CHAPTER 5

PASS OR FAIL

It was soon dark and Rose and Shadow prepared for the assassination of those false drug dealers.

Even when this was Shadow's first mission as an assassin, the feeling was overwhelming inside of him. Even when he knew this was wrong, he couldn't help but to kill someone to get Sarah's name from his head. He had on a combat vest like Rose, with many different kinds of knives and guns in it. He was ready for his first assassination against some thugs.

Rose walked over to him looking ready herself, "You ready to do this?"

Shadow nodded.

It took a couple of minutes to get to the drug dealers hideout, but to Shadow it didn't take long. The drug dealers were in an old warehouse just talking, probably about their false products. They were too busy talking they didn't notice Shadow and Rose looking at them through the window that was so obvious to spot.

Rose glared at them as they were sitting at a not very sturdy looking table, "There he is." She pointed to the shortest one in the bunch, "See that really short guy over there?"

Shadow took his eyes off of the rest of the men and looked at the short one and nodded.

"He's the one, the leader and if it's necessary, you can kill the rest."

Shadow once again nodded.

"Then lets do this."

Rose and Shadow got away from the window and found a way to break in the old place.

While the men were still talking, their conversation was interrupted when they saw two hedgehogs standing in the doorway.

"Who the hell are you?" One said.

"What do you want?" The other said.

"Hold it, guys. It's that pink hedgehog chick. What do you want, lady?"

Rose made a cold stare at him directly in his eyes, "It's Rose and I'm very unhappy."

The three men began to laugh.

"Unhappy? Why are you unhappy?" The leader asked.

"You know damn well why I'm unhappy and you're gonna pay for ever selling fake crack to Rose Heda."

The leader didn't feel threatened, "It took you that long to find out that the crack was fake? At least your money's good." He then eyed the black hedgehog beside her, "Who's he? You're boyfriend or something?"

Shadow gritted his teeth and clinched his fists, "I am not her boyfriend!" He ran up to him and punched him in the face with anger.

The leader fell to the floor because of the strong impact. He saw the two men just looking at him on the floor in pain, "Don't just stand there you bastards, kill them damn it!"

The two men took out machine guns from their suits and just started to shoot everything.

Shadow and Rose began to run from place to place trying to dodge their bullets.

The men may have had powerful weapons, but their aim was terribly off. They were horrible at their aim.

That gave Shadow and Rose the advantage.

Rose saw their leader getting up, but she wouldn't let them. She quickly jumped in mid air and kicked him back down to the floor.

The two men saw the action and was pointing their guns at her, but Shadow came along and shot one of them in the side of their head with a pistol.

The man fell to the dusty floor bleeding from his head.

The other just forgot about Rose and was shooting at Shadow instead.

Shadow ran towards him still dodging bullets like a pro while he had a dagger in his hand. When Shadow had gotten closer to him, it was perfect.

The man finally ran out of bullets and tried to reload in time, but it was too late.

Shadow came at him with the dagger aiming at his neck. As Shadow ran passed him, the man dropped his weapon to the floor and just fell to his knees holding his bleeding neck. He soon passed out on the floor as well.

Rose had her foot on the leader's chest.

He couldn't move, he been had the feeling that he was going to die tonight.

Rose took out a handgun from her vest and aimed it at the leader's head.

He began to plead, "Please, have mercy. I-I'll give you and your boyfriend all the money you want."

Shadow was still deeply offended by the leader's words, "Rose, kill him. Kill that son of a bitch right now!"

Rose pulled back the hammer of the gun.

"No please!"

Rose didn't hesitate and pulled the trigger.

The leader no longer spoke.

Rose put the gun back in her vest, "I was sick of hearing him whine." She noticed Shadow standing there with his back turned.

He was looking at the bloody dagger in his hand and laughed kinda evilly.

Rose walked towards him slowly and laid her hand on his shoulder, "You okay, Shadow?"

"This is wrong, but this is what Rouge wanted. How can I do something so wrong that feels so damn good."

Rose had no clue what he was thinking at the time, but she didn't dare ask. She took her hand away from his shoulder. "Maybe we should go."

When they left to back to Rose's place they were both celebrating by their accomplished mission. They were just drinking some wine and talking.

Rose was drinking more than Shadow, "Well, you're an assassin now. What are you gonna do?"

He took a sip of his wine, "Finish what I started with that bitch."

"Sarah you mean?"

Shadow nodded.

"She is pretty cruel. I don't know how she ended up being mayor."

"It was a fix."

"Really?"

Shadow shrugged, "I don't know, but that's what I think."

Rose was quiet for a few seconds until she finally spoke, "You're a great assassin, Shadow. I'm proud of you."

"You are?"

Rose nodded, "You're a quick learner."

"Thanks, Rose. You're a great teacher." His face was getting close to hers and she did the same. He realized what he was doing and immediately got away from Rose's face. He did nothing else, but walk into Rose's spare room leaving Rose confused.

The next day early that morning Rose walked into the spare room and saw Shadow packing his things. She made a fake cough to get Shadow's attention.

Shadow looked away from his suitcase and saw Rose standing there in the doorway.

"I saw the door open and..."

Shadow didn't pay any mind to her and continued packing his things.

Rose walked over to him, "I'm sorry, if I..."

"It's all right. It was my fault. I'm not blaming you for anything that happened last night."

"Then why are you going away?"

"I have some unfinished business to take care of. Besides I've overstayed my welcome here."

Rose looked down, "Well, I'll see you later."

Shadow closed the suitcase and began to leave the room, before he did he looked back at Rose once more, "Thanks for everything."

Rose smiled as the black hedgehog left the room, 'Good luck.'