Chapter Two: Shadow
By
LordHelen
Sonic had on a plain white tee shirt and faded blue jeans. Her sneakers were white and black, new. She had five books and a binder to carry and she hadn't been able to find her friends since she had woken up and Rouge and Cream were leaving. She exited her last class of the day, AP Biology, when someone grabbed her arm.
"Hey! Oh, hi Blaze." Sonic smiled. The cat smiled back gleefully.
"Do you want to meet my boss yet?" Blaze asked. She was already leading Sonic towards the club room. She was shaking with…excitement?
"I guess. Which one is he?" Sonic asked, ducking under a large book that was thrown. A scream echoed as the book found a target. Poor cat…
"Oh, technically they are all my bosses. The head honcho is Shadow, the black and red hedgehog. I think you would really like him." Blaze dodged a pink hedgehog yelling someone's name.
"Hey, Amy the Loser! Oh, hey smelly cat. Who's that, a friend or an intern for the news paper of lame?!" a white hedgehog with pink eyes taunted. Next to her was a red cat with blue eyes and on her other side a pink rabbit with orange eyes.
"Yeah!" both of the followers said at the same time. They both had snooty, droning voices that would be easy to tune out. The hedgehog had a piercing voice that would strike anyone.
"Go away, Veronica and the Stupid Twins!" Blaze ordered. The Stupid Twins gawked angrily, trying to come up with an insult. Obviously they were not the brains.
"Oh, let me guess, you looked in the mirror this morning?" Veronica said in mock sympathy and understanding. Her eyes shone with cruelty. "I see why you're cross."
"No, sadly, I looked at you." Blaze answered, faking sweetness at the beginning and ending with a dead tone.
"Oh, good one. How long have you been working on that?" Veronica asked, hand on her hip. Sonic's eyes widened. Was she watching teen wars?
"Almost as long as you've been working on convincing everyone that's your real butt." Blaze answered. Veronica gasped and turned.
"Girls, we're leaving!" she growled. Her hand flew to her face, maybe a dramatic covering of the mouth.
"Yeah, go. You need time to work on that ugly excuse for a face!" Blaze called at the retreating figures.
"That was mean." Sonic whispered, playing with her black belt. Her eyes were on her shoes.
"No, it wasn't. They have been tormenting me since I was little. The only way to survive is to chase them away." Blaze answered, opening the door to the club room. Inside the red echidna, silver hedgehog, and Shadow were all sitting in chairs, talking.
"Yes, we have to. You too, Knuckles!" Shadow said, pointing to the echidna.
"Shadow…" Knuckles complained. He looked muscular, like he could pass for a bully.
"Just for a while. Silver, don't you start!" Shadow glared at the hedgehog and he closed his mouth.
"Boys, stop your nonsense. Sonic is here!" Blaze called, pushing Sonic in front of her. Sonic looked down, embarrassed at being the center of attention for the second day in a row. And by boys this time!
"Hello, Sonic. My name is Shadow." Sonic looked up and saw the hedgehog right in front of her, holding out his hand. His eyes were distant, disinterested.
"Hey, Shadow. Nice to meet you. Blaze told me you were the head honcho." Sonic shook the hand, mentally kicking herself. It was just…his eyes…his fur…his everything. It was all very new to Sonic. She had never been around any guy except her dad and a few hobos.
"She did, did she?" Shadow asked, smiling as his eyes came back to the present. The echidna stepped forward.
"I am Knuckles." Sonic shook his hand and felt self-conscious as he looked her over. She didn't see herself as hot, exactly.
"I'm Silver." Silver waved emotionlessly.
"Sonic." Sonic replied with the same wave. Silver smiled once, then looked back at one of the doors.
"I know." Silver said. He was just as handsome as Shadow, yet something kept drawing Sonic to the black and red hedgehog. His eyes, maybe. Those deep, dark, beautiful eyes.
"So, what is your job?" Sonic asked Shadow casually, looking around the huge room. Was this a larger than yesterday?
