Chapter 3: Spying on the Date
In the late evening, Shadow is riding his motorcycle to Maria's house. He is also wearing a black jacket and sunglasses which is Sonic's idea. Shadow sighs and hope his night out with Maria will go on without a hitch.
Finally, Shadow reaches to the front of Maria's home. He parks the motor bike and walk to the front door. Once he is at the front door, he sighs and begins to get a bit of cold feet. Usually, it's impossible for him to get nervous, but this is Maria so he wants the night with her to be perfect.
He knocks on the door, and the doors open to reveal Maria's head.
Maria smiles, "Hello Shadow."
"Hey Maria, great to see you," Shadow says.
"I'm glad to see you too. I already drop Jay off at Cream's house and she is happy to play with Cheese" Maria happily says.
Shadow asks, "Good to know. You're ready to go?"
"Yes," Maira.
Maria walks out of the house and locks the door. She turns to face Shadow in her new clothes. Shadow can't help but blush. He never see Maria this beautiful.
"You look nice," Shadow says.
Maria blushes a little, "Thanks."
Shadow and Maria walks to the motorcycle, and are holding each other's hand.
Maria is amazed to see it, "You… have a bike?!"
"Yeah," Shadow says.
"It looks so amazing. Where you get it?" Maria asks in excitement.
"It's required as a G.U.N team to gave one," Shadow answers.
"And you're able to customized it," Maria says, noticing the red marking.
Shadow shows a smile on his face, "I really like that bike."
Mara giggles, "Is this our ride for the night?"
"It is," Shadow answers.
"Sounds fun. I never ride on a motorcycle before," Maria says.
Shadow is the first to get on and start the bike. Maria sits behind him and wraps her arm around his waist.
"You're ready?" Shadow asks.
Maria nods her head with a smile.
Then Shadow drives the motorcycle away from the house. It's officially the start of Maria and Shadow's first date together.
Coming out of the bushes are Rouge, Amy, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. Everyone smile to see the two hedgehogs are heading out together. All except Knuckles, he is holding a disapproved look on his face.
"I don't like this guys," Knuckles says.
"What's not to like? Shadow and Maria are going on their first date and we need to be sure it goes well without any problems," Amy says.
"Yeah. Plus, I like to see how Shadow is going to pull this off," Sonic says.
Knuckles sternly says, "I think this is a bad idea. Shadow is going to get mad at us if he caught us spying on them."
"What's the worse he can do?" Sonic asks, not paying attention.
"I can name a lot of things," Knuckles says.
Rouge smirks, "Come on Knuckles, as their friends it's up to us to be sure they have a good night together without trouble coming their way. Plus, we need to be sure they don't get too romantic."
"As much as I hate to say this, she's right. There are a few who might cause trouble for Shadow and Maria," Tails says.
"Eggman is not able to do much because of Sonic," Knuckles says.
"It was an accident," Sonic says.
Amy comes out of the bushes, "Come on, we don't wanna lose them."
"Fine," Knuckles says with a sigh.
Sonic holds Amy and uses his super speed to run super fast. Everyone else fly in the air to catch up to the two hedgehogs in the motorcycle.
Shadow and Maria drives on the motorbike until they reach to Future City. Since it's night, all the colorful lights in the city are shining bright. Maria smiles to see so many lights and the citizens are either walking on the sidewalk or driving in the street.
Maria asks, "So Shadow, where are we going?"
"You'll see,"Shadow says.
Shadow turns left at the street light that is green. Sneaking around, Sonic and the others continue to follow Shadow and Maria from a safe distance so they won't be noticed.
Finally, Shadow and Maria turn to a parking lot and stop at a motorbike parking section. Shadow first gets off of the bike. Then he helps Maria down.
"Thank you," Maria happily says.
The two then take each other's hand and walk to their destination. As they walk away from the bike to their destination, Sonic and the others secretly peek out from behind one of the cars. They look to see where Shadow and Maria are going.
They see a building with roller skates made of colorful lights. The sign reads. 'Skate Back and Forward.' Many people are also going in as well.
"A skating rink? That's the best Shadow can come up with," Sonic asks, disappointed.
"Get a clue Sonic, 'Skate Back and Forward' is a brand new skating rink that gotten pretty popular, and has good food there," Rouge says.
"Yeah. I wanted to come here sometime with you Sonic," Amy says.
"Well, I guess skating will be fun. Let's go inside and keep an eye on the two love birds," Sonic says.
Sonic and the others hurry inside to spy on Shadow and Maria's night out together. They hope their date will go well, even if they're going to make it good.
In the skating rink, many of the citizens are either eating food, skating in the rink, playing in the arcade, or simply talking among themselves.
Maria says in amazement, "Wow! This place looks great. I never been to a skating rink before."
"Glad you like it. After we get something to eat. I'm going to teach you how yo skate," Shadow says.
Maria blushes, "Oh, um, I never skated before."
"Don't worry, I'm going to teach you. I have skated before," Shadow says.
"Shadow, your rocket shoes doesn't even have wheels on them," Maria says, and giggles.
"Hmph, shows how much you know," Shadow remarks with a smirk.
"You can really skate?" Maria asks.
"Yes," Shadow answers.
Maria giggles, "That's something I like to see."
Shadow and Maria walk to the food court to get some lunch. Sonic and the others watch to see the two going to get something to eat.
"Well, it looks like the two are not having any trouble with this date. Now can we leave?" Knuckles says.
"Not yet. This date has just started and we need to help give those two a push," Rouge says.
"I'm telling you Shadow is not going to be happy if they find out we're snooping on his date," Knuckles says.
"Come on, they're not going to know as long as we do this right," Sonic says.
Tails says, "I still have to agree with Knuckles on this one Sonic."
"See, even Tails agree," Knuckles says.
"Come on, what's the worse that can go wrong?" Sonic questions.
"I can name a lot of things," Knuckles says.
Shadow and Maria look around for a table to sit. Maria seems to hear something, and quickly turns her head to see nothing. Maria believes that it's nothing and walks off with Shadow. Shadow and Maria don't know it, but they're going to get a date they'll never forget.