CHAPTER 4

SUICIDAL SHADOW

It was a dull day at the Chaotix. The day was dark and gloomy and heavy rain was keeping the day dark at its fullest.

Shadow was leaning against the wall away from the rest of the team. He was thinking, 'Are they upset with me for what I did to Knuckles? I hope I don't get sued for attempted murder.'

The rest of the Chaotix thought it was a big mistake. Shadow would never do that. Not since when he wanted to be a detective.

Charmy finally had the courage to walk up to him and ask him straight up if he did do it or not. "Captain Shadow?"

Shadow looked down at him, "Yes?"

"Did you really kill Knuckles? Even though you'd never do that."

"Of course not. I'd never hurt anyone. It was all Rouge's sister fault. She killed Knuckles with her evil witchcraft. Just as she did on Angel Island."

"So she's the killer on Angel Island?"

"I guess Rouge, didn't tell you everything."

"Charmy, get back here!" Vector didn't want Charmy to make Shadow even madder. He walked up to Charmy and put his hand over his mouth. "Sorry, he bugged yea, Shad. Just don't get mad and make insane wishes okay?"

Shadow knew now they thought he had an evil heart in him, "Vector, I never meant to make that wish."

"That's not what Rouge said. Besides you only make those wishes for your own selfish reasons?"

"Selfish? Vector, how could you say that to me?"

"Look Shad, it's nothing personal it's just...I don't want the person I trust to backstab someone else in the back. You maybe my second in command, but if you make more of those deadly wishes, I'll have no choice but to remove you from the team. Do I make myself clear?"

Shadow wanted to say something against it, but he went along with it, "...Perfectly..."

Rouge walked up to him, "Sorry for doing this Shadow, but..."

"I don't want to hear it." Rouge could tell Shadow wasn't in the mood. "I've already heard enough, you don't trust me I get it. I loved you since the day I saved your sorry ass and this is how you repay me? I don't need to take this shit, especially from you. Maybe if you all don't need me, then maybe I should die."

Rouge gasped, 'He isn't gonna do what I think. Will he.' She put her hand on his shoulder, "Shadow I..."

Shadow jerked away, "Leave me alone!" He ran out of the Chaotix in the freezing rain heading to his house thinking of a strategy to get rid of his mistakes from the past.

Once he reached his house he ran into his kitchen crying. He was pulling out the drawers that had silverware in them. The drawers that had the utensils was all on the floor. He kneeled down on the floor searching through the knives looking for the sharpest ones. He found five of them and set them on the table beside him. He picked up the first one and quickly stabbed himself with the knife. He jabbed it in the center of his chest thinking of Tonya. He stabbed the next one on the side of his chest thinking of Espio. He stabbed the third one in his lower chest area thinking of Charmy. He stabbed the fourth one in his stomach thinking of Vector. He picked up the fifth one staring at it with pain from his chest. When he started to stab himself with that one Rouge came through his door soak in wet in the rain. She gasped seeing a crying bloody Shadow stabbing himself with five butcher knives.

"Shadow, no!" She screamed

Shadow pointed the knife to his chest where his heart was set. "I love you, Rouge." He stabbed the knife deeply in his chest. Blood was overflowing through his chest. It got all on his hands. Afterwards he fell on the floor bleeding to death not moving, but with tears still emerging from his closed eyes.