Thanks for the reviews. I got bored anyway, so I wrote the second chapter.
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PG-13 for. . .
*Violence
*language
(more may come later.. might turn into an R *shrug* still don't know for sure)
Disclaimer- Sonic isn't mine. None of the characters belong to me. Bah
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CHAPTER TWO
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He wasted his life. . .if LIFE would be what you called what he had. He moved on blindly, believing in a nonexistent past. In a way, she felt the same pain as he did. She didn't know if the life she had remembered deep in her memories was either real or a dream. If that was so. . . she was probably dreaming all her life. Was that it? Was she. . . dreaming?
She moved slightly, looking away from the sky. "L-Let me out. . ." She spoke softly. Those had been the only words she had spoken in months. She didn't know if anyone heard her. . . she assumed that someone did, and that they were cruel to not heed her wishes.
Heh. She thought HE didn't truly have a life. What about herself? She was the same.
She was a victim of manipulation? The same manipulation?
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Her eyes were closed, and she felt a shiver. There no longer was feeling in both of her arms. Pain shot up from her collarbone, towards to where her shoulders were. She groaned softly, wincing at the pain.
"Shh. . . don't move so much. . ."
That voice. It seemed familiar. "Sonic. . ?"
It fell silent. She tried opening her eyes, but she couldn't.
"Hold still," the voice spoke, "Let me tend to those shoulders of yours."
She whimpered softly, worries swarming in her head. "You won't cut them off, will you?"
A soft laugh. "No. Just clean them up. You lost a lot of blood last night."
Heh. that'd probably explain why she still felt paralyzed. She felt a warm piece of cloth placed on the sides of her collarbone. must've been for the shoulders. She felt an excruciating sting from her shoulders. Well, at least she felt them now.
"What happened to the monster. . .?" She spoke softly, trying not to think of the stings that were placed upon her shoulders.
The voice was closer now, like he was leaning over her. It was soft and soothing, and it made Amy feel warm inside. "Not sure. . ." a short laugh. "Relax. You're too tense, and it's not helping your shoulders none."
She stopped to think for a moment. That voice. That feeling. That silhouette. . . "Shadow. . .?"
"Hm?"
She couldn't believe it. Shadow the hedgehog. Where had he been hiding all these years? She tried to open her eyes. . . it was a struggle, but one finally opened. She moved her eyes to where she felt Shadow sat, surprised to see him not facing her. He wore a white tank top, and black pants that were frayed and worn. His shoulders were bandaged, as if they were cut recently. She tilted her head and smiled. "Let me get a good look at you. . ."
A sigh passed his lips, as he looked towards her.
Scars.
Scars across his face, and one of his ears was missing a part of its rimming. Amy smiled, reaching to touch his face. "Long time no see. . ."
A look of surprise spread across his face. He wasn't expecting that. "Oh my god, what happened?" THAT was what he was expecting. He smiled, holding her hand to his face. She frowned. "Did it hurt?"
He grunted. "Shouldn't you be more worried about your OWN wounds?"
She flinched. "No. . .somehow that doesn't matter anymore."
He shrugged, soon standing up and grabbing some bandages from a nearby counter. He walked towards her. "This'll be easier if you sat up. Can you?"
She did, much to her discomfort. He took the first bandage and started wrapping it tightly around her left shoulder. Not long after, he did the same to the left. Amy moved towards him, somehow, her arms not bothering her anymore. "Where are we?"
Shadow's face grew solemn, like it always used to be. "My home. Don't you ask where, though." His eyes closed and he touched the bandage on his left forearm. "This is a place of solitude. A place where I could be alone. . ."
"How did you know I was in trouble?" She rose an eyebrow, trying not to move her arms so much.
He looked at her. "I didn't. Saw one of those shadow creatures go towards the city. I followed it for some time, trying to see what it was up to. Then. . . you were there. I tried to stop it for quite some time now. . . but it's useless. I failed plenty of times, and then I figured it'd be best if I just took you and ran."
She stared onto her lap. "Thank you. . ." She looked up, meeting eyes with him. "Sonic and the others wondered about you. We all thought you were dead." She sighed softly, remembering what she was thinking about the night before. "It was seven years today since your disappearance."
He didn't say anything, just looked at her. It was odd. Did she actually miss him?
