Shadic's Escape Chapter 8: Back With GUN
Ok, new chapter! Thankyou to those who read this story, and to those who comment! I have a lot more chapters typed up and ready to go, and I may just put up one every day or every other day. The only reason why I didn't do that before is either A) I forgot, B) I didn't feel like it, or C) I didn't wanna get so many chapters up that I didn't have any left. But, heh, don't gotta worry any more because reason letter C already happened at the SEGA message boards! So, I'll just get caught up then. ^_^
BACK WITH GUN
When Shadic awoke, she didn't know where she was. She was laying on her stomach on a cold cement floor. She sat up and rubbed her dizzy, aching head. She found that something held her arms back. Blinking several times, she found that she was in a room similar to a prison cell. What limited her movement were metal chains. On the other side of the bars locking her in, Soko and Sam were talking in low whispers. She couldn't understand what they were saying. They finally saw that she was watching them.
"So, it finally awakens." Sam said in a mocking tome. Shadic pulled on her chains. The only thought in her head was to hurt, & if possible, kill him.
"I'm not an 'it'!" she screamed.
"Then what do you think you are?" he teased.
"I'm a hedgehog." she growled.
"Your nothing but a science experiment."
"That doesn't matter! I still have my own life!"
"You are meant to follow my commands, nothing more."
"I don't care what you say, I will never do your evil work."
"You will, that is, if you want your little friends to live." Soko joined in. Shadic narrowed her eyes angerly.
"Where are they?" she asked slowly and clearly.
"All you need to know is that they are alive, for the moment." Sam smirked, "And whether or not they stay that way depends on you."
"Leave them alone!" Shadic yelled with even more anger.
"You choose their fate." he said simply.
"What will happen to them?"
"If you remain here, they shall merely stay in captivity. If you run, you'll be recaptured, and they will pay, with their lives."
"Your crazy!" Shadic strained harder against the chains. Sam paid no attention and instead turned to Soko.
"I have a meeting I must attend to. You will guard this cell." he turned his gaze on Shadic, who glared back with still rising anger, though he was still speaking to Soko, "You will watch it make sure no escape is possible."
"Yes sir." Soko answered. Sam turned and left. Shadic's fists were shaking with anger. Soko was just leaning against the wall, staring at her.
"What are you looking at?" Shadic snapped at him.
"Your the first I've ever seen to stand up to him." he answered softly. It was strange, his voice wasn't as cold as it was when he spoke to Sam, or when he confronted her.
"It didn't do me any good!" she snarled, "And stop staring at me like that already! Why are you doing that?"
"I have never thought of anyone or thing as pretty, or cute. I admit that for the first time, I do." he said. Shadic was startled for a second, but it didn't last long. She sat on the floor and leaned her back against the wall.
"Your supposed to guard me, not bore me with stupid lies and stories." she said. Soko came closer to the bars.
"I'm not lying, I greatly admire you, Shadic. Your brave in danger, you care deeply for you friends... and, you are beautiful." he told her. Shadic rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever Romeo. Now, if you don't mind, I've got my whole life left to spend chained up and staring at that wall." though she didn't show, she was shocked by what Soko said. Just awhile ago, he was threatening to shoot her, but now, he's saying that he likes her? Shadic concluded that it was an act, at least, that's what she hoped.
"I'm sorry this has to happen." Soko said sadly, "No one, especially you, deserves this."
"Why don't you go bother someone else for awhile?"
"Because I can't, and if I could, I still wouldn't."
"You had just better hope I don't find a way out, because if I do, I swear I'll strangle you." Shadic threatened, "I have enough to worry about as it is, and I don't need you to add to it."
