STH © SEGA
Sarah belongs to me.
Chapter Seven:
Would You Want To Get Married?
Throwing the last hiking bag with the others Sarah and Amy high-fived each other, "Perfect," Amy said, "Now all we need is the guys."
Sarah smiled, nodding, "This hike to the lake will be perfect."
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Silver jumped again, "How…deep…is…this…..hole!?" he reached up top again, pulling himself up onto the ground beside the hole.
Breathing heavily he stared up through the trees and to the sky, "Whew…"
Blaze came into his eyesight, "What are doing?"
"Getting out of that hole," he pointed, his arm going in the hole.
She stared at him, "You do realize you could've just used your powers, right?"
"Shit…"
Scourge headed out with Fiona following him, "I'm just gonna stay here," she told him, "Tell me how it is."
Scourge looked at her, "What? Since when do you not want to go with me?"
Fiona was sitting in a chair around the campfire, "I'm tired Scourge, I'm not feeling well, I think I swallowed a bug…."
"Fine then," he sighed and looked to the creek, his eyebrows going down as he tilted his head a little, "What the hell is that?"
Fiona turned to where he was looking, snorting she said, "Oh my God! Get Amy! Get everyone!" she laughed.
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Amy looked at the list, double checking to make sure they had everything. Scourge came up behind her, "Amy?"
She turned, "Yeah?"
"You might wanna see this," he almost laughed.
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The group, now containing, Amy, Scourge, Fiona, Big, Vector, Charmy, Cream, Tails, Blaze, Silver, Sarah, Espio and Alicia who was invited to go hiking with them, stood there as Sonic had his hands on hips, smirking proudly at the end of the creek bank.
Amy blinked, "Uh, Sonic?"
"What, Ames? Can't you see I'm getting back for what he did?" Sonic looked back at her.
The group watched as Shadow slept in the creek, barely moving from the little current but sitting on the rocks, "He's not awake," she said.
Sonic took a glance at Shadow, "Right…but I'm still getting back for what he did to me…" he looked around, "…..now for Knuckles."
The group ignored him while he walked off into the trees, they watched as Shadow moved a bit more in his sleep, hitting a deeper spot, "Oh no," Amy whined, "Someone should go in and grab him."
Fiona rolled her eyes, "He's your boyfriend; you do it."
Amy looked in the creek before stepping in her with bare feet, "Alright…."
The group watched her go near Shadow, who was almost drooling now. Amy moved her feet, causing a mini-wave go by, towards Shadow.
Shadow moved into the faster current just like that, "Shadow!" Amy screamed, but it was no use, he was out like a light.
Knuckles was panting by the time he found a familiar place, "Yes! I did it! Stupid spiders didn't scare me…no matter how many times they jumped out at my face…damn jumping spiders…" he walked through the trees, stopping when he heard splashing.
He climbed up on a low branch that went out over the creek. Poking his head out, he saw he was right there; he could just reach his hand out and touch the creek. But he was busy, watching a familiar hedgehog sleep while he floated down the creek, causing water to splash from the big currents.
"Shadow?"
Knuckles watched as Shadow disappeared around the corner of trees and long grass, "Huh…"
Five minutes later he heard, "Shadow!?"
Looking up the river he saw the ebony hedgehog's girlfriend walking in the water, "There's a deep spot right there," Knuckles warned her.
Amy just stepped in, making it go to her thighs, "Have you seen Shadow?"
Knuckles pointed around the corner, "Came by a few minutes ago, still sleeping."
"Yeah well, you might want to join him before Sonic puts you in here too," she kept walking in the water, trying to get to Shadow.
Coughing and standing up in the water, "The fuck?" Shadow looked around as he stood in the creek crossing.
The middle was one of the deepest spots Shadow had found on the creek the other day with Knuckles. The trucks and four-wheelers went around it on the shallow parts. The motorbikes would have trouble on the slippery rocks which were every direction they went. It wasn't like the creek crossing was very long, probably about twenty-two feet.
"Shadow!"
