Hello everyone, I'm back! Yeah I know, I've been gone for a while.. Okay, a long while -.-* with school and being lazy and moving soon, it's been so hard to update. Hope this chapter makes up for it! Also, I've noticed that I've lost a LOT of my readers, if not then reviewers. Reviews are what push me to update faster and the less reviews, the more I won't want to update :(
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Now, FINALLY, it's time for TLAL. :)
G.U.N. Headquarters - 9:00 pm
"But Matt, do we really have to stay here? I want to go home and sleep." Rouge whined. It was her final day at work since she had to stay at home for the rest of her pregnancy. Right now, she was 5 months pregnant, Amy was 4 months and 3 weeks pregnant, Blaze was 4 months pregnant and Crystal was 3 months pregnant.
"I'm sorry Rouge but someone has to work the graveyard shift. Besides, Sonic and Shadow will be with you the whole time so there's nothing to worry about.
Just then, they saw Shadow chasing Sonic at full speed, throwing Chaos Spears at him. Sonic screamed every time one nearly hit him.
Rouge looked back up at Matt and they both groaned. "Someone shoot me."
(x-x-x-x)
G.U.N Headquarters - 9:30 pm
"Well, I'm finally off duty." Crystal said. "Night guys."
"Night." The bored hedgehog and bat called back.
Shadow rubbed her arm. "I'll see you at home, alright love?" She smiled and nodded, giving her husband a quick kiss goodbye, leaving him with his team members.
"Well, what should we do now?" Sonic asked.
Suddenly, Rouge got an idea. "I have my laptop here. We can watch movies."
"Yes! All night horror movie marathon!" Sonic said, hi-fiving the white bat. She chuckled.
Shadow smirked. "You two are going to be too frightened to do the graveyard shift if you watch scary movies the whole night."
Rouge rolled her eyes. "We'll see about that. What time do we get off of the graveyard shift?"
"Sunrise so around 6:00 am." He replied.
Sonic spat out his drink. "What?! I'm not staying up the whole night without eating some chilidogs!"
"Well learn to survive without them for one night. You'll kill everyone with your gas anyways."
"Shut up Shadow!"
Rouge facepalmed. "I'm not listening to you two fight the whole night!"
Just then, Omega drove in with a huge bag of candy and another of popcorn. "Where's the party at?!" He tried to exclaim enthusiastically with his robotic voice.
"Yes! Man, I love this guy!" Sonic exclaimed with joy and grabbed the treats. Shadow and Rouge sweatdropped.
"Oh god, he's going to go insane!" Rouge said.
Shadow sighed. "Just give it a few minutes, and he'll probably explode." Rouge pouted.
(x-x-x-x)
"So, how long do you think they're going to stay there?" Crystal asked Amy. Since they both didn't want to be alone, Crystal was staying at Amy's house until their husbands came back. Amy had already told Sonic to tell Shadow that Crystal was there.
"Well, Shadow said sunrise so around 6:00 am."
"What?! I can't stay without my Shaddie for that long!" Crystal pouted.
Amy chuckled. "Speaking of you and Shadow, how did you two meet anyways?"
The fiery hedgehog smiled. "It was actually set up by Tails but I didn't know that."
Flashback - 6 months ago
"So remind me again why you told me to come here quickly, because it doesn't look urgent so far.." Crystal said. She and Tails were in his car while he drove them somewhere.
He smirked. "Don't worry Cee, we'll be there soon and I know you'll like the surprise."
Crystal groaned. "Fine, but I better like it." She pouted.
Once they reached their destination, they got out of the car. Crystal looked and saw a small cafe.
"Really Tails? You drove me out here for some cafe?"
Tails chuckled. "You don't notice anyone in front of the cafe?"
Crystal turned again and came face to face with a ebony hedgehog with crimson streaks in his quills.
Her jaw dropped. "Hello gorgeous.." She thought.
Shadow smirked. "Well hello, I must say its a pleasure to meet you Crystal. Tails had told me quite a lot about you." He took hold of her hand and kissed it gently.
Crystal blushed. "It's a pleasure to meet you too...?"
"Shadow." He answered.
Crystal smiled. "Well, you already know I'm Crystal," Shadow chuckled, "What has Tails said about me?"
Tails grinned. "You know, the minor things."
"Like what?" Crystal persisted.
"Don't worry. He said nothing but good things about you. How smart, funny and caring you were, although you didn't mention that you were breathtaking."
Crystal's muzzle was as red as her fur. "Oh, thank you. You have a way with words I see."
Shadow smirked. "I believe I do. Would you like to talk more inside?" He offered his hand to her.
