Sign of rebirth.
A/N: By the request of some readers I have decided to add spacing in the conversations……..Oh yeah and sorry it took so long t post this chap. I've been real busy ^^;;
Shadow stood next to the bathroom in the hotel room with his arms folded. Loud gagging noises came from the bathroom as a result of the strange liquid he had just drank. Shadow stood next to the door with a wide grin on his face. He found the whole situation kind of amusing.
"Was it really that bad?" Shadow asked with his arms folded.
"Hell yes! What the hell is that stuff!?" Tails said as he began to vomit again. Shadow chuckled a bit and answered.
"Well it was meant to hell you……an from the looks of things it worked." Shadow said laughing.
Tails let out one last burst of vomit and gasped trying to catch his breath. He stood and walked out of the bathroom holding his stomach.
"Man, remind me to never get injured like that again." Tails said stretching. "So where's that girl of yours?"
"She went out while you were sleeping. She should be back at anytime." Shadow said stepping off the wall.
Shadow reached over to the table and grabbed Tails' gun and tossed it over to him. Tails caught it with one hand and looked at Shadow with a puzzled look.
"I called Sonic. I told him to rendezvous with us at the park. You better get going." Shadow said reaching into the drawer of the table and pulling out a gun f his own.
"What about you? What are you going to do?" Tails asked picking up his jacket of the chair at the far side of the room.
"I'm going to wait for Rouge. She's going to need some help……I'm sure they're going to follow her back here. That part's obvious." Shadow said pulling the head back on his gun.
"Fine I'll tell Sonic to wait up for you." And with that, Tails ran to the door and flung it open. He started twirling his Tails and instantly went air born. Shadow watched him as he flew off into the night.
It took five minutes for Tails to get to the large green park area in the center of Station Square. He landed in a dark area were hardly anything could be seen. He scanned around for Sonic and Amy , but didn't see them anywhere. He walked around for a bit and then stopped with the thought that they must not be there yet. He leaned against a tree and looked at the silver charm on the end of the chain he had attached to his glove. Suddenly he felt someone grab him by the jacket collar and pull him off the ground. He struggled to break free as the large hand pulled him into tree. The hand plopped him down on a branch and he felt a large hand get slapped over his mouth. He looked up and saw Sonic sitting at the far end of the branch motioning for Tails to be quiet. Amy was next to him looking down on the walkway. Tails yanked the hand away from his mouth and turned around to see Knuckles balancing on the branch behind him. Tails punched him in the arm for being so rough with him. Knuckles laughed and rubbed his arm where Tails hit him.
"Sorry. But I had to be fast." Knuckles said silently. He hopped back a little on the branch.
"Yeah, whatever…….What the hell are you guys hiding from?" Tails said with a confused look on his face. Sonic leered over at him and put his finger on his lips.
"G.U.N.…..they're all over this park." Sonic said quietly. Tails cocked his eyebrow and scratched his head.
"I didn't see anybody." Tails informed. Sonic looked back down at the stone walkway and scanned it.
"You weren't supposed to. But they're here….." Sonic said turning back toward Tails. "Where's Shadow?" He asked.
"He stayed behind and waited for Rouge…..My guess is that they're on their way now." Tails pulling toward the center of the branch.
"If he just would've died none of this would've happened……" Sonic said under his breath so nobody would hear.
Amy turned her head and looked directly in his eyes. He didn't stare back. He just looked down on the lit up walk way. She frowned a little because she heard what he said.
Shadow sat quietly in the hotel room at the table. He had a berretta 9mm handgun that wasn't loaded. He had four clips and three of them already had bullets in them. He had just put the last bullet in the fourth one when Rouge opened the door. Shadow didn't look up but he loaded one of the clips in the gun. Rouge walked over and put her arms around his shoulders and whispered in his ear.
"Well I guess I can always come back to you." Rouge said with her eyes closed. Shadow leaned his head to the right so that it rested on hers.
"I guess you didn't have any luck." Shadow said in his usual emotionless tone. Rouge came around the chair and sat on his lap. She rested her head on his and kisses him softly on the forehead.
"No……..but I don't care……" Rouge said closing her eyes. Shadow put the three remaining clips in his jacket. He put his arm around her waist and relaxed his shoulders.
"You're lying……." Shadow said quietly. Rouge's eyes got wide at Shadow's last remark. She pulled her head back and stared blankly at him.
"What?" Rouge asked with a surprised tone. Shadow gripped his gun tight and spoke.
"You're lying…….you do care." Shadow said finishing off his last sentence. Rouge turned and stood and put her arms across her chest. She slowly walked toward the window and turned to face him again. She stared at the floor breaking her stare from his eyes.
"Shadow…..I……." Before she could finish Shadow raised his gun and seemingly aimed it directly at her head. Rouge's eyes got wide when she saw him. He narrowed his eyes and put his finger on the trigger. Rouge's eyes lit up in a worried way when Shadow slowly started to put pressure on the trigger.
"S-sha…." Before she could finish Shadow pulled the trigger all the way back and fired. His wrist jerked back from the recoil of the gun. The bullet flew right past Rouge's ear and impacted against the window. The sound of the bullet going by buzzed in Rouge's ear. She was kind of petrified by what just happened. In fact she would have backed away from him if she hadn't heard a loud yell of pain come from outside the window. A thud was heard of the sound of a lifeless body collapsing on the walkway outside. Shadow got up and hurried over to her and grabbed her by the arm.
