(Chapter 4, The Unexpected)
I could see Rouge with my board standing next to an elevator here I was supposed to be.
"There's been a change of plans." Rouge said softly as I raised an eye brow interest "We picked up some info of angels catching onto our plan so regardless if you win or lose this tournament. The first one to finish you will start the war."
"The balancer knows who I am so he will be coming after me." I told her
"What the fuck! How did that even happen?" she exclaimed
"He pissed me off." I said waiting impatiently for her to hand me my board
"He pissed you off… So what, now you're having a bitch fit?" She asked looking at me with an angry face "You should've just killed him."
"And cause a scene before the race?" I said making a good point "Besides I'm sure he doesn't want anything to ruin this race, but I plan on killing him on this track. Also I never lose." Taking the board out of her hands
"Fine, but take this communicator. I'll look around at all the crews to see if there are any more balancers or for any angels at have entered the race." She said as I only nodded
I walked into the elevator which began to raise.
"Good luck Shadow." Rouge said waving at me until the bright sun in the sky could be seen blinding me a bit
All of us were now on the track, some already on their boards awaiting to begin the blood shed while others wanted to just race. I could see him look at me with angry eyes not that I cared. I keep my promises and his blood will be on my hands. To my surprise I saw her right next to him seeing that she caught his attention as they began to talk. I soon saw him flip out as she looked worried.
"Racers are you ready?"
*Beep*
I saw him shoot me a quick look then he looked back to her.
*Beep*
He was raising his hands up in anger as I soon got worried as she looked very frightened, but was still talking to him. He looked at me with a grin then turned to her with his hand coming down at her. I wasted no time as I shouted out loud.
"CHAOS CON..."
*BEEEEEP*
Everyone began to just move before a huge cloud of dust picked up from me running through all the racers on foot and grabbing Amy and her board back over to where I left my board. In the process of doing so I could see that bastard was about to hit her, but she was stunned at what just happened. A few racers didn't care what happened as more than half already had taken off.
"Why did you..." She started to say before I grabbed her hand and speed off after the others in the race
She let go of my hand as she was able to keep up and pulled up next to me.
"Why did you save me?" She asked in surprised
"Is that not obvious?" I asked in return as she didn't seem to take the hint "Because I..."
Just then that blue hedgehog came rushing by and knocked her off the board as he then tried to hit me with his board. I moved out of the way and made a sharp turn to Amy and caught her before she could hit the ground. She was blushing, but my focus was on the asshole as he looked at us before speeding on by. Unfortunately her board was broken and in pieces.
"Do you have another board?" I asked
"Uh I don't think so." She replied
"Well then I guess you'll be on my board then." I said as I held her in my arms
"Ah no it's fine I'm already out of the rac... AAAH!" she said as I used a hidden speed boost to catch up
I weaved by several people as some laid motionless on the ground dead or were fighting one another.
"IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN A FORTH OF THE RACE WITH BARELY TWO LAPS DONE AND WE ARE ALREADY DOWN TO 13 RACERS!" Charmy exclaim "AND NEVER BEFORE HAVE WE SEEN TWO RACERS ON ONE BOARD!"
"So many have already died?" Amy had asked sadly
"What did you expect?" I asked looking down to her "This is a race where many die for money, revenge, fame, or for blood."
"Then what are you in here for?" she asked
"I had asked you that first." I replied as I looked back to the track "Though why did he try to attack to you."
"He wouldn't help me in my cause." She said sadly
"What cause would that be?" I asked as I began to sense something
"I needed his help in case of a war would break out as he would help us greatly in it, but he wouldn't and tried to attack me." She said hold on to me tightly "I know you are a good person, but I could never ask you for your help to stop the start of a war because I would be sadden if you were to die."
I blushed a bit upon hearing this, but I soon released that she was an angel or how else would she know about the war was soon to happen. Despite it I still didn't want to lose her.
"I do not wish for you to die either." I said to her as I kissed her on the forehead "Now we have a race to win." She nodded as I picked up more speed
"Shadow can you hear me?" Rouge said over the communicator on my wrist
"What is it Rouge?" I asked as Amy looked at me surprised
"Uh it is true you are helping another person out because that isn't like you at all." She said worried
"What does it matter to you what I do?" I replied sharply "You need to stop sticking your nose into other's business."
"So you are helping someone..." she said "They can hear me can't they?"
I looked down to Amy as she seemed rather shocked a bit then nodded for her to speak
"Um hello?" She said uneasy
"Oh well hello there!" Rouge said surprised "The names Rouge and you are?"
"Amy rose." She replied then held on tight as I went around a turn sharply
"Well, it's a pleasure meet you." She said in a tone I knew all too well
"Rouge..." I said darkly
"I'm just joking around, Shadow." She replied quickly
"Get in contact with her crew and let them know to get her a new board and to meet us at the half way point." I said
"All the way to the half-way point!" Amy and Rouge said at the same time
"What the hell are you thinking?!" Rouge shouted
"You don't have to carry me all that way Shadow and I know that I might be a little heavy..." Amy said turning her head slightly away
"I will be fine, rose." I said and kissed her cheek
Something caught my eye from up ahead as I quickly dodged it. Looking up ahead I could see a crocodile up ahead slowing down while shooting spike balls at us.
