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Love is a very painful thing!
By: Zeke's Shaman Queen!
Chapter two!
A new family!
It was nighttime on Planet Earth and many of the humans were soaking up the night fun by clubbing and generally enjoying themselves. There was an exception to this however, as young Kelly the Cat was sat by the pier watching the stars and the moon. Around her neck was a necklace with two golden bangles on which she was lightly fingering. She wished and wished on the stars but after a while she gave up and turned to a baby carrier that had a baby hedgehog boy in who was wide awake. "Well Shawn, looks like it's just you and me," she sighed, tears coming to her eyes but she fought them away. She couldn't cry in front of her son, she had to be strong for him. Instead, she looked back up at the stars and saw a shooting star, but this shooting star was heading directly at her. She stood up and just as she did the shooting star landed heavily in the ground in front of her. She knelt down after the dust had cleared and picked up a red heart shaped necklace with two rings going around it, one orange and the other yellow. It was beautiful…was this necklace destined to her? She quickly made a wish on it and then tied it around her neck to join her bangle necklace. She sat back on the pier, this time wondering where they could stay as it seemed they would be staying here for a while. 'I guess we'll stay in a hotel until I get things sorted…'
"Kelly?" a voice asked from behind her. She turned around and saw a purple chameleon and he looked awfully familiar. Where had she seen him before? "Oh! You're Espio, aren't you? Part of the detective agency," remembered Kelly, as he sat down next to her. "Glad you still remember me. So, what brings you here so late at night?" asked Espio, "I haven't seen you for a while. Actually, a year to be exact." "Well, we've had some trouble and I couldn't stay there, so we came down to earth," replied Kelly, the tears threatening her eyes once again. "We?" Kelly turned to the baby carrier as Espio did the same. "Oh. Do you want to talk about it?" "You don't really want to hear my problems…" "I wouldn't ask if I didn't." She smiled slightly, "My husband…Shawn's father was just…murdered." "Murdered! Do you want us to take the case?" "Its alright, I already know who murdered him," replied Kelly, frowning slightly. "Oh…so, if you don't mind me asking, but who's your husband. You mentioned him a year ago, but you didn't mention his name," wondered Espio. "Shadow," answered Kelly, fingering the bangle necklace again. "And let me guess, Sonic the hedgehog killed him," finished Espio, as Kelly turned to face him. "How do you know that?" "Almost everyone knows those two hedgehogs are deadly rivals. Sorry, wrong chose of words. But I didn't know he was capable of killing anyone. Whether or not its his rival." "Yeah, well. He was jealous of him. You see, he was obsessively in love with me. He thought Shadsie had brainwashed and raped me. He never wanted to believe me when I kept telling him I was actually in love with Shadsie." "So, what did you do?" "I yelled at them. Told them to stay out of my way and that I never wanted to see them again…I know I was more than likely harsh, but I didn't care. He took the guy I love away from me. And it was there fault for following him!"
There was silence after that as both creatures watched the stars for a while. The only sound that could be heard was the baby's coos now and again. Kelly soon bowed her head and sobbed slightly, "What am I gonna do? Shawn needs a loving and stable home, but all I want to do is break down and cry. And what if I do? Who will take care of him while I sort myself out? Everything was beautiful…I was happy…I had a fantastic life with my son and gorgeous husband…" She couldn't continue as she dissolved into quiet sobs. The chameleon placed a comforting arm around her shoulders, "Where are you staying?" "We're going to stay in a hotel…" "Oh no you're not. You're both coming back with me to stay at the agency." Kelly looked up, "No. I couldn't impose on you and your friends. You've already done enough for me…" "Didn't you say you wanted a loving and stable home for Shawn and that you wanted someone there when you break down? Staying at ours, you can reply on us caring for him and you." They looked into each others eyes before Kelly sighed, "There's no arguing with you, is there? Okay, but I am going to repay you somehow." They stood up and as she was gonna pick up her bags, he grabbed them, saying, "You concentrate on carrying Shawn, I've got your bags." Kelly lightly kissed him on the cheek, which made him turn slightly pink and smiled, "You're a sweet boy. You remind me of my Shadow." They walked down the pier until they reached the agency. It was still lit up. "Are your friends still awake?" asked Kelly. "Huh, Charmy's got this big marathon on Jetix and Vector insisted on watching with him to make sure its nothing…'dangerous to young children'," sighed Espio, as they neared the front door.
