Chapter 7: Friends Never Say Goodbye

"And we will never stop the journey, not until we have our cutie marks!" Sweetiebell woke me up. I must've fallen asleep while I was working on the watches for the crusaders. "Come on Shadow, we're here."

I immediately got up and stepped outside. I showed them the way to the base and by the time we got there the CMC were exhausted from running.

"Take these." I gave the watches to them. "They're like walkie-talkies in your world. If you run into any danger call for help." I said.

"Don't worry Shadow, we'll be fine." exclaimed Scootaloo. I believed in them, but still you can't be too careful. We split up and went into the base. I took the route I went last night. Where are all the bug-like ponies I saw last night? It didn't matter, I needed to find the Dr. before he does something awful. I looked everywhere but still nothing. I looked at my chaos emerald to see if I could find him. Before I could find where he was, a giant robot appeared in front of me.

"CHAOS CONTROL!" I appeared behind it and punched with all my might. It dented but the robot was still in motion. "CHAOS," energy was building up inside of me. Finally I let it all out and shouted "BLAST!" That did the trick. I called to the others to see if they were okay.

"Shadow to everyone, status report." No answer. "Shadow to everyone, are you alright?" No answer.

"You can't call them while I have them." said a familiar voice. I turned around to see the Dr. with two glass pods. One contained Rouge and the other contained the CMC.

"NO!" I yelled, as the Dr. laughed triumphantly. "Now, hand over your chaos emerald and there won't be any trouble." said the Dr. My rage was growing inside of me. I hate it when I fail.

Then, Luna's words echoed in my head. "When evil gets the best of you, good will rise against it. If you just believe and have faith in others and yourself." I got an idea to get the others out of the base.

"Here's an idea, how about you let them go free, and you can have me and the chaos emerald." I bargained.

"No Shadow!" I could here the others say.

"Hmm, fair enough. After all, they are of no use to me." He opened the pods and I walked up to one of them. Before I stepped in, I gave my emerald to the Dr. and turned to Rouge. "Get the others out of here and get to a safe place."

"We're not leaving without you Shadow."

"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. Now go, that's an order." and I stepped into the pod. It closed behind me I could see Rouge taking the CMC out of the base. Then the Dr. brought in three more pods. They had Tails, Knuckles, and Amy trapped inside. Then we flew back to Canterlot. I decided to rest since that was the only thing I could do. I believed that Sonic and his friends will fix this. I had faith in the good that will come. Most importantly, I knew that Rouge and the CMC were safe. I needed the rest.