"Well, I'm supposed to be supervising chief, but I like head honcho more." Shadow said, looking at Blaze.. Sonic laughed, smiling.
"So do I."
"So, when did you get here?" Shadow asked. Thank goodness he didn't ask how. Weren't nerds freaks?
"Yesterday morning. I was here when the big ink war started, but Blaze didn't want me to get hit in the crossfire." Sonic explained.
"Oh. Yeah, it was a long day. I kinda started it." Shadow gave no more explanation and that bugged Sonic.
"Oh, well…why? Were you mad?" Sonic asked, her eyes impatient. He was cute, but the distant look was in his eyes again..
"No. Silver messed up so I hit him. He hit me back." Shadow answered, looking right above her head.
"Oh, sure." Sonic nodded, hard put to keep her face calm. How rude! She was walking with Shadow down towards his office unconsciously, not knowing the three left behind were staring.
"That was mean. Sonic seems to be rather angry. You didn't prepare her!" Knuckles accused Blaze instantly.
"Of course she didn't! What would she say?" Silver said, staring after them with his mouth slightly open.
"Yeah, was I going to say 'hey, by the way ?Shadow is completely unreasonable'? Blaze yelled. Both the echidna and hedgehog jumped. "I mean, seriously." Blaze growled and looked down.
Sonic laughed and put her hand in front of her to block the stream of ink shooting from the copier.
"I think I did something wrong." She admitted as the stream ended. She was completely soaked.
"No, no. The machine just does that sometimes…occasionally…okay, now!" Tail smiled.
"I think you did fine." Shadow said. It could not be more apparent that he was not actually paying attention at all.
"Thanks, but the only way this happens-" Sonic indicated herself, "-is usually because I did something wrong."
"This has happened before?" Shadow asked, not interested in the slightest.
"I used to work at my town's news paper company. I got fired because of this." Sonic growled out. Why didn't he notice her? She grabbed a napkin and tried futilely to clean off her hands.
"You did?" Tails asked, surprised. His boss was drowning and he didn't even know it.
"Yeah, for extra money." Sonic answered. Yeah, extra money for an important necessity called food. She thought to herself.
"Oh, that makes since." Tails said. Shadow opened the door so Sonic wouldn't get ink on the doorknob. Shadow was not actually working at his icy cool surface. But she reminded him of someone, someone bad and someone he could not think about
"Sonic! Oh, I must take you back to our room and avoid touching you while you clean, darling!" Rouge called.
"Oh, Rouge is here." Sonic said, looking up at Shadow. "I have to go."
"Of course. Come by tomorrow and I'll give you the one of the first copies of this week's Mobius Stories. I give them to all my friends." Shadow offered at a nudge from Blaze.
"I'd love to. See you tomorrow." Sonic waved as she walked out the door with Rouge. The echidna walked up to Shadow.
"You don't realize that you are burning from the crash that just happened, do you?" Knuckles asked. His answer was an angry Shadow with a threatening glare.
"I do not! I am not burning, and you might stay out of my business!" Shadow yelled.
Sonic lay in bed, dreaming.
"Sonic, this is a beautiful night. A lovely night for love." Shadow whispered. He was with her, not distant.
"It is, isn't it?" Sonic answered, watching the breathtaking moon. "And I'm so happy I'm sharing it with you."
"Me too." Shadow turned away from the moon to look her in the eyes. "Because if I was alone, I couldn't do this." Shadow leaned in and kissed Sonic, the glow of the moon fading to dawn.
Away, on the other side of campus, Shadow had the exact same dream. And they both woke up with the exact same reaction.
"I'm in love."
I won't usually do author's notes, but this time I'm gonna say something. Disclaimer: I do not own anyone except for soon to be introduced OC and I do own the plot. Also, yes, I am aware of the huge gender change. But also, how would my story make sense? This is a tale of love, betrayal, and more love! Also, I can't imagine a Shadow and Sonic that already knew each other falling in love.
