place was pretty much leveled". "Just make sure you ready next time". Shadow said. "Well, it's getting late, See ya in the morning Shadow and Tails. Shadow precided upstairs. Little did they know that tomarrow was going to prove to be a day that Shadow would never forget...