Author's Note: Hello everyone! I hope this story is of interest to you, as I am truly enjoying writing it. I believe I might have to change the rating of the story later on, but I shall see as time goes. :D

Disclaimer: No, I don't own any of the Sonic characters in this story. Sadly :(

Shadow could see the man lying on the floor in front of him helpless, yet he didn't look at his face. It was always much easier this way. The man could not talk since his mouth had been forced shut by the three layers of duct tape they had wrapped around it, but Shadow did not care nor did he want to hear what his last words were going to be.

"Finish him Shadow!" he heard the commander order from behind him. 'If you were enough of a man you could easily do this without my help' he thought. But Shadow knew this is what they needed him for, to do their dirty work for them so that they could walk away from here without a drop of blood on them. He couldn't quite remember whether this was the third or fourth man lying in front of him with this fate, but didn't matter because this was work. This was hell. This was his new job with GUN. As far as Shadow was concerned the man in front of him had been well aware that his actions would lead him to where he now laid.

The dark hedgehog raised his hand slowly and allowed the power of his golden bracelet rings to flow through him. "Chaos Spear!" The energy flew right out of his hand ending the life of the man that now laid motionless in front of him.

"Good job Shadow. Remember, he knew exactly what would happen to him if he refused to follow orders." The commander said to Shadow as if trying to reassure him that he had done the right thing.

"I don't care." Shadow said coldly as he began to crack his knuckles to keep his hand from cramping.

"I hope you continue to think this way. This is why we knew we could count on you to help us make operation PCT happen. The numbers from the first operation were insufficient and we will be taking more samples. The process has already begun. You help us keep order around here so that this never reaches the surface. Absolutely no one can know about this and I'm glad you do not ask questions. Remember that Shadow, we don't want to be forced to remove your rings and power and have to terminate you." He warned in a stern tone.

"I guess." Shadow replied effortlessly. They were merely pathetic humans to him. "Unlike the other agents here I don't care if you take my rings. I have no family, and I have no weakness." He said coldly to the commander as he walked out of the room.

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"No Way!" The pink hedgehog cried in happiness as she began to hop up and down in her usual red dress and boots. She wasn't letting go of the letter that had brought her such great news. "SapphireIsland" she said to Cream who was sitting in front of her, "that must be the most beautiful place for a solo getaway!"

Amy was now 19 with slightly longer quills and Cream was no longer a child at 16 years old. Both girls had grown really close as the years had unfolded before them.

"Amy you're so lucky" Cream said, "I never win anything near as cool as that." The cream color rabbit had a smile on her face.

"Aww" Amy began, "this would've been so cool if it would've been more than just one ticket."

"It's okay Amy you deserve a getaway for yourself, it'll keep you from thinking about Sonic." The rabbit wore a playful smile on her face.

Amy blushed at Cream's comment. She was no longer madly in love with Sonic. To her, he was still a cool hedgehog and a pretty handsome one at that. However, she had finally grown tired of him not paying attention to her. Sure she wouldn't mind if Sonic decided to finally ask her out on a date because her heart would still say yes, but those years of her chasing after him every hour were over.

"Cream, you know I don't really think about Sonic that much anymore anyways" she said while sticking her tongue out at the rabbit who was accompanied by her chaos Cheese. "I rather focus on myself instead."

"Suuuure Amy. As long as you're happy." Cream said to her with a sweet smile. "Anyways" she began, "when do you leave and come back?"

"Hmmm well it says the plane takes off tomorrow morning at 7 and that the trip is 3 days and 2 nights. I hope I meet someone cool. Or maybe even Sonic will be there." Amy said with hope in her voice.

"Okay Amy." Cream giggled. "I'll meet you here at 6 and we'll take a cab together. I'll let you get some rest and I'll see you tomorrow." Cream waved to her friend.

Amy waved back as Cream reached for the doorknob to make her exit from Amy's apartment. Amy hurried to her bathroom upstairs and began to get ready for bed only to realize that she hadn't yet packed. 'Man I can't wait for tomorrow to come!' She thought.

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The two friends embraced tightly by the stairs leading up to the plane.

"You better take care Amy! Live a little." Cream said to her.

