Fugitive - A Shadrouge Story
Chapter 1 - Finally settled?
Hey everyone, thanks for checking out the story, quick note this is a sequel, so if you haven't read "A father's love" go check it out, it wasn't my best written work, but I'm gonna take my time on this one, it won't be a oneshot, and maybe a little slower paced, but It'll help get the story across, plus this is the last story in the series before I start up a new set of stories! Anyways, enough talk, here's Fugitive.
The sun was beaming down on the secluded island where Shadow and his family had been hidden. Since Rouge was a master thief, and they both worked for GUN for a long time, they could afford the luxuries such as a house on an island. They had been on the run for months now, and this was the first time since the incident with Eggman and Knuckles that the family has had some time to regroup themselves.
Rouge was her normal self, after putting Brie down, she decided to lay out and sunbathe. Shadow and Sebastian on the other hand were not as laid back. Sebastian was nearing his 7th birthday, he and Shadow had been training daily, Shadow wouldn't admit it, but Sebastian had the ability to be way stronger than him. This is one of the only things that truly scared Shadow. Shadow wasn't a hero, nor was he completely evil, he does his share of both, causing lots of damage in the process. Shadow wasn't going to force his son into anything, but he knew if he unlocks his full potential he couldn't be stopped, good or bad.
"Papa Shadow, can we take a break?" Sebastian asked with his arms to his side, he was visibly fatigued.
"Yeah buddy, go rest with your mom, I'll find you two in a minute." Shadow responded, examining his son. He really is a spitting image of me. Minus the stripes. What he's referring to is how Sebastian has white streaks instead of red, yet he still has those crimson red eyes from his father. The streaks definitely came from Rouge. Also much like his dad, he wore gloves and hover shoes, yet he didn't have inhibitor rings… yet. Sebastian scurried off to find Rouge, meanwhile Shadow had wandered into the house to check on Brie. She was sound asleep when Shadow examined her in her crib. Brie, being mostly bat, was actually an ebony color, like Shadow's fur, yet her wings were white and her eyes were shiny yellow.
Shadow smirked and rubbed Bries tiny hairs on her head, then examined the tiny shirt she wore. Daddy's girl it read. Shadow knew deep down he was gonna be protective of her, spoil her even, yet part of knew if she was anything like her mom, she would be a handful.
Shadow left and found Rouge sunbathing, while Sebastian was in the pool. After examining his gorgeous wife, Shadow laid up next to her on the towel she was laid out on. She wore a black bikini top with pink hearts on them, and some jean shorts.
"Well hey there Shady, I was wondering when you'd come show me some love." Rouge said in a seductive tone.
Shadow was used to it, at first he found it annoying, but over time he grew to love it. He didn't respond with words, instead he pulled her into a kiss and held her tight. After a moment, he pulled back and met her eyes.
"Well, I needed that." He said with the biggest smile he's had in months.
Rouge melted when he smiled, it was such a rare occurrence, even after marriage and family, Shadow had managed to lighten up, but his face was still so cold at times. She studied his dark eyes, she could tell something was on his mind.
"What's bothering you, babe?"
He sat back and watched Sebastian splash in the pool, then laid back to look up a Rouge, who was now sitting up with her hand under her chin.
"Honestly, I just wish we didn't have to run anymore, the kids need a normal life, you know? We're already far from normal, but this? Sebastian talked to me earlier, he kept mentioning his friends and how he missed them, and I feel terrible. If I would've held back on my anger, things would be different." He finished with a huff.
Rouge scooted over and sat her head on his chest, now looking up at him.
"Shady, you protected us. Things happen for a reason, don't think too hard on it, the kids will be fine, plus how many kids can say they've seen so much at such a young age? They're traveling the world!"
Rouge was right in a way, one thing Shadow loved about her is that she always found the light in the darkness, even inside him.
"You're right, and poor Brie is too young to remember any of this." he said with a chuckle.
They both sat there for a moment, just gazing into each other's eyes. The amount of tension between them was crazy, and Shadow broke it with a kiss, then sat up and wrapped his arm around her. The sun was setting, and it was perfect across the ocean.
"Ya know, it may be a long ways away, but when the kids get older and live on their own, I say we move out here, peace and quiet, no sonic to bother you, and so many things to do, you can build whatever you want, it's just us out here!" Rouge said eagerly.
"One day, we will live in a castle together, and you'll be my queen." Shadow said, standing up and extending his hand for her to grab. She took it, and they began walking into the beautiful estate. Sebastian had already made his way inside, he was sleeping on the couch.
"Hey bud, wake up and go shower." Shadow nudged his son, waking him.
"Just a few more minutes dad."
"C'mon kid, up! Let me and your mom have some time to ourselves."
Reluctantly, Sebastian got up and headed towards the bathroom to shower, while Rouge brought over a bag of popcorn and placed it in Shadows lap.
"So, it's my night to pick a movie, are you ready?" Rouge smiled.
Shadow didn't mind movie night when it was his turn to pick, because he always picked kick ass action movies, while Rouge tended to lean towards romance filled movies.
"Sure babe, what did you pick?" He said with a mouthful of popcorn. She couldn't help but giggle at the hedgehog.
"Well, I know you hate the romance movies, but I hate the action movies, so I decided to go with something new, horror. This made Shadows ears perk up, leaving a smirk on his face. He was remembering the last time they watched a horror movie together.
