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Chapter Six
Karen's Luck, Shadow's Deal
Black Doom revealed himself out of the forest, waited until the blue speed demon was gone. So he could sway Shadow to betray the sonic team and turn on humanity once again like he once did in the future. Black Doom had travel back in time to the present where he hope he will succeed this time around unlike the future Shadow who had killed him.
"Are you who they call Shadow The Hedgehog?" Asked the creature.
Shadow turned around to see him. "Who askes such. Who are you?" Shadow replied stay on guard.
"I am Dark Doom, I am here to tell you that humanity will turn on you, join me together we will obliterate the earth, enslave all the humans come make an alliance." Asked Doom.
"Here's your answer." Shadow put out his hand like he wanted to shake on it, Doom reached out with his hand to shake Shadow's when suddenly at the last minute he Yelled "Chaos Blast" destroy everything in a twenty yard radius destroying Doom once and for all. What was left was a empty crater in the ground, Shadow walked away calmly and said looking back.
"There your answer fool perfectly clear as for humans I'll be ready as I will ever be until that time that can wait I have business to attend." He warped out of sight.
ONE WEEK LATER
Karen had been with the group and they did unspeakable things together, in order to survive and had to listen to whatever their leader Cassy, they called her told em to do or they would be kicked out. No one wanted that and Karen was getting really tired, she still hadn't talked to her cousin, Shelby, yet. Feeling hurt that she never told her about this side of her, well two could play that game, she was now a mobian and misses at times being her real her.
She was starting to feel angry at her friends, blaming the sonic team for getting her into this, thinking, what would it have been like if she have never have met them in the first place. Then, she remembered the time, they helped save her from those pervy men, who probably would have succeeded if not for them.
She met them at the time. "Um... Thank you, Guys for saving me." She said shyly looking at her feet.
"Hey, it was no problem. I'm Sonic, by the way. What's your name?" Sonic asked putting his hands on his hips posing like the blue hero he was then she look at the fox.
"This is Tails, my little buddy." He introduced the cute shy fox who just waved at her.
She giggled he the hottest cutie, she ever did see and wanted to glomp him but she held back and waved back instead.
He blushes and smiles. Then the others introduced themselves one a pink hedgehog wearing a red dress and headbans in her quills.
"Hi, You can call me Amy Rose or just Rose." said Amy as hugged her randomly.
"Hello, I'm Cream and this my chao, Cheese. She said friendly to Karen. The little rabbit girl's Chao greeted her also saying "Chao! Chao!"
Then she heard last one say "And I'm Knuckles." Sonic laughed at him he growl turning around.
"You laughing at me!" yells Knuckles and she sweat dropped, * Okay avoid him at all costs.*
Then they all went back to Tails place and he showed her his work shop and they became fast friends after that and she used to go see him everyday. One day that incident happened which made things awkwarded between them.
"Hey, Where's my screwdriver!" asked Tails. He was under a car, he was fixing in order to get Sonic a gift. The man paid him in cash to have it repaired. Karen reached down to pick up the tool, when their hands touched, a blush broke across her face.
"Um, Sorry." She mumbled handing him the tool for him to use and he took and said.
"Uhhh, Yeah thanks." He says and goes back to working on the car and she leaves the workshop not sure what to make of the random encounter they just had and after that she avoided him like fire.
The two never really talked after that unless it was totally necessary. "What's eating them?" Someone asked another replied, "Beats me...".
She then felt bad for thinking such things and why would she ever hate Tails it was so stupid without them she wouldn't have had any friends and she should count herself lucky her life would be boring without them.
She was suddenly thrown to the ground by a girl younger than her, the leader came over praising the younger girl, "Good job, Molly your getting better at the training, it always good to take down your foes, if they get distracted, you have learned well today." She then turned to look down Karen not to happy with her not doing as much than staring off into space.
Karen looked up and her and winched at the pain she felt and at the cold glare she was getting from Cassy.
"Sorry about that I had other things on my mind lately, it will not happen again." She said finding the rock more interesting at the moment to look upon then the tall scary girl form above her.
"It better, I am starting to think that maybe this isn't the place for you, You better start practicing more and no more mess ups. " The leader walked off her nose stuck in the air.
Karen sighed the girl might be right she needed to find another option than this life for her.
She then heard two hedgehogs talking amongst one another she turned around saw them leaning on a nearby wall hanging out watching the girls fighting arms crossed over their chests.
