Nyoko: Hello, everyone! Before you start reading, there are a few things you must know. This fan fiction takes place in your regular Sonic Universe, unlike my first ShadAmy, but there's a twist to it: it takes place after SA2, but not before or after Shadow the Hedgehog.

I hope you enjoy this jam-packed adventure fan fiction!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Sonic characters, Sega/Sonic Team does.

P.S. Thanks to Miss Inadequate for the editing and suggestions for the chapter! She helped a lot.

Don't Let Me Fall

By Akemi Nyoko

Chapter One: Dangerous Alliance

1:00 pm - GUN Headquarters

In the G.U.N. Headquarters, various researches were being handled. Every day they started and finished different projects-- the headquarters were always busy. Of these projects, one of the most remarkable was a special project that they worked on for years to that date; that is, Project Shadow.

It had all started decades prior with the Space Colony ARK and Professor Gerald Robotnik. The government, after finding out that the doctor was building the "ultimate" weapon, decided to ambush the space colony. Their orders were distinctly to destroy 'Project Shadow' at any cost. In attempt, they instead killed an innocent soul, and the notorious 'Project Shadow' disappeared.

Fifty years later, the project reappeared, making an uproar at GUN Headquarters. Dr. Robotnik's grandson, Dr. Julian Ivo Robotnik, better known as Dr. Eggman, decided to continue what his grandfather started. With the help of 'Project Shadow', he found the Space Colony ARK, and his grandfather's plans to destroy the earth. In intent of using these plans to build the "Eggman Empire", he proceeded; but only to find that the plan backfired and it resulted to be a trap. Gerald had planned on destroying everyone and everything to take revenge for his granddaughter, Maria Robotnik's, death. The colony was on a crash course to destroy earth.

Thankfully, renowned hero Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends worked alongside Eggman and Project Shadow to stop the ARK from destroying everything on its path. Sonic tried to stop the ARK, but it was too much for him alone to handle, and just as things looked done, Shadow appeared to lend a helping hand. After they transported the ARK to a safe place, Project Shadow disappeared, and all that was left of him was one of his glove rings. Everyone presumed him dead... until now.

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"Sir!" a GUN worker ran frantically to the main office with a pile of papers on his hands, "Sir! We've found him!"

"Found who?" the silhouette of a man inquired.

"Project Shadow," the worker laid the pile of papers on the main office's desk. The man sitting at the desk took the papers into his hands, and read them as fast as he could. They had, indeed, found 'Project Shadow.' "There's only one problem," the man stammered.

"And what is it?"

"He's located in Space Colony ARK, and I'm afraid we can't reach it; the ARK's location is too far for us to reach right away. We need more high tech weapons and space crafts, Sir."

"We are GUN, and you are telling me that we cannot build anything to reach the ARK?!" said the man, his dark voice sounding annoyed.

"I'm afraid we can't, Sir. We don't have enough engineers, and I'm afraid none of the scientist can come out with a good plan."

"Is there a way to fix that?"

"There's one person who can help us, Sir," the worker paused and gulped, "but I'm afraid it's not a good idea to team up with him."

The man continued to examine the files on his hands and came across a picture of an over-sized man with a funny mustache; he had to get his hands on Shadow before he was used against him. His eyes remained on the photograph, "Bring him to me."

1:16 pm - Station Square Downtown

The sun shone in the blue sky, and the wind blew gently through Station Square. The sound of cars, the people walking on the streets, and the sigh of a certain pink hedgehog were all part of the dazzling city.

Amy's arms rested on a small table at an ice cream shop. She gazed up at the sky as she ate her giant cup of ice cream; the empty rim of glass that surrounded her was lacking company and caused all but a sigh to escape her lips a second time. She dipped her spoon into the cold dessert, and then scooped a bit of melting chocolate ice cream into her mouth. Solitude never really was a lovely thing. More than anything, Amy Rose felt herself craving company--in particular, a certain MALE'S company.

'If only Sonic would go out with me, I'm sure he would be enjoying himself,' thought the small girl as her spoon made its way to her mouth again. A scream was heard in the corner of the avenue, interrupting Amy's thoughts. Emerald eyes trailed to the scene, she saw a woman being attacked by a robot. 'A robot? Wait... it must be Eggman!' Amy jumped from her seat and ran to the dame in distress. She pulled out her Piko-Piko hammer, proceeding to smash the robot; an all out success!

"Thank you!" the lady stammered, quickly and surprisingly regaining her composure.

"You're welcome!" Amy happily splattered, smiling cheerfully. The woman scurried off along with other passer-bys in the lane as more robots appeared on the streets. The girl's smiled quickly vanished, only to be replaced by a self-assured smirk, "It's time to work!"

