Author's Note: What does Talon have to do with anything? He's got everything to do with everything! Firstly, he's a ladies man. Not to get anyone too interested in him, but he's one of my first characters. He's average height, has dark colored brown fur with cream colored highlights (his mother was like a blondie fox, hehe), and he's got long fur starting from behind his ears, and ending at the nape of his neck. Why? You'll find out soon enough!
File 7 Bright Smile
Entry 1 The Way it Is
Shadow looked for Amy. He had just been watching Miserie fixing the engine of the ship, but Miserie wouldn't let him help with his arm in the condition it was in.
It had been shot, but there wasn't really much pain. Not really a lot of blood either.
"Amy?" Shadow called. He went inside the ship, where the Doctor was typing away at his computer. "Doctor…"
The Doctor turned. "All my robots are destroyed, you mangy hedgehog," he hissed.
"Well, yeah." Shadow said, rolling his eyes. "They WERE attacking."
"This operation would have gone much faster with them. The girl fox isn't even hitting work minimum. WHERE'S THAT PINK HEDGEHOG?"
Shadow sighed. As the Doctor went on a rampage about how good help was hard to build, he went back outside. He sat on the ground and looked around.
He was worried that Amy was off hurting herself. 'Stupid girl,' he thought. 'Why I care I really don't know.' He got up and walked back over to Miserie.
"Shadow, did you find her?" Miserie asked. She looked at his arm. "I guess not…"
"Hm." He said. He sat down and watched Miserie struggle to fix the ship with three tools. "…Do you want me to help?" he asked finally.
"I want you to find Amy…Shadow…?" Miserie said, stopping and looking at him.
"What?" He asked. Miserie smiled.
"You talked to her, Shadow…" Miserie smiled. "I'm so happy. I think we can all be friends again."
Shadow shrugged. "You don't think I'm selfish, do you?" he asked.
"No. Why would I think that?" Miserie asked. She sat down next to him. "You don't keep anything from me. You're always there for me. And you help me all the time." She paused. "You're such a good brother, Shadow."
Shadow was surprised, but he smiled. "Only you." He shook his head. Miserie grinned.
"You are like my older brother. You're always watching out for me. I remember Amy said you weren't anything like me, but I think she's wrong. We're alike, aren't we?"
"If you say so." Shadow said. He felt her hugging him, watching out for his broken arm. He looked down at Miserie who had her eye squeezed shut and her arms wrapped tightly around him. "Miserie?"
"You're always so cold on the outside, but you're really warm." Miserie said suddenly to him. She looked up at him. "You know?" she asked.
"…" Shadow smiled. "That's just the way it is." He said.
"…I like it that way." Miserie smiled. "I like everything this way."
Shadow wanted to hug her back. He didn't know how someone with such a mind, one that seemed so simple, like a baby's, could know so much. She was just like a little sister to him too. He smiled again and looked down at Miserie, who had squeezed her eye shut again, but her grip on him was relaxing. He realized she had gone without sleep for days now. Although both Shadow and Amy could live with it, could Miserie? Shadow watched her eye relax too, and he picked her up.
"…You work too hard." He told the sleeping fox. He turned to go back into the ship, when he heard a crash. Shadow turned and stared in the general direction. He could hear a tree thump against the ground, and birds soaring up into the air. "…" He stared, and then looked back at Miserie. He needed to know what was going on, but he couldn't leave Miserie out in the open, and the Doctor wasn't exactly trustworthy either. Finally Shadow put Miserie on his back, and ran off following his ears.
He hoped Amy wasn't there. And if she was, he hoped she was alright.