Chapter 3
Sorry for the slow update, end of school year testing has been kicking my butt lately. Anyway, here's the next chapter! Enjoy! :D
"Silver, you're squeezing the air out of me."
Silver, tears streaming down his cheeks, let go of the purple cat's waist, stepping back and wiping his nose. Blaze, feeling sorry for the hedgehog, gently kissed him on the cheek. "It'll be ok, Silver. I promise it'll be okay."
The group was just outside of security, and the girls were about to leave. Rouge had hugged and kissed Shadow all at the same time, and Amy went crazy with Sonic. The blue hedgehog was choking with all the hugs that Amy was giving him. Tails gave hugs, trying to smile through the tears. Eventually, the girls unlatched themselves from their boyfriends and went to grab their bags.
Before they got to security, however, the boys actually got together to say farewell. They were waving and calling out, "I love you!" and, "Have a good trip!" Shadow, wiping away a small tear, called out, "Have a nice time, Rouge!" Eventually they were out of sight, hidden behind a wall as the girls walked towards security.
"Aww, wasn't that a rare sight from Shadow? He's never usually that nice. You are one lucky girl, Rouge." Rouge smiled at the comment from Amy as she took out her laptop from her carry-on and sat it and the bag on the conveyer belt. "Well, Amy, you aren't so bad yourself, but I'm surprised Blue Dude can still breathe!" Rouge playfully dodged a light punch from the pink hedgehog. Amy, after setting her stuff on the belt, went through the security gate. Rouge followed, and Blaze after her.
Grabbing their stuff and walking away from security with relief, the girls glanced at the clock and noticed that they still had a good hour until the plane took off. Deciding to kill some time, they did the only thing that they could do, go shopping.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but, I miss them already." Sonic said, wiping his nose. Beside him, Tails walked with his head looking at the ground, and mumbled, "Me too." Shadow walked ahead of Sonic and Tails, too lost in his emotions to say anything. Silver lugged behind, feeling sad and alone. The ivory hedgehog sniffled and wiped his nose.
Hearing Silver, Tails and Sonic looked behind them to see the ivory hedgehog with head towards the ground and dragging his feet. Tails stopped and, walking back to the miserable hedgehog, held his hand. Silver, surprised, tilted his head to the person that was holding his hand. He was greeted by the smiling kitsune. The hedgehog smiled back.
Sonic chuckled at the sight. Silver and Tails were holding hands. No surprise there. They were friends after all. He eventually had to look back in front of him so as to avoid bumping into anyone. Then his eyes grew wide.
"Oh, no…"
Shadow was nowhere to be seen. Vanished, gone without a trace. Sonic's eyes darted from one group of people to another, trying to find a trace of the black hedgehog, with no luck. With all those emotions in his head, who knew what Shadow could do. The blue hedgehog started getting frantic, pushing people aside and breathing hard.
Soon, Silver and Tails noticed Sonic's frantic movements and were confused. Walking up to him, Silver said in a slightly shaky voice, "What's wrong, Sonic?" The white hedgehog was startled when Sonic suddenly turned to face him and Silver almost bumped into the blue hedgehog.
Grabbing Silver's shoulders with shaky hands, Sonic half-mouthed half-whispered, "It's Shadow. He's gone."
"Oh, crap."
Coming from behind Silver, Tails started shivering. "That's really bad, isn't it?" Sonic looked down to the fox, nodding slowly. "We should start looking for him then! Who knows what he could be doing right now?!" Silver half-shouted to Sonic, then dashed away through the crowd. "Silver, come back!" Sonic followed after him. Tails ran after Sonic, trying to keep up.
Silver's eyes darted from one place to another as he squeezed between lingering groups. Where could that hedgehog be? Silver gasped when he saw a glint of red from somewhere to his left. Turning left, he saw it again, and followed it back to where they had said farewell to the girls. Then Silver thought he saw a dark, tan muzzle and red eyes. No mistaking it, that was Shadow!
Glad to know it was indeed Shadow, Silver followed the hedgehog through the gate and into security. Ducking under tables and sneaking behind guards, the white hedgehog eventually got through security and into the waiting area where people waited to board their planes. "What could Shadow be thinking, sneaking through security? Is he thinking of sneaking onto the girls' plane?"