Crystal smiled sweetly. "I'd love to." She told hold of his hand and walked inside with him.
"You know, I could go for a coffee and..." When Tails turned around, he saw the two hedgehogs gone. He sweatdropped.
"I go through all this trouble to make love work and this is the thanks I get?" He muttered.
End of Flashback
Amy couldn't stop laughing. "That was so sweet and unexpected. I can't Tails went through all that trouble to get you two together."
Crystal giggled. "He really was our cupid." She sighed happily.
(x-x-x-x)
G.U.N. Headquarters - 10:30
Rouge and Sonic were about to simply lose their minds, unlike Shadow, who was lying against a tree. They were currently outside during the graveyard shift.
"I'm bored." Sonic whined.
Rouge rubbed her temple. "Then do something to amuse yourself."
"But there's nothing to do!"
"Then shut up before I give you a complimentary screw kick!" That shut Sonic up almost instantly.
The crimson streaked hedgehog smirked. "Well enough of this. Let's parole the area."
The three comrades began walking around the perimeter, making sure that there was nothing usual around the area. After a few minutes, Rouge turned to Shadow.
"Hey, where's Sonic?" She asked.
Shadow shrugged. "Maybe he find a pretty owl or a twinkly light." The white bat put a firm hand on her hip.
"AHHHHH! IT'S GOT ME! IT'S GOT ME!" Sonic screamed, running around in circles until Shadow purposely tripped him.
"What the hell are you talking about?!" Shadow exclaimed.
Sonic was breathing heavily. "A monster got me! See, it left its slime on me!"
Rouge rolled her eyes. "Yeah, a wet tree branch." She removed it to reveal Sonic's damp shoulder.
"Oh.." Sonic chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of his neck, "Whoops."
Shadow shook his head. "Let's continue patrolling the area and just to be on the safe side," he pushed Sonic in front of him, "you're staying in front of us."
"Sheesh Shads, you don't have to keep me on lockdown."
Rouge exhaled. "Just walk, Sonic."
He groaned. "Fine," and with that, he walked along.
"I told you that you shouldn't have given him all that candy and popcorn." Shadow smirked.
"Oh shut up Red, besides I want to go home and sleep not watch Sonic eventually fall into a sugar-induced coma." Rouge replied.
Sonic ran away from them at full speed. "FREEDOM!"
Omega and Rouge groaned again. "Shadow."
The crimson streaked hedgehog dropped his head. "I'm on it." With that, he ran off after the hyperactive cobalt hedgehog.
"So.. Wanna go watch some of those movies with me?" Rouge asked.
Omega shrugged. "Let's go. Agent Shadow can handle Agent Sonic." They both walked away to get Rouge's laptop.
(x-x-x-x)
The two female hedgehogs were enjoying their night in when there was a knock at the door.
"Who comes over at this hour?" Amy asked and got up to answer it. Once she opened it, she was surprised to see Knuckles standing there.
"Knuckles? What are you doing here?"
He sniffled. "Oh Amy. It's terrible."
"Aww, what's wrong?" She asked.
"Rouge found someone else!" He sobbed on her shoulder.
Amy jumped and calmed down. "Umm, there there, Knuckles. Let's go into the living room with Crystal okay?" He nodded as Amy led him to her living room. Crystal was watching a movie. She saw her pink friend and the red echidna walking in.
"What's wrong?" She asked, pausing her movie.
"Um, apparently Rouge found someone else." Amy explained.
Crystal's eyes widened. "What?! Knuckles, explain what happened."
"I got an anonymous call, telling me that it was Rouge's new boyfriend and that she found someone better so she doesn't need me."
Crystal rolled her eyes. "Ugh, Sonic. What did the caller sound like?"
"He had a deep voice. Why?" He asked.
"Did he sound like Shadow or Sonic?"
"Shadow."
Crystal facepalmed. "Amy, pass me your phone. I'm calling him."
Amy stopped her. "Hold on," she said. "We could make this more entertaining."
"What do you mean?" Crystal asked.
"Since Shadow thinks it's funny to think someone cheated on them, we'll do the same to him."
Crystal smirked. "What do you have in mind?"
Amy chuckled evilly. "Just leave that to me girlie."
(x-x-x-x)
Shadow and Sonic were rolling on the floor inside the building, laughing hysterically.
"Oh man!" Shadow wiped his tears. "That was hilarious!"
Sonic nodded. "Yeah," he trying hard to catch his breath. "His reaction was priceless!"
They gave each other a high five. Rouge saw them and sighed.
"Oh god, what did you guys do now?" She asked.