"All right, if silence is what you want, I'll give that to you." Soko sat by the wall opposite to her. Shadic wondered if she would be able to find a way to get out, and be able to free Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, and Tails. Even if she used Chaos Control, Sam would probably get to them before she could find them. She wondered where they were now, and how they were reacting to waking up in a cell. She hoped that at least they would stay safe, maybe even escape. Everything seemed pointless, she could easily escape, and Sam knew it. That's why he threw the others into this. It was defiantly a bad situation. Maybe, sometime at night if she could find a way out of her cell, she could at least find them. Then, together, they could form some kind of a plan. But that was unlikely, if she could get out of the chains holding her still, she would still need to have the card-key to open the cell door. She sighed sadly. With her legs drawn up against her chest, she laid her head on her knees. One, warm tear slid down her cheek. Everything had just been so perfect, why did it all go wrong? Then she thought of Nena. She had probably been fired for letting her get away. Shadic had cause so much trouble, for so many people. If it wasn't for her, Nena would still have a job, and Sonic and his friends would be safe. It isn't fair, she thought angerly as her fists closed even tighter, It just isn't fair! I didn't do a thing to them, why do I have to be treated like this?! But what can I do? I guess the only thing that I can do is... give up. * * * * *
Perhaps two hours later, the creaking of a door was heard. Shadic lifted her head to see Sam, along with two guards standing in front of her cell. Each guard had a metal pole with a loop of rope at the end of it. Sam did the last thing Shadic had expected: he opened the door. Shadic stood and pulled against her chains, desperate for revenge on him.
"What do you want?" she growled.
"Our meeting requires you to be present." he answered.
"Well, maybe I don't wanna go!"
"Well, maybe I don't care what you want. And maybe I knew you wouldn't willingly come. And maybe these guards have those control sticks for a reason."
"You are so pathetic! You chain me to a wall in a locked cell while I'm unconscious. You threaten to hurt my friends if I escape. And your making other people drag me to some stupid meeting. Face it, your afraid of me!"
"Silence! I'm guaranteeing that you have no hope of getting away again!"
"Why even keep me alive? You have Sonic and Shadow, that's all you wanted me for. Just kill me already!"
"I probably should, but you still may be of some use. But, we're getting off-topic, there are more important things at hand. Guards, make sure it gets upstairs." he turned. Before he was beyond hearing range Shadic shouted at him.
"Stop calling me an it!" as the two guards attempted to slip the roped ends of their poles around her, she made dead sure to give them a hard time. But since her movement was already limited, she couldn't do much, and therefore was stuck. She could move neither left nor right, because the poles held her directly in the middle. The fact that her chains had been removed was a nice change, but her arms were pinned to her sides so she couldn't enjoy it anyway. As the two tried to pull her forward, she pulled them back. It was going to be a matter of who tired first. One of the guards turned to Soko.
"You, don't just sit there, help us!" he ordered him. Shadic couldn't hold all three of them back, but that didn't stop her from trying.
"Your just making this harder on yourself." the second man said.
"Well, I'm not gonna make it any easier for you!" she snapped back.
"Shadic, please, they won't be as cruel if you would just cooperate." Soko said desperately.
"Who asked you?" she growled.
"Please, I don't want you to get hurt." he said sadly.
"Listen Lover Boy, you like me, I don't like you, got it? I don't care what you say, just leave me alone!" she yelled.
"I'm trying to help you." Soko's voice started to get louder, but not nearly as loud as Shadic's.
"I don't want any help!"
"Both of you, shut up!" on of the men said. They had reached a large auditorium. It seemed every single person in the building was there. Shadic was dragged up to the stage in front. Sam was there. She immediately switched from pulling backward to trying to run forward. It was all she wanted at the moment to kill that man. The man who ruined everything. Many in the crowd were gasping at her. For the majority of them, this was the first time they saw her. She glared at Sam as she continued to try and move forwards.
"Enough!" Sam had in his hand a remote, which Shadic recognized as the one that activated that blasted bracelet on her rist. Knowing what was coming, she filled with dread. Smartly, the two guards and Soko had dropped the poles they held before Sam had pressed the button. Shadic screamed and fell to her knees. How was it possible that that pain seemed far more worse than before? By the time the sphere had disappeared, she was left on the floor in a trembling heap. The two men pulled her back into a standing position, where she stayed. She was a little shaky and was breathing hard. She lowered her head, stared at the floor, and cursed under her breath. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Soko, watching her with worry. There was an uneasy silence before Sam spoke to the crowd, all of whom were watching Shadic with wide eyes. "Ladies and gentlemen, as you can obviously see, there have been some, difficulties, with the creature we made. We know it is most vulnerable against electricity, hence the device you have just witnessed. But, it is essential that we find a way to truly tame it. You are here to discuss how we should go about this." the room filled with chatter. Sam also went into the crowd, most likely to listen to the suggestions. Shadic looked up, and to her amazement, found Sonic and the others in the crowd too. Though they too were surrounded by guards, they seemed to be okay. Sonic winked encouragingly at her as if to say, Hey, don't worry, we'll find a way outta this. She smiled, her spirits higher now that she knew they were safe.