"Don't worry," the pink hedgehog smiled, "I'll call from the hotel as soon as I get there." And with that, Amy made her way up the plane. 'These are some long stairs. This plane is huge!' The petite hedgehog thought as she made her way up the flight of steps. When she finally made it to the top she waved at her good friend one last time who returned the gesture instantly. She stepped inside of the plane and was surprised by its immense size. The large number of seats made her head feel dizzy. There was a man in a suit to her right and she thought he looked different from the usual flight attendant.

"Hello miss." He said while he extended his hand out towards her. "Can I see your boarding pass to make sure that you find your seat easily?" he asked.

Amy handed it to him and he motioned his hand for her to follow him down the plane. She didn't know why, but he gave her a strange feeling as if something was out of place. 'No need to worry. It's not like he's sitting next to me.'

When they finally made it to her seat, Amy allowed herself a smile after seeing that she would be sitting next to a window. He then reached for her bags and lifted them up to the cargo area above the seats. "Have a nice flight miss." He said to her before leaving.

Amy made her way over to her seat and began to lean on the window. A few minutes remained before the plane took off of the runway and she was exhausted since most of her goodnight sleep had gone into packing. She let out a small yawn and made herself more comfortable allowing her thoughts to drift into emptiness.

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The cream color rabbit couldn't hold back her tears as she listened to the news reporter give her the horrible news.

According to the authorities, flight 78 who was on its way to SapphireIsland suffered a disastrous malfunction 45 minutes after the airplane took off the runway. The fans in charged of circulating the air to the engine shut off causing the engine to overheat. This was followed by the massive explosion of the airplane. Authorities continue to say that there are no survivors.

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Amy awoke to the shuffling of the passenger next to her left. She looked at him and noticed he wore a worried look on his face.

"Is something wrong?" She asked him as she slowly came back to her senses from the awakening of her nap.

"This is insanity." He said roughly. "I've never in my life been in a flight where they were required to take your cell phones and electronics."

"What?" Amy asked in confusion. She turned over to his left side and to her surprise the man that had showed her to her seat was standing on the walkway of their seats wearing sunglasses and an ear piece.

"Your electronics miss. Hand them over for the safety of this flight." The man said to her.

"Umm I'm sorry, but I don't even own any." She said truthfully.

He gave her a doubtful look and spoke something quietly onto the small microphone attached to his earpiece, too quiet for her to even make out what it was.

"Miss I'm going to have to ask you to stand up and come over to me." He said.

Amy was so confused. 'Is he kidding? What the heck did I do?'

"Miss, time is valuable. Either you follow our orders or we'll be forced to take further action."

She was now both in shock and scared. She started to make her way over to him with her trembling legs as she squeezed through the two seats next to hers. When she got there, he grabbed her arm. "Stand still." He ordered.

Her heart started to beat fast. She was so confused and she couldn't think of anything that could have possibly landed her in trouble. He took out what looked like a metal detector and began to pass it in front of her. When it got to the golden bracelets on her wrists the metal detector began to beep.

"Miss, you are going to have to remove those." He ordered once more.

"What?" She asked again. 'Why the heck would he need my bracelets for?'

He began to look impatient and reached for her hands yanking them off of her delicate wrists. "Hey!" the petite hedgehog protested as she reached for them, "Those are valuable to me give them back!" She yelled.

His grip on her small arm became harsher and he gave her a violent shook for her to stop yelling. Without a response, he put her precious golden bracelets in a basket next to his leg where she noted many cell phones and Ipods also laid. As he continued to pass the metal detector down her trembling backside she took a moment to look around the plane to see what else was going on. Her heart began to pump faster as she took in her surroundings. There were many men inspecting passengers for electronics like the one that was inspecting her and all of the other passengers seemed as frightened and clueless as she was.

"You can return to your seat now." He said to Amy as he began to move on to the row of seats behind theirs. She had no choice but to go to back to her seat, there was nowhere to run, nowhere to go, and nothing to use to call for help even if there was any signal.

'What the heck is happening on this plane?'

I hope this story catches your interest and that you enjoy it. I have a whole plot behind this twist. Please let me know what you think.

-PinkMadame