"C'mon!" He shouted as he threw open the door and stepped outside. He turned and aimed the gun down the right side of the walkway to make sure that no G.U.N. agents were on the far side. Loud gunshots came from the left and he and Rouge would have been hit if it hadn't been for his speed. He put his arm around her waist and lifted her off the ground. He put the groove of his shoe on the guardrail and used it to push himself off the walkway and to the ground below. He landed feet first and struck running forward.
"They sure are persistent aren't they?" Shadow said running in the direction of the park. Rouge closed her eyes and rested her head on his shoulder with the wind whipping at her face. She didn't reply. Just only felt like getting this whole thing over with so that she and Shadow can get on with. There we're two sources to this problem "Her brother and Her lover." What made her shudder is that they'd be at each others necks soon. Especially when Shadow learns what Spike is planning…….
It was about eleven when Shadow raced into the park holding Rouge. There was no sign of Sonic and the others. Shadow looked around and put Rouge down on her feet and she closely walked behind him. As they did thoughts of what Maria told Shadow spun around in his mind. She mentioned a great and powerful evil. It couldn't possibly be anything from G.U.N. could it? It was obviously that thing he saw in his dream……..Rouge had noticed a attitude change in shadow. He was back to the way he acted before the A.R.K. incident. When she found him he acted mellow and seemed to have a good sense of humor……..was that the Shadow that Maria knew? Had Maria seen this cold side of Shadow that made people fear him? He only acted like this in serious times….other than that he'd be cracking jokes and making smart mouth remarks that would make her blush and giggle. But the status he is in now shows him to be ruthless and unmerciful. Shadow stopped at a large tree by the walkway and looked up it. Rouge looked in it as well to see Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy sitting on a branch. They motioned for Shadow and Rouge to be quiet. Knuckles narrowed his eyes at Shadow but Shadow merely grinned at him. That grin made Knuckles want to tear him apart but he kept his cool.
"It took you two long enough…….." Sonic said trying to get down the tree as quietly as possible. All the others did the same. While Amy was climbing down her foot got lodged in a large piece of bark that had been stripped from the tree. She found herself unable to pull her foot out of it because she was slowly sliding down. Every one else's eyes got wide when they saw her situation. If that part was snapped from the tree it'd be loud enough for anybody in the surrounding area would hear. Knuckles wasn't about to let that happen. He quickly climbed up the tree and grabbed her by the waist and tried to pull her up so the piece of bark wouldn't break. Shadow took a deep sigh readied his gun because he knew what was about to happen. Suddenly Amy let out a quick scream and the bark piece snapped from under her foot and made a very loud noise. When knuckles lost his grip of her he feel to the ground and landed on his back with a thud. Everyone except Shadow looked around with hopes that nobody was around to hear it. But their hopes were shattered when G.U.N. agents surrounded them and took aim with a wide variety of weapons.
"Holy shit….." Tails said quietly. Then with any hesitation they all opened fire but none of their shot made any contact. Knuckles leaped from the ground and landed in the tree they were in. Sonic and Shadow ran in opposite directions. Sonic was holding Amy. And Rouge quickly dashed behind a tree and Tails followed her. Shadow kept running until he turned and got behind them. He stopped and aimed his gun and fired hitting one of the in the back of head causing blood to spew out like a fountain. He did the same to three more of them and back flipped into a tree when five of the shot back at him. He took the time to reload his gun.
"You bastards don't give up, do you?" Shadow thought as he took aim with his gun again. Right when he was about to pull the trigger he felt something come from behind him and wrap around his neck. Whatever it was it wrapped around his neck and yanked him hard out of the tree. He felt his throat tighten from it and he fell hard in the grass. He was shook up but still active. He quickly sprung to his feet and shook his head. He noticed that the object that was thrown around his neck was a thick silver chain. He took hold of it and examined it closely. Before he could get a good look at it someone jerked it out of his hand and it was dragged along the ground for about 10 feet. It stopped and disappeared at a large figure that stood in between the trees. Shadow stood and rubbed his neck and looked at the figure.
"You're gonna suffer for that!" Shadow shouted at the figure. He threw off his jacket and went into a very focused fighter stance.
"Heh…….so you're Shadow? I'm not impressed….." The figure said as it stepped out of the trees. It was a large male bat with a long black leather jacket on. He was tall and had tight blue eyes with long white spread out bangs. Although he his jacket looked heavy, Shadow could still see his muscular figure. Shadow's eye caught the large gold locket that hung around his neck. He tore his vision away from it and stared him in the face.
"Rouge's brother I presume?" Shadow asked cracking his knuckles.
"Spike. But you can call me the light that eliminates shadows." Spike said with a devious grin. "My sister told me about you……..she said you were a great guy. But she has been known to stretch the truth…….." He added crossing his arms.
"Not in this case." Shadow added with a cocked eyebrow.
"Whatever…..it doesn't matter. I'm taking her back anyway." Spike said using his thumb to move his bangs away from his eyes.
"I don't think she wants to." Shadow said in an aggressive tone. He tightened his stance and went on complete guard.
"Hey……we don't have to fight. You won my sisters heart……I respect you for that. I should thank you for watching out for her." Spike said with an evil grin.
