The Bet7

The cloudy sky covered the cresent moon.Rouge's boots gave a tiny clink as they hit the asphalt of a pavement.The wind blowed at Shadow's coat,making his appearence look even more disturbing.They turned down an alley and moved toward a vacant wall.Rouge tapped on a certian brick lightly and it moved away,revealing a pair of eyes.

"Password?"

"Sensi Tomoko".The door slid open to reveal a bunch of dancers,dancing to the obnoxious beat.You couldn't tell if they were dancing or just bumbing into one another.Shadow grabbed Rouge's hand and tried to get passed the sweaty dancers.Once reaching a space of somewhat room,he released her,and she shouted something about seeing someone familiar.Shadow flicked at his ears,showing he couldn't hear her.Rouge rolled her eyes and pointed his head in the direction of her finger,Sonic and Amy.They were here?Great.But it was just the two of them,Knuckles must have taken Tikal to dinner.Amy and Sonic bothed seemed very happy,considering that they had just gotten back together not that long ago.Sometimes it made Shadow to see just how perfect they are together.He sighed and looked back at Rouge and shouted at her.

"You want to dance?"

"WHAT!"

"DO YOU WANT TO DANCE!" Rouge laughed at him and nodded.She got really closed to him and started to move to the beat.She turned so that her wings were against his chest,she swear she heard him purr,but then again the music was outrageously loud.She smiled on the inside as his hands gripped her waist and moved with her,as one might say,the dance of seduction.Her arm encircled around his neck,her large bat ears tickling his cheek.He smiled,she was doing this on purpose,the little vixen.She turned her head to look at him,smiling wildly.But she didn't expect his face to be so close,so when she did turn around her lips brushed lightly against his own,causeing both of them to turn the color of Shadow's eyes.

'N...I guess this is my...chance to kiss him like I...wanted to earlier'she thought quickly as her grip tightend and brought him down to kiss her correctly.Shadow didn't at all seem to mind,infact he held no grudge at all.It would be the perfect moment,if only Sonic hadn't realized who was there.

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"Hey SHADOW!"the noise caused Shadow to jolt away,leaving a hurt expression on Rouge's face but then she knew why.Sonic hadn't seen the kiss,all he had seen was black and red quills.

"Oh...hello Sonic"Shadow couldn't help say it coldly,Sonic had bad timing.Amy smiled a hello at Rouge,and Rouge smiled back.Amy was wearing a sexy red dress that suited her quite well.She looked at Rouge's own atire and and to ask.

"Where did you get that dress?Its beautiful!"she also complimented Roug'e make up.

"Well I actually got this dress from floating Island...when most bats used to live there"she sort of frowned at the end but then smiled.Sonic glanced at Shadow and then gave him a thumbs up,signifying that Rouge was an excellent choice.Shadow scowled at him and then shook his head.Sonic shrugged and looked back towards the girls...they seemed to have disappeared.Shadow had to remind Sonic that they had already mentioned about going to the bathroom to do the infamous 'freshen up'.

"So whats been going on Shadow?You seem more unnerved then usual"the music had stopped and chatter began to take place.

"Just...just been a bad start for the week...I suppose.Why do you ask?"

"Because it says it all over your face that your...upset I guess.That and I didn't think redocorating your house with blood and glass was actually a good idea".Shadow choked on the air in his empty lungs,his eyes widend as he glanced into the dark green pools stareing at him.

"How...how did...you know?"

"How did I know?How could you not tell me something like this!How did I know!I went to see why there was no activity in the house and finding all of the chaos flooding through that room you expect me to be calm?The Robotnik bodies are gone,I'm guessing you had them buried,but how could you keep this from me?Your best FRIEND!"

"It doesn't concern you Sonic"Shadow answered sharply.Sonic stared at him in disbelief and then shrugged,but he then added as though it were a threat.

"I...will never let you face somtheing this bad alone.I don't care if you want me in on this,I'm going to help you...even if it is in secret.And you cannot stop me".Shadow couldn't reply for the girls had returned.The smiled at the boys who sheepishly returned them.They began to discuss things of no random importance.

"Rouge where exactly do you get the time to keep your shape so well?"Amy had asked.