Just as they were going to enter the small house, a voice yelled from behind them, "Kelly!" They both turned around to only just see the blue hedgehog in the darkness. "What do you want, Sonic? I thought I told you to stay out of my life," frowned Kelly. "I thought you loved me…" sighed Sonic. "I do, but only because you saved my life on various occasions. I love you as a best friend…" "What makes him so special!" Kelly growled, thankful that Shawn had fallen asleep, "Listen, I am a project like Shadow. I also knew Maria…okay, not as well as Shadow did, but I knew her all the same. Like him, I am an immortal being with dark powers. I remembered all of this when I got my memory back and I discovered I loved Shadow. And that's what makes him so special…." You don't have dark powers!" cried Sonic, stepping closer. "Yes, I do. You were there…you saw what I did to those Dark Mobiun's. How I killed them, and I laughed while doing it. Sure, I felt like crying, but I didn't…" "You did…" "Only because I didn't want to loose your friendship because I thought if you found out that I had such dark powers, you would never forgive me…" "Will you stop saying that! You don't have dark powers!" "Get it through your head, I do have dark powers!" Just then, the heart shaped necklace began to glow and it got so bright that the three creatures closed their eyes as the light got even brighter, if that was even possible! When it had stopped, they looked at the necklace, totally dumbfounded. "Maybe this isn't an ordinary necklace…" started Kelly, before remembering their uninvited guest, "Go home, Sonic. Why don't you stick to your annoying stalker! You deserve each other!" The hedgehog dropped to his knees as the chameleon allowed the she-cat into the house, and then closing the door behind him once he was inside.
Once inside, the chameleon placed the bags behind the sofa and then grabbed the remote, turning the volume down. "Hey! What did you do that for?" whined Charmy. "Because we have guests and one of them is asleep," replied Espio, signalling the she-cat to sit down. The others looked towards the door, seeing the girl walk closer. "Oh, Kelly! Haven't seen you for a while," smiled Vector, whispering slightly as he saw the baby. "Yeah, I've been living aboard ARK in space…" Kelly smiled back. "I said she could stay her since she's got nowhere else to go," stated Espio. "Why? What happened in space?" asked Charmy. "Don't be so nosey," growled Espio. Kelly smiled at him, "It's okay Espy, your friends deserve to know why you let me stay. My husband was killed by a jealous hedgehog…" The two remained silent, letting the news sink in but Kelly continued, "It's okay, I know Shadsie is looking down on us…making sure we're alright…" She bit her lip, stopping the tears from falling. "Is it alright if I quickly use the bathroom to wash my face?" "Go ahead, what's ours is yours now." The cat girl smiled before placing the little hedgehog into the chameleon's lap and walking to the bathroom. "Don't get too involved with her," ordered Vector, as the other looked at him sharply. "What do you mean? I'm only being friendly." "I saw the looks you give her. I know your offering her a stable home but don't expect anything from her. For one thing she's grieving…and secondly, I've figured out who her boyfriend/husband was. He's really dangerous, don't mess with his wife." "He's dead now remember. Sonic the hedgehog battled and killed him." "Woah that I didn't know. Why'd he kill him? Now he doesn't have a rival." "Yeah, now he doesn't have anything to fight with over Kelly. But it doesn't matter since she hates him." "I wouldn't be surprised if we haven't seen the last of him. Someone that mysterious doesn't give up at anything without a fight." "But she saw him go herself…from inside the ARK." The conversation was ended as the smaller male got up carrying the baby and headed into the small guest bedroom. "Huh, whatever…"
As Kelly was coming out of the bathroom, she was told she could stay in the guest bedroom so she walked in to see the chameleon softly placing the baby in the crib and then covering him with a blanket. She smiled at him before walking closer into the bedroom and sitting on the bed. "You're really good with him," she commentated, smiling brighter. He jumped slightly before turning to her, "Oh…erm, thanks. Well, I'll leave you to sleep. I'm sure you need your rest after what happened." He then left the room so she fell backwards on the bed, her head hitting the pillow. Tears came to her eyes again as she thought over the accident. 'Shadsie…I miss you so much! I wish it was that pathetic hedgehog who went, not you…how am I going to explain this to Shawn when he gets older? Why did he have to come and ruin our life…?' The tears started to fall down her cheeks now, 'If it wasn't for Shawn I'd probably do something drastic to myself…heh, I'd possibly not even have the guts to do it…' She wiped the tears away from her face and sat up again. 'I did love him like a best friend but I'm not sure anymore. I…think I hate him…'
About twenty minutes later, Kelly sat on her bed staring out of the window with a sad look crossing her face. 'I remember doing this exact same thing over a year ago…I was pregnant with Shawn and Shadow was fighting Sonic and the gang. I wanted to stay and help but he wanted me and the baby to be safe. I also had Rascalwith me buthe's being taken care of in the local chao garden…' She looked at her sleeping son, 'Oh well, I guess we've got a new family now. I hope everything goes okay down here…I don't want to lose anyone was…mind you, I don't really have anyone left besides the Chaotix, and I can easily keep an eye on them to make sure their okay. The heroes, I hope I never see any of them again. Sonic, Rouge, Knuckles, Tails, Amy, Cream…they can ALL go to hell!' Her expression changed to a look of hatred, her frown deepening, 'I'll make them wish they hadn't messed with my life. Don't you worry, Shadsie…you'll get revenge…but first, I have to enlist a little help…and I know the right man for the job! Sonic…you're going down!' She smirked, as she thought over her next set of plans, which were soon to be the heroes worst nightmare!
End of chapter two!