"You must really take me for a fucking fool. If you're at any kind of position you've been trying to have us killed all this time." Shadow said tensely.
"Not her………just you, little boy." Spike added.
"Telling me that was probably the biggest mistake you've ever made by telling me that!" Shadow shouted.
"Oh, please. Don't humor yourself kid. You don't want to die." Spike said deviously. Shadow showed his teeth and used his speed and charged at Spike. Shadow stopped and swung at Spike with all his might and oddly hit only air. Shadow was shocked to find that Spike was able to dodge his attack.
"How the hell did you dodge that!?" Shadow shouted as he looked up to see Spike hanging upside down from a tree branch. Spike laughed evilly and looked down at him.
"You'd best give up, little boy. If we go at this rate you'll be dead before you know it." Spike said narrowing his eyes. Shadow was real pissed by now. Spike was mocking him while he was literately trying to fight him.
"Why don't you come down here and fight me , pussy!?" Shadow shouted with rage. Spike grinned and cocked his eyebrow.
"I'd rather fight you from up here." Spike said as he reached into his jacket. In a flash he pulled out a large silver plated engraved Remington shotgun. Shadow's eyes got wide and he backed up a little. Spike grinned and cocked it sending a gold plated shell casing to fall to the ground. Shadow quickly turned and ran behind a large tree before Spike could even pull the trigger. The buck shots from the gun hit the ground and caused hunks of soil to fly. Spike turned and fell from the tree and landed on his feet.
"Ah, so you are fast. No problem I have ways to take care of that." Spike said cocking his shotgun again.
"Do you mind telling me why the hell you're doing this?" Shadow asked calmly readying his gun.
"You're an obstacle, boy. I have to kill you because of that." Spike answered. Spike took aim at the tree that Shadow was behind and waited for him to show. Shadow tensed a little and replied.
"Obstacle for what!" Shadow shouted as he scooted toward the outside edge of the tree that made him open to fire. Spike leaped on a tree branch and kept his aim carefully.
"G.U.N. wants you because you're a so called "Threat to humanity." but to hell with them. I want you because you're a threat to MY plan." Spike said still holding his aim. Shadow readied his legs and quickly darted behind another tree and Spike fired again but missed.
"Plan huh? And what might that be?" Shadow holding his post. He twirled around so that he faced Spike and opened fire. Spike spread his wings and flew over to another tree and shot back.
"I'll tell you. But only because your chance of survival right now is very low…………I'm pretty sure you're familiar with the word……….Biolizard?" Spike said showing his fangs. Shadow's eyes got wide at the sound of that name. Rage slowly begin to build up inside him be he talked calmly.
"W-what you say?" Shadow asked with a tense tone. Spike stood up strait and took sharp aim.
"Biolizard……..you know. You're creators so called "Ultimate life form". Spike said narrowing his eyes. He moved along the branch so that a part of Shadow slowly came into his view and he aimed directly for his head.
"What about Biolizard!? What are you planning!?" Shadow shout still not noticing that Spike was aiming directly for his head.
"You mean baby sister didn't tell you? I'm having it recreated and upgraded in my favor." Spike said with an evil grin.
"Y-you…………" Shadow started but Spike interrupted him.
"Shut up and die……" Spike said as he quickly begin to pull the trigger on his gun. But before he could he felt a strong wind come by him. It confused him and before he could react he felt a force strike his arm causing him to drop his shotgun. He held his arm in pain and scanned the area for his attacker. He looked to the ground and saw Sonic standing there with a wide grin on his face.
"Sorry pal! You can't kill him……….I already have dibs on that!" Sonic said with a devious smile. Spike narrowed his eyes and leaped out of the tree. And in a blink of an eye he was right in front of Sonic. He grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off his feet and grinned. Sonic put his hands on Spike's wrist and tried to break free but Spike turned out to be a lot stronger than him.
"Ah……the famous Sonic the hedgehog. What if I killed YOU instead!……It'd be sad…..such a famous hero killed by a bat that nobody knew. Princess Acorn would be crushed…….." Spike said tightening his grip around Sonic's neck. Sonic found himself unable to speak for a moment but he was able to get it out.
"S-so…….you've done……your homework." Sonic was able say. Spike smiled and tightened his grip.
"Yeah…..I know all about you……..you're past…….and unfortunately for you your future too………..Amy……You've grown fond of her I heard. What if I said after I'm finished with you………I'll go for her." Spike said putting an evil look in his eyes.
"Y-you……won't get a chance to you fuck!" Sonic said with anger.
"You're in no position to make that call, kid." Spike said as he slowly began to tighten his grip around Sonic's neck again. Sonic tensed in pain as he felt his neck start to give way under the pressure. And right before it did Shadow leaped in the air and kicked Spike in the back causing him to drop Sonic leaving him gasping for air.
"I feel the same way about you killing him as he feels about killing me…….so he's off limits." Shadow informed with a grin. Without answering Spike raised his left arm and struck Shadow across the face with the back of his fist sending him flying back about six feet. He turned and kicked Sonic who was still recovering right in the middle of the face sending him soaring back an even farther distance than Shadow did. They sprang back to their feet and whipped blood away from their mouths.
"I still can't believe you two …..……..you're both weaklings!" Spike said in an angry tone. Suddenly tails appeared from overhead and landed next to Shadow.
