Here is chapter four! It took me a while to update because I could not think of anything, but here is what I came up with! I hope you enjoy!
" Why is that bat slut here Shadow?" Amy said coolly, glaring at Rouge who was giving Amy an equally evil stare from the other side of the table. Shadow groaned. He knew this was not going to be easy.
He invited both girls to the coffee shop in Station Square, neither one knowing the other to be there. Shadow regrets doing that now. He did not tell Amy he was going to have Rouge helping them to get the Emeralds as he knew she'd protest, but he had no other choice but to have her help.
" Amy, we need Rouge. We need someone who can locate the Emeralds for us." Shadow explained slowly. Amy looked rather hurt.
" I can locate Emeralds too you know, I did work out the location of the eighth one. I bet Rouge could not do that!" Amy replied.
Shadow sighed. He knew how long it took Amy to find the whereabouts of that Emerald, two years!
" Rouge stays." Shadow finalised. Amy took a long sip of her coffee, trying not to look at the smirking bat sitting opposite her. Amy hated Rouge. The way that she was always the centre of attention with her treasure hunting skills, and sexy figure. Amy was jealous of her, and scared. Scared that Shadow might start to like the older bat and leave Amy.
All three of them drank their coffees in awkward silence, until Shadow asked Rouge where she thinks the second Chaos Emerald was.
" That's easy, it's in the desert nearby the mystic ruins." She said in a tone of voice that made Amy want to give her a taste of her hammer.
Shadow noticed the look on Amy's face and smiled briefly. The way she overreacted to everything made him laugh. Then what Rouge said finally sunk in. The desert. That desert was sandy, dry, and had claimed many victims to its overwhelming heat. Amy barely managed the sun in the park yesterday, how could she cope in a desert. Shadow was not going to make Amy go, he could not risk loosing her. He loved her, even though he would hardly show it. Shadow was not the type to be too affectionate, especially in public.
" Amy, are you going to come with us to the desert, you don't have to if you don't want too. I could meet up with you tonight or tomorrow, depending on how long it will take." Shadow said softly, hinting subtly that he wanted her to remain at home.
Amy looked at the ebony hedgehog that was sat next to her. She did not really want to go she hated hot weather. But she looked at Rouge. Amy would hate to see the look on her face if she did not go. She was not to be second best to the batgirl.
" I am going." Amy stated firmly, but with a trace of uncertainty in her voice that Rouge picked up on.
" Don't worry little girl, we will take good care of you." Rouge teased. Amy started to get up, but Shadow restrained her. The task of getting the rest of the Emeralds may prove to be harder than he thought.
After everyone had finished their drinks, they went home arranging to meet up at the Mystic Ruins later that morning.
Amy was panicking as she packed her small, pink rucksack with half a dozen bottles of water, bottles of sunscreen, and other items. Amy also packed Tails' Chaos Emerald just in case. She was not going to tell Shadow that, she was strong enough not to rely on him Chaos Controlling there. Amy wanted to appear strong to him and Rouge. She changed her outfit two a white strappy top with pink shorts, and wore a pair of pink sunglasses. Amy was really worried, she has been known to collapse in the heat of summer and wanting to stay in the shade of her home. She considered ringing Shadow telling him she was going to stay, but then she pictured the smug look on Rouge's face. There was no way she was going to be weaker than that bat.
An hour later they were all at the Mystic Ruins, keeping a safe distance from Tails' workshop. Rouge had brought along a map of the desert, but it all just looked the same.
" The Emerald is in that square there," she said putting a gloved finger on that place on the map. To Amy's disappointment it seemed to be in the centre, along way to walk in the heat.
" Okay, lets go." Cried Shadow, and they all started to run towards the desert.
When the trio reached the edge of the desert they looked on awe-struck. As far as they could see was sand. Sand as far as the eye could see. There were a few cactuses aswell, standing up tall in the overwhelming heat. It was hot, really hot. It made them sweat, and Amy wished she wore less. There was a warm breeze blowing, making the heat even more unbearable, and blowing sand in their faces. It was worse then they all thought it would be. The sun was high in the cloudless sky, burning red and orange.
