Brightshadow: *dodges flying pillow* Uh…hi. Idalia can't come type right now, she's in a bit of … *dodges another flying pillow* a mood right now. Hence the flying pillows. 175 days left until Doctor Who is back for the 50th, Matt Smith leaving in the Christmas special...and let's not forget the fanfiction author who keeps leaving cliffhangers…*cough* Julia Caesaris *cough*. How am I going to survive Idalia for that long! *eyes go wide at the sound of swords being unsheathed* Um…Idalia doesn't own TMNT or Sonic the Hedgehog. NOW GET ME OUT OF HERE!

"Let me get this straight. You want me to let you put a copy of that collar on me, and walk into the bad guys headquarters with one of your four so we can cause a distraction while the others sneak in and steal a power source?"

"Yes."

Sonic narrowed his eyes.

"Are you insane?!"

Suddenly Michelangelo burst out laughing. He stopped immediately when Sonic turned his glare on him, a low growl making its way out.

"What's FUNNY about this Michelangelo?"

"It…uh…wasn't the plan. It was the way your voice went all high."

Sonic looked ready to punch Michelangelo right then and there, but then Blaze laid a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Sonic…"

Sonic turned his head to look at Blaze, and his gaze softened when he met her eyes. Knuckles and Tails grinned at each other in the background, Knuckles mouthing something that looked suspiciously like the old children's rhyme. He stopped when Shadow glared at them from the wall he was leaning against. Shadow then turned his attention to Sonic.

"We don't have time to figure something else out Sonic. If we want to get home anytime soon, we need that power source these…Foot, have."

Sonic sighed.

"Fine…but I really don't like this plan."

Knuckles chuckled.

"That's saying something, coming from you. You never have anything more of a plan than smashing robots and ticking Eggman off."

"Look who's talking, Mr. Gullible. How do you BELIEVE the stuff Eggman tells you? Honestly, the blue hedgehog, who's crashing on your island that he's never heard of, is coming to steal your Chaos Emeralds."

Knuckles scowled and moved to hit Sonic, only to be held back by an amused looking Leonardo and Donatello, while Michelangelo was leaning against the wall laughing. Raphael rolled his eyes and looked at Shadow as if to say 'can you believe these guys?' Shadow shrugged and went back to watching with a detached interest. Finally Blaze brought some sense back into the conversation with two small fireballs hitting Sonic and Knuckles in the back of the head. Knuckles scowled at her, but was met with a smug smile and an innocent look in her eyes.

"If we want to do this while Sonic is still like this, we might want to get moving."

Sonic shook his head.

"I feel this will go better if we wait until just before the sun rises. Get close enough to the Foot base, and then have them see me change back in the morning before heading in. That way if something goes wrong, I can get whoever is with me to the others or out faster. Plus, it'll make that Shredder dude more ticked off that he lost someone like me."

Sonic accompanied the last sentence with a grin, which Raphael and Michelangelo returned, while Tails and Shadow glanced at each other before rolling their eyes. Leonardo and Donatello looked amused, while Knuckles facepalmed. Raphael exchanged a glance with Leonardo, who stepped forward.

"Since we've got awhile to kill, do you think you could clear something up for us? When you were on the way back with Shadow and Raphael, Raphael kind of heard a bit of the conversation."

Shadow chuckled humorously.

"Don't you mean all of it? He was right behind us, there's no way he wouldn't have heard all of it."

Raphael blushed, but Leonardo continued on.

"Yeah…well, he heard something that confused all of us. Even Master Splinter couldn't quite understand."

Sonic looked like he was getting impatient.

"Spit it out already, the explanation might take a while depending on what you heard, and we DON'T have all night. Not if we want to do this tonight."

Leonardo shrugged at Raphael, who took his turn to speak.

"Shadow said that you're the one who usually saved the world. That had me a bit confused. We know you guys are from a different world, but from what we've heard of it, it's a pretty peaceful world. Plus, no offense Sonic, but you don't seem the type to me."

When all five sapients burst into laughter, even SHADOW of all of them, the four brothers felt as if they were the victims of some practical joke. With what they had seen of Sonic when he was in a good mood, it didn't seem too unlikely. Shadow was the first to stop laughing, and Sonic right after, when Shadow shoved him. The other three kept laughing, and judging by the look on Shadow's face, might be for quite a while. Shadow looked at Sonic who answered with a shrug, which Shadow took as a signal to go ahead.

