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Well, this has been an interesting day.

It seems that we have a third recruit. Her name is Rouge the Bat. She showed up on the ARK just as I was explaining to Dr. Eggman how the Eclipse Cannon works. She offered her services rather suspiciously, but she had the blue Chaos Emerald, so we had to let her join.

The next day we found ourselves back on Prison Island. The doctor was rather pissed, since he had no idea they had Emeralds here. According to Rouge's intel, they did. Anyway, the Doctor quickly came up with a plan: he would create enough havoc for Rouge and myself to sneak in. I would set a timer on the dynamite packs so we could leave without a trace. In the meantime, bat girl needed to find the Chaos Emeralds they had. We had 30 minutes to accomplish our goal. It seemed simple. Boy, were we wrong.

As soon as the Doctor finished his end, we were about to begin, when I was suddenly hugged tightly from behind. The "assailant" cheerfully cried, "Oh Sonic! I never thought I'd see you again! I'm so glad you made it!" When she saw that I wasn't "Sonic", she let go. When I turned around to see who had the nerve to do such a thing, I saw a young hedgehog girl. She was pink, had green eyes covered by three bangs and wore a red halter top dress with a headband and boots to match. She looked to be about twelve years of age. For someone her age, she had some beauty about her, but certainly nothing to fawn over. "You're not Sonic!" she embarrassingly accused. "Who are you?"

"I'm the one who should be asking that," the Doctor piped up. It was then the girl realized the deadly mistake she had made and ran off screaming. "Aahh, Amy! You're timing is impeccable!" the Doctor exclaimed. "Leave it to me, I'll take care of her! The two of you, go!" Rouge headed to the Security Hall, while I put the ridiculous incident out of mind and raced off to the armory to set the explosives. It took awhile, but I found the place. I contacted the Doctor and told him I was ready on my end. Unfortunately, there seemed to be an "unexpected delay" on his. I rolled my eyes in disgust when I heard that. In any case, we had to hurry, so he told me to set the timer to fifteen minutes. Rouge arrogantly claimed that she'd be able to find the Emeralds in five.

Five minutes later, she called me saying that she had gotten herself locked in with the three Emeralds she had found. Hmph. Dumb little skank. I was about to leave her there, but suddenly, Maria's image came up in my mind. I tried to ignore it, but it was no use. She would have wanted me to save Rouge. It sickened me to the very fiber of my being, but I had no other choice but to go back and rescue that troublemaker. Besides, she had the Emeralds, which were vital to my objective.

After racing through the White Jungle, I stopped to gather my bearings when I heard an annoyingly familiar voice. "Hey, that's-" I couldn't believe my misfortune when I turned around...and saw that blasted blue hedgehog again. Of all places... It still pisses me off. "I found ya, faker!" he said. "Faker? I think you're the fake hedgehog around here," I shot back. "You're comparing yourself to me? Ha! You're not even good enough to be MY fake!" The blue one immediately began attacking me, shouting, "I'll make you eat those words!" Strangely, not only did he look like me, but his attacks were similar to my own as well. We bounced off of each other countless times. I admit, he got in a couple of hits, but I was victorious in the end.

Out of breath, we were about to start round two when the Doctor contacted me. "Shadow! What are you doing! Hurry and get back here right now before the island blows up with you on it!" I suddenly remembered. The Emeralds. Rouge. I had to go back for them. The blue hedgehog was as startled as I was. I left him there and hurried to the Security Hall where Rouge was waiting. With ten seconds remaining, I used Chaos Control on the Emeralds she had to make our escape. By the time we'd left, all of Prison Island had blown to kingdom come. Hopefully, that wretched blue imbecile went with it. Something tells me, though, that that's wishful thinking.

When we returned to the ARK, I retreated to my personal sanctuary, the Central Laboratory. Maria and I used to look down at the Earth and wonder what it was like down there. I recall that Professor said that he dedicated his life's work to all who lived there, and that making people happy through science was his purpose. I remember pondering my own purpose and wondering if Earth held the answers. Just a few minutes ago, I was reminiscing about a conversation Maria and I had when Rouge interrupted me. She came to the conclusion that I went back to save her sorry butt. I replied that it was for the Chaos Emeralds, but she clearly didn't buy it. Then, the Doctor came in and said that the Cannon was ready. Rouge wasn't sure since we only had six Emeralds, but that was more than enough, as I stated.

The Doctor's about to make a speech to the planet. I'd better join him and make sure he doesn't screw up the demonstration.

~Shadow the Hedgehog