Sonic Evil 2
Chapter 6 – Mysterious Lady in Red
Shadow had found his way into the basement of the police station hopping that he would be able to find a way out by using an armoured truck or a working car, however his theories were proved wrong as he quickly discovered that the entrance to the underground parking lot was barricaded by the burning wrecks of cars. The underground was completely abandoned, parked cars and trucks were lined up
Aware of the current situation he kept walking, unaware of a presence behind him; it was only when a bullet ricocheted off the ground right next to him that he suddenly became alert. Shadow stopped dead in his tracks but only for a moment, he calmed his breathing, reached for his gun and spun around pointing the gun towards whatever was behind him. A gasp escaped from him as he lay eyes upon another living being, a female at that so he lowered his gun as sign of mistaken identity, having thought that they were a zombie or some other creature.
The person before him was a female white bat with a fawn coloured muzzle, a set of blue eyes, short black hair and a pair of black bat wings. She wore a red dress that came just above the knees with a halter style neckline, a pair of dark coloured tights followed by a matching set of red heels and along with a back gun holster around her shoulders and tied at the waist. The bat was known as Rouge Wong.
"Sorry about that but when I saw the uniform I thought you were another one of those you know…zombies" apologised Rouge
"Don't worry about, what's your name?" inquired Shadow
"Rouge, Rouge Wong" said Rouge
"What are doing here all by yourself?" asked Shadow
"I'm here looking for someone who claims to have an inside scoop about this outbreak and of those behind this he's a reporter, goes by the name of Espio Bertolucci. I heard he was locked I up in a cell here but the main entrance is blocked by a burning wreck, I've been trying to find another way to get around it" answered Rouge
"There's a way through that door there, it's the exit route that also leads to where the cells are" mentioned Shadow
Shadow and Rouge made their way through the door that led to the cells, they found the corridor to be quiet dull where by the colour of the walls and floors were painted in cold grey colours and the lighting was quite poor. However none the less it was the only way left for them to go but as they figured which route to take, Rouge took off in her own direction before Shadow could stop her.
"Rouge wait, it's not safe out there!" called Shadow
He chased after her as far as he could until he completely lost sight of her however he managed to find the main entrance to the cellblock and decided to check it out to see if what Rouge had told him was the truth. He found that all but one of the cells were empty and that one of them contained a survivor, a young chameleon with a single yellow horn on his nose, he had a fawn coloured muzzle and a set of amber coloured eyes. he wore a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, a red tie hung loosely around his neck, a set of dark brown trousers and a pair of smart shoes. All in all he fit the description of the reporter that Rouge had mentioned so he decided to confront him personally.
"Let me guess you must be Espio, am I right?" inquired Shadow
"Huh? Yeah that's me, who are you?" asked Espio
"Shadow, Shadow S. Kennedy" answered Shadow just as Rouge came running up "Rouge, is this who you're looking for?"
"Espio you told the city officials that you knew something about what's been going on didn't you, what exactly did you tell them?" questioned Rouge
"Huh? Who are you?" asked Espio
"My name's Rouge, I'm trying to find my boyfriend he was working for a branch office of Umbrella that was based in Chicago, but he suddenly disappeared about six months ago. I've been trying to find him ever since, I know it may be a long shot but I believe he's still alive somewhere" said Rouge
"Well I don't know anything about that sorry" apologised Espio
"Does anyone know where the keys are for the cells, it'll be a lot safer if you come with us" suggested Shadow
"Keys, o right I have them right here with me" mentioned Espio "But I'm leaving this cell, those zombies aren't the only things crawling around out there ya know"
"What do mean?" asked Rouge, just as they all heard an inhuman growl
"What was that noise just now?" inquired Shadow
"Well as I said before I'm not leaving here whilst that thing is out there, but you too can make it out of here" said Espio
"Hey wait a minute I'm not going anywhere besides I'm the only cop that's left alive in this whole place" sated Shadow
"What!" gasped Espio
"If you wana get out of this city alive then you're gona have to come with us" requested Shadow
"But do you even know how to get out of this city?" asked Espio
"I have some ideas, I'm still working on it" said Shadow
"Well if you go through where the Dog kennels are there's supposed to be a tunnel that runs under the police station and comes out at a water treatment plant" suggested Espio
After hearing Espio's suggestion Rouge took off without any haste, Shadow however took the advice to mind and decided that he should let Blaze know about the possible escape route, after all he wasn't just going to escape himself and leave her behind.
"Blaze can you hear me?" asked Shadow as he talked into the radio
"Yeah I can hear you, what's up?" replied Blaze
"I may have found us a way out of this city, I'm going to check it out, I'll call back if it is and let you know" said Shadow
"Alright, be careful in whatever it is you're doing, talk to you later" answered Blaze
Just after Shadow had contacted Blaze she'd made her way back towards Eggman's office but as she expected him to still be sat behind his desk she discovered that he'd completely disappeared from sight and so had the body. She couldn't figure it out to begin with, walking up to his desk she found his journal placed neatly on the chair as though on purpose and along with that she'd found a heart shaped precinct key that would help her to get into the basement level and hopefully find Cream and Shadow along the way. Finally after traversing the silent but eerie corridors and the brief moment of the chorusing song of the dead outside she'd unlocked the door that led to the basement. Carefully walking down the narrow corridor she held her handgun steady just in case of anything lurking around the corner but luckily for her there was nothing there. Blaze came across a set of metal doors which creaked when opened, just as she closed it there was the faint sound of what seemed like paws coming in her direction, her eyes grew wide as she saw two Cerberus canines stalk around the corner. The malicious canines crouched into an attack formation, ready to pounced and otherwise tear her to pieces but Blaze was smart and anticipated their attack. The dogs lunged as Blaze dodged their attacks, they tried to sink their fangs into her but she was slightly ahead of them as the one jumped in mid-air she fired her gun. This left just one dog left for her deal with, she walked backwards as Cerberus stalked forward but just when she was about to fire she slipped and fell backwards. Cerberus took this as the opportunity to disembowel its helpless victim and pounced on her, she held him back whilst sharp fangs snarled and lashed for her throat and in a moment for the need to survive she raised her gun and fired. The bullet had lodged within Cerberus's head and he fell dead at her side, she brushed herself off and climbed down a ladder as the only way to go, seeing a door within the construction scaffolding she opened the door and was glad for the moment of rest and a chance to catch her breath. But that rest would have to wait for later on when there came a sound from outside, thinking it was another creature she once again prepared her gun for attack but relief came when she heard a small voice that was very familiar and when she opened the door there stood before her was none other than Cream.