The Bet6

'Rouge seems like your type'Knuckles wrote down then passed the paper to Shadow.There was to be no talking as usual in the library.Shadow read the paper before crumpling it into a ball.Knuckles looked at him a confused expression on the enchidna's face.He got out another sheet and this time wrote down a question, 'Everything alright?You seem so out of it'. Shadow read silently then looked at his dearest friend.He sighed and leaned back in his chair,Rouge had gone to go get a book,but she had said it'd be easier if he kept his mouth shut.You get Knuckles involved,Sonic get involved and then the president will hold your friends hostiage in order to get you,then you will be betrayed.

'Just had a rough weekend,things didn't go as I had hoped'.Study hour,the last class of the day.When the bell rang,Shadow made no attempt to run out of there before the traffic of kids.Once the hallways cleared he trudged outside,and came face to face with Sonic,who had his arm around Amy.

"I take it you to have made up...again?" Sonic smiled and nodded,along with Amy.The famous heroic couple was back,Eggman was going to have a field day,but which was worse.Eggman must have no heard that his grandfather and cousin were dead,meaning he was going to claim the stuff at the house,the things Shadow didn't burn.Like the technology and hardware,and he had to be there as well,to say what Eegman could and couldn't have.Shadow was also left everything in the house,and it would just be the two of them.Rouge made her to Shadow's side and waved at Amy,they had already become friends?Weird,but then again its either friends or enemies,no strangers.Shadow slipped her a note before walking away from them,his usual self.Once they were gone she opened it and read his handwriting 'Heading over to my house for a bit,please don't follow me.I'll be back at you place within an hourShadow'.Rouge sighed as she leaned against the wall,she had no choice but to let him do as he wished.She was protecting him,not babying him.

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Eggman walked through the broken ruins of the door that used to guard entrance to the Robotnik house hold.He whistled softly to himself as he eyed the blood and glass every where,the thought of these idiotic people destroying his family's house made him angry.They were good people,unlike him,they were genusises and had put they're minds towards the good of mankind.The president truely was a murderer.Probably a bigger threat to society than he himself was.He sighed and a slight movement scared him,but he then relaxed.

"Come on out Shadow,I have a right to be here and you know it".Shadow did indeed come out but he was not happy that Eggman was there.Eggman held out his hand and shook Shadow's,putting on a humble smile he made his way to Dr.Gerald Robotnik's room and looked at everything before heading down to the lab.Shadow followed him cautiously,careful not to get to close.The last time he had gotten within an inch of Eggman,the idiot had tried to smuggle Shadow away from his family,because he was jealous that his younger cousin who was a girl,had the loyalty of such an amazingly powerful being.

"So Shadow,where are the plans for creating something powerful...say,I dunno,the ultimate lifeform plans that helped create you perhaps?"Eggman raised his eyebrows.

"I burned them,incase someone of your stature tried to use them".

"I'll take that as a compliment...OOOOOOOO!What about this?! The crosschain containment center?"

"Take it".

"And what about the metal fragments of sharded mana glass?"

"Whatever".

"And how about the eclipse cannon".

"That...you cannot have.It was passed down to me and I plan to destroy it"Shadow said lightly.

"But dear Shadow,with this weapon we could make G.U.N pay for everything that they have caused.We can take control of the world".

"You the biggest sap in the world you know that?Take what I've given you and leave,now"Shadow leaned against the doorway,making sure he only took what was given,otherwise there was going to be hell to pay.Eggman grumbled as his robot workers lifted the heavy machinery out of the den.

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But apparently,Eggman was up to his usual self,not playing by the rules.He turned and faced a very ticked off Shadow,Eggman smiled rather nervously and told them to put the cannon back down.After he left Shadow locked the cannon away safely,somewhere where only he would know where.Shadow didn't really plan on destroying it,it was Geralds greatest accomplishment besides himself.That and he would only keep it incase of emergency,if he had to destroy earth for some odd reason.Making sure it was safe in its spot,Shadow picked up his bag and ran back to Rouge's place.She didn't follow him,just as he had asked,but was instead waiting patiently on the couch reading a book and listening to the news.Nothing new.Her cell rang with a nice little jingle that could easily get on your nerves if it played for more than a few seconds.

