Shadow The Human
Chapter 1: Suit up!
Sonic and Tails were sitting in their house, just relaxing on this quiet day. All of a sudden there was a thunderous knock on the door. "Woah! Someone needs to see us badly." Sonic said with surprise he got up from the sofa and went to the front door. He looked out of the peeping hole and saw Shadow who looked afraid and anxious. "It's Shadow." Sonic said to himself and opened the door.
Shadow flung himself inside in a hurry looking panicked. "Sonic! You have to help me!" Shadow yelled frantically. "GUN are after me again, but they're even stronger this time! They've really been planning this out."
"Well, what do you want us to do?" Sonic asked.
"Hide me or something… anything!" Shadow exclaimed.
Tails came out of the living room to see Shadow. "I have an idea… I've been working on something lately, something that will help you stay hidden from GUN." Tails said. "Follow me to my workshop." he added and made his way outside to the small garage like building that was his workshop.
"Is this something that's going to make me invisible?" Shadow asked.
"No, it's going to disguise you." Tails said and walked over to the darkest corner of the room. He pulled a big white sheet off of a large machine. "If you get inside of it… it'll change your species." he explained.
"That's excellent! It'll definitely keep me hidden, I could walk straight past a couple of GUN soldiers and they'd never suspect me." Shadow said triumphantly.
"Umm, Tails, are you sure this is safe?" Sonic asked. "What if you kill him, or he comes out mutated or something?"
"Don't worry Faker, I'll be fine." Shadow snapped and went inside the machine. "I'll do anything to stay out of prison."
Tails closed the machine, they could hear Shadow but couldn't see him. "Do I get to chose what I turn into?" he asked.
"No… sorry." Tails said nervously and began fiddling with the control panel.
"What will you turn me into then?" Shadow asked, there was no answer. "A bat? A fox? Echidna?" he guessed. Tails still didn't answer.
"Are you ready Shadow?" Tails asked.
"Yes!" Shadow said confidently and boldly. There was a bright flash inside that nearly blinded the dark hedgehog, he felt a sharp pain all over his body.
"Holy shit!" he yelled. "You didn't say it would hurt!"
"What do you expect Shadow… your body is being shaped into something different, of course it isn't going to feel amazing!" Sonic yelled.
After a few seconds it was over. "Hmph, it's dark in here… I can't see what I am…" Shadow said from inside, his voice sounded the same. "Wait, did this ceiling get lower?"
"I'll turn on the lights in there so you can take a look at what you've turned into." Tails flicked a switch.
"IS THIS SOME KIND OF JOKE!?" Shadow roared from inside.
"What's going on?" Sonic asked.
"I'M HUMAN! I'M A FUCKING HUMAN!" he snared at the top of his voice. Sonic burst out in laughter. "Shut up Faker!"
"Shadow, are you okay, is everything in the right place?" Tails asked.
"Don't give me all of that you little brat! Why didn't you tell me I would be human?" he growled.
"You wouldn't have agreed to it otherwise. Please Shadow, don't be mad, you'll do great as a human and I can always change you back." Tails tried to convince him.
"No you can't, this is the only way I'll stay free this time." Shadow said.
"Come on Shadow, you'll enjoy being human, they have more rights than we do." Sonic said. "You'll have a great time."
"I'm going to open the doors now Shadow." Tails said.
"NO!" Shadow snapped. "You can't!"
"Why?" Sonic asked.
"I'm… naked. Humans need a lot more cover than we do. I need some clothes." Shadow said feeling embarrassed.
"We don't have any human clothes." Sonic said.
"Go and buy some then!" Shadow yelled. "I'll pay you back."
"Alright Shadow. I'll be back soon." Sonic said, he picked up some money from the side table and left.
Sonic returned five minutes later. "Shadow, come out, I have the clothes now." Sonic said. "I'm not sure if they're you're size…" he said nervously.
"You got underwear, shoes and everything?" Shadow asked.
"Umm… no, just a jumper and trousers." Sonic said nervously.
"Damn you Faker." Shadow growled.
"You've gotta come out to get them." Sonic sniggered.
"No! I have nothing to cover my sensitive parts!" Shadow exclaimed.
"Use your hands." Sonic sniggered.
"No! They're too small and… it's too big. Humans are awkwardly proportioned." Shadow said anxiously. Sonic was in hysterics. "SHUT UP FAKER!"
"Shadow, I'll only open the doors a little bit and I'll pass the clothes through the gap." Tails said, the door whirred open ajar and the clothes came through, Shadow snatched them.
"Thanks." he said insincerely. He slipped the clothes on and came out. Sonic began sniggering. The woollen jumper was stretching and tight against Shadow's skin and he had to hold up his trousers to stop them from falling down.
"The jumper's too small!" Sonic screeched with laughter. "And the trousers… are like fat people's trousers on you." he added. "What's more is… I think you have the jumper on back to front…" he sniggered.
"If I didn't have to hold these up, I'd be kicking you're tiny ass right now." Shadow growled. "What did you do Faker?! Did you just pick up random clothes without looking at the sizes?"
"Yeah, sorry." he said trying to hold back the laughter. "Don't blame me, I have no idea about human sizes!"
"Sonic… go out and get a bigger jumper and a much smaller pair of trousers… NOW!" Shadow snarled.
"Okay, sorry!" Sonic said and left again.
Shadow looked at Tails feeling embarrassed. "Shadow… here's a mirror if you want to see yourself properly." he said and pointed to a long and thin mirror, one Shadow could use to see his whole body. He was tall, slim with slight muscle on his arms, his eyes were still red and his heir was scruffy, black and covered his ears and went down to his neck at the back. His skin was a light olive colour. He gave a cocky smile which showed his teeth, his abnormally large canines were still there.
