Legal junk: I do not own any Sega characters, nor do I own Mortal Kombat. I own myself, Shade-Fox. Shift, Midnite, Jacinth and ShadowBlade own themselves. Bushido is owned by Tanner. Okay, you can wake up now! Seriously, I'm done with the legal stuff. Shade P.S. please note that this legal stuff applies to this and all following chapters.
A Nightmare's Beginning
Shadow woke staring into an unfamiliar face. " Are you okay?" The person asked. All Shadow could manage to say was: "Ouch." " I'm gonna get you outa that hole okay? I'll get you some help. Shade'll know what to do." Shadow didn't stay awake for long. When he woke again he felt a slight pressure on his chest and looked down to find bandages wrapped around him. He took a cursory glance around the room he was in and saw a desk with papers strewn everywhere, a dresser and a closet. Shaking his head to clear the dizziness Shadow sat up in bed and heard footsteps. The door to the room he was in opened and he saw what he thought was a white hedgehog. On closer inspection four echidna like spikes could be seen along with the two hedgehog ears. The stranger introduced himself. " Hey. Name's Torque. You feeling okay? " "Kinda dizzy. " " Yeah the stuff Shade gave ya would make anyone dizzy. It should be numbing the pain though." " Would you please get down here and help me?! I'm not gonna ask again! " A female voice called. "Uh Shade wants me downstairs. Gotta go. I'll be back in a bit. Stay put okay? " Shadow nodded and Torque quickly made his way out the door. Shadow could hear most of what they were saying. . . " I told you not to leave me alone down here with these monsters! " " Calm down Shade. They can hear you. " " Let 'em. I don't care. This is the last time I baby-sit for Midnite. " "They can't be that bad. " "Go take a look at the living room. I'm gonna go check on our guest. " " He's awake. " " Good. I'll make him a sandwich. " When Shadow's door opened next a blue fox walked in. Her bangs, ears and tail were a dark blue and the rest of her was light blue with some white patches. The strangest thing about her, that one could see, was a halo floating over her head. It was a faded red in color. " Hey. How are you doing? " " Okay I guess. " " Apparently you met Yami. " " Who? " " Did he introduce himself as Torque? " "Yeah. " Grrr sigh " Yami always calls himself Torque when he's in that form. " " What is he? " " He's half hedgehog half echidna. " " I thought the only echidna left was Knuckles. " " The guardian? He is. Crazy story where Yami came from. He's from the past. Back when there were many echidnas. He showed up out of nowhere. He ticked the chief off and because he was a half-breed he got sent into the future. Like I said, crazy story. How about you? " ". . ." " My name's Shade. What's yours? " " Shadow. " " AAAaah!! I knew you were Shadow!!!" Yami came running up the stairs hearing Shade's scream. He ran into the room expecting Shade to be hurt and face faulted at seeing her hugging the new guy. Yami managed to pry Shade off of Shadow and pulled her out the door apologizing to Shadow as he shut the door. Shade followed him downstairs and started laughing so hard her eyes were watering. Yami had duct taped Midnite's nephews Sly and Strae to the wall. He had also taped their mouths shut. "Yami! What the?" " They. . .RIPPED. . .MY. . .MANGA!! " Shade just cracked up laughing again. " You big baby! I'll buy you another one. Just help me get the house cleaned up while they're contained. " "Fine. " The two had the house cleaned in short order. Shade gently pulled Strae off the wall and removed the tape from his mouth. Little Strae started laughing, he thought the whole thing was a game. Next Shade not so gently removed Sly from the wall. She left him to take the tape off his own mouth. She ran upstairs to check on Shadow. He was eating his sandwich and looked up to give Shade a questioning glance. She smiled as she explained. " My Sister's nephews were misbehaving and Yami taped them to the wall. " Shadow gave her a weird look; her once pale red halo was a pretty bright shade of purple. Shade glanced up at her halo, going cross-eyed to do so. " Oh you're wondering about my halo changing colors huh? " "Is it supposed to do that? " "Beats me. It has since before I can remember. It changes with my mood. Are you still hungry? " " No. Just tired. " " Okay. Take this or you'll be in a world of hurt when you wake up. " Shade went back downstairs to find the three boys arguing over what video game they were gonna play. " How about Smash Brothers Melee? " all three boys: "Yeah!!" " Okay. Sly, NO pausing. I mean it. " They were all enjoying the game when Sly suddenly paused it to look at his character. " Sly you unpause it right now. Don't you dare pause it again. If you do I swear you'll regret it if you even live through it! " Sly protested while Yami growled and little Stae shook his controller trying to figure out what was wrong with it. " Sly not ONE more word from you. Do you hear me?! " Game play resumed and not even two minutes later Sly paused it. " That is IT!! Sly you get back here! " Shade took off chasing Sly. A few minutes later high-pitched girl like screams shook the house. A very smug looking Shade appeared with a screaming struggling Sly tucked under one arm. Shade marched straight to the wall she had peeled Sly off of and pinned him to the wall. Yami flashed an evil grin and handed the duct tape to Shade. Soon Sly looked to be no more than a silver colored cocoon on the wall with feet and a head poking out. His feet were dangling a good foot from the ground. The only sound that could be heard from Sly was a very faint squeaking. Shade's halo went from bright red to neutral white. She flashed a rather satisfied grin at Yami and plopped down on the couch.