I'm back! I was gone for a vacation, so yeah, I was able to chill, swim, eat, and I saw the G.I. Joe movie-That movie's awesome! Go see it! Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter/part!
~In the Rain~
Part 2
"Oh, why do I keep going the wrong way?" Sonic complained as he appeared in the center of the forest for the 20th time. All he wanted to do was to go home, warm up the fireplace and drink some cocoa for peace sakes. Rain was not Sonic's best friend. "Ok, now which way should I go?" he wondered as he scratched his head.
Not too far away, Shadow was running with his ultimate speed, searching for the blue bastard. His eyes showed rage as so did his teeth. Once he finds Faker, he'll beat him senselessly until he runs out of energy. After all, somebody has to teach him a lesson about hurting women. The mark on Amy's cheek showed enough evidence to Sonic's unexpected behavior. Shadow won't accept this madness, especially from Faker.
"Grr, where is he?" the black hedgehog growled as he ignored the loud thunder and lighting flashes in the sky as he ran. A moment later, he finds Sonic looking around worriedly. "There he is", he whispered readily and charges at him.
"Huh?" Sonic looks to his right as he heard something coming towards him. By a blink of an eye, he was knocked down by a hard punch. He gets up and rubs his jaw in pain. Furiously, he looks to see who injured him, but he only saw darkness. He got into his fighting position as he scanned around the area. Suddenly, he heard a wet thud and turned around. But then, he got punched in his other jaw, sending him to the ground. "Ouch!" he hissed in pain. He looked up at his arch-rival, Shadow, who was standing before him with anger in his eyes. The lighting flashes made him look very scary. "What was that for!?" he yelled at him angrily.
"You know what you did, and I'll never forgive you for it", Shadow pointed at him rudely.
"Wh-what are you talking about?" Sonic stood up slowly while nursing his left jaw.
"Idiot, you don't remember?" the dark hedgehog clenched his fists.
"I dunno what you're talking about, but you're really starting to piss me off, Shadow!" the blue hero said wrathfully.
"Then release your anger on me, just like you did towards Amy", Shadow got into his fighting position.
At that moment, Sonic gasped to himself. Now he knows why Shadow was attacking him in the first place. It was all because of what he did to Amy earlier today. He saw a flashback of when he smacked her across the face and watching her run away with tears. Amy must've told Shadow everything about that event. Sure Sonic could handle Eggman and his evil schemes, but he couldn't handle the truth. He assaulted Amy and broke her heart. Shamefully, he looks down to the ground, letting the rain pound on his back and quills. Wait, pound? It was starting to hail now! Sonic shivered as he rubbed his arms for warmth.
"So what do you have to say for yourself?" Shadow crossed his arms, ignoring the small hail falling on him.
"I…I know what I did was wrong. And…I want her to forgive me", the blue hedgehog said honestly. "Do you where she is?" he asked his rival.
"Don't worry about it", Shadow replied.
"What!?" Sonic narrowed his eyebrows briskly.
"You heard me. As long as you're not near her, she's safe. She has suffered enough from a fake hero like you", Shadow said sharply.
Growling crossly, Sonic's fur suddenly turned dark and his green eye pupils disappeared. Strange aura circled around him as he breathed madly. He was now Dark Sonic. Although that didn't scare Shadow one bit. After all, he wanted a challenge considering he hasn't faced Eggman for a long time. He got into his fighting position as so did Dark Sonic.
Dark Sonic was the first one to charge. He swung his fists at Shadow, but missed everytime. His opponent tried the same tactic, but he failed to lay a single scratch on him. Next, they tried to kick one another, but dodged each other's attacks as well. Finally, Dark Sonic elbowed Shadow in the gut, making him cough some blood, and punched him in the face, making him fly backwards into a tree powerfully. The ultimate life form stood on his arms as he panted hardly in pain. He never thought that Faker would have so much power within him. At any rate, Shadow wasn't going to give up. He got up and launched his Chaos Spear attack.
Strongly, Dark Sonic slapped the Chaos Spear to the side. However, it attacked a tall tree, causing it to fall towards the two. Luckily, they were able to jump out of its way as it landed on the ground. With that delay out of the way, the two hedgehogs continued their battle.
Not too far away, Amy was running through forest whilst trying to hold the umbrella over her head. She stopped to look at the sky. It was clearly dark and it looked like hail was coming down. The lightning flashed a couple times as the thunder boomed loudly. The female hedgehog whimpered in fear and coldness. She didn't like thunderstorms and sure didn't like to be out in the middle of one. Still, she had to find Shadow and hopefully stop him from taking Sonic's life. Yes, it seems odd that Amy wants to save the one who mistreated her, but she knows that murder was wrong. After all, she remembered what Shadow was like during the Space Colony ARK battle. She hoped that Shadow won't go back to his evil ways after killing Sonic. No, she hoped that she wasn't too late. The wind blew roughly, causing Shadow's umbrella to get loose from Amy.
