CHAPTER 7
THE ULTIMATE POWER
That next morning, Shadow had woke up in his bed and found himself covered in dry semen. "Oh shit", he muttered. He got out of bed and walked into the bathroom to take a shower.
Later Shadow had came out of his room and saw Vector fixing breakfast in the kitchen.
Vector looked over to him, "Hey Shad, feel any better?"
"Yeah a lot", he said in a low tone.
"Want some breakfast?"
"No I can't I have to find Deminse and stop him."
Vector walked up to him, "Shad, I want you to be careful out there. It's a dangerous place."
"You don't think I know that?"
The crocodile let out a smile, "You have guts I'll give yea that. Whenever you need a place to stay, you can always come here."
Shadow smiled back, "Thanks." He walked towards the door, but he faced Vector once more. "Oh and Vector, I kinda made a mess last night so uh sorry", afterwards he quickly ran out the door.
Vector was confused at what he was talking about, "Mess? What mess?" He then heard a scream from Charmy in the room Shadow was in. Vector quickly ran in the room, "What is it? What's wrong?"
Charmy pointed to the bed where dry semen was shown, "Shadow played with himself!"
Vector lit up in rage, "Great! Now I gotta burn the sheets! Thanks a lot Shad!"
Later Shadow was at the park sitting on a bench thinking where Deminse maybe, but he still couldn't sense any demons around. He sighed, "Great I'll never find him. Why did everyone have to depend on me? Because of me heaven's doomed."
"Heaven is not doomed", a voice had said.
Shadow started to look around, "What? God is that you? Where are you?"
"Inside your mind."
Shadow leaned back on the bench trying to act calm, "Are you checking on me?"
"Sorta. Shadow, I'm starting to think you're ready to give up."
"You maybe right about that."
"I know what you're going through. Don't let your emotions get the best of you. Even though Rouge has married Knuckles, that doesn't mean you have to mope around about it."
"But I love her and I can't get her out of my mind that easily."
"I know you do, but it would make everyone happy if you tried your very best to get Heaven's Light back from Deminse. Remember everyone's life depends on you."
Afterwards Shadow had never heard God's voice again. "He's right. I have to stop worrying about Rouge. I don't need her anymore and she doesn't need me. I will stop Deminse no matter what." He got off the bench, "Thanks God!" He shouted.
Everyone then started to look over to him thinking that he was crazy.
"What the fuck are you bastards looking at! Anybody can talk to the good Lord yea know!"
"Shadow?" A voice called behind him.
Shadow spun around and saw a purple chameleon, "Espio!" He said with happiness. He then remembered the argument they had, "I'm sorry what I said. You were only trying to help me."
"Don't worry about it. I'm only here to help you to get what you came for."
"Thanks, Es."
"No problem by the way, were just talking to someone a minute ago?"
"Yeah, I was talking to God."
Espio gave him a strange look.
"Now you're giving me the same look just as everybody else did."
He laughed and began to walk along with Shadow down the sidewalk, "I never said you were crazy okay?"
"You never said anything about me being crazy."
Later at Rouge's house, Rouge was just sitting on her couch thinking about Shadow and how she had broke his heart even more.
Knuckles came and sat beside her holding her close and kissing her neck, "Take your mind off that hedgehog for once. He obviously understands our love for each other and he decided to leave us alone. You should be happy."
She shook her head, "No Knuckles, I'm not happy and I'll never be happy. Not without the love of my life."
Knuckles released her body from his grip, "What? Are you saying you're falling in love with him again?"
"I am", she said in a low tone.
Spike came downstairs and heard their conversation while he was approaching them.
Knuckles stood from the couch, "I can't believe you, Rouge! After everything we've been through together!"
Rouge stood from the couch as well and looked into his purple eyes, "Knuckles, you know why I married you. It was after Shadow's death remember? I felt alone and needed someone to be with. You were the only one who understood my pain so I married you, but now I just want to be with my Shad."
Knuckles clenched his fists and shook them with anger, "Sixteen years of marriage and you finally broke the ice", he growled.
"I'm sorry, Knuckles. I really am."
He grabbed her wrist and started to hold it in a tight grip, "You're gonna be." He held back his clenched fist about to punch her until someone held him back. He let go of Rouge, looked behind him, and saw Spike holding his wrist.
"Keep away from my mother", he said in a deep voice.
"Spike, don't", Rouge begged. She hoped that Knuckles wouldn't harm Spike.
Knuckles jerked his wrist away from Spike's grip, "Stay out of this. This is between me and your mother."
"I have every right to be in this. If my mom says she doesn't love you then she doesn't love you. Simple enough?"
Knuckles gritted his teeth and growled. He turned to Rouge, "If that's how you truly feel then so be it. I hope that damn hedgehog commits suicide before you can admit your feelings to him!" He angrily walked out the door, slamming it on his way out.
Rouge fell on the couch and started to cry knowing that Knuckles meant that he was going to try to kill Shadow.
Later that night at the graveyard, Shadow and Espio were walking around searching for Deminse.
Graveyards always scared Espio, "Shadow, what are we doing here?"
"I'm starting to sense something, Maybe it's Deminse besides this is the only place we haven't checked yet."
"Yeah, but at night."
He turned to Espio, "What's wrong with that?"
"Don't tell anyone, but I'm afraid of graveyards."
Shadow laughed a bit, "After everything we faced and you're scared of a boneyard?"
"It's not funny!"
"Sorry, Es." He looked ahead of him and saw a blue haired man sitting on a tombstone just looking at them.
"Shadow, you really need to stop trying", he said with an evil look on his face.
The hedgehog gritted his teeth, "Deminse. Give back Heaven's Light you have no use for it and you know it!"
Espio heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw a red echidna approaching them. "Knuckles, what are you..."
"Knuckles!" Shadow shouted with anger. "Where's Rouge?"
The echidna crossed his arms, "None of your business. I just came here to dispose of you and to get you out of my life."
Espio broke them up, "Guys can we do this some other time? Deminse in case you forgot, Shad."
Shadow looked over to Deminse again, "Give it back or I'll have to fight you."
The demon laughed, "Fight me? Let's see there's three of you and only one of me. Looks like I'm outnumbered, but not for long", he said with an evil smile. He got off the tombstone and stood in front the graves holding his right hand in the air with a white light coming out of it.
The white light had soon turned red. The red light had shone on the graves.
Shadow, Espio, and Knuckles watched as it happened.
"What the hell is he doing?" Knuckles asked.
Espio shook his head, "No idea." He looked closer and a hand appeared from the ground at one of the graves.
Then a yellow haired man had appeared from the grave and beside him an orange haired man with chainsaws for hands.
Shadow's eyes widened, "He's reviving the fourteen demons!"
"No not again!" Espio shouted.
"Shit", Knuckles murmured.
Soon they were surrounded by demons.
Deminse laughed with the red light surrounding them, "Heaven's Light is now Hell's Light!"
"No way, he tainted the light!" Shadow shouted.
"Which is probably a bad thing?" Knuckles asked with sarcasm.
Espio faced him, "No shit."
"I was being sarcastic."
Shadow interrupted their conversation, "I think we have a lot more to worry about than irony right now."
Then they all saw a sword lashing out like a whip heading straight for them. They all screamed as the sharp bladed sword came down at them.
