Chapter 9: The Downfall of Big, Bad GUN
(A/N: Shadow POV)

We took off at the speed of light, literally, Home-Attacking any robots we found. About half-way through, we heard a female scream in pain. That only made me more determined to get Amy back. I know it wasn't her, and that I probably should help, but I had no time, I had to reach that freak before he did something to Amy. Why am I so worried about Amy now? Is it because of that blue faker? Did he rub off on me? Probably, but I think it's just because her hospitality overwhelmed me. She's so kind and appreciative but no one is appreciative of her. On top of that, she's always considered the target to the enemy, our 'weakest link'. But she's not, at least not to me. All I know, is that I have to save her. Not Sonic, not Knuckles, but me. She's my responsibility now. I got her into this mess, and I'm getting her out.

We reached a door that was previously locked and walked inside cautiously. All we found was stairs. Lots and lots of stairs. So we looked to each other, nodded, and proceeded to climb the staircases. After about 7 sets, we were wiped. Or at least I was.

Tiring was last on my list of priorities when I saw what lied before me: A GUN Egg Golem. Probably much more sophisticated than Eggman's Egg Golem. But behind him was a door that was clearly unlocked, due to the fact that it was open a crack. I bet that was where Amy was being kept. I was ready to run over there and get her, but I didn't want to leave the faker here to battle this Golem all on his own. "Hey, Shadow. I'll distract him while you run ahead and grab Amy!" Sonic yelled. I didn't say anything. I just nodded to him and ran up there. Just before I walked in the door, I turned around and saluted him, giving him that 'Good-luck,-and-I-owe-you-one' look. Then he nodded and gave me that 'Oh-yeah,-big-time' look. I chuckled as I entered. It was dark but not so dark as I could see Amy in the corner. She was still bound and had a handkerchief in her mouth as a gag. The fur around her eyes was a deep pink, sort of a magenta color, due to her crying. Her eyes were closed, but still gave off that extremely frightened look. She had her knees to her chest and was leaning against the corner. I also noticed a metal collar around her neck, like a tracking device of some sort. I rushed to her immediately, only to be caught in a net half-way there.

I was now in a net, mere feet from Amy, hanging from the ceiling. "Amy!!" I called as I struggled to release myself from the net. I then saw her look up at me with hope in her wet eyes. "Let her go! Let me go!. You sick twisted freak! Release us! What is wrong with you?!" I was infuriated at the fact that she was right there and I couldn't save her.

Then I saw her get up. She had stood up, using the wall for balance to hop over to me. I think she was going to try to release me. She was right below me when a deep sinister laugh came from the other side of the room. I heard Amy give a muffled gasp and saw her turn her head immediately to look at the figure who had laughed. It was too dark to see who it was, but whoever it is was holding up a remote of some sort. He pushed a button, I heard Amy's muffled scream, and then heard her body collapse to the floor. That device around her neck must've been a shocking device or something and that remote activated it.

That was when I lost it. That was the last time someone hurt me or my friends. I powered up my Fire Ring until I set the net on fire. I fell through the net, to the ground, still charging up, and rolled right into the figure. The lights jerked on and I saw it was David Marriner. Go figure. He then got up, grabbed his head, and kicked me across the room, right into Amy. I silently apologized to her and figured 'why not check her over while I'm here?' To make sure he didn't hurt her. I found a bruise and a mark where he slapped her earlier. Her injuries may have been small, but at this point, anything was liable to set me off even farther.

"You can hurt me, but DO NOT hurt my friends!! Especially Amy!!!" I ran at him and it became an all out fist fight. Little did I know that Amy had woken up after I had examined her. She was hearing, and maybe even seeing, all of this. He threw a punch, I dodged. I threw one, he dodged. I tripped him up, then smashed him in the face. While he was down, he uppercutted me. I swear, if you were paying to see this, you would've thought we were watching the WWF (A/N: I know it's called WWE now, but I still think WWF is more traditional and appropriate.) Eventually, I fit a roundhouse kick in there. He was down but not out. Using my extraordinary speed, I ran over to Amy, took the device off her neck, ran back over to David, put it around his neck, and grabbed the control.

When he came to about two seconds later, I was tossing the remote up and down playfully in one hand and had my other hand on my hip with a devilish smirk on my face, staring at him. He then gave me a nasty look and then a confused one. David lifted one hand to his neck and patted the device. He then looked at me with a worried smile and a worried, nervous laugh. I just nodded, increasing the size of my smirk.

I stopped tossing the remote, held it so it was pointed at him, thumb over the 'Electrocute' button. His eyes grew wide. I pressed the button. My job was done, he was out cold.