Shadow made the first brave step, the hot sand burning his feet even through the air shoes. The wind picked up slightly blowing the sand around more, clouding his vision. He squinted, trying to see ahead and protect his eyes. He wished he wore sunglasses like Amy.
Shadow took another step then another, and gestured for the girls to follow into the deadly heat. They walked for about fifteen minutes, and even that short amount of time took its toll. They all were struggling to move their legs onwards, taking long sips of their water and brushing the sweat from their foreheads. Shadow looked back at Amy. She was struggling the most. She was walking a couple of metres behind him and Rouge, and her face was bright red. Amy constantly clutched a bottle of water, and she looked like she was about to collapse. She could barely drag her feet forward.
Shadow stopped and waited for her to catch up much to Rouge's annoyance. Standing still in the heat was even worse than moving in it. When Amy finally made it, Shadow grabbed hold of her hand and pulled her along in the heat making it slightly easier for her. It reminded him of that day on the ARK when he did the same for Maria, but it still led to disastrous consequences for her. He was not going to let the same thing happen to Amy.
They continued to carry on walking through the dessert for another twenty minutes. All of it looked the same; there was nothing to define where they were. They felt lost, stuck in the middle of nowhere even though Rouge assured them she knew where she was going.
Suddenly Shadow felt a sharp tug downwards on his hand making him stop. He turned around frantically and found the pink hedgehog lying in the sand, her eyes closed, unmoving.
" AMY!" he cried immediately picking her up, cradling her in his arms. She was still breathing, but barely. Her smooth quills were covered in sand, and her forehead was incredibly hot. Shadow poured water in her mouth, and over her head, but it did not make a difference. He knew he should not of let her go with him.
" Rouge, stop and help!" He cried to the white bat that had continued to walk, seemingly oblivious to the whole situation. She stopped and rolled her eyes, strutting slowly towards Shadow who was still holding on to Amy tightly.
" Shad, were in the middle of a desert, and we still need to collect the Emerald. Just leave her, she is not important."
Shadow stared at Rouge, his ruby eyes burning into hers making her look away. He could not believe she had said that. Leave her. He would never leave her; he was to save her.
" She is important to me, we are not going anywhere without her. And do NOT call me Shad!" He yelled panicking. Amy seemed to be getting hotter with each passing second, and her breathing was frailer and less constant.
Rouge nodded understandingly. She could see now how much Amy meant to him, she thought Amy was just following Shadow around like she did to Sonic before…but anyway, Rouge could now see that Shadow felt strongly towards her. She was going to help, for Shadows sake. She still hated the pink hedgehog though.
" If only there was something we could use to get out the desert faster." Rouge suggested.
" A CHAOS EMERALD!" Shadow suddenly yelled struck by inspiration, " I could Chaos Control us!"
" Yeah, but I don't have one. Neither do you." Rouge replied. Shadow's face fell for a second, but it lit up again.
" Amy was looking after the one she got yesterday, maybe she brought it!" Shadow exclaimed. Rouge shrugged,
" Check her bag," she demanded.
Shadow carefully placed Amy on the floor, removing the small rucksack from her back. He opened it, and frantically searched through the vast amount of things Amy had brought. 'Why does she need so much stuff?' Shadow thought. He came across a pair of her knickers, and stuffed it back in the bag blushing. Finally he found the yellow Chaos Emerald, it caught the light of the sun and sparkled.
Shadow hurriedly packed the rest of Amy's stuff back into her bag, and picked her up again. Her condition was worse now. Amy's face was bright red, and her head was really burning. Shadow thought she had stopped breathing but she was, just not very well. Shadow looked at her sadly; he was going to get her to a hospital even though he knew she hated them. He grabbed Rouge and Chaos Controlled away.
Chapter five is in progress, please review!