Shadow's Secret
Chapter Three
Jayln the Hedgehog owns Jayln, kai-senpai owns Kai, and I own Vinny Everyone else belongs to Sega and the Sonic team.
Summary: Tikal loves Shadow, but Shadow thinks she's just another fangirl. Kai and Jayln are trying to 'comfort' Shadow, whilst Vinny and Tails are trying to do the same to Tikal. But when Tikal gets kidnapped, everyone has to work together.
Everyone was running towards the looming tower that stood in the distance. It created a shadow so long and wide, many thought that it was an eclipse, only it only had a ten yard width. However, there was a lot of tension in the group. Shadow and Sonic certainly weren't making the journey any easier, and Kai and Vinny weren't exactly getting along.
"Look, for the last time, I did not want to be paired up with you! Please just leave me alone, and only speak in an emergency!" Kai snapped at Vinny, who stepped back. Vinny exchanged worried looks with Tails, and ran forward. Up ahead, Shadow and Sonic were racing to get to the tower. Vinny caught up with them, and started racing as well.
"Well, this should be fun. I don't think Vinny and Kai will speak again for a while." Jayln said to Shadow. Shadow nodded.
'Man...Vinny and Kai are usually friends. How did this happen?' Shadow thought. Then he looked to his right and saw Vinny, who was racing Sonic. Shadow stopped, and Vinny and Sonic crashed into something that wasn't there.
"Ouch! Wait, what the crap? What did we hit?" said Vinny, holding his nose. Sonic was holding his entire face, and Shadow felt like laughing at how those two looked.
"Isn't it obvious? It's a force field, smart one." Kai said. Jayln rolled her eyes. Tails gasped and pointed up. They saw a robot flying up really, really high and flying over the force field.
"It would appear we have to fly over. Now who do we know that can fly?" Shadow said, looking at Tails. Tails moaned.
After a little pushing and shoving, they decided on something. Tails was carrying Jayln and Kai over the force field. Sonic, Shadow, and Vinny would simply run up. Tails flew up in the air, spinning his tails quickly. He found this a little difficult, because he was simply used to lifting his own weight.
"Oh crap..." Sonic said as they ran over the top of the force field. The three of them started falling towards the ground, several hundred feet below them.
"How are we going to get through this one?" Shadow asked. The others shrugged. Right next to Sonic, Tails flew down.
"Grab on!" Tails exclaimed. Sonic grabbed on to Jayln's ankles, and Shadow managed to grab onto Sonic's ankles before they started falling down faster. The weight of five people pulled Tails down. As Tails fell, he reached to grab hands with Vinny, as to save his life. But to no avail.
"Vinny! Grab my hand!" Tails cried, extending his hand. Vinny reached his hand out, and managed to grab Tails' fingers before they fell so fast, Vinny let go. Tails managed to land safely with the others. Shadow and Sonic let go, then Kai and Jayln let go. They heard a scream, and looked over to the right.
Vinny was falling through the air. Tails flew over to get him, whilst Sonic was beating his shins really fast as to create a drum roll.
"AAAAHHH!" Vinny yelled as he slammed into the ground, mere feet in front of Tails. Shadow grabbed Jayln's and Kai's hand and ran towards the humongous crater. Sonic ran over in time to see Vinny sit up, dazed. He put a hand to his head, and tried to steady himself. Underneath was a large pile of dirt. Vinny had his legs tucked in underneath him.
"Answer...your question...Tails?" Vinny choked before he fell into a dead faint. Everyone looked at Tails weirdly. Tails shrugged, not wishing to explain. Sonic and Tails sped off, and Shadow and Jayln right behind them. Kai looked at Vinny and groaned.
"What I do for Tikal and Shadow..." Kai muttered as she grabbed Vinny's arms from behind and dragged him, making sure to hit the rocks.
Inside, Shadow and Jayln were running down a long corridor. Jayln felt a little sympathetic towards Shadow. He didn't realize it, but Tikal wasn't a fangirl. Jayln stuck her arm out in front of Shadow, nearly clothes lining him. Shadow skidded to halt.
"What, Jayln?" Shadow asked angrily. Jayln looked down and sighed. She looked back at Shadow, a little sadness filling her eyes.
"Shadow...it's about time you know the truth..." Jayln started.
Inside the hallway next to Shadow's, Tails and Sonic were rushing through the building as well. Tails looked over at Sonic.
"Sonic, this may be hard for you, but you may need to have Shadow save Tikal." Tails said. Sonic sighed. This would be very hard for him, but...
"Okay, I'll do it for you, little bro'." Sonic replied. Tails grinned, but stopped when a figure appeared from in front of them.
"If you follow me, I can give you some money...for FREE!" the figure exclaimed. Tails and Sonic shook their heads.
"Alright then! Time for Plan B.!" the figure said. He then took out a shotgun, and Tails and Sonic froze in surprise. He then shot them in the necks with sleeping darts.
"Why is Plan B. always the better one?" The figure said, shrugging. Sonic and Tails then fell to the ground, blissfully asleep.
Kai placed Vinny down next to the door, and started to walk away, when a voice called her.
"Kai...help...me..." groaned Vinny, waking up. Kai moaned and looked at him. He tried standing up, but staggered, and fell against the wall. He slowly lifted his head, to look at Kai. He grunted as his legs collapsed beneath him. He hit the floor, stuck.
"Why...are you...so mad...Kai?" Vinny said. He felt really weak. Either he went through this now, or never.
Shadow gasped when he heard the truth.
'So that's how she feels about me...she mentioned a warm, fuzzy feeling...i feel that whenever I see her...is that love? It can't be... I'm the Ultimate Life...i can't love...but I always feel happy near her...and Jayln said people who are in love feel happy when they're together...' Shadow thought. He looked down in guilt, realizing what he had done to Tikal, leaving abruptly. It took Jayln tugging on his arm for Shadow to remember that he was saving Tikal, not thinking about her.
"Shadow, we have to go now! Every second we wait is a second Tikal could be injured!" Jayln exclaimed. Shadow grabbed Jayln by the wrist and ran forward, not caring about anything else.
Sonic groaned as he woke up. He looked around to see that he was in a containment tube. He saw a set of machinery, and realized what this might be. He tried spin dashing through the tube, but it didn't work. Next to him, Tails was just coming to.
"So, are you ready to go through...the Roboticizer 2.0?" asked the figure from before, walking towards the machinery, hidden by the shadows.
That's the end of Chapter Three. It's amazing that I actually manage to come up with ideas and not get writers block...yeah, thanks for reviewing. I guess that's all I have to say for now. Later!
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