In ARK, they hardly spoke much at all. . . but before he went to help Sonic to keep ARK from colliding with earth. . . that conversation he had with her. . . Amy felt butterflies just thinking about it. Oh for the love of God. Ever since a while after, she thought about Shadow a lot. Was he alive? Was he watching over them? Did he think about them? Did he think about her?
Augh. She felt like an idiot. If it wasn't one hedgehog, it was another. Damn, how she wanted to punch herself.
Shadow blinked, looking at her. "I'll. . . take you home."
She was acting weird, what could he say? She stood before him, looking like she was arguing with herself in her head. It amused him slightly. It had been a while since he had met with a girl with that much energy. She stopped, soon noticing what a fool she made herself look like. She turned her back towards him, trying to conceal her embarrassed face. "That'd be nice of you, Shadow. . . thanks again. I owe you big time."
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The phone rang repetitively. Damn, he knew he should've gotten that answering machine. Would it have been so bad?! Gah. He wanted some sleep. His hand reached over, holding the phone handle in his hand and placing it next to his ear. "Hello?"
"Knuckles?"
He grunted. He knew that voice anywhere. He looked at his watch. "Sonic, WHY are you calling me at. . . one in the afternoon?"
"Shouldn't you be awake? I mean. . . you're guarding the Master Emerald, right?"
Knuckles sat up, an annoyed look on his face. "That's beside the point, Blue boy. What's up?"
"Have you seen Amy around?"
The echidna chuckled softly. The conceited hedgehog hardly ever called, and he was calling about Amy? There was definitely something wrong with THIS. "Since when have you been concerned of Amy?"
Sonic growled from the other end. "Look, I'm not a COMPLETE jackass. I DO care about Amy, ok? Just not in that way. Now have you seen her or not?"
Knuckles smirked, getting up from his bed. "Well, I didn't say you didn't care for her. Just when have you been worried about her? Did something happen?"
Sonic sighed, resting in his sofa. Tails sat there as well, playing a video game from the TV across from them. He looked to his friend in wonder. "Huh? Does he know where she is?"
"Agh. . shut up for a minute, ok?" He spoke to his two-tailed friend, covering the mouth part of the phone. He returned to it. "She was acting really weird last night. . . like she was mad at me. She walked home alone, and Tails has been calling her all morning with no answer."
"Maybe she's out?"
Sonic sounded concerned for a moment. "We already checked everywhere else."
Knuckles groaned, realizing his plans of staying home and slacking off was out of the question. "Ok, I'm coming down there."
"Who's going to watch the Master Emerald then?"
He sighed, looking out the window. "Let ME worry about that. If I see Amy on my way there, I'll let you know."
"Thanks, bud. I appreciate it."
"Yeah. . . well don't work yourself too hard over it. I bet she's out shopping or something." He hung up, making his way to the emerald chamber. He looked at the green emerald in the middle of the room, and sighed heavily. "Great. Who am I going to get to watch over this while I'm gone?"
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As they walked outside, Amy's eyes grew to see everything around it was burned. What WASN'T burned wore blood stains. She looked at Shadow, raising an eyebrow. "What happened here?"
"You know that thing that was going to attack you? This was the first place they hit, from my knowledge." He continued moving ahead, looking back slightly to make sure the pink hedgehog was following.
"Where did they come from?"
"Hell if I know." He reached in his pocket, taking out a saffron colored chaos emerald. He sighed. "Ready to go?"
Amy smiled sheepishly, nodding slightly. She walked closer towards him, reaching for his hand.
Exactly at that moment, one of the shadow creatures appeared from the ground below them. Amy yelped in surprise, Shadow soon pushing her to the ground and out of the way. The creature turned towards the black hedgehog, slowly walking towards him. Shadow's eyes narrowed and he took a brief look at Amy. "You ok?" he yelled towards her.
She got up slowly, brushing herself off. "Yeah, yeah."
"Run to the field of grass. It's about a mile that way from here." He pointed west. "And hurry."
She nodded, running as fast as her legs could move. At the same time, she wanted to help Shadow. . . make sure he was all right. . . but obviously, it would be easier for Shadow if she did as he said. If it wouldn't be, why did he tell her to do that?
She ran faster and faster, and from the burnt trees, another shadow creature appeared, jumping before Amy. Before she was to run into the creature's claws, she turned to go around him.
Another appeared.
Go around that. . .?
Another.
Again?
Another.
Oh shit.
