Shadow lunged at Mephiles, but he suddenly vanished, and dozens of his freaky shadow things appeared, flying around the area. Most of them flew at Shadow, and he easily destroyed them with one blow.

"Go Shadow! Kick their freaky butts!" I shouted.

Suddenly Milo yowled, and I looked down at him. He was looking off to my right, and when I glanced up, I saw a couple of shadows floating next to me. I yelped and took off. I scrambled over to Shadow and ducked behind him.

"I told you to stay back." He growled, frying two shadows with a Chaos Spear.

"I am, I'm staying back behind you!" I replied, eyeing the shadows nervously.

"I have to find these shadows origins. Where the hell is he?" Shadow growled to himself.

I glanced around, and caught movement below us. I looked down to see Shadow's shadow moving of its own accord.

"Uhh, Shadow?"

He looked at me, then at his shadow, and narrowed his eyes.

"Get back."

I hastily moved away, and he gained a reddish glow around him. Suddenly Mephiles was expelled from the shadow, and he looked a little surprised.

"Shadow…" he growled. I could practically hear the hatred in his voice.

He threw an orb at Shadow, who grabbed us and jumped out of the way. He landed next to the pillar again and stuck me behind it.

"Now stay HERE!" he growled, before returning to the battle.

I frowned after him, before glancing down at Milo.

"He seems so much nicer in the games." I grumbled. Milo merely yawned.

I heard some explosions, and glanced around the pillar. Shadow was going at Mephiles' gremlins, while Mephiles himself was keeping his distance. Every time Shadow would get close to him, more shadows would pop up and keep him at bay while Mephiles retreated further away.

I had to do something besides hide behind a rock and hope for the best. Mephiles moved into view with his back to me. Shadow was in front of him with his back to him, so he didn't see the demon. Mephiles was forming an orb of dark energy.

Before I could call out to Shadow, Mephiles threw it, and hit home. Shadow was thrown forward, and the shadows lunged at him. He was overwhelmed, and the shadows had him sufficiently subdued. Mephiles snickered, and slowly started towards him.

I had to move now, or else both us were done for. I glanced around, and picked up a good sized rock about the size of my fist. I slowly moved out from behind the rock, and Mephiles still had his back to me, and the shadows were too busy keeping Shadow in their grip to notice me.

Taking a breath, I drew my hand back, and threw it. The area was filled with loud cursing as Mephiles held the back of his head, my rock thumping to the ground next to his feet.

This world must've had a way of making me good at things I wasn't normally in my world, like enough strength to push Shadow down, enough speed to keep ahead of him, and apparently, my aim. Hopefully that speed thing could kick in again, cuz Mephiles' glare told me I wouldn't get it easy for that.

I whipped around and took off shouting, "HEEEELP!" or, "Stay! Bad demon!"

The sound of gun fire filled the air, causing me to drop to the ground and cover my head. I glanced up, finding myself in one piece, and looked around. A loud blast from where I'd come told me Shadow had broken free, and we were all looking for the cause of the previously mentioned gun fire.

A large, bulky red form was standing before us, red eyes observing us.

"Omega…" Shadow murmured.

The large robot slowly made his way over to us.

"Now is designated time, I shall assist." He announced.

He fired at Mephiles, while Shadow once again whisked me back to the rock where Milo sat, waiting patiently.

"Must I say it again?" Shadow growled.

"No, no I'm good." I replied with a nervous smile.

Shadow ran back to the fight, and with Omega, the tables had turned. While Omega was blasting the shadows, Shadow was attacking Mephiles head on. Explosions rocked the area, and I was jumping up and down in excitement, cheering.

"Woo! Go team go! Fight, fight, fight! You can do it boys, and you can do it right!"

Omega blew up a wall of shadows, and Shadow blasted Mephiles with a Chaos Spear.

"Fire cracker, fire cracker, six boom ba! Shadow, Omega, Shadow, Omega! Ra, ra, ra!"

Shadow rolled his eyes before he and Mephiles charged at each other.

"Rick 'em, rack 'em, rock 'em, rake! Stick it to that demon snake!"

