Disclaimer: I don't own SEGA *cries*
Raven: But you own us!
...*cries more*
Chapter 7
Normal P.O.V.
-Facility Infirmary:
"Damn, who knew you'd get this beat up from some little spy..." Cyro said as the nurse was bandaging up Conner's arm.
Conner glared at him through his good eye. "Shut up, he wasn't some measly spy..."
"I can believe that, since you're once of the most experienced fighter out of all of us. If it was an easy opponent, you would've taken him down without a scratch." Ashur confirmed while the others nodded.
The male members of Team Mist, as well as the posse of Conner's trainee's were all packed into the infirmary, after they heard that their coach had encountered a spy and had gotten injured badly.
"Well, at least he wasn't injured to the extent of getting him hospitalized..." Flame said.
"I wouldn't be so keen on that note..." Conner said as the others through him confused glances.
"A certain someone will have a mean temper once they hear about this...I'm not sure i'll make it out alive after what they'll do to me..." Conner said as the others shook their heads while some snickered.
"Don't worry Conner, my father will understand the circumstances..." Flame assured with a smile.
Conner side-glanced his best friend. "I'm not talking about Mr Rich, though..."
Jonah raised his eyebrow. "Starlight?" he asked as Cyro, Darius and Flame cringed at the sound of their friend's name.
Conner smirked. "Worse."
"Who can be worse than Star?!" Darius said as the others agreed.
"You'd be surprised..." Conner said.
The fast clicking of heels echoed through the hall, as workers threw confused looks towards the person walking.
Her newly straightened quills swayed with every step, and her mascara and eye lined eyes were filled with furiosity and annoyance.
She was just coming from the hair salon, since today was supposed to be her break day.
Was.
Her eyebrows furrowed, and her eyes half-lidded, Moonlight Rayy looked anything but pleased.
"ML Wait-"
"Just calm down sweetie-"
"no need to do something rash-"
Amy, Alicia and Starlight, as well as Julia, Jamie and Raven were following their distressed friend, after she got the call that her best friend had been injured.
She didn't listen, as she sped up, heading for the infirmary.
She reached the destination and slammed the doors open, not bothering to wait for her friends.
The boys widened their eyes and spread out her path towards the room where Conner was, with the other girls following after her.
She caught sight of her friend, as he was sitting on a bed while the nurse was treating him.
She stopped in front of him, arms crossed and her back facing the others. There was silence as they watched intently.
Conner looked up at her, and swallowed a lump as she glared at him. "...Hey..."
Moonlight stayed silent, narrowing her eyes to intensify her glare.
Conner's P.O.V.
ML shifted her weight from one leg to another, till she spoke.
"I was at the mall, enjoying my break day with the girls when I got a phone call saying that my best friend was injured badly to the extent that he's being treated for broken limbs...Care to explain?" Moonlight spoke calmly, but it was evidently clear that she was refraining from lashing out at me from anger.
I skimmed my eyes over her body.
True, she really seemed that she was at the mall, with her hair down and straightened, her face dolled up and her outfit different from what she wore when she worked at the facility. A tight pink tank top with a purple heart in the middle along with pink wedges and a gray short showing a little more of her legs than what was comfortable. I lingered a bit at her legs, noting that those wedges made her legs look fantastic. And the tight gray short that made her round perky ass look-
No Conner, she's mad now. No thinking of any of that.
I looked up into her eyes and smirked. "I only broke an arm, ML, no need to get worked up..."
If her glare wasn't scary enough before, it sure as hell is now.
I swallowed a bit. Yep, she's seriously pissed. I looked past her and at the others. "Guys, care to give us a moment alone?..."
They nodded, some of the guys mumbling "Good Luck" and "Hope you'll live through it..."
As soon as the door shut, I was left with the nurse and ML.
Alone.
Oh Joy.
"What really happened Conner?" ML spoke.
I sighed. "It's nothing you should worry about ML-"
"Yes it is, Conner! I deserve to know what in the name of hell happened for you to end up like this?!" ML shouted.
