Now THAT was a chapter!! Thanx Damien for all the reviews, but I am not a dude, Imma girl '

THis chapter my be a lil short, just so you's know.

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30 Minutes

Chapter 12, A Friend Like You

8:56pm, November 27, 19#9

Thomas was taking all the Thanksgiving decorations down and putting them back in the box. Shadow and Maria were not in the apartment, they were walking aimlessly around the Ark, just talking. Thomas felt a little but disappointed and empty because ever since Shadow and Maria turned 13, they stopped working around the apartment, as in chores, and decorated, and Shadow didn't even clean up his own messes nowadays. Maria was always so helpful and polite, if asked to do something, it would be done in less then a minute. Well, in 5 days, Shadow will have to go into hiding, I hope he doesn't get sick this time, that was a ngihtmare waiting to happen. I'm surprised they haven't given up on trying to find him. Every year, that demon who killed Alicia always says things to my family, well maybe when Maria turns 18, they can live down on Earth away from all of this. Shadow, Shadow will be here for the rest of his life. Then he started to go passed the entertainment center (a/N: Ya know, those big wooden things that hold the tv, stereo, dvd,and vcr?), and he pulled down all the decorations.

9:00pm, November 27, 19#9

"No way, I have the better score!" Shadow said. Maria countered him, "Well, my score was 28585, try and top that!" Shadow laughed, "If it wasn't for me, Gerald would never have created the 'Gamecube' for us!" (a/n: HOORAY GAMECUBE!!!!) Shadow put up his fists and said, "Okay, lets see who's score after this!" They began to play fight when Maria stopped. Shadow looked at her face, he knew that look, "Maria, whats wrong?" Maria looked down at him, "Something is wrong with dad, we have to get back home!" Maria began to run, when Shadow ran beside her, "We will never get there, this rate." He grabbed her wrist and they sped off.

9:01pm, November 27, 19#9

Thomas was on the ground, with terrible pain in his leg. He had gotten his leg caught around the gamecube controller's cords, he twisted and lost his balance and fell on his leg, which had broken under his fall. Oh my god! It hurts so bad!! But how did--That goddamn toy! Thomas felt his broken leg. Oh shit! It hurts, I think I popped it out of its socket. Maybe I can... He tried to twist it back, only to here another snap and be in more pain. CRAP!!! I think I broke it, not once, but twice. I only pray Maria and Shadow get home soon.

9:07pm November 27, 19#9

Shadow and Maria opened the door to apartment and saw Thomas on the floor with a pillow from the couch (which was less the 2 ft. away) under his shattered foot. Maria and Shadow kneeled down to their father. Maria said, "Oh my God! What happened?!" THomas stared at Shadow, Shadow knew that look, he knew he was the cause of this. Thomas said, "Shadow, from now on, you will clean up all of your messes, since you didn't put that damn toy away, I fell!" Shadow said, "But I--" Maria piped up, "Shadow didn't do this, I did. I'm sorry I forgot to put it away.." Maria thought Shadow is going into hiding in a few days, I don't think he needs this. Thomas looked confused, but apologized to Shadow, "I'm sorry I accused you, but, ya know, you usually do this kind of stuff." Thomas pointed to the phone, "Someone call Vincent for me, he can help you's take me down to the hospital wing." Maria pickd up the phone and called Vincent's phone (he very first cell phone, that is. Since he was aways doing research and designer machines, he was almos never home.

9:09pm November 27, 19#9

Vincent was down in the EP room, looking into a microscope at fox cells. Vincent 's full name was Vincent Prower, he was a snow fox, alsoa great scientist who was working on mutation. He wanted to know if he could make foxes able to fly. So he made a cell, that when he has a child, it would have 2 tails and like a bird, learn to fly. Vincent saw the cells fuse successfully, "Yes!" He went in the drawer next to him and pull out a needle, then, using himself as a guinea pig, he injected it into his arm, Now I wait, wait to return to Earth for my beloved Kirsten.

9:11pm November 27, 19#9

Vincent's cell pone rang, he picked it up, "Hello?" His best friend's daughter was on the other line, "Mr. Prower, you have to come down here, my father has broken his leg!" Vincent said, "Ok, I'll be right there." He turned off his phone, and ran to the nearest elevator, "During my break time too!"

9:13pm November 27, 19#9

Vincent rushed to their apartment with a stretcher, and opened the door and saw them already lifting THomas off the couch (which they put him on) to the stretcher. Without a word to the children, they went to the elevator and made there was to the 5th 1st floor, were the hospital wing was.

9:20pm November 27, 19#9

The white fox, the blonde girl, and the black hedgehog waiting in the hospital waiting room. The white fox said the the teenagers, "Well, as much as I want to stay, my break is over, I have to get back to work. Call me when you find out if he's ok, or not." The snow fox jumped off the chair and left.

Shadow and Maria knew they would be there for a while, so they talked.

"Maria, why did you take the blame for this?"

"Because, you were going to go into hiding in, hmm.. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.. 5 days, its always hard, well for me at least, you know, I get scared, I always think they are going to find you and kill you."

"Do you think they will?"

"No, even if they found you, all you would have to do is kill them. You have great powers."

Shadow shuffled his feet and drooped his ears, "Why did become friends with me?"

Maria was surprosed by this question, "What do you mean?"

"I mean, you could not have became friends with me and you would never have to worry about anything."

"I would have a boring life and I would not be half the person I am today."

"....but you would never have to worry..."

"I would rather worry, and have a friend like you."

Shadow smiled and hugged Maria.

9:25pm Novemeber 27, 19#9

Thomas, Shadow, and Maria were on there way back to the apartment, when Thomas said, "Maria, did you really do it?"

"Yes.."

"Well, it was an accident, and you never leave messes, I'll let this slide.

Maria smiled and when Thomas looked away she hugged Shadow.

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