Shadow the Hedgehog

"I don't think I'd want a litch as a best friend. They're kinda creepy." ----- "I'm sure we'll come out fine... I hope. Erm, after you?" said Zamy, slightly worried at the sight of the lights. "I know far more about what was in that than you. I'm certain it will work. My work has not been for nought."

"You'd probably think nothing at all. Your brain would essentially be shut down aside from basic functioning," thought Hope. ---- "Do it. We'll go and take care of it. Shadow, watch those two," said Zamy.

"This is a bad time to have a big brain," said Hope. ---- "Where is it?" asked Zamy. "I am not dying, I'm merely in a weakened state as I adjust to the serum. Not that expect someone like you to understand," said Hope R.

"Nope you're still in the land of the living Melody. Or a zombie." ---- "Of course I am. My current state is only a temporary side effect," replied Hope R as she shook. "Great. He's gone nuts again," said Zamy.

"Well your sense of humour isn't dead at least," joked Hope. ---- "Syphon Station? What's that?" asked Zamy as Shadow's eyes widened "Not again," he muttered.

"Something like that. You're alive at least," replied Hope. ---- "Ok. The logs are still up," replied Zamy.

"Understood," replied Zamy.

Hope ran over to Melody. "Are you ok?" she asked worriedly. --- "I'm at the lab. Miles is cuffed, and I think Robotnik jabbed him with something. She looks in really bad shape as well," replied Zamy.

Zamy quickly slapped her cuffs on the unconscious Miles, then breathed a sigh of relief before turning to see Hope R in a coughing fit. She really didn't look good.

Hope R stabbed her syringe into Miles' neck, smiling smugly as the liquid entered his bloodstream. She then sat on the ground nearby and waited. Zamy teleported herself and Shadow back to the lab and saw Hope sitting there.

"Not again!" complained Zamy as she came to a halt. Hope and Rouge were flung back, narrowly avoiding hitting the trees nearby. --- Hope R's impromptu prison began to glow white hot just before her bubble bored clean through it, seemingly ablaze. She stumbled out and switched back to a normal setting, panting and sweating as she looked at the serum's effects; she felt weaker and could clearly see the veins in her arms, but adopted a hate filled glare when she saw Miles. "Thought you could get away with that? Well I think it's time to resume my normal work. I haven't done an experiment on a subject, in a long time," she hissed as she fumbled through her blsck box, pulling out a syringe filled with a orange and black liquid, the two colours sitting atop one another rather than mixing. "Let's see what this does, shall we?"

Zamy saw Miles in the distance and skated after him, as did Shadow.

"Got their exact location," said Zamy as she teleported the group.

Zamy was nearing the relevant records. "Moebius... 2 teleportations?"

"Never heard such disgusting arrogance and pompousness in all my life," muttered Zamy.

"Keep up that condescending tone and you'll soon regret it," replied Zamy to Locke. (OOC It kinda seems a bit deus ex machina for Locke to be able to do that, Locke).

"Still haven't got anything Ziona, and that's doubtful Locke. He's using a totally different energy to you. I'll see if I can get this computer working. Looks like it uses 10 year old software," said Zamy as she started to look through the system.

Zamy cursed under her breath. "There's got to be something here, he can't just teleport around or he would've done it already, so he has to be using what he used to grab you three. We just gotta figure out how to find out where he went. Unless he stole a Zone Cop transporter?"

"It's fine. I'm just glad to be ok," thought Hope before gently sitting up as Shadow put his arm around her. "I think I'll stick to the lab from now," she said to him. "If I let you do anything to him I'll get tossed off the force and probably end up in Zone Jail myself," explained Zamy.

Zamy sighed as she entered the lab. "I can't let you kill him, but I can take him in. And I would take Robotnik in as well, provided I can get a cutting torch, as I'm guessing she's in there." "Gee, thanks for reminding me," thought Hope.

"Wasn't that bad? My jaw was smashed and I was unconscious. That's not good," thought Hope. "Somehow I think that was what he wanted to happen. Removing his enemy, and his competition," said Shadow.

Outside, Zamy was still trying to get her radio working with little success. Finally giving up, she rushed inside, pulling out the carbine from the case. ------ Hope opened her eyes and turned her head to the side, spitting out some blood."Whose stupid idea was that?" she mumbled. "And? What if Robotnik had decided to carve me and Crowley up to see what made us tick? Would you still beg the others for his life then?" retorted Shadow to Anna.

Shadow looked up at Miles. "That's it. you're dead," he growled.

"I... I don't know," said Hope when she was struck on the jaw by one of the metal pillars, causing her to fall backwards onto the ground. Shadow and Rouge rushed over to her to see if she was alright.

"There's nothing we can do Glen. The bubble is in the way," said Crowley. "I've performed countless experiments, and am far more knowledgeable than the likes of you," said Hope R as she waited for the liquid to change colour, then quickly put it in a syringe before injecting herself. Hope K gasped, accidentally exiting the bubble as she stepped back.