"What are you smiling about?" one of the guards holding her asked rudely.
"I was just thinking about how funny if would be if I did this." she kicked him in the knee, hard. He yelled in pain, and she just smiled innocently.
"You little brat!" he moved to throw a punch at her. She simply moved a little to the side and he fell off the stage.
"Yep, that made me feel a whole lot better." she called down to the dizzy man. Sonic gave her a thumbs up. She grinned. "You better go help your partner." she told the other guard, "Don't worry, you still have Lover Boy over there to watch me." she nodded to Soko. She just wanted these two men to leave, she could move more with one of them gone, and she would feel practically free if the other left too. Plus, she honestly didn't plan on going anywhere, there were too many people around that could see her. The man hesitated, but decided to cheek to make sure his partner was all right. He call Soko over.
"Make sure she doesn't go anywhere, got it?" he said.
"Got it." Soko answered. When the man left, Soko spoke to Shadic. "If you keep this up you'll be in a lot of trouble."
"So?" she said, "Tormenting guards is the only fun thing to do around here." they both laughed a little.
"You don't seem to get it, your not supposed to have fun."
"Yeah, well, this morning, Sonic wasn't supposed to put bacon in the microwave. He still did and nothing bad happened." she said, "Except he needs a new microwave now..."she added. Soko gave her a strange look.
"What's bacon have to do with this?" he asked. Shadic sighed.
"I mean, just because someone says you shouldn't do something, doesn't mean you should always listen. That's the fun in life."
"Whatever you say." Soko said as he smiled. He wasn't willing to argue. Sam come back on the stage. He silenced the crowd.
"So it is decided." he said. Neither Shadic or Soko knew what he was talking about. "You will remain in isolation." he told Shadic, "One meal per day." he now faced Soko, "You will be it's guard. You will not leave it's cell. Only you and I have permission to it. Don't disappoint me."
"You can count on me, sir." Soko responded automatically.
"Good. Now take that, thing, away." Sam said, indicating Shadic. She growled as the guards came back and guided her away. Though she didn't fight it since she was leaving Sam behind. Just before going out of sight, she stuck her tongue out at him. She defiantly had her normal attitude back. * * * * *
Back in her cell, Shadic was extremely bored and couldn't sit still.
"There's gotta be something I can do!" she moaned.
"Your not exactly in a hotel." Soko reminded her.
"I know, but this is just... boring!" she sat with her head resting on her hand. Finding a small rock, she scraped it back and forth on the floor.
"Well, that's what isolation is like." Soko said. Shadic sighed.
"But the only thing I can do is talk to you! And what do I need these for?" she said unhappily, pulling uselessly on her chains as they had been put back on her right after coming back into the cell.
"Just a precaution."
"It's not a very good one, I should have thought of this long ago. Chaos Control!" she warped herself out of the chains, but remained in the cell. Soko sprang to his feet.
"If Sam sees that you got out of those he'll be furious!"
"So? I'm not afraid of him. Besides, I'm not going anywhere." Shadic said as she rubbed her wrists, where the chains had started cutting into her skin.
"You just keep pushing your luck."
"I said I wasn't going anywhere." she repeated as she stretched. Soko groaned.
"All right, fine, just promise me you won't do anything else your not supposed to. Your really getting on Sam's bad side, and I don't know how long he'll take it."
"You mean he actually has a good side? You could've fooled me." she folded her arms in front of her.
"Put it this way, he's very good at hiding it." both of them laughed. Soko might be annoying, Shadic thought to herself, but maybe he isn't all that bad. Her stomach growled.
"Hey, do you guys believe in eating around here?"
