Disclaimer: All Sonic the Hedgehog characters belong to SEGA, not me, DevilheartedAngel. And yes, Shadow is on the dark side, and he didn't find cookies, but he did find hot chocolate and marshmallows! Now let see if they lighten up his soul . . .

BTW, I am thinking of making a sequel to "The White Rose", called "Judgmental". I'll include a preview for the next chapter.

3rd Person POV

Thoughts are in italics.

He just lay there, bruised, broken. He felt like he was on fire, couldn't even open his eyes. And yet his heart was still beating, slowly, but surely.

Scuffle, scuffle. The near-dead being known as Shadow the Hedgehog winced as he opened his eyes. That's going to leave a mark. He frowned. Where the hell was he?

"I see that you have awoken." The face belonging to Dr. Ivo Robotnik smiled nearly a mile wide. Shadow opened his mouth to roar, but suddenly arched back in pain, his mouth still open in a silent scream of shock and pain.

"Yes, I took the liberty of adding a chip behind your ear. It is connected to your thoughts; therefore every time you think, shall we say, uncomplimentary thoughts towards me, it will shock you. I'm assuming that you don't want to go through the pain, Shadow?" Letting the name linger on his tongue, Eggman smirked. "So now you are under my control. You are my slave. And I want you to destroy Sonic the Hedgehog. It's your life or his." He seemed to pause. "I also took the liberty of searching through your memories and restoring them. I like the fact that Miss Rose seems to be on your top list of people to save. So you can keep her. In fact, use her to destroy the others. Yes, that's a good idea."

Shadow snarled. So much for being the ultimate life form. But, he begrudgingly thought, that was a smart move for usually a stu-, probably shouldn't go there, stopping as the familiar tingle before the shock started traveling down his mostly burnt fur.

The mad scientist smiled again. "I see that you learn quickly. So maybe my grandfather wasn't quite the fool he seemed to be. Not my problem. Anyhow, we will be spending the next month 'training' you. And then you will be ready for release into the open world."

Shadow frowned, trying to speak. "But wh-" He cringed at the highness of his own voice.

Eggman actually laughed. "So maybe it wasn't bad letting Bokkun experiment with you . . . Well, it will wear off within the next two days. Come along, Shadow."

Shadow struggled coming off his assumed to be bloody mat, when he suddenly felt the pain being numbed. That's new.

Eggman nodded. "Correct. For the next two or three days, I've gotten some doctors to allow me to give you morphine. It will hurt a lot when it wears off, I'm warning you. But until then, I think that you'll survive."

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At the end of the month, Eggman's smile seemed to have increase by at least 3 feet. Everything is going according to plan, hohoho. I just have to release my little monster into the field and he'll trample that blasted hedgehog's heart into a million pieces.

Shadow had become a monster. He was bigger, even faster and stronger, and to top it off, Eggman decided to give him a "makeover", resulting in him probably ending as a "ladies' man". But that wasn't the point. Shadow's goal was to successfully woo the pink hedgehog that held the key to Sonic's heart. And then he would use that key and rip it out.

Shadow stood at the apartment, still unsure of his choice. Well, here goes nothing, he thought. He raised his fist and knocked.

Yeah, I'm rewriting this story. Amy'll be a little more secretive and, well, older, like 16ish. So yeah.

Signing out.