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Tachi: And she isn't lazy anymore!
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Disclaimer: Don't own Sonic characters, I own Tachi, the random ferrets and Paul…not sure about Lucky…
Lucky: Woof!
Samuel: Of all the dogs in the world, I had to get a fluffy girly looking one?
Yup!
Chapter 9: Lucky!
And then the author ran out of ideas for a good chapter title.
"Shadow…" a mysterious voice spoke. Shadow groaned, and opened one eye, to see a rather blurry thing standing over him.
"Ow…" he muttered, his vision going black again.
"Shadow, wake up." the voice said more firmly.
"Go away…it's not morning yet…"
"If you don't get up, I'll bite you."
"…"
"FOR THE SAKE OF SHINIES, WAKE UP!" the voice yowled in Shadow's ear. Shadow felt something sharp poking into his shoulder, and he jumped up, only to find a wild jackal right up in his face.
"Damn!" he yelled, backing away.
"FINALLY! You're up!" Tachi barked, licking Shadow's face in excitement.
"Tachi! Keep a leash on your instincts!" Shadow managed to push Tachi away from him, and looked around, holding his head in pain.
"I really hate darts…they always leave you with a headache…when I see that Commander, he's going to get it…"
"Oh yeah…about that…erm, we're in a prison cell, Rouge said she'll try and 'drop' the keys out by the door, I still have that disgusting piece of charcoal, and Sammy is in one terrible mood." Tachi explained, wagging her tail.
"Well, we'll have to break out of here then…can you still use your spinning attack, or shapeshift into something large enough to kick the door down?" Shadow asked.
"I tried using my attack, and it just gave me a headache…I guess I could turn into a raptor hawk." Tachi said, thoughtfully twitching her ears.
"By the way…why are you acting like a jackal? You know, a feral one."
"I don't know! It just comes and goes…anyway, I'll try shifting now."
Shadow watched as Tachi growled, and turned into a giant hawk, big enough to carry a sheep away. She hopped up to the door, and started pecking it, only making a few dents in the thick metal door.
"I don't think we're getting out of here any time soon." Tachi muttered, shifting back into a jackal.
"You've weakened the door…now, let me try!" Shadow backed up to the wall of the cell, and charged at the door. He gave it one almighty epic kick, and it slowly fell over with a clang.
"Humph. Piece of cake."
"You really have to teach me how to do that…"
The pair cautiously came out of the cell, only to see a waving arm sticking out from under the door.
"Ooops. I think you made the door fall on someone…" Tachi sweatdropped, and tried to see who was under the door.
"Is it Samuel?" Shadow asked hopefully.
"No…it's some random person."
"Oh. Well, just leave them there."
"It's Paul!" a muffled cry shouted.
"Oh, you…"
Tachi suddenly froze, and sniffed the air. She shivered, and started to walk off, leaving a puzzled Shadow.
"What is it?" he asked, following after her.
"It's Old Dude…" Tachi called back over her shoulder.
"Your sense of smell is that sharp?"
"It's not difficult, just start running for shelter when you smell coffee…" Tachi grinned. They walked into a random room, and found a crowd of GUN soldiers, including Samuel, who had somehow gotten a hold of Paul's DS. They stared at the cause of the interruption.
"Tachi, I think this is the staff room." Shadow whispered.
"Right…erm…we'll come back later…maybe with some doughnuts…or whatever you dudes like…" Tachi said, slowly backing towards the door.
"We're screwed."
"Indeed you are…" Samuel hissed, taking his gun out.
"I think we should make a run for it...as dignified as possible…" Shadow made a dash to the door, and Tachi quickly followed after them. Samuel just grinned.
"Well, this should be good training for Agent Lucky…" he muttered, getting out a dog whistle.
"Sir! You can't unleash the fluffy fanged fury on them!" a soldier shouted in shock.
"Oh, I will."
Halfway down the corridor, Tachi gasped, and twitched her ears.
"…Someone just blew a dog whistle…MUST GO TO INVESTIGATE!" she screamed, running back. Shadow managed to grab her by the bandana, and pulled the struggling jackal back.
"No! Control yourself…it's probably a trap…"
"Fine…"
As Tachi settled down, Shadow heard some thunderous growling coming from around the corner. A huge sinister sharp toothed shadow slowly appeared on the wall, and paused.
"I don't like this…" Shadow muttered, getting ready to fight.
"What is that?" Tachi asked, her eyes wide with fright.
"Rouge told me that the Commander had a pet dog called Lucky…and he apparently trained it to attack me on sight…"
Shadow braced himself as he heard paws padding to where they were, and looked into the dog's eyes as it came into view.
Only to find it was a small fluffy white Chihuahua.
"What…the…is that a Chihuahua?" he asked, as the dog barked, and sat down in front of him.
"Yeah…I think it is…"
"Woof!" the Chihuahua barked, wagging his tail. Shadow noticed a tag on his collar, and tried to read it.
"Name, Lucky…job, guard dog…owner, Commander Samuel…" Shadow read out.
"You mean, the scary old guy likes Chihuahuas?" Tachi giggled. Right at that moment, Samuel walked up.
"Oh, he's not just a Chihuahua…Lucky is trained to sniff out Chaos energy, and bring down his target quickly…and the target is you, Shadow…" he smirked.