They stopped laughing and caught their breath. "Nothing." They both said. She rolled her eyes and joined them on the floor. She ditched them for 2 hours to watch a movie.
Shadow's phone began to ring. Rouge reached out to it and gave it to him.
"Hmm, annoymous," he said. "Hello?"
"Is this Shadow?" The voice asked.
Shadow rolled his eyes. "No shit Sherlock. How else would you have called me?"
"Hey! Don't act smart with me, especially since I have your wife with me."
Shadow's eyes widened. "What?! Where are you?!"
The voice chuckled. "Don't worry. I'm not hurting her. Although, she's really good company. Isn't that right, babe?"
He heard his wife giggle flirtaously. "You know it. Oh, I love you so much." Crystal's voice said.
"Later Shads." The voice said and cut the line.
Shadow was in shock. "What?!" He grabbed his chaos emerald.
"Where are you going?" Rouge asked.
"I'll be right back." And with that, he chaos controlled to Sonic's house.
(x-x-x-x)
The three friends were laughing on the couch.
"Oh my god, that was hilarious!" Amy cried. Knuckles nodded.
Crystal laughed. "That was funny, but I think Shadow took it a little too seriously."
Suddenly, a glowing light appeared in the center of the room and when it faded, Shadow was visible to them.
"Crystal!" He shouted and practically jumped on top of her. She shrieked. He lifted her up and held her in his arms.
"Are you hurt? What happened? Who are you cheating on me with?!"
Crystal smiled. "Woah, calm down sweetie. It was just a prank call."
Shadow's jaw dropped. "What?"
Amy chuckled. "It was payback for the prank call you and Sonic played on Knuckles."
"How did you guys know it was Sonic and I?" Shadow asked.
"It sounded like you on the phone. Now you know how I felt when you said Rouge was cheating on me." Knuckles replied.
Crystal chuckled. "You actually thought I cheated on you?" Sheepishly, Shadow nodded. "Sweetheart, I love you so much. I would never do that. Besides, I married you for a reason didn't I?"
Shadow smirked. "I love you too babe and you kind of had to marry me, otherwise I would've assassinated your whole family." She rolled her eyes and laughed.
"Aren't you needed back at work Shadow?" Amy asked.
"Oh man! I forgot about that. I have to get back. Later guys." He gave Crystal a kiss and chaos controlled out of the house.
Amy sighed. "I would have honestly cried if we did the prank call to Sonic."
Crystal nodded. "Yeah... But it would've been 10 times more funnier with him."
Knuckles chuckled. "I know right. He would've been begging on his knees and screaming, 'Baby please! Don't leave! I can change!'" He and Crystal began to laugh hysterically.
Amy pouted and crossed her arms across her chest. "You guys are so mean sometimes."
(x-x-x-x)
G.U.N. Headquarters - 2:00 am
The three comrades were already exhausted.
Sonic yawned and looked at Rouge. "You and Shadow can sleep. I can take the shift."
Rouge nodded. "We can take turns taking the shifts. Wake me up in an hour."
Sonic nodded as Rouge and Shadow fell asleep against the wall. He sighed.
"It's finally quiet here." Sonic thought. Just as he was about to fall asleep, his phone rang.
"Odd," he thought and answered. "Hello?"
"Hey Sonikku, it's me." His wife's angelic voice said on the other line.
He smiled. "Hey Ames, what are you doing up?"
"Well, Knuckles left a while ago, but now Crystal is at the highest stage of her sugar high so she's wide awake. I shouldn't have let her drink two cans of Monster. I just called to see how you were doing."
"I'm doing pretty okay here. Everyone's fallen asleep so I'm taking the shift at the moment. Although, I'd much rather be home with you in my arms."
Sonic knew his wife well enough to tell that she was blushing on the other line. "Aww, I miss you too Sonikku, but don't worry, we're gonna spend the whole day together tomorrow."
Sonic grinned. "I'd love that Ames."
She smiled and sighed. "Well, I gotta go settle Crystal down before she breaks something. I'll see you soon Sonikku."
"Yes you will, I love you Ames."
"I love you too Sonikku." And they both hung up. Sonic noticed Omega in the kitchen and walked over to him.
"Agent Sonic, would you like hot cocoa?" The robot asked.
Sonic scratched his nose. "Umm, do you have chilidogs?"
The robot blankly stared at the cobalt hero. "A chili-what?"
He rolled his eyes. "Never mind, thanks." He said as he took the hot beverage. The cup was too hot for Sonic to hold and he ended up accidentally dropping the cup and the hot cocoa spilled all over Omega.
