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By now, their family had grown to around two hundred. Umbra had been growing just as quickly as they had been expecting, both physically and mentally. Now, he looked to be around five years old, with a mind to match. Both parents had been teaching him everything he needed to know, and he was getting better at hunting. \n\nFor the time being, Shadow was sitting on her bed in her robe, silently guiding the Black Arms whenever they needed it. As expected, she had become a Black Arms hivemind. All of her children save Umbra were mentally linked to her, and could barely do anything without her guidance. Practice had made commanding them almost second nature, until the situation required something more complicated. \n\nEclipse came into the room and smiled at her. His mate smiled back. \n\n\"Shadow... Do you think we should try to take Earth for our own?\" \n\nShadow thought about it, then shrugged. \"Do you think we have enough Black Arms to do that? Trust me, I'd love to, but only if you're sure we have the numbers to do so.\" \n\n\"I think we might have enough...\" Eclipse bit his lip. \"Then again, some of them are still pretty young.\" \n\n\"Well then, if you think they're too young we'll wait until they grow up.\" \n\n\"We might be able to stealthily take control of Earth despite how young some of our soldiers are.\" \n\nShadow raised an eyeridge. \"Stealthily? How are we going to take control of Earth stealthily?\" \n\n\"Okay, maybe that wasn't the best word.\" Eclipse rubbed the back of his head and shifted in embarrassment. \"I was thinking something more along the lines of taking out the most important figures there, and causing everyone else to fight each other. They'll be distracted with that, and we can take control of their planet while they're busy.\" \n\nShadow nodded. \"That sounds like a good idea.\" \n\nEclipse smiled and gave her a kiss, which Shadow smiled into and returned. Eclipse pulled back. \n\n\"When should we go?\" \n\n\"When ever you want to I guess. It really just matters where we go, because different parts of the planet are dark at different times.\" \n\n\"I'll keep it in mind.\" \n\n\"That's good.\" \n\n\"How long do you think it'll take for the younger Black Arms to be prepared for it?\" \n\n\"I really don't know, and I'm the one connected to them.\" \n\n\"Just let me know when you think they're ready.\" Eclipse nuzzled her. \n\nShadow nuzzled back. \"I will.\" \n\n\"What do you want to do while we wait?\" \n\nShadow shrugged. \"I don't know.\" \n\nEclipse sat next to her and lay back on the bed. After a sigh, he looked at her and smiled. \n\n\"We could just relax.\" \n\nShadow smiled. \"We could.\" \n\nBoth arms wrapped around her and Eclipse pulled her onto the bed beside him, bringing laughter out of her. Her laughter brought a smile to Eclipse's face and he started tickling her rather than simply hold her. That made Shadow laugh more. Bringing their faces together, Eclipse kissed her again. The door opened not long after, causing Shadow to jerk away and turn to see who opened it. Umbra was in the doorway, looking annoyed.\n\n\"What's wrong Umbra?\" Shadow asked. \n\n\"I'm bored. The others won't do anything with me.\" \n\nShadow looked at Eclipse. \"Any ideas?\" \n\n\"Are the others doing anything interesting?\" Eclipse asked. \n\nShadow closed her eyes. Then she opened them once she connected with the other Black Arms. A quick check gave her the answer. \n\n\"No.\" \n\n\"Maybe you can get them to play tag or something with him.\" \n\n\"I guess,\" Shadow said. She closed her eyes as she influenced the other Black Arms. \"They should play with you now. \n\n\"Thanks, Mommy!\" Umbra smiled and ran out of the room. \n\nShadow smiled once Umbra ran out. Eclipse turned and nuzzled her again. Shadow smiled and nuzzled him back. \n\n\"I'll bring them down to Earth in a few days. That should be good enough.\"\n\n\"Okay.\" Shadow nodded. \n\nEclipse cuddled close to her, wrapping his arms around her. The movement brought her closer, and she got comfortable against him. One hand moved to her chin and turned her face toward him. Eclipse kissed her again.\n\n\"I love you.\" \n\nShe kissed him back. \"I love you too.\" \n\nA few days later, they were getting ready to go down onto Earth. Shadow had gotten herself ready and was all set to go down to earth. The Black Arms were gathered around them and awaiting orders in one of the large chambers near the entrance. Shadow closed her eyes, addressing all of them at once.