Til Death do us Part

Chapter ten

Sure the plan seemed pretty decent coming from a near dead hedgehog but, G.U.N was a severely armed fortress with gunman in every entrance.

"Alright, now, how do we get in?" Sonic questioned Shadow. They were hiding behind a rock carefully observing any weakly guarded area.

"I'm thinking," Shadow answered. His mind practically told him that the only way in was to kill but, that was the infection attempting to control what was left of his conscious. So the only way in was to just beat the guards into a bloody pulp, 'but, then they'll be able to call for backup! Dammit!' he dug his nails into the rock in frustration and his body shook. There was only so little they could do from the beginning but, now it seemed like they down to zero options.

Dark pulled out a gun to kill the gunman guarding the main entrance, "if you don't think of anything soon, then, I'll kill them."

"No," Shadow spoke and took dark's arm to lower the gun, "I got this."

He jumped over the rock and pulled out his dagger just before slicing the guard's throat. Quickly, he kicked the gun out of the man's dead hand so it landed perfectly in front of Sonic. Groaning, the smell of the blood was just to much even with his nose blocked, "we have to get this door open."

Rouge, sonic, and Dark all jumped over the rock. Rouge touched the door, "it's password locked," she informed, "I could unlock…"

Shadow roughly pushed her out of the path and punched the control pad, allowing the door to open. He quickly rushed in and began to pant. He could feel the urge to kill everyone but, he had to fight it. Lucky for them it was only the early stages so he had a bit more control. But, slowly, that control was slipping away.

Sonic picked up the gun and rushed to Shadow's aid, "you okay?" he questioned, touching Shadow's face which was hot and wet with sweat.

Dark crossed his arms, "we don't have time for this shit. We have to hurry."

Sonic was about to start yelling but, Shadow stopped him just in time. Then, proceeded on ahead as normal. Sonic glared at Dark and faced him, "if you say one thing to shadow, I swear to you…" he decided to leave the words hanging and, then, ran off towards Shadow.

Once they made it to a fork in the building, they all paused in place.

Shadow pulled out his gun still feeling rather weak, "alright, Dark, Rouge instead you two are in charge of deleting any file you can about the virus."

Dark looked at Shadow, "why don't I switch places with sonic?" he asked.

He glared at him, "because I really don't want to be with anywhere near a brother that fucks my boyfriend," he spoke harshly yet blunt while cocking his gun.

Dark never imagined to hear that sort of thing from Shadow but, at the same time he knew it was bound to come, "Shadow, I can explain."

"Don't bother because you're no longer my brother," he managed to say just before leaning against the wall in agonizing pain that shot through his entire body. It was the virus becoming much more potent in his immune system.

Sonic quickly ran to his aid, "Shadow!" he screamed.

"I'm okay," he spoke pushing his body from the wall, "come on. Lets get this done."

He took Sonic's hand and guided him through the pitch black darkness. He could see clearly like there was some light in the hallway. They decided to go straight since Shadow could smell some rotting carcass of the specimen G.U.N had in the lab.

Sonic could feel Shadow's body shaking, "Shadow, you're shaking…" he told him.

Shadow once again used the same 'I'm okay' excuse.

"no!" he shouted, stopping and ripping his hand away from his, "you're not okay! You haven't been 'okay'!"

He paused in place to face Sonic, "I don't want you to worry," he told him the way it was, "though it's a little hard to not worry. I'm afraid to, Sonic but, I'm trying to not think what's happening to me."

"How could you NOT worry what's happening! You…you're turning into a blood crazed monster, Shadow! And you don't want me to worry?!" he screamed just before storming off down the hallway.

Chasing after him, shadow found himself in the lab, his mouth opening in a gape while he stared in horror, "oh my god…" he whispered in astonishment.

Sonic looked around with the same amount of horror. He ran to the desk and picked up a file with pictures, "shadow…" his voice shook and he faced him with the opened file in grasp.

Shadow snatched the file from Sonic and shuffled through the items, "they know everything about the virus! They have ME under specimens?!" he questioned in anger, "they know more then I could ever expect!" he continued to flip through the handwritten pages of information and the photographs, "pictures of the carriers, of me. This is unbel…"

There was a clanking noise and they both froze in place.

"What was that?" Sonic questioned and Shadow placed a hand to his gun while using the other hand to signal Sonic to stay.

"there's a carrier," he whispered pulling out his gun, "it must've smelled the dead carcass buddy laying on the table."

"Or you," he told Shadow who grew tense, "you must at least have the smell of a virus, right…"

"I'd rather NOT think like that," he answered bluntly, "shit…"

"what, what?!" the blue hedgehog panicked.

"there's more then one."

Sonic looked around, 'there's no way we can take them. Shadow can barely sense them let alone have the aim to even fire his weapon,' he took the gun that was originally the soldier's and took a deep breath, "Shadow, lets just destroy the lab and get the hell out of here."

Shadow forced Sonic by moving back slowly, hoping to enlarge the area around them, "even if we attempt an escape they'll follow because of my scent. They know I'm just like them."

Sonic aimed his gun in the direction Shadow's focus was more at since that could've been a possible location for any carrier, 'I have to at least try and kill something this time around,' he thought and stood before the black, exhausted hedgehog, "Shadow, let me."

"but, Sonic…" he spoke slowly while unsure of what to do.

"You say I'm strong enough that I can surpass you, maybe I'm not even close to your willpower. You should be killing me right now but, somehow you managed to not touch me. Your body shows lack of control now. I can't deny it anymore…the time that we die together is coming…"

Shadow quickly hugged Sonic, "I enjoyed every moment with you," he whispered and Sonic placed a hand to his back and began to stroke it gently.

Pulling away, Shadow aimed his gun and shut it, hitting a carrier directly in the head.

"we only have a few minutes to destroy this lab before it's overrun with these things!" Sonic spoke picking up anything flammable and dumping it on everything, "we don't have time to warn Rouge and dark!"

Shadow paused, "and you're ready to die?" he questioned unsure.

The blue hedgehog faced Shadow with the gun in hand, he pressed it to his chest gently before taking in a deep breath, "I would much rather die with you knowing that you contained some human instincts in you. If we wait any longer you might not even have as much of a conscious."

Shadow nodded slowly and pulled out his lighter from his pocket, "we might die but, I know Rouge and Dark will finish off any of those carrier…" he mumbled and tossed it to the ground. In seconds the entire lab burst into flames and Shadow took Sonic's hand before running outside.

Everything that G.U.N knew of about the virus was hopefully in flames. But, who knows how much information left the actual the base and was taken to the president for evaluation himself.

Shadow flinched as the air reeked of the smell of blood and rotten flesh. Slowly, he backed away while trying to keep his senses alert.

"Shadow?" Sonic whispered and he looked down at his leg. There was anew wound on his leg, dripping with blood. When did he get that? He didn't even remember bumping his leg unless…'a carrier…' the thought of it made him tremble. His body was different, he was immune to the deadly virus, 'oh god…shadow!'

To be continued…