His jaw dropped and he ran and grabbed some napkins. "Oh man, Omega, are you okay?"
As Sonic began to clean the robot up, he spoke, "I'm fine Agent Sonic."
Sonic looked up at him. "Really?"
"Yes, I'm-" Omega suddenly began to swing his arms around madly, nearly hitting the defenseless hedgehog multiple times.
"Woah!" Sonic began to dodge Omega's arms since he began to chase him as well. "What's the problem Omega?! You said you were fine!"
"It seems that the hot cocoa has caused a short circuit and my systems have targeted you. I have no control of my arms. I can't stop!" The robot exclaimed.
Sonic thought logically and ran in direction to Shadow and Rouge. "Hey! Shadow! Rouge! Help!"
The two agents awoke to see Omega chasing Sonic around with his arms thrashing around wildly.
"Oh my god, we have to help him!" Before she could get up, Shadow stopped her.
"Hold on, let's just wait a while longer." He said with a smirk.
"Shadow!" She exclaimed and with that, she began to chase the hedgehog and insane robot around the main floor. Although, her plan backfired and Omega ended up chasing Sonic with Rouge in his arms, both of them screaming loudly.
"AHHHHH! SHADOW! HELP US!" They both screamed.
Shadow sighed and stood up. "Sonic! Run towards me!"
Sonic nodded and followed Shadow's instructions. Once Sonic and Rouge passed him with Omega on their tail, Shadow stuck his foot out and tripped the robot, his plan succeeding.
Sonic finally stopped running and set Rouge down on her feet.
"Oh man, I owe you one Shadow. I probably would've gotten cooked back there." Sonic said, patting Shadow on the back.
Rouge smiled. "Yeah. By the way Sonic, how did I end up in your arms anyways."
The cobalt hedgehog chuckled. "You were flying when you were chasing Omega, and one of his arms ended up hitting you and before you could hit the ground, I caught you and kept running."
The white bat gave Sonic a side hug. "Aww, thanks Blue. I knew you were right for the team."
Shadow was examining Omega. "I think he'll just need some repairs done tomorrow, but other than that, he isn't fully damaged."
"What happened to Omega?" Rouge asked Sonic.
He rubbed his neck nervously. "Umm, well, Omega made us some hot cocoa in the kitchen and my cup was too hot, so I ended up dropping it and the drink spilled on him."
There was an awkward silence until Rouge started laughing. "Oh wow, Tails will get a kick out of that tomorrow when he's fixing him up."
Shadow chuckled. "I've heard some crazy stories before but yours is the strangest."
Sonic chuckled as well. "I suppose it is. Don't worry, you'll see even more crazy things happening while I'm here." The three comrades smirked and sat down against the wall, exhausted from the wild attack.
(x-x-x-x)
G.U.N. Headquarters - 4:00 am
Now Shadow and Rouge were on guard while Sonic happily napped. Omega was still shut down against the wall so everything was peaceful and quiet.
Shadow was thinking to himself while Rouge watched another movie on her laptop. Suddenly, a twig snapping could be heard outside. Shadow's ear perked up at the sound. Rouge had her earphones plugged in so she was oblivious to the sound.
"Rouge? Did you hear that?" Shadow whispered.
Rouge looked up at him and took out an earplug. "Hear what?"
"You didn't hear that sound? It was a twig snapping outside." He replied.
The bat blinked. "Well, I didn't hear it. Do you want us to check outside?"
Shadow shook his head. "Not yet. If it happens again, then we'll check."
Rouge nodded and plugged in her earphones again, continuing her movie. The ebony hedgehog sat quietly and waited. Less than a minute later, the sound of multiple twigs being snapped at once was heard. Rouge took out her earphones, indicating that she heard the noise as well.
The two agents gave each other a look. "We're going outside." They said at the same time. They got up and headed towards the door.
"Wait," Rouge started, "what about Sonic?" She asked, pointing to the snoozing hedgehog in the corner.
"Meh, just leave him. We'll be right back anyways." He said, and they left.
(x-x-x-x)
While Shadow and Rouge roamed the area for their suspect, Rouge saw a shadowed figure run past them.
Her eyes widened. "Shadow! There's someone out here!" She hissed.
Shadow turned around, but saw nothing. He then turned again and saw something as well.
"Get behind me." Rouge ran behind Shadow and guarded him from behind while he did the same. They waited a few more minutes and saw the shadowed figure run by again.
"Got him!" Shadow exclaimed and ran after the figure. Once he was near enough, he leaped forward and tackled them.
Shadow straddled the person beneath them and pinned them down. Sonic, hearing all the noise, ran outside and stood next to Rouge.