\n\n[i]Your orders are to go down to the planet below, take out all of the world's leaders, and return here. With no one to lead them, the planet will descend into chaos and we will be able to conquer it once it practically falls apart. I'll show you which leader to go after and where you can find them. Try not to be seen, if you can. I don't want you to get killed.[/i]\n\nThat said, she sent each group an image of the leader and where that leader should be. Eclipse waited for the orders to finish being relayed, looking at Umbra. Nervousness was obvious on the child's face. Soon, the Black Arms were going onto Earth, hopefully not announcing their presence. Shadow turned to look at Eclipse. \n\n\"Which one should we go after?\" \n\n\"You know the planet better than me. Who's the biggest threat?\" \n\n\"Abraham Tower, the leader of G.U.N. He's probably going to be helped by Sonic, maybe the rest of his friends too.\" \n\n\"Then let's go after them.\" Shadow nodded, Chaos Controlling the three of them to somewhere dark in G.U.N. HQ. Eclipse and Umbra looked around as Umbra grabbed onto his father's leg. Hearing his distress, Shadow looked at Umbra. \n\n\"You can go to the Black Comet if you feel it's too dangerous,\" she said before moving forward.\n\nEclipse looked down at him and smiled. \"What do you want to do?\" \n\nUmbra gulped. \"I want to help, but I don't want to be in the way.\" \n\n\"Of course. We'll be back soon.\" Eclipse leaned down and kissed Umbra on the forehead. \"Can you get home on your own?\" \n\n\"I think so.\" Umbra nodded before he concentrated and teleported back to the Black Comet. Eclipse smiled and ran after Shadow. He caught up with her soon and started walking beside her.\n\n\"Umbra's home; he didn't want to be in the way.\" \n\nShadow nodded. \"It's probably for the best. Wouldn't want Commander Tower getting his hands on Umbra. Who know's what Tower would have done to him.\" \n\nA snarl came to Eclipse's face as he thought about it. \n\n\"I hate these humans.\" \n\nA snarl had come to Shadow's face too. \"Tell me about it.\" \n\nEclipse looked around as they walked. \"What part of the building did you bring us to?\" \n\n\"Transport. Outside of emergency situations, it's mostly unused.\" \n\n\"Where do you suppose Tower and the others are?\" \n\n\"Somewhere near the command center/war room, which we need to get to first. If any of them survive the attacks they'll be going there next. We wait for them and when they enter we slaughter them!\" \n\n\"I like it.\" Eclipse grinned over at her. \"Lead the way.\" \n\nShadow grinned and did so. They managed to get to the war room without incident and hid themselves. Eclipse glanced over at Shadow as they waited. They exchanged smiles and watched the door again. \n\nIt was a few minutes until it opened and humans walked in. They were talking about losing communications with one of the other bases, though none of them were sure how or why it happened. A smile came to Shadow's face as she listened. That meant her children were following orders well. \n\nOnce the humans were all in the room, she counted twenty of them. All of them had guns as well, which worried her only slightly. Both her and Eclipse were fast enough to handle them. The door shut behind them, and Shadow looked at Eclipse again. He nodded and they attacked them. The first four went down without difficulty. Unfortunately, they alerted the others. The other soldiers opened fire on the two, missing as Commander Tower tried commanding them to stop. His reasons brought a snarl to their faces, and Shadow teleported behind him. Eclipse drew the soldiers's attention away from the commander while Shadow made sure to take her time the human. After a few minutes Shadow got up, Tower's blood dripping from her claws. \n\n\"You almost done with the rest of those humans Eclipse?\" \n\nEclipse looked over at her as he removed his hand from the chest of the last of them. \n\n\"I am now.\" \n\nShadow grinned and looked around. Blood was all over the room, bullets were embedded in the walls, and screens were destroyed. The soldiers were all either dead or dying. Some had been shot by their comrades in their efforts to hit the teleporting alien. Most of them had been ripped into or otherwise killed.\n\n\"That was fun,\" Shadow said. \n\n\"Yes, it was. Can we eat them?\" \n\n\"Why not?\" \n\n\"I'll be back in a moment.\" Eclipse vanished and returned with Umbra. Shadow smiled at their son, who was looking around. \"Time to eat.