All I have to say is that I'm gladShadow doesn't have back problems anymore. I don't even know exactly why I gave him such an injury. Ah well, big deal.
Silver: It is a big deal!
Me: It's not like he actually got hurt, I mean I whipped you once, and your back doesn't even have scars!
Silver: Well...Oh whatever. You'll never understand.
Me: Would you believe me If I told you I do?
Silver: No.
Shadow: Yes.
Silver: WHAT?!
Shadow: She's emo. It's all angst for them.
Me: WHAT?! That's not what I meant!
Crimson Amber
Chapter 12: Mission Impossible
His back. It no longer bore the terrible injuries. Not even scars. Shadow lifted his head. He felt like grinning at the faces of the onlookers. He was careful to hide it though. He stood up, and turned to face Tails. "Thank you. Thank you for doing this."
Tails looked so shocked at the quick turn of events. He looked at Shadow, then the part of Shadow's backbone that he still held in his hand. "Prince Shadow? But how? It's not scientifically possible!" He couldn't believe what he was seeing. The prince should be paralyzed! But he wasn't! Instead he was perfectly normal, like he was before he took the beating.
"It's like you said. Faith is a superlatively effacious phenomenon. I had to trust that too. Somehow I felt like the energy source I felt that happened to be contained in this chaos emerald, would heal me. My hypothesis turned out to be correct, although the test was rather...hazardous," Shadow replied to the astounded fox in front of him. To be honest, he was a little shocked at the events too.
Tails's shock soon turned into a look of jubilance, "I must find Sonic! And Blaze!" he exclaimed and swiftly flew off.
Knuckles walked up to Shadow. "Well. Prince Shadow, I guess it was a good thing that you came to inspect the emerald," he said half jokingly. He came closer then whispered in Shadow's ear, "But you might want to tell Silver to get up now," he said looking sown at the albino hedgehog.
Shadow agreed. He knelt down and whispered into Silvers ear, "Silver, may you get up now? You will need to be on your own two feet for a while." Silver got up.
Tails flew back with Sonic and Blaze in his wake. Blaze ran up to Shadow to inspect his back. She ran her fingers over the now flesh, fur, and quill covered spine. He didn't even flinch. "It's a miracle," she whispered in awe. Shadow faced her.
"No. Not a miracle," he stated. "It's not a miracle. It is chaos," he said, revealing the emerald that he was still holding. Blaze stared at the emerald incredulously. "I never knew the emeralds to have the power of healing," she stated. "How did you know that it would heal you?"
Tails glanced at Shadow. Shadow glanced at Tails. They both faced Blaze. In unison, they replied with one word, "Faith."
Blaze silently stared at them. Sonic entered the scene. He took the emerald out of Shadow's hand. "This is very potent," he said, "Tails, would you care to run some tests on it?" He asked handing the emerald to the two tailed fox kit.
"Of course," Tails replied. "I had already intended on doing so." He took the emerald and flew off in the direction of his laboratory. Sonic turned back to Shadow.
"You have figured out a small amount of the power that you possess, Prince Shadow," he told Shadow. "While you were going through all of this, I went on a solo flight, back into the city." He turned to the watching sapients. "Duke Mogul must be overthrown. The abuse of slaves grows day by day. We must act now. Blaze and I have made a plan to defeat Mogul. Gather round and see what part you will have in this." A rakish grin stole onto his face, "I call it 'Mission Impossible'."
Shadow watched as the onlookers too, grinned. Some of them even drew their weapons and ran their tongues along the edge of their blades. He had a feeling that this was going to turn from a objective, to a kamikaze mission. He looked on as Sonic explained the mission to the members of the group.
"All chameleons, fall out!" Blaze commanded. Shadow watched as Most of the group moved back, and about a dozen chameleons stepped forward. "Tails has invented a new mechanism that he calls, a 'rifle'. It is a deadly weapon, but nonetheless has an amazing range." To demonstrate, she loaded a bullet that Tails had given her into the rifle. She aimed for an overhanging bough, and fired. The anthropomorphic creatures watched, amazed, as the bough fell to the ground.
'Good thing that wasn't incendiary,' Shadow thought as Blaze continued to speak. "You chameleons are to give us a start, with a stealth attack. Be quick and be silent. However, there is one precondition. One of you must first, before we prepare to attack, sneak into Mogul's palace, and free all the slaves. You are also to inspect every inch of the palace. It will be risky. Volunteers?" she asked.
Shadow stared as one purple chameleon, out of the dozen, stepped forward. Unlike the others, he wasn't wearing a crazed grin, neither did he have a weapon. "I volunteer," were his only words. Blaze and the chameleon shared a silent staring conversation with each other. Finally she nodded in assent. "Espio, go." she said.
He turned, looked back, turned again, camouflaged into his surroundings, and left. Blaze turned back to the congregation. "The rest of our plan will be revealed later. For now, we wait." She then left. The assembly was silent.
Shadow went, and whispered something into Sonic's ear. Sonic nodded. Shadow turned to face Silver. "Come along Silver. We have matters to attend to."
All right. Done. I know that this falls off the 'romance part of the story. Don't worry though, it'll be back. What do you think Shadow meant when he said that they had matters to attend to? Hmm, I wonder... Please review and tell me what you think so far!
Shadow: I think you're an emo.
Silver: I think you're goth
Me: I never asked you guys.
Shadow&Silver: We don't care.
Me: ouch... that hurt guys.