CHAPTER 8
SYMPATHY IS NICE
Shadow clenched his fists tightly as he jumped high up onto the balcony. Once Shadow stomped onto the metal floor of the balcony, he finally confronted the killer. He squinched his eyes so he could see the killer better, but he was standing in the shadows and couldn't see him very well. 'Damn! It's so hard to see!' No matter how hard he tried, he saw nothing but the killer's long blonde hair that was set over his shoulders. "So you're the killer huh? Who are you?"
The killer said nothing and raised a hand gun towards the hedgehog. He pulled the trigger and yet another shot was heard throughout the already panicked club.
Everyone below them began to run around in circles as they pushed and shoved each other to just get out of the club,
Shadow kneeled down to floor and glared at the killer in the shadows after he had dodged the bullet he had shot at him. He sighed in relief, 'That was too close.' He stood from the floor and began to charge at the killer with his fist clenched. "You're going down you son of a bitch!"
Before Shadow could hit him, the killer quickly took out a small smoke bomb and threw it down onto the metal floor.
Shadow stopped in his tracks and coughed from the thick smoke that surrounded him. "Shit!" He coughed. "I can't see!"
When the smoke finally cleared, the killer was nowhere in sight.
The hedgehog gritted his teeth and kicked the metal railing of the balcony in frustration. "Damn! He got away!" His thoughts traveled from the killer when he heard a cry of terror below him. The club was empty because of the gunshots that scared everyone away, but someone was still there. He looked below him and saw a blue hedgehog holding a stiff lion's hand in his. 'It's that hedgehog!' He then jumped down from the balcony and landed back onto the dance floor with ease.
As the blue hedgehog mourned over the lion's death, he saw a black and red hedgehog confront him in concern. "He...he's dead. Saigo is dead."
Shadow couldn't help but to feel bad about the whole situation. It wasn't like he could bring him back for him. He wanted to comfort the hedgehog, but it seemed impossible since they had just met. He reached out to the hedgehog and pulled his body away from Saigo's corpse. He held the hedgehog in a gentle embrace. "I'm so sorry", he spoke softly.
The hedgehog sniffed as he snuggled against his body. He kept asking himself in his mind, 'Who is he? He tried to fight the killer when it was a life threatening situation. I never met anyone with courage like him.' He began to whisper as he sobbed softly, "Who...are you?"
He remained silent at first because he was deciding if he wanted to reveal his name to him. For some reason, he trusted the hedgehog. "My name is Shadow." He looked down at the crying hedgehog, "You?"
He sniffed softly, "Jake."
He formed a smile at the tone of his voice and the sound of his name. 'That's a cute name', he thought. He placed his finger on his cheek and wiped a tear away. "Okay Jake, I'll tell you what." He let go of Jake's body and began to take out a pen and a piece of paper from his pants pocket.
The blue hedgehog watched as Shadow wrote on the paper with the pen and gave it to him. When he looked at it, he saw a bunch of random numbers written on it. "Wha-what is this?"
"It's my cell number. I don't know why, but I feel just awful about what happened to your...boyfriend. So if you want to talk about anything, I'll be all ears."
Jake clenched the paper in his shaking hands and was glad that Shadow was so kind to him. "Oh...th-thank you, Shadow." Before he could cry again, Shadow hugged him once again.
"No problem." While he hugged him, he felt his arms wrap around his body as well. 'Heh', he thought. 'He's kinda...cute.'
Meanwhile, Espio was in his bedroom lying on his bed thinking about what had happened between him and Shadow. He felt absolutely disgusting about the whole thing. "Shadow..." he murmured. "...He's such a faggot."
"Who's a faggot?" A confused purple cat asked as she sat on the bed beside him.
The chameleon jumped up in surprise and had hoped she didn't hear everything he said. He had forgotten that she was staying over his house tonight. He wanted to keep what was going on with Shadow a secret and he never wanted to tell Tonya about what Shadow tried to do to him. "Gah! Tonya!"
The cat looked really interested to know what her lover was talking about. "Well?"
"Well...what?"
"Who's the faggot?"
Espio tried to make something up and quick before she grew too suspicious. "I-I didn't say faggot! I said maggot!"
"Ma-maggot?"
"Yeah! Yeah maggot! Totally different from the word faggot!" He had hoped that Tonya had believed him.
"What? Why would you say that for?"
"Because I said...Charmy is a little...maggot", he was then hit in the back of the head. "Ow!"
The cat pointed her finger and glared at the chameleon. "That's a mean thing to say about him! So stop acting like such a jerk towards your teammates no matter how annoying they are!"
"Okay! Okay! I'm sorry!" He apologized as he rubbed the back of his throbbing head.
The cat got off of the bed and began to walk out of the room. "No sex for you tonight!"
A sweat drop appeared on his head as she made that his punishment. 'What! I cover up the truth and I still get punished?' He began to follow and beg her to lift his punishment. "Wait! Tonya! I'll be good! Please don't do this to me! I need you!"
A/N:
Shadow: Guess who?
Espio: Sha-Shadow! What the hell are you doing here?
Shadow: I thought we were going to hang out today?
Espio: Yeah! Before I knew you were a fucking queer! Stay away from me!