\" \n\nEclipse gave Umbra a small push. Umbra looked around for one he wanted before going over and starting to eat them. Shadow was less picky than the males, just choosing one and digging in. The adults were done first and looked at each other. \n\n\"What do we do next?\" \n\nShadow looked down. \"...I think we got all of them, I'm surprised. Where's Sonic?\" \n\nEclipse shrugged. \"He wasn't here. Maybe he's out doing something somewhere else.\" \n\nShadow looked up, walking toward the door. The others hadn't seen him either, and all of them had been ordered home. \n\n\"Umbra, go home. We're going after Sonic.\" \n\n\"Okay.\" Umbra nodded before vanishing. \n\nThe two left the building, looking for Sonic as they walked.\n\nAfter nearly an hour, they finally saw him. Shadow was the first one to talk. \n\n\"Wow Sonic, I thought you were fast. We already killed all the leaders and we spent almost an hour afterwords looking for you!\"\n\n\"I was busy with other things.\" \n\nShadow blinked, surprised. \"You were busy with things other than protecting the people holding everything together?\" \n\n\"For once, yes. And I picked a rotten time for it.\" \n\nShadow chuckled. \"Wow, this is unbelieveable.\" \n\n\"I can still protect everyone else.\" A snarl came onto Sonic's face as he glared at Shadow. Even with the change in appearance, and apparently loyalties, he didn't really want to fight her.\n\nShadow smirked, stretching. \"That's funny, I could've sworn we found Sonic to do something to him. Any ideas what we should do, Eclipse?\" \n\nShe looked over at her mate, who shook his head. \n\n\"Oh come on, no ideas?\" \n\nEclipse looked at Sonic. Still nothing in particular came to mind.\n\n\"Not a one.\" \n\nShadow shrugged. \"Well then I guess we're just going to have to fight him.\" She looked at Sonic. \"Unless you have any ideas.\" \n\n\"Nah, we can fight. I assume you're going to try to kill me?\"\n\n\"No, I'm more feeling like capturing you and making you do things for us.\" \n\nThose words sparked anger within Sonic, who snarled and attacked Shadow. Shadow smiled, watching him. Anger made this too easy. Dodging out of the way, she kicked Sonic in the back of the head as he passed. Sonic landed hard, slamming his face into the dirt. After a few moments, he started getting up. That kick had been harder than he thought it'd be. Shadow was standing there, ready for his next move. Sonic glared over at her. He had been hoping this change had affected Shadow's strength. A smile came to his face as he started walking.\n\n\"You still hit pretty hard, Shadow. Nice to see being a woman didn't change you much.\" \n\nShadow smiled as she started walking too. \n\n\"What, you think being a woman would've made me easier to fight? Wow, who knew the hero of Earth could be so sexist.\" \n\n\"I'm not sexist!\" A blush was on Sonic's face. \"I just figured being female would throw you off or something...\" \n\n\"Sonic, I've been female for a long while. If it did through me off, I would be used to it by now.\" \n\n\"What about your Chaos Abilities? Those change at all?\" Sonic regretted the words as soon as they'd left his mouth. \n\nShadow grinned. \"Let's see.\" She fired a Chaos spear at Sonic. \"That works.\" \n\nSonic moved and grimaced when the Chaos Spear scorched the ground where he used to be standing. Now that he knew that, he ran toward her again. Shadow Chaos Controlled and kicked Sonic when he passed again. \n\n\"That works too.\" \n\n\"Dammit,\" Sonic snarled. He was fast, but it wouldn't do any good if Shadow kept teleporting. \n\nThe hero got himself to his feet and was behind her a few seconds later, aiming a kick at her head. Shadow sighed, teleporting away from Sonic and kicking him again. \n\n\"Listen Sonic, unlike me your only strategy is to run at your enemy and kick or punch them until they're defeated. You're so predictable why do you even bother?\" \n\n\"I don't have any fancy abilities like you.\" Sonic frowned as he pushed himself up again. He knew Shadow was right. Hell, the other hedgehog always had been. He'd never been able to properly beat him in a fight, either... \"But I can't just ignore what's going on. I have to try and do something, even if I lose.\" \n\n\"But what's the point of trying if you know you'll lose?\" Shadow crouched in front of him with a sigh. \"I wish there was a way to make you a Black Arm, so you could join us and properly live with us. You're the only person on this entire planet I actually respect, even as weak as you are.\" \n\n\"The point is... Wait. The only one on this entire planet? I feel kinda honored.