Chapter 14 Secrets

Nightwatcher had just finished what appeared to be a short moment of mourning as he made a bouquet of flowers appear and put one on the house and on the grave where he buried the body. Sonic began to get concerned for Nightwatcher, this seemed familiar like when Shadow was mourning for Maria.

"It must have been someone he knew." said Sonic, "Probably a friend or something." Suggested Chip, Nightwatcher finally walked toward them but didn't say a word as he went past them going back to the Batwing. Sonic and the others came up to him,

"Hey buddy, what happened to that house?" asked Sonic with Tails backing him up, "We want to know so we can help you." They both said as friendly as they could, Nightwatcher had a blank but sad expression on his face as he said,

"Just leave this subject alone and let me be." He said in a strained and broken voice. "Come on tell us, we're your friends we can help you." Sonic and Chip said to their friend.

Nightwatcher already had enough stress on his mind so he lashed out, "DROP IT! Just drop it!" which made Sonic, Chip and Tails step back in surprise as they each got a hurt look across their faces.

Instantly regretting his angry remark Nightwatcher quickly said, "I'm sorry it's just, what happened here...it's just too much, I'm sorry but I can't talk about this with you guys." Sonic still wanted to try to help him and tried to ask again only for Nightwatcher to interrupt him.

"I'm not talking about this anymore with you." He said nearly raising his voice, at this point Sonic had decided to leave the subject alone because Nightwatcher obviously wasn't going to talk about it he thought as they entered the Batwing.

Later back in London

Kira called Nightwatcher to the balcony overlooking the beautiful city, Nightwatcher approached Kira and asked her what she wanted,

Kira took his hand and said "Your past, and the house-" She started with before getting cut off, "Kira!? I'm not ready to tell them about that, it's just too much. There's a reason only you and Batman know what happened there and what I did afterward."

"Trust me, I think Sonic and the others should know, yeah they may be pissed off but it will be better if you tell them because I think they would be even angrier if they don't hear it from you." She said very calmly because she knew how painful the subject was to him. Nightwatcher thought about it and knew that she was right.

Kira removed Nightwatcher's mask slightly and they kissed, "You'll thank me later."