(A/N): You know, the less reviews I get the less drive I have to write. So…people, please review.
Shade's eyes fluttered open as he groaned and rubbed his eyes. He sat up and looked around an unfamiliar room and in an unfamiliar bed. He quickly jumped out of the bed and ran out of the room. He walked into the hallway and he realized he was in a normal, modern looking house. He passed by a mirror and did a double-take. He didn't have a shirt on and he looked…older?
"Hi honey!" A pale blue hedgehog said as she kissed his lips. Shade spazzed out as he backed away from the hedgehog. "What's wrong?" The hedgehog asked her eyebrows furrowing in confusion.
"Who are you?" Shade asked.
"I'm Jamie. You're wife." She said in an obvious tone as Shade started to hyperventilate.
"No way! You can't be! I'm with Suzy! I'm in college! I'm only twenty!" Shade exclaimed as Jamie put her hand on Shade's cheek.
"Shade, are you ok? You graduated college a long time ago. You're thirty-three and you haven't seen Suzy since college." Jamie said as Shade's mouth dropped.
"What the fu-"Shade was interrupted by little children shouting.
"Daddy!" A small boy hedgehog and small girl hedgehog yelled. They both hugged Shade as Shade started to hyperventilate again.
"I need air. I need air." Shade said as he chaos controlled out of the home. He didn't really do it well since he crashed into the front yard of his parents' lawn. He ran into the home and started screaming out for his parents.
"Shade! We weren't expecting you." Amy said as she ran to hug her son. She had little wrinkles in the corners of her eyes and her quills were fading in color.
"Mom, I…wife…kids…Suzy…you…" Shade couldn't come up with a coherent sentence as Amy looked at him confused.
"Sweetie, what's wrong?" Amy asked as she placed a hand over his forehead.
"What happened?" Shade exclaimed pulling his mom's hand off of his forehead.
"I think I should be asking you that question." Amy said as Shade groaned. "And put a shirt on." Amy said as Shade only groaned again. "Honey," Amy said as she sat with her son after he put a shirt on. "What's going on?" She asked.
"I don't know…I woke up and suddenly I have a wife and kids and you're old-"Amy interrupted him.
"Excuse me? I'm only fifty-one. That's the new thirty." Amy said flipping her quills back as Shade rolled his eyes.
"Whatever…I don't know what's going on. I was in Costa Rica and fell asleep in a hammock and now I'm here." Shade said motioning his hands over himself. "What happened to college? What happened to Suzy?" Shade said as Amy looked at him sadly.
"You guys broke up, Shade. You haven't seen her since college. The whole group broke up." Amy said as Shade's eyes widened.
"What?" He said in disbelief.
"After Renegade's death-"Shade cut off his mother.
"Renegade d-died?" Shade stuttered as Amy nodded solemnly.
"The group just broke up after that. Julian was angry at Rafael and Serenity tried to settle it, but things just took a turn for the worse." Amy said as her eyes started to tear up.
"Mom…what happened?" Shade asked as Amy inhaled an uneven breath.
"Emma died after him. Someone murdered her and then Goldeye after her." Amy said as Shade's hand clenched into fists. "Everyone felt like that they couldn't trust anyone. Even Bolt couldn't trust Flash. Eventually, you guys just broke up." Amy said as Shade looked at the ground.
"Is everybody still together…coupling wise?" Shade asked. He knew he and Suzy were over, he only hoped none of his friends lost their true loves.
"Almost everybody. Brice and Nicole broke up a few years back. Ruby and Shawn followed soon after and Alex broke up with Black. Chrissy and Bolt are going through a divorce right now." Amy said as Shade whipped his head over to her.
"What?" Shade said in shock and anger.
"They're not on the best terms." Amy said uneasily as Shade stood up and paced. He pinched the bridge of his nose as he exhaled.
"What's Suzy doing now?" Shade asked as Amy fiddled with her fingers.
