The return of the black hedgehog part 2: Reunited.
Shadow slowly opened his eyes. When he awoke he looked strait up at the ceiling. He had no clue on were he was or why he was there. He tried to stand up but he was in to much pain and to tired. He slowly turned his head and looked out a large window. Out the window he saw a wonderful view of Station Square. It was dawn and he was trying to remember what happened the night before. He looked down at his body and to his shock he was heavily bandaged. He thought to himself "Who the hell would try to help ME?" He heard the door open to his right and heard a very familiar voice. "Oh, your finally awake." Rouge said shutting the door behind her. She was holding a bottle of witch hazel and had a bowl and a wet towel. "If you knew how worried I was that you would not wake up you'd be flattered." Rouge said knelling next to the bed. She dipped the towel in the bowl of hot water and whipped Shadow's face with it. Shadow didn't say a word he just sat back and let her put the witch hazel on his bruises. He looked in her big blue eyes and just watched her as she put more witch hazel on his wounds. "How long have you been like this?" She asked still whipping him. Shadow was quiet he did not respond. "Well you don't have to speak if you don't want to." She said looking in shadows eyes. "Because knowing your alive is enough for me." She said. And shadow finally spoke. "Wh….Why…..Why did you help me?" he finally said. "Would you rather me left you out there to die?" She said with a bit of laughter. "So are you going to answer MY question?" she said still staring in his eyes. "I don't know……I…counted nearly 11 days." He said painfully. That answer made rouge want to cry. She imagined him wandering aimlessly like that for that long. "Were you looking for help?" she said now sounding more sad. "No." he said slowly. "Why not!?" she said in surprise. " I wasn't going to ask help from anyone." He said slowly. "That's the kind of pride I'd expect from you, Shadow the hedgehog." She said whipping his face again "How did you survive? Chaos control?" she asked "Yeah." He answered. And then rouge remembered G.U.N and she knew if word got out that shadow was alive they would come looking for him. "I'll be right back." she said. She went into her living room and picked up her laptop of the table. She hacked into the gun mainframe and she found their current main project. "The capture of the ultimate life form." She said looking at her laptop. "Their still after him…..those bastards." Rouge thought to herself. Rouge shut down her computer and started toward her bedroom.
When she got there Shadow was sitting up in bed. Shadow noticed that rouge had worried look in her eyes. "What's wrong?" He said slowly. " G.U.N…………Their still….hunting you." Rouge finally managed to say. Shadow's eyes widened with surprise and that expression was soon replaced by a angry expression. "WHAT!! SHIT!!," he shouted and he tried to get out of bed but the pain from his injuries were to intense. "Shadow no! you need to rest!" Rouge shouted running over to the side of the bed. Shadow was enraged but he kept his cool so he could speak with rouge. "I…can't….stay here. It'll put you in danger if I stay here." Shadow said gasping for air. "Don't think about it now. Just rest." Rouge advised Shadow. Shadow nodded his head and continued to lay in bed. Rouge put her hand on Shadow's shoulder and put her head on his. And Shadow fell asleep, but even after that Rouge still had her head on his.
She felt herself begin to cry again, but this time is was not because she was not mourning. This time she was crying because Shadow was alive. And for the first time in her life… she didn't feel alone.
Later that day rouge sat in her living room and watched tv. The sun was setting and it started to rain again. Rouge crossed her legs put her arms on the back of the couch and looked up at the ceiling. "What I wouldn't do for a cigarette." She thought out loud. "Your to good looking and agile to smoke." Said the deep voice that came from her right. Rouge turned her head to see Shadow standing there. Still bandaged up and putting on his gloves. "So there's no need for you to start that shit." Shadow said looking at his hands and adjusting his gloves. "I smoke, but only when I'm stressed. And by the way that the fuck are you doing out of bed." She said with a questioning tone of voice. "Sorry rouge but if I had to stay in bed any longer I would have gone crazy." He answered while staring out the window. "But you have eight broken bones Shadow." She said in a kind of duh tone. "I'll be fine I've been in worse shape before." He said still looking out the window. "Oh, really. I bet you can't even jump without hurting yourself." Rouge replied. That last comment struck a nerve in Shadow's mind. And in a flash he flipped across the room and landed right in front of were rouge was sitting. Rouge was so surprised by it that she didn't know what was going on until he grabbed her by hand pulled her off that couch putt his arms around her and held her close. "Oh really?" he asked with a smile. Rouge started blushing and her heart was racing. "Um…..please…let me go." She said with a smile and she began blushing even harder. "Oh…c'mon Rouge. I know your enjoying this. You're blushing."
Shadow said looking deep into her eyes. Rouge put her hands on her cheeks and realized that she was blushing. And then she pulled away from him. "What gives?" Shadow said with question. Rouge did not respond. She just stared at the floor. Shadow smiled. "Oh, I see." Shadow said putting his hands behind his head. "You still have a thing for Knuckles." Shadow said still smiling. "No! It was just a simple crush thats all! Nothing more!" she yelled. "You were enjoying that little hug admit it." Shadow said looking down at her. "And what makes you think that?" Rouge replied. "Because…..I was enjoying it." Shadow answered. Rouge's face turned as red as a tomato after Shadows last comment. "Well I guess I'll take a bath." Shadow said turning around and walking toward the bathroom. He turned his head and looked at her. "Care to join me?" He said in his usual tone of voice. Rouge wanted to say yes so bad but she remained quiet. Shadow just laughed and went into the bathroom and shut the door behind him. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME!!" rouge thought to herself. Rouge flopped down on the couch. Rouge knew what was going to happen between them. But she wouldn't attempt to stop it……….she didn't want to stop it.
