CHAPTER 4

CLASH

Later on the streets of Tech City, not many people were out that night and somehow Shadow didn't seem to care if they saw him walking once again. The way Rouge just married Knuckles for no apparent reason broke Shadow's heart. He felt like collapsing on the ground and start crying, but he tried to hold his emotions in. He tried to focus on stopping Deminse, but he didn't know where to find him. He stopped for a second and saw a bar. The way he was feeling he needed a drink to calm his nerves. He was afraid that once he stepped through the door, people would start to ask him all kinds of questions. He went into the bar and was shocked to see a ton of blood on the floor, walls, and even the ceiling. He slowly continued to walk in the door looking at all the people lying in the floor bleeding everywhere on their bodies. He somehow loved the smell of death in the room. 'It's gotta be Deminse, it's just gotta be.' He saw ahead of him one person alive and he was the only person. He was sitting on a stool at the counter licking his hand. He had to be the killer.

The killer turned and faced the hedgehog with blood dripping from his mouth, "Shadow, did God send you to stop me?"

"Damn straight, Deminse. You're gonna pay for this. Because of you no one can get into heaven."

He licked blood from his blood stained white glove, "Since when did you become a good guy?"

"Since I protect the people I love."

Deminse let out a laugh, "Love huh? Don't hide it Hedgehog, you're just upset because your whore is with another guy."

Shadow gritted his teeth with anger, "I won't let you talk that way about her!" He clenched his fist and punched Deminse in the face knocking him off the stool he was sitting in. He fell on the bloody floor.

Shadow came at him with another punch, but Deminse had moved.

He kicked Shadow from behind and he had fell to the floor.

Shadow was covered in the victims' blood.

Deminse had took his hand and gathered some of the blood from the floor. He shoved his bloody hand in Shadow's mouth.

Even though Shadow was still part demon, he still loved blood. He tried his best to resist, but he couldn't. He licked his fingers trying to get all the blood off. He then realized what he was doing and quickly removed Deminse's hand out of his mouth. He had to take his tongue and lick the blood around his mouth. That wonderful taste had him in a state of weird pleasure.

He made an evil smile, "See? Even though you're with God you're still a demon. You still have an obsession with blood. You're just a one winged angel."

"Fuck you!" He kicked Deminse's body off him.

Deminse had got off the floor and faced him once more, "Just think about it!" He ran out of the bar.

After when he left Shadow had stared at the blood around him.

Outside of the bar, Espio noticed a blue haired man running out of the bar. 'Was that Deminse? But...it's not. It couldn't.' "Shadow!" He quickly ran into the bar and he almost slipped in the blood on the floor, "What the hell?" He then saw Shadow kneeling on the blood covered floor licking the blood with pleasure.

It scared Espio to see him do that, "Shadow..." he called in a low voice. Espio walked up to him more, "Shadow, come on. We gotta go."

Shadow looked up to him with his demon eyes showing, "Espio", he said in a deep voice. "Deminse was right. I love blood. I can't get enough of it. You would know wouldn't you, Es?"

"No Shad, Deminse is wrong. You're not a cold hearted demon. You're an angel. You said it yourself."

"What I said was a lie."

Espio had a bad feeling that the cops were coming. They had to get out of there and fast before the police got the wrong idea. "Shadow, we have to go." He held out his hand and Shadow slowly took it.

Then they both started to leave the bar.