Shadow had landed on the railing outside, Knuckles and Rouge had just appeared as well. They didn't speak to on anther but merely walked toward the door. When they opened it the sight that lied in front of them was very terrifying.
"Oh my God." Rouge said with fear in her throat. She was shaking and crying now, as she quickly followed Knuckles to Amy's body.
Shadow was bent down by her head as he surveyed the scene. Knuckles pressed his hand to her neck. "She still alive just unconscious. But who would do this to her?"
Rouge leaned on Knuckles for a moment. "Should I call 911?"
"No we're under enough pressure as it is we don't need to have 911 on our case, besides these cuts aren't fatal…yet." Knuckles mumbled the last part so no one heard him.
Shadow slid his arms under Amy's body and lifted her gently and walked over to the bed where he laid her down softly. He looked her body up and down. "These cuts need immediate care."
"Knuckles here, I want you to go out and get a first aid kit I'll stay with them." Rouge handed Knuckles some money and kissed him on the cheek. "Make it fast okay." She disappeared into the bathroom and started to run some water in the sink.
Shadow heard the door shut as Knuckles left and the sound of water running as Rouge waited for the water to get hot. He leaned closer to Amy he was sitting on the edge of the bed beside her. He watched closely as he saw her eyes crack open. "You're alive." He said softly not showing in relief although it felt like a wait had been lifted from him shoulders.
"I wish I wasn't." She said dully.
Shadow ran his hands slowly over the edge of one of the cuts on her upper arm "You cut yourself." He still spoke with no emotion on his face or in his voice just like Amy.
"So you know." Amy said softly as she closed her eyes for a second.
"I know self-abuse when I see it." He answered as he looked at his own hands which were covered with blood from where he had picked her up.
Amy looked up into Shadow's cold red eyes that seemed to be soft at the same time, she began to speak but there were short pauses between her words as she tried to find the strength and the breath to go on. "I, I've never told someone…anyone…I can't help it. It happened so easily…I was afraid...and sad I…I threw a glass vase…against the wall once…and when I was picking up the peaces…I accidentally cut myself." Amy stopped for a moment and only a moment. "The cut was strange it felt…good the flow of the blood…was so soft….it was as if my pain was leaking out." "After that when ever I was…scared or heartbroken I…would take that knife..." Her eyes glanced to the knife that was still on the floor. "And do this…I always felt better afterwards…no pain…no fear." "I would always make…the cut so no one…would see it…or find out..." Amy looked at him with almost desperate eyes.
Shadow knew what was making her uneasy. "I won't tell anyone." He said as his eyes looked over her arms again.
It was as if those 4 words had been Amy's salvation she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Rouge had just finished soaking a few bath cloths in the sink she had sensed earlier that whatever Amy and Shadow were about to talk about was something she didn't need to hear she had turned off her hearing the best she could; now she didn't hear anything at all so she figured it was safe to go out. She approached the bed and placed one of the cloths on Amy's forehead. Then she handed the other one to Shadow. "I need you to clean her wounds; I'm going to wait for Knuckles down stairs okay." She walked out onto the terrace and disappeared down to the entrance of the motel.
Shadow began to carefully clean the cuts on her arm, he looked at her body as she slept even with cuts on her arms he found himself attracted to her. He watched her chest pump up and down as she breathed. He found his own breathing had quickened as well as his heart beat. "Why?" He asked himself. He ran the backside of his hand gently down Amy's cheek. "What is it about you that compels me to stay?" He saw her eyes starting to crack open again so he quickly removed his hand.
"Shadow…" Amy's voice was barely above a whisper. She looked at him a softly no emotion in her face once so ever. "What're you…going to do with me?" She wasn't sure what Shadow would do with her not that it mattered anymore.
Shadow returned the look and then turned his head slightly so he was looking out the sliding glass door. He wasn't sure what to do with her he had thought of maybe taking her home but he despised the thought of not having her with him, if she stayed with him she would be easier to protect. Why was she asking him anyway was she intrusting him with a decision that would decided her life? Did she really have that much faith in him? "You'll come with me." He answered. He then tried to change the subject. "Amy, why did you cut yourself?"
"I was…scared." She looked away slightly as she began to remember why she was so frightened.
"Of what?" Shadow leaned closer as he listened intensely.
"Someone…from back…home. I'll never forget him…he won't let me." She blinked her eyes a few tears began well in them. The tears left her eyes as she heard Knuckles and Rouge opening the sliding glass door.
The two were silent they dared not speak. Knuckles took a seat on the other side of the bed next to Amy and began to wrap the cuts. Knuckles felt a little strange Shadow was watching his every move as if to make sure that he didn't cause Amy any pain while he bandaged her arm. Rouge was leaning against a wall when she noticed Amy's cell phone lying on the floor taking up minutes as it sat there continuing a call that was only a dial tone. She picked it up and held it behind her back as she walked casually to the bathroom and placed it in her bag.
Knuckles had finished and quickly moved away he could have almost sworn that he heard Shadow growl at him when he tightened the bandage and it made Amy flinch. There was a shortage of sleeping space senses Rouge and Knuckles had moved in but they made do, because of Amy's condition Shadow shared the bed with her while Knuckles and Rouge slept in the other bed together. Shadow was turned on his side as he looked out the window things were so quite he could hear Amy's heart beat. She was turned the other direction sleeping soundly. Shadow was wrapped up in his own thoughts now. 'Who could have made her do this to herself…someone from her home she had said but who…who?' Shadow closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Rouge opened her eyes and flicked her ears slightly as she listened too see if anyone else was still awake she had a sick senses for this sort of thing. She sat up in the bed and very slowly crept off it and into the bathroom. She closed the door and took a seat on the floor she pulled out her handheld and Amy's cell phone. She took a cord from the handheld and hooked it up to the phone then she began pressing some buttons on both machines. Finally she pressed one last button on the handheld and the previous call made on the phone began to play. Rouge listen to the conversation Amy and Sonic had. The end of the call finally came and Rouge's ears drooped as she looked at the cell phone. "So this is why you did it…"