Voiceless Hearts chapter 3

Yersi Fanel- i had to think of something so it would fit in with the story plan

WindRyu Hyroko- here's the update!

Mystery001-yay! i like being praised

Yozora Nozomi- guess you'll just have to keep reading!

dArkliTe-sPirit- you'll find out about what happened at GUN's base in this chapter!

FeatherWings- ok, on with the story!

Shadow sat with a backpack in his room. It was just an ordinary, plain black backpack. Looking around his room, he didn't have much to take with him. He turned to his chao. "Katana..." the chao came closer but he said nothing more.

"Chao." Shadow continued to pack. Various items had collected during the time he lived on Earth, mostly useless things. He packed a blanket (it was starting to get cold as the autumn progressed), a flashlight and matches so far. He came across old buckets of paint, which the others had bought for him.

Shadow stuck his hand under his bed. There was something smooth under there. He felt around to feel it was pointy at one end. He grabbed hold of it and pulled it out. In his hand lay a green chaos emerald. Shadow blinked then stared at it. 'Say it.' he heard in his head. 'Chaos Control.' he blinked. 'Say it!'

"Shadow? You almost done?" he heard from the doorway. Shadow stuffed the emerald in the backpack before closing it and turning to see Sonic.

"Y-yeah. Almost." he said nervously. Sonic walked away. 'What was that?' Shadow wondered.

It was an unsaid agreement that they would not bring anyone else into this; even if it meant hurting those people to protect them. They were leaving Big a note on his door the night they were leaving. That's where they were standing now. They were all packed and ready to go. Each held their own bag and in it the things they would carry with them from the past when they lived in peace.

They bowed and began to walk away. The group was headed to the train station. They would transfer to another train in Station Square. The night was bitter cold. Wind blew and stung as if it were also against them. Step by step they made footprints in the ground. Some were covered by the leaves that were starting to fall from the trees. The walk was long; much longer then it would usually be. This was a path they could not look back from.

They now stood on the platform yet no one said a word and no one looked up at one another. Soon Shadow noticed this and did look up. One at a time, he looked at the faces of his friends. He could not figure out why they were all so quiet. Eggman had done such things before and usually they would fight against him instead of running away. Shadow was about to speak up when he felt a tug on his arm. He looked down to see the worried face of Cream. Then suddenly she threw herself around Shadow to hide her face. Shadow wrapped his arms around the small rabbit and could hear muffled sobs. Soon her sobs could not be heard as the train slowly pulled into the station.

The others walked calmly onto the train and looked back to Shadow, Cream and the two chao. Shadow looked to them then back at Cream. Not wanting to upset Cream more, Shadow picked her up and carried her onto the train just before the doors closed. They all looked out the window to the home they may never see again.

Shadow put Cream down in a seat then sat next to her. He was still holding onto her like she did to him. The chao stood on the windowsill looking down to them. The rest of the group still did not look at him nor did they talk. He looked down at Cream who still hid her face.

"Sonic..." Rouge began wanting very much to ask him about what had happened at GUN's base.

"Not now, Rouge." Sonic did not even look up at her but continued to stare at the floor. His voice was quiet. Rouge said nothing more.

Cream had fallen asleep and Shadow had trouble keeping his eyes open. His head fell forward before he moved it back up again. He then turned it to look out the window. He now noticed how many people the world held, so many lives. Shadow leaned his head against the glass. Even though it was cold outside, it was warm in the train. He let his eyes close. He could hear someone laughing, a girl. He opened his eyes and looked around but everyone was still. Shadow looked down and saw Cream still sleeping.

The train slowly came to a stop. The doors opened and people began to get out. Shadow picked up the sleeping Cream as the two chao fallowed. With the doors closed behind them, they knew this was for real and that there was no turning back. The train left the station and soon was gone.

The group walked down the halls of the train station. They had no idea where to go or what to do in order to live. From all the traveling and chaos they had not eaten in some time. Their stomachs roared in protest and hurt in revenge. "We should find someplace to eat." Sonic spoke to the group. However they had no idea where to find food at this time in the day, it was late.

"Ha!" Amy laughed while holding up her backpack, "I was smart and brought food!" she held her head high.

"Where should we eat?" Tails asked.

"Why don't we stay in the station tonight and take a train tomorrow?" Amy suggested while looking around.

"Sounds good." Sonic smiled, "What did you bring?" he directed his question to Amy with the food. She took something out and threw it to him. It was a sandwich. They sat down in a quiet corridor even though no one was around there would be people in the morning they knew.

Sonic devoured his sandwich and Amy went around to the others. One-by-one each got something to eat; a sandwich, a bag of chips or a muffin with something to drink. Amy now approached Shadow who was still holding Cream. He had taken out the blanket he had taken from home to wrap around her. "Here you go, Shadow." she handed him a sandwich.

"Thank you."

"Should we wake Cream?" Amy motioned to the rabbit.

"Let her sleep." Shadow shook his head. Amy nodded then walked away to bother Sonic. 'Some things never change.' Shadow thought then smiled while he looked at them. His smile changed from a smile to a frown when he saw Rouge walk over to them. She had been acting strange lately and he wondered why.

"Sonic...Amy...I really must talk to you." Rouge said urgently in a hushed voice. She motioned for them to fallow her farther down the hall.

"What is it Rouge?" Amy asked while she and Sonic walked behind the bat. Then soon stopped a distance away from the rest of the group.

"Sonic..." she turned to him. "What happened with GUN? Did you find something out?" Rouge's eyes showed worry.

Sonic closed his eyes and leaned his face down. He was silent then looked up. "There was some talk of something...I don't know but...they talked much about Shadow and..." Sonic looked away.

"What was it?" Rouge asked. "Tell me!" she grew impatient with fear.

"A weapon." Sonic said.

"A weapon?" Rouge and Amy leaned in closer.

"Something to use against Shadow...but I don't know much else about it. It was as if they spoke in code or would not speak of what it was or what it would do. I'm sorry. That's all I know." Rouge looked over to Shadow who was looking at them.

"Shadow..." she said softly so only she could hear.

FeatherWings- I'd like to thank Kisafor helping me through my writer's block. Kisa is my pet. Guess what kind of animal she is!