It took 7 minutes for me to calm down with Shadow and Rouge's help.

"I'm a Seedrian! I'm not supposed to be a Seedrian! What the heck is going on here?" I shouted.

Granted, I looked awesome, but I was still confused as to how I turned into a Seedrian in the first place. Now I wore a short black dress, white tights, black fingerless gloves that went up to my elbows, and black boots. I looked a little bit like Cosmo from the television series, but instead of green, my shoulder length hair was white, and a few strands fell over my eyes, which were still blue. Planted on top of my head was a black lily. Hanging on from a chain around my neck was a white apple sized orb.

"Kassie, would you calm down! Panicking won't help!" Shadow snapped.

"You're not the one who had a sudden species change!" I retorted.

"Point taken, but you need to calm down. If you want to find your cat, just stick with us."

I took a deep breath, and nodded.

"Right, let's find Milo so we can find a way back home."

Shadow and Rouge nodded, and the three of us headed out.

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About two minutes later, we were exploring the base when we heard voices.

"Where are we?"

"How'd we get here?"

We followed them to a large broken window, and saw three animals.

I knew I was in a videogame, but it was still surprising to see Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles in the flesh.

"Hey!" I called down to them.

The trio looked up at us, and I waved somewhat.

"Well, look whose here." Sonic chuckled.

"Long time no see." Rouge waved.

Shadow remained silent with his arms crossed in his usual way.

We jumped down to the floor below, well, Shadow jumped, Rouge carried me down, and we all headed for the door.

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"200 years?" Tails exclaimed in shock.

"Yep." Rouge replied.

"Bet you didn't think you'd live this long." I said with a laugh.

They gave me a curious look.

"Yeah, never mind..."

"So, who are you again?" Knuckles asked.

I sighed in frustration. I'd explained this at least 5 times already.

"My name is Kassie. I'm from another world. I know everything that goes on and will happen in your world, and NO I'm NOT gonna tell you anything about the future!" I snapped, seeing Sonic raise his hand. He slowly lowered it.

"Oh fine, be that way. Anyway, any ideas on how to get back to our time?" he asked, turning to Shadow.

I tuned them out as I looked out at the destroyed city. I already knew what they'd say. This part of the game always bored me since there wasn't any action. Elsewhere though, I knew there was a fight going on between a certain white hedgehog and a fiery demon.

Also, I knew Milo was here somewhere, and I already told Shadow and the others I wasn't leaving this time period without him. I could be very determined when I wanted to be.

"Alright, let's do this!" Sonic's exclamation snapped me back to reality.

"Ok, we're looking for the Chaos emeralds, and an orange cat, right?" Rouge asked, turning to me.

I nodded. "He might be a little mean, but just kneel down, hold your hand out, and call him. He usually runs right up to you."

Everyone nodded, and we split up and set out.

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"Ugh, this is SO boring!" I whined as I rummaged through rubble and garbage. We'd been searching for the emeralds for about ten minutes.

"No one said this would be fun." Rouge muttered.

I sighed as I looked around. It could take hours before we found even one emerald.

"We're close, I can feel it." Shadow murmured.

"Great, we could use more specific info."

He glared at me, and I smiled nervously and continued looking.

A glimmer caught my eye. I dug into some dirt and rocks, and with a big grin on my face, pulled out a large green gem.

"Yes! I found it!" I cried.

"Nice work. Let's call Sonic and let him know." Rouge said.

"We still have to find Milo. I'm NOT leaving without him."

"We know, we'll find him, don't worry."

"I don't know why you're worried about a stupid cat. You're probably in more danger than he is." Shadow grumbled.

I narrowed my eyes angrily. NOBODY but me could insult Milo.

I gave him a sharp shove, and I stared in shock as he hit the ground.

There was NO way I was that strong...

Shadow looked at me with a glare. I barely picked up his low growl.

A split second before he jumped to his feet, I whipped around and ran.

"Shadow! Heel! Hold it!" Rouge yelled.

I didn't care where I was going, so long as Shadow didn't catch me. I rammed into something hard, and fell back with a cry of surprise. I looked up, expecting to see Shadow, but saw a large, red, rusty robot.

Shadow, who had been not far behind me, came to a stop next to me as I stood, and Rouge landed on my other side.

"Isn't this...?" I started.

"Omega." Shadow finished.

"What's he doing here?" Rouge asked.

I kept my mouth shut. It wouldn't be too great if I answered...

Shadow walked up to Omega and messed with the little keyboard that activated the robot.

"He's in standby mode." Shadow murmured.

"What could have possibly happened to create this future?" Rouge asked.

I stayed quiet and studied Omega. He was really dusty and covered with ashes.

There was a beeping noise, and Rouge looked at her wrist device.

"Yes, this Rouge." she answered. "Right, we'll be there soon."

I never understood that. There was no voice heard whatsoever, and yet she answered. Maybe it was just her bionic hearing.

"It looks like Sonic and his friends found something too. Let's go." she stated.

Shadow looked at Omega regretfully.

"It's not like we can do anything for him now."

Shadow slowly nodded. "Yeah..."

He started walking, fists clenched in anger. Rouge followed him after looking back at Omega one last time. I was hesitant to leave. I felt bad leaving him like this.

I reached into a bag I'd found, and pulled out a small gray blanket and put it over him. It didn't fully cover him, but I felt a little better thinking he might stay warmer.

I turned around and ran after Rouge and Shadow, who were waiting for me.

Rouge had a small smile on her face, while Shadow's usually stoic expression had softened.

"Well, are we going or what?" I asked.

We headed for the edge of town.

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Rouge and I were sitting on the ground while Shadow paced around impatiently.

"I could've been here and back by now..." I muttered.

"You remind me of somebody, ya know?" Rouge asked with a smirk.

"Let me guess, a hedgehog wiiiith...red streaks and black quills?"

"Bingo."

Rouge and I giggled while Shadow gave an annoyed humph.

"Hey!" a voice yelled.

Sonic and his two friends ran up to us.

"Bout time." I huffed, standing.

"You guys are so slow." Rouge sighed.

"Lookie what I found!" I exclaimed happily, holding up the emerald.

"A Chaos emerald! You already found one!" Tails gasped.

"Yep. In case you didn't know, I'm a real treasure hunter, unlike a certain echidna." Rouge smirked at Knuckles.

Knuckles stalked up to her.

"What was that?" he growled.

I giggled, and noticed Shadow glaring at the crimson echidna.

"Aw, protective aren't we?" I muttered, smirking.

Shadow didn't respond, just continued to watch Knuckles until he stepped away from Rouge.

Knuckles and Rouge were funny to watch, but I don't really like them as a couple. I'm more of a Shadouge supporter.

"So, did you find anything?" Rouge asked.

"Yeah, there's a signal saying there's a Chaos emerald here, but..." Tails trailed off as he looked in the direction of a dark mountain.

"You mean we have to go through there?"

"You can stay here if you want." Knuckles grumbled, stepping closer to her again.

Only I heard Shadow's soft growl. I smirked again.

"Alright, let's move out everybody." I called, heading for the mountain.

"Don't be late." Sonic chuckled.

"Same to you." Shadow retorted, following me. Everyone else followed us.

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