Stubborn Love: Lost In The Amazon (Sonadow)

The New Mission

Beep! Beep! Beep!

The alarm beeped obnoxiously at 6:00 AM sharp. Shadow the Hedgehog groaned and turned it off, not wanting to get out of bed at all. Getting up meant going back to G.U.N, and he sure didn't want to do that. But, unfortunately, that was his job, and that makes it involuntary.

The dark-furred hedgehog reluctantly got out of bed and turned on the light, yawning.

'Maybe today will be a good day for once. Maybe I won't have to risk my life for those ungrateful humans,' He thought bitterly.

Shadow went to the kitchen and quickly prepared a bowl of cereal for a quick breakfast. While he was eating, he flipped through the newspaper to see if anything interesting was going on.

On the front page it read, Sonic the Hedgehog saves the world from Eggman, AGAIN!

"Dammit!" Shadow muttered out loud, shutting the newspaper and pushing it away. "Why is it always him? Everybody thinks he's so great but nope, he's just a particularly fast hedgehog."

He finished his bowl of cereal and set it in the sink to wash later, sighing. Working at G.U.N sucks.

In the bathroom, Shadow carefully styled his quills so the obsidian and crimson spikes were sleek and perfect.

"And now I have to go," Shadow sighed, heading over to the mudroom to grab his motorcycle keys. He exited the house and got onto his motorcycle, turning it on and zooming down the street.

The dark form couldn't help but smile as the wind rushed around him, ruffling his quills ever so slightly. Riding this motorcycle gave Shadow a sense of freedom that couldn't be felt anywhere else. Not even running, or more like gliding on his hover shoes, could make him feel so alive unlike his blue counterpart.

He pulled into the military base's parking lot and parked his motorbike. Starting to walk into the large building, Shadow felt a feeling of dread swamp him.

'Why do I still do this job..?' He thought. 'What if I start to save the world like Sonic? I'd get fame, sure, but what about money? He must get money.'

As soon as Shadow entered the building the Commander rushed up to him. "Shadow!" he greeted. "Come to my office, I have to talk with you for a bit."

The ebony hedgehog suppressed the urge to roll his eyes and sigh in annoyance as he followed the tall human into his office and sat in the chair opposite to the desk, facing the Commander.

"Alright. So Shadow, I have a mission for you."

Shadow sighed inwardly. Another damn mission? But, he forced himself to nod. "What is it?"

"To gather new information about an unidentified species that's been recently spotted. I need you to go to the Amazon Rainforest and learn as much as you can." The Commander looked nonchalant, like it wasn't much of a big deal.

"Alright." Shadow nodded once more, but then he had a thought. This mission was much too big for one person. Trying to find the new species by oneself would take ages, as well as documenting the findings as they studied the creature. And what if it was big? As in, BIG big. The obsidian hedgehog wouldn't stand a chance, especially considering it would be in the middle of a damn jungle, where there was no room to run or fight, and he had left his only Chaos Emerald at home.

Shadow shook his head. No. As much as he hated to admit it, he could not do this alone, and yet... "But, Rouge is on her own mission." He reminded the human in front of him. "Who shall I take on this one?"

The Commander smiled and the next thing he said shocked the ebony hedgehog to the core.

"You'll be taking Sonic the Hedgehog. I thought you two should get to know each other."