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Finding A Way: CHAPTER 8
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Morning came quickly as usual. Shadow awoke to find that Kayli wasn't around. With a sigh, he prepared to go look for her. But his attention turned to her bag that she had left there. What was in that bag anyway? Curiosity got the best of Shadow. He looked around to make sure he was alone and opened it.
Inside where a couple of those bottles as he guessed.
"Hmph. Must be my antidote." He remarked to himself and went to look for her.
He finally saw her, her head was out of the water. He went up and playfully grabbed her tail and went up to the surface with her.
"You scared me." She smirked.
"You should've been." He did the same. "What are you doing?"
"Just looking at the sunrise. Its pretty don't you think?"
"Yeah..." His voice trailed off as he looked out in the horizon.
Shadow hadn't seen to many sunrises. With being on the ARK and all. It never got dark or light, just stayed the same. Maybe Earth wasn't as bad as he judged it to be. He looked over to Kayli who had her gazed fixed on the sunrise still. It made her white quills shine purplish-pink and her eyes glow. She looked over at him about to say something.
Suddenly he was feeling something he couldn't identify. It was like that feeling he used to get when he was around Maria, Except much, much stronger.
"Um, Earth to Shadow?", she interrupted his thoughts.
"Huh? Oh..."
Slightly embarrassed that he got caught staring at her, he changed the subject and asked about the rest of the trip. Kayli barely listened to his words, she just liked to hear his voice. She knew she liked him, with him around she wasn't so alone anymore. But she heard the last part of the sentence.
"...so I was wondering how much longer until we get there."
"I-I'm not sure." She sighed, not wanting him to leave.
It was apparent that they should have got moving, so they eventually did.
"So, you don't have parents." She asked as she swam.
"No, I have a test tube." He said simply.
"Oh." The white merhog could tell he didn't want to talk about it.
"So what's Sonic like? I heard about him before."
"He's...nice." He said, not really having much to say about the blue hedgehog.
"No, I mean were you friends with him or something?"
Shadow thought for a minute. Was he friends with Sonic? He really didn't know.
"Sure." He finally said, "But we were rivals at first. When I used to think I was evil."
"Ah, you don't seem so bad." She teased.
"At least I know someone thinks so."
He thought for a minute about not leaving her. He would find everyone and leave her alone. But he knew he had to press on. They swam for a few hours. Talking like there was no tomorrow. It was the most Shadow had ever said in a long time. He had forgot where they were going, until Shadow saw something coming into view.
It was the drop off. They were getting close to shore.
"Look!" he said, "We're almost there." With that he sped off towards it.
Kayli just sat still for a minute, a look of dismay on her face. It was almost time to go. She considered for a minute, dropping the bag in the deep sea below and saying she lost it. But she knew she just couldn't. She slowly went to catch up with him.
"So drop-offs are like, what, a mile off shore?! We will be there in barely a half hour if we pick up the pace."
"Yeah..."
"Hey, are you ok?" he asked since she seems upset.
"I'll be fine."
"Alright. Lets go!" he said swimming forward. She followed unwillingly.
It was the fasted 20 minutes of her life, The water got shallower and shallower until Shadow could easily touch the bottom and be out of water at the same time.
"Ok, well, this is it." He said, "Antidote please?" He held out his hand expecting her to go through her bag, but to his surprise, she panicked. She panicked...and made a run for it.
"Kayli, No!", he sped off after her.
He could here her crying somewhere. What was her problem anyway? He found her in a coral reef.
"Come out Kayli, I need that potion!"
"No!" she sobbed, "You just want to leave me here so I'll be alone again!"
He lowered his voice, "Please, give me the potion."
The softness that was pleading in his voice forced her to reach into her bag and pull out the antidote for him. She looked at it for a minute, tears streaming down her cheeks. And she threw it out to him. She just wanted him to be happy.
He easily caught the small bottle in his hands, looked at the coral she was in, and went back up to shore.
"Well, here goes nothing." He said and drank it the same way he did with the first one. In no time he found himself back to normal-with legs.
"Man its good to see you two again." he muttered. And walked on to the beach, slightly wobbling. The hot sand burned his feet, he had no shoes. When he was further away, he looked back, the water was still, she wasn't even coming back to say goodbye. Guilt crossed him for a second, then he moved on to the city.
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To Be Continued...