He looked and saw a tired pink hedgehog walking down the river, "Shadow!"
Shadow raised an eyebrow, "Rose?"
Not that he wasn't happy she actually walked in the river for him, but why was he in the river in the first place? He remembered crashing on the ground with a large rock on his cheek all night as he slept outside the cabin door, past that, he had a hard time remembering anything.
He was positive he hadn't drunken anything though, or smoked anything. He was sure of it. He didn't smoke and he rarely drank.
Amy caught up with him, "Thank God you woke up!"
Shadow looked around, "Woke up?" he stared up at her.
She nodded, "Sonic put you in the creek while you were asleep, and you kinda floated down here."
Shadow looked up, past her right ear, her left ear really, and saw Knuckles running for dear life, "Knuckles?"
"No, Sonic did it," Amy said.
"No, Knuckles," Shadow watched the red echidna stop.
"No, it was Sonic."
Shadow watched Knuckles bend over and catch his breath. Shadow rolled his eyes, "Knuckles…"
Amy glared, "Why are you rolling your eyes at me!?"
Shadow looked at her, "I'm…not."
"Don't lie to me! Now you're lying to me!" Amy yelled.
Knuckles stared at them as he walked along the rocks at the beginning of the creek crossing, which was a perfect spot to lie down and tan if the cars didn't come across there.
"I'm not lying to you," Shadow looked from her to Knuckles to her.
"Yes, you are!" Amy yelled, taking a step forward.
She apparently didn't remember she was in a creek and on the edge of the deep spot. She screamed and slammed into Shadow's chest. Knuckles watched in slow motion as Shadow stumbled backwards with his arms around Amy's waist. Shadow watched in slow motion as Knuckles slowly smiled with his tongue sticking out a little.
"Ah!" it became fast motion for Amy as she hit the water.
Shadow held her up as his face was almost buried in the water, "Rose!" he choked, "Get off!" he yelled at her for once.
Amy tried standing up but tumbled on the rocks near Shadow, causing a good splash to help the water drown him.
Shadow sat up in the water, his clothes were soaked, and his face was freezing, scratch that, his ass was freezing. Shadow stood up, "Shadow? I'm so sorry," he heard.
Shadow huffed and looked at his girlfriend, "You're sorry? You're sorry?" he asked her.
Amy swallowed, "…Yes."
Shadow turned and looked at Knuckles, licking his top lip in frustration, "My ass…is fucking ice!"
Knuckles laughed, holding his stomach while Shadow looked at Amy, "And you…say sorry?"
"Shadow, did you drink anything?" Amy asked.
"No!"
"You sure?"
"I'm positive!" Shadow yelled quickly right after she said it.
Amy raised an eyebrow, both ignoring the fact that Knuckles was laughing so hard now that he was on the ground, "You sure-"
"I'm positive!" Shadow yelled louder this time.
"Okay!" Amy yelled back.
"Just a couple more days…" Manic wheezed as he climbed the rocky hill.
Hill…not mountain, just a small hill with a bunch of rocks on it and he was complaining.
"Come on, Manic," Sonia said to her brother as she waited for him on top of the hill, "We aren't even to the big boys yet," she grinned and raced over the hill, disappearing as Manic barely made it to the top.
"What big boys?" he almost whispered as he looked up, "Oh…those big boys…" he said as he looked up at the mountains.
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Knuckles leaned on Rouge practically as the couples climbed, "How much further?" the red echidna whined.
"If you ask that one more time," Rouge breathed, "I am pushing you off the side of this mountain."
Knuckles stared at her with wide eyes while Sonic laughed, "Just think Knux, if she rolled you forward, you'll be to the lake faster!"
Knuckles stuck his tongue out at the blue blur and mumbled something. Rouge breathed out again and kept walking forward, up the side of the mountain and down it sooner or later and with Knuckles there slowing her down, it would probably be later.
Amy glanced up at her boyfriend. His face held no emotion as he walked forward, stopping every few feet to let her catch up. With that, Amy thought he wasn't so mad anymore. She bit her lip and took her chances, "Shadow?"