"She's a model. She's dating that celebrity in all the vampire movies. He looks really gross and dirty-"Shade cut her off.
"Robert Peterson!" Shade exclaimed as Amy nodded. Shade sputtered before yelling in frustration. "I'm going to go now." Shade said as he quickly chaos controlled. He stopped by an old house and knocked on the door.
"In a minute!" He heard someone say before the door opened to reveal a disheveled looking Bolt. "Shade?" Bolt said confused as he looked at the dark hedgehog.
"Hey, man. How's it going?" Shade asked as Bolt ran a hand through his quills.
"Not great." He said as a bunch of clothes hit him.
"GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!" Shade heard Chrissy yelled. Bolt growled as he threw a shirt on the floor in frustration.
"THIS IS MY FUCKING HOUSE! I FUCKING BOUGHT IT!" Bolt yelled right back as Shade stood there awkwardly.
"BULLSHIT! YOUR PARENTS BOUGHT IT!" Chrissy yelled as she ran down the stairs and pushing Bolt back.
"RIGHT! MY PARENTS! NOT YOURS!" Bolt screamed in her face as Shade looked sadly at the arguing couple.
"BUT THEY INTRUSTED IT TO ME IN THEIR WILL!" Chrissy yelled as Shade's head shot up.
"Spark and Winter died?" Shade exclaimed as the couple whipped their heads to Shade. Bolt looked down sadly as Chrissy turned around.
"Yeah." Bolt said emotionlessly. "About a year ago." Bolt said as Shade looked at him sadly.
"You should go, Shade." Chrissy said as she turned her head to look at him. Bolt nodded in agreement as Shade sighed.
"I'll see you guys around." Shade said before transporting away. He stood in front of an apartment door and knocked. The door opened and he saw the face he's been hoping to see.
"Shade?" Suzy said in confusion as she stood by the door. "W-What are you doing here?" Suzy stuttered as she looked at her ex-boyfriend in confusion.
"I came to see you, Suzy." Shade said as Suzy opened the door to let him in.
"Um, how are you doing? Last I heard Jamie gave birth to a little girl." Suzy said a little bitterly as Shade grimaced.
"Yeah…about that…" Shade said trailing off as Suzy raised her eyebrow.
"What? Are you two getting a divorce?" Suzy asked as Shade shook his head.
"No…Well…No! God…when I was last awake we were all separated around the globe, but we were still friends. Mason did it to us and we were together, Suzy. Just tell me, what happened to us?" Shade said as Suzy looked down at her hands.
"We just…drifted. We argued more than we talked. We cursed more than we laughed. We just weren't working anymore." Suzy said with a shrug of her shoulders. Shade held her hands in his.
"No. That can't be. We were meant to be together." Shade said as Suzy's eyes began to tear up.
"I wanted that more than anything, but, but it didn't happen Shade. We moved on. I don't love you that way anymore." Suzy said as she removed her hands from his. Suddenly Shade was falling. Falling into the darkness. He landed on the ground with a thud as he looked around himself. Cheka appeared in front of him as Shade scrambled to his feet.
"Cheka! What's going on? This is a nightmare, isn't it?" Shade asked as Cheka sighed.
"That wasn't a nightmare. That was your future and the group's. Everything that happened is going to happen." Cheka said as Shade shook his head.
"No, it can't be like that! We can't all break up!" Shade exclaimed as Cheka floated down to his eyelevel.
"I know. You're Friendship, Shade. You have to prevent that from happening. I failed, but you have the chance to stop it." Cheka said as Shade held his stone. "You can stop it." Cheka said before disappearing.
"NO!" Shade yelled as he spun around and landed on the sand. He groaned as he got on his knees. He felt the breeze go through his quills as he looked at his stone. "I will prevent this." Shade murmured to himself.
"Told you we didn't have to steal." Goldeye said as Roddy rolled his eyes. Goldeye managed to persuade a fast food restaurant to give them some food. Now, they were in an inn ran by a sweet old mongoose who noticed them at the restaurant.