"Yeah, there's a lady who goes around giving everyone dinner. The food isn't all that great though..."
"Well, when is this lady coming? I haven't eaten since yesterday."
"She should be getting here soon." Soko answered after glancing at a clock that looked like it would fall off the wall any minute. Shadic moaned.
"She'd better hurry." Shadic walked along the edge of her cell to get her mind off of food. She must have walked the circle at least twenty times before an elderly woman appeared with a cart loaded with many bowls. She looked like one of the few kind people at GUN.
"Hello dears." she said as she found two bowls that had what looked like a thin soup in them, "Tonight, you get to have my special recipe." she gave Soko his bowl, "Enjoy!" next, she handed Shadic her soup through the bars. The woman looked carefully at her over the top of her glasses. "Ah, your the one I saw today. Quite a ruckus you've been making lately, you little fireball!" she chuckled, "But I for one don't believe in the, isolation thing. No one should be cut off from their friends... and I'm very good at keeping secrets." she winked and handed Shadic a folded piece of paper, "Your friends asked me to give that to you. You'll find a pen inside that note, so is you want to tell them something I'll gladly take it to them tomorrow. Now, I must be off. Plenty of stops left for me." she left, pushing her cart in front of her.
"I always did like her." Soko stated. He took a bite of his soup and made a face, "But never liked her cooking." he finished. Shadic desperately wanted to read the note the woman gave her, but she was starving. So she decided to read it after eating. She only had a little soup, Sam had probably made sure of that. She ate quickly, despite the terrible taste.
"I agree," she said after finishing, "Nice person; awful cool. What was that made of? Tar?
"I don't even want to know."
"That's not reassuring." Shadic went to a corner farther from Soko to read the note. As she unfolded it, sure enough, a miniature pen fell out. She wondered where they found it. The note was divided into four parts. Each of them had written something. Their handwriting wasn't the neatest she had seen, but she could still read it:
Hey Shadic,
Great job with knocking that guard off the stage. Couldn't have done it better myself. Stay cool, I've gotten outta here before, and I'm gonna make sure we can all get out this time too. Sonic
Hi Shadic,
If you want something fun to do, ask the guards a bunch of questions. After awhile they start to go nuts. I do that all the time. It works on anyone, trust me. Tails
Yo,
Awesome work on the stage today, you show'em who's boss. We're working on a plan to get outta here. We'll tell ya when we find a good one. So far all we thought of was duds. Most were Sonic's ideas. Knux
Shadic,
Stay strong. Give them trouble. But not so much that they cryogenically freeze you like they did to me. Shadow
Shadic smiled. She could have told who wrote what even without reading the signatures. So, she thought, they are already thinking about how to escape. She twirled the pen like a baton as she thought of how to reply. Finally, she began to write:
Hello guys,
Those guards had it coming to them. Thanks for that idea, Tails. I'll keep that in mind the next time I start pacing. See Sonic? Your not the only one with a short attention span. I was hoping that you guys would start thinking of an escape plan. I can't do anything without risking your safety. I'm definitely not being cooperative with these losers. I think that they are trying to tame me. They're wasting their time! So far they've tried chaining me to a wall, but I got out of the stupid chains. I'm in isolation and an extremely annoying guy is my guard. What's worse is that he likes me. I get a little bit a food, I mean tar, once a day. And, yet again, I've been electrocuted. What a great day... but at least I've heard no word of being cryogenically frozen. Good luck on thinking of a plan. Shadic
She read over what she wrote. Then, after folding the paper back up, she set it on the floor. Soko was still sitting, just watching her. "Why have you been so quiet?"
"I figured that you would want to read you letter in peace." he answered, "Was I right?"
"Yeah, um, thanks." Shadic responded strangely. There was a few moments of silence. "Hey, what time is it? I can't see the clock from in here."
"Ten o' clock." he answered.
"Wow, it's that late? Well, I'm going to sleep now. I feel a bit sick. Probably from that junk that you call food. So, good night."
"Sweet dreams." Soko said. Shadic rolled her eyes. What was it with this guy? Didn't he get it that she didn't like him? She laid down on the far side of her cell. After making herself as comfortable as she was going to get on the cold, hard floor, she fell into an uneasy sleep.
