Me: Hey, guys! What's up?
Cream: Um... the sky...?
Me: ... (sweatdrop)
Cream: Uh... the opposite of down...?
Me: ... (double sweatdrop) Never mind...
Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic & Co. Just Ruby and Leo.
Shadowed Photo Ch. 6- Hiring the Rescuers
The door opened and Rouge and I walked inside. Shadow was there, too, but I tried to stay far away from him as possible. Apparently, I was still in shock due to his death glare. The room was huge; with all sorts of computers and other machines that I had no idea how they worked. I also saw Eggman typing frequencies into a huge, high tech computer. 'Leo would have a field day with something like this… I wonder if he's okay...? He's probably worried about me…'
Speaking of which, back on Earth…
"BUT IT'S THE TRUTH!" Screamed Leo at the top of his lungs. The G.U.N. soldier tried to calm him down by baby talking him. "Look, kid. I know it's hard to believe that Sonic robbed the Chaos Emerald, but you can't do anything about it—"
"BUT MY FRIEND'S BEEN KIDNAPPED! AND YOU AREN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT! If you would please let Sonic go, he could help her! She could be in danger! That hedgehog could have really hurt her!"
"Okay let me get this strait, you want to get Sonic the Hedgehog to save her? But how can he save her if he already kidnapped her?" The soldier started to crack up. Leo growled in frustration. This was the millionth time he tried to explain this to him.
"Because Sonic wasn't the one who kidnapped her! A black hedgehog named Shadow did!"
"And he's the one who really took the Chaos Emerald?" Mused the soldier.
"Right!" Leo's head shook up and down excitedly. "He's the one who should be in jail. Not Sonic!"
"Riiiiiiiiiight… well, kid, that's a very interesting story. Why don't you write a story about it, hm? I'm sure all of your friends will like it. Especially the one who was 'kidnapped.' Ha ha!" The soldier started to crack up again.
Leo's face grew hot red in frustration and did the most rashest and stupidest thing… well one of the most stupidest things he ever did; he kicked the guy in the shin and called him a stupid moron. Well, the guy sort of got ticked off and wasn't amused any more, so he pushed Leo out of area that was surrounded by yellow tape (it was the same area I saw Shadow and Sonic the night before) and walked away. Leo stood there, still shouting and screaming at the guy.
"BUT IT'S TRUE! IT'S TRUE! IT'S TRUE! IT'S TRUE! IT'S TRUE! IT'S TRUE! IT'S TRUE! IT'S TRUE! IT'S TRUE! IT'S TRUE! IT'S TRUE! IT'S TRUE! IT'S TR--! Mmmmmph!"
Someone snuck up behind him and put their hand over Leo's mouth, than dragged him quickly to an ally… at super sonic speed I might add. "Hey, did you say somethin' about a black hedgehog?" The figure asked him. He removed his hand and Leo looked up.
Well, Leo's expression was like anyone else's expression would be: dumbstruck and shocked. He was face to face with the one, the only… (Drum roll, please! Ah ha ha! …Sorry… )
"SONIC--!" Sonic covered his mouth again, grabbed his arm and dashed behind a trashcan. Two GUN soldiers walked passed the ally, hooting and hollering. One of them was the one Leo had recently kicked in the shin. "…The kid was too funny! Going on something about Sonic having some black, evil twin hedgehog. But that little brat kicked me in the…" They soon disappeared down the street. Sonic removed his hand off of Leo's mouth.
"Sorry about that, kiddo." He did his trade mark smile. "Couldn't have you blow my cover. I just escaped from Prison Island, literally!"
"Oh, so that's why G.U.N. is back in da' hood, huh?" Leo said with his crooked smile. Then he shook his head rapidly, to re-jog his memory. "Wait a minute, what am I doing? L-look, Sonic… do you mine if I call ya Sonic?"
Sonic shrugged. "Sure."
"Okay,Sonic,Ireallyneedyour elp!It'smyfriendRuby,she—"
Sonic put both of his hands up. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Take it easy, kid. How 'bout we blow this 'Popsicle Stand' first and then you can tell me what happened."
"You don't have to ask me twice." Sonic picked Leo up and dashed past the soldiers, who didn't notice a thing…
About ten seconds later, Sonic and Leo were in another ally, where Sonic's buddies were waiting for him.
"Okay pal, we're here." As soon as Leo's feet touched the ground, he was practically run over by a pink hedgehog.
"SOOONNIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCC--!" She stomped on Leo like he was a stepping stole, and hugged Sonic in a tight embrace. "Oh, Sonic! I thought something happened to you! It took you 5 minutes just to get back!"
"Oh, really? I had it at 6…" He grunted sarcastically. They both heard a groan from under them. "…Ow…" Amy had just realized that she was standing on top of Leo. She bent down a bit and said, "Who are you?"
A two- tailed fox came trotting over. "Ahem." He cleared his throat. "Um, Amy, I think you should get off of him now."
"Oh, sorry!" Amy squeaked as she jumped off. Leo stood up and arched his back that made a small cracking noise.
"Uh… that's okay—hey! You're Tails! This is so cool! First I get to meet Sonic the Hedgehog… and now Tails—"
"Sonic? Who the heck is this twerp?" A red echidna walked up to the four with his hands crossed and a look of disapproval.
"WHOA! Knuckles the Echidna! Coooooool!" He shook Knuckles' hand rapidly, making him shake a little. "It's such and honor to meet you all! I'm Leo by the way. Ruby's not gonna believe that I met the whole Sonic crew!"
"Uh… yeah. Nice meeting you to…" Knuckles said, trying not to be rude. He took his hand out of Leo's grip and turned back to Sonic. "Sonic, do you know this kid?"
"Well… not exactly." Sonic answered honestly. "But don't worry Knux. This kid and his friend know the truth. At least that's what I heard him try to convince to G.U.N."
"Really?" Tails chimed in, waving his tails back and forth. "Did they listen?"
Leo solemnly shook his head. "No, they all just laughed." He suddenly growled and clenched his fists. "WHAT'S THERE TO LAUGH ABOUT WHEN MY BEST FRIEND IS IN DANGER?…!" Leo shouted again, now ticked off. He kicked a near by trashcan to burn off some steam. He panted lightly and took a deep breath. "Ah… sorry about that. I'm just a little worried about Ruby."
Sonic smiled at him. "Don't worry about it. Why don't you tell us from the beginning what happened?"
Leo nodded and sat down on the trashcan he just kicked. He told the story, or at least what I had told him, to Sonic and the others. It was soon dark by the time he had finished.
As soon as he finished, Sonic got up and smirked at Leo. "Alright then. We'll help you get your friend back. Just leave everything to…"
Before Sonic could finish his heroic sentence, Eggman's face appeared on the monitor in the center of Station Square Circle. "Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho!" Eggman crackled on the screen.
"EGGMAN!" They all shot up.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen!" The doctor continued. "I am Dr. Eggman, the greatest genius in the world! You pathetic humans will and shale surrender to me, if you value your lives, that is."
"What's he up to now?" Growled Knuckles.
Eggman suddenly pointed up to the sky. "Behold, the power of the EGGMAN EMPIRE!" The screen went blank and there was a bright light in the sky, like a star, except it had a greenish glow. Then a huge laser beam shot out from the 'star', which was heading strait for the moon! The beam hit the moon, making a huge explosion in the sky. When the light dimmed, the laser had destroyed half of the moon. The people in the streets started to panic while shouting, "What just happen?" "What happen to the moon?" "Eggman has declared war on us!" "We're all going to die!"
Leo stared up at the moon, and now, he seriously was scared.
Back on ARK…I stared out the window, looking at the nearly destroyed moon. My shocked expression was still in place. Rouge was still surprised as well. As for Shadow… well, he still remained unimpressed. No surprised there.
'The moon was so pretty just the way it was. Why did Eggman have to destroy half on it? Why? Just so he can scare the people down on Earth? Well, I guess his plan pretty much worked.' I thought, slightly sickened.
Eggman was still gloating while servingChampagne to him and his robots, Decoe and Bocoe. He was still laughing about how he was going to be king of the world (literally) and the robots continued to praise him.
I finally spoke my mind. "Why is he laughing now? All he did was take off a chunk of the moon. Does he really think he's won already?"
Rouge turned to me. "I guess he must think so since he thinks of himself as a 'genius'." She then floated up to my ear and whispered. "Or it could be the fact that theChampagne has gone to his head already." Rouge and I shared a giggle.
"Shadow," said Eggman, "why don't you join me in our celebration of taking over the world? I have another glass if you'd like." He tried to sound tempting.
