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Enjoy chapter...wow, 10! I'm really thinking I should finish this up now XD. I'll just see where this chapter leads me first.

"You know," I glared at the back of Shadow's head, hoping the burn from it would pierce into his brain and make him scream. Oh, God. Where did that bad thought come from? Holy crap! Being stuck in this forest made me a crazed psychopath!

"I know, what?" Shadow answered nonchalantly. Why was he always acting so coolly? He's not that cool in my opinion. Psh, and I have great opinions. A sudden flashback of me falling off the cliff jumped into my head.

Oh...guess not.

I shook my head, snapping out of my self-conversation. "I don't know why you're a butt hole to me. All this talk about you going insane and being all sarcastic with me! It's uncalled for, you know."

He didn't respond (what a shocker), so I continued. "Sometimes, okay, I'll admit, I'm 'annoying'. But you can be, too, like right now!" And then I mumbled, "I wish there was a river so I can reach in, grab a fish, and smack you with it."

"You want me to walk all the way back to the river you fell in?"

"Hey!" I shouted right in his ear. "I didn't fall in that river. I jumped in so the bees wouldn't kill me!"

Shadow let out a mean, short laugh. Kind of like those ones you hear from the evil dude in the movies before he makes someone explode. Shadow didn't seem to be carrying any dynamite, so I assumed I was alright. For now. "Yeah, and we all know how murderous bees are."

"They are! I've seen on the news how a flock of bees attacked a bee farmer and he was rushed to the hospital and-"

"Hold on a second, Miss-Won't-Shut-the-Hell-Up. Did you say a flock of bees?" Shadow stopped walking.

"What did you call me?"

"That's not the point," he looked over his shoulder and glared at me. Maybe he was the one who wanted someone's brain to burn so they would scream in pain. "Just answer the question."

"Well...yeah, I guess I did. But I didn't mean to! It was a mistake of the mouth!"

"Maybe," Shadow said, then started walking again. "Or maybe you're just...hm."

'Hm'? What's that suppose to mean? "Sorry, Shadow, but I don't understand jackass."

"You should. Haven't you known Sonic for awhile?"

"Wha...Aw you bastard! You don't know a thing about Sonic!" Okay, he crossed a line there. Nobody talks about Sonic like that. Nobody.

"I know enough to tell that he's a jackass."

"AND WHAT ABOUT YOU? YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TREATS PEOPLE LIKE CRAP!" Yeah, I know my voice went all caps, but Shadow deserves it.

"What kind of 'hero' stands on a cliff and watches his friend fall to her death?"

My temper went down suddenly. Where was he leading this conversation to? "H-he couldn't do anything about it!"

"A real hero would have jumped down to save her, risking his life in order to save hers."

The only logical thing I could say was, "...So."

"You jumped to impress him." Shadow didn't say it like a guess. He said it like it was a proven statement. And it was.

I felt my face getting red. "Well...technically, I didn't jump. I slipped."

"Once I saw that he wasn't doing anything, something inside me told me to save you," he was looking over at me again. "I don't know why. I mean, look at you."

I narrowed my eyes, but I let him keep talking. I was absorbing his words.

"You were lucky that I was down by the lake at that time and was able to pull you out in time. And you were also lucky you didn't die from that blow to the head by the rock," Shadow's eyes narrowed this time. "But you know what I found most interesting?"

I managed to slip out a, "What?"

"When I looked up, your hero was still standing there, doing nothing."

The midnight crickets stopped chirping. The trees' leaves stopped blowing. The only sound I could hear was our breathing. It was as if the whole world went silent just to hear my response.

I slowly hopped off of Shadow's back, still holding onto his shoulders so I wouldn't fall. "Is that true, Shadow?" I whispered into his back.

"Yes. I'm not saying...he doesn't care about you, I'm just saying he shouldn't be your hero."

"Oh." I got that feeling in my throat when you know you're about to cry. It started to hurt badly, but that's because I was holding back tears. I didn't want to cry. Not with Shadow around.

Sonic didn't do anything.

That sentence hurt worse than ant bites...and I know a thing or two about ant bites.

"Amy?"

I sniffed a couple of times, making sure the water didn't break through my eyes. "What?"

Shadow turned around, but slowly, making sure I kept a hold on him so I wouldn't fall. We were finally facing each other. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." I sniffed again, and then cleared my throat.

"If it makes you feel any better, I'm pretty sure he's looking for you now. Or at least worrying about you. Hey, it's probably both."

I shrugged.

"Do you need a moment alone?"

Maybe that was best. I nodded.

Shadow nodded back. "Let me help you down to the ground real quick." Without much effort, he placed me on the cold, brown dirt below us.

I waited.

I waited until he walked away. I waited until he found an oak tree that was big. I waited until he climbed it and found a branch he liked. I waited until he closed his eyes. I waited until I was sure he couldn't hear or see me.

And then I cried.

Hmmm...alright. Last chapter will be up next.

Thanks for reading (:

OH. Let me take this time to say R.I.P. Gary Coleman, Dennis Hopper, JIMMY DEAN THE SAUSAGE KING, Rue McClanahan, and any other celebrity that died in such little time apart! :( I'mma especially miss Jimmy. and Rue.