Shadow kept smiling his devilish grin until he realized that everyone around him was staring at him. "Oh crap." He thought, and then started acting adorable again to ward off suspicion from the grown-ups and Cream. Amy aww-ed at this and rubbed Shadow's tummy. Shadow relaxed and started sucking his thumb. Amy carefully took Shadow's thumb out of his mouth and gave him his blue pacifier to suck on.

Knuckles snickered hard but was silenced by Amy's death glare. Shadow smirked, but was somewhat upset by this and wanted to cry, he didn't want his "Mommy" to be angry or upset at all. Shadow started sniffling and tears welled up in his eyes. In his mind he tried to fight back. "No you big b-baby, there's nothing w-wrong with y-you, Momm- Amy is f-fine." Shadow thought that message over and over but it didn't work and he burst out crying for mommy again.

Everyone jumped. Rouge gently picked Shadow up and rubbed his back. "Shhhhhh, Shhhh it's okay. What's wrong little one? What is it?" Shadow stuttered. "M-mama, M-MAMA!" Rouge smiled. "Oh, you want mommy don't you? Here." Rouge passed Shadow over to Amy who held him close to her heart. Knuckles snickered again. "Yeah little BABY Shadzy want his mommy, later he'll have a nice bottle and a diaper change before he goes beddy-bye." This time Rouge slapped Knuckles upside the head. "Shut up or else YOU'LL be the one changing his diaper. Got it?" Rouge threatened. Knuckles shut up for the time being.

Later after Knuckles had to change Shadow and vowed never to do it again, they talked and Shadow played some more, the sun started to set. "It's getting late, we better head home." Amy picked up Shadow who was half asleep and put him back in the stroller. "We'll come over tomorrow and help." Rouge told Amy. "Yes, because taking care of a whiny, evil brat is what I had actually PLANNED to do tomorrow." Knuckles huffed. Rouge nudged him. "It's not like you have anything better to do." "Yeah, I have to watch M.E." Knuckles answered. Rouge laughed. "You're babysitting a giant GEM. That's basically the same thing. Now please be a good Uncle Knux for Shadow please?" Knuckles blushed. "Fine, but I'm not changing diapers." Amy smirked. "It's okay; we'll take care of that."

They all went to their houses and were getting ready for bed. Amy put Shadow's footies on him and carefully put him in his crib to sleep. Before walking out Shadow cried out to her again. "Aww Shadow, I haven't left you." Amy said as she picked Shadow back up and gave him an Eskimo kiss. "Mama, Mama!" Shadow said over and over while he hugged her. Amy rubbed his back. "Yes Mommy's here, there's nothing to be afraid of, shhhhhh." Shadow slowly calmed down and tired out. Amy sat in the rocking chair and rocked the baby hedgehog and sang a lullaby. Soon Shadow fell fast asleep and Amy put him back in his crib and walked out of the room, turned off the lights and cracked the door.

The next day before Shadow had woken up for the day, Knuckles and Rouge had come over to help with him. Knuckles was sitting in the recliner in the Den flipping channels on the T.V. "Damn it there's nothing to watch!" Knuckles half-yelled. "Shhhhhh." Amy shushed. "Shadow's asleep." "Still? It's almost noon." Knuckles questioned. "He's a baby remember, babies sleep a lot." Amy answered. "Yeah, and cry, and poop- I swear if he pees on me again I'm leaving." Rouge butted in. "It was funny, he didn't mean it." "Like Hell he didn't mean it." Knuckles went back to trying to find something to watch on television.

A few minutes later Shadow woke up and yawned. He looked around and stretched. "Yep, I'm in here again…and-"Shadow felt his diaper. "Wet again." Shadow looked for his pacifier and started sucking on it. "Its fine, it's fine." Shadow thought to himself. "I just have to make sure I don't get used to being a baby, which would be horrible." Shadow lay on his back and watched the mobile over him turn around and around. "The heck with this!" Shadow started screaming and crying as loudly as he possibly could.