"AH AHAH! SHADOW! WE MEET AGAIN YOU BASTARD!" he yelled out to me
"Uh, Shadow do you know that guy?" Amy asked nervously
"Not a clue." I said as I weaved back and forth dodging the spike balls
"If I'm not mistaken, that sounds like Vector." Rouge replied "What is he doing here? There wasn't any orders for him to out here."
"Rouge..." I said in a tone she knew she had fucked up
"What orders?" Amy asked in curiously
"We work for the government as we are undercover at the moment. I can't tell you any more than that." I said as Amy's eyes widen in shock
"Is everything fine?" she asked worried
"That's why we are here to find out." I replied knowing that it was a lie I didn't not want to say
"SHADOW!" roared vector as he dropped his spike gun for a heavy machine gun "I will have your head one way or another!"
"Fuck." I said as I was ready to use the speed boost
"Shadow leave this to me!" Amy said "But whatever happens will you still be with me?"
I looked deeply into her eyes as I knew she was serious about it.
"If you agree the same to me." I responded as I could only hope for the best
He began shooting as shells and a hail of bullets came our way. She stood up on the board and held out a hand as an invisible wall began blocking the bullets from hitting us. That didn't stop Vector from shooting, but I nearly stopped completely as I could see the angel markings light up on her which only show when angels use their powers. Meaning she was an angel though I already knew that, but that didn't stop her from showing who she really was to someone she cared for. I'll give her guts for that, but now it's my turn now and hopefully she will accept me for me.
Vector seemed to have realized the same thing, but before he could say anything I stepped on a button on the back of the board as 2 pistols came out of each side. I went up a ramp causing the gun to fly up I caught them both as Amy held on tightly to me. We landed ahead of Vector as I turned the board sideways facing him and leaned backwards revealing a hidden thruster at the bottom of the board which turned on. My demon markings began to show as the pistols shifted into hellish looking ones. Amy's eyes widen in fear as I began shooting at him as he didn't have much of a chance to dodge them.
"Fuck this! And fuck you! Traitor!" He yelled as half of his board came apart shifting into a min gun
I kept shooting him and the weapon to at least damage it, but it was of no use. Even with more than a dozen bullets in him he was a walking tank with no way of stopping him and that min gun was almost finished being put together.
"I have an idea!" Amy shouted as she made a sword out of light "But we need to get close!"
"I have a better idea." I said as I quickly did a 360 spin causing the dirt to rise up
"AHAH You can't hide or run from me!" Vector laughed as he finished putting the gun together and began shooting
It was so powerful that every bullet as pushing him back on his board. Little did he know, we were heading straight for him. The force of the bullets blew away the dust cloud as he saw Amy using her angel powers to block his bullets. As I thought he noticed it was a really small in order to strengthen the shield even more from the min gun he had seeing how a few of the bullets grazed the side of my arm. He began to go around when I held out my hand as I could see his eyes widen making me grin.
"Chaos Spear!" I shouted as the bolt shot out of my hand towards him
He smiled as he flipped me off slipping into other side of the rock as the spear hit it completely destroying the rock. Quickly giving Amy one of my pistols as she gave me a deep confused look, I grabbed her waist.
"Don't miss." I said to her then tossed her into the air
At first she was speechless, but then wings came out of her back as she took aim and noticed the pistol had change into a heavenly looking pistol as she took her shot. I heard the sound of something slamming into a wall followed by an explosion. She immediately flew down back onto the board holding me as I held on to her. There was a silence between us for a little while as I flew passed a few more racers that didn't seemed to really want to cause more deaths or to challenge us. I didn't know what she was thinking as I could only fear for the worse. A demon and an angel loving one another was something unheard of yet here we are.
"We are now down to 9 racers as they will have the option now to rest at the half way point for 10 minutes or continue on with the race. So far two racers have continued on wanting no rest what so ever as the rest are just now hitting the half way mark!" Charmy announced letting the crowd go wild
"Rouge, I'm pulling up." I said but didn't hear a reply "Rouge?"
"Pull in and don't try anything funny." A male's voice spoke through the com
"Silver?" Amy asked in shock
"Amy your Alive! Are you ok?" He asked her
"Yes, Shadow here saved me." She said looking at me with loving eyes
"Amy when you pull in we'll tell you..." Silver started to say
"She already knows I'm a demon as I know she is an angel. I take it you're an angel as well, but if you did something to rouge you will pay for it." I threaten him
"She is under our... care." He replied though I didn't like the sound of that "Pull in and we'll talk more."
A ramp rose up out of the ground as I followed it up to a dozen workshops above the track I found mine as the lights were out in it. I stopped the board and helped Amy down as we still held hands when 6 people came out.
"Amy I'm glad you're ok, but I can't say that I'm happy to see you." The silver hedgehog said
"Silver what are you talking about?" Amy asked as she held on to my hand tighter
He eyed her then look to us holding hands and looked at the both of us.
