CHAPTER 21
FIRE STARTER
Later that night at the ice base, Deminse was in the dinning room with the other remaining demons. "That hedgehog and his friends are really starting to piss me off. If he keeps this up, I'll be the only one left to finish him."
"Don't be so down, Deminse", Hazel said. "We'll win and this planet will be ours. You can't let that hedgehog get to you like that."
A light pink haired demon started to laugh, "Yeah bro, besides I can just take care of them in a second."
Deminse shook his head, "Not just yet."
"In other words you want me to go first?" A light blue haired male demon said as he approached him.
He looked over to him and sighed, "It's okay if you fail. I'm expecting that anyway."
"I'll try my best and to make you proud."
He smiled a bit, "Have fun while it lasts."
He smiled back and then left the room by using a flash of red light. As soon as the light disappeared, he was gone.
Meanwhile at Rouge's house, Rouge was sleeping in her bed. She rolled over to Shadow's side of the bed, but didn't fell anything. She opened her eyes and didn't see Shadow sleeping beside her. She started to look around the room until she finally found him staring out the window with his arms crossed, "Shadow, is anything wrong?"
"No", he said in a cold voice.
"Are you thinking about the fourteen demons?"
"Yeah."
"Don't worry about it. With you here, everything will be all right."
"I hope you're right."
She smiled and patted the side of the bed Shadow had always slept on, "Come to bed and get some sleep."
He looked away from the window and faced Rouge with a smile. He started to walk over to her, but he soon felt the presence of a demon. He just stood there holding his head with his hand.
"What's wrong? Got a headache?"
"No I think I feel the presence of another demon somewhere in the city", he took his hand away from his head and looked out the window to see if he saw any demons in the city. He looked until he saw some buildings on fire. He gritted his teeth, "Reign."
"Who?"
He looked over to her once more, "Sorry but I have to take care of this. Chaos Control!" A green light appeared and after when it vanished, Shadow was gone.
Rouge's head then met her pillow and she had tried to go to sleep, but she was still worried about Shadow. She had hoped that he would be all right.
Soon Shadow had got to the city and saw everything on fire, "Dear god", he murmured.
All of a sudden a white haired man had fell to the ground looking like he had gotten into a fight.
Shadow ran over to him and tried to help him off the ground, "Ker, where are the others?"
"At home in bed", he said in a weak voice.
"What? You came out here to fight the demon yourself?"
"I didn't want to wake anyone. They were sleeping so peacefully."
"Hedgehog", a light blue haired man said with a light blue jewel in his necklace. He had a flamethrower in his right hand, "We meet again. This time you're mine." He pointed the barrel of the flamethrower at him.
"Damn it!" Shadow pushed Ker out of the way and watched as the fire that came out of the weapon and missed them.
Ker got off the ground and faced the demon, "Reign, you can stop killing. This is why we suffer in hell. We're not suppose to do this. Join with us to make the world a better place for innocent people."
"Shut up, Ker! This is all your fault anyway. This is why I'm like this. I hate you for betraying us! You're not the little brother I once knew...at least not anymore." He pointed the weapon at Ker, "I love you, brother."
Tears had emerged in Ker's eyes. He shut his eyes getting ready to feel the pain of death.
Reign almost pulled the trigger until Shadow came beside him and tackled him to the ground making him drop his flamethrower. Reign glared into Shadow's eyes, "Stay out of this, Shadow! This is family business and you're not family!"
"I have every right to be in this!"
Ker opened his eyes noticing he hasn't died yet and looked over to Shadow on top of Reign talking to him.
"What makes you think that Ker will fit in with weaklings like you? We're his real family. We all share the same blood", Reign almost had tears in his eyes.
"You maybe his real family, but he doesn't need a family like yours. He has a new family now! A family that cares for him and respects the things he do."
Ker gasped with surprise, 'Does Shadow really mean that? A new family?'
Reign began to try to get Shadow off him while bursting into tears, "No! He's my brother and I love him! I won't let you take him away from me! We belong in hell together!" He took his fist and punched him off making him fall to the ground beside him. He reached for his flamethrower beside him and got off the ground pointing it at Shadow with tears running down his face, "We'll walk the path of evil together and you won't stop us!"
Ker clenched his fist and ran up behind Reign. He used his black boots and kicked him in the back though it didn't knock him down.
He dropped his weapon to the ground again and faced Ker, "Why did you attack me? I thought we would be together forever. Why are you against us?"
Ker saw Shadow getting off the ground and grabbing the flamethrower aiming it at Reign's back. He looked back at Reign again with a cold look, "Because I don't belong." He quickly turned his back and heard Reign yelling in pain as the barrel to his own weapon was shoved through his back. He looked down to the ground with tears running down his cheeks and fell on the ground. He muttered, "I love you too, brother."
N/A: That was pretty sad.
