With Sonic gone, Amy decided to get up and look around the house. It looked better than any other house that had three teenage guys living in it. Of course Amy did drop by at least once a week, and she knew Sonic had the guys clean the house a little bit whenever she did. But Sonic must of tried and clean the house by himself, since it was last minute. There was only a few shirts and socks laying on the white rug, but not enough to make a cave out of. On the black chalkboard wall, the wall that the stairs were on, different drawings, problem, and list were on it; with different colored pieces of chalk scattered at the bottom of it. Amy took noticed in the problem 64=10 problem, that was written in red chalk.
"He's getting better at math." Amy sighed to herself.
"Amy?" Someone asked at the foot of the steps. When she looked, she saw Sonic's best friend Tails, dressed in a pair of blue silky shorts, and a white undershirt. It was obvious he had just woken up.
"Morning Tails." Amy smiled
"Um, hi." He yawned, rubbing his eyes, " What are you doing here?"
"Oh, Sonic called me, and asked me to come over."
"So you know about Shadow?"
"That he's small, yes. But I don't the whole thing. Sonic tried telling me some of the story, but he had to leave. He told me, to tell you, to tell me the rest of the story."
"Oh, ok. Where did he leave off?"
"He just ran you and Shadow home."
Sonic slid to a holt as the three got to the white door of the house. Sonic threw the door opened, and rushed them down to the basement, or Tails' workshop, as Sonic and Silver put it. He flipped on the light switch and they all went down the stairs.
"So what do you have to fix Shady up, Tails?"
"Nothing." Tails said, taking Shadow, who had shrunk even more and was only wearing his sweat soaked track suit; and put him in a steel cylinder. After shutting the door he pressed a giant red button and the sound of water could be heard. "The only thing I have here is the radiation shower, which will cool him off."
"Wait, you don't know what's happening to him?"
"Of course not." Tails said, "Why would I know that?"
"I don't know, you're the brains of our group, so I just sorta assumed."
"What do I look like, a genius? I'm an engineer, not some sort of scholar. Whats next, do you want me to make some sort of potion that change him back?"
Sonic was going to say something, but the water sound stopped and was replaced by a tapping sound.
"Sounds like he's done." Tails said, opening the door. "How do you feel?"
"C-c-cold." A small voice said from in the shower.
"Shadow?" Sonic asked, looking at Shadow and not believing what he was seeing.
"Wh-what?" Shadow asked, as he stepped out onto the workshop gray concrete floor, icey cold water dripping off his quills. He hugged himself ashe shivered and looked around the room. Noticing how big everything seemed. "Why does everything look so big?"
"Were not any bigger then we were Shadow." Tails explained, wrapping Shadow in towel, "You're just a good deal smaller."
"What?" Shadow snapped, "You're joking,right? This is some sort of prank.You've made some sort gas that's making me see things weirdly."
"No, I swear Shady!" Sonic said, bending down, "You're seriously small, like kid small. Little kid, small."
"What!This isn't real!" He said, "I don't believe you guys."
"Sonic, Tails!" Someone called from upstairs, "Im home!"
"Oh, Silver's got a recording!" Tails said, snapping his fingers, "Silver, we're down here!"
"Why did you guys just leave like that?" Silver asked, walking down the stairs, "Hey, whos the kid? Sonic, you didn't adopt a kid did you?"
"Dear God, no!" Sonic said, "Did you not see what happened at the track field?"
"No, did I miss something?"
"Yeah." Tails said, taking Silver's head set, and pressing a few buttons. A blue screen appeared in front of them all.
"The cameras were still recording when it all started." Tails said, as he started playing the video. When it got to the part where Shadow began to overheat.
"Wha-, what is this?" Shadow squeaked, as his eyes gazed in horror. It was very clear how much he shrunk in it.
"So wait you're Shadow?" Silver asked, looking at the dark quilled hedgehog.
"Try to keep up Silver." Tails sighed, "How do you feel, Shadow?"
"C-cold."
"Yeah, that's because the radiation showers water is a few degrees off of being at freezing point. Other than that, do you feel okay?"
"Yes-s."
"Maybe we should make sure he doesn't freeze to death, before we ask anymore questions." Silver suggested, picking up Shadow, "I mean, the poor guy is shivering."
Shadow blushed, but not sure from what. From Silver picking him up, or the fact that Silver was warm and he didn't want to be moved his freezing body from the heat.
"I guess." Sonic said, "But we don't have a lot of clothes that will fit him."
"I d-don't care!" Shadow stuttered, "Just get me something warm!"
"Yes sir." Sonic sarcastically said, running upstairs then running back down stairs. He didn't show Shadow what he was going to be wearing, and just dressed him.
"There." Sonic sighed, "That should keep you warm."
