"Allow us to introduce ourselves."
Shadow heard a males voice behind him outside the entrance to Club Rouge. He turned to face them the two people in behind him. From what he could see it was a male and female human. Upon seeing Shadow's face the males face seemed to changed to an expression of surprise and slight confusion. After a few seconds the male dropped the expression and just stood there eyebrows raised. He had black hair and was wearing a green top with black diagonal leather cross across each side. Shadow assumed it was a holster of some kind. He also wore black trousers that clung to his legs, obviously so they didn't get in the way of fighting. They had silver chains and buckles hanging from various pockets. He had two green arm guards on his wrists and a long black coat on. The girl on the other hand had brown hair, which was up in a ponytail with some braids hanging loose and also different coloured bits of pink, purple and blonde. She was wearing a black bikini top with purple edging and purple see-through fabric coming down from the bottom of it. She wore a fingerless purple fishnet glove on her right hand. Also a purple mini skirt with long socks going above her knees. Shadow could see the two dagger like weapons tucked in her belt.
The male began, "I am Ravekku Sena, better known as Ketru and this is Aliya Hilda Anita Prockter, known as Ali."
"The pleasure is all mine." Ali smiled
"What are you doing here?" Shadow asked. It seemed a bit suspicious to him that two people should just randomly appear at Club Rouge out of the blue and introducing themselves. Shadow knew the Club Rouge crowd well enough. They never came down the street when they knew the club would be closed and when it was open they never so much as spoke to Shadow. Shadow knew the Club Rouge crowd and Shadow knew these two were not part of it.
In fact, Shadow thought they look a bit lost.
"We're looking for an echidna named Tikal. Have you seen her around?" Ali asked him
"I don't know who you're talking about." Shadow lied. Why were these people suddenly asking questions about his friend? They could want her for any reason.
"Oh what a pity. We were checking out Angel Island and we found this notebook." Ali took a book out of a pouch on her belt. Shadow flicked through. He knew this was Tikal's, "We assume she is The Guardian's sister." Ali continued not bothering to take the book back. It seemed of little use to them.
"I'm sorry I couldn't aid you in your quest." Was all that Shadow replied. He hoped the people would take the hint and leave. Shadow then continued trying to open the doors in the cold wind that had just come.
Brr does the world not want me to get into Club Rouge until I tell these people where Tikal is? Shadow wondered hugging himself. If he had known better he could have sworn that it was the male human who was making the wind. Ketru bent down and whispered to his sister.
"Looks like we'll have to do this another way."
Ali nodded in agreement and began to chant.
"This guy is lying and being very fickle. Tell us on the double where is Tikal?" She said the word fickle as fick-all to make sure that it rhymed. Whether the spell understood the words or not they still came across with the desired effect.
"She's at the hospital in Station Square with The Guardian." Shadow automatically found himself saying. He clapped his hands over his mouth. What had he just said?
"Oh than goodness The Guardian is alright." Ali sighed relieved.
"You'd better not do anything that will hurt Tikal or Knuckles." Shadow growled.
"Don't worry Mr Hedgehog," Ketru told him coolly, "We won't do anything to harm either of them. We would just want to ask them a few questions."
"Just watch it. I could kill a human like you in less than ten seconds."
"One thing wrong with that." Ketru smiled
"And what's that?" Shadow asked him not sounding intimidated.
"Well we're not humans, we're prockters." Ali explained
"Prockters." Shadow scoffed, "Nothing like that exists."
"Just because you've not heard of something does mean it doesn't exist." Ketru rightfully pointed out.
"Well what can you so called prockters do."
"Lots of things." Ali began
"One we have element magic. Observe." Ketru then held up his right hand and a ball of fire ignited in it. He then touched it with his left index finger and the ball froze into ice. He then put his left palm on top of his right and it turned to water. Ali then took it off him making it swirl around in the air before making the water disappear. Ali then caused a wind to blow clouds across the sky and a few measly lightning bolts came from them. Ketru quickly cleared them away and Ali looked slightly embarrassed.
"My sister is still on the first level spells." Ketru said seriously. "Do not exert your limits Ali." He muttered in her ear.
"And only you can do that?"
"Anyone can learn it, but it is whether you are able to."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Shadow asked though he did not get an answer. "Anything else?" he then went on changing the subject."
Ketru pointed his finger at the doors of Club Rouge looking bored.
"This guy doesn't believe us he thinks he's right. Now opening these doors is our plight."
As commanded by Ketru the doors flew open. Ketru made it look all too easy. Ketru felt it was easy.
What! Those doors were locked. I'm sure. Shadow thought.
"How did you do that?" he asked trying not to reveal that he was a bit wary of these newfound visitors.
"It's just a little thing only we of the prockter race can do, you see that was an extremely simple spell. All we have to do is say a rhyme that says what we want it to do."
"Like when I said that rhyme before it meant I wanted you to tell us where Tikal was. I know it may have seemed out of place, but we've been told it is of great importance we find her and her brother."
"I don't know whether to call those powers cool, or dangerous." Shadow admitted.
"I suppose it just depends what side you're on." Ketru smiled at Shadow. Shadow frowned. It was as if Ketru was trying to tell him something.
"Well if you are looking for Knuckles and you do have those powers and weren't tricking me then could you take us to the hospital."
"Of course, Ali would you the honours?"
His sister obliged with another spell taking hold of Ketru's sleeve and Shadows arm.
"They're at the hospital in Station Square. They need medical attention let's hope they have hair."
Shadow didn't like the sound of the last words as Night Babylon and Club Rouge dissolved before his eyes.
AN: Well that concludes chapter three. Another short one, but longer than the original I think. If anyone read the original they will notice a bit of tweaking. Oh and I do not own the Elemental Spells idea, I got that from Final Fantasy X's Fire, Water, Blizzard, Thunder, Fira, Watera Thundera etc.