Shadow sat in his living room polishing his new sidearm and customising it to his needs. Pinkie sat watching some Saturday morning cartoons with Gummy latched onto her hair. Omega had gotten back from fighting off some black creatures in the governments mainframe with Rouge and both sat in the living room, Omega having Pinkie sit on his head.

They had gotten news that Knuckles was defending the ancient ruins from an attack alongside Bark the Polar-bear and Mina the Mongoose. The Chaotix were called in to gather any information on the aliens from any mainframe they could hack into. Tails was investigating a large loss in gold rings and suspected Eggman had gone back to his old ways when in truth Pinkie had visited the moustached doctor and convinced him to join the fight against the aliens and Egg-Pawns were now joining the G.U.N. forces in Station Square.

Amy had become more independent as she had now reached her twenties. She was currently investigating some strange reports in an old castle that was supposedly haunted. Mighty was still running around Westopolis searching for any civilians that didn't manage to make it out before the aliens attacked.

Shadow slumped back in his recliner and stared at the ceiling, thoughts about the Black Arms flooding his mind. The creature nowh known as Black Doom seemed familiar, like he had met him before. Shaking the thoughts away before he suffered another vision and headache, Shadow got up and headed for the door. "I'm just going out for a walk. I'll be back soon." The group nodded to him and he walked out the door.

As he walked down the street he passed a young boy who wore red fingerless gloves, a white polo-shirt, blue shorts and shoes and a white helmet with large red rooster locks. "Hey Billy, how was the battle in Morning Land?"

"Well, we were able to beat those weird creatures with our own creatures and giant eggs, not much damage was felt to the chickens homes." The boy answered with a smile.

"Well that's good to hear, tell your friends I said hi." Billy nodded and ran off down the street.

When Shadow had walked out of the door Pinkie immediately jumped off of Omegas head. "I'm just going to my room for awhile Nanna." Omega just stayed still and mumbled something under his breath. Pinkie walked into her bright pink room and pulled out a chair at her desk. She took out a tablet and began searching the web for something very important. "It amazes me how the government can be so stupid and post their plans and documents on the Internet." She logged onto her profile in the G.U.N. database and searched 'Project: The Ultimate Lifeform.'

Hacking into the secret files undetected she copied the words from the page into a notebook with a piece of paper stuck on the cover that said 'Daddy's Past Research.'

"Wait, it says that Shadow the Hedgehog died when saving the earth from the falling Space Colony Ark, how can that be? He's still here." She copied the last few words down and closed the tab. She then opened a new one and began to type. "Ok, what...does...fetish...mean?"

Shadow walked through the peaceful zone that was Green Hill, he was staying away from the action stage. He sat down on a bridge and looked out at the green valley before him. Sighing he pulled out a picture of Pinkies fifth birthday party, everyone had attended, even Tails Doll, fricken Tails Doll fell under Pinkie's adorable spell, as did Mecha, Silver and Metal Sonic.

Shadow chuckled over the memory of that day, Pinkie had the three robo-hogs wrapped around her tiny hoof as they all competed as to who would serve or hold her. It did eventually result in Metal Sonic turning into Metal Overlord again but be caused no destruction, he just took Pinkie for a fly and came back.

A lot has changed in Shadows world ever since Pinkie came into his life. Things have been more peaceful, everyone had improved from their flaws, everyone had a place in the world...except for Shadow. He had yet to find his purpose in the world. You could argue that his purpose is to protect and raise Pinkie but that'd be the easy way out. He wanted the truth, but he had to sacrifice the truth in order to protect Pinkie.

Shaking his head at his dilemma he got up and shot off towards his home. His questions would be answered another day, right now he had to rest, think things through and above all...keep Pinkie safe.

Author's Notes:

A shorter chapter this time. Not as long as I'd like it to be but this isn't really a full chapter, merely a side note to the main story. I'm not going to do anything with the Commander in this as it would break the flow of the story.

Also, if anyone caught the Billy Hatcher reference you earn a follower