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1/27/04

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I'm a week later with this chapter than I'd intended, and I blame the Flu. But come to think of it, I wasn't infected with any normal measly little flu virus, oh no no no. If this flu had a name, it would be something like Siberian Death Flu. During the week I had this evil little disease, there was just about enough strength in my body to blink my eyes and do nothing else. For a while I could only communicate with the 'one blink means yes, two blinks means no' method. It was rough.

But now I'm back! Sort of. I've still got a slew of other illnesses just begging to launch assaults against my weakened immune system, not the least of which is the lovable, adorable Pink Eye. Sadly, I have to venture back out into the outside world regardless to make up for the week I missed. Don'cha just love walking around among your peers while looking like you got 10 minutes of sleep the night before? Yeah, me too. And the best thing is: it's contagious! Fun for everyone, wouldn't you say? Yup, 'share the love', that's my new motto.

Gack, sarcasm overload…

Well, anyway, about chapter 3. I'd originally intended to put its flashback in chapter 2, but FF.Net thinks it's massive fun to upload the entire segment without italics. So, it get's one of those location-establishing titles at its top. Bah, I'll fix it later. Enjoy the chapter, I've made it extra-long to make up for my extended absence. Be warned, my next chapter might not come in exactly a week, either. Again, I blame illness. That, and bad weather.

Okay, I'll stop making excuses now. Hope you enjoy the chap, and please drop a bit of a review to tell me what you think about it! Thanks!

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1/12/04

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Just a quick update. I've finished several more chapters now for this story, and will be posting them once per week for the next while. Expect the next update next Monday at the earliest. Chapter 2 was meant to be longer, to tell the truth—but I had problems with one of the flashback scenes. Seems the Document Manager just doesn't want to upload it in italics. Oh well, I'll try to fix that before I post it next time.

In other news, I've been really really busy lately—and holiday break didn't help, since I was traveling the whole time and didn't have access to a computer. Sorry about the wait, and I hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year's. I've been unable to write any more on my other stories—just working on this one was difficult enough—and Sonic Heroes came out last week, giving me another major distraction. Dang, I guess Shadow's survival is no longer a 'What If' anymore, is it? It's now a fact that he did survive, in order to appear in the new game. (Sigh) Oh, well.

Hope you guys enjoy the chapter. I'll be looking forward to hearing from you about it.

--Stoney