Shadow was infected by the hate infection. Sonic and his crew was looking for Shadow to heal him until they found you passed out under a huge rock, you uninfected but injured. They took you in and took care of you. Tails thought you would be a perfect sacrifice. Sonic wanted to help you and be your friend. Amy thought Sonic prefers you more than her. Rouge wanted your money. Knuckles wanted to hurt you. Metal Sonic and Sonic protected you. Stage 1 Infection: Includes: goes back to normal in 10 seconds Stage 2 infection: Includes: back to normal in 5 minutes Stage 3 infection: Includes: more nice back to normal in 7 minutes Stage 4 infection: Includes: extra nice Stage 5 infection: Includes: kinda nice Stage 6 infection: Includes: Dead in 1 minute Stage 7 infection: Includes: Extreme rot on brain. Stage 8 infection: Includes: Staring, Black ooze, itchy throat and fur. Stage 9 infection: Includes: Sharp claws, Black ooze, Kills immune people. Stage 10 infection: Includes: Head ache, Death, Amnesia when cured. Sonic: Knuckles! Don't hurt her/him! She/He's new to the crew! Knuckles: Pfffft. Whatever. Knuckles walks away