Chapter 5
Shadow opened his eyes to the sound of thunder booming the sky. He looked around and found himself to be in Rouge's room.
'How did I end up in here?'
Shadow uncrossed his arms and used his elbows to push himself off the wall. The hedgehog looked outside. It was still dark.
"Humph, I suppose the sun won't rise for a while.'
The ebony hedgehog slowly made his way over to the window. He was about to open it when he noticed that his cheek felt a little wet. The night hedgehog brought his gloved hand up and wiped his cheek with its smooth material.
Shadow slowly brought his hand back down and looked in his hand. He examined it for a moment and looked back towards Rouge, still asleep in bed.
'What did she do?'
He slowly lowered his hand, opened the window, and jumped upon the window still. With the dark, rain filled sky behind him, Shadow took one last look at the bat before jumping into the rain.
30 Minutes Later
Lighting lit up Rouge's room as she shot up into a sitting position with her eyes wide. She looked towards the window and saw the raging storm while settling down a little.
The bat slowly pulled the covers off her body and put on her pink slippers. She slowly made her way towards the window and closed it.
The treasure hunter looked back towards the corner of her room to find Shadow missing. She smiled.
'He must've headed out already.'
Rouge yawned and went into her bathroom, closing the door. She slowly began removing her night clothes and turned the water in the bathtub on.
Emerald Coast
Shadow stood upon the sandy wet ground of the beach, watching the waves furiously pound against the shore. Lighting and thunder shook the dark sky, rain pounded against all who were foolish enough to oppose it, and strong winds blew against the trees and buildings.
Shadow watched the waves roll and the wind blow. The rain and wind made a lethal combination as it hit the dark hedgehog's body. This did not bother him however, since his mind was on other things.
'Did she kiss me?'
Shadow shook the thought out of his head.
'Of course not, why would she anyway?'
Shadow closed his eyes for a second.
'I must be heading back, I cannot afford to endanger them.'
Shadow opened his eyes and disappeared with chaos control.
Rouge The Bat's Mansion
Everyone had now woken up and was in the kitchen of Rouge's mansion. They had just finished eating breakfast and were waiting for Shadow's return. Amy was sitting next to Sonic, Tails and Cream sat next to each other, Rouge sat at the end of the table, Omega stood next to Rouge, and Amber was sitting on Knuckles' lap.
"Come on, we've waited long enough! Let's look at those files!" Tails exclaimed with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
As if on cue, there was a bright flash of light that was replaced by none other than Shadow The Hedgehog.
Knuckles sighed. "Finally, let's get this over with!"
Shadow shook his body and water sprayed from his black fur. It was not close enough to hit anyone and landed on the floor.
"Get what over with?" Shadow asked while squeezing water from his quills.
"Omega here has the rest of Dr. Gerald's files." Sonic said pointing to the robot.
"Really? Well then let's"- Shadow cut himself off when he laid eyes upon Amber sitting on Knuckles' lap. "What the hell are you doing?" He asked with a hint of anger in his voice.
Amber looked at Shadow then back to Knuckles and smiled.
"Haven't you heard Shadow?" We love each other."
Shadow gritted his teeth. "Oh really?"
The night hedgehog began to advance when Rouge sprang up and stopped him.
"Shadow, come on, don't do this."
Shadow stopped advancing and shot her a glare. "Do what? Rip that Echidna's throat out?"
Amber sprang up. "Shadow, don't you dare touch him!"
Shadow moved around Rouge and stood in front of his sister.
"Why not?"
"Because I love him Shadow, and he loves me."
"How do you know?" Shadow said, a dark aura now surrounding him.
"Because he told me!"
"And you believe him?" Shadow yelled, the dark aura growing.
Knuckles jumped in front of Amber. "Listen Shadow, I'm sorry. I should have asked you first."
"You're DAMN right you should've!"
Rouge jumped in front of Shadow and faced him. "Shadow, you need to calm down right now!"
Shadow faced her. "Why should I?"
"Because we have more important things to worry about! We need to read those files and find a way to beat Eclipse!"
"Fine, but first let me break that Echidna's neck!"
Rouge got closer to him and stared coldly at him.
"Listen, these two love each other and you will not ruin their happiness. Do you understand?"
"But I"-
"Do you understand?"
Shadow looked away from Rouge. "Perfectly."
Shadow's body loosened up and the dark aura disappeared. Everyone sat down at the table and Omega walked up.
"Downloading files. Please wait…"
There was a buzzing sound as a small projector popped out of Omega's chest plate and pointed to the table.
"Running largest-sized files."
The projector turned on and a small blue light appeared in the table. In the light was the world renowned scientist. Professor Gerald Robotnik.
