Shadows of Tomorrow
Chapter 2
Shadow sighed. He was finnaly free. No chains, no capsules, no nothing. He looked at his surrondings. The sky was dark, and the moon was full. Stars dotted the sky, with a few clouds here and there. There were trash cans along the sidewalk, and the wind was rather chiily. It blew through the street, causing paper and trash can lids to rattle. There was a light mist falling.
"Gosh, talk about poverty," he said, in his low, depressed voice.
He continued down the long and lonely road, only his consciance to guide him. The roads were getting darker, and the streets were muddy. On this street, there were several cars set up on bricks. One had no doors, so Shadow hopped inside it, just to get out of the rain.
"Not perfect, but it will work," he muttered.
A tiny whimper came from behind the chair.
"What the hell?" he said as he turned around to get a look at what was making the whimpering noise. He saw a face, a very tiny, furry face. It's fur was tangled, and it's fur was a faint beige, but it was so diry, it looked gray.
He picked it up, and the dog started licking his face.
"Stop that you insolent fool!" Shadow yelled.
The dog just kept on licking his face, then after several minutes stopped. The dog curled up beside him, and layed down.
"Hmph, stupid dog," he muttered as he shoved the dog over to the other side of the car. It woke up and just kept coming back over every time he did this.
The next morning, the sky was dark and gloomy yet again. Shadow awoke to the dog on his lap, sleeping.
"Aw man! It's stinking dirty!" Shadow moaned as he cautiously picked the dog up and set it on the chair next to himself. This woke the dog, and it started whimpering. Shadow looked at the dog with uncomprehension.
"Why are you whimpering, you fool?" He asked it as he poked it's head.
The dog flinched, and started whimpering even more.
"Was it because I poked you?" he said. He felt a little sorry for the dog. He picked it up, and he started to rub it's head. The dog rather enjoyed this, so it stopped whimpering, and wagged it's tail.
"You like that?" he asked the dog. The dog barked.
"Well to bad! I'm not petting you anymore!" he said, in an evil voice.
The dog lowered it's ears and stopped wagging it's tail. It started whimpering, but this time, so loud, that the street cats ran.
"How do you make this thing stop?" Shadow said as he picked the dog up and examined it.
The dog stared at him, giving him those "Puppy" eyes.
"Come on! Stop the cute shit! I'm no sucker," He yelled at the dog, as he sat it, or rather dropped it, down on the chair. He sat up, and got out of the car. The dog followed him, as it thought that Shadow as it's master.
"What? You stay, I go, got that?" he told the dog.
The dog just stuck out it's tounge, and panted.
Shadow walked a couple steps, and turned to see if the dog was following him. No dog. He turned around, and the dog was standing there, wagging it's tail.
"No, no no! You stay, I go! You are such an insolent little fool!" he yelled at the dog.
The dog just stared at him blankly. It continued wagging it's tail.
Shadow started running a couple steps, and turned around to see if the dog was still following him. No dog, that was, until he turned around. There was the dog, yet again.
"You are an insolent, obnoxious, annoying bastard! You have great persistance though, which would be good if I needed a sidekick, but I don't so, stay!" he yelled as he ran. This time, he didn't even stop to look back until he reached a stop sign. Sure enough, the dog was there.
"Argh! Is there any way I can lose you, fool?" he asked the dog, irritated.
The dog barked.
Shadow looked around, and found a stick.
"See this stick, pathetic fool?" he said as he waved the stick in the dog's face.
The dog's eyes followed it.
"Good, now go get the stick!" Shadow yelled as he threw the stick into the distance.
The dog took off running after the stick.
"You stupid dog! You're gone! I'm free of you're insolent little looks!" Shadow yelled as he started running again, this time, solo.
