The Emerald Eyes of Protection.

Chapter 2

Shadow and Sonic sat in the beautifully decorated dining room, silently sipping their tea as the three police officers sat across from them sorting out their many papers. They thankfully had enough time to completely dry themselves and put on their gloves and shoes before being practically forced to answer the door. The one sitting right in front of them was obviously some high level general and to top it all off he was human. He seemed to be somewhere in his mid to late thirties. The other officers were both Mobians of some kind. Most likely a fox and a panther. They were both very young, probably in their early twenties and had a look of pure wonder as they glanced around the house. Sonic peeped over at the ebony who happened to be staring intensely at his teacup. This was certainly not a comfortable situation for either of them.

"I apologize if we frightened you two. But we really needed to speak to you. I am sure you are aware of the many destructive events happening around the world and we need your help, Shadow." His low base voice echoed through the room with a rather unusual accent as he stacked all of his papers into a neat little pile.

Sonic was relatively shocked that the Jednakian police force would ever send a human general instead of a Mobian. Humans were always looked down upon in Jednak, especially in the more conservative areas of the country. But this one seemed to be a relatively decent guy and Sonic could understand why he was hired. His soft brown hair was well groomed and his eyes glowed an almost hypnotic orangish yellow. The little gold general badge on his chest really stood out against his greenish outfit and radiated pride and courage. Sonic grunted softly as he was never really comfortable being around cops, especially human generals. Shadow, on the other hand, was relatively used to these kinds of people now. Of course, he used to be very bitter towards human officers but grew to realize how kind and honest they could be. Working at G.U.N for those many grueling years helped calm his prejudice a bit. However, something seemed very special about this specific general. He remembered seeing him somewhere... But where?

"Of course, officer. What do you need my help with?" Shadow gently pushed his hand underneath the table to gently grab onto the azures', noticing his awkward skeptic mood almost immediately. The last thing he needed to deal with was the cobalt thrashing out and doing something he would end up regretting.

"We need you to go on an emergency mission. We have just found Dr. Robotnik's base abandoned, which is great news for us. We can get some much-needed information. I need you to sneak in without destroying anything, get inside and hack into the computers. I'm sure you have enough specialized training to do that. When you get in, we will communicate with you via the communicator and let you gather the information. The more files you look in and take pictures of the better. The rest of us will go looking around the grounds to make sure there isn't any more data we could collect." His gentle yet low voice echoed through the dining room in a slightly serious yet warm tone as he nodded softly to confirm what he had said.

"What about me?" Sonic questioned quickly as he really hoped they would let him tag along.

Where in the world could have Ivo ran off to now? It really worried him. Ivo was still his father, technically that is, and the last thing he wanted was to find him dead. Why in the world would he just leave? He had been defeated countless times, why was this one any different. It wasn't like Sonic felt any angrier than he already was. The damage had already been done... Something definitely seemed fishy.

He clenched his fists tightly as he desperately hoped he could join them.

"Unfortunately, the Jednakian police force specifically told me to reject your request. This mission is for Shadow and our team.Please, stay out of our way..." He glared suspiciously at the sapphire hedgehog before leaning against his chair.