"Yeah, yeah." Roddy said as he sat next to him against the wall looking at the kids sleep. "They're smart kids." Roddy said after swallowing a bit from his burger.
"Yeah, real mature for their age." Goldeye said as an awkward presence fell over them.
"So, you're dating Emma." Roddy said trying to break the silence.
"And you're dating Lilac. Glad we got the obvious out of the way." Goldeye said as Roddy laughed.
"How's it going for you guys? I knew you had drama before." Roddy asked as Goldeye shrugged his shoulders.
"It's good. We're just…working things out." Goldeye said as Roddy raised his eyebrow.
"What things?" Roddy asked.
"It's complicated." Goldeye said as he carried Nessa – who was sitting on his lap – over to the bed.
"Doesn't seem like it." Roddy asked as he followed him holding Luca. Aiden was already in bed when they placed Nessa and Luca by him.
"Trust me it is." Goldeye said pulling a blanket over them. It may be summer back home, but it was winter over here.
"Do you love her?" Roddy asked as Goldeye walked out of the room.
"Of course." Goldeye said.
"Then why haven't you told her?" Roddy asked making Goldeye stop.
"How did you know?" Goldeye asked turning to look at the hedgehog.
"Word gets around in this group. You got to know that." Roddy said as Goldeye rolled his eyes.
"I don't know…it's different for us." Goldeye said as he sat at the dining room table. No one stayed here besides the old lady, so they practically had the whole place to themselves.
"How?" Roddy asked sitting down on the side of him.
"Emma's special." Goldeye said leaning back in his chair.
"So is Lilac, but I managed. And that's saying something." Roddy said as Goldeye cracked a smile.
"No, this is different. Emma is very special." Goldeye said as Roddy raised her eyebrow. "Just give me sometime and I'm sure I'll say it." Goldeye said before getting up and leaving. Roddy sighed as he got up from the table. He started to walk to his room before something caught his eye. A phone! He whipped around and typed in a number he knew by heart.
"Hello?"
"Mom! I'm in Australia and I have no money and no way home! Please come get us!" Roddy said in a rush.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Roddy, I didn't get any of that." Rebecca said as Roddy sighed.
"I did! Our children are in Australia!" Roddy heard Sonic yell.
"Ivy isn't here. It's Goldeye, Aiden, Luca, Nessa, and I." Roddy said as he heard shuffling on the other end.
"Where's my baby?" Sonic exclaimed as Roddy pulled the phone away from his ear.
"Thanks Dad. Feels good to be loved." Roddy said with a roll of his eyes.
"Don't worry Roddy. We'll have you flown back soon." Rebecca said as Roddy sighed in relief.
"Thanks mom." Roddy said before hanging up the phone. "Home sweet home never sounded so good." Roddy said walking down the hall.
"Black, it's been an hour. You can let me go." Serenity said as they sat in a hotel room.
"I'm just so glad we found someone smart." Black said as Ruby whipped around.
"Excuse me?" She said with her hands on her hips.
"She's one of the leaders!" Black exclaimed as Ruby rolled her eyes.
"How did you even pull off getting a hotel room?" Andrew asked pushing Wilmer off and sitting on the bed.
"Puto." Wilmer said as Andrew rolled his eyes.
"I have my credit card. I was lucky enough to keep it in my shoe." Serenity said as they all looked at her strange. "Hey, it helps. Like now." Serenity said.
"I can't believe they emptied all our pockets." Black said sitting at the desk.
"And put restraint bracelets on us." Serenity said holding up her bracelet.
"How did they even do it?" Ruby asked.
"Ain't it obvious? We all got knocked silly and they done on did it while we were all passed out." Wilmer said sitting on the other bed.
"I wonder if everybody is here." Andrew said as he laid back on the bed.
"I don't know. All I know is nose goes for sleeping on the couch!" Black yelled as everybody rushed to touch their nose.