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^_^ Thanks for reading! Please review.
PG-13 for. . .
*Violence
*language
(more may come later.. might turn into an R *shrug* still don't know for sure)
Disclaimer- Sonic isn't mine. None of the characters belong to me. Bah
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CHAPTER TWO
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He wasted his life. . .if LIFE would be what you called what he had. He moved on blindly, believing in a nonexistent past. In a way, she felt the same pain as he did. She didn't know if the life she had remembered deep in her memories was either real or a dream. If that was so. . . she was probably dreaming all her life. Was that it? Was she. . . dreaming?
She moved slightly, looking away from the sky. "L-Let me out. . ." She spoke softly. Those had been the only words she had spoken in months. She didn't know if anyone heard her. . . she assumed that someone did, and that they were cruel to not heed her wishes.
Heh. She thought HE didn't truly have a life. What about herself? She was the same.
She was a victim of manipulation? The same manipulation?
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Her eyes were closed, and she felt a shiver. There no longer was feeling in both of her arms. Pain shot up from her collarbone, towards to where her shoulders were. She groaned softly, wincing at the pain.
"Shh. . . don't move so much. . ."
That voice. It seemed familiar. "Sonic. . ?"
It fell silent. She tried opening her eyes, but she couldn't.
"Hold still," the voice spoke, "Let me tend to those shoulders of yours."
She whimpered softly, worries swarming in her head. "You won't cut them off, will you?"
A soft laugh. "No. Just clean them up. You lost a lot of blood last night."
Heh. that'd probably explain why she still felt paralyzed. She felt a warm piece of cloth placed on the sides of her collarbone. must've been for the shoulders. She felt an excruciating sting from her shoulders. Well, at least she felt them now.
"What happened to the monster. . .?" She spoke softly, trying not to think of the stings that were placed upon her shoulders.
The voice was closer now, like he was leaning over her. It was soft and soothing, and it made Amy feel warm inside. "Not sure. . ." a short laugh. "Relax. You're too tense, and it's not helping your shoulders none."
She stopped to think for a moment. That voice. That feeling. That silhouette. . . "Shadow. . .?"
"Hm?"
She couldn't believe it. Shadow the hedgehog. Where had he been hiding all these years? She tried to open her eyes. . . it was a struggle, but one finally opened. She moved her eyes to where she felt Shadow sat, surprised to see him not facing her. He wore a white tank top, and black pants that were frayed and worn. His shoulders were bandaged, as if they were cut recently. She tilted her head and smiled. "Let me get a good look at you. . ."
A sigh passed his lips, as he looked towards her.
Scars.
Scars across his face, and one of his ears was missing a part of its rimming. Amy smiled, reaching to touch his face. "Long time no see. . ."
A look of surprise spread across his face. He wasn't expecting that. "Oh my god, what happened?" THAT was what he was expecting. He smiled, holding her hand to his face. She frowned. "Did it hurt?"
He grunted. "Shouldn't you be more worried about your OWN wounds?"
She flinched. "No. . .somehow that doesn't matter anymore."
He shrugged, soon standing up and grabbing some bandages from a nearby counter. He walked towards her. "This'll be easier if you sat up. Can you?"
She did, much to her discomfort. He took the first bandage and started wrapping it tightly around her left shoulder. Not long after, he did the same to the left. Amy moved towards him, somehow, her arms not bothering her anymore. "Where are we?"
Shadow's face grew solemn, like it always used to be. "My home. Don't you ask where, though." His eyes closed and he touched the bandage on his left forearm. "This is a place of solitude. A place where I could be alone. . ."
"How did you know I was in trouble?" She rose an eyebrow, trying not to move her arms so much.
He looked at her. "I didn't. Saw one of those shadow creatures go towards the city. I followed it for some time, trying to see what it was up to. Then. . . you were there. I tried to stop it for quite some time now. . . but it's useless. I failed plenty of times, and then I figured it'd be best if I just took you and ran."
She stared onto her lap. "Thank you. . ." She looked up, meeting eyes with him. "Sonic and the others wondered about you. We all thought you were dead." She sighed softly, remembering what she was thinking about the night before. "It was seven years today since your disappearance."
He didn't say anything, just looked at her. It was odd. Did she actually miss him?