Shadow looked at what he was wearing. It was some baggy one piece pajama set, that was green with red stripes on it. Only his feet and hands were peeking out of the piece of clothing.
If it wasn't for the fact it was warm, Shadow would've ripped of the childish article of clothing off. He was positive that it was making him look more like a child.
"So, fox." Shadow sighed, breaking free from Sonic's arms and landing on the floor. "Do you have a way to fix me?"
"Like I told Sonic, no." Tails explained, "What am I Hollywood Iron Man?"
Everyone gave Tails a confused look.
"The original Iron Man was a mechanic, who was amazing with technology. Not the super genius that hollywood portrays him as." Tails explained, "I'm just a gear head, while everyone makes me out to be some all-knowing fox. The only thing we can hope for, is whatever has happened to you will wear off."
"What?" Shadow gasped, his jaw dropping. "I can't be seen in public like this. If those jerks from the government find out, they'll have me captured for sure."
"Don't worry Shady." Sonic said, patting his friend's head, "You can stay here until this blows over. We even have an extra room for you to stay in."
"Wow, really?" Shadow asked, excited; his red eyes sparkling.
"Yeah." Sonic assured, "Well I'm tired of being down here. I'm heading up."
Sonic started to climb up the stair, with everyone following him. Shadow realized how hard it was going to be, to do normal things. Instead of walking up the steps, it felt like climbing a rock wall. His small legs didn't reach the wooden steps, so he had to climb up each step.. But, thankfully, he did manage to make his way up the stairs and into the house. The cool AC hit him like a brick, and he began to shiver. He was warmed up a little bit from the clothes he was wearing, but not enough to survive the cool house.
"You okay?" Silver asked, "Are you still cold?"
"N-no!" Shadow snapped, "I'm just shaking because it what all the kids are doing now a days for fun."
"Hesh, you don't have to be so snappy about it." Silver sighed, "Thankfully Sonic is already on it."
Silver lead Shadow into the living room, where Tails was lying on a couch, watching some show, that didn't interested Shadow. He just looked around the house, wondering why it was so clean. There was the random piece of clothing lying here and there, and dirty dishes on the table. But other than that, the house looked nice. The only thing off was a wall painted chalkboard black, while all the other wall were white. Different, random things were drawn on the wall. List, problems, drawings; most on the board was childish gibberish. Crude drawings, surgery treats, and basic math problems. 22=4, 8-3=5, 64=10.
"I guessing these aren't yours." Shadow said to Sonic as he walked in, "These seem a little complex for you."
"Ha ha ha." Sonic sarcastically said, handing Shadow a plastic cup, filled with something hot.
Shadow almost dropped it when he grabbed onto it, "What is it?"
"It's called hot chocolate."
Shadow sniffed the beverage before taking a small sip from it. "Gah!" He screamed, dropping the cup. "Hot!Hot!Hot!"
"Thats why its called 'Hot Chocolate'" Sonic sighed, picking up the cup; revealing a few brown stains that the hot chocolate left, "Good thing I gave you the sippy cup, or I'd be cleaning up a big stain. Here."
Shadow blushed, taking the cup. "Sorry."
"Its no problem." The blue hedgehog sighed, "Just watch the TV."
Shadow obeyed, and went back to the living room, taking a seat on the carpet. He made sure to take small sips of his beverage, so he wouldn't burn his tongue off. He watched the tv, hoping that he would change back to normal. Eventually, as the sun began to set and they turned the lights on, someone knocked at the door.
"It's the pizza guy." Sonic said, getting up and answering the door. Tails and Silver followed him. When they came back out, Tails handed Shadow a paper plate with a piece of pizza. He didn't waste anytime bitting into the pizza, it had been the first thing he had eaten all day. The taste of cheese and sauce danced in his mouth, as he devoured it.
"Whoa, were you hungry, Shadow?" Silver asked.
"Starving!" Shadow said, "Can I get another piece?"
"Yeah." Silver said, taking his plate, "Let me get it for you."
Silver walked into the kitchen and back out with another slice of pizza. "There you go."
"Thanks." Shadow said, taking the white plate, "You know, I was worried that you all would be picking on me."
"Really?" Sonic asked, "Well we've learned our lesson about picking on little kids. But if you want, we can-."
"No, I'm good!"
Sonic laughed, then returning to his pizza. As the night fell, Shadow's eyes began to feel heavy, and tried to keep them open. But it soon became too much, and his closed his eyes, falling asleep.
"Then Sonic put him in Fangs' room." Tails said, with a mouth full of food. While he told the story, Amy made him some food.
"Ok, and from what I saw; he's still like that."
"So Amy." Tails started, "If you're here, who's watching Fangs?"
"Oh, well I got-." The color drained from Amy's face, "I forgot him!" She screamed running out the door.