Everyone belongs to Sega except characters you don't know.
"Look, I told you guys!" Sonic yelled jumping up from the booth him, Amy, Knuckles and Rouge were sharing at a coffee shop. His emerald eyes were wide.
"Told us what?" Amy asked, blowing on her hot chocolate.
"There's Shadow! See, he didn't disappear!" Sonic kept on pointing out the front window, practically leaping from his seat. Amy carefully took a sip from her styrofoam cup and stood up.
Rouge, whose back was facing the front window of the cafe, turned and craned her neck to see what Sonic was pointing at. Knuckles did the same.
"He's with that girl I was telling you about, they're always together!" Sonic sneered. He sat back down, his eyes never leaving the red and black hedgehog. Earlier they were talking about Shadow and the fact that he had sold his apartment and left without even letting anyone know, not even the closest friend he had, Rouge. He had also stopped coming to work, and when she asked everyone his whereabouts, no word was spoken.
But Sonic insisted that Shadow was still here, but no one ever believed him about anything.
But across the street, in the semi-busy sidewalk, was a walking Shadow, his face hidden behind some aviators. He was wearing a dark hoodie, some jeans and his signature shoes. He was dragging a female by her hand. The hood of her dark zip-up covered her head, and she was also wearing a pair of aviators. Dark jeans and a pair of black converse were on her feet. Both had their heads down to block the cold winds from hitting their face. They were walking so fast, they were practically running. Rouge leaped from her seat, and ran to the doorway of the coffee shop, pushing open the glass door. It was hard considering it was really windy outside.
"SHADOW!" She screamed. Several heads turned. Shadow looked at her, stopped, turned to whisper something in the girls ear, then both him and the girl bolted across the street.
"Join us, we haven't seen you in a while." Rouge stated happily, trying to sneak a peak at the girl. But every time she moved an inch to check her out, Shadow seemed to block her.
"That's okay, we're in a hurry to get somewhere." He responded, looking up the street. His expression was hard and serious.
"Let's go inside." The girl insisted.
"Yeah," Rouge agreed, batting her eyelashes. "It's really cold outside anyways." She gave the gray sky a dirty look.
"Okay," Shadow blew out air like he ran a mile, and walked in. Rouge led them to the back where their booth was and scooched in to make room. But Shadow and his mysterious companion stood there awkwardly, moving back a forth ever so slightly like they were listening to music.
"Didn't you say you needed to use the bathroom?" He inquired his hooded friend.
"Yeah." She walked down the hallway that had the bathrooms, completely walking past them and into the back.
"I'm going to go use the bathroom, be right back." He muttered, his voice getting caught for a second. He walked the same path as his friend, passing the bathrooms also.
Everyone exchanged weird glances.
"What the hell is up with him?" Knuckles declared.
"Yeah, and who is she?" Amy added.
"Maybe it's his-" Rouge was cut off by the front door swinging open loudly. Two mean looking hedgehogs walked in looking around. They wore dark clothing and walked around menacingly, glaring at all the customers drinking and eating. Once they realized that the people or things they were searching for were not there, they exchanged a couple of words and left.
The silence that had filled the room was slowly being filled with people talking again.
"That was weird." Sonic commented.
"Like I was saying, maybe that's his girlfriend."
"So you think she's really possessive? Maybe she was the one that convinced him to move out." Sonic suggested. Rouge rolled her eyes.
"Shadow wouldn't take shit from- wait." She paused, remembering that his friend demanded they go inside instead of him. "Well, he didn't even want to come in for a minute and she told him to go in."
"I saw her the other day with a baby too. Maybe they have a kid together, and he doesn't want us to know."
"I wouldn't be surprised, he never tells us anything." Knuckles mumbled in a bored tone, taking a sip from his coffee.
"He would've told me," Rouge said defensively. She was surprised that he had even stopped when she called his name. If he moved out, not telling anyone, why did he even bother stopping and coming in to talk to them?
