Thanks to Lucy Labrador for the review! (it's quite sad, no one's reviewed yet…I'm probably being impatient.) Has anyone spotted any Ghost Trick references yet?
Chapter 4: Paul is a secret agent man!
Where the author decides to stop doing these notes, and nag you to review instead.
Kuro was racing down the mountain track, urgently. He stopped to take a brief break, and then continued down the path.
Meanwhile, Hikari was watching TV on the sofa, while Shadow was caught up in another daydream. Max came in, looking cheerful, as he picked up Kuro's lead, and walked out.
"Walkies, Kuro!...hey, Kuro? KURO!" Max yelled outside.
Hikari turned her head as Max came rushing back in.
"Hikari! Kuro's not outside! He must have run away!"
Shadow said simply, not bothering to turn his head, "I'm not surprised."
"I'm going to go and look for him!" Max called, practically flying out of the door.
"So…do you like waffles?" Hikari asked. Shadow glared at her, and she cringed.
"For the record, I loathe waffles, but I like pancakes and French toast." Shadow said darkly. Hikari nodded.
"Did you have the same dream as me?" she asked. The hedgehog gazed into the distance.
"Yeah, I did…"
Shadow's flashback (Another flashback?)
Shadow ran though the forest, looking around.
"I wonder where this place is…" he thought to himself. As he ran on, he passed the girl, who jumped and shouted,
"Hi Shadow!"
Shadow slowed down, and looked at the girl, puzzled.
"Who are you? How do you know my name?"
The girl sweatdropped at his wide-eyed expression.
"Erm, I'm just a ghost. No big deal."
Shadow's eyes went round.
"Ghost? Did I do something wrong?" he pondered. The girl quickly shook her head.
"No…I just wanted to see you for a few minutes, and show you something important."
There was a bright blue flash.
-One Ghost Trick later…-
Shadow was sitting on a rock, staring into space.
"That man…Those soldiers….then…" he mumbled quietly to himself.
"OK, I want to help you find your hidden past, but in order to do that, you need to go on a journey with Hikari, and collect the Chaos emeralds." the girl said.
"Who's Hikari?"
"Sigh…"
-One Ghost Trick AND explanation later…-
"Oh. That crazy kid is Hikari." Shadow nodded in understanding. Then he jumped up.
"I must regain my past! Why did I die? Who was leading those soldiers?" he asked, to no one in particular.
"Well, I'll be going now, but we'll meet up soon." the girl walked off. Shadow shouted after her,
"Hey! What's your name anyway? I feel as though I know you from somewhere!"
"Sorry, but I can't say. You'll find out soon."
*End of flashback*
(BTW, I am pretty sure everyone knows who the girl is. Just saying)
Hikari thought for a minute.
"So, that girl's a ghost? That's weird." she said slowly.
"That is why I must ask Paul why he was chasing me." Shadow explained.
"OK then…"
Max was just running down the road, when Kuro rushed past him, barking. He looked up to see Paul, and a group of soldiers in the distance.
"Oh crap…"
He quickly hid behind a rock, and took out his mobile phone.
"Hi, Max. Did you find Kuro?" Hikari's voice greeted him on the phone.
"Yes, but he's leading Paul and some random soldiers to the house! You'd better tell Shadow that he has to leave."
"Right…"
As Max turned off his phone, he looked up and saw Paul and his group run past. He jumped up.
"Hi, dad!" he said, secretly hoping to stall Paul. Paul turned.
"Max? What are you doing here?"
"Kuro just ran away, so I was looking for him."
"Where's Hikari?"
"At home. She didn't want to help me search for Kuro."
Paul thought for a moment.
"Something must have happened, that Max doesn't want to tell me about. Otherwise, Kuro would of stayed at home…" he pondered. He looked at Max again, who was trying to act innocent.
"Has something happened?"
"What-no! Nothing's happened!" Max tried to keep his face straight, but Paul easily saw he was lying. He grabbed Max's phone, and rang Hikari.
"Hi Max!" Hikari said.
"Hikari, what's going on at home?" Paul asked.
"Oh, nothing. Just doing some cooking!" there was some muttering in the background, then the sound of a book hitting an ebony head.
"What was that?"
"Just a book falling off the shelf." Hikari said quickly. Paul turned off the phone, and glared at Max.
"Something's going on, and I'm going to find out!" he muttered, walking off. Max went after him.
Back at the house, Hikari was trying to find a hiding place for Shadow. She was rushing around the house, pulling chairs out, and searching in the study, while Shadow didn't seem to be bothered.
"Shadow! Shift yourself from that chair, and hide!" Hikari shouted to the hedgehog.
"No, Hikari. I will not hide like a scared rat. I will face Paul directly." Shadow stayed put in the chair. Hikari gritted her teeth, then whipped around as the door opened. Paul was standing in the doorway, with the soldiers. As he came into the room, he saw Shadow staring at him, and shouted,
"You're supposed to be DEAD! How could you come back, after three years, buried under ice?"
Shadow shrugged.
"I really don't know." he said. Paul saw the Chaos emerald in his hand.
"That Chaos emerald must have brought you back…you're under arrest, Shadow!"
Shadow looked puzzled. "What did I do?
"You're too dangerous, and you have countless crimes to answer for."
The soldiers came running in, and surrounded Shadow, who smirked, and readied a Chaos spear.
"Ok, then, I'll take you guys on."
"WAIT!"
Everyone in the room turned to look at Hikari, who had shouted.
"I'm pretty sure he's innocent. Max and I have been with Shadow for a while now, and he hasn't tried anything funny." Hikari said to Paul.
"He's still dangerous."
Shadow glared at Paul.
"Ok, I have NO idea what you're on about. I mean, you tried to kill me, for fu-"
Paul pointed a gun at him, and shot him in mid sentence. Shadow fainted, and fell down on the ground, as Hikari gasped.
"You've killed him!" she shouted. Paul shook his head.
"No, I haven't. Right now, he's too valuable to kill. I just used a stun gun on him."
Hikari looked over at Shadow, who was twitching an ear. Paul turned to the soldiers.
"OK, pick him up, and take him down to the van."
One of the soldiers picked up Shadow, and carried him off outside. Paul looked at Hikari and Max, and sighed.
"It looks like I've got some explaining to do."
A few moments later, Hikari was glowering at Paul, who was sitting on the sofa. She ran up the stairs, without a word.
"So…you're a GUN agent. Why didn't you tell us?" Max asked. Paul looked down at the floor.
"I'm sorry, I just didn't want you two getting into trouble." he replied. Max nodded, and walked up stairs.
He opened Hikari's door, to find her packing a cricket bat into a rucksack on the floor.
"Hikari, what are you doing?" he asked.
Hikari looked up, with a deadly flame of passion burning brightly in her brown eyes.
"I'm going to rescue Shadow. Don't try and stop me."
