"I think I've got it!" Dexter cried. The car door resisted at first then flew open. Amy and Lauren stared at him in surprise.
"How did you learn to do that?" Amy asked, stunned at how fast it the fox to break into a car.
Dexter hesitated at first but then explained, "When you're a runaway, you have to learn how to get around and how to survive." Amy nodded, as if she knew what he meant but she was completely clueless.
"Well, let's just get back to the base. Shadow must be making a pit in the ground from all his pacing." Lauren chuckled at the thought. It had happened before and it took a long time for a new floor to be installed in his office.
"Alright…. How do we start this thing up? We don't have the keys….." Amy said, her voice trailing off.
Dexter smirked and said, "Who needs keys?"
Amy stared at him with round eyes as he took out a screwdriver and stuck it in the ignition. After a few twists, the motor grumbled and the car came to life.
"Ok there are some things you have to clear up for me. One, where did you get that screwdriver? And two, how did you know that would work?" Amy asked, stunned again at this guy's work.
Dexter smirked again and shrugged, leaving Amy clueless. And he knew how much that got on her nerves.
"Come on, let's get this show on the road." Lauren said with a smile. Amy was still steaming but nodded. Dexter hoped into the front seat and tapped the steering wheel impatiently.
"Come on ladies. We don't have all day!"
Amy growled angrily as Lauren slipped her arm around the pink hedgehog's waist. They hobbled over to the black car's back seat and slid in. Dexter had a satisfied look on his face as the trio headed off, down the road and back to the base.
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Back With Shadow….
"Have you heard anything yet?" Robotnik asked, during their next meeting. Shadow averted his eyes away and shook his head weakly.
"They have yet to come back Doctor…" Shadow replied in an apologetic tone. He tried to say more but then felt a sudden pain in his neck. Shadow began to choke and put his hand on his neck. The collar is what he felt and that explained all. Of course…
"I'm disappointed Shadow. I thought you were a useful minion. Was I mistaken?" Robotnik's eyes flared as he watched Shadow drop to the ground and turn blue.
'How am I supposed to even answer him?!' Shadow thought to himself as his vision began to blur and he began to stop moving. Suddenly, the collar's grip loosened and Shadow had the ability to breathe again.He took several deep breaths and leaned against the wall closest to him.
Robotnik was holding a remote control up, showing it off. "See this? I can control your collar with this little device here." There was a dial on the remote. Shadow squinted his crimson eyes and saw that the dial had different levels. They went from one to five. Robotnik explained that he had set it to three.
"If I had set it any higher, you would have been dead by now." He continue, saying this as if it was no big deal. To Robotnik, it really wasn't.
"I'm sorry I disappointed you Doctor…" Shadow managed to croak out as he rubbed the black collar that bounded him to Dr. Robotnik.
"Remember Shadow, you displease me once more and you will be eliminated. Goodbye." The screen flicked off and Shadow stared at his own dark reflection. He saw eyes that were deeply numb and emotionless. Shadow used to know that hedgehog, a free and adventurous spirit he was. Now who was he now?
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Back With Amy, Lauren and Dexter…
"Dexter? Can't you go any faster?" Amy cried out impatiently. They trio had been cruising along the highway for hours now. "It didn't take this long to get here but it sure is taking way longer to get back!"
"Could you stop yelling at me!? I'm going as fast as the law lets me!" Dexter yelled back, glaring at Amy through the rear view mirror.
"Who cares about the freaking law? We're fugitives damn it!" Amy spat back angrily. "USE YOUR HEAD FOR ONCE!"
"AND THIS IS COMING FROM A GIRL WHO DOESN'T THINK BEFORE SHE EVEN ACTS!!" Dexter put venom in his voice, which made this comment sound even meaner.
"ALRIGHT THAT'S IT! I'M FED UP WITH ALL OF YOUR FIGHTING!! SHUT THE HELL UP YOU TWO!" Lauren shrieked suddenly. Dexter was so surprised to hear her yell that he swerved off the road and nearly drove of the edge of a cliff. Amy and Lauren yelled out frightened and shrank back in their seats.
"DAMNIT! That was close!" Dexter wiped the sweat beading down his face and sighed. Amy and Lauren looked shaken and were holding each other tightly.
Amy's breaths came at a shallow and quick pace. She could feel tears coming to her eyes as she realized that she just came face to face with Death himself and narrowly avoided going away with him. Tears streamed down her face as silence filled the air.