Shadow was leaned against the wall with his eyes closed. "No thanks." He replied with his eyes still closed. "But you really should take Ruby's advice and celebrate when you've actually taken over the world. You haven't won… yet."
Eggman took another sip of his Champagne. "Fine, have your way, party-pooper!" He said merrily. "And why shouldn't I celebrate? No one can stop me now! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ahem. Rouge, would you like some?"
Rouge shook her head. "Nah, I'm good. I'd rather not drink and fly."
Eggman smirked at me. "Sorry, kid. I'd offer you some, but you're still under aged." He snapped his fingers and a butler robot came rolling over with a tray full of juice and milk boxes. "Would you like some juice or some milk instead?"
"No thank you." I said plainly. "Quite frankly, I've lost my appetite."
Ggrrrrrrrrooooowwwwwwllll…
That Shadow opened his one eye to look at me. Everyone else in the room just stood there and stared at me for a second.
My stomach started to rumble. "… Or maybe not." Everyone but Shadow sweat dropped. I blushed a light pink. Finally, Shadow broke the awkward silence.
"Hey, girl, did you eat anything today?" He asked, still leaning against the wall with both eyes open.
"Erm…well… I slept past breakfast and I skipped lunch… so, no… wait, how did you…?"
He sighed and walked up to me. "Let's go get something for you to eat and replenish."
I was about to follow him until I realized something. "Wait!" I called out. He stopped and looked back at me expectantly. I ran back to the butler robot and grabbed a juice box then I ran back to Shadow. He sighed again and shook his head and continued to walk again.
We went through the automatic door, down a couple of halls and we wounded up at the kitchen. He opened a cabernet and started going through random foods, looking at the cans and ingredients. He placed a few of them on the counter beside him. Found a loaf of bread and put it on the counter, then moved to the refrigerator. He took out some cheese, turkey, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. He then got out a cutting board and a knife and placed it front of me.
"Well, there you go. If you need any more food, just look in the cabernets. After you're done, just push the red button next to the refrigerator and a robot will clean up for you." He turned to leave.
"Are you going to leave me here by myself?" I asked quietly.
He stopped and turned back to look at me. "…Would you like some company…?"
I nodded. He grabbed a chair and sat at the table. I smiled a little and was about to cut the tomato until he shouted, "Be careful! Don't cut yourself…!" I turned back to him with a slightly startled expression.
"But… I haven't done anything yet…"
He mumbled something under his breath, walked up to me and gently took the knife out of my hand. He started to cut the tomato into nice thick slices.
"You really don't have to." I reassured him. "I make sandwiches for me and my little brother all the time."
He didn't say anything and just kept cutting. Like he was trying to ignore me, but I could see he didn't want to. This was getting weird…
'Wake up, Ruby! Wake up! There's no way in heck this guy is being nice to you… wait, is helping you make a sandwich even a nice thing? Oh, what's wrong with me!'
That did it. I couldn't take it any more. "AAAHHHHHHHH! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, BLACKY!" He jerked his head up with an eyebrow cocked and his left ear twitched once. "FIRST YOU CHASE ME AROUND MY NEIBORHOOD, SLAPPED ME, STEAL MY BAG, KIDNAP ME, TAKE MY NOTEPAD WITHOUT PERMISSION, AND NOW YOU'RE BEING NICE TO ME? MAKE UP YOUR MIND! ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE A BAD GUY OR WHAT?"
I panted heavily, still looking at him with my crazed expression. He seriously must think I am crazy now. He probably did. He put the knife in my hands and said, "You know what? I think the lack of sugar has gone to your head, kid."
Staaaaaaaaaaaare…I just went up to the counter and started to spread mayo on my bread, mentally slapping myself for acting like a crazed idiot. But he was hiding something. I could tell…
Me: All right there's chapter six! Wow, this was mylongest chapter!Oh, and thank you to MJ the Seal, Sonic 21541, Tanga the Bat, and Gothic- Chao for reviewing! People, go read there stories! They're mad good!
Ruby: Uh, hey, saphireKat? Do people really go crazy if they have a lack of sugar?
Me: Well, sometimes. Usually it's because of lack off food. Your body DOES need sugar, in order to function properly, though. But make sure you don't eat too much.
Knuckles: (chuckle) What, is this some sort of "Health Class" now?
Me: Shut it...!
Ruby: R& R and NO FLAMZ, PEOPLE! Bye!