Hello again! Welcome to the third chapter of Shadow's long, long night! Without further a-...au...screw it, onto the story!
Tails: Gosh, how many times do I have to say this?
Shadow: As many times as we want you to, so get on with it.
Tails: Oh...alrighty. Slayer Z does not own anything belonging to or related to Sega or Sonic company.
Tails and Cream ran up the steps of the Police Department. Out of breath and nearly out of time, they burst into the lobby where two guards were stationed. Both of them looked at the fox and rabbit confusedly. The first chuckled and shouted out, "Hey you two. You lose your lollipops?"
As soon as Shadow entered however, the first cop immediately shut up. "What can I help you with?" he asked, looking over a large stack of paperwork. Shadow cast his gaze to and fro, searching out the lobby. Amy and Tikal must already be in a jail cell.
"I'm here to get my friends out of jail," Shadow spoke ominously. He slowly stepped up to the first cop's desk, his crimson red eyes never blinking. The cop who had the nametag that read, 'Hi my name is Mike' stuttered a response. "B-b-but of course y-you do! Exactly who a-a-are your friends, s-sir?"
Shadow gestured to Tails, who promptly spoke. "One is a pink female hedgehog and the other is an orange echidna." Mike's eyes suddenly turned to slits as the cop glared at all three of the animals. "Ah…I see. Well, follow Andy here. He'll take you up to their cell, won't ya Andy?" The second cop named Andy grinned evilly. "Sure will."
Amy banged her head against the cell bars, cursing as she made many metallic bangs. The sound of many footsteps caused her to cease. Her head flew up in hope and she squealed in glee as she spotted Tails, Shadow, and Cream. Immediately, Amy bounded to the sleeping Tikal. "Tikal, Tikal! Wake up! We're going to be free!"
Tikal snapped out of her doze and spluttered random words. "Huh, what, who, no…everything is…relative…" she muttered, slowly returning to sleep. Amy furrowed her brows and slapped Tikal. "OWCH! What was that for?" Before Amy could respond, the other group stood looking inside.
"Hey! That is violent conduct against a prisoner and will not be tolerated as stated in section 5…" He was cut off by Shadow, who grunted. Andy sighed and flung the keys to the dark hedgehog. With that, Andy stalked off, mumbling something incoherent. Shadow placed the keys inside the lock and turned it. He pushed the cell's door open and was immediately met by two pairs of arms wrapping around him. "Oh thank you Shadow!" both females cried in unison.
Shadow blinked in discomfort and shock. Tails came to his rescue by clearing his throat and smiling to Tikal and Amy, "Ahem…hi guys." He too, suffered the same fate as Shadow, suddenly being piled on by the two females. Shadow walked around the animal pile and up to Cream. "Mr. Shadow?" Cream asked, pondering as to why Shadow was staring right at her. It made the rabbit wiggle uncomfortably.
"What..? Oh, sorry Cream. I was just admiring that jail cell over there," he pointed to a seemingly empty cell right behind her. Cream looked at it and then looked back to Shadow, confused. "…That jail cell, Mr. Shadow?" Shadow nodded in response. Cream was suddenly frightened and went to help Tails to pull off the crazed echidna and hedgehog.
"Rouge," Shadow said simply, walking up to the cell he had been staring at. The white bat appeared from the shadows. "Shadow, what are you doing here? I can't believe this! Did you hear about me? Oh golly, please get me out of here!" Shadow smirked, "How'd you get thrown in?" Rouge pouted, crossing her arms. "That stupid cop…I tried to get him to let us pass by that huge traffic jam with my feminine ways," she winked, "and we got through! But then, another cop pulls us over for speeding. The speed limit was 45 and I was doing 40! This is absurd and completely unheard of!"
Shadow only continued to smirk and held out the yellow Chaos Emerald. "I take it Faker and Knucklehead are in there too, right?" Rouge motioned behind her where, sure enough, both men were sleeping on a cot. Shadow casually tossed the emerald to Rouge who caught with greedy hands. "Tell Sonic to Chaos Control you out. I already spent enough money bailing Amy and Tikal out." Before Rouge could ask why they were in jail, Shadow jogged away.