*Flashback to Shadow and Rouge's very first movie date.*
"So, I'm not big on horror movies, but Blaze told me she watched this movie with Silver and totally recommended it. It's called Paranormal Activity, ever heard of it?"
The ebony hedgehog shook his head. "No."
"Well good, let's watch it!"
The two cuddled up together on the couch. Technically, the two weren't dating at the time, but they were both single, and they both had very strong feelings for one another, even if they didn't know it yet! About half way through the movie, Rouge turned it off.
"Hell no, never again!" she said with a shiver.
Shadow let out a soft chuckle, then stood up. "Jesus it's 2am, I should get home."
Well, that didn't happen.
Rouge grabbed his arm. "Hey, can you maybe… I don't know… stay tonight? That movie really freaked me out, and I don't wanna be alone."
Shadow was reluctant, but he didn't wanna leave her alone if she was actually scared.
"Sure, let's sleep in here."
Rouge had a couch that pulled out into a bed, so Shadow pulled out the bed and grabbed some blankets from the closet, and some pillows off her bed, then found himself cuddling up into her. Admittedly, this was a foreign concept to Shadow. He had never kissed a girl before, let alone sleep with one. He should've been nervous, but something about being around Rouge comforted him. She slept almost instantly, and after a few moments Shadow realized he had to pee. He crept off and used the bathroom, while he was walking out in the darkness of the room, he heard Rouge call out for him.
"Shadow, where'd you do?"
He decided to have fun with this, he crept up ever so quietly behind the bat and grabbed her suddenly! She let out a ear tingling shriek loud enough for the entire neighborhood to hear. Shadow laughed loudly as he wrapped around her.
She responded with a slap, she didn't find it funny once soever.
"Fuck you, hedgehog!" she said in a harsh tone.
Shadow responded by rubbing her cheek, then placing his head on her shoulder.
"I'll never do that again… forgive me."
Rouge couldn't stay mad, she loved him. She had since the first time she met him on Eggman's spaceship so many years ago. Though after he "died" she got engaged to knuckles, things seemed to fall apart when Shadow just showed up out of the blue one day.
"It's okay Shady, but you gotta stay here all night now, no exceptions. Now cuddle me will ya?" She said in a calmer tone. Shadow responded by pulling her in and placing a kiss on her cheek, then falling asleep almost instantly. Rouge just lied there blushing. Did he really kiss me? Shit why do I always fall in love with people that are bad for me? At the time, she wasn't wrong. Shadow has never been a cupcake, but he had gotten better over time. Eventually, she too drifted off to sleep.
*End Flashback*
"Okay, well put the movie on and come here, I'll protect you." Shadow said with a slight tone of laughter in his voice.
Rouge did so, then cuddled up into her husband.
The movie went on for a bit, yet neither of them had been scared in the slightest. Eventually Rouged turned to look up at Shadow. "Hey Shadow, can you promise me something?"
"Probably, what is it?"
"Promise you'll always be here for me."
He studied her for a moment, then hugged her.
"Listen, I know with everything going on, you're worried I'm gonna get hurt. I'll never leave your side Rouge, I promise. Now let's turn this movie off, no offense but it's trash. She only laughed in response, she turned off the TV and walked towards Sebastian's room. Shadow on the other hand, decided to turn on the news.
Breaking news, the President has signed over the rights to let GUN join the hunt for Shadow the Hedgehog, the price on his head is now 2 million dollars, the list of elites hunting him is growing daily, including the likes of Silver the Hedgehog and former companion of Shadow, Omega. Though his whereabouts are still unknown, we will update you more as this story develops.
He turned the tv right back off and peeked in on Sebastian. Rouge had tucked him in, sound asleep. Brie was also snoozing. He walked off to find Rouge.
Walking into their bedroom, Shadow found her laid out on the bed, glaring up at him with seductive eyes. "Come here mister tough guy."
He obeyed, climbing into bed, noticing she was only wearing a t-shirt.
They met with a kiss, this more passionate than the few they shared earlier. The kiss became more and more heated, and before they knew it, clothes were coming off.
Shadow began kissing her neck softly, teasing her for what was about to come. Things were about to get good when the door flew open. Shadow lunged off her to find Sebastian standing in the doorway.
"Papa, what were you doing to mama?" he asked so innocently.
Shit, this couldn't be anymore embarrassing.
"Uhh, oh me and mommy were just wrestling, just playing around that's all." Shadow answered quickly.
Sebastian didn't see, to buy it, but he didn't speak on it anymore. "I had a nightmare, can you come tuck me in mom?" he sounded frightened. Rouge had slipped on some clothes while Shadow was talking to him.
"Of course, I'll be back Shady." She said as she followed their son out the door.
Fuck, that could've ended way worse if he entered a few minutes later. Shadow thought to himself. He stretched out and decided it was time to sleep anyway, once Rouge returned they cuddled up together and talked for a few moments, before they drifted off to sleep.
That's CH1 in the books, zero conflict, I know, but that all changes next chapter, trust me! I figured it would be best to have a bit of a chill intro to the story, I didn't describe Sebastian or Brie in my last story, so I made sure I did that here. My biggest flaw is probably not detailing my stories enough, but hey, I'm working to get better so stick with me! Reviews are great, good or bad, they help me become better and I take nothing personal, so please be honest! I plan to take my time with this series, so I have no clue how often I'll be putting up chapters, sometimes it might be once a week, then sometimes it might be multiple in a day, it depends how much free time I can find outside of college, anyways, thanks for reading and stay tuned for CH2!