Author's Note: I liked the Shadow/Miserie scene. Basically because I love the relationship that they have. It's like, modeled to be cute. I don't know why though. I wanted Shadow to be sort of standoffish. As you can tell, I don't have this prewritten. There's so many chapters I want to rewrite. But sometimes, people like them, and I'm like 'THAT Chapter! Don't you see the lack of detail? And they're like 'But it's so cute!' and I'm like 'Yeah, suuuure.'
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Entry 2 Fallen
As Shadow ran, he could hear voices.
"Are you okay?" Shadow recognized Amy. He knew it was her. She was the only one who stressed her 'okay'.
"I'm fine. Kinda tired…how did you get here?" Shadow couldn't recognize this voice, but he couldn't be sure of anything. He broke through a set on bushes and then checked on Miserie, who seemed to be in a deep sleep.
"I…can't remember exactly how. But…"
Finally Shadow broke through the last set of bushes. He saw the broken tree on the ground. Then he looked up to see Amy and a familiar Echidna.
The echidna narrowed his eyes. "Shadow…" He muttered.
Amy looked between both of them. "Wait, Knuckles…" she said to the echidna. Then she looked at Shadow. "Your arm, Shadow…" She took a second look. "Oh! Miserie! Is she okay?" Amy fussed. She rushed over to Shadow, leaving a confused Knuckles watching.
"She's fine. Sleeping." Shadow said, and Amy took her away from him.
"…Poor girl. She looks so relaxed now." Amy looked at Knuckles. "You can't hurt Shadow, Knuckles, please don't… He's taking care of Miserie, and he means everything to her! Please don't make her hurt!"
"…Why do you guys have a kid?" Knuckles asked.
Amy turned red. "WHAT!" She cried. Shadow watched a group of birds fly off noisily. "SHE'S A FOX, NOT A HEDGEHOG!"
Knuckles cringed. "Okay, I'm sorry… But why are you with Shadow and…"
"Miserie and Shadow saved me. From…" Amy looked at Shadow. "What was it anyway?"
Shadow didn't reply. He sat down and winced. Then he said, "We landed on the Floating Island, Freedom." He said.
"The Floating Island? That's Angel Island." Amy said.
"No, it wasn't. It was inhabited by foxes." Shadow said. "Foxes like Miserie."
"What's so…Wait…" Knuckles' eye bulged. "Two tails?"
"Yeah." Amy said. "I was surprised too. But she's so cute. You'd love her, Knuckles."
"They don't like Hedgehogs there. They tried to kill me and keep Miserie there. We barely escaped when we saw Amy coming through. Miserie distracted the guards, and I got Amy out of there. Then we started walking the forest. You know it from there." Shadow said dully.
"…So what you're saying is, you saved Amy." Knuckles said. Shadow glared up at him. He didn't like this talky echidna right now.
"Yes, he saved me, Knuckles! …Oh…where's Sonic?" Amy asked.
"I don't know. I wasn't on the plane with him." Knuckles said. "they were chasing down Eggman's fleet."
"Not really," Amy said. "We found Eggman. Actually, we found a very bruised, pitiful Eggman."
"Then who are they chasing?" Knuckles asked.
Shadow sighed. "Hmph." He muttered, looking over at Miserie in Amy's lap.
Miserie wasn't having a good dream. He could tell by her small movements. Amy wasn't really paying attention. Shadow looked back at Knuckles, who was speaking into a walkie-talkie.
"Tails? TAILS! HELLO!" He was yelling.
Shadow shook his head. "the best thing to do right now is get outta here. Once we do that, we can find your little friends."
"…" Knuckles didn't look like he agreed.
"Good of you to join us, Knuckles!" Amy grinned, sealing his fate. Knuckles sighed.
"Fine, whatever." He said, but he glared at Shadow. "I'm keeping my eye on you."
Shadow rolled his eyes again. "You do that." He sighed. "Let's get out of here."