CHAPTER 3
BLOODY BATTLE
Back in the city, Lance fell to the ground bleeding from his mouth.
Shadow stood in front of him glaring at the fox, "You fake bastard..."
Lance weakly got off the ground and faced Shadow with an evil smile, "I'm not fake. Believe it or not I'm the real deal."
Shadow took out a machete from his belt, "Shut up!" He ran towards him with it and when he was close enough he swung the machete at him, but Lance had unexpectedly caught the blade. "What?"
Lance pushed the blade away from him sending Shadow to the ground making him drop his weapon beside him.
Shadow stared into Lance's eyes, 'Something's wrong. He's a lot...stronger than the last time I encountered him. He's not the same Lance I knew I know it.'
Lance picked up the machete and pointed it at Shadow, "This is where it ends." He quickly sliced the point of the blade into Shadow's arm.
Shadow held his bleeding arm and screamed.
Back at the Chaotix, everyone was still confused about why the white bat needed Shadow.
"Why do you need Shadow?" Espio asked.
"He needs to help me defeat her", the white bat said sadly.
"Who?" Tonya asked.
The white bat turned, not wanting to face the group, "I'm not sure if I should tell you."
Vector crossed his arms, "I guess we shouldn't tell you where Shadow is."
"Then I'll wait."
Tonya didn't like the way she acted, 'I have a bad feeling about that woman.'
Back in the city, Shadow fell to the ground bleeding to death from the cuts Lance gave him with the machete.
Lance walked up to him and pointed the point of the blade at his forehead. He smiled, "Do you still think I'm a fake?"
Shadow looked up at the grey fox slowly, "I'll always believe I killed the real Lance no matter what. He'll never rise from the dead."
Lance took his foot and kicked Shadow to the side, "Have it your way, hedgehog."
Shadow felt like he couldn't get up because of his serious injuries. Every inch of his body was covered in his blood. He spotted his gun laying beside him. He decided to reach out for it while Lance was slowly approaching him. When Lance was close enough, Shadow grabbed the gun and pointed it at Lance's leg and pulled the trigger. The bullet struck into Lance's leg.
Lance fell to the ground yelling and holding his bleeding leg.
Shadow weakly stood from the ground and approached him with a face full of hatred. He once again pointed the gun at the fox.
Lance smirked, "Go on kill me, but I'll keep coming back for you. Haunting you for the rest of your life."
Shadow tightly had his grip around the gun and pulled the trigger many times. Eleven bullets came from the barrel of the gun and fired into Lance's body.
Lance had blood coming from his body as he fell on the ground not moving.
Shadow then walked away leaving Lance's dead body behind.
Later Shadow arrived at the Chaotix holding his bloody arm. He first had his sights on a white bat looking happy to see him. Shadow couldn't believe what he saw.
The white bat slowly walked up to him and stared in his red eyes.
"Rouge?" He said hoarsely. He then fell on the floor unconscious.
