YAY! No more sickly feeling (smiles huge). Ok well, I'm going to thank my reviews for…well, reviewing. I know, I know I'm not exactly the most well know author, but hey, if the people I do reach are happy, I'm fine with that. Oh yah, and a special thanks to…'dragonshadow's neighbor'…you're a loser Mary (she really is my neighbor and mi amiga)…I'm just joking! Now…

Shadow: I have a question for you

Yah?

Shadow: How did you get permission to change me?

Shadow: I'M SUEING YOU!

Haha Mr. Loves-to-sue, BUT…haha I have to laugh again…

Shadow: Well, sorry for trying to make a living.

Knuckles, Sonic, Tails: BY SUEING US?

Shadow: …This isn't going to end well (runs away)

Haha…time for story!

(Oh yah, and…do I really have to repeat myself about ownership? You get the picture…)


Chapter 5

Days were spent before the lonely black hedgehog came out of the shadows to blend in. He had stolen bags upon bags of cash from the ruined town, so he didn't have to worry about a job. Now, it was finding a place to stay, and to keep himself up to date with the world around him. That would be his greatest task at hand, staying informed. He now carried himself with a large, flowing trench coat (black of course you idiots) to make himself more…mysterious (and some might say…). He now stood if front of a large hotel, the lights inside illuminating everything around it. It seemed like the hot spot of town, women with expensive gowns waltzing in with their dates or husbands in equally pricey tuxedoes. He stood out like a sore black thumb, but didn't mind all the more. Keeping his bare hands in his pockets, he let his shoes carry him some of the way, but made sure not to make a scene. He didn't look to the counter until after he asked for a single room and heard his response.

"That will be a lifetime in jail for you, Shadow." It was Kyra, of all places…she worked here.

"What? Gr…You just can't leave me alone, can you?" He joked, chuckling slightly to himself. "But really…how much for a night?" He made his eyes nice and serious for her, telling her to be just as serious and not to fool around. She let out a sigh of exasperation before talking again.

"Fifteen a night." She smiled, knowing he couldn't afford it, but was proven wrong.

"Here's a hundred and five for the week…what room do I get?"

"What have you been doing to be able to afford this hotel?" Her curiosity couldn't be contained anymore.

"I really didn't want that money to be burned away…there was just too much. Now really…what's my room number?" He was getting annoyed by her questions now, and was tired.

"So you stole that money?" Her eyes grew at the added crime to her ex-friend.

"Tell me what room I have right now!" The room turned deathly silent at the sudden show of Shadow's strength when the counter crumbled below his fist.

"You're going to have to pay for that…and here's your card. You're in room 208." She let her scowl carry until she went into the back room. He could hear his own footsteps as he walked to the elevator, all eyes still on him. He matched the silence with his own, the familiar sound of the approaching machine and the ding made the doors slide open, a few people coming off and flowing the trail of everyone else to the black hedgehog in front of them. They stepped off and he stepped on, no one else daring to go with him. As the doors shut, all noise continued and music played again as if nothing had ever happened.


The vacant room was suddenly occupied as the door swung open, no creak from its hinges and no gasp at beauty, only the slow steps of its user. The red streaked hedgehog found the place to his liking; the large, single bed lay in the middle and a marble counter kitchen in the corner. A sparkling bathroom hid behind a door that stood almost closed, and walk in closet stood adjacent to it. Letting his coat fall to the flood beside his bed and ruffling the fluffy covers to his, he flipped on the big screen TV and turned to the best news channel. He walked off to the fridge and found there was some food and beverages in it.

"It's worth my money…" He let the puff shoot out of his newly opened soda, and drank it satisfyingly. "Oh yah…I'm supposed to repair the broken counter…it'll be nothing out of the millions I still have." He reached into the largest hidden compartment and brought out a metal-framed box, it's two locks fairly new looking and unbreakable (but not to Shadow). He hid it in his the bedside table and even locked that, bringing out his own lock. He listened closely to the television; it had news about his favorite town.

"Recent update…a scientist from the lab has been found alive, and an interview has been scheduled to meet with him. The flames have finally been put to rest, and we were shocked to find the north bank empty when clearing the rubble. Usually in these situations, lots of ash is around, but there isn't even a trace, leading to the accusation that the attacker stole most or all of it…later updates and an interview tomorrow…"

"Great…there goes my secrecy…unless I get to the guy first…" A loud banging on the door interrupted his talk. He steadily walked to his thick door, peering out the small hole to see who could possible come now. It was an angry Kyra, glaring at him even though she couldn't see him. Pulling on the doorknob, he regretfully opened to her.

"You're not going anywhere, you hear me!" She seemed onto his plan, but he played it cool.

"What are you blabbering about? I'm not going anywhere. In fact, you came when I was about to go to bed. So if you don't mind…" He was about to slam the white slab in her face, but she held out her hand to stop it.

"And the manager wants his money in twenty four hours, and you own a good five hundred dollars…sleep tight." She took a hold of the doorknob and slammed it herself, giving a fake smile at the end of her last sentence. She stormed back to her room, which is only about ten away, and stormed inside her own room, paid for by the hotel as long as she works long hours on the five days that she works. Shadow was very content now, he knew that all he would have to do is take the stairs and he was out, but now it was to find the scientist, get to him, and either talk him out of the interview or kill him early.


Ok then…. yah. Well, here you go, another chapter straight out of my mind…literally…so now, who's up for some Root Beer?

Shadow: I don't like Root Beer…

THEN YOU SHALL PERISH!

Kyra: I won't let you take him! Even if he's a really meany…

Shadow: …? That's her fault

Kyra: THEY YOU SHALL PERISH!

Ah, ah, ah. I hold the author power here!

Kyra: yah, but you don't own me, Kyra does…?

Yah, I wonder about that too…hahahahahahaha!

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