"When you found me and Sonic stopped that…thing, it took me a bit to figure out who in the world I was looking at. When I figured it out, my first thought was 'there's no way that's Sonic', because frankly, Sonic is never that serious. He isn't even close to what he's usually like back home. You can never get a word in edgewise when he starts talking. It's usually even harder to get him to act serious…unless the world is under threat. In that case, you want to get the hell out of his way, because he's not stopping until everything's fixed."

At the baffled look on Raphael and Michelangelo's faces, Shadow scowled at them.

"To put it simply for you two idiots over there, Sonic's acting like a totally different person right now."

Understanding dawned on their faces, and Sonic chuckled. When Shadow saw the mischievous grin crawl across Sonic's face, he scowled.

"Don't even think about it, Faker."

"And why not Shads? You know Tails has that machine built back home, set to this dimension. It wouldn't be any trouble trying to get them back home like we're having now trying to get us back. As well, from what I've heard of this power source we're going after later, it's self-regenerating and it wouldn't be any trouble for us all to keep in contact."

"DON'T call me Shads. If you're going to insist on this, talk to the fox kit and the geek over there before planning this all out."

"If you call me Faker, I have every right to call you Shads. And believe it or not, I can actually work this stuff out. I'm not a total idiot."

"Uh…guys?"

"Really? With the way you act all the time, there's nothing to disprove that."

"Guys?"

"Why you…wait until we get home and say that to my face. You have no chance against me in a fight."

"I beg to differ…Faker."

"GUYS!"

Michelangelo flinched when Sonic and Shadow turned their glares from each other to him. In the background, Blaze and Knuckles could be seen laughing, Tails looking sheepish, and the three turtles not involved looked quite amused. Leonardo leaned over to Tails.

"Do they always act like this?"

Tails grinned.

"Only when they're together. They tend to avoid one another, as these confrontations can sometimes end badly…"

"How badly?"

Tails grimaced.

"Usually a couple acres of forest. They almost always have the sense to move it out of populated areas."

Behind them, Raphael and Donatello paled. Unaware of the reactions of the two behind them, Leonardo kept asking questions.

"Are they related to each other in any way? They bicker like brothers."

"There is no way I am related to that grumpy loner. He's at least fifty years older than me!"

Tails jumped.

"Oh, hi Sonic. Didn't realize you and Shadow had stopped arguing. As for you two being related, it's all together possible. Professor Gerald had to have used hedgehog DNA, or Shadow would have turned out like the rest of the Black Arms. For all you know, it might have been from someone in your family that offered a quill or something."

"Chaos help me if I'm related to this blue idiot."

Sonic growled and turned to Shadow.

"What was that?"

Not wanting things to escalate again, Knuckles pushed in between the two of them.

"Don't start again guys; we've got to get going now if we want to do this tonight. According to Donatello, it's almost sunrise. We have to start moving or we won't make it in time. He's already gotten a copy of the collar made. He's got a pair of contacts for you too Sonic; your eyes were the same shade of red as Shadow's while you had the collar on."

"That's…a bit creepy."

Blaze came up to Sonic.

"Creepiness aside, be careful Sonic. I…don't want to lose you again."

Sonic took her hand.

"You won't Blaze, you know me. Nothing can stop me when I've got my mind set on something. Especially if it's someone I love…"

Blaze looked up to meet his eyes, looking hopeful.

"Do you really mean that?"

"I do Blaze…I never wanted to admit it the first time I met you, and when you left, I thought I'd never have the chance to say it. If something does go wrong somehow, I want you to know before it's too late."

Raphael rolled his eyes and pushed in between the two sapients.

"This is nice and all, but we really have to get going now. You can do this later, lovebirds."

Sonic scowled at Raphael, but took the fake collar and contacts, and put them on.

"Let's go, home's calling."

Brightshadow: *peeks out from behind a pillow fort* Is she gone? She disappeared half-way through, I'm getting worried now. You'd think her turning 18 would make her more mature, but noooo, she still acts like a hyperactive kid. Anyways, it's a good thing she had these review replies done earlier this week.

Girl of Darkness10: Thanks! Nice to know you're enjoying it.

Guest: I have no idea who you are, but you made me laugh like crazy when I read your review. Hope you caught my little reference to it in this chapter ;) If you're going to review again though, please leave some sort of name so I can distinguish you from other guests :)

hcsp1: It IS funny how things work out sometimes. I'm kind of surprised you haven't heard of sonaze pairings before! Glad to know you enjoyed it though.

Purest of the Hearts: Maybe more than a little sonaze ;) it's my favorite pairing after all. As well, one thing I hope people learn well…I will NEVER abandon a story :) Hope you keep enjoying!

VanFullMoonHelsing: Thanks! And I'm not one of those people who write excessive romance….I have no idea why I started putting some in this story! Thanks for the review too.