Me: Hey bitches!
Shadow: Great you're back. Let's get going right now.
Me: Well okay uh…
Shadow: RIGHT NOW!
Me: …okay. Geez.
Tikal: Take it easy, Shadow.
Trevor: Yeah man. Lighten up.
Me: Trevor! Now you're here in Shadikal?
Trevor: Why not? I'd just like to meet some new people. Like Shadow and Tikal for instance.
Shadow: SHUT UP AND GET ON WITH THE FREAKIN STORY!
Me: Trev, you showed up at the right time. Take Shadow down to the basement.
All the girls in the story: The basement?
Amy: No way. You guys are spending way too much time down there in that basement.
Me: Look, Amy. When it comes to Shadow and Trevor, the basement is therapeutic for them. Trevor.
Trevor: Got it. Let's go, Shadow.
Shadow: Fine.
(Trevor takes Shadow out of the room)
Me: Alright then. Who's up for the disclaimer? NOT IT!
Everyone: NOT IT!
Tikal: Oh. Okay then. I'll do it. AK does now own me, Sonic, Shadow, or any other characters in this story. They are all owned by Sega.
Trevor: WOOHOO! I'm not, baby!
Me: You want me to tell them who owns YOU, Trev?
Trevor: SHUT UP, AK!
Me: Just take Shadow down to the freakin basement already. As for the rest of you. Please read this chapter and leave a review.
Shadikal: How is it Possible?
Chapter 6: Date Number One
It was nearly seven PM and Shadow had just showed up at the restaurant where he was supposed to be meeting Amy's friend. And he was still sore at the girl for forcing him to do this. She knows he hates dating. She even knows he doesn't like being around other people in general. But yet she had forced him to go on a date. A BLIND date. A date where you have no idea where the girl or guy you get is a simple nice person, a nutbag, and there's even the slightest chance that that person might be the opposite gender of what they look like. Or they're both. Who really knows?
That's how Shadow always did things. Never focusing on the upside. Instead of considering this a chance to get out of his box and simply have some fun, he saw it as a method of torture with no way out. He could of course simply kill Amy. But then he'd just be numero uno on GUN's most wanted list. And he also feared that Amy would forever haunt his dreams if he ever fell asleep.
So Shadow swallowed his pride, and looked around. Amy had described her friend as a brown furred manx named Tiara. Shadow looked around and saw the only manx there. He walked up to her and he still wasn't smiling.
"Are you Rose's friend?" The ebony hedgehog asked.
Tiara looked at him and smiled. "You must be Shadow. The name's Tiara Boobowski."
"Shadow the Hedgehog." He sat down in the chair across from Tiara.
"Wow. She was right. You don't smile." Tiara pointed out.
Shadow waved the fact off and them the waiter came over. The two of them ordered a couple of drinks. Tiara got Dr. Pepper and Shadow ordered simple water. On the other hand, Shadow wanted so badly to order some booze, but he didn't want to make an ass of himself. Well, at least not yet. He at least had the courtesy to see if the date would go okay. Shadow had also failed to notice something. There were security cameras in nearly every corner of the establishment.
(Mystic Ruins; Tails' House; 7:10 PM)
In Tails' workshop, he had just finished hooking up nearly fifteen computer monitors together. One camera per screen was what he had going on. Sonic and Amy were also there of course because they had a bet.
"You know Amy, I find it strange that you would actually make a bet with Sonic for a date." Tails stated.
"I have no problem believing that." Sonic said.
"Why do you find it strange, Tails?" Amy asked.
"Because." Tails began. "don't you think going out with him would be even better when you know that he actually WANTS to go on a date with you?"
Tails had logic, but Amy had a counter.
"Of course. As soon as I win this bet, Sonic will take me on a date, and then he'll realize that he likes doing it." Amy said.
Tails sweatdropped and began to screw in the last nuts and bolts.
"First of all, whether you're going to win the bet is all depending on Shadow here." Sonic said. "You're chances are slim right there."