"Oh no!" she gasped as she watched the umbrella whoosh away into darkness. So much for staying dry. "I'll worry about that later", she said seriously. "Right now, I have to find them", she took off to find the male hedgehogs.
Returning to the battle, Dark Sonic and Shadow punched each other's jaw at the same time, making them to back up some. They looked at each other coldly as they panted with exhaustion. Quickly, they grabbed each others' wrists in order to perform a throw down on one another. They growled heatedly, grunted in pain, and struggled to get free from each other's grasp. Seconds later, Shadow kneed his rival in the gut and tackled him down to the ground. He was about to punch him in the face, but Dark Sonic grabbed his left fist, trying to twist it to the side. As he hissed in pain, Dark Sonic performed a head butt attack and kicked him off. Both of them stood up fast and continued to dodge each other's attacks.
Not a moment too soon, Dark Sonic ducked from Shadow's upcoming fist and took the chance to grab him by the neck. He began to choke him as Shadow struggled to get loose. The thunder roared loudly as more lightning flickered within the clouds. Shadow punched Dark Sonic numerous of times on the head in order to get loose, but he received no luck. The more anger Sonic had, the more powerful he gets. More negative energy flowed through as he gripped Shadow's neck tighter, listening to him gasping for air.
Around the corner, Amy was running through the place while moving the tree branches and the bushes out of the way at the same time. She looks up ahead and gasps to herself fearfully. Up ahead, she sees Shadow getting choked by a much darker hedgehog. She examined the fearsome hedgehog until she recognized a pair of red and white running shoes. To her surprise, it was Sonic. Without hesitation, she dashes out of her hiding spot to stop the fight.
"Sonic, stop!" she begged as she wrapped her arms around him.
By feeling Amy's touch and hearing her voice, Sonic gasped to himself and released Shadow. He was then back to normal. Apprehensively, he looks at his hands and realized what he's been doing. Shadow on the other hand was panting slowly in order to catch his breath while holding onto his neck lightly.
"What have I done?" Sonic said appallingly as he continued to stare at his hands. "Why does this keep happening to me?"
"Sonic…" Amy whispered worriedly as she released him and backed away a little.
"Amy", Sonic turned to her nervously. "Did you witness everything?"
"…Yeah", the pink hedgehog nodded.
"Oh no", the blue hero grabbed his quills frightfully. "I harmed you and I almost killed Shadow! What's going on with me!?"
His ex-fangirl gazed at him, wondering what made him go berserk. She figured that it was all because of her. Now she felt stupid. If only she left Sonic alone in the first place. No, if only she wasn't so blindly in love with him. Not only that, she felt like it was her fault that Shadow was hurt. It was as if she was the catalyst of everyone's problems. She lowered her head believing that.
"I'm sorry", she spoke sorrowfully. "About everything."
"Huh?" Sonic stopped panicking and looked at her.
"I caused you and everyone else so many problems and so many headaches", Amy continued as she looked at him. "If only I knew you were having bad day. Better yet, I should've stopped chasing you from the start. And Shadow", she turned to the black hedgehog who was standing further away from the two with his arms crossed. "I'm sorry for bringing you into this mess. I'm just…I'm just a trouble maker", she wiped a few tears from her cheeks.
"…No, you're not", Shadow said calmly. She looked at him surprisingly by his words. "In life, shit happens, and sometimes you can't even stop it. So don't ever blame yourself…Apology accepted."
"I'm the one that should get the blame for all of this", Sonic raised his hand guiltily. "I…I don't know what came over me today", he placed his hands on Amy's shoulders. "Maybe I'm letting my emotions get to me, I don't know. But one thing for sure, I'm gonna get some help. One more thing, Amy, I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry. If you wanna punch me in the face, then go ahead", he backed up and put his hands behind his back.
Amy was surprised at his words. She didn't think that Sonic had anger problems, considering he was always confident and cocky at times. As for Shadow, he figured that Faker had learned his lesson and decided to let him go…for now. Smirking evilly, Amy stomped to Sonic and kicked him in the shin. Ignoring his loud "OW!" cry, she pulled his quills and growled violently.
"Hey, not so hard!" Sonic yelled in pain.
"Shut up, you deserve it!" Amy snapped as she yanked his quills harder.
"Hmph", Shadow smirked to himself. "If only I had a camera", he thought sinisterly.
Out of nowhere, a strike of lightning damaged a tree behind Sonic, causing it to fall towards him and Amy. They looked up and gasped. Suddenly, they were pushed out of the way strongly and they moved away from the tree. When they looked back the tree landed on the ground noisily.
"Oh my god!" Sonic gasped fearfully.
"Shadow!" Amy cried worriedly.
~End of Part 2~
Cliffhanger! DUN-DUN-DUN! Stayed tuned for the last part of this story! I'll update as soon as I can, so don't kill me! (Hides under a table)
