Chapter Two
Author's Note: Here's the second chapter. I don't own anything except for Sam. Hope you enjoy.
Knuckles had cleaned the girl's wounds and bandaged them. He tried to comfort the hysterical human, but it didn't work at first, and the temperamental echidna was quickly losing his patience. Gradually, through a couple hours of rubbing her back and humming soothingly, the girl began to calm down, and soon she fell asleep. Knuckles smiled and placed a blanket over her before he silently slipped out of the room.
The red-furred echidna stomped down the stairs and to the living room, which was separated from the kitchen by a long kitchen counter. Shadow was currently sitting on the couch, watching some random TV show on his television. Knuckles blocked his leader's view.
"Move it, bug-face," Shadow snapped.
"No. I need to talk to you, Shadow," Knuckles shouted at the black- and red-furred hedgehog.
"Speak," Shadow commanded in an annoyed tone.
"How could you be so cruel to a new team member, Shadow? We all make mistakes on our first day on the job." Knuckles continued to use his shouting voice.
"And you, out of all people, should remember the consequences for the mistakes you made." Shadow raised an eyebrow at Knuckles.
"Shadow, she isn't strong enough for your tortures," Knuckles retorted.
"If she doesn't make any more mistakes, she'll be fine," Shadow said. "Now could you please move?"
Knuckles grumbled and walked up the stairs to his room. Dinner time came soon enough, but Sam wasn't sure that she wanted to head down and face Shadow. She had no other choice though, so she carefully made her way down the stairs and to the kitchen. She silently took a seat. Bandages covered her whole upper body so she didn't feel the need to wear a shirt.
"How are you feeling, Sam?" Knuckles and Sonic asked at the same time as they ate their dinners.
"A bit sore, but I'll live," she responded as Shadow set a plate in front of her. She ate the food warily and slowly, making Shadow stare at her with a surprised expression. He soon turned back to his own work.
"We're running out of food." Shadow broke the silence as he sat down on the table with his own plate of food.
"I can go shopping for you tomorrow," Knuckles offered.
"Oh, can I go with Knuckles?" Sam asked. Shadow's eyes, which had previously been on his food, were now on Sam. She paled once she saw Shadow staring at her.
"Sure," Shadow finally said after a while of silence. He touched Sam's hand when he said this. Sam blushed a little at the touch.
"Knuckles, make sure she doesn't stray off tomorrow, or I'll have your head," Shadow warned, and Knuckles nodded in return. The rest of dinner was relatively silent. Sam was the first one out of the small team to finish, and so she excused herself from the table. She went upstairs to her room and promptly came back down with a little purple book with a lock on the side and a pen. It was her personal diary. She sat on a corner of the sofa and opened the little book and began to scribble something down on a blank page. After a couple minutes she heard footsteps, but she didn't look up from her writing.
"What are you writing?" a voice whispered into her ear. She froze and looked toward where the voice came from. Seeing Shadow, she paled for the second time that evening.
"S—Shadow!?" she stammered.
"Don't be so surprised," Shadow chuckled. Sam touched his chest, making Shadow blink in confusion.
"What am I doing here, Shadow? Why did you choose me?" Sam asked him. Shadow sat down next to her on the sofa.
"You have an ability that is useful to me," Shadow simply said.
"So, you're just using me?" Sam asked with tears in her eyes. Shadow pulled her into his lap, making her gasp.
"I am not using 'you,' but your ability," Shadow whispered to her. Sam rested her head against his chest.
"I don't want to make you angry. I don't want you to be disappointed in me," she said into the fluff on Shadow's chest. Shadow looked at the human girl on his lap in wonder.
"Just do what I tell you, and you'll be just fine and very much safe," Shadow said as he placed a finger under her chin, making her look at him. She looked up at the expression in Shadow's crimson-hued eyes. What she found there made her blue eyes widen.
"Shadow?" she questioned. Shadow didn't respond, but he pressed his lips against hers, making her eyes widen even further.
When the black- and red-furred hedgehog parted, his crimson eyes met her shocked blue ones. Shadow gently shoved her off and walked upstairs. Sam stared after him and put a hand to her lips.
'He…he kissed me.' She thought—and then blushed madly.
A/N: Awww wasn't that a cute way to end a chapter! Hope you liked it! And please review! Stay tuned for the next chapter.