O.o; Oh yea, next chapter!! ^.^
Finding A Way: CHAPTER 9
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He was tired. Tired of walking. His feet burned on the asphalt, but he didn't care. 'Oh well' he thought, at least he was in the city now. He didn't know where Sonic lived, Shadow wanted to find him first. But fate wouldn't turn out that way. People were walking all around him; they glanced at him as they passed by, but didn't say a word.
It was obvious they knew who he was, but they were afraid of him. Was it because he was supposed to be dead? He thought so. Shadow didn't like people staring at him, he never did, but he was half tempted to ask one of them if they knew where Sonic was, until he happened to glance in a hotel parking lot. He recognized that car from anywhere; he walked up to the lobby desk of the hotel.
"May I speak to Rouge Bat?" he asked loud and clear of the hotel clerk.
"I'm not supposed to let anyone go to our guests rooms", the clerk replied politely, but sternly.
"But, I'm...a friend of hers."
"Can I see some identification, then, please?"
"I don't have any..."
The clerk then peered over the desk at Shadow. The hedgehog had no shoes, torn gloves and matted damp fur. He truly looked to be somewhat insane.
"I will call her room and tell her, please take a seat over there." He man pointed to a red hotel couch. Shadow shrugged and walked over.
"Oh and, here!" the clerk shouted throwing the black hedgehog a towel to sit on, obviously worried about the good leather on the couch.
"Gee thanks." Shadow mumbled sarcastically and sat down. And waited.
The clerk searched Rouge's name in his computer, then Shadow saw him pick up the phone. He hoped she would pick up. He was relieved when the clerk started talking.
"Yes, Miss Rouge...Hey! She wants to know who you are!" he shouted over to Shadow.
"Shadow the Hedgehog!" He shouted even louder, getting unwanted stares from other guests in the lobby.
The clerk turned back to the phone, "Says his name's Shadow, do you know him?" he asked.
"...."
"Um, Miss Rouge?"
"...."
"Miss Rouge?!!"
An automatic door burst open behind Shadow, making a slamming noise, obviously not used to being forced open so fast. He turned around and looked at Rouge.
She walked to him and just stared for a few seconds. Then without warning, she grabbed him by the arm and pulled him towards where she came from. The clerk blinked a few times, and then went back to reading a magazine.
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"So, how did you...not die?" The bat asked Shadow as she was getting them both something to drink.
"I cant die, remember?"
"But still, wouldn't you have drowned?"
"If it wasn't for...her."
"Who?" she questioned as she sat down near Shadow.
"A girl, a mermaid girl. Her name was Kayli...is Kayli"
"Are you feeling okay?"
"I know what I saw, Rouge." He said as he sipped the drink, not bothing to ask what it was.
She sighed, "Alright, well we'll talk about that later."
Shadow looked at the matted fur on his arms, and the soiled gloves.
"Can I use your shower?"
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"...No! He is here I swear of it. Where is he? In the shower."
"Your not kidding?" the voice said from the phone.
"I wouldn't joke about this, you know that."
"Your right I guess, can you come over?", the voice asked.
"Yes, I'm sure he wont mind, be over later." She hung up just as Shadow came out of the bathroom.
"Who was that?" he asked.
"Sonic. He wants us to come over."
Shadow half smiled and nodded. He rubbed his quills with the towel. They grabbed a few things, got in Rouge's car, and left.
*******
When they got there, it seemed that Sonic invited everyone else over as well. They walked up, and Rouge rang the doorbell.
Sonic opened the door and took a look at Shadow, and then turned to Rouge, "You really weren't kidding."
They walked inside to see Tails working on something, and Knuckles sitting on the couch, watching TV and eating leftover pizza.
"Honestly, Knuckles, don't you ever get sick of eating?!", Rouge commented, "Your going to get huge one of these days!"
Knuckles smiled slightly, "You're not my mother, Rouge."
She gave him a dirty look, and walked over to the couch. Sonic laughed slightly.
"They really do like each other, their just too stubborn to admit it." He said to Shadow as Rouge sat on the couch next to Knuckles and grabbed the channel changer, starting another little argument.
Shadow laughed too.
"I thought I saw Amy's car outside, isn't she here?" Shadow asked looking around.
"Yeah, she should be-", Sonic's eyes got wide as he heard something in his upstairs room fall on the floor.
"Damnit! Amy, get out of my room!", he said and ran up the stairs.
Shadow turned to the fox. He never socialized with him, but he guessed he would now.
"Hey kid, what are ya makin'?"
"Well, Miss Rouge told Sonic that you didn't have any shoes, so I whipped up a pair for you.", Tails said, holding up the shoes to him. They resembled his old air shoes, but were slightly different.
"Thanks."
Sonic came downstairs with Amy in front of him.
"But Sonic! I wanted pictures of me all over your room!" She said, holding quite a few pictures of herself. Shadow snickered, but then frowned, Amy somewhat reminded him of Kayli, and he didn't want to think about her.
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Wow. I expected that chapter to turn out shorter. Anyway, it's almost over!
