Mentally and Physically KO'd

Believe me; I kept my distance away from Shadow, hoping the night would never come. Amy and Rouge either kept giving me either skeptic glances or worried looks.

"Hey Jetsu. I need to have a word with you." It was Amy. She looked normal now...

"Okay". I walked into the room she was in. Then she locked the door. Bad things happen when Amy locks doors around the house. "Amy, what's going on?"

"We want to talk to you" Rouge said as she came out of the bedroom bathroom, makeup fresh on her face.

"Oh dear God, no." I whispered to myself. I don't like Rouge that much She seems too… friendly. I have my reasons. "What do you want with me?"

"We heard you this morning. You know, after you fell off the roof, tripping over the gutter, again." Amy stated that like it's commen.

"I didn't fall! I'm better than that." OK, I lied. Maybe I did fall, but I did make a perfect landing…Actually I landed in the tree, so sue me… "Wait, you heard us?"

"Yeah, and Amy and I don't think you should get in Shadows way. You're just a kid."

"So I'm a year younger than Amy. Big freakin' deal. You don't think I'm capable of fighting against him?"

Rouge: "No, so don't!"

"Rouge!" Amy blurted. "Look, Jet. It's not that we don't think you're capable. It's just that Shadow has powers that you haven't seen yet, so you don't know what to expect."

"And we've never seen you fight. For all we know, you can't even beat air."

"I do know how." I whined.

"What's up with the ninja talk?" Amy looked me up. " Espio is the only one of us who proved he was one. You proved squat."

"I can so do stuff. I can prove I'm a ninja."

"Do a dopple ganger." Rouge requested.

"No fair, I'm still working on that!" I was close to tears.

"Well, I guess we know what to expect tonight. 'Cause it's gonna take a lot of you to take on one of him." Rouge pointed out.

Wow. I've never seen Rouge so serious before. Maybe I shouldn't-

Bang! Bang! Bang! Some one was trying to smash the door in.

"Hey! Unlock this door! Bad things happen when Amy locks doors! I would know!" (See?) It was Knuckles. "GET! OUT! OF! MY! ROOOOOOOOM! Knuckles' banging went faster and faster. It was way more annoying then you think.

I opened the door, uppercuted Knuckles, back flip kicked off of his knee, and then threw two explosive throwing stars at him while we were still air born. When I landed, I did a back flipped back into the room and kicked the door shut.

Boom!

"Impressive." Rouge didn't really act like she was impressed at all. The irony.

Every thing was silent for a while, but Amy soon spoke up. "……… Jet, if you want to get your ass kicked not once, not twice, but multiple times, you go right ahead."

"Why you say that?" I asked.

" 'Cause Shadow, if you give him the chance is going to beat on you, throw you around, and kick your ass a lot more than once." Rouge answered. "You're getting in the way of what he wants, and when it comes to that, only Sonic and Knuckles can stop him."

"But what about the civilians? He's hurting-"

"-Exactly! Hurting, not killing." Amy pointed out.

"But still…." I started, but stop.

What else could I say? They've made their point. I know it's wrong but I don't know how to explain why. I'm at a loss of words, and it sucks eggs. It's like getting kicked in the private multiple times, mentally.

Seconds passed…

"Well, Amy. I think we are the first ones in this house to make him speechless." She crossed her arms and looked out the window.

"Rouge!" Amy shushed her.

"What we did, didn't we?" She shot back... with the truth...

"Look, Jetsu." Amy started. "We only want to protect you-."

"-How the heck can you two be so careless?" I interupted.

I opened the door, indicating that I wanted the conversation to be over, and that I wanted them out of my face. I hung my head as they walked be by.

Rouge's back was facing me. "Jetsu, if you do decide to confront Shadow, your blood is on your own hands. You know that, right?"

"Whatever." I said, hurt.

In minutes Amy, Rouge, Cream, Sonic, and Tails were on their way to the mall, leaving only me, Knuckles, and Shadow in the house. After they left I opened the door and-

"Keep yo pimp hand strong!" Knuckles shouted.

Pow! Getting pimp smacked by Knuckles is like getting hit with by two sharp rocks thrown in chaos control. (That means it hurts). Knuckles looked down at me.

"Yeah, payback is a b-."

Then everything went black

End of chapter 2