"It's obvious who this guy is…..so I won't bother asking." Tails said with a smile.
"Yeah…….Spike huh? Well I hope you made funeral reservation." A familiar voice said from over head. "I guess you didn't learn from our last meeting!" Knuckles said landing next to Sonic and going into a fighter stance.
"Well……..the other two are here……..and by the way red boy. You still haven't truly seen what I can do." Spike said with tense eyes.
"Whatever you say, you deluded dumb bastard!" Knuckles shot back. Spike smiled and rocked his head back.
"Well…….I guess I'll have to fight all of you then……..fine by me." Spike said calmly.
"Wow, you really are crazy!" Sonic said going into a guarded position.
"We'll who's crazy…..but I think I'll embarrass you a little……" And with that spike closed his eyes and went into a fighter pose. Shadow and the others stared at him and waited for him to attack. But they got nothing……..Spike stood in the same posture with his eyes still closed.
"Well what are you waiting for!? Fight me!" Spike shot with his eyes still closed. Right before he was able to say the rest of his sentence Tails had charged him and attempted a kick at his stomach. Spike (even though his eyes were closed.) Was able to easily maneuver away from it. In a flash Sonic was his right side. He leaped into the air and aimed hi foot toward Spike's head. Spike purposely fell backward, flipped back and kicked Sonic in the back in mid air causing him to fall to the ground. Knuckles took advantage of the commotion and was able to get on the same side of Spike that Sonic just was. Right when he was about to strike him, Spike lifted his shoulder and struck Knuckles in the head causing him to fall hard to the ground. Shadow was the next to come and the next to go because he charged him head on. He quickly learned that it wasn't a smart attack when Spike kicked him the chin. Spike had left them a little dazed but they were still ready to keep fighting. Shadow got back to his feet and stared Spike directly in the face and to his shock Spike still had his eyes closed.
"Heh heh….what's wrong? You guys were so confident a second ago. I'll make a deal with you. If you can get me to open my eyes you win." Spike teased.
"Damnit! He can't be THAT good can he?" Shadow thought with his teeth showing in anger. Without replying Shadow jumped in the air so that he was able to get above Spike's head. While he was falling he noticed that Tails, Sonic and Knuckles were charging at him from three different sides. Spike sat motionless until the last second. He quickly stepped out of the way causing all of them to collide with each other. Spike still had his eyes closed and he laughed evilly.
"This is to easy! I can't believe you guys won so many battles!" Spike teased. Tails once again took advantage of his talking and got in front of him. He jabbed at Spike's stomach but he moved and backed up a couple feet. He backed right into Sonic who was waiting for his chance to attack. When Spike bumped into him he quickly turned around and struck him in the armpit. (A/N: Trust me…..THAT HURTS!) Sonic fell back and swung at Spike but he missed because he backed up again. This time he backed into Knuckles who tried to hit him in his juggler vain but Spike blocked his blow and hit in the lower right ribs. He didn't back away this time because he had already estimated where Shadow was. He dashed at that point and found his estimation to be right and he Shoulder tackled him to the ground. Shadow quickly got up and moved around him to avoid anymore blows.
"Well, you came closer that time. If you keep that up you might just be able to hit me." Spike teased on.
"Ok……I know your game." Shadow thought as he charged Spike again. He leaped into the air to the right. The angle at he jumped was very odd and he jumped nowhere near Spike. But Spike still kicked out and to his surprise he kicked at nothing but air. Shadow saw that and plunged down at Spike and kicked him in the side. He landed on the ground and used his hand for leverage and kicked him again this time in the chin. Shadow then bounced off his hands and got in the air on the left side of Spike's head and landed another hard kick to the side of his head. Spike swung at him and missed yet again. Shadow then flipped himself up and landed on his arm and bounced off of it and punched him in the back of the head. And out of extreme frustration Spike opened his eyes and grabbed Shadow by the ankle and slung him into the tree. Shadow cried out in pain as he fell to the ground. But oddly he stood up and chuckled.
"I figured you out. And remember that deal you made?" Shadow asked gripping his arm.
"I remember……I won't be so merciful next time." And with that Spike leaped in the trees and disappeared. Shadow looked over at Sonic, Knuckles and Tails and narrowed his eyes.
"H-how'd you….." Tails began but before he could finish Shadow cut him off. "He's a bat……he didn't need to see us. You should have guesses that. So I just made it so he couldn't hear me either." Shadow said looking into the sky.
"So what were you guys talking about?" Sonic asked approaching Shadow. Shadow narrowed his eyes and grinned and continued to watch the sky.
"…….He's remaking Biolizard….."
To Be Continued………
Rouge: Um…….maxcell?
Maxcell: What?
Rouge: Where the hell did me and Amy go?
Sonic: I'll tell you……..you stayed behind and fought the G.U.N. agents moron.
Knuckles: How come the first time I fought Spike I beat him easy?
Chibi Shadow: Because he was only testing you.
Tails: Man Maxcell!………I TOOK YOU WEEKS TO WRITE THIS CHAPTER!
Maxcell: -_- sorry about that……..I've been busy. It won't happen again. I AM going to finish this story………….well anyway. Let me know you're still reading by posting a review. Now…….I'm going to sleep………..*walks away*
Sonic: So what do you guys want to do while Maxcell's gone?
