CHAPTER 7

FUGITIVES

It was a couple of hours later and Shadow's nap didn't last very long. It was now dark and Rouge woke him up with excitement, "Shadow, I'm done! I finished your map!"

Shadow jumped out of bed, "It's about time."

Rouge sat back down at her desk chair, "All I have to do is print it out."

When she was about to print it a red echidna came through the door with a serious look on his face.

Rouge almost panicked, "Knuckles, what are you doing here?"

"I saw the body, Rouge."

"What body?"

"A little white bat boy lying on your floor with bite marks in his neck."

Shadow's eyes widened, 'Fuck, I forgot to get rid of the body.'

Rouge stood from the chair, "Knuckles, I-he-I had nothing to do with it. I swear."

Knuckles crossed his arms, "Right. You and Shadow are coming with me."

"How did you know Shadow was his real name?"

Shadow looked at her with anger, "He does now, Rouge!"

"He's not your uncle is he?" Knuckles walked up to the hedgehog, "Rouge, didn't murder that boy, you did."

Shadow smirked showing his fangs, "And you're next."

Knuckles has gotten scared when he saw his fangs, so he took out his gun and pointed it at his head.

Shadow turned to Rouge, "Rouge, run."

Rouge nodded and sat in a corner with her head down.

Shadow punched Knuckles in his stomach which caused him to drop the gun on the floor. He pushed him on the floor and picked the gun off the floor while he was at it and aimed the weapon at Knuckles' head and shot him without hesitation. He threw the gun on the floor and started to drain the blood from him.

Rouge came from the corner and just looked at Shadow taking blood from Knuckles, until she finally said something, "I wonder how he knew your name?"

Shadow searched through his vest and found a wire in his inside pocket. He held it at Rouge, "He was wired."

Rouge gasped, "He was wired the whole time? I can't believe it, but still we never said anything about you being a vampire in his presence."

Shadow angrily threw the wire on the floor and stomped on it making sure it wouldn't be operational again. Shadow then eyed the necklace that Knuckles gave her around her neck.

Rouge noticed his staring, "Shadow, what's wrong?"

"Shut up", he said whispering. His hand reached out for her necklace. Once he had it in his grip, he pulled it off Rouge's neck.

"Shadow, what are you doing?" She whispered back trying to keep quiet.

Shadow clinched his fist while the locket was in his hand enough to break the locket open. He opened it up and saw another small wire in her locket.

"My necklace was wired?"

"I'm afraid so."

"They heard everything our names, what we were doing...everything. They think I'm a criminal."

"They'll be here to find him, we have to get out of here or we're dead. Quick, print out that map."

"Did you say we?"

"Rouge, the map. Hurry!"

Rouge sat back down at the computer printing the map. While it was printing Rouge began to ask, "Shadow, what do you mean we have to get out of here?"

"We as in me and you."

"But why?"

"Fine, if you want to stay here and die, be that way. I'm not sticking around this place anymore."

Rouge had to think for a moment, 'Well he does have a point, I don't want to be around this place anymore. I hate my job, I lost my all my family members, I'm going with him.' "I'm going."

The printer was done printing out the map.

Shadow quickly grabbed the map and glanced at it, "Perfect." He shoved the paper in his coat. Then he heard police vehicles surrounding the house. He looked out the window, "Shit, the police." He looked back at Rouge, "Are you sure you want to come with me?"

Rouge looked into his blood red eyes, "Yes."

Shadow held out his hand.

Rouge slowly took it and out of nowhere Shadow carried her in his arms, she was a little nervous.

"Don't be afraid."

"I'm not afraid", she was lying.

Shadow stood on the edge of her window and jumped down on the streets running away from the police.

When they left, the police came through the bedroom door looking around also noticing Knuckles' body was laying in the middle of the floor. They even saw the computer still on showing the finished map, Rouge had made.

Later when Shadow and Rouge got away from the city they stopped running.

Shadow was panting heavily, "I think we lost them."

Rouge looked back at the city, "For now."