CHAPTER 4

TRAINING DAY

When the dark night had arrived, Spike had awoken with a confused look on his face. He looked around and found himself in a wide area filled with grass and trees. He rubbed his head feeling a little sick after what happened to him. "Huh? Tempest", he moaned. He stood from the ground and started to look around more.

The blue bird appeared from behind the tree he was leaning on. "So you're finally awake."

He made a slight nod and he was suddenly slapped in the back of his head. He held the back of his head acting like it actually hurt.

"That was for dragging your stoned ass all the way into the park! And damn how much do you weigh?"

"I'm such a fool. Why did I do that? I mean it all started out with one cigarette and the next thing I know, I can't remember a god damn thing."

Tempest then faced him with a cold and angry as he crossed his arms. "Don't you remember?"

"What is it?"

"You...you kissed Lynn."

Spike started to get more confused than he was, "What! No, I didn't! Tempest, please don't-" He shut his eyes tightly as Tempest clenched his fist at him.

"No, Spike! I'm fucking...joking with you", he said in a calm voice while he was lowering his fist.

Spike slowly opened his eyes in relief and sighed while holding his chest catching his breath.

The hawk gently punched his shoulder, "Yeah right! Like you and Lynn would kiss. You should've saw the look on your face. Some ultimate being you are. More like the ultimate baby."

"Yeah well I thought you were serious and that pretty much freaked me out."

"Heh, you don't have to sense a fight from me. I'm gentle around my friends...unless they betray me or something."

Spike nodded in agreement but he was unaware about him actually kissing Lynn without him or Tempest knowing it, "Well, where's Lynn anyway?"

"She went home. She had a feeling that she would get in trouble if she hung out here in the night any longer. Which reminds me. You need to go home too. Your mom already called you on your cell only over fifty times, so I lied and told her we were having trouble with a math problem."

"That's gotta be the most ridiculous lie I've ever heard."

"Well she believed me. You want me to walk you home? I brought you here so the effects from the cigarettes would wear off on you."

"Thanks, but I'm cool." He was about to walk away until he called him back.

"Hey, Spike, you think it'll be okay for Lynn and I to watch you fight your old man."

He made a nod, "Sure, it wouldn't kill to have an audience."

He and Tempest smiled at each other and turned their backs walking away from each other.

The next morning, Tempest was in his room shoving some extra cigarette packs down his pants pocket. Afterwards, he ran downstairs noticing Storm, Wave, and Jet looking at the news on the TV.

Wave wrapped her arms around Jet and kissed his cheek, "You look so handsome on cameras."

"Yeah especially when I had that huge diamond in my hands", Jet said with a chuckle.

It didn't surprise Tempest that they had stole another valuable jewel yet again. "Mom, dad I'm going out."

"For what?" Jet asked.

"Over Spike's. I'll be back in a matter of hours."

"That reminds me, we'll be gone too. We won't be back until nightfall."

Tempest was excited but he held it in and acted like it was no big deal, "Okay, I'll just go now and I'll see you guys later." He walked out the door and when he was outside he yelled, "Yes!"

When Tempest arrived to Spike's house, he went inside and saw him and another black hedgehog sitting at the table eating bread while a white female bat was cooking something. He walked up to them and greeted them with a friendly smile. "Hey Spike and Mr. Hedgehog." He looked over to the bat, "Mrs. Hedgehog."

She didn't turn to him but she did say hi.

Shadow stared at the blue hawk with a faint smile, "So you're Tempest, Jet and Wave's son. I still remember you when you were in diapers."

"It's weird but I can't remember much when I was a baby, but that doesn't really matter. So were you and my parents best friends or something?"

"Not really but we did know each other fairly well", he took another bite of his bread.

"Mind if I sit down?"

Shadow shook his head, "Not at all."

As he sat down he raised an eyebrow at what they were just eating, "Is that bread your breakfast?"

Spike nodded, "Yeah, we can't really eat nothing my mom makes."

"Why?" He watched Rouge set a bowl on the table. He looked in it and saw a thick yellow liquid mixed with three eggs. "What hell is it?"

