Warnings: This is an old story and I've moved past it. Consider yourself warned.

Set after the end of Sonic X

''Yuawnnnn...What a lovely day'',said Sonic while he was stretching. ''No clouds,no winds just sunshine. I think I should visit Tails since I haven't seen him for a while.'' he said and started running among the thick trees of the forest.

After running for some minutes he noticed something black lying to the ground. He stood there trying to understand what it was.
"Is that...?"

"... Oh hedgehog"

He ran as fast as he could because he couldn't believe it. No way. How could he survive that explosion? But then again he was the ultimate life form.
Sonic picked Shadow up and though where he should go " should I go? To Tails? He's closer. But Eggman has better medical skill. On the other hand he'll probably sent dozens of rockets and I can't take the risk.' He sighed. Every second was important for his injured friend so he had to make a decision and fast.

"Well" ,he smiled, "I was gonna see Tail anyway."

(On Eggman's lab)

Eggman was sitting on a chair, completely focused at reading his Grandfather's diary on his computer. There was an unusual silence.
At least that's what the robots thought. Normally the Doctor would have threaten them to be turned into toasters at least three times by now.

"Hey guys do you know why is so silent all of a sudden?" asked Bokkun the other two robots next to him while they were tidying up the room.

"Don't the diary has something really interesting or he is sleeping." replied Decoe as he tidied up a bunch of papers and then placed them on a desk nearby.

"Oh come on diary is about 60 years old, what interesting stuff it could have? " groaned Bokkun while he was organizing some blueprints.

"Maybe something like Project Shadow or even more interesting." Bocoe said trying to support Decoe. " I honestly have no idea." he continued.

"Speaking of Shadow has anyone seen him after the Metarex got defeated?" wondered Bokkun, changing the subject of the conversation.

"No, neither me nor Decoe you?" Bocoe answered as he continued sweeping. He then glanced at Decoe who also had a clueless expression on his face.

" you guys think he is-"

''dead?''
The three robots stopped their current actions and rapidly turned their heads towareds their creator.

''No,he isn't. He was built as the ultimate life form by a genius. Believing Shadow is dead is like believing my grandfather was not a brilliant scientist."

Decoe knew he was a ticking bomb ready to explode although he didn't know why. "We're sorry Dr. Eggman we didn't wanted to offend your grandfather-"

"I just informed you." Eggman replied.

"Dr. Eggman?" Bokkun asked his curiosity getting the best of him.

"What?"

"Why were you so silent when you were reading your grandfather's diary?" he asked the million-dollar question.

Eggman grumbled "eh...uh...Oh well. If I don't explain you'll start mumbling so get your tin cans over here."

The three robots looked each other with disbelief. Normally Eggman would get mad and told them to do something else after threatening to make them toaster or other home appliances.

"Now that's strange", Bokkum whispered to his two companions.

When they got to the point where Eggman was, he stepped aside and they saw he had highlighted a some dates before his Grandfather had joined G.U.N. "See by yourselves"

They stood there reading what was written for about ten minutes when they realized what exactly they had been reading.

Their shocked reactions followed shortly.

"No way"

"It can't be"

"Doctor is that some kind of a joke?"

"DO I LOOK LIKE I AM JOKING?" Eggman finally snapped clutching his head for a few moments still trying to comprehend what was written.

The robots stared each other for some moments until Bocoe took the courage and asked.

"Are you going to tell him what the diary writes?"

"No." the Doctor firmly answered.

Silence filled the dark lab once again with the characters lost deep in their thoughts.

"I don't get it" whispered Bokkum.

"What?" the others yelled

"I said I DON'T GET IT!"

"What do you mean?" said Decoe silently

"I mean he should remember this! You can't just forget all of this... It's... It's" he muttered trying to find a fitting word.

"He might know but not tell us" theorized Bocoe in a desperate attempts to make things more clear.

"Oh, come on now you can't be serious Decoe!" exclaimed Bokkun.

There was again silence for a few moments

Bukkom continued "If this had ever happened to me I would never ever forget it even if I tried". He sighted and then asked "Doctor how do you know it's him?I mean he isn't the only one of his species"

"Bukkum don't be stupid-"

"Doctor he has a point" Bocoe defended Bokkun.

"Yeah there are hundreds of them-" Decoe joined in.

"I have my reasons and I am willing to share them with you as long as there are no interruptions". Eggman took a deep breath and started talking

"Firstly the name is the same"

"But..",Decoe interrupted again.

"STOP TALKING AND LET ME YOU CAN START TALKING TOO!"

Decoe stopped scared. Eggman stood up, cleared his neck and continued talking

"Were was I? Oh yes. Secondly as you read in the diary, the last explosion was very means he could lost his memory BUT" he infasised that word because he saw that Bukkum was going to interrupt him "because of the trigger of the explosion he still knows who he is."

Bocoe was still not convinced and despite all warnings he was about to protest. However he saw Eggman send him a warning look and decided not to speak. The Doctor, satisfied, continued his monologue.

"And finally if it wasn't him how it comes and we don't know anything about his parents? In addition I do remember how the emeralds reacted in his last fit of rage when we were fighting the Metarex"

After that Eggman stopped talking and headed towards the exit. The robots looked at him, their processors still trying to figure out how that was possible.
"So, Doctor, will we tell him? Are we going to bring his memory back? "
They waited anxiously for Eggman's answer.

"Yes." he simply replied as the metallic exit door opened with a hiss. He stepped out and as the door began to close he said

"Sonic has the right to know."