Ok, new chapter! Thankyou to those who read this story, and to those who comment! I have a lot more chapters typed up and ready to go, and I may just put up one every day or every other day. The only reason why I didn't do that before is either A) I forgot, B) I didn't feel like it, or C) I didn't wanna get so many chapters up that I didn't have any left. But, heh, don't gotta worry any more because reason letter C already happened at the SEGA message boards! So, I'll just get caught up then. ^_^
BACK WITH GUN
When Shadic awoke, she didn't know where she was. She was laying on her stomach on a cold cement floor. She sat up and rubbed her dizzy, aching head. She found that something held her arms back. Blinking several times, she found that she was in a room similar to a prison cell. What limited her movement were metal chains. On the other side of the bars locking her in, Soko and Sam were talking in low whispers. She couldn't understand what they were saying. They finally saw that she was watching them.
"So, it finally awakens." Sam said in a mocking tome. Shadic pulled on her chains. The only thought in her head was to hurt, & if possible, kill him.
"I'm not an 'it'!" she screamed.
"Then what do you think you are?" he teased.
"I'm a hedgehog." she growled.
"Your nothing but a science experiment."
"That doesn't matter! I still have my own life!"
"You are meant to follow my commands, nothing more."
"I don't care what you say, I will never do your evil work."
"You will, that is, if you want your little friends to live." Soko joined in. Shadic narrowed her eyes angerly.
"Where are they?" she asked slowly and clearly.
"All you need to know is that they are alive, for the moment." Sam smirked, "And whether or not they stay that way depends on you."
"Leave them alone!" Shadic yelled with even more anger.
"You choose their fate." he said simply.
"What will happen to them?"
"If you remain here, they shall merely stay in captivity. If you run, you'll be recaptured, and they will pay, with their lives."
"Your crazy!" Shadic strained harder against the chains. Sam paid no attention and instead turned to Soko.
"I have a meeting I must attend to. You will guard this cell." he turned his gaze on Shadic, who glared back with still rising anger, though he was still speaking to Soko, "You will watch it make sure no escape is possible."
"Yes sir." Soko answered. Sam turned and left. Shadic's fists were shaking with anger. Soko was just leaning against the wall, staring at her.
"What are you looking at?" Shadic snapped at him.
"Your the first I've ever seen to stand up to him." he answered softly. It was strange, his voice wasn't as cold as it was when he spoke to Sam, or when he confronted her.
"It didn't do me any good!" she snarled, "And stop staring at me like that already! Why are you doing that?"
"I have never thought of anyone or thing as pretty, or cute. I admit that for the first time, I do." he said. Shadic was startled for a second, but it didn't last long. She sat on the floor and leaned her back against the wall.
"Your supposed to guard me, not bore me with stupid lies and stories." she said. Soko came closer to the bars.
"I'm not lying, I greatly admire you, Shadic. Your brave in danger, you care deeply for you friends... and, you are beautiful." he told her. Shadic rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever Romeo. Now, if you don't mind, I've got my whole life left to spend chained up and staring at that wall." though she didn't show, she was shocked by what Soko said. Just awhile ago, he was threatening to shoot her, but now, he's saying that he likes her? Shadic concluded that it was an act, at least, that's what she hoped.
"I'm sorry this has to happen." Soko said sadly, "No one, especially you, deserves this."
"Why don't you go bother someone else for awhile?"
"Because I can't, and if I could, I still wouldn't."
"You had just better hope I don't find a way out, because if I do, I swear I'll strangle you." Shadic threatened, "I have enough to worry about as it is, and I don't need you to add to it."
