Welcome back to Silver and the Quest for the Chaos Emeralds!

In our last adventure, Silver...wow, you haven't done a THING have you Silver? He just left the house with his goals in mind. Our grand adventure's REEEEAAAALLLYYY kicking off here people.

Anyways, I think I should tell you guys my schedule. I'll be posting every weekend, while taking one off after two weekends. I will post on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for weekends I don't have breaks. So basically, you'll be getting three chapters a weekend, with one off. Sound good?

Good, because that schedule is one I'm probably gonna use for all my fanfics. Since this is the only one, I'll dedicate more time to this, but eventually I'm going to have to build more of a name by making more fics.

Anywho, let's-a go...

So, I stepped outside of Tails' house, and began my adventure...

The first place I went was to the shop. That's where I spent a good chunk of rings on supplies. Why a good chunk and not a more reasonable amount? See, in the future, rings are not the currency of Soliana anymore. So once I head to the future, these rings will be near useless.'

After that, I looked at the map Tails gave me. Mobius looked a lot bigger now that I'll be moving around in it.

"So. The first emerald is here on the edge of Spagonia. Seems like a pretty far walk. That'll take me a day at least."

I thought about bringing somebody along with me so I wouldn't get lonely. I shrugged that idea off. Even though I would love to bring someone like Blaze, Sonic, hell, even Shadow wasn't that bad of a choice, I don't want to get too attached to them so that when I have the choice to stay here or head to the future, I end up being too attached to actually head back home. The future is first priority. Nothing else.

At 4 hours in my walk, I noticed it was getting dark. Wow, that late already? I kept walking, hoping to get to the Chaos Emerald as soon as possible. The sun was setting straight in front of me. It was clearly visible, as I was walking in a plains area.

Then I got another chill down my spine. Was someone watching me?

I stopped and looked behind me. Now, I felt like an idiot for doing this. I was in the PLAINS. A large open area full of nothing but short grass. How can someone hide in that?!

Well, apparently, someone can, because I got punched pretty far by something metal. Oh joy, here comes the pain.

I must have flew at least 40 feet before actually landing. Then I slid another 50. Sliding is not fun. Unless it is on a slide, sliding is the ultimate way to pain and misery.

I got up and brushed the dirt off. Thankfully, I'm a bit resilient. I may not be as fast as Sonic or Shadow, but I can last longer in a fight than them. That, and I can coat myself in energy to help ease the pain some. I did this time, barely. Only problem is I can't move while using it.

I looked forward to see who attacked me. "Wh...what? It can't be!" No, of course, it HAD to be him. Right at the beginning of this adventure, it HAD to be him.

"Silver the Hedgehog. How delightful to meet you."

*tch* Sonic told me that what might be Eggman's most successful creation, as well as his most powerful foe, is his robotic copy. Metal Sonic.

Metal Sonic was made some years ago. He kidnapped Amy Rose, a friend of mine, and almost beat Sonic in a race. Later, he captured Eggman, copied everyone's data, and transformed into an absolute monster. He challenged Sonic's younger counterpart in the last adventure Sonic had, but his younger self had beaten him. And he's STILL alive. I'll tell you, that is some TRUE determination there.

"I don't get it. I thought Sonic already beat you for the...um...umpteenth time." What? I lost count! Admit it, you did too.

"That's because I rebuilt him." Now that voice I knew. I knew that voice all too well. My old foe coming to say his hi's and all. Still, I'm shocked to see him in the past.

"Nega Eggman!" Nega Eggman, a descendant of Eggman, and my greatest foe. He's an absolute genius, with an IQ of 300. Basically, picture Eggman, and make his clothes negative.

"YOU rebuilt Metal Sonic?" Nega simply chuckled. "Foolish Silver. I didn't just rebuild him. I REMADE him. Not only does he have the return data of copying abilities, but there's more about him. I found this junk somewhere in space when I was sent here from the Time Eater attack. I learned what it did, and after finding Metal Sonic on the ground, broken, I repaired him with those parts. It was after some training that I found out that Metal Sonic could copy any move he watches with absolute perfection."

Wow, that answered my last question of 'How are you here?' I seem to remember a robot that Sonic knew that has the same ability as Metal's newfound one. Odd.

"So, can I ask what it is that you're planning?" I asked. Well, he IS a villain. And he's not necessarily smart enough to keep the plan to himse-

"Do you really think I'm stupid enough to not keep the plan to myself?" ...goddammit, mouth. "The only thing I WILL tell you is that my plan requires all 7 Chaos Emeralds. Once that happens, heh heh heh..." Nega chuckled, "You can forget about ever going home!"

I sighed. Great, not only do I have to find all 7 Emeralds, it's a race to get them before Nega does. And it's not like I'm fast either.

"But don't worry. You won't need to go home. I will give you a safe passage towards the depths of hell via Metal Sonic. Now, Metal Sonic, attack!"

"Yes, master." Metal Sonic rushed at me with unimaginable speeds. Before I knew it, I was being knocked around like a rag doll before quickly hurtling towards the ground. I got back up, being a bit worn out already, and proceeded to grab him with my telekinetic powers. "IT'S NO USE! TAKE THIS!" I threw him to the side and he-OH COME ON! He got straight back up not even getting a scratch. That's when I saw him getting in a position I saw familiar. Then I realized what he was doing.

He had copied my ability, and was planning to use it on me. "Let's see who's escape attempt will prove futile." He picked me up using telekinesis, I don't even know HOW, and threw me straight to the ground. Yeah, I probably should've done that.

I was on the ground, pretty much spent from the fight. "N-no...I can't let it end here now..." Nega was simply walking away. "Goodbye, Silver the Hedgehog. My most formidable foe." I tried to get up, but I couldn't. I just kept lying there, in pain. Metal was standing over me, with his hand in the air, ready to deliver the final blow. Then he grabbed me by the collar.

"Where is the blue hedgehog?" He asked, quickly. "Tell me now, and I will make your death painless."

"I...I ca...I can't...te.." I sputtered out. There were two reasons I couldn't tell him. One, I was in too much pain to be talking much. Two, he was in a populated city of Spagonia. Metal Sonic can NOT get there and destroy everyone for the sake of a rematch.

"You WILL tell me." Metal held his finger at my throat. He was pushing slowly, and the pain was almost too much. I was about to tell him where Sonic was, you know, after the screaming and all, when something kicked him away. Something really, REALLY black.

"Sh...SHADOW?!" *COUGH* I coughed up blood. Beautiful.

But what is Shadow doing here?

So Shadow has entered the playing field. Now, let me confirm something for all you hopefuls. Shadow is NOT going to be a companion. There's only two people he would continuously travel with. Silver isn't one of them.

But you guys didn't think Silver would WIN that fight, did you? He was walking for four hours with NO BREAK. Not to mention Metal Sonic has superior power and can work the area around him better than Silver. But I wouldn't let him die yet.

Trust me though, Shadow is there for a reason.

R&R, please.