(15 minutes of silence)
Sonic: Nevermind -_-
A/N: By the request of some readers I have decided to add spacing in the conversations……..Oh yeah and sorry it took so long t post this chap. I've been real busy ^^;;
Shadow stood next to the bathroom in the hotel room with his arms folded. Loud gagging noises came from the bathroom as a result of the strange liquid he had just drank. Shadow stood next to the door with a wide grin on his face. He found the whole situation kind of amusing.
"Was it really that bad?" Shadow asked with his arms folded.
"Hell yes! What the hell is that stuff!?" Tails said as he began to vomit again. Shadow chuckled a bit and answered.
"Well it was meant to hell you……an from the looks of things it worked." Shadow said laughing.
Tails let out one last burst of vomit and gasped trying to catch his breath. He stood and walked out of the bathroom holding his stomach.
"Man, remind me to never get injured like that again." Tails said stretching. "So where's that girl of yours?"
"She went out while you were sleeping. She should be back at anytime." Shadow said stepping off the wall.
Shadow reached over to the table and grabbed Tails' gun and tossed it over to him. Tails caught it with one hand and looked at Shadow with a puzzled look.
"I called Sonic. I told him to rendezvous with us at the park. You better get going." Shadow said reaching into the drawer of the table and pulling out a gun f his own.
"What about you? What are you going to do?" Tails asked picking up his jacket of the chair at the far side of the room.
"I'm going to wait for Rouge. She's going to need some help……I'm sure they're going to follow her back here. That part's obvious." Shadow said pulling the head back on his gun.
"Fine I'll tell Sonic to wait up for you." And with that, Tails ran to the door and flung it open. He started twirling his Tails and instantly went air born. Shadow watched him as he flew off into the night.
It took five minutes for Tails to get to the large green park area in the center of Station Square. He landed in a dark area were hardly anything could be seen. He scanned around for Sonic and Amy , but didn't see them anywhere. He walked around for a bit and then stopped with the thought that they must not be there yet. He leaned against a tree and looked at the silver charm on the end of the chain he had attached to his glove. Suddenly he felt someone grab him by the jacket collar and pull him off the ground. He struggled to break free as the large hand pulled him into tree. The hand plopped him down on a branch and he felt a large hand get slapped over his mouth. He looked up and saw Sonic sitting at the far end of the branch motioning for Tails to be quiet. Amy was next to him looking down on the walkway. Tails yanked the hand away from his mouth and turned around to see Knuckles balancing on the branch behind him. Tails punched him in the arm for being so rough with him. Knuckles laughed and rubbed his arm where Tails hit him.
"Sorry. But I had to be fast." Knuckles said silently. He hopped back a little on the branch.
"Yeah, whatever…….What the hell are you guys hiding from?" Tails said with a confused look on his face. Sonic leered over at him and put his finger on his lips.
"G.U.N.…..they're all over this park." Sonic said quietly. Tails cocked his eyebrow and scratched his head.
"I didn't see anybody." Tails informed. Sonic looked back down at the stone walkway and scanned it.
"You weren't supposed to. But they're here….." Sonic said turning back toward Tails. "Where's Shadow?" He asked.
"He stayed behind and waited for Rouge…..My guess is that they're on their way now." Tails pulling toward the center of the branch.
"If he just would've died none of this would've happened……" Sonic said under his breath so nobody would hear.
Amy turned her head and looked directly in his eyes. He didn't stare back. He just looked down on the lit up walk way. She frowned a little because she heard what he said.
Shadow sat quietly in the hotel room at the table. He had a berretta 9mm handgun that wasn't loaded. He had four clips and three of them already had bullets in them. He had just put the last bullet in the fourth one when Rouge opened the door. Shadow didn't look up but he loaded one of the clips in the gun. Rouge walked over and put her arms around his shoulders and whispered in his ear.
"Well I guess I can always come back to you." Rouge said with her eyes closed. Shadow leaned his head to the right so that it rested on hers.
"I guess you didn't have any luck." Shadow said in his usual emotionless tone. Rouge came around the chair and sat on his lap. She rested her head on his and kisses him softly on the forehead.
"No……..but I don't care……" Rouge said closing her eyes. Shadow put the three remaining clips in his jacket. He put his arm around her waist and relaxed his shoulders.
"You're lying……." Shadow said quietly. Rouge's eyes got wide at Shadow's last remark. She pulled her head back and stared blankly at him.
"What?" Rouge asked with a surprised tone. Shadow gripped his gun tight and spoke.
"You're lying…….you do care." Shadow said finishing off his last sentence. Rouge turned and stood and put her arms across her chest. She slowly walked toward the window and turned to face him again. She stared at the floor breaking her stare from his eyes.
"Shadow…..I……." Before she could finish Shadow raised his gun and seemingly aimed it directly at her head. Rouge's eyes got wide when she saw him. He narrowed his eyes and put his finger on the trigger. Rouge's eyes lit up in a worried way when Shadow slowly started to put pressure on the trigger.
"S-sha…." Before she could finish Shadow pulled the trigger all the way back and fired. His wrist jerked back from the recoil of the gun. The bullet flew right past Rouge's ear and impacted against the window. The sound of the bullet going by buzzed in Rouge's ear. She was kind of petrified by what just happened. In fact she would have backed away from him if she hadn't heard a loud yell of pain come from outside the window. A thud was heard of the sound of a lifeless body collapsing on the walkway outside. Shadow got up and hurried over to her and grabbed her by the arm.
