Chapter 21: Fire Burning on the Dance Floor
Shade slammed into the dance floor, his drinks flew behind him smashing into the ground and breaking. He cupped his hand around his mouth as he pulled himself to his feet. Removing his hand, he saw blood covering it. "Fuck." He turned around to face the luxray, who still held his knife. "And just who the fuck are you?" "My name is irrelevant, but just know, that I am the man who will kill you." The luxray lunged forward with his knife. Shade jumped to the side and grabbed the luxray's wrist. He then twisted it around and kicked the luxray away from him. When the luxray tumbled onto the ground, Shade reached to his back and grabbed at air. "Fuck! My katana! I left it at the house!" The luxray pushed himself to his feet, and Shade charged at him. The luxray spun up, kicking Shade in the gut, sending him onto his back. The luxray got on top of him and plunged the knife at Shade's throat. He grabbed his wrist, trying desperately to push his knife back. "There… Is no use… resisting…" The luxray said in between grunts of trying to stab Shade. He then was sent onto his back by Shade's foot. They both pushed themselves to their feet as the crowd watched. "What the fuck do you want?" "Your life." The luxray then stabbed downward, as to pierce Shade's skull, but Shade made his arms into an X shape and caught the luxray's wrist in between. He then kicked the luxray's leg, making him fall flat on the ground. The luxray pushed himself up, but Shade's foot slammed into his nose, spewing blood all over the dance floor. Shade took a couple steps back away from the luxray, worried of him popping up again. The luxray jumped to his feet before lunging at Shade again. He caught the luxray's wrist again and held it to the side before head butting him. The luxray staggered back, before falling to the ground again when Shade's heel slammed into his face. "You are becoming quite the bother." The luxray pushed himself up again. "It's a bad habit." Shade then lunged at the luxray ready to strike, but the luxray dodged Shade and slammed the knife into Shade's back. Shade howled in pain before spinning around to punch the luxray again, and missed, receiving a knife in his stomach. Shade jumped back, removing the blade from his stomach and grasped at the wound. "I expected more from you Shade." The luxray said before dragging his knife through Shade's elbow. "FUCK!" He howled before spinning around to face his enemy. The luxray had a smug look on his face. He lunged at Shade again, but was sent onto his back by Shade's foot. Before he could get up, Shade slammed his foot into the luxray's chest, knocking the wind out of him, and knocking him on his back. Shade quickly got on top of the luxray before forcing the knife from his hand and holding it to his throat. "What the hell's your problem?" Shade shouted in rage. The luxray punched Shade onto his back again before jumping up and reclaiming his knife. "Jolt sends his regards!" "Jolt sent this asshole?" Shade then slammed his foot up, sending the luxray face first into the floor. Shade jumped up and smashed his foot into the back of the luxray's head, smashing it through the dance floor panel. Sparks flew up, scorching the luxray's face. Shade then kicked the luxray's side, just to make sure he was down. He then picked up the switchblade and slid it into his pocket. "Mine now bitch." He then turned towards his friends, fear on their face as they stared at the bleeding umbreon in front of them. Amy rushed to his side and checked his arm and face. "Arceus Shade! Are you ok?" "I'm fine. As for him…" He looked down at the luxray whose face was in the floor panel. "…Not so much." Sasha also rushed to his side to help examine the wounds. "Come on Amigos, I think we should take our leave." Rob jumped in. "Good idea." Shade grabbed the girls' hands and pulled them out towards the door, as Roberto followed. Before he went outside, Shade turned towards the luxray to see that the sparks had started a few flames near his face.
20 minutes later…
Shade sat on his bed shirtless, his muscles shown in moonlight, as Amy bandaged and wrapped up the cuts. "Well, I covered most of them, but the cut on your lip is another scar it looks like." Shade stood up and walked towards his mirror to see his new scar. It dragged from the lower left side of his lip, to the upper left side of his lip. "The only thing that asshole accomplished was making my face look cooler." Shade remarked as he stared into the mirror. "Shade, can I ask you something? And you have to be a hundred percent honest." "Sure Amy what's up?" "Before you became my bodyguard, what did you do?" Shade's eyes shot open. "Why do you want to know that?" "Because you fight and take down people like no ordinary person our age. And you can withstand cuts that grown men would cry at." Shade let out a deep sigh. "Alright, I guess I couldn't keep this from you forever." Shade gestured for Amy to sit down on his bed, which she did. "When I was two, my parents were killed…" Shade proceeded to tell her about getting rescued by a lucario, his life in the military compound training his entire childhood, then telling her about the super soldier program and what he really was. Then he told her how he punched the lucario when he told him the truth to his parent's death, and how he punched him for keeping it a secret. Then the fall down the mountain, meeting Clint, getting to town and becoming her body guard. They both sat in silence for a good few minutes when Shade was done. Amy was afraid to speak. The amount of knowledge she just learned about her friend was overwhelming. "Wow…" Was all she said. "Yeah…" Shade looked at his feet. "Well, why did you keep this from us?" "I didn't want to be thought of differently." Amy stood up, and placed a hand on Shade's shoulder. "Shade, you're still the same umbreon you were when you first got here. I won't think of you differently just because of your past." Shade looked up at her in shock, that she could take all this information and not judge him. "T-Thanks Amy. That means a lot." She smiled at him before hugging him, which he hugged back to. "So… you wanna make out?" Amy came out and said it. "Considering that it's all I've been thinking about since our first kiss… yes I do." Shade then tackled her onto the bed playfully before ensuing in a make out session.