The pink hedgehog ran around the town smashing robots as they appeared. She got rid of a number of robots, until two big ones appeared; one in front of her, the other one behind her. She tried running from side to side, but the two robots stopped her, making it so there was no way out. She jumped on top of one of them, and hit it as hard as she could on the head, only to find nothing happened to him. To her, however, was a different story altogether; the hit reflected back at her, knocking her down and rendering her of her own movement temporarily. One of the robots took her in its metal grip, holding her tightly. Her attempts to hit him back were all in vain; every single whack she tried to deliver was only sent right back to her.

"Agh!" the pink hedgehog cringed as the robot's grip got tighter. The pain of it all was just starting to catch up to her...there was a moment; a faint moment when it suddenly struck her that she was captured again; kidnapped, sentenced to a possible death. If she died right there, what would Sonic think--?

"Let her go!" a blue blur attacked both of the robots and destroyed them. Amy flew out of the robot's hand and was about to hit the floor; but she was caught by the one and only, Sonic the Hedgehog. The irony of the moment was priceless and the girl herself, in a state of minor infatuation, was flustered. "Don't try to take on what you can't handle!"

That voice, that dreamy voice; trying to find words to make up for her gap in thinking, the girl stuttered. "I-"

"There's no time to talk, Tails found Eggman's ship," he put her down, and started running south; the romantic moment in her own mind shattered. So much for an ice cream date...

"Should I go...?" she questioned herself in the middle of the road, disentangled robot parts stood to both sides of her.

As overjoyed as Amy was to see him, she couldn't help but get the sad impression that he didn't seem to care. He was ignoring her just like always; playing it cool, savvy, charismatic, and it was killing her on the inside. If maybe there was a way to impress him, to make him know that she was there, she would take that chance to steal his heart.

With sudden motivation upon these thoughts, she stood upright, grinning. "I'll prove myself to him!" she stated to herself, her smile widening. "Sonic Hedgehog, you will be mine!" she giggled and took off in her usual fashion; playing the role of just a girl crazily in love with danger himself; flirting with it and craving the action that'd come from it.

3:48 pm - Mystic Jungle

The duo entered a mysterious jungle; both of them keeping their eyes open for any traps. There were exotic plants and flowers galore that decorated the marsh floor nicely; blossoms of all colors were seen, purples, pinks, reds, and mixed; it was all endearing to Amy. Many different trees that had vines hanging from them protected the little damp forest. Little sun made it through the canopy layer of the land, making it more shady than typical.

Overall, it was a peaceful place with only the sounds of bugs and birds heard. Sonic stopped walking, and then he pulled out a communicator. Amy ran faster once he stopped, hoping that she would catch up to him. The male turned around and saw the rose hedgehog running towards him; he just stared in annoyance.

"What are you doing here, Amy?" the blue hedgehog's voice sounded irritated; he didn't notice her following him before, and was clearly surprised to see her.

"I came here to help you!" the rose hedgehog declared, reassured of her actions; a determined smile was planted on her face.

"Amy! You can't be here; it's too dangerous for you!"

The girl's expression changed to a frown when he said that.

Guilt struck his heart; the blue hedgehog knew that she only meant good, "But now that you're here, there's nothing we can do."

"Thank you," emerald eyes smiled, happy to see his change of heart, and her heart jumped to see his actions; 'Perhaps he does care... in his own way!'

Sonic turned to the communicator, "Tails, can you hear me?" The hedgehog nearly yelled into the speaker, there being nothing but static on the other end.

"L-Loud and clear!" the voice of a child replied, seeming a little overtaken. "A little bit too loud..." the two-tailed fox mumbled loud enough for them to hear. Amy giggled, and the blue hedgehog just stared at her in vexation.

"We're at the location you told us," Sonic continued, looking around at his surroundings with sharp eyes.

"Okay..." There was silence for a moment, as if to indicate the hedgehog's best friend was in the process of thinking, "Eggman's base must be cloaked somewhere in the jungle. I'm passing by with the Tornado to make a scan and find the location."

"So where's Knuckles?" Amy asked noticing the lost partner. Tails, Sonic, and Knuckles...weren't they the usual trio?

"He'll be dropping by when Tails passes through here." Just as Sonic stated those words, the Tornado appeared, dropping a red echidna from the sky. Knuckles glided to the ground and landed safely.

"Alright, it's time to party!" he begun as he punched the air, the pink hedgehog rolled her eyes.

"Alright, Sonic," Tails called from the communicator, "The base is located three miles northwest of your current location."

"We're on it!" the three heroes ran to the next location. They stopped at a strange clearing in the jungle, assuming that it had to be Eggman's hidden base.

"Knuckles and Amy," the static from the communicator was cut off again, "There's two cloaking devices hidden by the trees; find them and destroy them. Sonic, when they find the devices you run inside the base and destroy the main control panel."

