Chapter 10

Shadow

I sat in Darkflame's bed for a few minutes after she left the room, thinking.

I can't believe what I did last night. First... her n-neck... And then, coming into her room. What the hell was I thinking?! I'm Shadow The Hedgehog... The Ultimate Lifeform! I don't have time for things like... That...

I felt heat rising to my face, and fought it back, grabbing my gloves from the nightstand beside the bed and slipping them on quickly. Before putting on my shoes, I looked at my feet for a moment. Did they always look that way? Did Mobian feet always look that way? I put on my shoes, banishing the thought. I walked to the mirror that Darkflame had on the wall and smoothed out my quills a little.

"Hmm... Sharp, but, not as sharp as Sonic or Darkflame's quills... How are her quills so sharp though...?" I put my hand on the doorknob and a sense of wrong snapped into me. I could feel Chaos Energy becoming angry. It wasn't Sonic, and Darkflame's energy wasn't Chaos Energy, but I didn't feel it like I felt Chaos Energy anyway. I burst out the door and started towards it, intensely curious on who or what it might be.

I raced past Sonic's cage, and the only sound he made was a grunt of displeasure. I made my way a few turns and curves through the hall, and found myself at the balcony at the other end of the Egg Carrier. What I was seeing left me shocked and dumbfounded. Darkflame was lifeless in the grip of a hedgehog that no one on Mobius could mistake.

"Scourge!"

"Heh, yeah Stripes?" The nickname that the Moebian hedgehog had called me for a couple years still made my blood boil.

"What have you done to her. Tell me. Before I rip your head off. Or your quills. Whichever pain you can feel worse."

Scourge chuckled at the fact that I was getting so pissed off.

"Oh nothing, just gave her a limited amount of air. I would've killed her, but... You interrupted me before I co-!"

The green idiot was dumb enough to let himself be punched hard enough to lose a few teeth. He dropped his grip on Darkflame, and her limp body fell on the floor, her head hitting the rail on the balcony fencing. My attention was towards her for just long enough that Scourge recoiled and returned the favor.

"Want another ass-kickin' Stripes? I'll gladly do it!" He hit his fist into the palm of his hand, looking at me with a threat in his eyes.

"I think you've forgotten, that the few times that you've done so, that you've left not a much better image of a threat to me."

Still got it Shadow

A very pissed off Scourge threw his fist at the wall, aiming for me, but missed. I heard his knuckles crack against it. I grabbed him and threw him at the open air. He grabbed the railing and was hanging with only one hand. I walked over to him and smiled. "If you don't go back to your pathetic-ass planet and stay there, I'll fuck you up real bad next time. Got it?" The green idiot screamed and fell when I smashed his hand with a fist. "You idiot..."

"You really know how to fuckin' scare somebody... Don't you?" I pressed my head to Darkflame's chest in search of any signs of life. A heartbeat, breathing, both came after a second or two of complete silence. I sighed and felt a soft smile on my face. One wouldn't be able to know if I'm actually falling for this evil girl, or if she's got a spell on me, but I need to find out quick.

I stood and picked her up, holding her for a few minutes, staring out onto the field of charred grass. I turned back to the hallway and walked back to Darkflame's room.

Sonic

I saw Shadow walking down the hall, with the evil bitch in his arms. I decided to torment him a little.

"Hmmm, so what now Shads? You two a thing now? Or is it one-sided with you being the one that's the lovesick puppy?"

"Shut up, fake hedgehog."

"Ha! It's true! You love her! Haha! Shadow's in loove! HEY ROUGE! SHADOW'S IN LOVE!" I called for the white bat, despite the fact I knew she wouldn't answer me. Shadow sent a Chaos Spear towards me, and I saw it just fast enough to dodge it where its heat grazed my nose.

"Whoa, Shads... Do I embarrass you that bad?" A smirk crossed my face, and I wore it proudly.

"How many times must I tell you faker? I feel no emotion towards females. Unlike you towards a certain pink one..." Shadow's remark made me shut up. Well, nearly.

"She's not my girlfriend!"

"I never said she was Faker. Listen to the words that are said to you. Or you won't escape death in the near future."

A bit of foreshadowing if you can see it. Heh, yeah... Stay tuned for the next chapter!