+ crept up the hedgehogs body as he grew in size. Spikes erupt from his back, excess goop dripping to the ground as he dug his claws into the crack of the door in an attempt to force it open and make his way inside.

+ still unknown. And what info he did get was useless.

Black goop dripped from his boots, forming a trail straight to the doctors door as he decided to just stroll right up through the front for a full assault on... whatever this place was.

Shadow took a breath, the purplish-black substance +

+ nothing wrong, little one. The only bad ones are the ones who thought locking you up was the right choice..."

+ what you did..."

He paused, looking back towards the small frog as he thought.

"Was it an accident, little one?"

+ The screaming stopped.

Systems rebooted before everything was back up and running like normal.

[ So she knows... troublesome... but it won't change things. ]

"...Maria, send a message to Rouge. I'll be back at the office in half an hour."

+ towards the view of space. Gently place a hand on its smooth surface as he let out a sigh.

"...it seems I won't be able to join you as soon as I thought... just wait a little longer... Maria. Gerald."

"𝑁𝑂𝑁𝑂𝑁𝑂𝑁𝑂𝑁𝑂𝑁𝑂 𝑆𝐻𝐴𝐷𝑂𝑊 𝑃𝐿𝐸𝐴𝑆𝐸 𝐷𝑂𝑁—"

A press of a button and the lights flickered. +

+ silent for a moment. The hologram flickering as it stared at him with the faintest of frowns before flickering back to normal.

"𝑅𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦 80 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑓 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒."

"....that long?"

Shadow and the girl stared blankly at one another before he turned his attention back +