"Shadow, we owe you one. Not a lot of people would go out at 10 o' clock at night to get their friends out of jail. We seriously owe you one," Tikal chirped from the backseat. Shadow grumbled, "Yeah, you and everyone else tonight."
Tails grabbed hold of the radio and turned it on to the news channel. What they heard next astounded them (except Shadow).
Hello everyone. I bring important news from Emerald City Police Department: apparently, the heroes known as Rouge the Bat, Knuckles the Echidna, and even Sonic the Hedgehog were placed into custody tonight.
Everyone in the car (once again, excluding Shadow) gasped at the horrifying news and continued to listen in. Tails instinctively turned the volume up.
All of them are under arrest for one thing: speeding. That's right folks, the worlds heroes have been placed into custody for non-other than speeding. On a 25 Miles per hour speed limit, they were seen driving at 40 miles.
"Wow, Rouge has a way of twisting events," grunted Shadow. Tails looked at him quizzically, but Shadow motioned for him to continue listening.
However, the culprits have recently escaped from jail. How this was achieved is still being investigated. If anyone has seen or even heard about them, please call in. There is a reward for information. Thank you, and now to Jackie with the weather.
The group of five sat around a table at Amy's house. All were pondering where Sonic, Knuckles, and Rouge could've gone to. After Shadow had explained everything, all had begun to brainstorm. Yet, none had come up with any answers. "Maybe they went back to watch the movie?" inquired Tails. All disagreed. "Or maybe, maybe they went to the park." All shook their heads. "Or maybe they went to Club Rouge." The group perked up, trading glances when Tails slouched and muttered, "Naw….maybe, maybe they went--" The remaining four shouted, "NO TAILS!"
"I guess there is nothing to do except wait for contact," Tikal said logically. Everyone nodded and said yes. "Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm starving!" said Amy, rubbing her belly. She immediately stood and went to the kitchen. "Who wants some chili dogs?" Everyone cried ecstatically, "YES!"
"Shadow, can I talk to you for a second?" Tikal asked, pulling Shadow away from the rest of the group before he could even answer. "Umm…" was Shadow's only response. When Tikal felt that this was a safe distance, she turned back to face the black hedgehog.
"Well…black knight…I was ju--" Shadow immediately interrupted her. "What'd you call me?" Tikal blushed and shook her head, "N-nothing! I said…Shadow, right?" Shadow sighed and nodded, growing tired already. "Well, Shadow…I want…I want to tell you something." Shadow quirked a brow and crossed his arms. "Well? Out with it then!"
Tikal sighed, gathering courage. "Okay, here it goes: Shadow the Hedgehog…I have always…had my thoughts about you and I guess today I realized how much I really…really…really…" Shadow groaned, throwing up his hands in impatience. "Look, if you can't say it, draw it or something." Tikal nodded, knowing exactly what to do. She closed her eyes and puckered up her lips. She slowly leaned forward, the wait like an eternity to her. She seemed suspended there, forever leaning forward until…she hit the ground with a thud.
"What's wrong Mr. Shadow?" Cream asked, eyeing the quivering black hedgehog sprawled on the couch. "S-sh-she-she…t-t-tr-tried to..." Shadow didn't complete his sentence, his eyes wide and his face as pale as a sheet of paper.Cream sighed and left, heading back to the table. "What's wrong with Shadow, Cream?" Tails asked, putting some chili dogs into his mouth.
"He's just caught a shiver."
What's this? Romance?
Shadow: You...evil, dirty, bast-
Hey, it-
Shadow: I KNOW! GENERAL AUDIENCES! SH--
Tails: Does anyone ever learn nowadays? Sigh...
Cream: Please, Mr. and Mrs. readers, review this. Tee hee.
Wow...not only did this chapter suck.., now we have Cream giggling like a two year old...and its all being written by me! ME! A fourteen year old BOY! Holy fu--