*Whew. Chapter is done. See you next chapter ^_^*
Finding A Way: CHAPTER 8
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Morning came quickly as usual. Shadow awoke to find that Kayli wasn't around. With a sigh, he prepared to go look for her. But his attention turned to her bag that she had left there. What was in that bag anyway? Curiosity got the best of Shadow. He looked around to make sure he was alone and opened it.
Inside where a couple of those bottles as he guessed.
"Hmph. Must be my antidote." He remarked to himself and went to look for her.
He finally saw her, her head was out of the water. He went up and playfully grabbed her tail and went up to the surface with her.
"You scared me." She smirked.
"You should've been." He did the same. "What are you doing?"
"Just looking at the sunrise. Its pretty don't you think?"
"Yeah..." His voice trailed off as he looked out in the horizon.
Shadow hadn't seen to many sunrises. With being on the ARK and all. It never got dark or light, just stayed the same. Maybe Earth wasn't as bad as he judged it to be. He looked over to Kayli who had her gazed fixed on the sunrise still. It made her white quills shine purplish-pink and her eyes glow. She looked over at him about to say something.
Suddenly he was feeling something he couldn't identify. It was like that feeling he used to get when he was around Maria, Except much, much stronger.
"Um, Earth to Shadow?", she interrupted his thoughts.
"Huh? Oh..."
Slightly embarrassed that he got caught staring at her, he changed the subject and asked about the rest of the trip. Kayli barely listened to his words, she just liked to hear his voice. She knew she liked him, with him around she wasn't so alone anymore. But she heard the last part of the sentence.
"...so I was wondering how much longer until we get there."
"I-I'm not sure." She sighed, not wanting him to leave.
It was apparent that they should have got moving, so they eventually did.
"So, you don't have parents." She asked as she swam.
"No, I have a test tube." He said simply.
"Oh." The white merhog could tell he didn't want to talk about it.
"So what's Sonic like? I heard about him before."
"He's...nice." He said, not really having much to say about the blue hedgehog.
"No, I mean were you friends with him or something?"
Shadow thought for a minute. Was he friends with Sonic? He really didn't know.
"Sure." He finally said, "But we were rivals at first. When I used to think I was evil."
"Ah, you don't seem so bad." She teased.
"At least I know someone thinks so."
He thought for a minute about not leaving her. He would find everyone and leave her alone. But he knew he had to press on. They swam for a few hours. Talking like there was no tomorrow. It was the most Shadow had ever said in a long time. He had forgot where they were going, until Shadow saw something coming into view.
It was the drop off. They were getting close to shore.
"Look!" he said, "We're almost there." With that he sped off towards it.
Kayli just sat still for a minute, a look of dismay on her face. It was almost time to go. She considered for a minute, dropping the bag in the deep sea below and saying she lost it. But she knew she just couldn't. She slowly went to catch up with him.
"So drop-offs are like, what, a mile off shore?! We will be there in barely a half hour if we pick up the pace."
"Yeah..."
"Hey, are you ok?" he asked since she seems upset.
"I'll be fine."
"Alright. Lets go!" he said swimming forward. She followed unwillingly.
It was the fasted 20 minutes of her life, The water got shallower and shallower until Shadow could easily touch the bottom and be out of water at the same time.
"Ok, well, this is it." He said, "Antidote please?" He held out his hand expecting her to go through her bag, but to his surprise, she panicked. She panicked...and made a run for it.
"Kayli, No!", he sped off after her.
He could here her crying somewhere. What was her problem anyway? He found her in a coral reef.
"Come out Kayli, I need that potion!"
"No!" she sobbed, "You just want to leave me here so I'll be alone again!"
He lowered his voice, "Please, give me the potion."
The softness that was pleading in his voice forced her to reach into her bag and pull out the antidote for him. She looked at it for a minute, tears streaming down her cheeks. And she threw it out to him. She just wanted him to be happy.
He easily caught the small bottle in his hands, looked at the coral she was in, and went back up to shore.
"Well, here goes nothing." He said and drank it the same way he did with the first one. In no time he found himself back to normal-with legs.
"Man its good to see you two again." he muttered. And walked on to the beach, slightly wobbling. The hot sand burned his feet, he had no shoes. When he was further away, he looked back, the water was still, she wasn't even coming back to say goodbye. Guilt crossed him for a second, then he moved on to the city.
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To Be Continued...
*Whew. Chapter is done. See you next chapter ^_^*