\" \n\nShadow was surprised, was she actually getting to Sonic? \n\n\"Yeah. You've done so much more than anyone on this planet even though you're weaker than me. That certainly makes you a cut above the rest.\" \n\n\"Why thank you, Shads.\" Sonic grinned. \"All this time, I thought you hated me.\" \n\n\"No, I didn't.\" Shadow grinned. She was still ready to Chaos Control if he tried anything. \n\n\"Wow.\" Sonic stood there, smiling at her. \"I'm not really one for giving up, even when I don't stand a chance. But... This isn't going to get anywhere except my death.\" \n\nShadow smiled. She was honestly surprised at this. It was definitely a side of him she was willing to bet no one had seen before.\n\n\"Well, I don't want to kill you. But if you're going to stop us we'll have to.\" \n\nEclipse looked between the two as they stood there. There was something about the situation he didn't like. Sonic didn't do anything for a few minutes. Then, he walked over to Shadow. \n\n\"And if I give up? What then?\" \n\n\"Well I guess you'll live on the Black Comet with us, I doubt anybody on this planet will like you for giving up. But like I said, you aren't a Black Arm, so you won't be able to live properly.\" \n\n\"Wait, you'd let him live?\" Eclipse said. \"But-\" \n\n\"But what Eclipse? If he agrees he won't harm us and if he does we'll be able to get rid of him [i]and[/i] he'll be surrounded with Black Arms. Who, I might add, are all connected to me since I gave birth to them and I'm able to send them after whoever I want them to go after.\"\n\n\"Of course.\" Eclipse looked at the ground. \n\n\"That doesn't sound too pleasant... Heh, maybe I should fight you. You could take me prisoner rather than me giving up and letting you do what you want. It sounds better than a betrayal or dying.\" \n\nShadow shrugs. \"Sure.\" She turned to Eclipse. \"You want to take him prisoner or do you want me to do it?\" \n\n\"You're the one that would beat him. But if you want me to, I will.\" \n\nShadow shook her head and turned back to Sonic. \n\n\"We have to actually take you prisoner, so I'm sorry but this has to hurt.\" \n\nShe Chaos Controlled in front of Sonic, punched him a few times, uppercut him, and Chaos Controlled into the air before she flipped, kicking Sonic in the back of the head again. Sonic fell, slamming into the ground face-first again. A low groan, then a whimper came from him. \n\n\"So, think you're adequately roughed up, or do I need to beat you more?\" \n\n\"This is good.\" \n\nShadow picked Sonic up, Chaos Controlling to her and Eclipse's room in the Black Comet. Sonic looked around when he was put down. \n\n\"Where'd you bring me?\" \n\n\"Me and Eclipse's bedroom in The Black Comet.\" \n\n\"It's nice.\" Sonic nodded as he looked around.\n\nShadow smiled. \"Thank you.\" \n\n\"I'm guessing I have to stay in here until you figure out what to do with me?\" \n\n\"I guess.\" \n\nSonic smiled and sat on the bed. Relaxing on it felt good. Especially after getting attacked by the other.Shadow smiled and sat on the bed too. \n\n\"If only there was a way for you to be a Black Arm.\" \n\n\"One like you and Eclipse, or the ones you control?\" \n\nShadow gave him a shocked expression. \"Like me and Eclipse of course! I wouldn't dream of controlling you!\" \n\n\"That's a relief.\" Sonic looked at her. \"Since you're technically the queen, maybe you have some sort of magic that could do it.\" \n\n\"I don't think I do. As far as I know the only way for me to make Black Arms is to give birth to them. Although there could be something I'm not aware of.\" \n\n\"And you can't just ask Black Doom...\" Sonic sighed. He wished there was something he could do to help. Shadow sighed too. Then, an idea came to Sonic. \"Think Eclipse knows anything? He was living with the Black Arms his whole life.\" \n\n\"Sure. Now the question is, where is he?\" \n\nSonic shrugged. \"Can't you call him?\" \n\nShadow nodded, mentally calling to Eclipse.\n\n[i]Eclipse, where are you?[/i]\n\n[i]I'm with Umbra,[/i] Eclipse responded. \n\n[i]Hey Eclipse. Do you know of anyway I could turn Sonic into a Black Arm?[/i]\n\n[i]I might've learned something. Give me a moment.[/i] Eclipse thought about, finally finding what he was looking for. [i]Black Death explained it to me once. Here's what you need to know.[/i] Eclipse focused and sent the information to Shadow. ", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "Still written with reyalsthehedgebat on FurAffinity.
Chapter 4: Back to Earth