Silver, catching a glance of Shadow again, started following the hedgehog again. He eventually caught up, and when everyone else wasn't looking, Silver tackled the black hedgehog to the ground. Avoiding kicks and punches from Shadow, the ivory hedgehog shouted out, "What are you thinking, coming back here? You can't just sneak through security like th-"
With Shadow's hand cupped around his mouth, all Silver could do was mumble. "Stop nagging! I was only thinking, that maybe, instead of having a boring time at home, we could spy on them during their whole vacation! That sounds like fun to me." Silver was still trying to get his word across, but stopped when he heard Shadow's explanation. An opportunity to spy on the girls? Silver knew he would never get another chance like this. Besides, he knew that he couldn't survive without seeing Blaze at least once a day.
Seeing that Silver had hushed, Shadow said to him, "Well, are you going to behave now? I don't want people staring." Silver nodded. "Okay." Shadow took his hand off of Silver's mouth. "That sounds like a good idea, actually." Silver said to Shadow quietly.
"Can I come!?" Sonic sat right next to them, breathing a little hard. "Getting through security was a bit hard, considering I'm bright blue. But I did."
"Hey, where's Tails?" Silver looked behind Sonic, expecting the fox to be there, but he wasn't. Sonic chuckled. "You didn't actually think that I'd let him try and sneak through security, right? You know he's not much of a sleuth. I told him to go home and that I'd call him and tell him what happened. But if we're going on vacation, I'd like to come too!"
Shadow sighed. "I don't know how I'm going to get you guys on board. It's hard enough sneaking myself past the guards."
"Hmm, good point. So, what's your plan?" Seeing that Shadow was giving him the silent treatment, Sonic turned to Silver. "Any ideas Silver?"
"Hmm, not really…"
"Great. We're stuck here." Sonic slumped against the wall. Shadow smacked a hand to his forehead, growling. "Duh! Why didn't I think of it before?! We can use Chaos Control to pause time and get on the plane without anyone noticing!"
"Hmm, good point. Alright, take out your emerald then." Sonic started to get up.
Standing up, all three hedgehogs whispered, "Chaos Control!" and in seconds, the world had slowed down until everyone had stopped walking. Elevators stopped moving, and machines in shops stopped operating.
"Perfect."
Walking casually, the three headed towards the gate that read in bold letters, The Bahamas. Silver brought up his wrist to check the time. It was 11:30, they had fifteen minutes until the plane took off. Almost everyone was on the plane anyway.
They jogged down the platform tunnel to the plane entrance, where a man was fumbling in his suitcase for something, frozen in time, of course. Stepping around the man, the three, reaching the plane entrance, stepped over the small gap and into the plane.
"Now we just have to find a spot where we can hide during the ride. Any ideas?" Shadow walked up to a cart and pulled off a magazine. Opening it, he started reading. Immediately after opening it, he shut it and, closing the magazine, he threw it clear across the plane. "I hate ads." He grumbled.
Silver, trying to be helpful, raised a hand. "How about the cargo hold? No one checks down there."
"Perfect! But how do we get down there?" Sonic put on his thinking face, crossing his arms. Silver walked ahead a little further until he reached the back of the plane, near the kitchen. "There's gotta be some type of trap door around here somewhere…"
When Sonic and Shadow reached Silver and saw what he was doing, they helped, checking the floor on their hands and knees for some type of door.
"Bingo!"
Shadow, on his knees, removed a bit of the carpet, revealing a door with a plastic handle. Pulling the handle, Shadow stepped down the small steps into the darkness. Sonic and Silver peered down into the hole, looking for the vanished Shadow.
Sonic and Silver jerked up in surprise as the ebony hedgehog's head popped up out of the hole. "Coming or not?"
"Holy crap, you scared me half to death!" Sonic was sitting on the ground, chest heaving. Silver had gone whiter than usual and had fainted. "Heh, typical Silver. The girly hedgehog…"
Sonic, after recovering, turned over and poked Silver's nose. He shrieked as Silver's eyes came wide awake, and the blue hedgehog fell to the floor, chest heaving again. "Wow, good chain reaction. Now, if you're done goofing off, we need to get down to the cargo hold. We can't keep the world on hold forever." Shadow climbed back down the steps into the darkness.
"Alright, alright, I'm coming." Sonic crawled to the trapdoor, then jumped down inside. A soft thud could be heard after a few seconds. Silver went to the edge of the trapdoor, looking into the darkness. Fear crawled inside him, and he shivered. "It's kinda dark…Are you sure about th-"
The white hedgehog's sentence was interrupted as he was pulled inside by Shadow, who was shouting a loud, "Get in here already!"
