I allowed myself to be thrown onto the sofa by Amy. I looked around at my new surroundings. Red walls with solid wood floors, Dark blue furniture and a flat screen television filled the living room. She shut the door and locked it. She then turned and smiled at me.
"Your room is upstairs and the first door on the right." She bounced away happily into another room. I stood up and walked upstairs to my room. Upon throwing open the door I first noticed a canopy bed. Then I looked down and saw the thick lavender carpet. I walked across and examined the room fully. There was an attached bathroom and two cabinets. one was a large dresser and the other was a bedside stand. I went into the bathroom.
This room was white with granite flooring. I wondered how she afforded all of this. It had all the usual features of a bathroom including a shower and for some reason a toaster oven. I turned and saw the medicine cabinet above the sink. I opened it to find it was absolutely full of pregnancy tests. I withdrew one and looked at the expiration date. It was still good; interesting. I put it back and turned to the other room. What was that canopy bed doing in the spare room?
I walked over to it and examined it. The overhead was a polished metal sheet facing the mattress. It was a mirror. I chuckled and sat on the side of the bed, opening up the bedside drawer. I found several boxes of, and there is no polite way to say this, condoms. She had actually gone through the trouble of purchasing a gross of several different kinds. I sighed. Was everyone carrying these close by at all times now? I closed the drawer and opened the one below it. It was full of bottles. I could tell what they were from their bright colors, black and pink labels, and the strange smells they had on them. I pulled one out and checked the date. It was recent. I put it back down and pulled out one of the boxes of condoms. They were still good. I looked behind me and crawled across the bed to the dresser and opened it. This was full of unopened packages of mens' underwear, socks, white t-shirts and cologne. I laughed audibly. She was so desperate for Sonic and believed in him so much she'd actually prepared a room to accept his...well...entrance. More to the point she pays to keep it current and prevent her things from spoiling. I stood up. This was quite a laugh. Then I thought to myself.
"This is the shrine where she holds a constant vigil for Sonic the hedgehog. She wants me to stay here. Oh dear." I must have blushed, looking around. This was taking comfort a little far. I'm not about to please her wildest fantasies just because she gives me a bed to sleep in at night. I decided it would be best to spend as little time in here as possible; so I exited the room via the front door and began to explore the rest of the house.
I followed the girl. It seemed to me that she was exactly the same as the last time we met; simply a few years older. She didn't see me as she ran with her chao in her arms. After a few blocks she stopped at a resteraunt and walked inside. I took cover on the other side of the street. She took a seat quietly and waited. Soon another rabit came by. she was taller and looked similar. I assumed this woman was Cream's mother. They began to converse and I read their lips.
Hello dear. You got back just in time.
Hi Mom. We were scarred.
Why?
I saw that mean robot.
...did it attack you?
No. I don't think it was working.
Good. I'll call the police. Call the police? They wouldn't find me. I'm not there anymore. Still she took a phone and dialed the number. In a few minutes she was leaving the agreed meeting place and the police were driving twords the park I had met Cream at. The women found their car and drove off. I followed.
The rain was gone. This was only a minor inconvenience however. I continued to stay out of site as I followed Ms. Vanilla Rabbit's car. Of course it was a yellow VW Beetle. I would laugh if I had the ability to appreciate irony. That girl was interesting. When she saw me she didn't scream or alert the authorities; even while her mother had. She at first only wanted to learn about me. Curiosity, I believe it was called. Perhaps I could learn this trait. It is the sudden, powerful urge to learn about something you've not seen before. I will remember this trait. I believe Sonic has it too.
They moved onto a highway. She must live out in the country. I wouldn't be surprised if she had her own little chao farm. It would come complete with a bright red barn and endless feilds of flowers; just to drive in what kind of small town wags they were. It was a curious thing to be chasing them. Under ordinary circumstances I would be chasing them down to capture them for Dr. Eggman. But I wasn't working for eggman anymore. I wasn't working for anyone but myself. Yet what did I have to gain from this pursuit? Perhaps I could learn. Perhaps I need to learn in order to find peace. Am I insane? Is something wrong with me?
Something is definately wrong with me.