"All right, if silence is what you want, I'll give that to you." Soko sat by the wall opposite to her. Shadic wondered if she would be able to find a way to get out, and be able to free Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, and Tails. Even if she used Chaos Control, Sam would probably get to them before she could find them. She wondered where they were now, and how they were reacting to waking up in a cell. She hoped that at least they would stay safe, maybe even escape. Everything seemed pointless, she could easily escape, and Sam knew it. That's why he threw the others into this. It was defiantly a bad situation. Maybe, sometime at night if she could find a way out of her cell, she could at least find them. Then, together, they could form some kind of a plan. But that was unlikely, if she could get out of the chains holding her still, she would still need to have the card-key to open the cell door. She sighed sadly. With her legs drawn up against her chest, she laid her head on her knees. One, warm tear slid down her cheek. Everything had just been so perfect, why did it all go wrong? Then she thought of Nena. She had probably been fired for letting her get away. Shadic had cause so much trouble, for so many people. If it wasn't for her, Nena would still have a job, and Sonic and his friends would be safe. It isn't fair, she thought angerly as her fists closed even tighter, It just isn't fair! I didn't do a thing to them, why do I have to be treated like this?! But what can I do? I guess the only thing that I can do is... give up. * * * * *
Perhaps two hours later, the creaking of a door was heard. Shadic lifted her head to see Sam, along with two guards standing in front of her cell. Each guard had a metal pole with a loop of rope at the end of it. Sam did the last thing Shadic had expected: he opened the door. Shadic stood and pulled against her chains, desperate for revenge on him.
"What do you want?" she growled.
"Our meeting requires you to be present." he answered.
"Well, maybe I don't wanna go!"
"Well, maybe I don't care what you want. And maybe I knew you wouldn't willingly come. And maybe these guards have those control sticks for a reason."
"You are so pathetic! You chain me to a wall in a locked cell while I'm unconscious. You threaten to hurt my friends if I escape. And your making other people drag me to some stupid meeting. Face it, your afraid of me!"
"Silence! I'm guaranteeing that you have no hope of getting away again!"
"Why even keep me alive? You have Sonic and Shadow, that's all you wanted me for. Just kill me already!"
"I probably should, but you still may be of some use. But, we're getting off-topic, there are more important things at hand. Guards, make sure it gets upstairs." he turned. Before he was beyond hearing range Shadic shouted at him.
"Stop calling me an it!" as the two guards attempted to slip the roped ends of their poles around her, she made dead sure to give them a hard time. But since her movement was already limited, she couldn't do much, and therefore was stuck. She could move neither left nor right, because the poles held her directly in the middle. The fact that her chains had been removed was a nice change, but her arms were pinned to her sides so she couldn't enjoy it anyway. As the two tried to pull her forward, she pulled them back. It was going to be a matter of who tired first. One of the guards turned to Soko.
"You, don't just sit there, help us!" he ordered him. Shadic couldn't hold all three of them back, but that didn't stop her from trying.
"Your just making this harder on yourself." the second man said.
"Well, I'm not gonna make it any easier for you!" she snapped back.
"Shadic, please, they won't be as cruel if you would just cooperate." Soko said desperately.
"Who asked you?" she growled.
"Please, I don't want you to get hurt." he said sadly.
"Listen Lover Boy, you like me, I don't like you, got it? I don't care what you say, just leave me alone!" she yelled.
"I'm trying to help you." Soko's voice started to get louder, but not nearly as loud as Shadic's.
"I don't want any help!"
"Both of you, shut up!" on of the men said. They had reached a large auditorium. It seemed every single person in the building was there. Shadic was dragged up to the stage in front. Sam was there. She immediately switched from pulling backward to trying to run forward. It was all she wanted at the moment to kill that man. The man who ruined everything. Many in the crowd were gasping at her. For the majority of them, this was the first time they saw her. She glared at Sam as she continued to try and move forwards.
"Enough!" Sam had in his hand a remote, which Shadic recognized as the one that activated that blasted bracelet on her rist. Knowing what was coming, she filled with dread. Smartly, the two guards and Soko had dropped the poles they held before Sam had pressed the button. Shadic screamed and fell to her knees. How was it possible that that pain seemed far more worse than before? By the time the sphere had disappeared, she was left on the floor in a trembling heap. The two men pulled her back into a standing position, where she stayed. She was a little shaky and was breathing hard. She lowered her head, stared at the floor, and cursed under her breath. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Soko, watching her with worry. There was an uneasy silence before Sam spoke to the crowd, all of whom were watching Shadic with wide eyes. "Ladies and gentlemen, as you can obviously see, there have been some, difficulties, with the creature we made. We know it is most vulnerable against electricity, hence the device you have just witnessed. But, it is essential that we find a way to truly tame it. You are here to discuss how we should go about this." the room filled with chatter. Sam also went into the crowd, most likely to listen to the suggestions. Shadic looked up, and to her amazement, found Sonic and the others in the crowd too. Though they too were surrounded by guards, they seemed to be okay. Sonic winked encouragingly at her as if to say, Hey, don't worry, we'll find a way outta this. She smiled, her spirits higher now that she knew they were safe.