"Do you understand the situation you are in right now?" he asked as the 5 others began to surround us
"Silver what is going on?" she asked worried
"I'm sorry Amy. You are here by a..." Silver said before a Blaze hugged him from behind
"Hey Darling!" she said giving him a peck on the cheek
He blushed madly as he lost all seriousness.
"Blaze what are you doing here?" he asked surprised, but happy to see her
"For this..." she said as she begins to make out with him
She made him turn his back on us while kissing him as she winked at me. She knocked him out and I could see the other 5 guys were in a daze including Amy.
"My, my. What do we have here?" Rouge said walking out to of the workshop rubbing her wrists
"Rouge, release her from the spell." I said to her
"Why should I? She's an angel like the rest of these guys. I should probably kill her off with the rest of them." Rouge replied
"RELEASE HER NOW!" I Roared at her
Blaze jumped up like a cat being scared as Rouge was shaking in fear as she had never seen me mad. She nervously nodded and Amy came back around.
"What just happened?" She asked still slightly daze
"We don't have much time to explain." I said seeing that we were running out of time "Rouge did they at least bring another board?"
"No, but I brought mine just in case." She said handing it over to me immediately as she was still shaken up
"I didn't mean to shout at you like that rouge. I'm sorry." I said making a sad and soft expression
"It's fine." She said taking in the expression I made
"Argh… you won't get… away with this…" Silver said as he broke out of the spell
"Silver, he saved my life more than once already and..." I stopped Amy from saying anymore
"Give it a rest Amy. He won't believe you, but we need get back to the track." I said
"You know I really like you," Blaze said as watched Silver struggle to get up then she rolled him over "But your so naïve."
She began to make out with him again. Rouge just shook her head as we just took our leave giving us one last look before shrugging her shoulders and then nodded. We both got on the boards and speed off back into the race.
"Shadow, I have to ask." Amy said with a worried voice "Are the demons really trying to start a war?"
"Yes," I answered "And I was the one who was supposed to start it."
She gasped in shock. I looked at her with sad eyes.
"But I... I can no longer do it as it will cause me to lose you and I may not be able to protect you." I said
"Why me?" she asked in an uneasy tone "Why did you have to love me?"
"The ghost of someone dear to me, brought me to you. If you can believe it or not." I replied looking back to the track "We did make a promise that no matter what happens we would never leave one another. You revealed that you were an angel as I showed you I was a devil. Despite what we are, my feelings for you have not changed, but have rather grown even more so."
She was quite for a bit as I just poured out to her how I felt. I wasn't sure what she was going to do and if it came down to her attacking me I would let her be the one to kill me.
"I... I believe you, Shadow." She finally said
"SHADOW COME IN!" Rouge shouted through the com as if she was running
"Rouge what's going on?" I asked "Where are you?"
"Don't worry about me. It's a set up! We weren't the only ones who are trying to start a war!" she exclaimed
"What?!" I asked surprised
"Blaze and Silver were working together! They… ARGH!" was all I could hear before static
"Rouge!" I shouted, but got no reply
"Shadow what happened to Rouge?" Amy asked riding close by me
"It seems Blaze and Silver were working together." I replied as something didn't seem to fit "Amy why did you enter the tournament?"
"To stop the war which the demons were about to start, but Blaze was already working with us so I don't understand what you are trying to say." She answered as it finally clicked
"Blaze was also working for the demons." I said thinking deeply about it
"Then she and silver wanted to start a war?" Amy asked trying to piece together the same picture
"It would appear so, but I feel like I'm missing something very important." I said in deep thought
"Shadow look out!" Amy shouted as I barely dodged something blue rush right in front of me
Turning around I could see that blue hedgehog with anger in his eyes. Amy waved her arms to grab his attention.
"Sonic! Listen there's a…"
"I don't care what for what you say as I will kill you both." He said cutting her off "I do say however an angel and a demon falling in love is something new and rare to see, but either way every last one of you must die."
"We have no time for you revenge or mission to kill our kind, but if nothing is done a war will break out right now!" I shot at him causing him to be taken back in surprise
"You're full of lies, demon." Sonic said doubting me completely readying an attack stance
"He is right Sonic!" Amy shouted in defense only to see his eyes narrow
"Why should I believe you either?" he asked
"Because as an angel I cannot tell lies." She said strongly as Sonic thought about it for a second
"Fine, say if I do believe you then what?" he asked
"We stop this tournament and stop the war from happening by stopping Silver and Blaze." I said
"Wait, Blaze is here?" he asked shocked
"Yes and she doubled crossed both angels and demons." Amy replied
"She was dismissed from being a balancer for falling in love with an angel." Sonic said slowly as his eyes widen
"All the more reason to stop them now before things get out of hand." I said as Amy nodded in agreement
"Even so…" Sonic said as he sped up and tried to attack me as I dodged "You two will need to be dealt with first then I will handle everything."
"Are you fucking stupid!" I yelled at him in anger "If we all work together then we stand a chance."
"I can handle myself demon!" He shouted as he began to attack me
"GRR." I growled then saw that he was about to attack Amy "Your fight is with me you bastard."