"I've got you now!" Shadow yelled. Before he could move, a hand made contact with his face.
"AHHH! SONIKKU!" Amy screamed, unleashing her hammer and hitting Shadow directly in the head with it, knocking him out. Less than a second, Sonic came and covered Amy, with Rouge right behind him.
"Who? What? What happened? Are you hurt? Is the baby okay?!" Sonic asked.
"I'm fine. I was looking for you when Shadow tackled me and pinned me down. That perv." His wife replied, crossing her arms over her chest.
Rouge started laughing. "How did you end up back here? You could've used the front door."
"Well I tried, but it was locked. I knocked, nobody opened it so I checked back here. I saw a snake and ran away." Amy replied.
"Hold on. How did you get past security?" Sonic asked.
"Just tell Matt that he needs to update the security around here." She replied and giggled.
Sonic sweatdropped. "Well, what did you need me for sweetie?"
"Oh! I almost forgot," she went into her purse and brought out something, "I made you a small dinner since you didn't eat and I brought some for Shadow and Rouge too."
He took the three containers from his wife and drooled at the food. "You know I love you, right Ames?"
She giggled. "Aww, I love you too Sonikku. Well, I gotta get back. I'll see you all later."
Sonic grabbed her arm before she could leave. "Hang on. I'm not letting you go home on your own at 4 am. I'm taking you." He lifted up his wife bridal style. "I'll back in a few minutes!" He hollered to Rouge and ran off.
Rouge opened her container and sighed happily when she smelled the lasagna, salad and the large piece of fish. She sat down and began to eat when she noticed Shadow still unconsious beside her.
"Hmm, Shadow or food?" She wondered out loud. She shrugged and resumed to her meal.
(x-x-x-x)
G.U.N. Headquarters - 6:00 am
"Hey guys, get up." Rouge shook the slumbering hedgehogs awake. Shadow regained consciousness around 5 am, threatened to kill Amy, which led to Sonic and him having a huge fight, then knocked out next to each other. It was a very entertaining hour to Rouge.
"Huh? Whaa?" Sonic awoke sleepily as did Shadow.
"Ugh, my head. You didn't have to throw me onto a boulder!" Shadow rubbed his head.
"Me?!" Sonic exclaimed. "You're the one who threw me into a tree, and ended up breaking the tree!"
"Yeah, because your insane wife knocked me unconsicous with her large hammer weapon thing!"
"Don't bring Ames into this! Or you'll probably relive last night again!"
"Oh, you want to make it happen?!"
"Bring it on!" Before either one of them tackled the other, Rouge stepped inbetween them.
"Honestly, how can you guys start fighting this early in the morning? The graveyard shift is over so be grateful." She patted them both on the shoulder.
"I guess you're right. Where's Matt anyways?" Sonic asked.
"Right here." Matt called out from behind them. "You three did an exceptional job during the graveyard shift. You should do it again sometime."
Rouge sweatdropped. "Um, I think once is enough for me. Besides, now I'm on pregnancy leave."
Matt chuckled. "Well we're gonna miss you here Rouge. Make sure to visit us as soon as you can."
Rouge gave Matt a hug. "You know I will. Bye everyone." With that, the snow white bat flew off.
When she left, Matt turned his attention back to the two hedgehogs. "Do you guys think you need another agent to help you or is Omega enough?"
Shadow waved his hands. "Believe me, you're putting yourself at risk by making us team up."
"True true. Speaking of Omega, where is he?" Matt asked.
Sonic looked around nervously. "Uhh, that's a long story but let's just say that he's with Tails right now."
Matt facepalmed. "You know what? I'm not even going to ask."
Shadow smirked. "That's probably a good idea."
"Well, you two can go home now. You deserve to rest after a long night." Matt replied.
While they were leaving, Sonic turned back to Matt. "Oh and by the way, you really need to update the security around here."
He raised an eyebrow. "And why is that?"
"If a female hedgehog with a huge hammer can break in, then you've got a serious problem." Sonic smirked and ran off.
Matt stood there, confused and quite amused. "There is something seriously wrong with that hedgehog."
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Yay, I finally finished! I finally revealed how Shadow and Crystal met! *sigh* Eveybody thanks Tails, I know I do :) Believe me, it took so long for me to update. Doing bits and bits every Friday and Saturday for 5 weeks straight! Whew, that's a lot of work. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I tried to make it as funny as I could. I've become quite a boring person lately and since I'm moving soon, I probably will update later than I should. Don't worry, I would never leave my Fanfiction family though, I love you guys!
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