"I got in a fight. I always get in fights. No big deal." I said, shrugging it off.
"But you never got hurt this bad! If you keep this up, with all this fighting and recklessness you'll end up being paralyzed or worse!"
I looked up at her. "But I'm Okay! Why are you having such a hissy fit?!"
"You're okay?! Conner you have a broken arm, a black eye, you're basically a mummy from all the bandaging, how is that okay?! Somehow when you get better you always manage to get beat up once more! I can't always endure this with you-"
"Nobody's asking you to!" I told her, raising my voice. We heard the door shut, signaling that the nurse had left us as well.
"But I have to! Cause if you continue all this stupid reckless fighting then who will take care of you-"
"Moonlight I can take care of myself" I stated, my patience running thin.
"LOOKING AT YOU NOW IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT WAY DOES IT?!" ML yelled at me as i furrowed my eyebrows in anger/
"Don't you raise your voice at me I'VE HAD WORSE YOU KNOW THAT-"
"Yeah. I DO! I'VE SEEN YOU HURT AND ACHING FROM EVERY FIGHT YOU'VE HAD! I'VE SEEN YOU BRUISED AND BATTERED TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU MIGHT NOT EVER MOVE AGAIN! WHY DO YOU KEEP FIGHTING IF THIS IS HOW YOU'RE GONNA END UP?!" ML said before she turned her back to me.
I scoffed and turned my head "Why do you always ask me the same question if you already know the answer to it?" She didn't turn as I spoke "Moonlight, I'll never change the way I handle my duties. If my assignments require me to fight, then I will fight. I will fight till I die, that's my stopping point. That'll never change, no matter how many times I get hurt, it will never change. So you can stop your lectures on me." I said, while her back still faced me.
Silence consumed the air around us as neither one of us spoke or moved.
"Then I guess it can't be helped." I heard ML speak softly.
She turned to me, and began to approach me, her eyes slightly brimming with tears.
I felt a pang of guilt for making her cry, but i brushed it off as she neared me. "I-If I can't stop you from fighting...then I can at least help you with healing your injuries, so you can continue to fight for your reason...whatever it may be..." ML said as she took my wrapped broken arm in both hands.
Her eyes glowed a bit as she whispered.
"Chaos...Heal..."
There was a flash of yellow that erupted from my arm. She let go of it and sat down next to me on the bed.
I flexed my fingers, my left arm feeling way better than before. I turned to her. "Are you alright?"
She nodded, her head down and her eyes closed. "Just a little lightheaded..."
I frowned a bit. Moonlight's always had problems with her Chaos powers, since her telekineses didn't mix well with her Chaos Force, it was a lot harder for her to control them both.
So far, the only time she's ever used her Chaos powers for when she was gonna treat me for my injuries...nothing else like Shadow had done...
Shadow. The only way I had sensed him was from the overflowing power of Chaos energy he had. And it was to the point where my fur had stood on end.
"Conner?" I snapped out of my thoughts to look at ML.
The pang of guilt that I had pushed away before had come at me with full throttle as ML looked at me with those eyes.
The ones that could seriously break down the strongest of men and make them soft as hell, the ones that could shame any five-year old's pleading face. Y'know, the ones that make your heart drop to your stomach.
"Yeah?" I questioned.
"Promise me that you'll be a little less reckless when you fight...It's not the best sight for me to see you all bloody and bruised..." ML said in a small voice as she hugged my right arm tight and set her head on my shoulder.
I turned to her, her eyes looking up me as a small tear cascaded down her cheek. I smiled at her warmly. "I promise..."
She smiled up at me and cuddled my arm closer to her.
We sighed as silence once again filled the room.
~Outside...~
"It seems quiet in there, I wonder how Conner's holding up..."
"I bet ML already gave him a piece of her mind. He's probably looking worse than before"
"Aw c'mon, ML couldn't be that dangerous, can she?"
"I'm not sure about that, Cyro. Conner and ML have been together for 11 years...I bet ML has a lot of pent up frustration and anger she wants to let out at him..."
