Love Comes In Many Ways
Sorry for the lack of writings, been really busy. Holy I can't believe how many hits this story has gottenO.o! Review folks, and updates will come quicker, I promise. Enjoy this installment.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic or any other related characters. I do, however, own Shatami, Riff and Raphael (known in this fic as Raph more than Raphael)
Next Day With Sonic and Co.
It was 2:13 PM in Station Square and Sonic and friends were over at Sonic's house, trying to figure out what happened.
"I just don't understand!" Rouge yelled slamming her fist down on the arm rest of the long couch that was in Sonic's living room.
On the couch with her were Knuckles, Amy, and Cream, Cheese resting in her lap. Sonic and Tails occupied the two recliners that sat across from the couch.
Tails nodded his head in agreement, "You're right, it's not like Eggman to use smokescreens as his way of entering."
All of them nodded.
Sonic shrugged, "Maybe the old guy got a brain in that empty head of his. Then again, when will he ever?"
"It could be Nack's work." Knuckles suggested.
Sonic shook his head, "We haven't heard from him for years, why would he resurface now?"
All of them sat silently in thought.
"Only one way to find out I guess," said Rouge. "We'll have to go pay the doctor a visit."
"But Rouge, how do we know it's not a trap?" Amy asked. They all went silent again.
"I guess all we can really do is wait until Eggman comes to us with one of his big and boring speeches that state the obvious." Tails said sighing in defeat.
They all nodded in agreement.
"I just hope Mister Shadow is alright…" Cream said.
"Chao." Was Cheese's response.
Deep Within Eggman's Base
"This is all your fault, you know that?" Said a voice.
"Oh shut up, Sly. It's your fault too." Said a second voice.
"My fault! I'm not the one who rebuilt him, Eggman. As far as I recall your exact words were 'Oh Sly, we shall rebuild Mecha Sonic to be smarter, faster, and better than the first one! You'll see, Sly, that loathsome hedgehog will be bowing down to ME!' well, NOW where are we!" Screamed Sly, irritation evident in his voice.
They were in a dungeon deep under the base. Eggman hadn't bothered to put good lighting down there so a lot of the cells and corridors were pretty dark.
"Alright, so maybe it was my fault. But we'll get out of here sooner or later." Eggman said.
Silence fell between the two.
"Think of a plan yet?" Sly asked.
"No, have you?" Was the response.
Meanwhile In The Upper Part of the Base
Shadow had been given his own room and free roam of certain parts of the base but he was restricted to having either Riff, Raph, or Shatami as his watch guards to make sure he didn't try to escape. He was only allowed privacy when he was in his room (which had no windows so he couldn't escape from there anyway) or doing other business.
He had been there for two whole days. During those days he and Shatami often would talk to each other for long hours and sometimes would go on long walks around the base, the areas he was allowed to roam anyway. It was during those days that he felt a strange feeling starting to spawn somewhere deep in his heart. It greatly perplexed him for it was similar to what he had felt when he had been with Maria but at the same time was almost new. It only seemed to happen when he was with Shatami which in that case he almost welcomed the strange feeling.
Unbeknownst to him Shatami was feeling that same strange feeling. But unlike him, she knew all too well what the feeling was, and she was not entirely too thrilled about it.
This can't be happening again. I refuse to let it happen again. Love almost got me killed once I'm not going to let it do that to me again, she thought.
Indeed, there had been a point in her life where she had almost been killed because she had loved someone. It was only because of Riff and Raph that she could save herself from being killed. It was a time she really didn't want to remember. She had fallen for a handsome traveler and it nearly cost her life.
Although she tried and tried again to push the feelings out of her mind and out of her heart they always kept coming back. She just couldn't understand what was so special about Shadow that would not allow the feelings to leave her alone.
I was trained to be a cold, emotionless ninja thief. Why does that have to go down the drain now? Oi, just think what Master Fajaray would do to me if he saw me like this, she thought to herself.
It was night time at the Hidden Base. She was lying on her bed, staring up at the metallic ceiling. Her room wasn't all that large, about the size of a normal bedroom. All the rooms were like that. There was one small, square shaped window on the wall the head of her bed faced. Under that was the chair she had sat in when Shadow was first brought to the base. Adjacent to the window was the door that led to the corridor of rooms in the section of the base she and her friends were in. Shadow occupied the room next to hers and Riff and Raph had separate rooms adjacent to theirs.
Shatami needed someone to tell her feelings to, even though it was against her training.
I wish Blaze was here…, she thought.
As if on cue, there was a slight tapping outside her window. Curious Shatami got off the bed and walked over to the window.
The light tapping continued and she opened the window slightly. As soon as she did a cat face popped in front of her, startling the hedgehog a bit. Recognizing the face Shatami opened the window all the way and in hopped a little black and red fur ball.
"Blaze! You came! But…how did you find me?" She asked picking up the cat.
Blaze was a black cat with a red flame dipped bushy tail, red stripes along the top and sides of her head, red flames dipped the tip of her ears, two flame dipped front paws and a red belly. Her eyes were a deep crimson.
Blaze meowed and nuzzled Shatami's neck. The hedgehog smiled.
"Then again, you're always able to find me, aren't you girl?" Shatami said laughing slightly and hugging her cat.
In response Blaze meowed again.
In Another Area of the Base
Eggman and Sly were in the secret room they had been in for the past few nights, silently working on the mysterious machine. The room was rather large and every part of it was metallic.
After some moments of silence and a couple of tweaks to the machine Eggman stood up, Sly hopping onto his shoulder.
Eggman turned on his heel and walked up to the dark spot of the room, stopping a few inches in front of it.
"The Power Holder has been attached, my master. It is ready for the Power Supply." He said bowing to the dark.
The same pair of red eyes appeared again.
"Excellent," said the deep, robotic voice. "And now, all we need are the seven Chaos Emeralds. Once all seven are in my possession the Life Source Evaporation Machine will be complete. And once it's complete the first victim to test it will be…Shadow The Hedgehog!"
With that Mecha Sonic stepped out of the shadows laughing in his emotionless, robotic voice.
Darth Vader music starts playing
Not really a cliffhanger but meh. Ooooo the plot thickens! What will happen? Who knows! Oh wait, I know…..hmm but that is for me to know and you to find out in the next chapter! MWUAHAHAHAHAHA!
Yes, I realize the ending is kinda like the last chapter's ending but I needed it to be like that to move the story along.
Hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Review and the update just might come a little quicker. Bye!
Kalana Fox