"C'mon!" He shouted as he threw open the door and stepped outside. He turned and aimed the gun down the right side of the walkway to make sure that no G.U.N. agents were on the far side. Loud gunshots came from the left and he and Rouge would have been hit if it hadn't been for his speed. He put his arm around her waist and lifted her off the ground. He put the groove of his shoe on the guardrail and used it to push himself off the walkway and to the ground below. He landed feet first and struck running forward.
"They sure are persistent aren't they?" Shadow said running in the direction of the park. Rouge closed her eyes and rested her head on his shoulder with the wind whipping at her face. She didn't reply. Just only felt like getting this whole thing over with so that she and Shadow can get on with. There we're two sources to this problem "Her brother and Her lover." What made her shudder is that they'd be at each others necks soon. Especially when Shadow learns what Spike is planning…….
It was about eleven when Shadow raced into the park holding Rouge. There was no sign of Sonic and the others. Shadow looked around and put Rouge down on her feet and she closely walked behind him. As they did thoughts of what Maria told Shadow spun around in his mind. She mentioned a great and powerful evil. It couldn't possibly be anything from G.U.N. could it? It was obviously that thing he saw in his dream……..Rouge had noticed a attitude change in shadow. He was back to the way he acted before the A.R.K. incident. When she found him he acted mellow and seemed to have a good sense of humor……..was that the Shadow that Maria knew? Had Maria seen this cold side of Shadow that made people fear him? He only acted like this in serious times….other than that he'd be cracking jokes and making smart mouth remarks that would make her blush and giggle. But the status he is in now shows him to be ruthless and unmerciful. Shadow stopped at a large tree by the walkway and looked up it. Rouge looked in it as well to see Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy sitting on a branch. They motioned for Shadow and Rouge to be quiet. Knuckles narrowed his eyes at Shadow but Shadow merely grinned at him. That grin made Knuckles want to tear him apart but he kept his cool.
"It took you two long enough…….." Sonic said trying to get down the tree as quietly as possible. All the others did the same. While Amy was climbing down her foot got lodged in a large piece of bark that had been stripped from the tree. She found herself unable to pull her foot out of it because she was slowly sliding down. Every one else's eyes got wide when they saw her situation. If that part was snapped from the tree it'd be loud enough for anybody in the surrounding area would hear. Knuckles wasn't about to let that happen. He quickly climbed up the tree and grabbed her by the waist and tried to pull her up so the piece of bark wouldn't break. Shadow took a deep sigh readied his gun because he knew what was about to happen. Suddenly Amy let out a quick scream and the bark piece snapped from under her foot and made a very loud noise. When knuckles lost his grip of her he feel to the ground and landed on his back with a thud. Everyone except Shadow looked around with hopes that nobody was around to hear it. But their hopes were shattered when G.U.N. agents surrounded them and took aim with a wide variety of weapons.
"Holy shit….." Tails said quietly. Then with any hesitation they all opened fire but none of their shot made any contact. Knuckles leaped from the ground and landed in the tree they were in. Sonic and Shadow ran in opposite directions. Sonic was holding Amy. And Rouge quickly dashed behind a tree and Tails followed her. Shadow kept running until he turned and got behind them. He stopped and aimed his gun and fired hitting one of the in the back of head causing blood to spew out like a fountain. He did the same to three more of them and back flipped into a tree when five of the shot back at him. He took the time to reload his gun.
"You bastards don't give up, do you?" Shadow thought as he took aim with his gun again. Right when he was about to pull the trigger he felt something come from behind him and wrap around his neck. Whatever it was it wrapped around his neck and yanked him hard out of the tree. He felt his throat tighten from it and he fell hard in the grass. He was shook up but still active. He quickly sprung to his feet and shook his head. He noticed that the object that was thrown around his neck was a thick silver chain. He took hold of it and examined it closely. Before he could get a good look at it someone jerked it out of his hand and it was dragged along the ground for about 10 feet. It stopped and disappeared at a large figure that stood in between the trees. Shadow stood and rubbed his neck and looked at the figure.
"You're gonna suffer for that!" Shadow shouted at the figure. He threw off his jacket and went into a very focused fighter stance.
"Heh…….so you're Shadow? I'm not impressed….." The figure said as it stepped out of the trees. It was a large male bat with a long black leather jacket on. He was tall and had tight blue eyes with long white spread out bangs. Although he his jacket looked heavy, Shadow could still see his muscular figure. Shadow's eye caught the large gold locket that hung around his neck. He tore his vision away from it and stared him in the face.
"Rouge's brother I presume?" Shadow asked cracking his knuckles.
"Spike. But you can call me the light that eliminates shadows." Spike said with a devious grin. "My sister told me about you……..she said you were a great guy. But she has been known to stretch the truth…….." He added crossing his arms.
"Not in this case." Shadow added with a cocked eyebrow.
"Whatever…..it doesn't matter. I'm taking her back anyway." Spike said using his thumb to move his bangs away from his eyes.
"I don't think she wants to." Shadow said in an aggressive tone. He tightened his stance and went on complete guard.
"Hey……we don't have to fight. You won my sisters heart……I respect you for that. I should thank you for watching out for her." Spike said with an evil grin.
