Okay, It's like 1:30 now, and I'm having trouble sleeping. I thought writing might help me get sleepier, so sorry if it isn't perfect. I'm tired, but just can't fall asleep. You know that. Also, I would like to state that I did not notice the "h" in helper wasn't capitalized, and as your reading this it should be changed. Also, I would like to state that I couldn't decide whether this would turn out to be more romancy or actiony. I finally decided to just make it general, with just a little of both of those thrown in. Also, I'm not changing the start/end flashback thing. I might "convince" Shadow to do it though. Anyway, here is ch. 5. Hope you like it. It focuses on Rouge and Shadow, who by the way live together in a flashy place that's right near the train station.
Shadow: Okay. I am not the Shadow you know and love. I am Shadow from an upcoming fic of amyluva's. If you wish to see it, you must wait for this one to end. He's already working on this and the script version just for his friends. The version that comes here will be much better. Thank you.
ShadowU:(that's what I'm calling him for now (it stands for upcoming)) Shadow's in this chapter, so I'm subbing for him. Not that I want to.
"Aaaaaaaaaaah!" Shadow yelped and jumped through the ceiling.(costing Rouge quite a lot of money)
"Why do you do that every time a train passes?" Rouge questioned him.
"Because I'm busy with my daydreams and don't expect it." He answered in an annoyed tone.
"Still thinking about her, huh?" She asked amused and sympathetic at the same time.
"Yeah." It was common knowledge that this "her" was Maria. He was never able to forgive himself for misinterpreting his last minute promise to her.
"Don't beat yourself up over it. Parts of your memory were missing. I would've done the same thing in your shoes."
"You can't fit into my shoes." He said, not getting the special way it was used. This was because he was kind of gone for a while. He did not understand many expressions, especially some of the slightly older ones. "You've been trying to get me to stop thinking about it for a month. You think you'd give up by now."
"Can't hurt to try right?" She winked after she said this, trying to give him some confidence. However, he didn't get it.
"Something wrong with your eye?" Before she could sigh from annoyance, another train passed.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaah!" Shadow yelled and jumped up to the ceiling again. Before he could break through Rouge quickly told him to go through a hole he already made. Not wanting to annoy her, he did so. When he came back down, he was able to hear the phone ringing. He picked it up.
"Hello?" he asked, still a little shaky from the train.
"You want her back." Said whoever was calling on the phone.
"Huh? Eggman, you don't have to disguise your voice. I can tell that's you."
"Huh? Uh, I'm not Eggman, but if I was I'm sure I'd sound completely different."
"Whatever, Eggman. What do you want?"
"I want what you want." Said the non-Eggman Eggman.
"What do you mean?"
"I know you want Maria back, and I can do that. All I ask is a little something in return."
"What?"
"Bring the Master Emerald to my- er, I mean, Dr. Eggman's lab. You'll see what I'm getting at then." With that, the mystery person (Eggman) hung up.
"Who was that?" Rouge asked after she saw Shadow was done with the conversation.
"Rouge, help me make a plan to get the Master Emerald."
The next thing Shadow knew, he was carrying out phase 1 of Rouge's plan.
"Okay, tell me again why I'm breaking into the G.U.N. military base." Shadow told Rouge on the communicator she gave him before he left.
"Because they have a chaos emerald and you need one for my plan to work. Now hurry up. You have a radar system It shouldn't be too hard."
"I know." He responded, ending the conversation. He quickly dashed through the hallway, leaving a trail of smoke from his jet shoes behind him. Of course, what would a hallway be without cameras? As such, security guard robots were sent there. They surrounded him.
"25 to 1, huh? That's really unfair…" He put on a smirk before adding: "for you."
2 of them then starting firing at him him. He easily jumped out of the way, causing them to shoot each other. 3 more of them came at Shadow. One stayed back and fired while the other two assumed a more direct approach. He dodged the attack and kicked one, sending it slamming into the other. He then charged up a spin dask and took out the one firing at it and 3 others, then jumped with incredible speed and lunged at another, rolled on the ground with it over his head and threw it, destroying a few more in the process.
With fifteen left, 7 of them fired at him. 3 of them fired directly at him, while the other four cut off his escape routes. He had to do some quick dodging to get out of theis one. He advanced as quick as he could, dodging the blasts that came at him with the extremely small amount of space he had to maneuver. When he got to the one in the center, he took one of the blasters he had and shot him with it, then shot the remaining robots down. He then dashed down the halls before the next wave could ambush him, dropping the blaster on the way.
As he reached the end of the tunnel, he ended up in a huge room, with the emerald sealed off in the center. Remembering the password that Rouge had given him (guns go boom) he put it in and grabbed the emerald. Now that he had it, he could use it's power. He activated chaos control and teleported out of there, ready to commence phase 2.
How Knuckles could be tricked by Rouge saying half the island is going up in invisible flames surpassed Shadow's logic. However, he shrugged it off and used chaos control to teleport in and out of there quickly, grabbing the Master Emerald on his way out.
When he got back from Angel Island, he saw he was in front of Dr. Eggman's lab. He went in, figuring Rouge would catch up. When he got in there he saw someone he couldn't make out due to the shadows in the room. He could see the outline, though, so he could see where the man was. He seemed to be working on a strange machine. It looked like some kind of tube, with what seemed like a triangle shaped indent on it. The indent was connected to what seemed like the thing that worked it, which connected to a computer, which connected to the tube. The man sensed that someone was there and got down. He was now close enough for Shadow to see who he was. He was
ShadowU: Don't hurt me. I didn't choose where to stop the chapter. Amyluva did.
Yes. I decided to be a royal pain in the butt and leave it at that for now. Just wait a few more days. On a side note, that was the longest and most serious chapter I've written so far (Not that that says much). I hope you enjoyed it.