"No way Jonah, even if she is mad at him, ML wouldn't harm him...She wouldn't harm a fly..."
"True, but look at it this way: Have any of you ever seen ML that angry?"
Silence followed as many exchanged glances.
"She...did look really mad though..."
"Yeah...practically fuming..."
"Damn...Now I really hope Conner's gonna be alright..."
"Well, if something DOES happen to him, at least he won't give us those hell-bent training classes anymore..."
"Yep"
"True that"
"Yeah...Hey Flame if Conner somehow doesn't make it out can I be second-in-command?" Darius asked as Flame gave him a side glance.
"Psh, yeah right Darius, Flame's gonna make YOU the second-in-command..." Cyro said sarcastically.
"listen here you-"
The soft sound of the infirmary door opening reached the hall, and everyone had tensed up and grew silent as the nurse emerged from behind it.
She looked at all off them, then shook her head in small fun. "You all look as if you're waiting to see if something's gonna happen..." She said.
Flame approached her "Um pardon señorita, but how are the things inside?" Flame asked as the nurse threw him a sympathetic look.
"Well, the girl's making a big deal out of it, and Conner isn't really enjoying the whole ordeal...I hope she doesn't rough him up too much..." the nurse said as all the others exchanged glances once more before...
"I CALL DIBS ON BEING THE NEXT COACH!"
"NO WAY WADE I DO!"
"SHUT UP YOU TWO ASHUR SHOULD BE THE ONE TO COACH IN CONNER'S PLACE"
"OH YEAH?! WHY HIM?!"
"CAUSE HE'S STRONGER THAN ALL OF YOU!"
"SAYS WHO?!"
"WELL IT'S TRUE! NONE OF YOU WERE ABLE TO FACE CONNER IN A FIGHT UNTIL ASHUR STEPPED UP! HE COULD'VE WON!"
The group started to argue more and more, everyone shouting for a chance at being the coach.
Amy shook her head and sighed. "Now what? All the others are fighting..."
"I dunno, but someone's gotta check in with Conner and ML sooner or later..." Jamie scoffed as she crossed her arms.
"Yeah...Jamie help me calm this place down first..."
"Sure thing AJ" And with that note, Jamie stuck two fingers in her mouth and blew a long, hard and loud whistle that rang out and silenced everyone.
They all turned to glance at the two pinkettes. "Thanks Jamie...Sorry to interrupt your argument, but someone's gotta check on Conner and ML...any suggestions on who's gonna go?" Amy said.
Silence filled the hall as many shuffled in their places and looked away.
Amy rolled her eyes in frustration "C'mon! You can't all be scared to go in there! Who'll be the brave one here and go inside?" Everyone turned their eyes to her.
She glanced around. "W-What? NO NOT ME! You've got to be kidding!"
"Well, ML is your best friend, you have a better chance at going inside and coming out unharmed than most of us..." Flame said as the others agreed.
"I-I b-but I-Oh fine!" Amy protested, before she crossed her arms and looked away, annoyed.
"But I'm not going alone!" Amy said as she grabbed Flame's arm. "You're coming with!"
"Esperar lo-?!" she dragged Flame towards the door.
Amy pushed through the door with Flame behind her and they stumbled in, expecting the worst to happen.
What they didn't expect, though, was to find ML cuddling Conner's arm and Conner having his head still on his shoulders.
"Umm...Are we interrupting something?" Amy asked as she looked at the 'couple'.
"Nah, we were just finishing up..." Conner said as ML hugged his arm tighter.
Flame glanced closely at Moonlight to see that she had some tear stains on her face. "You sure about that?" He looked warily at Conner.
Conner nodded and signaled him to shrug it off.
Amy looked back at the two friends. 'They really could make a cute couple...' She smiled to herself.
"We're just friends, Amy..." ML spoke out.
Amy threw a bewildered look. "What are you talking abo-" Amy caught ML's sly smirk. "DID YOU JUST READ MY MIND?!" Amy screeched as ML giggled and nodded.
"Sorry, but you were asking for it..." ML said as Amy childishly stuck out her tongue at her.