"You must really take me for a fucking fool. If you're at any kind of position you've been trying to have us killed all this time." Shadow said tensely.
"Not her………just you, little boy." Spike added.
"Telling me that was probably the biggest mistake you've ever made by telling me that!" Shadow shouted.
"Oh, please. Don't humor yourself kid. You don't want to die." Spike said deviously. Shadow showed his teeth and used his speed and charged at Spike. Shadow stopped and swung at Spike with all his might and oddly hit only air. Shadow was shocked to find that Spike was able to dodge his attack.
"How the hell did you dodge that!?" Shadow shouted as he looked up to see Spike hanging upside down from a tree branch. Spike laughed evilly and looked down at him.
"You'd best give up, little boy. If we go at this rate you'll be dead before you know it." Spike said narrowing his eyes. Shadow was real pissed by now. Spike was mocking him while he was literately trying to fight him.
"Why don't you come down here and fight me , pussy!?" Shadow shouted with rage. Spike grinned and cocked his eyebrow.
"I'd rather fight you from up here." Spike said as he reached into his jacket. In a flash he pulled out a large silver plated engraved Remington shotgun. Shadow's eyes got wide and he backed up a little. Spike grinned and cocked it sending a gold plated shell casing to fall to the ground. Shadow quickly turned and ran behind a large tree before Spike could even pull the trigger. The buck shots from the gun hit the ground and caused hunks of soil to fly. Spike turned and fell from the tree and landed on his feet.
"Ah, so you are fast. No problem I have ways to take care of that." Spike said cocking his shotgun again.
"Do you mind telling me why the hell you're doing this?" Shadow asked calmly readying his gun.
"You're an obstacle, boy. I have to kill you because of that." Spike answered. Spike took aim at the tree that Shadow was behind and waited for him to show. Shadow tensed a little and replied.
"Obstacle for what!" Shadow shouted as he scooted toward the outside edge of the tree that made him open to fire. Spike leaped on a tree branch and kept his aim carefully.
"G.U.N. wants you because you're a so called "Threat to humanity." but to hell with them. I want you because you're a threat to MY plan." Spike said still holding his aim. Shadow readied his legs and quickly darted behind another tree and Spike fired again but missed.
"Plan huh? And what might that be?" Shadow holding his post. He twirled around so that he faced Spike and opened fire. Spike spread his wings and flew over to another tree and shot back.
"I'll tell you. But only because your chance of survival right now is very low…………I'm pretty sure you're familiar with the word……….Biolizard?" Spike said showing his fangs. Shadow's eyes got wide at the sound of that name. Rage slowly begin to build up inside him be he talked calmly.
"W-what you say?" Shadow asked with a tense tone. Spike stood up strait and took sharp aim.
"Biolizard……..you know. You're creators so called "Ultimate life form". Spike said narrowing his eyes. He moved along the branch so that a part of Shadow slowly came into his view and he aimed directly for his head.
"What about Biolizard!? What are you planning!?" Shadow shout still not noticing that Spike was aiming directly for his head.
"You mean baby sister didn't tell you? I'm having it recreated and upgraded in my favor." Spike said with an evil grin.
"Y-you…………" Shadow started but Spike interrupted him.
"Shut up and die……" Spike said as he quickly begin to pull the trigger on his gun. But before he could he felt a strong wind come by him. It confused him and before he could react he felt a force strike his arm causing him to drop his shotgun. He held his arm in pain and scanned the area for his attacker. He looked to the ground and saw Sonic standing there with a wide grin on his face.
"Sorry pal! You can't kill him……….I already have dibs on that!" Sonic said with a devious smile. Spike narrowed his eyes and leaped out of the tree. And in a blink of an eye he was right in front of Sonic. He grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off his feet and grinned. Sonic put his hands on Spike's wrist and tried to break free but Spike turned out to be a lot stronger than him.
"Ah……the famous Sonic the hedgehog. What if I killed YOU instead!……It'd be sad…..such a famous hero killed by a bat that nobody knew. Princess Acorn would be crushed…….." Spike said tightening his grip around Sonic's neck. Sonic found himself unable to speak for a moment but he was able to get it out.
"S-so…….you've done……your homework." Sonic was able say. Spike smiled and tightened his grip.
"Yeah…..I know all about you……..you're past…….and unfortunately for you your future too………..Amy……You've grown fond of her I heard. What if I said after I'm finished with you………I'll go for her." Spike said putting an evil look in his eyes.
"Y-you……won't get a chance to you fuck!" Sonic said with anger.
"You're in no position to make that call, kid." Spike said as he slowly began to tighten his grip around Sonic's neck again. Sonic tensed in pain as he felt his neck start to give way under the pressure. And right before it did Shadow leaped in the air and kicked Spike in the back causing him to drop Sonic leaving him gasping for air.
"I feel the same way about you killing him as he feels about killing me…….so he's off limits." Shadow informed with a grin. Without answering Spike raised his left arm and struck Shadow across the face with the back of his fist sending him flying back about six feet. He turned and kicked Sonic who was still recovering right in the middle of the face sending him soaring back an even farther distance than Shadow did. They sprang back to their feet and whipped blood away from their mouths.
"I still can't believe you two …..……..you're both weaklings!" Spike said in an angry tone. Suddenly tails appeared from overhead and landed next to Shadow.