Here I am sitting in the middle of Amy Rose's kitchen. Shadow and Amy we are. Well that's what she says. It's as if somehow we became a kind of couple. My original theory was correct. She was, however, taking it to a degree I did not previously imagine. She was standing up now, making brownies. As she ran about the kitchen doing this and that she was rambling on and on about every facet of her life since we apparently last met. I don't even remember that.
"Shadow and Amy! Amy and Shadow." She sang every now and again that vile incessant woman. "It's a good thing I've found you Shadow. When was the last time you'd had a nice brownie?"
"Not sure...fifty-odd years?" she laughed, mixing the batter as she stood next to me.
"You're such a joker." She bent down and kissed my cheek. What a terrible price I paid for room and board. She bent down to place the brownies into the oven. I decided to speak up.
"So...we're dating now?" I asked, standing up and turning around. I could since her smiling as she coyly backed her self against me as she closed the oven. She then stood up and was practically pressing against me.
"I was hoping you'd want to." She lifted her head onto my shoulder and turned to face me. I blushed in spite of myself. for what had to be the hundredth time tonight she'd managed to push things further than I'd anticipated. I stepped back.
"I'm not Sonic." I told her sternly, eyes flaring. She blinked at me with her soft stare.
"You're Shadow."
"Yes. What you want is Sonic. I'm not Sonic. And no amount of misplaced affection can make me Sonic." She suddenly hardened her gaze. Stepping towards me folding her arms.
"I know that! What do you think I am? An idiot?" She slapped me across the cheek, hard. I didn't move. I may have lost my room and board.
"You think I am incapable of feeling anything but mad attraction to Sonic? You were so in there Shadow! You were there when Sonic wasn't. And you're going to let this opportunity go?" I'm not that interested right now. For the first time I give her an honest look over. She had grown in the last few years I must say. Her hips had developed to a nice curve and her breasts were one size larger at least. I wasn't that interested; but who knows?
"Answer me!" She stomped her foot, starring angrily at me. I sighed.
"Sorry. If it makes you feel better I'll go out with you." Anything to make you not kick me out. She smiled warmly at me. I took it as a sign of forgiveness.
"Good." She kissed my cheek and bounced out of the room. I sighed heavily. Is this how relationships start?
My first computations on Cream were wrong. Although her personality has not changed her body has in the last few years. The preteen now was what most would classify as attractive. He chao was a few sizes larger but still the same curious creature. I see them now, changing their wet clothes in Cream's room. At the top of this tree at least 500 meters away she wont be able to see me. This was quite good. Now I could do as I wished without their pesky interference. I turned and examined the rest of the forest. At a glance it would bee easy to stay out of the way of their views; not true.
Now I have them though. I just need a plan. I need an objective: To learn? To amass power? To attack? I need to find a purpose of watching them. Wait, if I don't have a purpose of watching them why do I do so? Curiosity? That should be a purpose in itself? Why am I doing this? I don't need to be doing this. I should be...I don't know what I should be doing.
I turned back to the open window and saw the child. She was gone from her room. I looked down and saw her assisting her mother with a meal. I assumed dinner from the time of day. soon Cream came to her mother, expressing concern. Her mother made a hand gesture, as if to request that she do something. Cream obeyed and left the house.
"Have you seen the ax Cheese? The stove fire is almost out of fuel and there's no more inside." They still had a wood burning stove? No matter. I could learn more from them if I were closer. Wait, is that my objective? It is as good as any. I quietly activated my thrusters and zoomed into their shed before Cream could see. I found several logs there and within a few seconds had them down to small, uniform blocks so lightweight even Cheese could carry them. Suddenly the door opened. Without looking to see who it was I jumped into a barrel to hide. Cream ran to the supply.
"Wow! Cheese! What happened?"
"Chao! Chao!" It replied, picking one up. Cream did so too.
"Did you do this?" she asked her constant companion. It shook its head and she laughed.
"Maybe a spirit helped us." She suggested to the chao who nodded. Suddenly she put both hands over her mouth, dropping the wood.
"A spirit..." It was her idea in the first place. Soon she smiled however. Then she and her chao took as much as they could carry and before she'd run out of the shed she shouted to the skies,
"Thank you good spirit!" I exited the barrel and reviewed the situation. Perhaps I clould learn more about the traits and qualities I was missing if they thought I was a 'Good Spirit'. I decided this to be a logical course of action.
