Chapter 7: Prison Island Arrival
In the end, the apparently mismatched trio gathered up Knuckles and Rouge. They now had somewhat of a chance, since they had already faced GUN once before. Once the story had been told to the newcomers, everyone prepared for the encounter in a few days. Which for Sonic, meant torturing poor Shadow without giving a moment's peace. Eventually, Tails became no match for the endless arguments and Knuckles took the job of Hedgehog Referee. With him as the Ref., neither of them tried anything. Knuckles was known for his short temper and seriousness. He wouldn't make a threat that he didn't intend to follow through with. Knowing this, the rest of the week went smoothly. Finally, the big battle had come and everyone was ready.

Amazingly, everyone was able to fit into the Tornado, but only because Tails had thought ahead and installed about 4 extra seats. It took away from speed and power, but they wouldn't be needing the Tornado for this battle, or so they thought.

"We're nearing Prison Island now. Switching to Landing mode." Tails stated.

"Do you think we should check the spot where Amy was kidnapped before first?" Tails asked.

"Yeah, that would be my guess." Sonic answered. And so they landed on the exact spot where Tails and Eggman battled for the first time in SA2. When they landed, they saw a figure walk out of the shadows before them, holding Amy. He had his hand over her mouth and was holding her with his other arm around her waist. She couldn't wave to them because her hands were tied up behind her back, her feet were tied together also. Amy looked scared and was silently crying. She kept staring at Shadow and Sonic. Then, without warning, she bit the hand that held her mouth shut. While it was away, she screamed out to the gang.

"Sonic! Shadow!!! Help-!" Before Amy could finish, the man had shoved a gag in her mouth and had slapped her across the face, hard, for biting him. She now had her eyes closed, head tilted down in shame.

"Marriner!!" Shadow shouted.

"Yup, it's me again," David said as he put on a hideous smirk, "Well? Gonna come get your girlfriend or what?"

Shadow was infuriated and began to run for Amy. Then, an unexpected thing occurred, David pulled out a gun and put it to Amy's head.

"Go on, keep coming. She'll be dead, and so will you, but you'll have her. If you want her back unharmed, you'd better back up and surrender." The GUN agent seemed to be enjoying this.

"You think it's that easy don't you? To catch me? I'm not going down with out a fight!" Shadow stated.

"And neither are we," said Rouge as she hopped out of the Tornado. The others soon followed.

"What a coincidence! Neither am I. Get your way through our hideout and reach me to get her back. And if you don't," David seemed to put on the expression of a Dark Chao, "then we'll have won. Your friends are not what I'm after, Shadow. If they die, it'll only be a consolation prize. You're the only one I want. Later, much!" With that, he disappeared and a faint, muffled scream of terror was heard in the distance. "Don't worry Shadow. We'll get her back, safe and sound, just like we always do." Knuckles said comfortingly. He then rushed into their headquarters, followed by everyone else, except Shadow.

Shadow stayed behind, thinking of Maria. She had told him to search for his true love, and he was here, saving some fangirl while he was supposed to be searching. How long would it take for him to find her? It's already seemed like a month has gone by. How will he even know? "That, Shadow, you must reveal for yourself." He remembered Maria's words to him before he had left heaven. I know I can do it, as long as you're with me, Maria... He closed his eyes and placed his hand over his patch of white fur. It wasn't long now before Sonic ran outside and yelled out to Shadow.

"Yo, Shadow! Ya' comin’?"

"Of course, faker." Shadow ran in with a smirk on his face and hopes in his heart.