To be continued…………….
Shadow slowly opened his eyes. When he awoke he looked strait up at the ceiling. He had no clue on were he was or why he was there. He tried to stand up but he was in to much pain and to tired. He slowly turned his head and looked out a large window. Out the window he saw a wonderful view of Station Square. It was dawn and he was trying to remember what happened the night before. He looked down at his body and to his shock he was heavily bandaged. He thought to himself "Who the hell would try to help ME?" He heard the door open to his right and heard a very familiar voice. "Oh, your finally awake." Rouge said shutting the door behind her. She was holding a bottle of witch hazel and had a bowl and a wet towel. "If you knew how worried I was that you would not wake up you'd be flattered." Rouge said knelling next to the bed. She dipped the towel in the bowl of hot water and whipped Shadow's face with it. Shadow didn't say a word he just sat back and let her put the witch hazel on his bruises. He looked in her big blue eyes and just watched her as she put more witch hazel on his wounds. "How long have you been like this?" She asked still whipping him. Shadow was quiet he did not respond. "Well you don't have to speak if you don't want to." She said looking in shadows eyes. "Because knowing your alive is enough for me." She said. And shadow finally spoke. "Wh….Why…..Why did you help me?" he finally said. "Would you rather me left you out there to die?" She said with a bit of laughter. "So are you going to answer MY question?" she said still staring in his eyes. "I don't know……I…counted nearly 11 days." He said painfully. That answer made rouge want to cry. She imagined him wandering aimlessly like that for that long. "Were you looking for help?" she said now sounding more sad. "No." he said slowly. "Why not!?" she said in surprise. " I wasn't going to ask help from anyone." He said slowly. "That's the kind of pride I'd expect from you, Shadow the hedgehog." She said whipping his face again "How did you survive? Chaos control?" she asked "Yeah." He answered. And then rouge remembered G.U.N and she knew if word got out that shadow was alive they would come looking for him. "I'll be right back." she said. She went into her living room and picked up her laptop of the table. She hacked into the gun mainframe and she found their current main project. "The capture of the ultimate life form." She said looking at her laptop. "Their still after him…..those bastards." Rouge thought to herself. Rouge shut down her computer and started toward her bedroom.
When she got there Shadow was sitting up in bed. Shadow noticed that rouge had worried look in her eyes. "What's wrong?" He said slowly. " G.U.N…………Their still….hunting you." Rouge finally managed to say. Shadow's eyes widened with surprise and that expression was soon replaced by a angry expression. "WHAT!! SHIT!!," he shouted and he tried to get out of bed but the pain from his injuries were to intense. "Shadow no! you need to rest!" Rouge shouted running over to the side of the bed. Shadow was enraged but he kept his cool so he could speak with rouge. "I…can't….stay here. It'll put you in danger if I stay here." Shadow said gasping for air. "Don't think about it now. Just rest." Rouge advised Shadow. Shadow nodded his head and continued to lay in bed. Rouge put her hand on Shadow's shoulder and put her head on his. And Shadow fell asleep, but even after that Rouge still had her head on his.
She felt herself begin to cry again, but this time is was not because she was not mourning. This time she was crying because Shadow was alive. And for the first time in her life… she didn't feel alone.
Later that day rouge sat in her living room and watched tv. The sun was setting and it started to rain again. Rouge crossed her legs put her arms on the back of the couch and looked up at the ceiling. "What I wouldn't do for a cigarette." She thought out loud. "Your to good looking and agile to smoke." Said the deep voice that came from her right. Rouge turned her head to see Shadow standing there. Still bandaged up and putting on his gloves. "So there's no need for you to start that shit." Shadow said looking at his hands and adjusting his gloves. "I smoke, but only when I'm stressed. And by the way that the fuck are you doing out of bed." She said with a questioning tone of voice. "Sorry rouge but if I had to stay in bed any longer I would have gone crazy." He answered while staring out the window. "But you have eight broken bones Shadow." She said in a kind of duh tone. "I'll be fine I've been in worse shape before." He said still looking out the window. "Oh, really. I bet you can't even jump without hurting yourself." Rouge replied. That last comment struck a nerve in Shadow's mind. And in a flash he flipped across the room and landed right in front of were rouge was sitting. Rouge was so surprised by it that she didn't know what was going on until he grabbed her by hand pulled her off that couch putt his arms around her and held her close. "Oh really?" he asked with a smile. Rouge started blushing and her heart was racing. "Um…..please…let me go." She said with a smile and she began blushing even harder. "Oh…c'mon Rouge. I know your enjoying this. You're blushing."
Shadow said looking deep into her eyes. Rouge put her hands on her cheeks and realized that she was blushing. And then she pulled away from him. "What gives?" Shadow said with question. Rouge did not respond. She just stared at the floor. Shadow smiled. "Oh, I see." Shadow said putting his hands behind his head. "You still have a thing for Knuckles." Shadow said still smiling. "No! It was just a simple crush thats all! Nothing more!" she yelled. "You were enjoying that little hug admit it." Shadow said looking down at her. "And what makes you think that?" Rouge replied. "Because…..I was enjoying it." Shadow answered. Rouge's face turned as red as a tomato after Shadows last comment. "Well I guess I'll take a bath." Shadow said turning around and walking toward the bathroom. He turned his head and looked at her. "Care to join me?" He said in his usual tone of voice. Rouge wanted to say yes so bad but she remained quiet. Shadow just laughed and went into the bathroom and shut the door behind him. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME!!" rouge thought to herself. Rouge flopped down on the couch. Rouge knew what was going to happen between them. But she wouldn't attempt to stop it……….she didn't want to stop it.
To be continued…………….