Everyone in the Den and kitchen heard him and jumped straight up. "I'll go get him." Amy said as she got up out of her chair and walked to the Nursery. Shadow's face was covered in tears as he cried. Amy stood over the crib and reached in to comfort Shadow. "Shhhhhh It's okay Shadow. Mommy's here, no crying." Amy picked him up and cradled him in her arms. She got a Kleenex and wiped Shadow's face off. She then held him close to her heart and rubbed his back. Shadow hiccupped and started to calm down; he listened to Amy's heart beat and hugged her. "Ok, it's ok now I have Mommy with me now, nothing bad can happen now because Mommy makes it go away." Shadow thought. He was thinking like an infant now but he didn't care. He just wanted love.

Amy swayed from side to side with Shadow in her arms. "It's all right Shadow. Try to enjoy this last day as a baby, do it for me, please. Shadow looked up at her and nodded. At this point he was ready to just not care. "Good, soon my baby boy is going to be all grown up." Amy noticed a trickling noise and a sign of relief on Shadow's face. "But first, before he can grow up he needs a change." Amy lay Shadow down on the changing table and changed him. She then took him into the Den and sat him down on the carpet. Knuckles paused his program. "What'd the brat want? Breast milk or something? Amy blushed and Shadow threw a toy at him. "Knuckles! No! He just wanted me and he just needed a change! He said that he would try to enjoy the last day so don't ruin it for him!" Knuckles raised his hands in front of him. "Ok ok I won't." Amy glared at him. Knuckles turned around to find Shadow messing with his shoes and drooling all over them. "Eugh, Amy the little drool magnet is slobbering all over my shoes!" Amy walked over and put a bib around Shadow's neck that said "Mommy loves her little 'hog" on it and wiped the drool off his face and Knuckles' shoes and went back to the chair she was sitting in and resumed talking with Rouge to pass the time. "Wait Amy, don't leave him here." Knuckles whined.

Shadow looked at Knuckles' shoes and got an idea. He crawled away and came back with some Mega Blocks and started trying to build a tower on Knuckles' shoes. Knuckles had zoned out so Shadow wouldn't get yelled at or kicked while he was doing this. Of course if that ever happened crying would always help him and hurt Knuckles. Amy noticed what he was doing and nudged Rouge. "Awwww look at that isn't he precious." "Yeah." Rouge answered. "I have to get a picture." Amy went and got her camera and snapped a photo. "This is going in my Memory Book for sure." Knuckles moved a little and started to zone back in. "Uh-oh…." Shadow whimpered, dropped what he was holding and his ears went down.

Shadow quickly scooted back away from Knuckles and crawled away as fast as he could into Amy's arms. Knuckles zoned back in and stood up. "What the-?" Knuckles lost his balance and fell on the floor. Shadow giggled. Knuckles picked himself up and broke the block towers on his shoes. "Who thought it would be a good idea to build legos on my shoes?!" Knuckles looked straight at Shadow who was sucking his thumb. "Does he wanna get kicked in the face?" Amy shielded Shadow. "Don't you dare! He was just playing." Knuckles moved closer. "I told you to get him away from me." Shadow spit at Knuckles. "Don't spit on me you brat!" Shadow put on an evil smile for Knuckles. Knuckles backed away. "He's evil I tell you, EVIL! Look at his face!" Everyone looked at Shadow. Shadow quickly changed expressions to frightened, he started shaking. "Knuckles, now look, you've scared him with your yelling. You're not being a very good uncle." Knuckles sighed, almost reaching his limit. "For the last time, I am not some little snot-nosed, baby hedgehog's uncle. I am an echidna. Not a hedgehog. Get your facts right."

Nobody was listening as they were trying to calm Shadow down. "Well I know one thing," Rouge said. "And it's that some little hedgehog needs a diaper change and I know who it is." Rouge tickled Shadow's tummy, making him laugh and squirm. Knuckles piped up immediately. "I'm not doing it. I already did it once, Never doing it again." Knuckles folded his arms and turned his nose up. Rouge rolled her eyes. "Scardey cat, I'll do it." Rouge moved Shadow onto the couch and lay him down. "Hey Knuxie can you go get a new diaper, baby powder and baby wipes please, oh and also the baby oil too." Knuckles sat back down. "Why do I have to?" "Because I need that stuff, now go get it." Knuckles grumbled and went into Shadow's nursery and picked up all that Rouge needed. "Here, his room almost made me throw up." Knuckles dropped the stuff on the ground and the baby powder exploded, getting Shadow and Rouge covered in it. They both coughed and glared at Knuckles. "What? I got the stuff." Rouge dusted herself and Shadow off and changed Shadow. Once she was all done she sat Shadow back down on the floor to play again. "Knuckles throw this away for me." Rouge gave Knuckles the wadded up used diaper to Knuckles. "Eugh Rouge!" Knuckles quickly threw it in the trash and washed his hands.