A few months passed, and the Black Arms were growing well. By now, their family had grown to around two hundred. Umbra had been growing just as quickly as they had been expecting, both physically and mentally. Now, he looked to be around five years old, with a mind to match. Both parents had been teaching him everything he needed to know, and he was getting better at hunting.

For the time being, Shadow was sitting on her bed in her robe, silently guiding the Black Arms whenever they needed it. As expected, she had become a Black Arms hivemind. All of her children save Umbra were mentally linked to her, and could barely do anything without her guidance. Practice had made commanding them almost second nature, until the situation required something more complicated.  

Eclipse came into the room and smiled at her. His mate smiled back.

"Shadow... Do you think we should try to take Earth for our own?"

Shadow thought about it, then shrugged. "Do you think we have enough Black Arms to do that? Trust me, I'd love to, but only if you're sure we have the numbers to do so."

"I think we might have enough..." Eclipse bit his lip. "Then again, some of them are still pretty young."

"Well then, if you think they're too young we'll wait until they grow up."

"We might be able to stealthily take control of Earth despite how young some of our soldiers are."

Shadow raised an eyeridge. "Stealthily? How are we going to take control of Earth stealthily?"

"Okay, maybe that wasn't the best word." Eclipse rubbed the back of his head and shifted in embarrassment. "I was thinking something more along the lines of taking out the most important figures there, and causing everyone else to fight each other. They'll be distracted with that, and we can take control of their planet while they're busy."

Shadow nodded. "That sounds like a good idea."

Eclipse smiled and gave her a kiss, which Shadow smiled into and returned. Eclipse pulled back.

"When should we go?"  

"When ever you want to I guess. It really just matters where we go, because different parts of the planet are dark at different times."

"I'll keep it in mind."  

"That's good."

"How long do you think it'll take for the younger Black Arms to be prepared for it?"

"I really don't know, and I'm the one connected to them."

"Just let me know when you think they're ready." Eclipse nuzzled her.  

Shadow nuzzled back. "I will."

"What do you want to do while we wait?"

Shadow shrugged. "I don't know."

Eclipse sat next to her and lay back on the bed. After a sigh, he looked at her and smiled.

"We could just relax."  

Shadow smiled. "We could."

Both arms wrapped around her and Eclipse pulled her onto the bed beside him, bringing laughter out of her. Her laughter brought a smile to Eclipse's face and he started tickling her rather than simply hold her. That made Shadow laugh more. Bringing their faces together, Eclipse kissed her again. The door opened not long after, causing Shadow to jerk away and turn to see who opened it. Umbra was in the doorway, looking annoyed.

"What's wrong Umbra?" Shadow asked.

"I'm bored. The others won't do anything with me."  

Shadow looked at Eclipse. "Any ideas?"

"Are the others doing anything interesting?" Eclipse asked.

Shadow closed her eyes. Then she opened them once she connected with the other Black Arms. A quick check gave her the answer.

"No."

"Maybe you can get them to play tag or something with him."  

