Tammy stepped forward walking towards me and Sonic, Shadow and Shadria said nothing.

" I saw Soni leave in the middle of the night, I thought she was just going for a midnight run so I went back to sleep and-" Tammy began to say but was cut off by Shadria.

"That doesn't prove anything. She left in the middle of the night, Why didn't you say anything Tammy? You understand that Soni shouldn't leave the camp at night, what if Metal Sonic returned. We could have found her dead-"

"So what were you and Shadow doing up? Isn't it really ironic that by the time we noticed Soni was missing that you showed up with her?" Amery asked as he cut in, he walked over to me smirking at Shadria. She glared back at him, if looks could kill then everyone in the camp would be six feet under.

"I believe you, Soni. You'd never lie about something like that!" He said as he held on to my arm, I muttered a soft thanks then turned back to Shadria. Kay walked over to me and leaned against me, she turned to Shadow and Shadria.

"Soni may be obnoxious, egotistic, a spas', hardheaded-" Kay began listing different things, I turned to her teeth clenched.

"How is that supposed to help?" I demanded losing a little bit of my temper, Kay smirked then glared at Shadria.

"My point is that Soni wouldn't do that, why would she want to lie about that. Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, take your side. The human Sonic team or Shadow and Shadria?" Kay said a hand resting on my shoulder and one wrapped around Tammy.

"Because we stick together, no matter what! That's what friends do, we've got your back Soni!" Tammy piped up and grinned at me, I could feel my eyes start to get damp. I never knew they felt like that, I know I can count on them. Sonic and the others shifted feet unsure what to do.

"Is it that hard to decide, Faker? Which side are you on? Are you going with those idiotic girls or with some one you've known the longest?" Shadow asked glaring specifically at me, I turned to the girls.

" Choose who ever you want Sonic. But no matter what, we're going to continue looking for the Crystal Shards and the Chaos Emeralds." I said looking directly at Sonic, he turned to Knuckles, Tails and Amy then back to me. The silence was almost chilling as the wind that blew.

"I choose…the Human Sonic Team." He said walking over to me, we both shook hands.

"Humph! That still doesn't prove any thing." Shadria snapped as she glared at us, Tammy stepped forward.

"Actually, you didn't let me finish what I was saying. I woke up again and noticed she was still gone so I went in the same direction she left and saw you and Shadow. Shadow was carrying Soni and saying something about Soni and Sonic always getting in the way and that "it" could work to their advantage. I left after that to tell you guys but when I came back Shadow and Shadria were there before me, so I stayed quiet and would talk to Soni in private." Tammy stated crossing her arms smirking at Shadria, She snarled and raised her hand for a Chaos spear, instinctively I jumped forward and pushed Tammy out of the way. I got back up and spin dashed towards Shadria slamming her into a tree close by, I jumped back as she launched another attack at me. I smirked as I easily dodged her spears, I ran behind her and was about to slam into her again when I was kicked from behind. I looked up to my attacker to see Shadow standing over me with a huge spear in his hand. Sonic rammed into him knocking them both to the ground, they began twisting, turning and wrestling on ground. Shadria began to stand up when I twisted my leg knocking her back down to the ground. We looked each other in the eye, red against green. We jumped up and grabbed each other by the arms, we both pressed forwards neither of us gaining ground.

"Just give up, Faker! You'll never win." She growled as she increased the pressure, I shoved her back

" Ha, that's what you think! Haven't you ever heard the saying "the good guys always win"? And from my point of view you are defiantly not the good guys." I snarled jumping back and curled into a ball slamming into her, she flew backwards landing near where Sonic and Shadow were fighting. Shadow kicked Sonic off of him and was next to the supply bag, he yanked out the Chaos Emerald appeared next to Shadria and shouted Chaos Control. Then they were gone leaving us a chaos emerald short. I gasped for breath next to Sonic as the teams began running over to us, Sonic and I looked at each other practically reading each other's faces. This was going to one heck of an adventure, now that Shadow and Shadria were now the enemy. Kay and Tammy were next to me in an instant placing my arms around their shoulders, Knuckles and Tails doing the same for Sonic. Amery and Amy began laying out the sleeping bags, I winced as I sat down beginning to feel sore everywhere.

"Amery and I will go get some water from the stream." Amy said as she grabbed some water canteens, Amery began pulling out his bat slinging it on his shoulder.

"Kay, Knuckles could you guys go with them? I don't want them going alone." I said as I rubbed my shoulder, they both nodded and began walking after the two. Sighed as I laid back on the bag, Tammy and Tails sat across from me silently whispering. I just couldn't help it-

"So what are the cutest couple whispering about?" I asked grinning, they both began to turn red.

"I…we…we're…"

"We weren't…I'm not.." They stuttered both completely embarrassed, Sonic grinned at me as he shook his head. Five minutes passed when loud shouts erupted from the forest, Kay came flying out her face ecstatic. She held in the air a clear crystal shard, I stood up and began walking over to her when Amery tackled me to the ground.

"Ow…Amery please get off me! " I said as I tried to push him off of me, once doing the impossible, Kay explained how she found it. She said that she was looking around while Amery and Amy filled the canteens with water when she felt a weird energy coming from a tree. After climbing up she found it in a birds nest, only it was occupied and the bird didn't feel like giving it up. So after lots of scratches, curses and pecks she was able to pull it out. I held it in my hand even though it had little power when shattered, I could still feel something pulsing inside.

"Well…tonight was…interesting. We lose one emerald and gained another Crystal Shard. And we find out that Shadow and Shadria were conspiring against us. We've got a lot of work cut out for us tomorrow." I said as we all crawled into our sleeping bags. Nobody said goodnight, nobody would have a good night knowing that the two ultimate life forms were now our enemies.


Sorry if it seems rushed, it's late and I have to go to sleep. Thanks everyone for the reivews, fifty-one thats awesome! So thanks! Please,please,please, review,review, review!!~God Bless!~