"What are you smiling about?" one of the guards holding her asked rudely.
"I was just thinking about how funny if would be if I did this." she kicked him in the knee, hard. He yelled in pain, and she just smiled innocently.
"You little brat!" he moved to throw a punch at her. She simply moved a little to the side and he fell off the stage.
"Yep, that made me feel a whole lot better." she called down to the dizzy man. Sonic gave her a thumbs up. She grinned. "You better go help your partner." she told the other guard, "Don't worry, you still have Lover Boy over there to watch me." she nodded to Soko. She just wanted these two men to leave, she could move more with one of them gone, and she would feel practically free if the other left too. Plus, she honestly didn't plan on going anywhere, there were too many people around that could see her. The man hesitated, but decided to cheek to make sure his partner was all right. He call Soko over.
"Make sure she doesn't go anywhere, got it?" he said.
"Got it." Soko answered. When the man left, Soko spoke to Shadic. "If you keep this up you'll be in a lot of trouble."
"So?" she said, "Tormenting guards is the only fun thing to do around here." they both laughed a little.
"You don't seem to get it, your not supposed to have fun."
"Yeah, well, this morning, Sonic wasn't supposed to put bacon in the microwave. He still did and nothing bad happened." she said, "Except he needs a new microwave now..."she added. Soko gave her a strange look.
"What's bacon have to do with this?" he asked. Shadic sighed.
"I mean, just because someone says you shouldn't do something, doesn't mean you should always listen. That's the fun in life."
"Whatever you say." Soko said as he smiled. He wasn't willing to argue. Sam come back on the stage. He silenced the crowd.
"So it is decided." he said. Neither Shadic or Soko knew what he was talking about. "You will remain in isolation." he told Shadic, "One meal per day." he now faced Soko, "You will be it's guard. You will not leave it's cell. Only you and I have permission to it. Don't disappoint me."
"You can count on me, sir." Soko responded automatically.
"Good. Now take that, thing, away." Sam said, indicating Shadic. She growled as the guards came back and guided her away. Though she didn't fight it since she was leaving Sam behind. Just before going out of sight, she stuck her tongue out at him. She defiantly had her normal attitude back. * * * * *
Back in her cell, Shadic was extremely bored and couldn't sit still.
"There's gotta be something I can do!" she moaned.
"Your not exactly in a hotel." Soko reminded her.
"I know, but this is just... boring!" she sat with her head resting on her hand. Finding a small rock, she scraped it back and forth on the floor.
"Well, that's what isolation is like." Soko said. Shadic sighed.
"But the only thing I can do is talk to you! And what do I need these for?" she said unhappily, pulling uselessly on her chains as they had been put back on her right after coming back into the cell.
"Just a precaution."
"It's not a very good one, I should have thought of this long ago. Chaos Control!" she warped herself out of the chains, but remained in the cell. Soko sprang to his feet.
"If Sam sees that you got out of those he'll be furious!"
"So? I'm not afraid of him. Besides, I'm not going anywhere." Shadic said as she rubbed her wrists, where the chains had started cutting into her skin.
"You just keep pushing your luck."
"I said I wasn't going anywhere." she repeated as she stretched. Soko groaned.
"All right, fine, just promise me you won't do anything else your not supposed to. Your really getting on Sam's bad side, and I don't know how long he'll take it."
"You mean he actually has a good side? You could've fooled me." she folded her arms in front of her.
"Put it this way, he's very good at hiding it." both of them laughed. Soko might be annoying, Shadic thought to herself, but maybe he isn't all that bad. Her stomach growled.
"Hey, do you guys believe in eating around here?"
"Yeah, there's a lady who goes around giving everyone dinner. The food isn't all that great though..."
