CHAPTER 7
TEMPTATION
Shadow's eyes had finally opened and he had found himself in a white room laying in a bed with white sheets. He looked beside him and saw Tonya sitting in a brown wooden chair looking at him with a shy smile. He smiled at her slightly because he was happy to see her. "Tonya."
The cat clasped her hands together in her lap and tried to look at Shadow without looking so shy. "How are you feeling?"
He placed his hand on his head, "I think I have a little headache."
"Hopefully it'll go away in a few hours."
They remained silent for the longest time until Shadow spoke.
Shadow looked away from her and looked up at the ceiling. "Tonya, I...wasn't acting like myself back at Green Forest was I?"
She shook her head, "No." She placed her finger to her lip, "What happened anyway?"
"I don't know. All I know was that I was filled with hate, bloodlust, and darkness."
She lightly bit on her finger with fright.
"It was like I had no control."
Tonya took her finger away from her mouth, got out of the chair, and hugged Shadow. "Well, I don't want that to happen to you ever again."
He didn't know if it was ever going to happen again but he hoped it wouldn't. "I hope not, Tonya."
Later, Rose had confronted Dark with a fit of rage. "Why the fuck didn't you tell me! You told me he wouldn't be a threat and there would be no need to kill him! You lied you fucking demon shit!"
Dark stood there with his arms crossed looking calm. "Okay maybe I did leave one little part out."
"Little part!" She shouted with rage. "That guy just killed, no slaughtered all of the ninjas that you had me work with. This is the reason why they're not here."
"Hmm, so it has awakened already."
Rose wasn't understanding Dark at all. "What? What the hell are you talking about? What's awakened?"
"Rose, I'm sorry for what I put you through. I want to make it up to you."
She crossed her arms, "It'll be a lot to make up for what I've been through that's for sure."
"Have you met Shadow's little friend yet?"
Rose then gave him her full attention, "You mean the chameleon?"
Later at the Chaotix, the end of the day approached and it was almost time for everyone to go home. Shadow confronted everyone and apologized for his sudden outburst from earlier. "I'm sorry everyone. I don't know what came over me."
Charmy made a wide smile, "It's okay, Captain Shadow. We forgive you."
"Just don't do that again. You scared the shit out of us", Vector still remembered the horrifying rage in his eyes.
Espio tiredly yawned, "I don't know about you guys but I'm out of here. See you guys later."
"Later, Es", Shadow said.
As a reply, Espio raised his hand as a wave while he walked out the door. "Later, Shad."
"I guess I'd better go too." Before Shadow could walk out the door, Vector had called out to him.
"Shadow, wait!"
The hedgehog turned and saw Vector approach him with a cell phone in his hand.
He handed him the cell phone, "I forgot to return this to Espio. Could you do it for me?"
He made a nod, "Sure."
The sun had finally set and the dark cold night had taken over the skies. Espio was laying on his bed with nothing on but a pair of blue jeans. He was laying there slowing drifting to sleep until he heard footsteps coming towards him. He quickly took his head away from his pillow and looked over to his bedroom door. His eyes widened when he saw a pink hedgehog leaning against the wall looking at him. He gritted his teeth, "Rose." He put his hand behind his back and slid his hand under his mattress slyly pulling out a kunai. He held the weapon behind his back until she made the first move. "What do you want?"
"Well I was just so busy keeping up with Shadow, I barely had time to know you. You as Shadow's closest friend."
"How did you know that?"
"I know a lot of things from many sources."
He gave the assassin a cold look, "You leave Shadow alone. He has nothing to do with you."
"Whoever said I was after him tonight?"
Espio paused for a moment and soon assumed she was after him for some apparent reason. "What do you want with me?"
"You can put down your weapon. I'm no threat to you."
Espio started to panic once she mentioned the weapon he had. He took the kunai from behind his back and pointed it at her. "Stay the fuck back or I'll kill you."
She smiled as she licked her lips, "You don't have the guts."
"We'll see about that, assassin." He saw her walking closer to him in a slow pace. "Get back!"
She sat on the bed beside him, took her hand, and placed it on his weapon, slowly lowering it. "You won't be needing this", she said in a seductive tone.
He then unwillingly dropped his weapon onto the floor. He couldn't help but to blush as he felt the feel of her hand upon his leg. His heartbeat was racing and his breathing became short. He watched as she placed her hand on his face and her lips slowly made an impact on his.
Meanwhile Shadow was walking down the deserted sidewalk with the cold night air making contact on his fur. He was looking through Espio's phone and saw a bunch of female names on his calling history. "Crystal? Debra? What are these? Hooker names?" He then closed the phone and placed the phone in his coat pocket. He started to think back when he and Espio first encountered Rose when she tried to kill the mayor. He thought about how they had gotten in the locked building with that strange green light. 'That strange green light. Was that some kind of teleportation or was it...?' Then an image of a male light blue hedgehog that looked exactly like him came to his mind. He looked to the ground, 'Dad. He had the power to do Chaos Control. Does this mean his power was somehow passed down to me?' He didn't think about it long because he had finally reached Espio's house.
He walked up to his door and assumed it was going to be locked but when he turned it, the door opened. 'Huh? That's weird.' He slowly walked in and shut the door behind him. He looked around the house a bit, "Espio?" He called but no answer. He looked at the stairs, "He might be in his room." He walked upstairs and towards his bedroom door. He placed his hand on the doorknob and turned it, opening the door. Once he stepped in the room, he saw Espio naked and on top of a familiar pink hedgehog kissing her. He stood there speechless for a few seconds before he yelled out to him. "Espio!"
Espio and Rose stopped and turned to the door, finding Shadow standing there with his arms crossed looking pissed.
Espio stared at him with panic, "Sha-Shadow?"
"You sick fuck", with anger, Shadow stormed out of the room.