Finally, after what seemed like hours, blue and red lights flashed behind them and all three could hear sirens wailing. Lauren twisted in her seat and looked out the back window.
"Oh great! It's the heat!"
"WHAT!?" Amy turned and looked with her. And coming down the highway was a police car with two others behind it.
"They must have come because we almost drove off the cliff. Someone must have called the cops." Dexter said with a hint of horror in his eyes. The trio all froze up in the fear that they would be caught. But as the cars came closer and closer, Amy realized that they weren't even stopping. In fact, all three cars whooshed by Dexter, Lauren and Amy. An officer didn't even bat an eye when he looked at them from the corner of his eye.
"Well… that sure was strange…" Dexter said in a confused tone as he watched the cars disappear around a corner. Amy and Lauren nodded in agreement. They all awaited the cars to return and for the police to ask them why the hell their car was tipping over the edge of the cliff. But nothing happened. They were basically just ignored.
After a few more moments of silence, Amy said, "Well we should get going then. They obviously aren't coming back anytime soon." Dexter nodded and hopped back into the front seat. The motor roared into life just as Amy and Lauren slid back into their seats.
"What do you think that was about?"
"It doesn't matter. As long as we get out of here safely, I wouldn't care if those cops crashed into a wall." Amy said, a bit harshly. Lauren had shock written all over her face but didn't dare to say more. After a few more seconds, Dexter pulled the car back and they were flying down the highway once more.
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Robotnik's Lair
The doctor thumped his fingers impatiently on the computer screen. He was awaited Shadow's call. The one where he was told that the Chaos Emerald was retrieved and ready to be picked up.
But minutes clicked by and they eventually turned into hours. Robotnik's patience was wearing thin. He had nearly killed the ebony hedgehog during their last chat but somehow, Robotnik managed to control his temper and gave Shadow once last chance to prove his worth.
'What would be the point in killing him?' Robotnik had thought as he watched the poor hedgehog struggle under the grasp of the collar. Shadow turned blue immediately.
"What a weakling…" Robotnik muttered to himself as he turned the dial on the remote and gave Shadow a chance to breathe again.
"Remember Shadow, you displease me once more and you will be eliminated. Goodbye." was the last the thing Robotnik had said before leaving Shadow again. Now, he doubted if he should have even given Shadow the opportunity.
"Doctor? I've gotten the hedgehogs you requested…" a gray robot said in a mechanical voice. Robotnik spun in his chair and smirked childishly as a green hedgehog and a blue hedgehog filed into his office.
"Hello gentlemen." Robotnik said soon as his robot left the three alone. The green hedgehog had red streaks all over his body while the blue hedgehog had a single red streak on the top of his head.
"What's up?" the green hedgehog said in a bored tone of voice. The blue hedgehog just watched silently from next to him.
"I hear you're the best at what you do." Robotnik continued, ignoring the fact that the green hedgehog looked as if he would rather be taking a nap then being here with him.
"We do our best." The blue hedgehog finally said.
"Well, I need your services." Robotnik said, leaning back in his chair, twiddling his thumbs together.
"Look, we aren't an exercising company." The green hedgehog said with a smirk. The blue hedgehog looked as if he was trying to suppress a giggle.
Robotnik felt heat rising to his face from anger and slight embarrassment. "I didn't call you for exercising purposes." Robotnik leaned in then continued, "I know what you can do. War and Xavier, I need you to take someone out for me."
War got a mischievous grin on his face and said, "And who would that be, Egg Man?"
'Egg Man? Where the hell did that come from?' Robotnik thought to himself, confusedly. He shook this off then continued explaining what he wanted to be done.
"I think that can be arranged." Xavier said with an evil smile. War nodded in agreement and had a smile of his own on his face.
"Good. I'm glad." Robotnik said with a smug look in his eyes. "When can this be done?"
"As soon as you want." War replied.
"Excellent." Robot threw his head back and gave the evilest laugh he could. The sound echoed through the entire base…
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Well I hope you enjoyed the chapter. War and Xavier do not belong to me. They belong to darkness wasted. I hope she doesn't mind that I made them EVIL. XD
Anyways, I'm thinking of making this into a Shadamy. But I won't do this unless you, the readers, want me to. Tell me in a review OK? And come back for the next chapter Ok? BYE FANFICTION!!