"Hmph."
Okay…maybe he was still a little angry. Amy swallowed, "Um…you still mad?"
"Furious," he quickly said after her.
Her ears went back, "I'm sorry…it was a creek and it's not like I can control the waves-"
"That were only two inches high."
She moaned, "Could you just take the apology!?"
Shadow stopped and turned around to her, "What do I get out of it?"
She shrugged, "I don't know, a relationship."
Shadow smirked, "How about a deal-"
"If it has to do with you know what, no," she told him, folding her arms.
He whined, "Why not?"
"Are you that desperate?" she answered a question with a question.
He pondered for a moment, "Perhaps, perhaps not."
She rolled her eyes and walked around him, "Well good luck with that."
He quickly grabbed her waist and twirled her into his chest, "I don't need luck," he whispered.
Her scowl turned into a smile slowly, "Someone's getting cocky aren't they?"
Shadow nipped her shoulder and pulled away quickly, "Hey!" he turned to the lunch bag that hit his shoulder.
"Get a room," Rouge said as she walked-or tried to with Knuckles leaning on her- around them.
"I would, but we're in the mountains," Shadow stated.
"Then get a cave," Rouge said, walking down the mountain's side on the trail, "But go somewhere that I don't have to see it or hear it."
Shadow rolled his eyes and watched as the group walked past, Sonic winked at the couple. Shadow growled and threw Amy over his shoulder, "Hey!"
Shadow stayed in the back of the line of friends with Amy over his shoulder. She kept muttering curses into his ear at him, "You're an ass. You're an asshole."
"That's not very nice Rose," Shadow told her.
"You're a jerk, you're a big meanie. You're a butt-head."
"You done yet?" Shadow kept a blank face.
"You're a dick. You're a bastard. You're a jackass."
"You know you're going to want to say some put-ups," Shadow teased.
She rolled her eyes, "Fine. A handsome jackass. How's that?"
"Better."
"Alright. You're a big jerk-"
"I don't see that as a put-up."
"Well at least you aren't tiny," Amy put her hand on his head, "Right? You possessive butt-head."
"What about the meanie?" he reminded.
"Right, right. You…" She thought with her hand on her chin, "You huge meanie," she said.
He chuckled, "Rose, you can't use the same meanings twice or the word."
She groaned and fell limp in his arms, giving up, "I don't know!"
"And I'm offended," he said, "You can find more put-downs then put-ups."
"Maybe because I like them more."
"What? You?" he tried glancing back but it was difficult, "Nooooo."
"Fine, you're a strong asshole."
"See?" Shadow smirked and pinched her thigh.
"Hey! You asshole!" she kicked his arm, or tried to.
"A brave asshole," he corrected.
She pouted and knew that later she would be the one saying sorry a million times when he wouldn't keep her warm in the bed tonight. She never understood why when she woke up that it was negative one billion degrees and Shadow was almost on fire. It gave her an excuse to cuddle him though.
She sighed, "Shadow?"
"Hm?"
"I'm sorry…again."
Shadow put her down with a heavy drag and looked at her, his hands on her cheeks, "Rose," he planted a soft kiss on her lips and pulled away, "You…" He chuckled.
"What?" Amy asked, tilting her head.
He kissed her again though and when he pulled away he said, "You're of course forgiven."
She wrapped her arms around him and he picked her up bridal style, "Come on, let's keep up."
Amy nodded into his chest fur and purred, "Shadow?"
"Hm?"
"Would you want to get married?"
Shadow almost froze right there, "Why do you ask that? You aren't going crazy for me like you did with Sonic right? Though…" He had another thought.
She whacked her arm on his shoulder, "Come back, you dirty hedgehog."
He smirked and kissed her forehead, "You never answered my question though," he told her.
"Well you never answered mine. So we're even," she hid her face in his black shirt.
He growled a purr and muttered something into her quills before running to keep up with the group. She smiled and smacked her lips before dozing off.
