HELLO EVERYONE! I HAVE RETURNED FROM THE DEAD XD So anyways I'm so sorry for such a long wait and I see yall noticed I deleted all my stories, I did because I wanted a fresh start. Anyways I hope you enjoy this new series as much as I have enjoyed it. No constructive criticism and if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. THNX!

Hope you Enjoy,

Athena Fall

Chapter 1

Blaze's POV

It was a silent night that night, too silent. Something wasn't right, something had to be wrong. I arrived home from work around midnight and everything just seemed off. I had no missed calls from Amy, no texts from Rouge and Shadow wasn't around. I hung my coat up, slipped into my night clothes and crawled into bed. My phone rang around 4 o'clock. "Hello?" I answered, groggy.

"How fast can you get to Sonic's house?" Shadow's gravel voice asked.

I sat up. "Is something wrong?"

"You will see when you get here. Hurry up, I need you."

I hung up and slipped on a pair of jeans and boots. I quickly threw on my uniform shirt and my heavy overcoat while brushing my teeth. I threw my hair into a ponytail before grabbing my cell phone and car keys. I jumped into the elevator and slammed my fist on the floor button. The lobby was abandoned, except for the drunks who were passed out on the bar. My car was parked in the garage. I hopped in and fired up the engine. I drove a completely black, Mustang Gt, only because I had too; not that I'm complaining. I pulled out of the parking garage before turning on my sirens. I sped across town, running every red light. It was reading 32 degrees outside and I had to be careful about ice patches. I pulled up into Sonic's driveway and cop cars filled the driveway. I ended up on the curb. I quickly jumped out to find my captain, Shadow. I entered the house and all I saw was blood. Then the body of my former friend and co-worker. The black and red hedgehog saw me and continued my way. I was in shock and couldn't even speak or move. "Blaze, look at me." Shadow's voice snapped.

I quickly shook my head and looked at him. "I need you focused."

"Yes, captain."

I slowly made my way towards Sonic's lifeless body. Everyone backed away so I could do my job. I crouched down next to him. "What was the cause of death?" I asked.

"It's still uncertain but I did find a knife. Until the coroner takes a look at him, cause of death is still unknown." The ivory bat explained. "Sorry I didn't text you."

"It's fine, I understand." I muttered.

Rouge crouched down next to me and laid a hand on my shoulder. "You going to be okay hon?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'll be fine."

We both stood to our feet as two men put Sonic's body in a body bag and whisked him into the back of the van on a stretcher. I glanced around at the damage done. "It seems like he put up a good fight." I assumed.

I followed the sound of sobbing. I entered the living room to find Amy in tears. I couldn't comfort her because I was working. "What were you doing at his house at 4 in the morning?" Shadow snapped.

"I l-live here" She managed to say before she started wailing.

"Stop crying like a baby and tell me the story!" Shadow demanded.

"Shadow, enough." I said.

"I am your captain and I can do what I please." Shadow snapped. "What did you see?"

Amy just wailed louder. We clearly weren't going to get any information out of her at the moment. I pushed Shadow out into the hall. "You are a fucking idiot, Shadow." I hissed.

"If she doesn't stop acting like a two year old, I'm going to arrest her."

"Stop being an asshole. I get it that you are tired but no need to pour all your frustrations on Amy. She just lost her boyfriend, dammit."

"You are in no position to tell me what to do."

I glared at him before I crossed my arms across my chest. "Fine, find someone else to take care of your lazy ass because I'm not going to do it anymore." I growled before walking to the front door.

I swung open the front door and slammed it shut. I continued to my car, muttering curses under my breath. Why is Shadow being such a fucking asshole? I kept asking myself. I didn't expect him to come running after me, but oh he did. I pretended I didn't hear him. "Blaze, come on." He said.

I continued walking towards my car, my arms wrapped around my body. "Baby, I'm sorry."

I grinned but kept walking. I went to open my car door but Shadow's hand reached the handle before me. "Remove you hand, Shadow, I'm going home."

