She shuddered, "Is there another way?"

"Not that I can think of," he admitted, "We could wait and see if anything comes back."

"Okay. I think I'll try that first," she said.

"Okay. I'll take you back to the base. I'm sure Shadow's worried."

She flinched, "He scares me."

"Shadow? But I thought...of course, you're memories gone. Don't worry, he'd never hurt you," Tails assured her.

She bit her lip, "If you say so."

He took her back out to the jet and they went back to the base, "Well?" Shadow asked the second they landed.

"We're going to wait for a few days and see if anything comes back," Tails explained, "If not, then the only other options are to leave her memory gone, or else I'd have to drain her of most of her blood to get the syrum out."

Shadow looked at her worriedly, "Fine."

"Do you wanna come inside?" Tails asked.

She nodded, "Sure."

They walked in, "Do you want to see your room?" Shadow suggested.

"S-sure," she stammered and he took her hand and led her up the stairs.

He pushed open her door and she looked around in amazement, "I feel like I should know this place...it seems so familiar."

"That's because it was yours," he explained, "Your laptop's over there."

She picked up the device and opened it, "Wow. I wrote a lot," she muttered, clicking on a bunch of documents, "Most of it's like a diary."

"Read it," he urged.

She began to read aloud, "Day 1: Hello, I guess you're my new companion. Uncle Eggman gave you to me for a present. I think it's so that I'll stay in my room. Oh well, it'll work for a while. Anyways, my name is Kayla and I'm a hedgehog. My Uncle's a doctor, but he doesn't ever seem to have any patients. It's a little odd. I'll tell you more tomorrow, it's getting late. ~Kayla."

"You probably wrote that before Sonic came," Shadow pointed out.

She opened the next entry, "You're right. This one explains it: Day 2: Someone put you next to my nightstand. I have so much to tell you.
"First off, Eggman isn't my uncle. I found that out the hard way (explained later). Sonic came the night that I first got you and took me away from him. At first I was scared, but now I know that it was actually a good thing.

"After I got here, I fell asleep for a while, then Shadow came. He said that since I liked Eggman I was evil, and he took me into the forest. After a while he let me go, (this is the part where Eggman comes in) Eggman tried to capture me, but Shadow saved me, and brought me back to the base.

"It turns out that Eggman broke my ribs. They don't hurt to bad, but I'm still not supposed to get out of bed for a while. It's kind of boring, but I think that now I've got you back it won't be so bad. ~Kayla."

She looked at him, "Y-you-"

He cut her off, "Keep reading. I think it'll change."

She bit her lip and went on, "Day 3: Sorry I haven't written for so long, but nothing really happened. I can finally get out of bed now, but when I tried to go on a run, Shadow wouldn't let me. I was so mad, I just ran off, then I got tackled by Charmy, and met the Chaotix team. Vector is the leader, Espio's a ninja (isn't that cool!), and Charmy's extremely hyper. Well that's all for today. ~Kayla.

"Day 4: I feel so horrible. I got captured by G.U.N and they tortured me! It was terrible. First they electorcuted me, then they almost drownt me, then there was the needles, and they tried to trick me with a hallucination. It was so scary. In the hallucination Shadow was trying to get me to tell what went on, but I couldn't say, then he got mad, and tried to force it out of me. Of course he'd never really do that. I don't really want to say anymore. ~Kayla."

"How'd you even manage to get on?" he mused.

She smiled, "I snuck it while you were gone," she gasped, "I remembered something!"

"Keep reading," he urged.

"Day 5," she went on eagerly, "G.U.N came again. They took Shadow with us. I was so scared. They almost killed me, but they healed me. I knew it was only so they could hurt Shadow even more. I'm starting to wonder if he likes me. In the facility he was extremely protective and he showed a side I've never seen before. I don't know though, I can never be sure with Shadow.

"Anyways, before G.U.N came, me and Shadow seemed to be getting caught in these traps. I got caught in a net, then dropped on top of him, then we fell in a hole, and then we were surrounded by rattle snakes (ugh). It was super freaky, then he got us out, but I heard someone that needed help, so I ran towards it, but it was G.U.N. Shadow tried to protect me, but I wouldn't let him hurt them. I didn't want them to have a reason for hurting him.

"The tests were horrible. First they put laughing gas in the room that almost made me pass out, then put a snake in the room, thankfully Shadow killed it, and then they drew a lot of my blood. After that I was really weak and almost died.

"Of course, they healed me, and Shadow used my bracelets to let Eggman know were. It was weird being rescued by him, but we got to the base safely. ~Kayla."

"There's only one more," she whispered.

"Read it," he urged.

She took a deep breath and began, "Day 7: I've had the most wonderful day! If there were words to describe it I'd use them. He kissed me! He really and truthfully kissed me! Shadow! I never thought he would, but he did! I'm so happy. I can't really keep my thoughts straight, so I'm gonna go. ~Kayla."

He nodded, "I figured that'd be the last entry."

"Y-you kissed me," she said, "I-i remember it," she looked at him with wide eyes, "I remember you! Shadow!" she flung herself towards him and buried her face in his chest,

"I'm so sorry!"

He rubbed her quills gently, "It's okay."

She continued to cry and hugged him, "I don't ever want to forget again! Don't let me forget!"

"I won't. I promise," he whispered.

And her memory's back! For the most part. Poor Shadow. :'( Until next time: READ, REVIEW, AND ENJOY! ~tfflv