Finding A Way: CHAPTER 9
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He was tired. Tired of walking. His feet burned on the asphalt, but he didn't care. 'Oh well' he thought, at least he was in the city now. He didn't know where Sonic lived, Shadow wanted to find him first. But fate wouldn't turn out that way. People were walking all around him; they glanced at him as they passed by, but didn't say a word.
It was obvious they knew who he was, but they were afraid of him. Was it because he was supposed to be dead? He thought so. Shadow didn't like people staring at him, he never did, but he was half tempted to ask one of them if they knew where Sonic was, until he happened to glance in a hotel parking lot. He recognized that car from anywhere; he walked up to the lobby desk of the hotel.
"May I speak to Rouge Bat?" he asked loud and clear of the hotel clerk.
"I'm not supposed to let anyone go to our guests rooms", the clerk replied politely, but sternly.
"But, I'm...a friend of hers."
"Can I see some identification, then, please?"
"I don't have any..."
The clerk then peered over the desk at Shadow. The hedgehog had no shoes, torn gloves and matted damp fur. He truly looked to be somewhat insane.
"I will call her room and tell her, please take a seat over there." He man pointed to a red hotel couch. Shadow shrugged and walked over.
"Oh and, here!" the clerk shouted throwing the black hedgehog a towel to sit on, obviously worried about the good leather on the couch.
"Gee thanks." Shadow mumbled sarcastically and sat down. And waited.
The clerk searched Rouge's name in his computer, then Shadow saw him pick up the phone. He hoped she would pick up. He was relieved when the clerk started talking.
"Yes, Miss Rouge...Hey! She wants to know who you are!" he shouted over to Shadow.
"Shadow the Hedgehog!" He shouted even louder, getting unwanted stares from other guests in the lobby.
The clerk turned back to the phone, "Says his name's Shadow, do you know him?" he asked.
"...."
"Um, Miss Rouge?"
"...."
"Miss Rouge?!!"
An automatic door burst open behind Shadow, making a slamming noise, obviously not used to being forced open so fast. He turned around and looked at Rouge.
She walked to him and just stared for a few seconds. Then without warning, she grabbed him by the arm and pulled him towards where she came from. The clerk blinked a few times, and then went back to reading a magazine.
*********
"So, how did you...not die?" The bat asked Shadow as she was getting them both something to drink.
"I cant die, remember?"
"But still, wouldn't you have drowned?"
"If it wasn't for...her."
"Who?" she questioned as she sat down near Shadow.
"A girl, a mermaid girl. Her name was Kayli...is Kayli"
"Are you feeling okay?"
"I know what I saw, Rouge." He said as he sipped the drink, not bothing to ask what it was.
She sighed, "Alright, well we'll talk about that later."
Shadow looked at the matted fur on his arms, and the soiled gloves.
"Can I use your shower?"
***********
"...No! He is here I swear of it. Where is he? In the shower."
"Your not kidding?" the voice said from the phone.
"I wouldn't joke about this, you know that."
"Your right I guess, can you come over?", the voice asked.
"Yes, I'm sure he wont mind, be over later." She hung up just as Shadow came out of the bathroom.
"Who was that?" he asked.
"Sonic. He wants us to come over."
Shadow half smiled and nodded. He rubbed his quills with the towel. They grabbed a few things, got in Rouge's car, and left.
*******
When they got there, it seemed that Sonic invited everyone else over as well. They walked up, and Rouge rang the doorbell.
Sonic opened the door and took a look at Shadow, and then turned to Rouge, "You really weren't kidding."
They walked inside to see Tails working on something, and Knuckles sitting on the couch, watching TV and eating leftover pizza.
"Honestly, Knuckles, don't you ever get sick of eating?!", Rouge commented, "Your going to get huge one of these days!"
Knuckles smiled slightly, "You're not my mother, Rouge."
She gave him a dirty look, and walked over to the couch. Sonic laughed slightly.
"They really do like each other, their just too stubborn to admit it." He said to Shadow as Rouge sat on the couch next to Knuckles and grabbed the channel changer, starting another little argument.
Shadow laughed too.
"I thought I saw Amy's car outside, isn't she here?" Shadow asked looking around.
"Yeah, she should be-", Sonic's eyes got wide as he heard something in his upstairs room fall on the floor.
"Damnit! Amy, get out of my room!", he said and ran up the stairs.
Shadow turned to the fox. He never socialized with him, but he guessed he would now.
"Hey kid, what are ya makin'?"
"Well, Miss Rouge told Sonic that you didn't have any shoes, so I whipped up a pair for you.", Tails said, holding up the shoes to him. They resembled his old air shoes, but were slightly different.
"Thanks."
Sonic came downstairs with Amy in front of him.
"But Sonic! I wanted pictures of me all over your room!" She said, holding quite a few pictures of herself. Shadow snickered, but then frowned, Amy somewhat reminded him of Kayli, and he didn't want to think about her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ To Be Continued...
Wow. I expected that chapter to turn out shorter. Anyway, it's almost over!