"I fail to see what damage a fluffy rat-dog can do. I mean, look at it. It's nearly girly! You could stick a giant pink bow on its head! Don't you know people carry these dogs in HANDBAGS? Tachi could probably own this thing with a whack of her tail, and that's rich, considering she can't fight."
"HEY!" Tachi yowled.
"I think you're wrong about that…Lucky, ATTACK!" Samuel shouted. The rather 'friendly' Chihuahua snarled, and suddenly leapt at Shadow, pinning him down.
"Shadow!" Tachi cried as the hedgehog tried to pull the attacking dog off him. She stepped forward to help, and found a gun right in her face.
"Don't move." Samuel warned.
"Chaos forsaken canine!" Shadow growled, as Lucky bit his ear.
And then Rouge walked around the corner.
"Erm…what's going on here?" she asked. Samuel turned around.
"Nothing." he said, pointing his gun at Shadow. Tachi saw the moment to attack, and shifted into a raptor hawk. She tapped Samuel on the shoulder.
"Oi. Old dude. Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" she hissed. Samuel slowly turned around and saw a hawk looming over him, with a razor sharp beak, and even sharper claws.
"…This is why I don't like shapeshifters…" he muttered.
"Oh yeah. Fear me. AUTHOR ASSISTANT POWERS!" Tachi yelled suddenly. A giant pile of Geography coursework, with neatly written diagrams and tables, poofed into existence and landed on Samuel.
"Why me?" he asked himself, sounding muffled. Lucky stopped his attack, and whined, getting up to sniff at the coursework pile. Shadow got up, brushing his fur.
"What took you so long, Rouge?" he exclaimed.
"Well, sorry…but I got a message from a ferret…he wants the file and shard, or he'll shoot a fox called Loki…"
"NO! We have to get down there!" Tachi howled, running over to the coursework pile, and managing to get a bunch of keys.
"GIVE THOSE BACK, YOU FLEA BITTEN THIEF!" Samuel shouted, trying to snatch his keys back. Tachi growled, and bit his hand.
"YOW!"
"That's for Loki. If he's dead..." Tachi shook her head, with tears in her eyes.
"OK…I guess the plan is to get the file, and give it to the ferret, but…what about the meteorite shard? Tachi swallowed it…" Shadow remembered.
"That's a problem…"
"There's no time! We'll sort that out when we get there!"
They hurried off, leaving Lucky to try and get the heap of paper off Samuel.
"You know, I was having a good week. Until that damn hedgehog showed up…" Samuel grumbled.
"Woof."
"Exactly."
A few hours later, in a shady part of town, a ferret was leaning against a street lamp and reading a book. There was a small feral silver grey fox sitting next to him, tied up.
"Grr…" he growled, glaring at the ferret.
"I hope your friend gets here soon. Otherwise, you're going to be roadkill…" the ferret muttered.
"WAIT" a voice shouted. The ferret looked up as Tachi ran up.
"Ah, it's you. I was getting worried, you know. Do you have the items I asked you to steal?" he asked.
"Yeah…here's the file…" Tachi handed over the file, and the ferret grinned.
"Radar will be most happy when he gets this…but you forgot something. The shard?"
"I swallowed it."
"Typical. Oh well, it's not too much bother though…I hope you don't have any family members."
"No…I was kicked out of my pack by my half-sister." Tachi mumbled.
"Sorry to hear that. I'll try and make this quick then, and give your body a proper burial." the ferret reached for his gun, only to find it wasn't there.
"…what?"
"Sorry no one told you. My friend's one sneaky pickpocket." Tachi grinned. The ferret turned around, and saw that the little fox was free, and he was holding the gun in his mouth. Shadow and Rouge were standing behind him, smirking.
"…It looks like you've outwitted a ferret for once." he smiled slightly.
"Yeah, we did." Shadow hit the ferret over the head, knocking him out.
"I think we should head back to my place for now and question this guy." Rouge declared.
"Oh, cool, I could do with some food…Loki, do you want to come?" Tachi asked the fox. He shook his head, and stepped forward to give Tachi a lick on the head. Then he howled and ran off into the night.
"That's one strange fox…" Shadow muttered.
"Yeah, erm…I know I should have explained before…he's a thief like me. But he likes to pickpocket…he works by himself."
"At least we don't have to worry about Sammy."
Shadow blinked as his vision went red, and a yellow and blue flame appeared in front of him.
"...I just jinxed it, didn't I?"
"Yeah. You did. Now you better get that jackal to explain why I can do Ghost Tricks now!" Samuel shouted.
"…"
"And, I need that file and shard back!"
"Fine…"
Shadow's vision went back to normal.
"Guys, problem." he said.
"What now…?" Rouge sighed impatiently.
"Samuel got Ghost Tricks."
"…AHHHH! GHOST! AHHHHH!" Tachi screamed, turning into a rat and jumping onto Shadow's head. As he pulled her off, Shadow noticed her yellow eyes were flickering blue.
"…Great…"
I wonder what Tachi did. Put your theories in the reviews, I like reading a good idea.
Samuel: I HAVE A GIRLY DOG! SERIOUSLY! IT'S FLUFFY AND IT HAS A HIGH PITCHED BARK! TAKE IT BACK!
Shadow: Serves you right.
Tachi: And the author was looking at Beverly Hills Chihuahua earlier today! ^_^
Yeah…erm…THEORIES! Or I'll send Tachi to steal any shiny items from you.