"Alright, let's do this!" Amy excitedly pulled out her Piko-Piko hammer and headed to the right side of the clearing, and Knuckles took the left. Looking carefully for the device through the bushes and trees, her emerald eyes finally spotted a camera hidden in between the tree leaves. 'This is for you, Sonikku!' The pink hedgehog jumped and smashed the camera as hard as she could, for a moment the base was seen, only disappearing again straight after.

Knuckles saw the reaction and looked for the device faster. Once he found it, he smashed it against the floor. The base was revealed for good; it turning out to be a big airship, covered with red and black paint, it had more than fifty cannons, and the traditional Eggman logo. Sonic ran inside the base, Knuckles and Amy trailed behind.

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3:56 pm - Inside Eggmans Base

The base was clear at first; no robots protecting it. During a typical raid, Eggman would give them a warm welcome by throwing some robots for them to battle, but this time, everything was empty and quiet; even to the point of desertion.

The base had machines in every corner and doors that lead further inside. They decided to take one of the doors and headed in, but as soon as they entered the door closed shut and robots appeared. The trio fought the robots with ease, as soon as they defeated them, another door inside the room opened. They took the new door, and once again got attacked by robots. As they walked further inside the base every door they opened held a new attack from another group of 'bots. The three worked their way through by destroying the robots and advancing to the next door; a typical and repeated routine. Sonic always advanced first and stood in front of the three, making sure everything was safe for them to continue further inside. The battle was no struggle however; all the robots were weak and beaten with little effort on the three's part.

"I don't like this, Eggman must be planning something," Sonic remarked as he got spun into a beetle.

"I agree, Eggman would've sent the big baddies after us by now," Knuckles replied as he smashed another beetle against the floor.

"Do you think it's a trap?" Amy inquired innocently as she smashed yet another beetle with her oversized hammer.

"There's only one way to find out," Sonic affirmed eagerly, beginning to walk through the newly opened door, "We need to find the control panel, he must be there waiting for us!"

Knuckles and Amy nodded, as they stalked the egotistic hero's lead. They passed through ten more doors, until they finally reached the control panel. They expected Eggman to be there and tell them it was a trap of some sort, but he wasn't there. They searched everywhere but no one was there; Robotnik was missing.

"What's going on?" Sonic said as he searched the whole base for the crazed doctor. He found some scatted robot parts through some doors they didn't walk through, causing him to wonder. He returned to the control panel, where Amy and Knuckles were waiting for him.

"I don't see Eggman anywhere," the pink hedgehog announced as she took a seat on the main chair of the control panel. She started typing in some random things out of idle boredom and started switching through the screens that showed everything around, in, and out of the ship. Eggman was nowhere to be found.

"Do you think he wants to trap us inside here and make the ship explode?" an indifferent question, Sonic tapped his foot impatiently.

"I don't think so," Amy answered as she searched through the controls of the ship, "The security is down, and I don't see any other traps here."

"Why would he attack the town and then run away?" Knuckles asked as he sat on top of a machine.

"He was probably scared that I would kick his butt again," the blue hedgehog boasted with a smirk on his face.

"I found something!" Amy squealed; Sonic and Knuckles switched their attention to the screens. "This was taken one hour ago," she pressed a button to reveal the past events inside the ship.

Eggman was sitting on the main chair, picking his nose without a care in the world; the three assumed he was possibly waiting for Sonic to arrive. Suddenly he saw something on the screen; an array of troops that were surrounding the ship. He started typing some things in the control panel, firing some canons. However, the troops stopped the cloaking devices and made it inside the ship. He sent big robots after them but they eliminated them easily.

"Seems Eggman is loosing his touch," Sonic retorted as he watched the troops destroy the robots easily.

They walked through the doors, eliminating everything in their paths, proceeding further inside. When they finally made it to the control panel, Robotnik had tried to escape, but they stopped him. One of the soldiers shot the camera, and everything turned to static.

"That's the end of it," the small girl reported as she replayed the video.

"Stop it right there, Amy." Sonic pointed at one of the soldiers, "You see that? It's them... but why would they want him...?"

3:56 pm - GUN Headquarters

"What do you want from me?!" Eggman yelled at the soldiers in anger, "Haven't you had enough by stealing my blueprints for some of the robots I have!"

"That temper of yours always got you in trouble, Doctor," a tall man with dark skin walked inside the room Eggman was in.

"Commander...!" Eggman looked at him in surprise and anger. He knew there was something wrong in there, and nothing fit together; it was like a big puzzle. But there wasn't an egg he couldn't crack, "What's your business with me!"

"I have a preposition for you, Doctor," the tall man sat down on one of the chairs, and put his hands together, "There's something I want, but I can't get, and I need your help to reach it."

"And how does that benefit me!" Eggman's tone of voice didn't change.