"Hey. Shadow might be a little rough around the edges, but…"
"Rouge around the edges?" Sonic stopped her. "Amy, Shadow's a freakin buzzsaw that slices any girl that comes near him in half."
"Nevertheless, I believe there's a chance that Shadow the Hedgehog is capable of falling in love." Amy came back.
"Alright. I'm done." Tails called and went over to the chair in front of all those monitors and turned them on with on button.
One by one, the screens flickered on and live colored footage from the security cameras began to stream nice and smooth. Different areas of the restaurant came into view. Table sections, bathrooms, Tails was even sly enough to sneak in a camera in the kitchen just in case Shadow tried to sneak out. But he needed Rouge's help to get one into the ladies room. After all the cameras were up and running, Tails took a seat at the desk and Sonic and Amy stood on both sides of him observing.
"Alright. We're go." Tails said. "Does Shadow even know that we're watching him?"
"No and I don't really plan on letting him know." Sonic stated.
"Alright shut up, you two. They're talking." Amy said.
The two males did as she said and listened to the conversation. So far Tiara was still there. So Shadow hadn't said anything wrong. He asked her how she knew Amy. Tiara replied that she was once in love with Sonic and dated him for a short time. When she met Amy, she tried to kill her with her hammer. She and Sonic broke up shortly after and decided they were much better off as just friends. That and Amy wouldn't plot her death every hour. The two girls became friends and stayed in touch. Shadow wasn't surprised. He's seen her go batcrap crazy at any girl who even looks at Sonic in any way that she doesn't like.
Amy thought that was good. Shadow asked a question that was common on a date. But what was Tiara going to ask HIM?
"So how do you know Sonic?" Tiara asked.
"Oh I tried to kill him." Shadow answered.
Tiara stared at him and Amy slapped his forehead. Sonic was on the verge of cracking up.
"You tried to kill him?" Tiara asked him.
"Well there's more to it than that." Shadow replied.
Shadow explained that he had just woken up from is hyper sleep in Prison Island nearly a year ago. At the time, Eggman influenced him that Sonic was the enemy. So he committed a few crimes and the government blamed Sonic for it all. Then the two found each other again and tried to kill each other. But they stopped and we all know what happened after that.
"But we're past that now." Shadow said. "Granted he and I aren't exactly "friends", but we're past it."
"Oh. Okay." Tiara shrugged. Apparently it wasn't as bad as she thought.
Amy smiled as she watched. "Okay. Great recovery, Shadow. Now keep on going."
Of course the black hedgehog couldn't hear her. The two on the date continued on doing what they were doing. The three watching them kept on watching. Sonic had lost his smile that he had earlier. This was going well. And he didn't want that. If this date actually went well, Sonic might lose the bet. But then he remembered a rule he set up himself. Shadow has to be the one to call back for a second date. And that was something that would probably never happen. If Tiara called Shadow, it wouldn't be effective and Amy would lose the bet. Sonic was assured right there that he would be fine.
"So what do you like to do?' Tiara asked.
"I spend most of my time alone and then the rest at the shooting range." Shadow answered.
Tiara's face dropped. So did Amy's and Tails. Sonic was on the verge of laughing again.
"The shooting range?" Tiara asked. "Are you a cop or something?"
"Oh hell no. I hate the fuzz." Shadow pointed out. "I just REALLY love guns."
Tiara's eyes widened at the words. But she had to dig deeper.
"Just how much to you love guns exactly?" she asked.
"Guns are my favorite class of weapons." Shadow said with a smile.
"Oh no." Amy slapped her forehead.
"Sidearms are good for the up close and personal shot. I've made plenty of those in my life. Machine guns are good for those kinds of shots when you know the guy's dead already, but you just don't want to stop. And then of course there's my favorite gun."
Sonic was rolling on the ground clutching his stomach in laughter while Amy was steadily pounding her head against the wall.
Tiara was afraid to ask, but unfortunately, it didn't stop her from doing it.
"You…you have a favorite gun?" she asked.
"Yeah." Shadow reached behind his back and pulled out an AK-47 with a special black and red paint job just for him. There were also some torn shreds of old clothes wrapped around some parts of it.
