"What is that?" A male voice gruffly shouted.
"Is that a hedgehog?" Someone asked.
"Look at 'im! He's got weird hair!" A child laughed.
"Oh my, look at his forehead!" One female voice gasped.
"Isn't that someone from Sonic?" Another said in a deeper tone of voice.
Hearing the very familiar name, Shadow opened one of his red eyes to see a large group of humans looking down at him with wide eyes. He could easily sense that most of them were frightened as he sat up. Most of the crowd gasped at him as he did. Humans had circled around him, all in awe as if he had came back from the dead, but he struggled to his feet, feeling weak and light headed.
What the? Shadow glanced at his wrists, knowing that whenever his rings were off long enough, he would be drained of alot of chaos energy. He was suprised to see that his two gold rings had gone.
"Where is my inhibitor rings?" He yelled, causing the crowd to jump away from him. The hedgehog felt a strong pang of pain come from the top of his head. He placed a hand at the spot and felt blood seep into his glove. I'm injured? I should get out of here. In an instant, he leapt for the closest building and ran over the roofs of the houses.
Shadow groaned as he finally gave himself a rest on a large building's roof. He felt the blood beginning to dry around his small gash. Scanning his surroundings, he still could not recognise where he was, except the humans that were walking around, oblivious to his presence. Shadow continued to look around him, trying to recall how he had managed to get to such a place.
Where exactly am I? he thought, hoping to remember. All I can remember before causing that uproar is when I was on my mission to destory the force field. And my inhibitor rings have gone missing.
"There he is!" Shadow slightly jumped at the sudden shout from below. Quickly looking down, he saw police and their cars bunched around the building. "Come down and put your hands up!" One of them yelled loudly, holding a large baton in his hand.
It's the law inforcement. Maybe I can get some infomation and return to headquarters. He jumped off the building and stood infront of the leading policeman.
But, before he could ask where he was, the policeman shouted at him. "Put your hands up!" He heard some of the idle police mutter to each other as he stayed still.
"He's a strange looking fella, ain't he?"
"Quite short too."
"Must be some guy in a costume."
Costume? What do they mean, 'costume'? They should know what a mobian looks like. Come to think about it, he hadn't seen any mobians since he had woken up. Apart from the humans, there was no two legged animal life at all.
"I said, put your hands up, son!" The policeman shouted, holding up a pair of handcuffs. "We'll get that cut seen too."
"Where am I?" Shadow finally spoke out, suprising the police infront of him. They did not reply, still shocked that he was able to talk. "Where am I?" He repeated, hoping atleast one of the men would give him a solid answer.
Sadly, none of them did, instead they began shouting once again for him to up his hands up. Shadow finally had enough and jumped over them, spining in the air as he did. He went into a full sprint before beginning to skate. He picked up the sounds of sirens behind him. The dark hedgehog knew that the police cars would be catching up to him soon. His slowing speed and loss of knowledge of his whereabouts gave them the upper advantage.
Dammit, I'm going to be captured at this rate!
"Alright, just the lights and then it's home." Skye sighed deeply, thankful that she was close to home. School had been a hassle as always, but atleast school was finished for the week and she was glad because of it. The brown haired girl pressed the button to the crossing lights and gladly walked across the road when they changed to green.
Skye twitched her ear as she heard sirens approching. She came to a stop in the middle of the pavement and gazed towards the sound and spotted a strangely familiar black creature racing between several different cars and down towards her.
As it got closer, Skye could easily recognise the long black quills with red streaks flowing down all six of them. The human like figure and the narrowed blazing red eyes that seemed to burn. The girl gasped in shock as the figure tripped infront of her and rolled across the ground.
There is no freaking way that is who I think it is.
Groaning in pain, the spiky creature looked up at her and Skye couldn't hold back her yelp of suprise.
"Shadow?" She spat out, her heart began to race with seer excitment. The hedgehog looked suprised as he got to his feet. The girl quickly gave him a look over. Skye noticed how exhausted he looked compared to his normal appearance. She also saw the small gash that was scored across his forehead and a badly scrapped knee. Despite this, he stood proud and strong.
"You know me?" He panted as he tried to catch his breath, wobbling slightly.
Skye slowly nodded and gulpped, "Yes." Shadow looked over his shoulder and lightly growled under his breath. "Are you getting chased by the police?" He paused as he turned his gaze back to her. "I can help you," she pointed down the street to a two story house. "I live there, you can come with me and have a rest to catch your breath." The black and red hedgehog gave himself a moment to think. He looked as if he was in conflict with himself as he thought until the incoming sound of the police sirens got his attention.
They'll get him for sure if he's out in the open like this! Skye then grabbed his thin arm and pelted down the street and turned to push Shadow behind a badly needing cut hedge, hoping that the police did not spot him with her. To her relief, the police cars zoomed down the opposite road, leaving both her and Shadow behind.
The Ultimate Lifeform poked his head out and snarled, "What the hell was that for, girl?" Anger flaring up in his deep red eyes. Skye gave him a snort back.
"I just saved you from the police, Faker! You should be thanking me atleast!" She knew that she had to keep as calm as possible as it might scare him off. Letting out a deep breath, she began again. "Alright, my name is Skye. So, come on then." Twirling on her heel, she began slowly walking towards the building she had pointed at before.
"What?" Shadow flatly asked, brushing himself clean of hedge leaves.
"You're coming, aren't you?" Skye glanced behind her, slowing her steps. "It's not polite to deny a girl's invitation into her house, Shadow." Shadow looked annoyed, along with confusion at what Skye guessed was her knowledge of his existance.
"How do you know me?" He asked as he began to follow her.
Skye felt a wave of anxiety wash over her as he caught up to her, keeping up step by step. "..Best if you ask those kind of questions when we get into the house."
Talking about home, how are Mum and Dad going to handle this? I need to come up with something and quick! One idea came to her head. It was stupid. Really stupid, but it was the only thing she could think of.
"Hey, I have a plan, but I need to carry you," she rasped. "My parents aren't going to like that I'm bringing you into the house." He looked taken back before he narrowed his eyes.
"You must be joking, girl." Skye nervously smiled at him.
"..Or you can just walk in and scare them to death," she laughed, avoiding his glare. "That seems like the better option!" She stopped at a black rusty gate that let out a squeak when she pushed it open. Suddenly, loud barking came from inside the lower part of the building. "And don't worry about that. He's just really excitable."
That and he might end up hurting Shadow more than he is now. Skye stood at the entrance door which painted a deep royal blue. A buzzer went off and the two went inside. Skye could feel how uneasy and suspicious Shadow was feeling when they again stopped at a door, this one a bright red with a large white 'A' on the top of it.
"I can't believe I'm doing this." Skye muttered, taking in a deep breath when she heard the dog on the other side of the door bark loudly. The door opened and a bulky brindle dog almost flew out and began jumping up at Skye, until he noticed Shadow. The dog leapt up, licking the hedgehog's face. He snarled at the dog before pushing him away.
Her father appeared behind the door with his usual attire of his blue tartan housecoat. He was smiling until he made eye contact with the hedgehog next to his daughter. Shadow simply stared back at him and crossed his arms when the man gasped.
"S-skye?" His eyes darted back to Skye and once again to Shadow.
The girl weakly smirked and rubbed the back of her head. "Hey, Dad. Look who I found."