Mephiles, who'd been grip locked with Shadow, paused from fighting and glared at me with annoyance.

"Do you mind?" he growled.

I gave him a dead pan stare, before leaning against the rock.

"Mephiles, Mephiles, he's our man, if he can't do it- GREAT!" I yelled, jumping up at the great part to add emphasis.

Mephiles and Shadow were giving me an odd look, before the former glanced at Shadow.

"Where do you find these people, in a mental institution?"

Shadow shrugged, before charging at Mephiles again.

About two minutes later, Mephiles was knocked back by Shadow and Omega, and bounced on the ground before skidding to a stop.

"Ha, take that ya demonic freak!" I yelled as I ran over to the group. "Shadow always kicks butt! Just like he did with Black Doom!"

Shadow glanced at me. "How much else do you know about me?" he asked in annoyance.

"What part of 'I know everything that has happened and will happen' do you not understand?"

I noticed Mephiles' ears perk up at this as he got to his feet. He lifted his hand and formed one of his orbs, and floated into it and vanished.

"Mephiles!" Shadow growled, before grabbing my arm and leaping into it, Omega close behind.

Everything turned bright purple as we flew through time, and I held Milo tightly as I clung to Shadow. There was a bright light up ahead, and we were blinded for a moment, before landing on solid concrete ground.

Looking around, I deduced we were in Soleanna. Shadow was looking around for Mephiles, but he was long gone.

"It appears Mephiles is no longer here," Omega remarked in a cliché monotone voice.

"No kiddin'." I muttered.

"I shall assist in pursuing him."

Shadow nodded, and we set off through the city.

It was full of Eggman's robots, who seemed dead set on nabbing Shadow. That was their death wish though; Shadow blew 'em to pieces before they got within 2 feet of us. Milo and I were riding on Omega's shoulder, which gave us a pretty good view of everything. What I'd give to have had my video camera right now, this would've been great for a video or something.

After a few minutes, we finally reached what looked like a storage area. Shadow had gotten in touch with Rouge earlier, and we agreed to wait here for her. Milo was satisfied curling up in the sun, while I distracted myself playing 'What Am I?' with Shadow and Omega.

"Man you two are good…" I grumbled. Shadow smirked, and I tried to think of something else. After a minute, I got an idea and smirked myself.

"Okay, here's a new one. I'm three feet tall, grouchy all the time, and peaches are my favorite fruit." I announced.

Shadow gave me a confused look, while Omega spoke.

"I have my answer." He moved his arm and pointed at Shadow.

"And bingo, Omega's our winner!" I laughed.

"I am not grouchy all the time!" Shadow retorted.

Even Milo and Omega were looking at him as skeptically as they could.

"And how'd you know I liked peaches?"

"Actually, that was a guess. But, good to know, thank you." I replied.

"Well, hello everyone."

We all turned to see Rouge.

"Seems Eggman's robots are lookin' for you. What'd you do this time?" she asked.

"Nothing. They're probably after Mephiles."

"What is Eggman up to? Who is Mephiles?" Omega asked.

"I'm gonna ask him directly." Shadow replied, starting to walk off.

"Wait a minute Shadow!" Rouge called.

"I can handle this alone. You keep track of Mephiles, and make sure someone stays out of trouble."

All eyes landed on me, and I waved a little. Shadow snickered, and walked off.

"Huh, he finally shows up again, and leaves before even saying hello. Nice to see his little trip hasn't changed his attitude." Rouge remarked with a smirk.

"So, any word from Sonic on that princess?" I asked.

"Nothin' yet. While we wait for prince charming to come back, let's find out what we can about the Scepter of Darkness." Rouge replied.

'Boooring…' I thought.

Rouge contacted G.U.N., and I plopped down next to Milo.

"I'll bet Shadow'll have more fun busting into a base than we will…" I muttered.

Then I perked up, and Milo glanced up at me.

"Milo, I know what we're gonna do today."

Milo mreowed in annoyance, and I motioned for him to shush.

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Yeah, Phineas and Ferb shout out there. Gotta love that show. Anyway, hope you're enjoying it so far. What do you think we're gonna get into, hm? ;-)