"Baby, please just listen to me." He pleaded.

I crossed my arms across my chest once more. "All of a sudden you're my boyfriend and not my captain? You're breaking a law, dating someone within your squadron."

He glared at me. "I knew what I was doing the moment I kissed you. You don't need to remind me."

"I'm going home and when you get your head out of the knot, you can come back but until then." I said and hopped in my car before driving home.

I watched him fade away. My clock read 8 by the time I reached home and I was exhausted. I opened the door and threw my stuff on the table before falling asleep in my uniform. I woke up to the smell of coffee. I glared at the ceiling before crawling out of bed. Shadow stood in the kitchen, with his back to me. "I talked with the chief when I left the scene." He started.

I crossed my arms across my chest. "About what?"

He turned around and faced me. "About us."

"Right now, I don't care what we are doing is illegal. Our co-worker was murdered and his girlfriend is a prime suspect. Let's get this job over with then we can talk about us." I said before slipping by him to grab a cup of coffee.

"I knew you would say that and if you gave me the time to speak, maybe you would see what I had to say but since you jump to conclusions like you always do," He said and walked out of the kitchen.

He sparked my attention and I followed him to the bedroom. I leaned up against the door frame. "Why do you always do that?" I asked.

He shrugged. "It gets your attention. Chief was going to demote me and promote someone else when I first started talking to him about it. He almost fired me but then it's like something changed his mind and he said that we were free to do what we wanted."

"Like get married and have kids?"

I received a glare. "You know exactly what I mean. As long as you are not distracting me from work."

"Me? Distracting? Please, men would pay millions to have me distract them."

"Not funny Blaze."

I shrugged and sipped my cup of coffee. "Well, we have a long day ahead of us. I think I'm going to clean up before heading over to Amy's to continue investigating." I said before heading into the bathroom.

I brushed my hair before throwing it into a ponytail. After applying my small amount of make-up, I grabbed an extra uniform. I grabbed my over coat before walking out the door. As I was in the elevator, Rouge called. "I heard you told Shadow off last night."

I practically could see her grin. "Off course I told Shadow off, I've got to keep our Captain in line."

She laughed. "Besides me, you are the only one brave enough to stand up against him."

"I told him that he should find someone else to take care of his lazy ass until he could fix the knot in his head."

"You know he would've came to me right?"

I chuckled. "He talked to the commander and he said we could do whatever we wanted to as long as we weren't distracting each other."

"You? Distracting? Girl, you can be the most distracting girl when you wanna be. All you got to is wink and you got the whole team distracted."

"Please. You always got people distracted."

She laughed again. "I'll see you when you get here."

I hung up and continued towards my car. Shadow was already there waiting for me. Damn him. He lifted his attention from the ground to me. "I thought you were going to be on the phone all day with her."

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever."

He pulled me close to him and kissed me. I kissed him back. I pulled away first and he seemed disappointed. "I don't want you ruining my hair."

He glared at me. "You are a pain in the ass."

I shrugged. "I could say the same about you."

I opened the door to my car and he shut it. "I don't think we should go to work."

"If we don't, then commander will fire the both of us."

"We do have 4 weeks of paid vacation."

It was my turn to glare at him. "Not happening."

I got into my car before Shadow could convince me to stay. I drove out of the garage and onto the streets. The road gleamed with ice and I sent thousands of curses to whatever god watched over us. I took it nice and slow, being careful not to spin out of control. I pulled into Sonic's driveway and it was still crowded as ever. I hopped out and the cold hit me like a brick to the face; chaos, I hated winter. I entered the house where it wasn't any warmer. Rouge spotted me and headed my way. "They said that the heaters would messed with the whole scene so they were all turned off, sorry for the inconvenience."

I sent one of the older officers a glare. "If we all freeze to death because of this then I will haunt anyone who told us to keep the heaters off."