"It's bananas and eggs. Go on and try it", Rouge answered.

"Mom, you're suppose to break the eggs first! I wouldn't try that shit if I were you", Spike warned.

"Spike, don't scare your friend like that. No wonder you two hang around a lot. I'm so glad Spike found such a sweet boy like you to play with."

Tempest stared at Rouge's huge breasts showing from her appealing outfit and he seemed that he couldn't keep his eyes off them.

Spike noticed his reaction and shook him a bit, "You okay?" He whispered.

He turned to him shaking himself out of it, "Spike, you never told me your mother was a fucking prostitute."

Shadow heard his words, "Hey! We don't use the word fuck at the table got that?"

He was surprised that he didn't get mad at him for calling her a prostitute, "Oh, sorry."

Rouge crossed her arms, "Shadow, he called me a prostitute."

"So? I told you not to dress like one. Well...actually all of your clothes makes you look like a hooker."

"Why you..."

Shadow stood from the table before she had started another fight with him, "I don't have time for this right now." He looked over to Spike finishing his bread, "Spike, I'll meet you in the backyard when you're done preparing yourself." As he walked away with Rouge following him, Spike set the last remaining piece of his bread down on the table looking melancholy.

Tempest gave him his pity and rubbed his shoulder with his hand, "You'll do great. Trust me."

"But my father when we fight, he's like a different person."

"Don't worry about it, Spike. Just try and do your best."

He slowly looked up at Tempest with a small smile, "Thanks, Tempest."

Later, Lynn arrived and met them all in the backyard. She ran over to Tempest and hugged him, "Hey, Tempy. I got your call." She looked over to Spike cracking his knuckles, "Good luck, Spike and don't get beaten up to much."

He winked and smiled, "I'll try not to."

"Spike!" Shadow called from across of him.

He knew that now he had to battle him so he stood across from him in a far distance while standing in a fighting stance.

Shadow gave him a cold look, "I won't hold back."

He made a nod understanding him.

Tempest, Lynn, and Rouge were on the porch watching them from there.

Lynn placed her hand on her mouth, "I'm so nervous. What if Shadow kills him?"

"That's crazy, Lynn. Shadow wouldn't kill his own son...would he?" Tempest looked up to Rouge for an answer.

"That won't ever happen. Spike's chaos powers are pretty equal to Shadow's", She explained.

He looked over to Shadow and Spike again, "I see."

"Here I come!", Shadow ran towards Spike with his hands glowing yellow aiming them at him, "Chaos Spear!"

Spike quickly reacted as the blast charged towards him, "Chaos Shield!" A green force field had appeared from his hands and blocked the blast. He then jumped back with his hands glowing light blue. He aimed them over at Shadow, "Chaos Spikes!" A blast of blue energy charged towards Shadow but he suddenly disappeared making the blast miss him.

Tempest's mouth hung open at the unbelievable sight. He started to look around for him, "Hey, where did he go?"

Spike looked around as well, 'Chaos Control. This isn't good.' He was then attacked from behind with a yellow blast. He fell to the ground and looked up at Shadow with his fists clenched along with a yellow aura of energy around them.

He began to walk towards him while he was on the ground, "You have to be a lot more faster than that, Spike."

As he was walking closer to him, he placed his hand on the ground and huge, sharp spikes had appeared from the ground.

Shadow quickly jumped in the air making his attack miss him. While he was airborne, his yellow hands now glowed a red color. He aimed them at Spike, "Chaos Blast!" The red blast of chaos energy made a direct hit at Spike which hurt him pretty badly.

He fell to the ground barely moving and completely exhausted.

Tempest gasped, "He's killing him!" He looked over to Rouge in panic, "Don't just stand there! Do something!"

The bat made a melancholy look, "Sorry, I can't step into their battles. I mean he's not really in danger."

Lynn clenched her fists and just couldn't bare to watch Spike get beaten anymore, "He looks like he's hurt."