"I guess," Shadow said. She closed her eyes as she influenced the other Black Arms. "They should play with you now.

"Thanks, Mommy!" Umbra smiled and ran out of the room.  

Shadow smiled once Umbra ran out. Eclipse turned and nuzzled her again. Shadow smiled and nuzzled him back.

"I'll bring them down to Earth in a few days. That should be good enough."

"Okay." Shadow nodded.

Eclipse cuddled close to her, wrapping his arms around her. The movement brought her closer, and she got comfortable against him. One hand moved to her chin and turned her face toward him. Eclipse kissed her again.

"I love you."

She kissed him back. "I love you too."

A few days later, they were getting ready to go down onto Earth. Shadow had gotten herself ready and was all set to go down to earth. The Black Arms were gathered around them and awaiting orders in one of the large chambers near the entrance. Shadow closed her eyes, addressing all of them at once.

Your orders are to go down to the planet below, take out all of the world's leaders, and return here. With no one to lead them, the planet will descend into chaos and we will be able to conquer it once it practically falls apart. I'll show you which leader to go after and where you can find them. Try not to be seen, if you can. I don't want you to get killed.

That said, she sent each group an image of the leader and where that leader should be. Eclipse waited for the orders to finish being relayed, looking at Umbra. Nervousness was obvious on the child's face. Soon, the Black Arms were going onto Earth, hopefully not announcing their presence. Shadow turned to look at Eclipse.

"Which one should we go after?"

"You know the planet better than me. Who's the biggest threat?"  

"Abraham Tower, the leader of G.U.N. He's probably going to be helped by Sonic, maybe the rest of his friends too."

"Then let's go after them." Shadow nodded, Chaos Controlling the three of them to somewhere dark in G.U.N. HQ. Eclipse and Umbra looked around as Umbra grabbed onto his father's leg. Hearing his distress, Shadow looked at Umbra.

"You can go to the Black Comet if you feel it's too dangerous," she said before moving forward.

Eclipse looked down at him and smiled. "What do you want to do?"

Umbra gulped. "I want to help, but I don't want to be in the way."

"Of course. We'll be back soon." Eclipse leaned down and kissed Umbra on the forehead. "Can you get home on your own?"

"I think so." Umbra nodded before he concentrated and teleported back to the Black Comet. Eclipse smiled and ran after Shadow. He caught up with her soon and started walking beside her.

"Umbra's home; he didn't want to be in the way."  

Shadow nodded. "It's probably for the best. Wouldn't want Commander Tower getting his hands on Umbra. Who know's what Tower would have done to him."

A snarl came to Eclipse's face as he thought about it.

"I hate these humans."  

A snarl had come to Shadow's face too. "Tell me about it."

Eclipse looked around as they walked. "What part of the building did you bring us to?"

"Transport. Outside of emergency situations, it's mostly unused."

"Where do you suppose Tower and the others are?"

"Somewhere near the command center/war room, which we need to get to first. If any of them survive the attacks they'll be going there next. We wait for them and when they enter we slaughter them!"

"I like it." Eclipse grinned over at her. "Lead the way."  

Shadow grinned and did so. They managed to get to the war room without incident and hid themselves. Eclipse glanced over at Shadow as they waited. They exchanged smiles and watched the door again.

It was a few minutes until it opened and humans walked in. They were talking about losing communications with one of the other bases, though none of them were sure how or why it happened. A smile came to Shadow's face as she listened. That meant her children were following orders well.

Once the humans were all in the room, she counted twenty of them. All of them had guns as well, which worried her only slightly. Both her and Eclipse were fast enough to handle them. The door shut behind them, and Shadow looked at Eclipse again. He nodded and they attacked them. The first four went down without difficulty. Unfortunately, they alerted the others. The other soldiers opened fire on the two, missing as Commander Tower tried commanding them to stop. His reasons brought a snarl to their faces, and Shadow teleported behind him. Eclipse drew the soldiers's attention away from the commander while Shadow made sure to take her time the human. After a few minutes Shadow got up, Tower's blood dripping from her claws.

"You almost done with the rest of those humans Eclipse?"

