CHAPTER 4

EVIL SISTER

Later at the Chaotix, Shadow woke up finding himself in a white sheeted bed in the recovery room with the white bat's hand on his. Tonya was leaning against the wall not looking very happy with the bat near Shadow. "Rouge? Is it really you?" He said weakly.

The white bat nodded with a smile, "It is."

Shadow slowly sat up with his sides still sore from the fight.

Rouge pushed him back on the bed, "Rest your body."

Shadow had to agree with her. He was feeling very weak. "Why are you here?"

Rouge looked over to the purple cat, "Leave us alone so I can talk to him."

Tonya crossed her arms and glared at the bat, "No way! You're probably here to kill him while he's down. I'm not falling for it."

"Why you..."

"Tonya, go", Shadow had said.

"What? Are you sure?"

"Yes just go."

Tonya sighed and left the room leaving the two alone.

After when Tonya left Rouge had her attention on Shadow, "It's been awhile huh?"

Shadow nodded slightly, "Yeah ever since the whole Nack thing."

"What happened to you?"

"I was caught in a battle between an old enemy. Wanna tell me the reason why you're here? I thought you were on vacation like your sister said."

Rouge's eyes widened, "You saw Nails?"

Shadow nodded.

"When was that?"

"Last night at the bar. She even kissed me." As he said that, it reminded him the feel of her lips on his.

Rouge was full of rage, "What a witch!"

"Why did she lie to me about you?"

"Because she wanted to kill me."

"Why?"

Rouge sighed, "Maybe I should start from the beginning..."

FLASHBACK

It was dark night at Rouge's house. Rouge was sitting on her couch thinking about what Nails was doing ever since that morning. 'Nails told me not to disturb her today, but I want to know if she's okay.' Rouge decided to go up to the attic to check on her. When she got up to the attic she saw a lot of books stacked on each other and saw Nails sitting on the floor reading one of the books. She slowly walked up to her.

Nails could still hear her footsteps approaching her, "What do you want, sis?"

"I wanted to see if you were okay."

Nails closed the book she was reading and faced her, "I'm fine."

Rouge picked up one of the books from the floor and glanced at the cover, "What are you reading anyway?" She stopped glancing when she saw the word 'witchcraft' within the title of the book. Her eyes widened. She looked over to Nails, "You're studying witchcraft?"

Nails stood from the floor and nodded, "I thought I should become strong like Shadow and try protecting myself for once."

Rouge was confused and didn't like Nails studying witchcraft, "Are you doing this for Shadow or for yourself?"

"For Shadow of course. He's so sexy."

Rouge was a little jealous of Nails' crush on Shadow, "I can't believe you, Nails! How could you! This is wrong! This is black arts! It's evil! You can't study this!"

Nails took the book away from her, "Who says I can't?"

"Nails, please don't do this."

"You see this is why I didn't tell you about this before. I knew you were going to go crazy on me."

"Crazy? You're the one that's crazy."

"Come on Rouge, this is a big step for us. We can have total power over anyone. We can make them do anything just as we command."

Rouge made a cold stare at her, "No thanks."

"Sis...hey I'll show you what I learned so far." She clasped her hands together and a black light came from her hands.

Rouge was blinded by the light a little. When the light disappeared, she looked over to Nails no longer dressed in a black short sleeved shirt and blue jeans. She now had on a long black dress, black mascara, long black gloves, and long black boots. She had a long yellow staff in her hands.

Rouge gasped, "How long have you been doing this?"

"Ever since Shadow left."

Rouge took out her cell phone, "That was two years ago! That's it I'm calling Shadow." When she started to dial, her phone all of a sudden broke into pieces in her hands. She looked over to Nails afraid of her new power. She clenched her fists, "You witch!" She ran over to her and tried to hit her, but Nails moved making her miss. As Rouge missed, Nails punched her in the back.

Rouge fell on the floor, but got up quick, "This must stop, Nails!"

Nails smirked, "I don't think so." Her red eyes glowed.

A huge cut then appeared in Rouge's back. She screamed and fell on the floor with a ton of blood coming from her back. She looked up at her sister sadly, "Nails..."

The black bat made an evil smile. She took her yellow staff and changed it into a spear with a very sharp point. While Rouge was laying on the floor, Nails struck the spear in her left wing.

Rouge yelled and cried in pain.

Nails slowly took the spear out of her wing and started to leave the room. She looked back at her sister crying, "Later, sis."

After when she left Rouge yelled loudly.

END FLASHBACK

Shadow felt sorry for Rouge. He wished that Nails had never touched him, "I'm sorry, Rouge."

It made Rouge mad to even think about that horrible day. She hit her hand with her fist, "I hate her!" She shouted with anger.

"Let me get this straight, Nails is a witch and what is she trying to accomplish in all this?"

"I thought it was obvious. She has a crush on you. She's doing this to impress you."

"Maybe I can talk to her."

Rouge sighed, "You can't get through that woman's skull. She won't listen, besides she'll kill anyone that stands in her way until she gets what she wants. Her magic is evil and dangerous." She took off her black cloak exposing her appealing black dress and with matching black high heel shoes. Her exposed back showed the huge mark that Nails had left after their last fight.

Shadow's eyes widened, "She did that?"

"Yeah and that's not even the half of it", she spread her wings apart and her left wing had a major tear in it. "Because of that bitch I can't fly."

Shadow got out of bed and examined Rouge's wing, "If your wing's injured like this then you need to go to the hospital. They could probably fix it."

Rouge crossed her arms, "I'm not going to some hospital."

Shadow smirked, "Why? Are you scared?"

Rouge gave him an angry look, "I'm not scared!"

Shadow took her hand, "Then lets go."

In the main lobby, the group saw Shadow and Rouge run out of the room and heading for the door.

"Shadow, where are you going?" Tonya asked.

Shadow faced her while still holding Rouge's hand, "I'm taking Rouge to the hospital." He then left the building.

Tonya placed her hands on her hips, "Ever since that woman came here, Shadow's been caring about her more than anything else in the world."

Charmy flew up to her with a smirk, "Do I sense a hint of jealousy?"

"Shut up, Charmy!"