"Oh...well I..."she stopped in midsentence.She looked around,her bat ears shifting,trying to catch the noise,finally she looked at Shadow.

"Are...are you ticking?" Shadow raised his eyebrows in confusion.Rouge tilted her head towards him and pulled a small ticking device out of his jean pocket (making him turn bright red in the process).It was a tracker from the military G.U.N.

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"...shit.Those pants were at your house weren't they?" Shadow nodded.

"They were waiting for you to come back..."she looked past the crowding people to the door that was opening.Officers were marching towards the door,guns in hand.Rouge's eyes widend as they opened the door,causing the mob of teens to scream frantically and run towards the back door.

"Blend in with the crowd and go back to my place"Rouge spoke softly,shoving them with the crowd,and stuffing the tracking device in her holster that she would normally put a gun.The group didn't have time to ask questions but instead did as they were told,running like hell.Rouge flew up to the ceiling,claws digging feircely into the plaster and them crawling passed the officers.Once outside she made a run for it,making the officers turn quickly onto her tail.Hopefully they still thought the tracking device was still connected to the ultimate lifeform...if not,she was out of a job.She could hear the sirens coming up behind her,if they saw her now she knew she was as good as dead.Turning quickly she saw the park and its giant lake...only one chance.Sprinting quickly she dived in and dropped the tracker to the bottom before exploding back to the surface and climbing into a tree.It didn't take long for the officers to arrive and declare the ultimate lifeform had jumped into the lake to escape but had to come up for air eventually.President Smith decided to make his appearnce,his expression not a good one.

"We cannot afford to lose him,his power is to great.Besides...I bet if we caught him by the end of this week,Eggman would add a few more zeros to the orignal price.Then we could buy better indutrial materials,making it easier for me to be president for another four years running.Who cares if the Sonic heroes disappear?Less money spent on their half"Smith laughed greedily.Rouge's mouth hung a gape,he was staking Shadow's life for power?What an idiot...if he really thought about it,he could rule the world with Shadow's power,forget being in the white house another 4 years.Then it hit her...that was exactly what Eggman was going to do.15 minutes of excurcating boredem they left,figuring the ultimate lifeform had given them the slip with one of its amazing ablities.Rouge jumped down and flew home as fast as she could.But she was no given the satisfaction of just going to bed to rest her head.No Sonic and Amy were there...sitting on her couch arms folded and looking pissed.

"Someone want to tell me what the hell is going ON!"Sonic growled angrily.Amy didn't seem to happy either,perhaps because they had to run for their lives like they were criminals and had no clue what the hell was going on.Rouge sighed...they were already part of this.

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"Alright...but you may not tell anybody if you value your lives and the lives of your friends".

"Are you threatning us Rouge?"Amy seemed shocked to be spoken to in such manner.

"No...She isn't Amy.Once you guys get involved your literally pawns to this little chess game called life"Shadow had answered,he was dreadfully tired...they had only managed to kill about an hour and 15 minutes.

"Ok...I'm a secret agent that works for the asshole of a president and have just found out that he has staked Shadow's life on a bet to Eggman who plans on being ruler of the world with his power and his first order of business would to be wiping out the Sonic heroes.He's the one that ordered G.U.N to kill the Robotniks and my own family.I've sworn to Shadow that I will not let them find him even if my life depends on it.If the president were to find out that I have the ultimate lifeform in a safehouse called 'my real house' I would be excuted on the spot no matter how many people watching".All three mouths dropped,Shadow didn't know the part in the middle and the entire thing clearly hit Sonic and Amy hard in the face.

"Now say questions now cause I'm going to bed"Rouge shook her head,spraying them with water.They didn't say anything except wishing her a goodnight sleep,everything was pretty well understood.

"You two should head back home...I'll call you tomorrow"Shadow yawned,knowing Sonic would kill him if he didn't say that.Sonic had been like a brother to him...everyone thought they were for the longest time.Sonic and Amy nodded before getting up,walking out the door and closing it behind them.Sonic picked Amy up bridal style and ran at super sonic speed all the way home.Shadow went to his own room before collapsing onto the black silk sheets.Why was being something so perfect naturally...so hard?

A/N:Eh...one review thats fine I guess.Thanks Neorgatha...looking forward to ur next review.