Eclipse looked over at her as he removed his hand from the chest of the last of them.

"I am now."  

Shadow grinned and looked around. Blood was all over the room, bullets were embedded in the walls, and screens were destroyed. The soldiers were all either dead or dying. Some had been shot by their comrades in their efforts to hit the teleporting alien. Most of them had been ripped into or otherwise killed.

"That was fun," Shadow said.

"Yes, it was. Can we eat them?"

"Why not?"

"I'll be back in a moment." Eclipse vanished and returned with Umbra. Shadow smiled at their son, who was looking around. "Time to eat."

Eclipse gave Umbra a small push. Umbra looked around for one he wanted before going over and starting to eat them. Shadow was less picky than the males, just choosing one and digging in. The adults were done first and looked at each other.

"What do we do next?"

Shadow looked down. "...I think we got all of them, I'm surprised. Where's Sonic?"

Eclipse shrugged. "He wasn't here. Maybe he's out doing something somewhere else."

Shadow looked up, walking toward the door. The others hadn't seen him either, and all of them had been ordered home.

"Umbra, go home. We're going after Sonic."

"Okay." Umbra nodded before vanishing.

The two left the building, looking for Sonic as they walked.

After nearly an hour, they finally saw him. Shadow was the first one to talk.

"Wow Sonic, I thought you were fast. We already killed all the leaders and we spent almost an hour afterwords looking for you!"

"I was busy with other things."  

Shadow blinked, surprised. "You were busy with things other than protecting the people holding everything together?"

"For once, yes. And I picked a rotten time for it."

Shadow chuckled. "Wow, this is unbelieveable."

"I can still protect everyone else." A snarl came onto Sonic's face as he glared at Shadow. Even with the change in appearance, and apparently loyalties, he didn't really want to fight her.

Shadow smirked, stretching. "That's funny, I could've sworn we found Sonic to do something to him. Any ideas what we should do, Eclipse?"

She looked over at her mate, who shook his head.

"Oh come on, no ideas?"

Eclipse looked at Sonic. Still nothing in particular came to mind.

"Not a one."

Shadow shrugged. "Well then I guess we're just going to have to fight him." She looked at Sonic. "Unless you have any ideas."

"Nah, we can fight. I assume you're going to try to kill me?"

"No, I'm more feeling like capturing you and making you do things for us."

Those words sparked anger within Sonic, who snarled and attacked Shadow. Shadow smiled, watching him. Anger made this too easy. Dodging out of the way, she kicked Sonic in the back of the head as he passed. Sonic landed hard, slamming his face into the dirt. After a few moments, he started getting up. That kick had been harder than he thought it'd be. Shadow was standing there, ready for his next move. Sonic glared over at her. He had been hoping this change had affected Shadow's strength. A smile came to his face as he started walking.

"You still hit pretty hard, Shadow. Nice to see being a woman didn't change you much."

Shadow smiled as she started walking too.

"What, you think being a woman would've made me easier to fight? Wow, who knew the hero of Earth could be so sexist."

"I'm not sexist!" A blush was on Sonic's face. "I just figured being female would throw you off or something..."  

"Sonic, I've been female for a long while. If it did through me off, I would be used to it by now."

"What about your Chaos Abilities? Those change at all?" Sonic regretted the words as soon as they'd left his mouth.  

Shadow grinned. "Let's see." She fired a Chaos spear at Sonic. "That works."

Sonic moved and grimaced when the Chaos Spear scorched the ground where he used to be standing. Now that he knew that, he ran toward her again. Shadow Chaos Controlled and kicked Sonic when he passed again.

"That works too."

"Dammit," Sonic snarled. He was fast, but it wouldn't do any good if Shadow kept teleporting.

The hero got himself to his feet and was behind her a few seconds later, aiming a kick at her head. Shadow sighed, teleporting away from Sonic and kicking him again.

"Listen Sonic, unlike me your only strategy is to run at your enemy and kick or punch them until they're defeated. You're so predictable why do you even bother?"

