Chapter Fourteen "The Deal"
Mint was panting quicker then a dog caught out in the rain, she stopped when she noticed Shadow wasn't following her.
"I need to hide this emerald piece while I can." thought Mint.
Mint was in a small forest it wasn't completely full of trees but there was a small valley a little ways away.
The trees all looked the same.
Mint looked this and that way trying to figure out a good hiding spot, she heard a noise and scooped a hole in the ground out with her hand then placed the piece there.
The shard was about as large as forty quarters stacked up, like a piece of glass.
Mint marked the spot with an X made across with her fingers then she wiped the dirt off of her gloves so Shadow couldn't figure it out.
She started running a distance away from the certain spot but she soon saw the red streak behind her following close.
With a jolt to the side of her head she felt her hand being grabbed then her fist forced open.
"Where's the missing piece." Shadow said calmly not caring about anything else.
"I don't have it." She said.
"Where did you put it?" said Shadow.
"What did you do to Blake?" She said.
"Where is the emerald?" Shadow repeated in a sharper tone.
A few seconds of complete dilemma stirred in Mint, what could she do now? Shadow never stops until he finishes what he starts and scary thoughts entered her mind.
If she took down Blake that quickly…it could only be a dead second before the same happened to her.
She closed her eyes expecting a shot from behind like he did Blake and ducked as low as she'd ever done in her life.
With luck Shadow actually missed this time around.
She looked up scared to death but thought now that his arm was reached over her for the second he was confused on her duck she could take advantage.
She grabbed his strong hand and felt…an edge on him, as he did not expect this from her.
She was lying on the ground back to the floor and since she'd grabbed his hand she gave him a swift kick and reelected his arm.
Shadow banged his back to the side of a tree rubbing his head.
"Did I do that…?" thought Mint as she realized the far distance of her kick to Shadow. "I guess I have strength in more then just my arms…"
Shadow's eyes seemed surprised but very irritated he had underestimated her.
The powerful hedgehog now seemed to be glowing red…this only meant he was about to use chaos blast and Mint understood this; she knew he was about to do something horrible.
"ALRIGHT!" Mint shouted.
Shadow halted for a second waiting for her to continue.
"…I buried the piece of the emerald." said Mint. "If you kill me you won't be able to find it."
You could see a glimpse of Shadow's annoyed expression as he turned his back scanning the area for a place that could have been dug up but soon realized he would need her alive.
"Where?" Shadow said simply.
"If I give you this is you to PROMISE and SWEAR never to lay a hand on any one of my friends EVER." said Mint.
Shadow seemed to be turning red again.
"That's not going to work, I've risked my life to help my friends before and like I said you'll never find it if you get rid of Me." said Mint.
Mint was always good at figuring out the enemy, if it were Blake he would have just tortured for the information but even Shadow was not this heartless; he really only wanted his memory back and if he could avoid it he'd try not taking out people needlessly.
But this promise was not one Shadow could make.
"I will not harm YOU unless YOU are doing something foolish to stand in my way." said Shadow.
Mint realized this was the most generosity she could get from Shadow so she reach her hand out pointing a ways away.
"Take two turns left and you'll see an X." she said feeling like she's betrayed her friends in speaking.
End chapter