The Present

Shadows hand reached out to where his daughter once stood, his pupils the size of pinpricks and his whole body shaking in anger, confusion and grief.

Mephiles ceased his evil laughter and looked down at the hedgehog. "How does it feel Shadow?" He asked as he lifted a hand to where Pinkie and Silver had been. "How does it feel to see something so dear to you be taken away right in front of you?"

Shadow couldn't move, his eyes locked onto the empty space in front of him. Pinkie was taken from him, either dead or in some unfamiliar far off place, and he just watched. His open hand that was reaching out closed itself into a fist as he punched the ground, tears forming in his eyes as he looked to the stone floor.

Mephiles remained silent as he watched his enemy suffer, a sick, sadistic pleasure rushing through him. As he was about to taunt the mentally broken hedgehog, he was sent spinning through the air as Eggman punched him in the side of the face before pulling out two blasters and unleashing a barrage of lasers and energy blasts onto the demon, Shard joining in with his own rapid blasts. The two had an unholy raging fire in their eyes as they reduced Mephiles to purple dust.

The two ceased their bombardment with heavy breath, watching as Mephiles slowly reformed while clapping his hands slowly. "My my, such rage, such hatred, such ferocity, it's almost overwhelming." He jumped out of the way of Sally and Amy running up to attack him, landing on one of the rooftops. "As entertaining as this has been, I have work to do. We will meet again soon Shadow the Hedgehog...you cannot begin to imagine what I have planned for you." With that, he summoned another ball of purple energy which expanded around him, causing him to disappear.

"Well, at least we know it's just some kind of teleportation..." Shard muttered to himself, glaring at where Mephiles once stood.

Sally and Amy growled at Mephiles' threat and ran up to Shadow, helping him up and trying to pull him out of his shaken trance. Sally frowned after multiple failed attempts and slapped him. Shadow blinked a few times before he was brought back to reality. Sighing, he buried his face in his hands, struggling to contain his emotions. Amy gently pat his back while Sally pulled his hands away from his face and made him look at her. "Hey, it's ok, we'll get her back or she'll find her own way back. Now isn't the time for feeling bad, what would Pinkie feel if she saw you in this state?"

Shaking his head a few times, Shadow nodded and let out a breath. "Alright...I'm ok...thank you." He spoke in a quiet emotionless tone.

Eggman turned back to Omega and pulled out his communicator. "Mecha Sonic, come to the location of the Egg-O-Matic and pick up E-123 Omega and take him back to the repair ward on the Carrier." After a few moments, Mecha Sonic landed a few feet away from the doctor, grabbed under Omega's arms and flew off with that damaged warbot in tow. "I'm not sure how long it will take until the repairs are complete. What do you plan to do now?" He asked while climbing back into his vehicle.

"Find Pinkie and bring her back." All except Tails said at once.

Eggman shook his head. "Do any of you even know how you're going to find her?" No response from anyone. "If she was just on some other continent she'd have teleported back already, she could have been thrown through time and space for all we know."

"I agree, Pinkie would already have come back if she were still on the planet. Give Eggman and I some time and we can come up with some way of finding her. In the meantime, you can keep yourself occupied with hunting down Snively." Tails added as he took to the air beside Eggman.

"Shadow should probably go to the hospital, these burns seem pretty serious." Amy stated as she poked the burn, causing Shadow to flinch.

"I'm fine, it's just a small burn, it will heal." Shadow said in protest.

"Well, it's either go to the hospital, or you get to be he one to tell Rouge about what happened to Pinkie." Sally said with a smirk.

In a split second, Shadow had disappeared with a trail of fire leading to the hospital.

"Wait...who is going to tell Rouge?" Tails asked in confusion.

"NOT IT!!!" Shouted almost everyone.

"Not I-DAMN!!!" Shard cursed.

"Well...good luck to you." Eggman laughed as he flew away with Tails following behind him.

Amy and Sally ran off to hunt Snively while Shard stood there. frozen in place.

"I hate everyone..." He complained before slowly walking off to find Rouge, preparing to be torn limb from mechanical limb. Unaware of the mechanical figure watching the events unfold.

Unknown Location

Snively stood in his command centre, watching the scene from the visual link of his robotic spy. "Interesting, so that pony has been removed from this plain of existence? This may just turn out in my favour. However, there's still the risk of her returning, I'll need to make sure she never comes back."

"And how exactly are ya going to do that brainiac?" A ruff and cocky voice asked from behind Snively.

"If you must know, I have studied the Solaris project and have taken note of Mephiles' powers, all I need to do is find the period of time that the annoying pony was sent to and use the chaos emeralds I acquired to send a minion through a time portal." He explained with an annoyed tone.

"Pfft, what good is a minion gonna be against that pony? Just send me, I'd at least do a better job than one of your bots, I've been itching for some action for weeks."

Snively smirked and nodded. "Not a bad idea. Well then, when the time portal is opened I will leave the situation in your hands, Scourge(1)."

The green hedgehog wearing a black leather jacket with flame patterns of the sleeves stepped out of the darkness and smiled, revealing his sharp teeth. "Finally."

Author's Notes:

(1)

Scourge is from the Sonic Archie comics, he is a version of Sonic from another dimension, where Robotnik is good and the mobians are evil, he became green after absorbing energy from the master emerald.

I had wanted to have Shadow go into a blind rage, but I'd be writing myself into a corner as it would lead to things that go against the current plan.

If you see any mistakes let me know.