CHAPTER 4
SHADOW THE TARGET
Vector placed his hand on his forehead and rubbed it with frustration as he stared at the blood covered walls in the small room he was standing in. "Jesus", he murmured. "What a mess." He slowly turned back to the corpse of a bloody purple hedgehog laying on the floor in his own blood.
Tonya kneeled next to the corpse and placed a finger in his blood. She turned to Vector, "This blood is fresh. He not too long ago died."
"It looked like someone killed the old guy and had finger painting fun with his blood afterwards", Charmy said.
Tonya glared at the bee, "Charmy!"
"What? I was just saying..."
"Just forget it."
Vector walked over to the corpse alongside Tonya and observed his body once more. "Whoever his killer was. He sure was reckless."
Later in a dark room, Rose had confronted her master. "Lord Dark, everything is set for my next mission."
"Good. Now you'll make sure none of those detectives get in our way right?"
She made a nod, "Absolutely."
"You know Rose, I heard a lot of things lately. Like the death of your grandfather for instance."
Hearing those words brought out the sadness for her, but she tried to hide her emotions. "My grandfather has nothing to do with me anymore. He would do nothing but get in the way if I told him about you. Besides he was getting suspicious. I had no choice." She then felt her master's hand on her cheek. She looked up with him with tears in her eyes.
"You feel so sad and cold. Why not let your feelings take over?"
"Because no matter what the situation is, a ninja does not let his or her feelings get in the way. It would be weak and I want to be the strongest."
He took his hand away from her face, "If you say so."
She made a nod, "Now if you will excuse me, my Lord. I must prepare for tomorrow."
The demon watched her walk away as if she had nothing left in her heart.
Back at the Chaotix, Tonya, Charmy, and Vector had finally came back and saw Espio bandaging Shadow's head at the front desk.
Tonya gasped at the sight of Shadow and ran towards him. "Shadow, what happened? Are you all right?"
Before he could answer, Tonya pushed Espio aside and took his place by bandaging Shadow's head herself. "Let me help you."
Espio sat there on the floor angered and confused. "Hey! You never bandaged me when I was hurt!"
"That's because Shadow's are more serious."
He got from the floor and crossed his arms, "Oh yeah. Getting hit in the head with a stapler is way worse than being shot."
"My god. Who did that to you, Shadow?"
"The mayor", he murmured.
"What a ungrateful bitch."
"Tell me about it", Espio said. "We confronted the assassin and saved her but she got all pissed off because we let the assassin get away. So she took all of her anger out on Shadow."
Tonya had finished bandaging Shadow's head, "There. You should be fine now."
The hedgehog turned and made a small smile at her. "Thanks, Ton."
She turned away and blushed, "You're welcome."
Espio continued to explain what had happened, "It turned out the assassin was a kunoichi."
"A kunoichi?" Charmy repeated blankly.
"A female ninja and she was incredibly hot but she was very dangerous. She fights really well. We could barely touch her."
"What about her name", Vector said.
"Her name is Rose Heda", Shadow answered.
Vector began to think about her name. "Rose Heda huh? You know guys, the reason we weren't here was because we were examining a dead body. He was a purple male hedgehog and his name was Katsu Heda. Heard of him?"
"You're talking about Rose's grandfather aren't you? I can't believe it. She killed her own grandfather."
"But there's no proof that she did it", Vector said.
"I know she did and it doesn't take a genius to figure that out. Someone's forcing her to do this and I'm going to find out who and stop him."
Tonya gave Shadow a worried look, "Shadow..."
"We got bigger problems to worry about", Espio said. "Shadow's in danger and a load of it. Rose placed a tracking device on him and knows where he goes now."
The purple cat gasped, 'Shadow's in danger?'
Espio continued, "We gotta protect you Shadow, and..."
"No", the hedgehog said. "I want her to find me and when she does, that bitch will feel my wrath. I will not be used any longer."