Worlds Collide

Chapter Nine


"Callisto!" Maddie wailed, so glad to not be the only fur ball there anymore.

Callisto smiled sweetly at the multi-colored kitten, who was still wrapped around the older cat, "It's okay Maddie. You were only gone for an hour. No big deal."

Maddie looked up at her with blurry eyes, "It felt like forever!"

Callisto turned her attention toward Megan, Alex, and Eli, "Did you guys give her a hard time again?"

The three humans pointed at Shadow, completely speechless.

Callisto lifted Maddie into her arms and walked over towards the black hedgie. Expecting to get into another fight, Shadow's mind began thinking up excuses of why he had been so mean earlier, without sounding like a total jerk. He was actually hoping to become friends with this feline. Maybe even more than friends…

Callisto stopped right in front of Shadow. She looked at him with her big, blue eyes and smiled a soft smile at him. He was totally speechless. His mind was racing and his heart was pumping so loud he was sure the whole world could hear it.

The Siamese cat took his hand. Dear Lord, thank you! Thank you, thank you! Shadow thought. Then he realized that he was holding something. It was Maddie!

He looked up at Callisto with a look of sheer duh. She said to him gently, "If you made her this upset, then you have to calm her down." There was no mockery in her tone, she was just telling him how it was going to be.

Shadow narrowed his eyes into little slits, not angry, just because he knew that he had lost the battle. "Yes Ma'am," he muttered softly.

A couple of seconds passed and then Maddie burst out laughing, "Hahaha! WHIPPED!"

Sonic, Amy, Vector, Charmy, Rouge, and Knuckles began laughing too. Espio grinned, holding back his snicker. Tails sent Shadow a sympathetic look and Cream and Cheese were totally lost. Even the humans were grinning.

Callisto frowned at them, "Now that's not very nice." All the guys shut up immediately, the girls stopped too, but only because they realized Callisto was right. And Rouge's side hurt when she laughed so she had to stop. She then wiggled out of Espio's arms and walked over to the kitchen table, where she sat in one of the wooden chairs to rest.

Callisto turned her crystal blue gaze back to the ebony colored hedgehog, "Thank you very much, Mr. Um?"

"Shadow. Just Shadow," he managed to spit out, his fur now the color of his eyes.

Callisto smiled at him again, "Thank you Shadow. You have no idea how much trouble that ball of fur," pointing at the kitten in Shadow's arms, "can be."

Shadow rolled his eyes and said, "I think I do know."

Before Callisto could question Maddie a voice asked, "Callisto? Maddie? You're not being rude to our guests are you?"

Maddie brought in a sharp breath and began squirming in Shadow's arms. He put her down quickly when she unsheathed her claws.

The kitten ran into the Family Room and began looking around. She seemed to be searching for something.

Shadow looked at Callisto with a look of puzzlement on his face, but Callisto didn't catch it. She was watching Megan with an amused smile on her face. The human girl looked just as excited as Maddie. More even!

Knuckles tugged on Megan's pants leg, "Hey! Who's the cat looking for?"

Megan all of a sudden scooped Knuckles up, besides his protests, and gave him a hug. Yeah, that random.

"Put me down! Help!" the red echidna cried. The Mobians just ignored him, watching Maddie explore. Sonic was actually jealous of the cat. Why does she get to run around?

Alex, "I knew it Megan! I knew you couldn't last that long! You were going to torment that poor thing eventually!"

Megan just grinned and then she said, "Okay guys, have fun! Just don't break ANYTHING!" In a flash Sonic was running up the stairs.

And with that, the rest of the group split up to search the house. But Megan still held Knuckles in her arms and Rouge was still sitting in the kitchen.

Knuckles looked really scared all of a sudden. "Wh- What are you going to d- do with me?" he stuttered.

Megan smiled sweetly and whispered, "I want you to meet someone." Then, Megan snapped her fingers twice and waited.

Finally the voice revealed himself, an orange tabby cat with green eyes. His tail curved to look like a ?.

Megan squealed a little bit, but then she set Knuckles down so that he was face to face with the cat.

"Knuckles," she announced, "this is Oliver."


A/N: AHHH! Oliver! And Knuckles! Under my roof! (faints) OMG! For anyone that doesn't know me, (That's about everyone out there besides Al.) I'm obsessed with these two! This is like my Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year, and Birthday all wrapped up in one! Yeah me! Read and Review!