"Well, when is this lady coming? I haven't eaten since yesterday."
"She should be getting here soon." Soko answered after glancing at a clock that looked like it would fall off the wall any minute. Shadic moaned.
"She'd better hurry." Shadic walked along the edge of her cell to get her mind off of food. She must have walked the circle at least twenty times before an elderly woman appeared with a cart loaded with many bowls. She looked like one of the few kind people at GUN.
"Hello dears." she said as she found two bowls that had what looked like a thin soup in them, "Tonight, you get to have my special recipe." she gave Soko his bowl, "Enjoy!" next, she handed Shadic her soup through the bars. The woman looked carefully at her over the top of her glasses. "Ah, your the one I saw today. Quite a ruckus you've been making lately, you little fireball!" she chuckled, "But I for one don't believe in the, isolation thing. No one should be cut off from their friends... and I'm very good at keeping secrets." she winked and handed Shadic a folded piece of paper, "Your friends asked me to give that to you. You'll find a pen inside that note, so is you want to tell them something I'll gladly take it to them tomorrow. Now, I must be off. Plenty of stops left for me." she left, pushing her cart in front of her.
"I always did like her." Soko stated. He took a bite of his soup and made a face, "But never liked her cooking." he finished. Shadic desperately wanted to read the note the woman gave her, but she was starving. So she decided to read it after eating. She only had a little soup, Sam had probably made sure of that. She ate quickly, despite the terrible taste.
"I agree," she said after finishing, "Nice person; awful cool. What was that made of? Tar?
"I don't even want to know."
"That's not reassuring." Shadic went to a corner farther from Soko to read the note. As she unfolded it, sure enough, a miniature pen fell out. She wondered where they found it. The note was divided into four parts. Each of them had written something. Their handwriting wasn't the neatest she had seen, but she could still read it:
Hey Shadic,
Great job with knocking that guard off the stage. Couldn't have done it better myself. Stay cool, I've gotten outta here before, and I'm gonna make sure we can all get out this time too. Sonic
Hi Shadic,
If you want something fun to do, ask the guards a bunch of questions. After awhile they start to go nuts. I do that all the time. It works on anyone, trust me. Tails
Yo,
Awesome work on the stage today, you show'em who's boss. We're working on a plan to get outta here. We'll tell ya when we find a good one. So far all we thought of was duds. Most were Sonic's ideas. Knux
Shadic,
Stay strong. Give them trouble. But not so much that they cryogenically freeze you like they did to me. Shadow
Shadic smiled. She could have told who wrote what even without reading the signatures. So, she thought, they are already thinking about how to escape. She twirled the pen like a baton as she thought of how to reply. Finally, she began to write:
Hello guys,
Those guards had it coming to them. Thanks for that idea, Tails. I'll keep that in mind the next time I start pacing. See Sonic? Your not the only one with a short attention span. I was hoping that you guys would start thinking of an escape plan. I can't do anything without risking your safety. I'm definitely not being cooperative with these losers. I think that they are trying to tame me. They're wasting their time! So far they've tried chaining me to a wall, but I got out of the stupid chains. I'm in isolation and an extremely annoying guy is my guard. What's worse is that he likes me. I get a little bit a food, I mean tar, once a day. And, yet again, I've been electrocuted. What a great day... but at least I've heard no word of being cryogenically frozen. Good luck on thinking of a plan. Shadic
She read over what she wrote. Then, after folding the paper back up, she set it on the floor. Soko was still sitting, just watching her. "Why have you been so quiet?"
"I figured that you would want to read you letter in peace." he answered, "Was I right?"
"Yeah, um, thanks." Shadic responded strangely. There was a few moments of silence. "Hey, what time is it? I can't see the clock from in here."
"Ten o' clock." he answered.
"Wow, it's that late? Well, I'm going to sleep now. I feel a bit sick. Probably from that junk that you call food. So, good night."
"Sweet dreams." Soko said. Shadic rolled her eyes. What was it with this guy? Didn't he get it that she didn't like him? She laid down on the far side of her cell. After making herself as comfortable as she was going to get on the cold, hard floor, she fell into an uneasy sleep.