"I… don't look that bad." he said sounding smug, he took off his shirt, with some struggle since he was still holding up his trousers, to reveal a slight patch of dark hair on his chest and a light hairs on his arms, but they were hardly noticeable. He had an almost flat stomach and a faint six pack. "Ha!" he said but his eyes widened when he nearly dropped his trousers to reveal his bottom half, which he didn't want to do.
Sonic soon returned again and gave him the clothes that he had picked up. A bigger black jumper that actually fit and a black pair of trousers that fit too, he put them both on. "Well done Faker, you've actually done it." Shadow said with a smirk. "These are as bit tight though…" he complained looking at his legs.
"It's the style apparently." Sonic said and shrugged.
"I wish you had just remembered underwear or something… you don't know how uncomfortable this is to wear with out it." Shadow said, his cheeks going red.
"For chaos' sake! Humans are so needy!" Sonic exclaimed. "I'm not going to out again, if I'm seen buying human underwear my reputation will be at risk!" he said and folded his arms.
"I'll do it then." Shadow sighed. "If only I had fitting shoes… human feet are so small, my shoes won't fit." he looked into the machine where his gloves and shoes had been left behind.
"Maybe I'll have something you can wear, I've kept shoes from when I was younger." Tails said and went to the house to see if he could find something in his wardrobe. He came out with some old white and red sneakers.
"Hmm…these are still a little bit big but I'm sure I'll be able to cope…." he sighed. "I need socks though… otherwise my feet will get blisters." he added.
"Aww!" Sonic exclaimed. "Seriously Shadow, just go out and get some, I'm sure you'll be fine."
"You've never worn shoes without socks, so you don't know what it's like!" Shadow complained.
"I have." Sonic retorted. "So it's fine."
"Yeah, well, with fur it is fine but I don't have fur!" Shadow exclaimed.
"I'll got and get some socks you can borrow…" Sonic sighed and went into the house.
Shadow got the socks he needed, they very baggy but they made his feet a lot more comfortable. "Right, I'm off to equip myself with proper clothes." Shadow said and left.
"I don't think Shadow's very happy with you Tails." Sonic said worriedly. "He hates humans and now he's become one."
"It's only temporary." Tails shrugged.
Shadow made his way to where he could buy some clothes, he knew where since he had walked past human clothes shops many times in the high streets nearby. "I'm going to get myself some proper clothes…" he grumbled. "Sonic has no idea…"
Shadow went to the nearest bank and got some of the money out of his account that he could spend. He then walked into one of the shops and started to browse, he immediately felt embarrassed. "These are women's clothes…" he said under his breath to himself and left as quickly as he could.
Then he saw what he needed and went into the shop that he saw men's clothes in. He picked up all of the essentials and a couple of outfits not forgetting a dark hoodie and sunglasses, despite being human he still felt that it was necessary to his himself. He wished he could just return to Sonic's house in a second but he couldn't run without his special shoes and powers, he had to do it the long way and walk.
He walked back into the workshop where the two of them were still. "Okay Sonic, this is the kind of decency I was looking for when I asked for clothes." Shadow said and dumped the bags on the floor. Sonic bent down and looked through the bags.
"Aww… look at these." Sonic teased and held the boxers Shadow had brought, in the air. "Your little guy will be all safe and comfy."
Shadow snatched the boxers off of Sonic and snarled at him. "Shadow, that attitude doesn't work as well in your human body. You just look kind of retarded." Shadow gave Sonic the death stare. "Woah… that does not look retarded." Sonic said stepping back and feeling uneasy. A lock of Shadow's dark hair had fallen front of his eyes as he looked down on Sonic and it darkened the top of his face, it made him look all the more sinister.
Shadow bent down and went through the bags, he picked out a pair of black trousers and a pair of jeans. "These, are what I would wear… something that isn't going to crush and suffocate my crotch." Shadow growled. Sonic couldn't help but let out a snort of laughter, he tried to suppress it, but it was no use. Shadow moved on feeling as though he could explode with anger. "Not woollen itchy and tight jumpers Sonic, comfortable baggy T-shirts." he growled and got out a few of T-shirts, one was dark red and one was grey and one was black.
"Why did you get so many?" Sonic asked.
"Well, humans need to change clothes a lot more often then we do." Shadow said sounding uncomfortable. "And it was three of the price of two… so why not?" he added.
The adolescent male got out more clothes from the bag, he got out the black hoodie. "Since humans have a lack of fur… they need extra clothes to keep them warm." he said and dumped it on the floor. "Socks, Sonic." Shadow over pronounced as though he were trying to talk to a toddler. "And sunglasses, because this'll all be for nothing if someone spots these red eyes. No human has red eyes."
"You'll be fine Shadow, if anyone asks we'll just say you're a photograph." Sonic joked. Shadow gave him the death glare and put on the plain black sunglasses. "That look doesn't work if no one can see your eyes."
Shadow just gave a "Hmph." picked up his bags and left the room to go and change.
When he came back he looked like a normal 'teenager'. Wearing casual trousers, hoodie and dark red sneakers. "Woah… you're ready to shop lift sweets and hang out at the park after dark in that Shadow." Sonic teased when he saw Shadow in the hoody and sunglasses.
"SHUT UP FAKER! Not all people who wear hoodies are shoplifters, don't stereo type!" Shadow put the hood up looking miserable. "Here's the money that I owe you." he said and chucked a few notes at Sonic. "Thanks Tails, I appreciate your efforts." Shadow said monotonously. "Now I need to go and test something."
Lucy Labrador