Shadow was playing with a rubber ball, bouncing it around and watching it hit people. "Shadow please stop trying to hit us with your ball please." Amy said as she caught the ball and made it stop bouncing. Shadow pouted and looked around for another toy to play with but then his stomach growled. Shadow crawled back over to Amy and pointed to his belly. "Are you hungry Shadzy?" Amy asked "Shadow nodded and tried to speak but failed to do so.

Amy picked him up and carried him off to the kitchen. Shadow whined out of hunger and started to kick his legs. "Shhhhh it's okay. I'm gonna get you some num nums in just a second." Amy sat Shadow in his highchair and locked the tray in place. She then got out some of Shadow's favorite flavor of baby food. Shadow looked at her and started drooling. "Okay okay Shadow I'm coming, I know you're hungry." Amy quickly came back to Shadow's highchair and tied a bib around his neck. "Okay now." Amy said as she unscrewed the top. "I got your favorite since this will be your last meal as a sweet little baby, now here comes the choo-choo train." Amy moved the spoon filled with baby food towards Shadow who cooperatively opened his mouth for it and swallowed. "Good boy Shadow!" Amy praised him and started to feed him till he was full and happy.

Sonic and Silver had found the reverse Fountain of Youth and had bottled some of it in one of Shadow's baby bottles. "Hey we got it, now time to head home!" Silver said as he trudged through more forest with Sonic not far behind. "Thank God! I am tired of you always defending "The precious gift from down below." Sonic complained as they found their way out. Screw this, I've gotta get home faster." Sonic said as he picked up Silver and ran back to California and back to Silver's house.

Shadow and Amy were playing Patty Cake in the middle of the floor when they walked through the door. "Hey we're back!" Sonic yelled to get everybody's attention. They all turned their heads and welcomed them. Amy hugged Sonic's neck. "Did you get the antidote?" She asked hopefully. Sonic smirked. "Uhhh we couldn't find it, it's lost…I guess I guess little baby Shadow is here to stay." He said while hiding the bottle behind his back. "WHAT?! They all said simultaneously and Shadow started throwing a tantrum on the floor. "How could you!?" Amy asked him while trying to calm Shadow down. Sonic laughed and pulled the antidote out. "Psyche! We got it, I just tricked you into-"Sonic got a face full of Piko Piko Hammer and fell to the ground. "Don't you DARE scare me like that again Sonic!" Silver picked up the bottle off the ground and undressed Shadow down to his diaper. "Look, look! No more crying. We got it. You'll be back to normal in no time, just drink this." Silver said as he stuck the nipple of the bottle into Shadow's mouth. Shadow stopped crying and started to suck down the antidote. A pink cloud began forming around Shadow and the antidote started taking effect. Soon the pink cloud disappeared and there sat the fully grown ebony hedgehog in a diaper that looked like it was going to rip and a baby bottle sticking out from his mouth. Shadow rubbed his eyes and looked around. "Dhjit-Peh! Did it work?" Shadow asked. Amy nodded. "It worked Shadow. You're back to normal. My baby is all grown up." Amy started tearing up. "Amy, he isn't graduating High School, now wipe your face." Silver handed her a tissue.

Shadow got up and started to take the diaper he was wearing off when Sonic stopped him. "Nah Shadow, use it first, I paid money for that, it's not going to waste." "Sonic shut up I'm a grown man. I'm not going in this." Sonic snickered. "I don't think so." He pointed at a yellow spot forming on the front of the diaper. Shadow blushed and growled. "Somebody's incontent I see." Sonic laughed. Shadow then picked Sonic up and drop kicked him, punched him in the face and knee-d him in the stomach, leaving Sonic on the ground in pain. "Shut up Blue Hedgehog! No matter what the circumstances, I will always come out on top." Everybody looked at Shadow. Rouge sighed. "I think somebody needs his pacifier and to go down for his nap…."