"It's obvious who this guy is…..so I won't bother asking." Tails said with a smile.
"Yeah…….Spike huh? Well I hope you made funeral reservation." A familiar voice said from over head. "I guess you didn't learn from our last meeting!" Knuckles said landing next to Sonic and going into a fighter stance.
"Well……..the other two are here……..and by the way red boy. You still haven't truly seen what I can do." Spike said with tense eyes.
"Whatever you say, you deluded dumb bastard!" Knuckles shot back. Spike smiled and rocked his head back.
"Well…….I guess I'll have to fight all of you then……..fine by me." Spike said calmly.
"Wow, you really are crazy!" Sonic said going into a guarded position.
"We'll who's crazy…..but I think I'll embarrass you a little……" And with that spike closed his eyes and went into a fighter pose. Shadow and the others stared at him and waited for him to attack. But they got nothing……..Spike stood in the same posture with his eyes still closed.
"Well what are you waiting for!? Fight me!" Spike shot with his eyes still closed. Right before he was able to say the rest of his sentence Tails had charged him and attempted a kick at his stomach. Spike (even though his eyes were closed.) Was able to easily maneuver away from it. In a flash Sonic was his right side. He leaped into the air and aimed hi foot toward Spike's head. Spike purposely fell backward, flipped back and kicked Sonic in the back in mid air causing him to fall to the ground. Knuckles took advantage of the commotion and was able to get on the same side of Spike that Sonic just was. Right when he was about to strike him, Spike lifted his shoulder and struck Knuckles in the head causing him to fall hard to the ground. Shadow was the next to come and the next to go because he charged him head on. He quickly learned that it wasn't a smart attack when Spike kicked him the chin. Spike had left them a little dazed but they were still ready to keep fighting. Shadow got back to his feet and stared Spike directly in the face and to his shock Spike still had his eyes closed.
"Heh heh….what's wrong? You guys were so confident a second ago. I'll make a deal with you. If you can get me to open my eyes you win." Spike teased.
"Damnit! He can't be THAT good can he?" Shadow thought with his teeth showing in anger. Without replying Shadow jumped in the air so that he was able to get above Spike's head. While he was falling he noticed that Tails, Sonic and Knuckles were charging at him from three different sides. Spike sat motionless until the last second. He quickly stepped out of the way causing all of them to collide with each other. Spike still had his eyes closed and he laughed evilly.
"This is to easy! I can't believe you guys won so many battles!" Spike teased. Tails once again took advantage of his talking and got in front of him. He jabbed at Spike's stomach but he moved and backed up a couple feet. He backed right into Sonic who was waiting for his chance to attack. When Spike bumped into him he quickly turned around and struck him in the armpit. (A/N: Trust me…..THAT HURTS!) Sonic fell back and swung at Spike but he missed because he backed up again. This time he backed into Knuckles who tried to hit him in his juggler vain but Spike blocked his blow and hit in the lower right ribs. He didn't back away this time because he had already estimated where Shadow was. He dashed at that point and found his estimation to be right and he Shoulder tackled him to the ground. Shadow quickly got up and moved around him to avoid anymore blows.
"Well, you came closer that time. If you keep that up you might just be able to hit me." Spike teased on.
"Ok……I know your game." Shadow thought as he charged Spike again. He leaped into the air to the right. The angle at he jumped was very odd and he jumped nowhere near Spike. But Spike still kicked out and to his surprise he kicked at nothing but air. Shadow saw that and plunged down at Spike and kicked him in the side. He landed on the ground and used his hand for leverage and kicked him again this time in the chin. Shadow then bounced off his hands and got in the air on the left side of Spike's head and landed another hard kick to the side of his head. Spike swung at him and missed yet again. Shadow then flipped himself up and landed on his arm and bounced off of it and punched him in the back of the head. And out of extreme frustration Spike opened his eyes and grabbed Shadow by the ankle and slung him into the tree. Shadow cried out in pain as he fell to the ground. But oddly he stood up and chuckled.
"I figured you out. And remember that deal you made?" Shadow asked gripping his arm.
"I remember……I won't be so merciful next time." And with that Spike leaped in the trees and disappeared. Shadow looked over at Sonic, Knuckles and Tails and narrowed his eyes.
"H-how'd you….." Tails began but before he could finish Shadow cut him off. "He's a bat……he didn't need to see us. You should have guesses that. So I just made it so he couldn't hear me either." Shadow said looking into the sky.
"So what were you guys talking about?" Sonic asked approaching Shadow. Shadow narrowed his eyes and grinned and continued to watch the sky.
"…….He's remaking Biolizard….."
To Be Continued………
Rouge: Um…….maxcell?
Maxcell: What?
Rouge: Where the hell did me and Amy go?
Sonic: I'll tell you……..you stayed behind and fought the G.U.N. agents moron.
Knuckles: How come the first time I fought Spike I beat him easy?
Chibi Shadow: Because he was only testing you.
Tails: Man Maxcell!………I TOOK YOU WEEKS TO WRITE THIS CHAPTER!
Maxcell: -_- sorry about that……..I've been busy. It won't happen again. I AM going to finish this story………….well anyway. Let me know you're still reading by posting a review. Now…….I'm going to sleep………..*walks away*
Sonic: So what do you guys want to do while Maxcell's gone?
(15 minutes of silence)
Sonic: Nevermind -_-