"Damn it!" Wilmer said as he walked over to the couch. Suddenly Ruby gasped as she jumped on the bed.
"A phone!" She exclaimed as everybody scrambled for it. Serenity got it as they all waited for her to call her parents.
"Hello?" Amy said in confusion. Who the hell was calling from India?
"Mom!" Serenity exclaimed.
"Serenity? Why are you in India?" Amy exclaimed.
"Long story. Just get us set up for plane trip back!" Serenity exclaimed as Amy sighed.
"Fine, but they're better be a good excuse for this." Amy said before hanging up.
"Yes! Home free!" Black exclaimed throwing his hands in the air.
"Um…so…what are we going to do?" Sean asked as he stood with Nicole in the dark.
"I really don't know." Nicole said as they wandered down the sidewalks with streetlights.
"No phone. No money. This is going to be hard." Sean said stuffing his hands into his pockets.
"Then I guess you'll need our help." They heard someone say. They turned around to see AJ, Suzy, and Bolt.
"Oh thank God!" Sean exclaimed as he walked over with them with Nicole.
"We found a family who would take us in. We were just picking up some food." Bolt said as Nicole and Suzy hugged.
"Good. I thought we would have to sleep in the dirt." Nicole said as they walked back to the house.
"We also called our parents. They're planning a flight for us." AJ said as Sean sighed in relief.
"It's cool to be in Thailand, but I don't want to miss any of my finals." Sean said as everybody nodded in agreement. Flash and Shawn were sitting outside watching the night sky.
"I'm going to beg my parents to bring us here for spring break next year." Shawn said as Flash laughed.
"Sure…knowing them they'll probably take us to Angel Island again." Flash said as Shawn huffed.
"What a shame." They heard someone say before Flash grabbed Shawn and rolled them over dodging a laser blast. Shawn and Flash looked up to see light blue hawk. His arm morphed from a laser canon back to his regular wing. He had brown eyes with gold specks in them and a white beak. He jumped down from a windmill and landed in front of the two friends
"God, another one." Shawn said pointing to the stone around the hawk's neck.
"Who the hell are you?" Flash asked stepping forward.
"Ryan Rennings. Now, back to business." He said with a smirk before he held up both of his wings as the morphed into missiles launchers. Multiple missiles launched at the two as Flash sent out strands of electricity defusing them all.
"Going to have to do better than that." Flash said as Ryan smirked.
"Do I?" He said as Flash looked at him confused. Suddenly all the missiles on the ground went off and sending Flash and Shawn flying into the air.
"What's going on?" Donovan asked running out with Tyler and Lilac behind him.
"Oo…look! More fresh meat." Ryan said launching missiles at them. Lilac stuck her arms above her and projected a shield around them all.
"When did you know how to do that?" Tyler asked as all the missiles exploded against the shield.
"Your dad gave me an upgrade." She said as she let the shield fall. Donovan rushed over to the hawk and grabbed him by the shirt. He spun him around and threw him against a tree knocking it down. Flash and Shawn ran back with the group. Suddenly metal extendable hands flew towards Flash pinning him to the ground. Lilac hands turned into spinning blades as she went to cut them, but they didn't break.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Honey, you should know my weapons are indestructible." Ryan said as he walked towards them. Lilac changed her hands into a laser beam and fired at Ryan sending him flying. Tyler stopped him in the air when suddenly he got knocked down to the ground and frozen to it. Everybody looked at Tyler confused as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Thought maybe you guys could use some help." Derek said as everybody whipped their heads towards him, Alana, and Ginger.
"No way! They got you guys too!" Flash said dusting himself off.
"No, after a while we realized something happen to you guys. We tracked you and found you." Ginger said as they all nodded. Ryan struggled against his frozen confines. Derek hovered over him as his eyes turned gold.
"Tell me why you're here." Derek said as Ryan's eyes turned gold.
"I was sent by Mason to place a device on Flash Storm." He said in a monotone. Everybody looked at Flash in confusion.