ML let go of Conner's arm, but still stayed by his side sitting.
"So...is everything okay now?..." Flame asked.
ML peeked at Conner from the corner of her eye. He noticed and sent a wink back, immediately regretting it since his eye stung in pain.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that everything is good-"
There was an interruption as everyone that was outside swarmed back into the infirmary.
"Hey guys!"
"Was she too hard on ya?"
"Huh, Conner doesn't seem to be too torn up..."
"Holy Crap Conner you're still in one piece?!"
Conner leaned in closely towards ML "Why do I get the feeling that I wasn't supposed to survive?" he whispered as ML slightly shook her head in confusion.
"Well, there goes Ashur's chance of becoming Coach..."
"So does Wade's chance..."
"He never had a chance in the first place..."
"Shut up asshole..."
A vein popped onto Conner's head as he realized what they were up to. "EEEEHHHHHHHH?! YOU UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS WERE FIGHTING FOR MY PLACE WHILE I WAS BEING TREATED?! WHY I OUTTA-" Conner was about to jump out of the bed and attack his 'students' until he was held back by a hand on his shoulder.
"-'You outta' sit back down and rest your wounds...right?" He heard ML's voice as he turned to look at her. There was a bit of venom in her voice as a black aura surrounded her, meaning that if he didn't do as she says he'll regret it.
Conner swallowed his fear and leaned back to sitting. "Y-Yeah..."
ML turned to the others. "So, anyone mind telling me who did this to Conner?"
Everyone glanced at one another, till Flame spoke. "Well, from what he's told us...A spy had infiltrated the facility through the air vents, and Conner was able to sense him by his immense Chaos Force. Conner had tracked him down to the conference room, which now lays in ruins due to the fight he had with the spy. That's what he told us...Although..." Flame trailed off a bit and glanced at Conner.
"Why did you let him escape?" The question lingered in the air as everyone stared at Conner.
"He was a G.U.N. agent. He had no choice but to let him go..." Another voice spoke as everyone turned to find Mr Rich and Ms Isabella.
"S-Sir!"
"Mr Rich?!"
"M-Ms Isabella!"
Mr Rich was in his usual attire, a Black coat with a grey dress shirt beneath, black dress pants and black dress shoes.
Ms Isabella was wearing a baby blue blazer with a matching pencil skirt, and a white shirt with matching white heels.
Flame spoke "Sir, mamá, why are you two here?"
Flame grimaced a bit at the formality, but spoke nonetheless. "We're here to check up on Conner, and to hear him explain to us what had happened with his encounter...Conner?" Mr Rich turned to Conner, as everyone else looked at him.
Conner sighed. "What do you want to know?"
Mr Rich glanced at his wife, then back at Conner. "Everything...the spy's name. Their physical appearance. Why they were here..."
Conner closed his eyes and took in a deep breath. "Alright...well, he was a male. A Hedgehog. Black fur, tan muzzle, dark red streaks and blood red eyes. His name is Shadow. I'm not sure why he was here but I think that-"
Amy didn't listen to his explanation, as his voice droned out and she was left to her intruding thoughts.
'Shadow?!'
'Shadow was here?...'
'Why?!'
"If he was here on a G.U.N. mission, then there's a chance that Rouge might have gone with hi-ROUGE?!'
'What the hell is going on?!'
"-my. Amy!" she snapped out her thoughts as Raven called her name and looked at her in concern.
"Are you alright? You seem kinda zoned out..." Raven said.
Amy stared at her for a bit, before she shook her head and pulled on a fake smile. "I'm fine, Rav, just had a couple of thoughts in my head. No worries." Amy said calmly and turned to listen to what the others were talking about.
Raven gave her friend one last weary look before she turned back to the situation at hand.
'Why do I feel that she's hiding something?'
Hey, sorry for no updates. I'm still using my daddy's computer and its so slow. I also think that I'm coming down with some writer's block. I really hope I can put up another chapter soon before my high school days start.
Please Review! That's the only thing that motivates me to write up chapters.