The tall man signaled for the soldiers to leave, "If you help me capture what I want, I'll let you free of any charges you have. And, you will also get access to the latest technology you need."

"Hmm..." he thought about it; he knew they wouldn't let him out without a no, and that offer didn't sound all that bad once he thought about it. "And what do I have to do, exactly?"

"You remember... Project Shadow?"

"Yes, but what does he have to do with this?"

"He's currently located in Space Colony ARK, and the only way to get him down is by destroying the Colony."

"Can't you reach the Colony? After all, you stole my technology."

"That isn't enough; the ARK is too far for us to reach with our technology alone... however, if we combine technology..."

"I see your point." Robotnik pondered it a little bit more, "What if you don't do what you promised me?"

"Only time will tell."

"You got a deal," Eggman's glasses revealed a small shine, reflecting his brain at work. Who knew what would happen with both GUN and Eggman on the same team...

Next Day: 5:23 am - Space Colony ARK

The sun appeared on the horizon of earth, the warm oranges and yellows made the cool blues and greens stand out. Even though the sun was out, the stars could still be seen around the ARK. In space, it was impossible to tell day from night, because the stars would always be around and the sun would never disappear from sight.

Shadow stared at the beautiful and picturesque sight outside the ARK. The black hedgehog felt at peace and relaxed; everything was quiet, no one was around. He decided to live at the ARK by himself, choosing a life of solitude. He knew that the Earth would be better off without him around. Isolation was the best answer to his existence, or so he thought. He started living there since one year ago, after the Biohazard incident in the ARK. After he fought along side with Sonic, he fell to earth and got lost in a jungle. Luckily he found the Red Chaos Emerald that he used to warp back to ARK. Ever since then he stayed there, living each day alone, rarely warping back to earth to look around.

The ebony hedgehog remembered parts of his past, such as losing his friend, Maria, and spending time with her. He remembered the things they did together; the times they laughed, and the times they cried. He remembered the pain he felt when he saw her die and the anger that almost drove him to insanity. After 50 years, when he was finally going to avenge her, he realized that that wasn't what Maria wanted. Thanks to a certain pink hedgehog, the final memory inside of him was revealed, making his existence clear. Maria didn't want him to avenge her, but give the other people a chance to be happy.

The dark hedgehog smiled at himself, 'She was always a kind person, with a heart of gold...' He still missed her, every day without her was eternal itself. Long hours, long minutes, long seconds; every day had no end. He knew he was the "Ultimate Lifeform", but at what cost? Losing his best friend and living his eternal life without her... that was the cost of his immortality.

The male still observed the sun in the horizon of earth, it being a breathtaking sight. Suddenly, he saw a ship coming towards the ARK. Two more appeared, three...then four. Getting suspicious, he continued watching until the ships got close enough for him to read the word 'GUN' stretched on the side of them, "Shit...!"

Shadow 'skated' to the control panel of the ARK. He typed and pushed a series of buttons to reveal the ARK's defense weapons. The ships were still heading that way, and frantically he started shooting a couple of canons and bullets to the incoming ships, but they had a strong shield that protected them, making the attack a near mockery on his part. Shadow almost lost his balance as ARK started shaking; it was becoming increasingly obvious they were attacking the ship from outside. The ARK didn't have any defense shields because of the Final Hazard incident, causing the hedgehog to be, on the most part, doomed.

The dark hedgehog skated out of the control panel and headed to one of the ARK's rooms. Inside the room, the Red Chaos Emerald was resting on a pillow. ARK continued shaking with the attacks, and voices were heard outside the room. The GUN soldiers knocked down the door and started shooting at Shadow; he, however, dodged the bullets easily and kicked the soldiers out of the way. As he skated throughout the space colony he got rid of the soldiers on his way. When he thought he got rid of all the cronies, he heard a robotic voice coming from the ship:

"Self-destruct sequence starting: 30 seconds until self-destruction."

"Damn it all!" Shadow took the Chaos Emerald firmly into his hands, "CHAOS CONTROL!"

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Outside, the ARK exploded, shaking everything around it. The GUN ships protected themselves against the explosion with their shields, taking little damage.

"Sir, we believe Project Shadow warped out of the ARK."

"Perfect... it's all going according to plan..."

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Shadow headed to earth, hoping to find a place to hide from GUN. Little did he know that he was heading for their trap...

A/N: Well, that's chapter one for ya! Once again, a special thanks to Miss Inadequate! Without her, my story would've been doomed. How's the story so far? Reviews, ideas, and suggestions are always welcomed.

Chapter 2: Unwanted help

Shadow thinks he's going to hide and keep a low profile while he's on earth, but the Sonic Heroes find him and try to help him. With the unwanted help from them, GUN is sure to find him right away. What will happen after they receive a surprise attack? And why is Amy stranded in the middle of nowhere with Shadow?

Until Next Time!