"I don't have any fancy abilities like you." Sonic frowned as he pushed himself up again. He knew Shadow was right. Hell, the other hedgehog always had been. He'd never been able to properly beat him in a fight, either... "But I can't just ignore what's going on. I have to try and do something, even if I lose."

"But what's the point of trying if you know you'll lose?" Shadow crouched in front of him with a sigh. "I wish there was a way to make you a Black Arm, so you could join us and properly live with us. You're the only person on this entire planet I actually respect, even as weak as you are."

"The point is... Wait. The only one on this entire planet? I feel kinda honored."  

Shadow was surprised, was she actually getting to Sonic?

"Yeah. You've done so much more than anyone on this planet even though you're weaker than me. That certainly makes you a cut above the rest."  

"Why thank you, Shads." Sonic grinned. "All this time, I thought you hated me."  

"No, I didn't." Shadow grinned. She was still ready to Chaos Control if he tried anything.

"Wow." Sonic stood there, smiling at her. "I'm not really one for giving up, even when I don't stand a chance. But... This isn't going to get anywhere except my death."  

Shadow smiled. She was honestly surprised at this. It was definitely a side of him she was willing to bet no one had seen before.

"Well, I don't want to kill you. But if you're going to stop us we'll have to."

Eclipse looked between the two as they stood there. There was something about the situation he didn't like. Sonic didn't do anything for a few minutes. Then, he walked over to Shadow.

"And if I give up? What then?"

"Well I guess you'll live on the Black Comet with us, I doubt anybody on this planet will like you for giving up. But like I said, you aren't a Black Arm, so you won't be able to live properly."

"Wait, you'd let him live?" Eclipse said. "But-"

"But what Eclipse? If he agrees he won't harm us and if he does we'll be able to get rid of him and he'll be surrounded with Black Arms. Who, I might add, are all connected to me since I gave birth to them and I'm able to send them after whoever I want them to go after."

"Of course." Eclipse looked at the ground.

"That doesn't sound too pleasant... Heh, maybe I should fight you. You could take me prisoner rather than me giving up and letting you do what you want. It sounds better than a betrayal or dying."

Shadow shrugs. "Sure." She turned to Eclipse. "You want to take him prisoner or do you want me to do it?"

"You're the one that would beat him. But if you want me to, I will."

Shadow shook her head and turned back to Sonic.

"We have to actually take you prisoner, so I'm sorry but this has to hurt."

She Chaos Controlled in front of Sonic, punched him a few times, uppercut him, and Chaos Controlled into the air before she flipped, kicking Sonic in the back of the head again. Sonic fell, slamming into the ground face-first again. A low groan, then a whimper came from him.  

"So, think you're adequately roughed up, or do I need to beat you more?"

"This is good."  

Shadow picked Sonic up, Chaos Controlling to her and Eclipse's room in the Black Comet. Sonic looked around when he was put down.

"Where'd you bring me?"

"Me and Eclipse's bedroom in The Black Comet."

"It's nice." Sonic nodded as he looked around.

Shadow smiled. "Thank you."

"I'm guessing I have to stay in here until you figure out what to do with me?"

"I guess."

Sonic smiled and sat on the bed. Relaxing on it felt good. Especially after getting attacked by the other.Shadow smiled and sat on the bed too.

"If only there was a way for you to be a Black Arm."

"One like you and Eclipse, or the ones you control?"

Shadow gave him a shocked expression. "Like me and Eclipse of course! I wouldn't dream of controlling you!"

"That's a relief." Sonic looked at her. "Since you're technically the queen, maybe you have some sort of magic that could do it."  

"I don't think I do. As far as I know the only way for me to make Black Arms is to give birth to them. Although there could be something I'm not aware of."

"And you can't just ask Black Doom..." Sonic sighed. He wished there was something he could do to help. Shadow sighed too. Then, an idea came to Sonic. "Think Eclipse knows anything? He was living with the Black Arms his whole life."  

"Sure. Now the question is, where is he?"

Sonic shrugged. "Can't you call him?"

Shadow nodded, mentally calling to Eclipse.

Eclipse, where are you?

I'm with Umbra, Eclipse responded.  

Hey Eclipse. Do you know of anyway I could turn Sonic into a Black Arm?

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