Chapter Eight
Shadow's ruby red eyes gazed at the apartment as he stood on the sidewalk, watching. The barely noticable sprinklets of rain found a resting place on his sleek black fur not even bothering the ebony hedgehog.
The water on the grass sparkled, the flowers around the house were just starting to bloom even though it was late winter, it just didn't seem to fit the mood Shadow was in.
He watched Amy look through her window, probably looking for him. Even if she was looking for him, she couldn't spot him and walked away from the apartment's water stained glass.
He turned himself away from his family's home and continued his way down the damp cement. His pace was slow going, mostly because of his hesitance to leave. He knew he had to leave even if he didn't want to.
"Whatever it takes to keep them safe.." he muttered to himself.
"Whatever it takes to keep who, may I ask, safe?" The black hedgehog eyes widened as he flexibly turned and put up a defensive stance. There stood a few feet from him a blue-tinted grey hedgehog. He had many more quills than Shadow, and was obviously a different breed of hedgehog. His dark yellow eyes observed Shadow as he put his own gloved hands up, as a sign of not wanting a fight.
"Like I need to waste my energy on you," he said, watching Shadow drop his guard, "I only came to find and confront you about our..deal."
"Hatu,I told you before...the deal's off." His red eyes burned with anger as the male hedgehog chuckled.
"You amuse me, Shadow. You made a promise and you can't keep it? Even if you don't plan to give me the emeralds Iwill forcefully get them from you whether you like it or not."
"Over my dead body." Shadow snarled.
"Have we forgotten something? Do you remember what happens if you don't comply?" Hatu watched Shadow lower his head and let his arms fall to his side.
"I very well know the consequences...and I could care less." The greyish colored hedgehog looked at him curiously.
"So you wouldn't mind at all?" he asked, quite surprised.
"Try it and see what happens." theUltimate Lifeform challenged. Shadow believed his threat saved him from his debt until he heard the hedgehog chuckling. His gold colored eyes had a look of high intelligence yet was tainted by some dark intellect.
"You think I wasn't prepared for this?" he said darkly.
"What do you mean?" the confused ebony hedgehog questioned. His eyes frantically, but quietly, searched for answers that the other hedgehog would probably give away. Nothing was able to be noticed.
"I know your weaknesses, Shadow. Like I don't know about you and Amy Rose." Before another breath came to his lips, he was suddenly on the ground. Hatu looked up at the enraged black hedgehog, still smirking, as he wiped blood from his mouth.
"Lay one hand on her and I will make damn sure you will die." Shadow threatened. Hatu came to his feet and crossed his arms, an evil glint in his eyes.
"What about your daughter? A bonus since she came into the picture." Hatu saw the attack from the black hedgehog coming and quickly dodged it. Before he was able to react, another blow to face threw him to ground, again.
"Chaos Spear!" Flashes of light came flying towards Hatu. The shocked hedgehog got out of the way just before the attack nearly demolished the concrete on the side walk. His yellow eyes caught sight of Shadow going behind him and he quickly sent out a chaos powered kick.
Shadow, who was caught off guard, was hurled back but landed swiftly on his feet with one hand on the ground for balance as the ground beneath him let him slide a few more feet. Anger boiled inside of the Ultimate Lifeform as Hatu began to walk away.
"Well, it's been nice talking to you,Shadow. Don't waste your time trying to fight me, we'll meet again soon enough."
"Very soon..." Hatu thought to himself, an evil grin slowly coming on to his blood stained face. The blue-tinted colored hedgehog looked behind him at Shadow. The black and red hedgehog glared at him, his eyes burning into Hatu. The gray-blue hedgehog payed no attention to him as he walked away.
I bet there are many more questions you guys are wanting to be answered by now. Like "How does Hatu know Shadow?" "What deal?". Well,I'm going to have to make you guys wait! I'm evil like that! XD and this chapter took longer then usual due to a hand injury. I swear I am never going rollerskating again! XD so anyway, let me know what you think of this chapter.