"I named this baby Shades. Those torn scarves are from the clothes of this alien warlord who I killed not too long ago. Those shreds of clothes were all I found. But who cares about him? He's in hell now."
Tiara couldn't believe this was happening. She was on a date with a guy who she thought was a nice normal shmoe. And now here he is talking about guns and killing aliens. And there was a huge AK-47 right in front of her. She was terrified of guns. And this one was BIG. And he NAMED it. What was wrong with this guy? Thinking there was only one option, she got up.
"I need to use the ladies room." Tiara walked off and Shadow didn't say anything as he put "Shades" away.
Tails and Amy kept watching her as she went to the bathroom. Sonic on the other hand was rolling on the floor and laughing harder than he ever had before in his life.
Amy and Tails watched Tiara walk into the restroom. And then they noticed that she had her purse with her. Checking to see if there was anyone around, she found that she was the only one occupant of the bathroom. Then she eyed the window. She was small enough to fit through it. She threw her purse and high heeled shoes out the window, and then she followed them out the same window.
Amy and Tails dropped their jaws. They were shocked that she did that even though they probably shouldn't really be surprised at all something like that happened.
"She jumped out the window." Tails said.
"Thank you, Captain Obvious."Amy facepalmed herself.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA! Oh ho! Ha! Oh Amy! Keep sending on those dates! That was just too damn funny! Did you see Tiara's face? I mean she was like…pppbbbtttt! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Saying Sonic thought it was funny would be a bit of an understatement. When Tails and Amy looked back at the screen to check on Shadow, they saw that he was gone. He was nowhere on any of the monitors.
"I guess he Chaos Controlled himself away." Tails said.
"I told him! No talking about weapons!" Amy shouted.
"Are you sure you worded it like that?" Tails asked.
Amy facepalmed again upon realizing that she indeed hadn't.
"No. I only told him not to talk about knives. I didn't say anything about guns." Amy admitted.
"Well you might wanna tell him that if you ever want to win this thing." Tails pointed out.
Amy took in a few deep breaths and relaxed herself. Something she rarely does.
"You know what? It's alright. I have two months and this was only the first date. I have two months to work with Shadow and make him the most loveable hunk in all of Mobius. It shouldn't be that hard."
Sonic began to laugh even harder as he heard Amy talk about how she was so determined to help Shadow. Amy gave humph and brought out her hammer to raise above her head. When Sonic saw that, he finally stopped laughing and caught his breath. Amy was very close to bringing it down on him. But the blue hedgehog apologized and stood back up.
Tails wasn't really sure what to do with the cameras he had installed inside the restaurant. Amy told him to just leave them there. Every foreseeable date that Shadow would have was going to be held in that exact same restaurant.
Amy replayed the events of what she just saw over and over in her head. There just had to be SOME way to make him tone down on the violence. Who brings a gun like that out on the first date? Amy was basically back to square one again. And she had just wasted a precious day in the two month time-span she had. But Amy was very scared that she might lose this bet. Then she would never be able to go out with Sonic, and she would have to leave him alone. Two months wasn't going to be enough time to make this happen.
But then Amy thought of something else. Maybe it wasn't Shadow. Maybe she just picked out the wrong girl for him. She walked on home and looked through an address book she had filled with the many phone numbers of her friends.
Which girl would be perfect for an ageless alien hybrid hedgehog with a love for weapons and a slight hatred for humanity?
Me: There we go. Sixth chapter all finished up.
Sonic: Shame Shadow wasn't here to read it.
Tails: Are he and Trevor STILL down in the basement?
Me: Silver, go look for Trevor and Shadow.
(Silver leaves and come back up thirty seconds later)
Silver: They're down there. But Takamon, your Blaze, GK, Yuriko, and Hikaru are down there too.
Me: What the hell are all my original characters doing down in the basement?
Rouge: What do you think they're doing, hon?
Me: Oh for God's sake.
(I get up and close the door behind me)
Well, I might as well join them for a bit until Sonic comes down there and stops us. I'll be back with chapter seven soon. Until then, peace bitches.