Shadow walked up to Spike and acted like he was disappointed with his poor battle skills, "Your pathetic. How are you suppose to save anyone if you can't save yourself?" He sighed with frustration, "You have no choice but to tap into your super form."

He kneeled on the ground. He wasn't able to move his body much. He looked up at his father, "But dad, we practiced that skill for years and I still can't go into my super form without Chloe around."

"You can do it and I know you can. You just have to try. Just close your eyes and focus on all you chaos energy."

He closed his eyes and tried to concentrate but it seemed that nothing was working. He looked down to the ground with sadness, "I...can't do it."

Lynn shook her head in pity, "Boy is he strict. He's a lot worse than my dad when he tried to get me into learning calculus."

All of a sudden an evil smirk appeared on his lips, "I was hoping you would say that." He took his hand and held it towards Rouge.

Everyone was confused until he clenched his hand into a fist and at the same time, Rouge had started to yell out in agony. Everyone's eyes had widened at the unbelievable sight.

Lynn screamed with fright, "Oh my god! Rouge!"

"What's he doing to her!" Tempest shouted with fear.

They both saw Rouge slowly falling to the floor with blooding appearing from her shoulder that she was holding in pain.

Spike's mouth hung open with shock and his eyes were filled with confusion and rage. He looked over to Shadow, "Dad, what are you doing? Stop you're hurting her!"

The expression on his face never changed, "Hurting her huh? Then why don't you save her? Tap into your super form if you want her alive."

Tears appeared in his closed eyes as he tried to, "I'm trying!"

"Try harder!"

"I can't! I just can't!"

"Do it now or she will die!"

Rouge's screams of agony grew louder by the moment as each drop of her blood fell to the floor.

"NO! I WON'T LET YOU KILL HER!" He yelled in anger. He clenched the ground with his hands and looked back at Shadow with his eyes glowing light blue. Soon his whole body had a light blue aura around it. He stood from the ground with his fur slowing changing to light blue. His quills stood erect and his whole body was covered in chaos energy. He held out both of his hands that was glowing at Shadow, "Chaos Obliteration!" A large blast of light blue pure chaos energy appeared from his hand and came towards Shadow.

Shadow quickly jumped out of the way making the blast miss him. Afterwards he looked at the area where the blast hit and it had made a huge burn mark deep in the ground. He looked back at Spike with his chest heaving and his teeth gritted. Shadow quickly let Rouge go of his unseeable grip and tried to talk Spike out of his anger, "Spike, listen to me. Your mother is safe. I let her go just as I promised. Now settle down okay. No one was killed. Everything's going to be okay."

The light blue hedgehog's fur turned black again and his quills were the way they were. Even though he lost his super form, his anger was still inside of him.

Rouge slowly got off the floor with the help of Tempest and Lynn.

Tempest looked at her arm with her blood still running down it. He looked back at her with worry, "Are you okay, Rouge?"

She panted heavily from screaming so much, "Yes, I'm fine", she answered in an exhausted voice. She ran over to Shadow and Spike with Tempest and Lynn following her.

Spike pointed at Shadow with rage, "You bastard! How dare you do that to her! Just so I could tap into my super form? Have you lost your god damn mind!"

Shadow felt pretty bad for tricking him like that and it made him feel even worse when he yelled at him for it, "I'm sorry, Spike...your mother and I decided to do something a little different this time."

"He's right, Spike", Rouge said as she approached them. "He really wasn't going to kill me. We just-"

"Fucked with my mind like I had no feelings! What the hell is wrong with you! You could've died and I could've killed someone for that phony threat!"

"I had to. Now I know that you can only transform into your super form when you feel rage, sadness, and despair", Shadow explained.

Rouge's ears flopped down, "We're sorry, sweetheart."

"I-I don't want to even hear it! I fucking hate you! I hate you both! I'm out of here!" He walked out of the yard with some of his anger left in him.

Tempest and Lynn decided to follow him.

"Hey Spike, wait up!" Tempest called from behind him trying to catch up.

Spike heard him but he didn't turn back until he wiped away his tears full of sorrow.