Star: Hello! This is my first attempt at a story, so tell me how it went. I apologize if I made anybody OOC or missed some mistakes. I really enjoy it when people write stories about Sonic's past, so I want to give it a try. I don't own Sonic or anything in his world, and if I did I would be busy working on a new game or the movie. ^^

Chapter 1

Sonic impatiently tapped his foot on the wooden deck of Tails' house. "Almost done…there, that should do it!" his best friend exclaimed, bringing out a fixed blue watch. "About time! I was thinking that I would have to sleep on the couch!" the hedgehog joked, putting on the device. Tails sighed; the hero was known for his impatience, so the kitsune was relieved that Sonic had waited long enough for him to repair his communicator. It was generally a good idea to be able to contact him at a moment's notice. "So Sonic, how DID you break your watch without taking off your arm in the process? I mean, just hitting it against something wouldn't have left a scratch." Suddenly, Sonic's joy evaporated instantly. "It took a hit from one of Eggman's robots…" Tails frowned. Not only did something sound off with that sentence, but now the hedgehog seemed to be purposely avoiding his gaze. Not wanting to upset his friend, Tails changed the subject.

"Oh yeah! I was out flying the Tornado when I spotted something!" Sonic looked up to see Tails bring out a Chaos Emerald. "Sweet! Nice going bud!" Sonic exclaimed, not showing any sign of the unease or discomfort that he had been feeling seconds earlier. "That's our fourth one, right?" Tails nodded, "Yep, three more and then we've collected them all…don't you think it's weird that Eggman hasn't tried anything with the emeralds even though he boasted about his newest plan ending us…" A week earlier, Sonic had faced off with Eggman in Station Square. It was a normal fight until Sonic had beaten the robot. When his nemesis had shown no sign of anger was when the Blue Blur had known something was up. "You see, Sonic, that was only the start of my newest plot to defeat you once and for all!" Eggman had exclaimed. Before anyone could react, Eggman had flown off without a trace. The Sonic Crew had started preparing for the worse when there were reports of the greatest computer systems on Mobius getting hacked across the planet. Even Team Dark showed up at Sonic's house in the early hours of the morning to temporarily join up in order to be united against Eggman's newest plan.

Sonic shrugged. "As long as we have everyone together, then there's no way we can lose!" Tails relaxed a bit. "I guess you're right". "Of course I am," Sonic smirked "Since when has Egghead ever come up with something that can beat all of us? And now that we're all together, this will be a piece of cake!" As soon as he finished, the hedgehog gave Tails a thumbs up before dashing out of the door. A loud boom echoed the Mystic Ruins signaling that Sonic had gone off in search for a new emerald for the tenth time in the last few days. Tails closed the door and was heading back in his workshop when his communicator buzzed.

Tails clicked the watch.

"Tails?"

"Knuckles! Is everything alright?"

"Easy there; I was just checking in on ya. Did you finish fixing Sonic's communicator yet?"

"Yeah, though he busted it up pretty badly…do you know what happened?" Tails could practically see Knuckles frown as he added "Sonic wouldn't tell me anything other then that it got hit by a robot-"

Knuckles cut him off. "He encountered a robot?! I thought they stopped appearing in the zones!"

Suddenly it dawned on him. "That's Sonic's normal excuse for when he either doesn't want to tell or doesn't really know…come to think of it, he's been making more excuses like that recently…" Tails thought outloud.

"I'll tell the others to keep an eye on it, but for now you should focus on that chaos emerald tracker; we could use an easier way to track the things without using another emerald."

"You got it! Bye Knuckles!" Tails hung up and continued his routine of working before the whole gang met up at Angel Island.

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"You want me to do WHAT exactly?!"

"It sounds weird, but will you keep an eye on Sonic? He's been acting strange, and everyone else is busy with something else" Knuckles explained to the grumpy hedgehog.

"You want me to babysit him" Shadow said bluntly.

"It's not babysitting!"

"Spying then?"

"Yes-I mean-no! I-just please can you see what's going on with him?"

"Without him getting suspicious, I presume?"

"He doesn't need to know if it turns out to be nothing."

The Ultimate Life form sighed. "Fine. I'll babysit the Faker"

"It's not-"

Shadow hung up as he stood. He huffed before he skated off to find the blue nuisance. It wasn't the first time someone had asked Shadow to spy on Sonic. It was a regular task for him as a GUN agent, and he would occasionally do it of his own free will; though he would never admit to it, the Blue Blur was like a brother to him…not like the relationship between Sonic and Tails, but more of an older brother type of responsibility.

Shadow stopped as he heard the familiar sound of Sonic's footsteps. Thanks to his enhanced hearing, Shadow could hear the differences in everyone's walking patterns. The weird thing about Sonic's footsteps that made them extra different from everyone else's was that you never heard his actual feet; they were a blur while the environment, such as a leaf, would react. That was one of the reasons Eggman couldn't use auditory alarm systems in his base or ship for whenever Sonic chose to sneak in. There was no sound to be picked up on the radar unless Sonic decided to make noise.

Seconds before Sonic could dash by, Shadow dashed behind a tree and watched as a blue blur streaked past where Shadow had been standing seconds earlier. Shadow rolled his eyes as he took off after him being careful to stay a reasonable distance behind. This was going to be easy. After all, what could Sonic possibly have to hide from his friends, especially Tails?

Star: Sorry for the short chapter, but I wasn't sure how well it was doing so I want to hear from a reader before taking it any farther…please comment anything you'd like to point out and I'll try to update as soon as possible.