Chapter 11: Girls...
Shadow wandered through the forest, taking shortcuts along wherever he felt, not quite knowing where he should go. Kyra was still there, following close behind the one she blushed for. He was just slightly getting annoyed of her, but he didn't really care. It came to the black hedgehog's mind to play a trick on her, and so he pulled back a big, leafy branch as she pursued forward. He let it snap back, smacking her in the face.
"Ow! Hey! What was that for?" She screamed from the ground, the force incredible.
"I don't know." He shrugged, his red eyes closed for the moment. That was when she decided to strike, taking the same branch, and letting it take its path into Shadow's face. He fell back like she did, her pose now proud of herself.
"I guess that's fair." He gave a half smile, turning before she could feel her cheeks burn.
"Where are we going anyways?" He stopped; those words came as a shock.
"We? We are not going anywhere. I am traveling where I feel like it." She looked away, her eyes coming back as sad, large, and unable to hurt anymore. Her bottom lip stuck out slightly, the perfect face to get anything you wanted. "No. I am immune to anything like that…I…I…stop it!" He smacked his hand over his eye to shield himself, but she didn't stop. He let a few fingers slide down, peeking between the cracks to see a small beam of light coming through the thick canopy enlighten her body. He sighed, turning quickly, and once again, continuing on his way.
"Does that mean…?" She eyes glowed, but Shadow didn't turn to see. He sighed, exasperated now, but still not annoyed.
The blue blur himself walked alone, once again, down the city streets he worked hard to keep protected. The towering shops, apartments, and anything else seemed to close him in, but he was used to it. The city had grown, expanding out since his last battles with Egghead.
"What the…" He stopped, there she was again, but sitting on a bench across the street at the city park. Trees lined the curving sidewalks, all-leading to the big fountain in the middle, the bottom laminated with pennies and any other coins. She was sad, though, slouched on the chair, her head low, and her eyes unseen to passing strangers. He decided to talk to her now, not realizing how hard it was. This seemed to match his greatest battle against Eggman's robots, fighting the feeling of running away so he wouldn't make a fool of himself. Closer he came, and finally hovered above her.
"H…hey." He already thought of running, his feet trebling to move, but he was stronger.
"Who…" She looked up, amazed that Sonic, the world hero, would come and say 'hey' to her.
"Sorry if I startled you." He gave an innocent smile, his arm behind his head.
"No, I was just shocked. I mean, why would you come say hello to me?" She was puzzled.
"Well, I always say thanks to those who take care of me when I'm down and out. And you looked like you needed saving." He thought in his head how stupid that sounded, but apparently, she founded it amusing.
"Yah, I do…" her voice trailed away, it seemed to make the flowers around her wilt…it did.
"Uh…did they just fall over?" He pointed to the live, but dead blossom on the ground, her emotions snapped back to normal.
"No…no, are you kidding? How could a flower just fall over?" She stuttered some, obvious to hide the truth.
"So…I never got to know your name."
"Sarah." Sonic froze. His eyes widened so much larger, his pupils getting small, his senses telling him that he was wrong, that she said something else, not that.
"Wh…what?"
"I said my name is Sarah. Is there something wrong?" He couldn't believe it.
"Ok, this is going to sound absolutely crazy," he sat down for this, "but if my crazy dreams were real, then you have a weird marks on both of your hands that go like this." He drew a picture of what he saw on the ground, using a nearby stick he had gotten in that moment. She couldn't believe it either. Total, absolute shock came over her. More of horror really.
"How did you…?" She lifted up her sleeve, showing one of her tattoos that looked just the same.
"And when you got all of them, you cried by a pool of water with a waterfall and a swaying tree by it."
"How did you know that?" Her eyes shined brilliantly golden, the color yearning to know the reason her past had been exposed to this…hedgehog.
Wow...um, well yah, I really hope i can get action in, on either sides would be fine...yah...