"Hello?Yes sir,this is.No haven't found anything on him yet Sir.I'm telling you he's probably hiding on floating island and there is no reason to scare the people that live there.Yes sir...yes...yes sir.Bye.Jackass!"She bat screetched and threw her phone against the wall.The plastic shattered as it made contact and little micro chips fell to the floor.

"Its getting harder to convince him where exactly your hiding.He's starting to suspect me,and I don't blame him.Maybe I should go to the office and file a fake report on where you might be"she sighed as Shadow came and sat down next to her.He was awefully close to her now and she had the sudden urge to grab him by the ears and kiss him till his lips fell off,but couldn't find the courage.She shook the thought off and turned up the volume on the television.The pretty faced newsreporter came back to the screen,her voice all proffesional.

"And in other news today,the treacherous Doctor Eggman has disappeared now for a few days,leaving the Sonic heroes uneasy.Remember to get your votes in for this presidential electon next week.I bet our President Smith is eager to stay in office for another four years.But his rival may be a bit hard to beat,seeing as how ladies will probably vote for his good looks,and who could blame them?Zach Blomb has promised new jobs and many other good things to come.Let us go to today's interview"Lily Daily's face disappeared,and then a screen of the two canidates appeared,one already being today's president,trying to convince the voters by as people would say 'lying through his teeth'.The television screen turned black as Rouge slammed her finger down on the on/off button.Shadow looked into her hatred full eyes.

"To be honest I hope our President now loses.I can't stand working for him"she hissed.

"Is he honestly that bad?" Rouge looked at Shadow with utter disbelief as he said that.

"Did you forget that he had ordered your family dead?Whats worst is he wants to get his hands on you.Imagine the power he could have with the Ultimate Lifeform at his finger tips.He'd be worse than Eggman himself"Rouge yawned then stretched,already she was bored.She glanced at the kitchen clock,it signaled eight in the evening.Still to early to go to bed,she looked back at Shadow whose eyes were relaxingly closed.

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Feeling the sense of being watched Shadow opened his crimson eyes.

"Something the matter?"

"You wanna go out?"

"Ex...Excuse me?"Shadow choked on his air.She was asking him out?

"Do you want to go somewhere to pass the time?Like a club or something,for tis still to early to turn in"she tilted her head to the side.Shadow seemed to exhale bothe relieving and disappointing.

"Yeah,sure.We don't really have anything better to do".

"Right...you wanna invite Sonic and Amy?Maybe the entire group?"she asked rubbing her eyes.Shadow thought about it,no,not particularly.He just wanted the two of them.

"I'm pretty sure they've all got plans to do things".'Don't see through the act'Shadow found himself thinking after replying.But Rouge just seemed to walk into her room,saying something about changing into something more comfortable.Shadow had gone to his own room,putting on a pair of fresh black jeans with a swirling vine with bloody thorns on the pant leg.Maria had sewn it on,he had thought of it kinda girly when he first got them,but infact it was quite 'manely' as one would say.He then slipped on his long black trench coat with buckles down the back,making it look like a gothic strayjacket.His angsty form was back into set,and he loved it.People didn't mess with him,they knew better,and random people seeing him as he was dressed would think he was one of those people that would rip you to shreds if you pissed him off.That he loved terrifying punk kids who thought they were the shit.He went back to the living room and leaned back against the couch,his buckle boots weighing down his super fast legs.Rouge came out in what looked like a chinese dress with red lace on the side and crimson leg boots.If she had been concentrating on all the noises in this room instead of applying lip gloss,her bat ears would have surely picked up Shadpw's thundering heart.To be honest,she looked ravishing.Adding the lipgloss gave her red lipstick a beautiful shine.She looked up at Shadow and smiled,Shadow felt himself returning that smile.It had been awhile since he had smiled,or at least it felt like it.

"Well then...shall we go?"she asked with a nervous smile.

"Uh...yeah"He opened the door for her and locked it behind him,onto the club.

A/N:Sorry it took so long.Next update will be quick as long as I get at least two reviews(thats not much people).