White spray paint marked the area where Sonic's body once laid. I slowly made my way to the outline, checking for any clues of who killed Sonic. I was really hoping that whoever did, left some sort of trace behind, just to make my life easier. Then Shadow walked in. He was in a foul mood already. "I don't care what you think, I want answers not opinions." He snapped at a young officer.

The young officer cowered beneath Shadow, before nodding his head and running out the door. "You shouldn't be so harsh." I muttered.

His deadly, red eyes locked onto me. I held his gaze, unwilling to back down. "I don't answer to you." He growled.

I snatched a notebook from a co-worker and his pen. I quickly wrote my quick note and roughly handed it to my captain. "I might change my mind when you learn to take a chill pill." I hissed and continued with my job.

There was no sign of any possession beside the knife we sent to the lab to test for fingerprints. "Was there any force entry?" I asked Rouge.

"None so that means either Sonic let him in or the killer was already in the house. Amy can't even talk because she's busy wailing her eyes out at the present moment. Oh by the way, we rented her a small apartment until we could clean this house up. Even then she probably will never set foot in it knowing Sonic was murdered here."

"Do we have the report from the coroner?"

"He said that it will take him about a week for any type of results but he said there are three major stabs wounds and a fractured skull. Also he said that both of his legs were broke. We are thinking that the killer took their time killing Sonic but until they get the blood samples back from the lab we will be unsure of what really killed Sonic."

"Next question is why Amy didn't hear a thing? I mean the injuries that was afflicted upon Sonic would've cause him a lot of pain and would've cause him to scream."

"Depends on if he was poisoned or not. If he was poisoned, he could've not have been able to cry for help."

I nodded. "Makes sense."

I glanced at the clock and it read 4:40 p.m. I sighed. "I'm so tired right now." I yawned.

"It's not just you who's tired."

Shadow came storming in before grabbing my arm and dragging me to his car. He shoved me in the passenger seat before he jumped into the driver's seat. We sat there in silence. "If you are going to sit there and be silent, I'm going back to work." I said.

He glanced at me. "You think I'm being too harsh?" He growled.

I nodded, "I'm packing all of your stuff up when I get home and throwing it in the hall. Until that stupid knot gets out of your head, I don't want you in my house." I snapped before getting out and heading towards my car.

I jumped in and tore out of the driveway. The usual 20 minute drive was only 10 minutes. By the time I reached my apartment door, Shadow was already there waiting for me. I hated him for his teleportation. "Get out." I snapped and pointed out the door.

"Baby, let's just talk this over."

"I said get out."

"Blaz-"

"Get out Shadow, I don't want you here."

Before he could reply, I grabbed him by his quill and drug him out the door before slamming it shut in his face. I locked it but knowing Shadow, a locked door wasn't going to keep him out. Rouge called once again. "Did you piss Shadow off?"

"He pissed himself off."

"He came in snapping at everyone under his command, including me."

"Just come over to my place. We can have a nice cup of coffee and watch a horror movie."

"You know how to make a perfect night. I be over in a few."

I hung up and I headed into the kitchen to start a fresh cup of coffee. I felt his eyes on my back but I didn't face him. "If you don't leave me alone, I'm going to have commander fire you." I said while starting the coffee pot.

"You know I didn't mean what I said." He muttered.

I crossed my arms and faced him. "You said that last time you snapped at me during a job. Look, nobody deserves to be yelled at constantly because you feel like yelling at everyone. I get it that you are under a lot of stress but yelling at everyone isn't making this damn situation any better."

He was thinking, finally using his brain. Without a word, he vanished out the door and Rouge entered. "I figured a glass of wine sounded more appealing than a cup of coffee." She said and handed me a bottle of wine.

I went to grab two wine glasses but when I opened the cabinet I realized I never grabbed the wine glasses. There they sat, on the top self and Shadow wasn't here to grab them for me. I hopped up on the counter and grabbed them. Returning to the living room, Rouge had already made herself at home. "So I was thinking either that new horror movie they just came out with. You know, Krampus, or we could watch something even scarier. Something that would make us sleep with all the lights on." She said.

I grinned. "Let's sleep with all the lights on."