On Broken Wings chapter 13

FeatherWings- sorry for the slow updates, I've been busy. Hey. guess what? I got a job at an animal shelter. I'm a kennel worker n.n

Katrina Madd- Yay, i love being in ppls favs n.n

Kyra the Hedgehog- summer time gives me more time to write n.n (actually I write in class when im in school but they don't know that XD)

Yersi Fanel- yes, shadow and cream look like good friends :D

shadow-conker- im sorry! i havent updated in so long T.T

Shadow Chaos Hedga- new chapters r exciting n.n

FeatherWings- ok, im bad at review responses but o well. On with the story (btw, the chapters are all written in this green book i have. the story alrdy ended in the book. it just takes time to transfer into the computer :P ill try to update sooner. though some chapters have different versions of what happened and wont be in the final work.)

Shadow sat in the darkness of his room. He had begun to go upstairs for food when few or none of the others were around. Shadow had taken the sheet from his window and wrapped himself up in it with part on his head like a hood. Katana played with the rubber ball Cream left.

The ball rolled over to Shadow who looked down at it as Katana came over. He sat and looked up at Shadow.

"Chao..." Shadow stuck a hand out of the sheet and flicked the ball to Katana.

"Katana...I'm confused...did I...hurt them? Did I do something bad?"

"Chao..." Katana had grown darker over time. There was a knock at the door.

"Hey, Shadow. It's Sonic, Tails and Knuckles! We're going to Station Square. You wanna come?" Shadow put his hands on his ears.

He whispered, "Don't get near me..."

"Shadow?" Shadow didn't mean to yell out what he did next.

"Go away!" Shadow was shocked at what he said. There wasn't an answer to that but he heard footsteps walk away from his door.

"Chao..."

"All I do is hurt everyone..." Katana nudged Shadow. Shadow hesitated but soon picked Katana up and ran to the door. After opening it he ran into the hall to see Sonic, Tails and Knuckles walking upstairs. They stopped and looked at Shadow, who had a look of desperation and apology on his face. Sonic smiled.

"Come on Shadow, let's go." Shadow was relieved and walked to them.

"What are we gunna do in Station Square anyway?" Knuckles asked.

"Maybe we should go somewhere else?" Tails suggested.

"Oh! I know!" Sonic said. "The casino!"

"Good idea!"

"Have you ever gambled, Shadow?" Shadow shook his head.

"What is it?" he asked while they walked outside and to the train station.

"You play games to get money but if you loose, you loose money."

"Ok..." then Shadow thought. "I don't have any money..." Katana flew next to him.

"We'll give you some." Knuckles told him. "Do any of us have money?" he now realized.

"Uh..." Sonic thought for a moment. "I don't."

"I do!" Tails said. "I sold some inventions!"

"Cool. Let's all share the money!" Tails nodded.

The made it to the casino to find it locked and closed. "Why's it closed?" Knuckles wondered.

"Maybe they're fixing something?" Tails suggested. Sonic walked over to one of the doors and tried to open it again. He pulled on it several times until amazingly the door opened.

"Maybe they should fix the door..." Knuckles said to Tails.

"Come on guys! Let's go in!" Sonic yelled to them while already going inside.

"Sonic!" Tails ran in after him. Knuckles was about to but first looked back to Shadow who was starring at the floor.

"Shadow, let's go." Shadow looked up then nodded. They both ran in to fallow the others.

Inside was dark since all the lights were off. Sonic turned to Tails. "Can you find the control room?" Tails nodded.

"Are you sure we should be doing this?"

"We saved the world! I'm sure they won't mind."

"Yeah...saved..." Shadow said. 'If it wasn't for me we wouldn't have had to...' he thought while looking down.

"Shadow..." Sonic put his arm on the other hedgehog's shoulders then shook him. "You need to lighten up a bit!" he then dragged him to a table with a strange wheel with black and red numbers on it. There was also a small ball sitting in it.

"How do you play?"

"Pick a number and either black or red. Somethin' like that. It's called Roulette."

"Um...ok...red...25?" Sonic then put the ball in the wheel then spun it. It happened that the ball landed in the exact number and color that Shadow had picked when the wheel stopped.

"Wow!" they all said.

"What's that mean?"

"You won..."

"We have to bring him here when it's open!"

Just then all the lights turned on and Shadow stared in aw. The others looked around contently.

They played several more rounds before going home. Shadow won every time, Knuckles won once in awhile, Sonic got half and Tails only once. Sonic often teased Tails saying that he was too young to play. That was when a new casino game was created; chase Sonic around the Casino. Sonic was too fast for Tails to catch but he still tried.

They left around dinnertime when they all got hungry. Shadow ate with the others that night but said nothing the whole time. He then disappeared into his room again and locked the door. He now sat with Katana.

"I can't keep denying the fact that I tried to kill them and destroy the planet..." Katana looked at him with bright chao eyes. "That I broke my promise to Maria...Why are they acting like it didn't happen? It happened! It happened! Yell at me! Please...then I know you're acknowledging what I did...there's something I've always wanted to say while I fell from ARK...it was...

help me...help me...please...

HELP ME!"

Shadow screamed only to not be heard. Tears dripped down his cheeks and splattered on the floor. "Please...help me...please say that what I did was wrong...scold me...please forgive me...please..." Katana stared up at his friend with sad eyes.