Upon entering Silver's house, Mortik whispered into Alicia's ear, "Stay close." Alicia nodded, and latched onto Mortik's arm. "Ow! Hey, Alicia, when I said stay close, I didn't mean claw the blazes out of my arm!"
"Oh, sorry, hun! I didn't mean to!" Alicia replied.
Mortik smiled and tussled her hair. "It's quite alright, Alicia."
Alicia blushed. "Thanks, Mortik."
As Alicia latched onto Mortik's arm, Mortik simply smiled, but then frowned as he turned to face Silver. "This is...a nice house you own. Do you actually live here all alone?" asked Mortik.
"Most of the time, yes." Silver replied.
"Most of the time?" Alicia asked.
"Well, let's just say I have a friend who refuses to leave me alone."
"Really? What is this friend's name?" Mortik asked, curious.
"Eh. I'm sure if you stick around long enough, he'll answer that for me." Silver replied ominously.
"OK…" The pair muttered.
A few minutes later, they arrived at a couch. "Please, have a seat while I go get something to eat. You want anything?" Silver asked politely.
"If ya have any firewater, that would be great." Alicia said. "It would be most pleasant if you could make that two firewaters." Mortik said.
"Hmm. I dont think I have any alchoholic stuff, but my friend might." Silver said.
"Where are they now?" Mortik asked.
"Probably…" Silver began before he was cut off. "Right here." A sinister-ish voice said.
"What the…" Mortik and Alicia said as the looked at each other briefly.
"So I see you have guests Silver. I'm Shadow. Shadow the Hedgehog. And you are?"
"My name is Mortik John the Hellspawn. This is my fia...er, my partner, Alicia Quintus the Dragon." Mortik said. "Can you please show yourself, Shadow?"
"Oh, right, of course." Shadow replied as he stepped out from the...um, shadows.
Shadow had black fur with white chestfur, and had black spines with red upper highlights facing upwards. His arms were also coated in black fur, but at the same time, had more red highlights running along them. He had a set of red, bright orange-tinted eyes that almost felt like the blazing pillars of hell itself. He also had a tan colored jaw and a black, oval-shaped nose. He was wearing white shoes with black heels, with red lining running around the entire bottom perimeter of the shoes, and what seemed to be four yellow tubes running alongside the bottom of the shoes. Adorning his ankles was a golden ring with a red tag and a black tube sticking out above the rings on each ankle. He was also wearing white gloves with the same ankle setup on his wrists.
"Wow, Shadow. You look even more intimidating than usual. Something happen?" Silver asked.
Shadow turned and faced Silver and said, "If you really must know, I was looking through the Professor's recordings for something when the moron called. It startled me, since I was half-asleep, and I spilled my firewater. THEN, I was taking a bath to clean my fur, but I found...something...which made me lost in memories, and I overflowed the tub, and I slipped on the water and hit my head on the tub."
Silver began to laugh, but then Shadow threw a punch that went straight through the wall next to Silver, insulation and all. Silver gulped and said, "Ok, ok, I get the message."
"Ahem."
Both Shadow and Silver looked in Mortik's direction. "I don't know what's going on right now, and frankly I do not care. Can we please just get down to business, Silver?"
Silver sighed. "Fine."
"Oh no you don't! I need to talk to you first, Silver." Shadow said.
"About what?" He asked.
"...Come with me to the kitchen." Shadow said plainly.
"Huh?" Silver asked.
"NOW." Shadow demanded.
"Um...uh...Ok then!" Silver stammered.
"No one else can know what I'm about to tell you. Not even them." Shadow said as he walked down the dark hallway with Silver.