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It was a dark and calm night. All was quiet except for a loud gust of wind. This wasn't a normal gust of wind though. Someone was causing it. The suspect was a dark figure. His red eyes burned with rage. He ran, or skated, toward his destination. He pulled out a piece of paper and looked at it. On it was a note from a certain evil genius. The note read:

Dear hot-head,

I have the one thing you desire. Her connection with the Master Emerald should help me power my machine. I'll just drain her of all her energy. I don't know, however, if she will survive the process. If you think you can stop me, meet us at my base.

-Eggman

The figure crushed the note in his gloved hand. "Damn that Eggman to Hell. If he hurts her, I'll kill him." The figure then developed a worried look on his face. "I hope she's okay. Just hang in there Tikal, I'll be there soon." With that, the figure skated off in a flash, leaving only a dust cloud and a little crumbled piece of paper flying in the wind.

At the same time, Sonic was out for a night run. He running until he saw a piece of paper in the wind. He grabbed it and opened it. He read it, trying to decipher who it was about. When he finished and saw the signature, his eyes widened. "This is Eggman's work And the only person I know who has a connection with the Master Emerald and is a 'she'…is Tikal. And if Tikal is involved, then that means…Shadow!" Sonic ran off in the opposite direction he was going.

He hurried towards Tails' workshop. Sonic thought to himself while he ran. "I can't believe Eggman would kidnap Tikal, of all people. Usually, Amy is the one being kidnapped and I'm the one who goes after her. As a matter of fact, knowing Shadow, he's probably pissed the hell off. Also, he's probably going to Eggman's base alone with nothing but a Chaos Emerald. I know that he stopped using guns because of Tikal. Also, he's probably gonna be too enraged to process anything, which might endanger Tikal or himself. He'll need our help." Sonic got to Tails' workshop and called out for Tails

"What's up Sonic" Tails asked cheerfully, unaware of what was going on

"Look, we got a big problem little buddy" Sonic explained to Tails the situation

"I'll prepare the X Tornado" Tails replied as he ran to the plane

"I'll call everyone else" Sonic zoomed into the kitchen and picked up the phone. He dialed a number and waited for someone to pick up. He was getting impatient waiting for the person on the other line to answer. He started tapping his foot rapidly until he heard a voice.

"Hello" the tired voice answered

"Amy, you have to wake up" Sonic pleaded

"Why, what happened? And, why are you calling me at 12:30 in the morning?"

"It's Tikal, she's been kidnapped by Eggman. Not only that, but Shadow went to rescue her alone."

"Ok, I'll get ready and I'll meet you there and 20 minutes"

"No, just get ready. Tails and I will swing by with the X Tornado."

"Ok bye"

"Later Ames" Sonic hung up. He started to call Knuckles. As usual, he was waiting for the ringing to stop. He began to think to himself. "Shadow, don't you dare do something stupid" A deep voice broke him out of his trance.

"Hello"

"Knuckles?"

"What the hell do you want Sonic?! It's 12:35 in the morning. I'm tired from…working hard"

"Shut it Knuckles. This is serious." Sonic growled

Knuckles noticed Sonic's serious tone. "What happened?"

"It's Tikal and Shadow. They're in trouble"

That's the end of Ch. 1, please review and tell me what you think

Also, if you couldn't tell that the figure from the beginning was Shadow, then please sign into a mental asylum, for you are now insane

joking of course