Chapter three
Elsewhere, evil stirs. . . " It's about time you woke up you good for nothing copy! " Bright yellow eyes
turned to the speaker. " Is that all I am? A worthless copy? You know I could kill you instantly. " " No
you can't. You're not programmed to. First you botched the time operation and failed to kill Sonic. You
even let him get into the time warp. Who knows when he'll show up again? I do. He'll show up just in
time to foil one of my plans!" The yellow eyes watching the speaker narrowed. " When he shows up
again I will kill him without any problems. " " If you can kill him without any problems why didn't you
do it the first time!" " Shadow was fighting with him." " Right. I forgot they were friends then. . .
What makes you think this time will be different? " " Shadow has no friends anymore. He will fight
for no one." " Then how do you explain the pile of ruins that was my main roboticization lab! "
"What?" " You kidnapped Tails' only child and Shadow came by and demolished my main lab and
destroyed five thousand gaurd robots! " The one with yellow eyes was silent. " Nothing to say
Daemon? . . . Your new orders are to find and kill Shadow. No mistakes this time or you will be
destroyed. Do you understand? " " Yes Doctor Robotnik. " Daemon departed to hunt down his
counterpart. When Cream entered Shadow's hut she was greeted by a hug from Amy.
" Hey Cream. What are you doing here? I thought you were gonna be out with your boyfriend." " I
was. . . We had a fight and he left. All he wanted was. . ." Amy immediatly understood the look on
Cream's face and hugged her again. " I'm so sorry Cream." " Hi Cream! " Tirza yelled. " Help me wake
up Uncle Shadow please? " Cream laughed watching Tirza pulling on Shadow ears and bouncing up
and down on the bed trying to wake him. " If he's sleeping through all that I don't think he'll wake up
for a while. " Cream responded, still giggling. Amy and Cream had a nice long visit while Tirza played
with some toys on the floor. Eventually Tirza fell asleep. Shadow had knocked his pillow off the bed
sometime during Amy's visit so she picked it up and put it under Tirza's head. She put an extra blanket
on Tirza and sent Cream home to go to bed. Amy had no intentions of letting Shadow leave, unnoticed
anyway. . .
Shadow woke and stretched, wondering where his pillow was. He was about to get up when a slender
hand was placed on his chest. He jumped a little, he wasn't expecting that at all. " You are staying put
Shadow, whether you like it or not. " " Amy? " " Yes? " She answered, moving to the side of
Shadow's bed so he could see her. Shadow blinked a few times and quietly said, " You don't look real
good Amy. " " That's what happens to people who stay up all night. " " Why'd you stay up all night? "
" To make sure you didn't leave before I had a chance to see you. " " Oh." Shadow gave her a
sheepish grin. " You were completely out. Tirza was jumping up and down on the bed and pulling your
ears and you didn't even twich. " " Man, I knew I was tired but I didn't know I was that tired..." "
Are you hungry? " " Starving. I think last time I ate was two or three days ago. " " Shame on you!
You know you should eat more often. " " Yeah, I know. " "Lucky for you I already got you your
breakfast. " " You did? " " Mm hm. Try not to wake Tirza up. She's sleeping on the floor. " Shadow
looked over the edge of the bed and smiled. " So that's where my pillow went. " " Don't blame her, you
already knocked it off your bed when she went to sleep. Here you go. " Amy gave Shadow his
breakfast on a tray, he gave a questioning look. " Why are you looking at me like that? " " Aren't you
gonna eat? " " I've already had my breakfast. " Amy laid Shadow back some what so he was propped
against the wall next to his bed in a mostly laying position. Then Amy fed Shadow like a little kid or
something. ( Not that Shadow complained any...) When Shadow was full Amy looked half asleep where
she sat. Shadow smiled as he made a suggestion. " Um, if you're that tired . . . " " What are you saying
Shadow? " Shadow turned slightly red. " There's some extra room if you want it..." Amy gave him a
smile with her cheeks slightly flushed, only enhancing her looks in Shadow's opinion, before laying
down and falling asleep almost instantly. Shadow lovingly smiled at the sleeping Amy before gently
easing out of bed so he wouldn't wake her. As soon as his feet hit the floor Tirza attatched herself to
Shadow's legs. " You can't leave Uncle Shadow!" " Shh. I'm not gonna leave Tirza. We gotta be quiet
so we don't wake Amy." " Okay. You promise you won't leave? " " Yes. If I do leave I'll let you know
first okay? " Tirza nodded and skipped out the door. Shadow scribbled a note for Amy and then
followed Tirza outside. Amy woke and frowned. Shadow wasn't anywhere to be seen. She was
about to start yelling when she noticed a piece of paper on the floor by the door. Snatching it from the
floor she read it and slowly smiled. " So Tirza finnally got you to stay home huh? Well done Tirza.
Now Shadow's gonna be mine! " Blushing slightly from her last statement Amy set off to find them.