Shadow and Espio

By Streak The Chameleon

Chapter 3: Found Out

I do not own any of the Sonic characters. Sega does.

Streak was on Angel Island, training.

He threw some shurikan at targets, flipping this way and that.

Finally, he picked up a sniper rifle.

"I know it's not ninja-like, but I might as well use the "technology of the future", huh? I can't see why Espio doesn't use these."

He shot a few targets until the door opened.

A red figure walked in.

Streak didn't notice Knuckles. He was too busy shooting targets.

"What are you doing here!" Knuckles said, furious.

Streak still didn't turn. He didn't know it was Knuckles. "Are you blind? I live here. But don't tell Knuckles."

"I am Knuckles."

Clack. The rifle dropped. Streak turned his head. "What?"

Knuckles' fist smashed into his jaw. Streak went spinning across the room and crashed into the targets.

Streak wiped blood off his mouth with the back of his hand. "Crap."

In a second Knuckles was on him, beating him senseless.

"What-the-heck-are-you-doing here!" he yelled.

Rouge burst in. "Knuckles…what are you…"

Knuckles turned. Streak decided it was time to go. In a flash, he quickly grabbed his backpack, stuffing the shurikans and weapons in, and limped toward the door.

Rouge blocked the door. Streak stopped. "Get…out…of…my…way…" he said softly. He turned and yelled as a red blur smashed into him. He heard a crack as he sailed past Rouge and out onto the grass.

Struggling, he slowly got up and felt a sharp pain in his leg. Knuckles had broken his leg.

He turned toward the pair and cursed. "You broke my leg…"

Knuckles looked like he was about to charge again. Scrambling, he crawled toward the open field toward the Master Emerald.

"Hey! Get back here!" Knuckles yelled. He dashed toward Streak.

Streak had managed to crawl up the stairs to the Master Emerald. He slowly stood up and put his hand on the emerald.

"Don't touch that!" Knuckles screamed at him.

Streak muttered unintelligible words and disappeared in a flash of light.

He reappeared in some sort of cave. "What? I wanted to go to Station Square… Dang it! Somebody must have intercepted my signal! I'll have to wait until morning."

He leaned back against the cave wall and went to sleep.

Footsteps approached. Tikal immerged out of the shadows, and looked at the young chameleon wearing just a hooded sweater and jeans.

She tapped him on the shoulder.

He bolted awake and stared at the echidna looming over him. "Ah! Get away from me! I've had enough trouble with your stupid race for one day! I've already broken my leg! Just leave me alone!"

Tikal frowned, and then smiled. "Relax. I'm not going to hurt you."

"What? Your not?"

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Shadow ran back to his apartment, thinking about the things that had happened.

"Better not pass Sonic's apartment," he thought.

He slowed to a jog.

He passed a couple of people, not looking at anybody. He didn't notice Sonic's window until too late. The hedgehog had just picked that great time to look out the window.

The two hedgehogs just stared at each other for a moment. Then Shadow dashed down the street. "Hey! Get back here!" Sonic ran out and chased Shadow.

Shadow quickly ran into an alleyway to catch his breath. Sonic darted past. "Idiot," Shadow thought. "I'm free of him. Maybe I can actually get to my house without being seen."

"I don't think so." A voice said behind him.

He spun around. Standing there was Amy.

"Oh hi… Amy."

"Cut the talk, Shadow. You were with Espio."

"God! Can't anybody realize that it's not Espio?" he thought.

"Look Amy, Espio didn't do it."

"It's not about the robbery. I know it's not him. It's about you."

Shadow's heart, if he had one, skipped a beat.

"What?"