"What kind of device?" Derek asked.
"I don't know. Ethan said it would make him angry or something like that." Ryan's hypnotized form said.
"He's trying to make me go dark." Flash said in disbelief.
"If he's doing it to you there's no doubt he trying it on Hydro and Tsunami." Derek said as he knocked out Ryan.
"We have to find them!" Flash exclaimed.
"How? We have no idea where they are." Shawn said.
"We know you guys are different countries. Sonic called us going off on how Roddy is in Australia." Ginger said as they all sighed.
"Well, we might as well get back home and try to track them somehow." Tyler said as they all nodded. They all packed into the car before driving to the airport. Lauren was sitting in the barn she, Ebony, and Henry found to hide. They found Cat and Liecy luckily and they were all currently sleeping in the barn. Well, not Lauren. She had a lot on her mind and decided to go for a walk.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Nick said appearing by her side.
"I don't know…You told me I'm supposed to experience something. Like Alana and Rafael. I'm just trying to think of something. What could it be?" Lauren said as Nick shrugged his shoulders.
"Sorry can't say. But I can tell you of my experience." Nick said as Lauren looked at him confused.
"Isn't it the same?" Lauren asked as Nick shook his head.
"Nope, it changes every time." He said as Lauren nodded.
"What did you have to do?" Lauren asked as Nick crossed his legs under him and floated next to Lauren as she walked.
"I had to swallow my pride to help my father." Nick said as Lauren looked at him confused. "My father left my mother and me when I was two. He was dying and he needed a kidney transplant from me. I didn't want to help him. He didn't deserve it. He left me without a father and my mother to raise me by herself. But, it was the right thing to do so I did it." Nick said as he lifted up his shirt. "Have the scar to prove it." He said as his shirt floated down.
"Wow, that's big." Lauren said as Nick nodded. "Is that going to be similar to what I have to do?" She asked.
"Can't say." He said as Lauren groaned.
"You're no help!" She exclaimed.
"Maybe I'll be." A voice said as a blast of energy fired at Lauren. Lauren dodged it as she looked in front of her. A gray fox dropped to the ground in front of her. His hands were glowing with purple energy and his eyes were glowing the same color before fading back to his pale green color. He had three bangs the stuck out in front him and two tails. Lauren thought for a second that he was a carbon copy of Tails. One of his ears was folded down and he had a scowl.
"Who are you?" Lauren asked as his eyes started to glow purple again.
"Your killer." He said as he fired an energy beam toward Lauren. Lauren created a water shield blocking the blast before she rolled on the ground to dodge other blasts.
"Eric Harris." Lauren said as Eric fired another beam at her. "You're an Avenger." She said as she froze his feet to the ground. Eric bent down and melted the ice around his feet.
"Lauren Romaro. You're the girl I'm supposed to kill." He said in a monotone as he blasted her. Lauren went flying into the air and landed through the roof of the barn.
"What the fuck?" Ebony exclaimed as the door was blown open. Eric walked in as Cat blasted him back with fire. He flipped backwards avoiding the blast before firing at Cat. Cat dodged the blast as everybody got to their feet. But Eric vanished leaving them all confused.
"Who was that?" Henry asked.
"Another one of those stupid Avengers." Lauren said collapsing on a pile of hay.
"He's recruiting more." Cat said as she walked over to Lauren. "He probably wants to take you out because you can read minds." Cat said as Ebony sat next to her sister.
"Stephan can read minds too. Do you think he's going to go after him too?" Ebony questioned as Cat shrugged her shoulders.
"Maybe. I can't be sure. The best thing for now is to get some sleep." Cat said as she stood up.
"I don't think I can sleep with a giant hole in the roof and the smell of burnt hay." Henry said as Cat rolled her eyes.
"It's not that bad. We'll find a way home." Cat said reassuringly as everybody tried to go back to sleep.
(A/N): Oo…shocking.