Hello! Here´s the new chapter! I don´t own Shadow or Sonic nor any other related stuff in this fic. Updated!

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SURVIVE

-Chapter 2: Angel Island-

After what seemed hours of running, Sonic finally reached Angel Island. He was about to faint, but he had to reach the shrine of the Master Emerald. He made his way through the bushes and trees making sure Shadow was still alive. At least, he perfectly remembered where the shrine was, and the weather was not that EVIL. It was a cloudy day, but it didn´t seem that it was going to rain. There were barely rainy days, so he guessed there was nothing to worry about. It was a great maze when it started raining.

At last, Sonic arrived to the sacred shrine. He softly put Shadow aside of the Master Emerald and then he stared at him, thinking about what he had done. He would never risk his life, again, for him… not after what happened in the ARK. He then turned his head and looked to the big, green and shiny emerald.

"How´d Knuckles do it? I have to give it a shot". Sonic extended his arms and called out for the Master Emerald:

"The servers are the seven chaos, chaos is power… what goes after that?" Sonic got frustrated because he didn´t remember the rest and he had to save his life, and Shadow´s. Suddenly, a soft voice continued the sentence:

"Power is enriched by the heart. The controller is the one that unifies the chaos. Only you can do this, save these two souls from evil chaos!"

Sonic now was lying once again on the floor beside Shadow. He felt so tired and slowly started to fall asleep. Before that, he saw a familiar shadowy figure looking at him.

"Tikal?"

Sonic passed out. Now everything was in control of the Master Emerald, and of a lost friend of the past, Tikal the Echidna.

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"Shadow, help me!"

"Maria?"

"Shadow, I need your help. My grandfather´s experiments… Something´s gone horribly wrong!

"What is it?"

"The research lab, is going to be destroyed, something must be done. Please Shadow, I beg you! Help grandfather and those aboard the ARK. PLEASE!"

"I will be there Maria. Whatever it takes, I´ll take care of the ARK and the professor!"

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A day passed. Shadow woke up. His head hurt like hell. He was dreaming again about Maria. But why? He looked around but didn´t recognize the place. He had never been in Angel Island before until now. He also noticed that Sonic was beside him, still injured. He stood up and decided to poke around a little bit. He soon realized that he was witnessing the great Master Emerald.

He had heard Prof. Gerald talk about it before. Its great power astonished him a lot. Perhaps he was never able to experience with it, and now his creation got to know this great masterpiece of jewelry.

"Well, I guess I am very lucky in that way." Shadow said walking towards the limits of the island.

"This place is wonderful." Shadow thought while touching the leaves of the trees. There were different kinds of flowers of all colors. There were small birds singing in the branches while others flew towards the sun. It was so… peaceful. No concern about anything.

"You would never knew it was the end of the world hiding on this… floating island?" Shadow stared at how the island was floating. He just couldn´t believe it.

He managed to return to the Master Emerald´s shrine just when Sonic was waking up.

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Sonic stretched his arms and looked up. There was Shadow standing in front of him with his usual seriousness. Crossing his arms, he asked:

"How are you feeling, blue hedgehog?"

Sonic was confused. Why was Shadow concerned about him? Not only that. He was also wondering why he looked like if nothing had happened. He had no bruises, opened wounds or scars! He was just… there.

"Umm, I guess I´m feeling all right… But, why are YOU fine?"
"What do you mean?"

"You look… okay. You should be injured, like me."

"…"

Shadow just glared in confusion as his blue counterpart asked the question. Was he kidding?

"I thought you knew." Shadow replied.

"Knew what, exactly?"

"Ha, idiot." Shadow said in a very sarcastic way and turned around.

"HEY! I want an explanation here!" Sonic tried to stand up, but his efforts were useless. He was very weak to try to confront Shadow.

Shadow closed his eyes as he felt the wind moving his quills in a soft manner. He turned again to face Sonic still trying to stand up.

"I am the ultimate life from, faker. I just need a few hours to heal and that´s it. I should be fine the next day if something happens to me. I am immortal, and I will not die. I am going to stay on this planet until it blows up if it has to."

There was a brief silence. Shadow walked towards Sonic and awkwardly helped him to get on his feet.

"Well, every day´s a school day." Sonic replied a bit happy about the explanation. "But you didn´t have to call me –faker-."

Shadow just smirked and gave Sonic a sign to follow him. Sonic shook his head and followed Shadow anyway.

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They reached the top of Angel Island´s mountain. Shadow stopped walking and with an odd look he talked to Sonic:

"Why did you bring me here, blue hedgehog? Do you know this place?"

"Well, of course I know this place! One of my first adventures began here. The first time I met Knuckles, too. And, I brought you here because the Master Emerald can heal. I didn´t know you could heal up yourself but I also needed a little of its help."

"Mmm, I see…" Shadow said nothing more.

Sonic looked around as Shadow kept walking. The sky was light orange and the clouds looked like cotton candy. Sonic let himself being dragged by gravity and fell to the ground in a comfortable way where he could feel the soft grass moving with the wind. He put his arms right at the back of his head and took a deep breath.

Shadow noticed as the blue blur was now relaxing and seemed that didn´t want to continue their journey. He sighed and sat down next to him.

"What are we going to do, Shad?"

"First of all, don´t call me –Shad-. And second… I don´t know…"

Both hedgehogs fell quietly asleep as the night covered the sky replacing the sun for the moon. Peace and quiet. Serenity was all they needed now. But, for how long it would last?

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