"Hey, Scrouge where's my fifty bucks fox girl here lost." He said to the slightly taller mobian and the other whined giving over the money.
"Man, Why I totally thought she could kicka**. She walked over to them putting her hands on her hips both finally taking notice of her.
"You suck really badly and made me lose a bet, girl." Scrouge The Hedgehog says peeved.
"Yeah, So what? Why you both here anyways got nothing better to do than annoy us girls." she said raising an eyebrow.
"Hey, Let me tell you something woman, we both own half of this warehouse this is our side at that over there is yours, okay." said Manic.
"Oh, Whatever, I don't even care anymore because I'm leaving this place to night anyways. She brushed them off and headed over to sit next to her so called cousin because this would be the last time she would be around her.
Just as she took a seat on the ground a she listen to a honking noise it's faint but goes to check it out and finds a black limousine and some guy asking around for her and she runs up to the man.
"What's going on here and why you looking for her?" He was surprised at seeing her but had a bored expression and says.
"Miss Karen Greenheart is needed by her uncle Johnny and his lawyer awaits to speak with her." Her eyes widened at the news her mother's brother. She had not seen him in so long, she hope he is okay.
"That would be me and the reason I am no longer human would be because of Dr. Eggman." He only nodded and opened the car door.
"Fine by me and what of your friends?" He said looking behind her, she looked for herself and saw all eyes on her begging silently for her to let them go with her.
She smiled "Come on guys, let's go for a ride!" She yelled out to them and they cheered and dove in to sit in seat and were wowing at seeing there was a chocolate foutain placed for them to dip assortments from marshmallows to cookies.
She smiled at the guy, "Thank you for all of this ..." She asking for his name.
"It's Richard and your welcome, Miss Greenheart." He almost looked like that anime guy she watched on TV once but she couldn't place it yet.
"Hey, What about us." Manic asked running over to the limo.
"Sorry, No guys allowed in here but you can sit in the very back." She said and whispered something to Richard and he smirked a bit.
"Very well miss, Come with me you two." He opened the door to the very back and he pulled out a hot bowl of melted cheese with nachos.
"Here you go Prince Manic and Sir Scrouge complements of Miss Greenheart." Manic took the bowl and he punch his friend in the arm.
"Ouch! What was that for..." Scourge asked rubbing his now sore arm.
"Well for starters, maybe if you kept your comments to yourself, we both would be up front." He huffed and munched on the nachos.
"Sorry, Okay, I hate for messing up now I don't think will ever get the chance to try out that chocolate foutain, I'm so sorry, man." He bowed his head in shame.
"It's alright this stuff actually pretty good but you can't have any though." Manic went back to eating his cheesy goodness.
They arrived at the mansion and the gates opened and the security guard waved at them in greeting.
Once parked they all piled out, the girls ran around inside exploring, her cousin still hadn't figured out a thing. The lawyer arrived the two of them left to a more private area, it came as a shock to her that he had passed away in a local hospital, the doctors could do no more to help cure his battle with cancer. He never married or fathered children so he planned on giving it to his sister's kids and never her.
"You will inherit this estate and his wealth of what he has been given from his mother." The lawyer left she was still upset with the news.
"It will all be okay, miss." Richard tried to comfort her in what way he could, he was great friends with her uncle and hated that it had happened also but he will be working on helping her now.
She calmed down some and thanked him both left to go see where the girls were and let them know of the news.
BACK WITH SHADOW
Shadow calmy makes his way to Tails home, knowing they were not at home and were at Angel Island, hanging out with Knuckles, helping him stay on guard.
He opened a window and leaped inside making sure not to draw any attention he had already disabled the alarm so it was a piece of cake. He went to the safe fiddled with the safe till he heard it open and grabbed a sack and filled it with the seven Chaos Emeralds.
Then he was off again and headed towards Egghead's top secret base. Once he was there he called out to Eggman.
"Eggman, I want answers and no more tricks." Shadow yelled and Eggman showed himself his arms behind his back.
"I'm listening Shadow, What do you have to offer me?" The doctor asked the mobian and Shadow showed him the emeralds, the doc smirked his plans were finally going his way, he still had a chance. Yes, he could use this hedgehog, all Shadow cared about was getting answers and wouldn't see it coming.
"Excellent Shadow, I'll help you if you hand those over to me that way we can go together, I get what I want and you find the answers you seek. Is it deal?" asked Eggman putting out his hand.
Shadow nodded, shaking on it, "Deal." Shadow didn't realize just how in danger he put everyone in that including Sonic.