Shadow's Life
Chapter Two
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me, Sega has the lucky privilege.
Shadow saw the figure run towards Knuckles, as he lazily turned around.
"Knuckles, look out! It's-" Shadow said as the figure was feet away from Knuckles. He was cut off when the figure's arms threw themselves out into a grappling position when they slid over Knuckles' shoulders and wrapped around his neck, pulling him into a tight embrace. Shadow just looked away, not wanting to even look at the lovebirds, feeling as though the expressions of love was not his to be seen...as if he even cared to see them. Knuckles blushed, making his red fur redder, shock illuminating his eyes. It was Rouge the Bat, and in her hands was the sparkling silver Chaos Emerald. It gleamed radiantly, and sparkled as the sunlight bounced off of its smooth surface.
"Oh Knuckles, look what I found!" Knuckles, who was confused by Rouge's sudden appearance, looked down at her hand.
"The silver Chaos Emerald!" Knuckles exclaimed, surprised. He then saw a gun in her pocket, and decided not to ask. Rouge started talking about future dates and such, so Shadow took this as a cue to leave.
"When our paths cross again, Knuckles!" said Shadow as he turned around.
"Agreed," said Knuckles, as he turned back to Rouge. Immediately, Shadow raised his right hand, and waved, and then he ran off. With a bang only Shadow was capable of, Shadow took off, the familiar feeling of wind on his face, watering his eyes. Shadow then approached Amy's apartment building. He climbed the stairs, all the way to the tenth floor, and opened the door. He never knew why Amy wanted an apartment on the tenth floor of a building, but Shadow didn't complain, it gave him a better view of the clear moon at night. Amy was talking on the phone, and was talking about dresses, with an excited look on her face.
'I don't think I'll ever understand any girl...besides Maria...' Shadow thought to himself, rolling his eyes. He walked over to where Amy was, and waved to her. Amy suddenly put her hand to the phone's speaker, and seemed to lose it: her demeanor was similar to that of a person who had just won the lottery, jumping up and down, the phone in her hand. Her smile was never larger.
"Shadow! We're going to the pool, and we're going to meet Cream, and her boyfriend Tails there!" Amy screeched excitedly. Shadow paused for a moment, and a feeling of slight disgust rolled over him. Tails was only twelve, and Cream was ten, yet they were already dating? Amy may have found that cute, but he, Shadow, found it disturbing.
"OK, I guess we could go, I haven't seen Tails in a while..." murmured Shadow. The last time he saw Tails was when they were heading to ARK's Central Core programming computer that was built like the shrine for the Master Emerald around a year ago. Amy pranced out of the room gracefully while Shadow began the long walk to the pool, after grabbing a black towel with red stripes on the way. Little did he know that there would be more then just simple relaxation going on...