In ARK, they hardly spoke much at all. . . but before he went to help Sonic to keep ARK from colliding with earth. . . that conversation he had with her. . . Amy felt butterflies just thinking about it. Oh for the love of God. Ever since a while after, she thought about Shadow a lot. Was he alive? Was he watching over them? Did he think about them? Did he think about her?
Augh. She felt like an idiot. If it wasn't one hedgehog, it was another. Damn, how she wanted to punch herself.
Shadow blinked, looking at her. "I'll. . . take you home."
She was acting weird, what could he say? She stood before him, looking like she was arguing with herself in her head. It amused him slightly. It had been a while since he had met with a girl with that much energy. She stopped, soon noticing what a fool she made herself look like. She turned her back towards him, trying to conceal her embarrassed face. "That'd be nice of you, Shadow. . . thanks again. I owe you big time."
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The phone rang repetitively. Damn, he knew he should've gotten that answering machine. Would it have been so bad?! Gah. He wanted some sleep. His hand reached over, holding the phone handle in his hand and placing it next to his ear. "Hello?"
"Knuckles?"
He grunted. He knew that voice anywhere. He looked at his watch. "Sonic, WHY are you calling me at. . . one in the afternoon?"
"Shouldn't you be awake? I mean. . . you're guarding the Master Emerald, right?"
Knuckles sat up, an annoyed look on his face. "That's beside the point, Blue boy. What's up?"
"Have you seen Amy around?"
The echidna chuckled softly. The conceited hedgehog hardly ever called, and he was calling about Amy? There was definitely something wrong with THIS. "Since when have you been concerned of Amy?"
Sonic growled from the other end. "Look, I'm not a COMPLETE jackass. I DO care about Amy, ok? Just not in that way. Now have you seen her or not?"
Knuckles smirked, getting up from his bed. "Well, I didn't say you didn't care for her. Just when have you been worried about her? Did something happen?"
Sonic sighed, resting in his sofa. Tails sat there as well, playing a video game from the TV across from them. He looked to his friend in wonder. "Huh? Does he know where she is?"
"Agh. . shut up for a minute, ok?" He spoke to his two-tailed friend, covering the mouth part of the phone. He returned to it. "She was acting really weird last night. . . like she was mad at me. She walked home alone, and Tails has been calling her all morning with no answer."
"Maybe she's out?"
Sonic sounded concerned for a moment. "We already checked everywhere else."
Knuckles groaned, realizing his plans of staying home and slacking off was out of the question. "Ok, I'm coming down there."
"Who's going to watch the Master Emerald then?"
He sighed, looking out the window. "Let ME worry about that. If I see Amy on my way there, I'll let you know."
"Thanks, bud. I appreciate it."
"Yeah. . . well don't work yourself too hard over it. I bet she's out shopping or something." He hung up, making his way to the emerald chamber. He looked at the green emerald in the middle of the room, and sighed heavily. "Great. Who am I going to get to watch over this while I'm gone?"
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As they walked outside, Amy's eyes grew to see everything around it was burned. What WASN'T burned wore blood stains. She looked at Shadow, raising an eyebrow. "What happened here?"
"You know that thing that was going to attack you? This was the first place they hit, from my knowledge." He continued moving ahead, looking back slightly to make sure the pink hedgehog was following.
"Where did they come from?"
"Hell if I know." He reached in his pocket, taking out a saffron colored chaos emerald. He sighed. "Ready to go?"
Amy smiled sheepishly, nodding slightly. She walked closer towards him, reaching for his hand.
Exactly at that moment, one of the shadow creatures appeared from the ground below them. Amy yelped in surprise, Shadow soon pushing her to the ground and out of the way. The creature turned towards the black hedgehog, slowly walking towards him. Shadow's eyes narrowed and he took a brief look at Amy. "You ok?" he yelled towards her.
She got up slowly, brushing herself off. "Yeah, yeah."
"Run to the field of grass. It's about a mile that way from here." He pointed west. "And hurry."
She nodded, running as fast as her legs could move. At the same time, she wanted to help Shadow. . . make sure he was all right. . . but obviously, it would be easier for Shadow if she did as he said. If it wouldn't be, why did he tell her to do that?
She ran faster and faster, and from the burnt trees, another shadow creature appeared, jumping before Amy. Before she was to run into the creature's claws, she turned to go around him.
Another appeared.
Go around that. . .?
Another.
Again?
Another.
Oh shit.
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^_^ Thanks for reading! Please review.