Shadow and his friend walked back in again and took a seat this time.
"What's your name?" Quizzed Sonic. Everyone turned to stare at the girl. She pulled her hood down to reveal her violet and silver quills in a tight sleek bun at the top of her head, but left her glasses on.
"Um, Ann." She answered, a hint of nervousness in her voice. "Miliano." She touched the top of her bun. Rouge noticed that her glasses were at the very tip of her nose, so her long curved eyelashes wouldn't hit them when she blinked.
"Oh." Sonic looked down at the table then back up at her. "You're Shadow's baby mama?" He grinned at Shadow, who sported a worried look.
Both her and Shadow blushed.
"No, we're friends." She said quickly. No one spoke after that. Sonic was surprised that Shadow didn't even make an attempt to hurt him for his comment. He didn't even make a face, but continued to check behind him, looking out in the streets. Sonic's eyes drifted to Ann, who was rubbing her hands together to get warm and was moving around like she had ants in her pants.
"Shadow, how come I don't see you at work anymore?" Rouge asked, adding a little pout on her face. The red and black hedgehog turned back slowly to face his friends, looking worried, and frowning.
"I'm on a case that doesn't require me to go to work." He said slowly, completely avoiding Rouge's eyes by staring at the table.
"How come you didn't tell us you were leaving?" Sonic asked.
"We all thought it was because of what Sonic did to you at that last party." Knuckles acknowledged.
"It wasn't that." Shadow growled, shooting an evil stare at Sonic, who returned the stare with a wide smile.
"Well, it's nice that you're here and safe, because we were seriously worrying about you." Amy said in a soothing voice, smiling softly.
"Look like I said earlier," He coughed, getting up. "We're in a hurry to get somewhere." He reached for Ann's hand and pulled her out of the booth a little to quickly. She tripped over her feet, and feel to the her knees. Shadow bent down and helped her up.
"I'll talk to you guys later." He started walking backwards, pulling her along with him. She waved slowly and a bit sadly as he dragged her away.
"He's beating her!" Exclaimed Sonic, almost knocking over his cup.
"I wouldn't be surprised." Knuckles said. "Did you see the way he was handling her?"
"Like he owned her or something." Sonic added, nodding. Rouge stared at their retreating backs. There was no way they were a couple. And if they were, they didn't show it.
"I'm going to follow them." Rouge got up and threw her cup in a nearby garbage can.
"Me too!" Sonic got up and did the same.
"I'm coming too!" Knuckles exclaimed gruffly. Amy rolled her eyes.
"Shadow will tell us what's up with him when he's ready too." Amy protested.
Sonic made a face like he sucked a lemon. "Yeah right, when he tells us, is when pigs start flying out my butt."
"Sonic, why don't you stay here, you're most likely to blow my cover if you come along." Rouge suggested, pulling on her purple trench coat.
"Nooo." Sonic whined. "Let me come too!"
"Why?"
"Cause if I don't find out, I'm not going to able to sleep at night." He pouted.
"Fine." She rolled her eyes for the billionth time that day.
"Hell yeah!" He cried, punching the air with his fists. He started humming spy music.
"We haven't even left the damn cafe and you're already annoying me!" Rouge stressed.
"Sorry," Sonic apologized, still humming.
"I guess I'll see you home?" Amy offered, getting up from her seat slowly and throwing her empty cup out too.
"No! Come with us Ames," Sonic pleaded, kissing her cheek.
"No thanks," Amy backed off, heading towards the door. "I respect Shadow's privacy, I don't snoop." She left.
"Well," Rouge said. "I guess that leaves us."
She turned towards the door. "Shouldn't we wear black?" Sonic asked. "Because spies always wear black, so their not seen." He paused. "Or they think they're fat."
"Ugh!" Rouge grumbled. "Let's just go!"
Find out what's up with Shadow in the next chapter, and let me know what you think. :D
