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Standing in the alley the next night, Shadow took off his sunglasses as the sun finally set. Stashing them away, he surveyed the alley, keeping alert for the fact that Sonic could jump him at any moment. As a result of this slight paranoia, he still carried that small knife in his shoe. Turning around to face the entrance to the alley, he saw Sonic casually strut in and Shadow coolly remarked, "You're late."
"Well, I didn't expect you to be here that early." Replied Sonic with a shrug. He glanced to see the handle of the knife peek out of Shadow's shoe. "Really? You're still carrying that around? Paranoid much?"
"Well, while I was waiting, I figured out why you liked this alley so much." Started Shadow. He gestured around the alley at the broken wooden chairs. "Paranoid much?"
"Fair enough. First of all, it's great to see you've calmed down from that psycho last night-"
"I've had enough stalling Sonic. Get to the point."
"Okay, okay. I get it. You're all business. So, what about the truce? There's no reason why both of us can't share the city."
"Okay. Deal."
"Wait. That's it? You're agreeing just like that?"
"What do you expect? Some sort of prize?"
"I expected a little more aggression." Sonic answered and Shadow shook his head as he crossed his arms.
"You said it yourself. I've calmed down from last night. I am in a completely reasonable state," Shadow shrugged, "but I think we should share a little bit about ourselves and how we've change."
"What?" responded Sonic with a slightly confused tone and expression on his face. "You want to share information about ourselves?"
"Of course. That's how trust is built in a truce like this. I'll go first," continued Shadow, "like you already know that it takes a stake to the heart to kill me, I've developed a preference for A Negative blood lately, I'm stronger and faster, and I strongly dislike dead man's blood due to the fact that it slows me down or, depending on how old it is, will knock me out. Oh, and my first vacation spot wouldn't be Shamar."
"Okay, uh, well, what do you want to know about me?" Sonic questioned as he crossed his arms and Shadow quickly tried to calculate how to ask his questions without raising suspicions about what his true intention was.
Thinking of the perfect opening statement for his questions, Shadow responded, "So, what's changed? Apart from the fact you've gotten uglier."
"Shut up Shadow. Well, I've gotten stronger and faster and more endurance. I'm almost invincible-"
"But you still can't swim huh?"
"Just shut up. I'm almost immortal. It really takes silver to the heart to kill me-"
"Which I know from experience. But, I suppose if I ripped your heart out of your chest right now…it would work just as well."
"Shadow. If you want me to talk, quit interrupting!" huffed Sonic and Shadow gave a small smirk from getting under Sonic's skin.
Noticing a few small scars over Sonic's arms, Shadow interrogated, "Hmph. I thought you were invincible. Where'd all the scars come from?"
Looking at the scars Shadow saw, Sonic told his black counterpart, "Everyone's got a kryptonite. Mine is silver. I get hit with something silver and I get a scar from it."
"Heh. I thought you were tougher than that." Shadow smirked and Sonic shot him a dirty look.
"Well, at least it beats a piece of wood to kill me. And you're telling me you don't have any scars from your fights?" retorted Sonic and Shadow's smirk faded away as he remembered his fight with Rouge.
Rubbing his shoulder, Shadow was able to trace the scar of where Rouge tore out a chunk of his shoulder when they fought for the last time. "That doesn't matter," Shadow snapped defensively as he stopped tracing the scar, "keep going with what you were saying."
"And the Lycan that turned me said I was ageless. She was 350, but she only looked like she was 20. And the older I got, the stronger I'd be. Oh, and my senses are like ten times sharper. I can see better in the dark, but not crystal clear."
"What about your transformations? You can control them?"
"To an extent. I can change whenever I want to…except on the full moon. I have no choice and basically I attack whatever I see, so I just go somewhere I can't hurt anyone." Sonic explained. Suddenly, Sonic's emerald eyes became panicked. "Shadow. Do you remember when the last full moon was?"
"Yes. A month ago tonight." Shadow answered and Sonic looked to the sky and howled.
Watching as Sonic transformed into his true form, Shadow backed away as Sonic growled at him and slowly advanced towards him. Extending his fangs as Sonic lunged at him, Shadow dodged the attack as Sonic hit the wall. Quickly, Sonic recovered and pinned Shadow to the ground and Shadow moved his neck out of the way of Sonic's snapping jaws as he tried to get the Lycan off him. "What the Hell is wrong with you?!" sneered Shadow and quickly glanced at the sky to see the moon was full. Then he remembered what Sonic said; he was forced to change on the full moon. "You can't help it…you have to try to kill me…you have to follow the Moon Curse…"
Fighting to keep Sonic's jaws from clamping down on him, Shadow kicked Sonic in the chest, causing him to back off. Quickly dashing up the side of a building, Shadow perched himself on a ledge, glancing down at Sonic as he tried to follow him. He had to keep Sonic focused on him to keep his azure counterpart from biting or harming anyone else. Noticing Sonic get distracted, Shadow hissed, bringing Sonic's attention back to him. "C'mon Sonic! You can do better than that!" Shadow taunted, causing the Lycan to only get angrier and attempting to follow him. Looking down at Sonic as the Lycan continued to attempt to reach him, Shadow knew he was not going anywhere for a while.
Hours later, when the sun finally started to rise, Shadow looked down to see Sonic had given up his attempts to get him and was now lying unconscious on the ground in his regular appearance. Knowing it was safe for him to finally come down, Shadow watched as Sonic slowly came to and Sonic slowly stood up. Rubbing the side of his head, Sonic groaned, "Ugh. I hate full moons." He saw Shadow as Shadow's fangs retracted and Sonic grew a slightly concerned look. "What happened when I transformed?"
"You mean you don't remember what happened?" Shadow replied with slight shock and Sonic shook his head. "Nothing at all?"
"Nope. I tend to black out on full moons. Once we're forced to transform on a full moon like that…we go into a crazy psycho state where we don't have any control over ourselves. We just go and attack the first thing we see. That's why I go out of the city on full moons. That way, I know I won't hurt someone," explained Sonic, "so, did I attack anyone?"
"Just me," Reassured Shadow as he pulled out his sunglasses and put them on, "don't worry. I'll let the fact you attempted to kill me pass this time."
"Thanks, but I have to go. Be back here in a couple of nights and we can talk more then." Sonic told Shadow and the ebony hedgehog nodded.
Meanwhile, a middle-aged man was perched on a nearby rooftop as he watched the two hedgehogs shake hands and leave the alley through a pair of binoculars. Once both of the hedgehogs were out of his view, the man pulled the binoculars away from his tired light hazel eyes as he mumbled, "Well, I'll be damned. That lady wasn't lyin'."
Opening a worn dark green duffle bag containing jars of a deep scarlet substance, wooden stakes, and various weapons made of silver, he stashed the binoculars into the bag and zipped it shut. Slinging the bag over his shoulder, the man took one last glance of where he was spying from before walking away. "There's only one way I'm gonna be able to take those monsters out," he concluded as he ran his hand through his short light brown hair, "I'm gonna have to get 'em the next time they meet."
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