A/N: Hey, here's the second chapter of my first story ever!
From now on, during the A/Ns, I will be joined by Sonic, Shadow, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Rouge, Cream, Marine, Blaze and Silver!
Everyone: Hey!
Amy: This is so exciting!
Me: Sonic, you do the disclaimer.
Sonic: WAAAAHHH!
Knuckles: Get a grip on yourself!
Sonic: *Pouting* Fine! He does NOT own any of us Sonic the hedgehog characters, they all belong to SEGA. Are you happy now?
Me: I suppose…
But let's get on with the story!
Hope you like it!
Chapter 2
*Ryan's POV*
I slowly opened my eyelids to find myself lying down on a bed in a cell. (I'm in jail!) As I sat up, dazzled, I heard a voice behind me.
"Good, you're finally awake." I turned to see the red echidna with funny-looking hands who was speaking. He opened the cell door and continued, "Come with me." "Why would I do that?" I replied.
(I might have just woken up from a coma or something but I still wasn't going to be bossed around by some random stranger!) "Do you want to live in this cell for the rest of your life?" the echidna paused, "Because it can be arranged." "Fine, I'll come with you." I mumbled. (Ok, scratch that last thought. I guess I willbe bossed around by some random stranger after all. Jeez, jail people sure are pushy!)
We arrived in a very large room with high ceilings and many small, dim lights. The echidna led me between two long tables and to the very back of the room.
There was a single chair facing away from us. A purple cat emerged from the darkness. "Knuckles, we've been waiting for you. Let's get started." the cat stated. "Certainly, Blaze." Knuckles replied.
(Hmm, Knuckles and Blaze, at least I know their names now. But what does Blaze mean by "we"?) Knuckles motioned towards the chair for me to sit. I complied.
With Blaze on my left and Knuckles on my right, Blaze spoke, "Master Cream, we have brought him as you requested." A single light then shone on the back of a very tall, elevated chair which Blaze was speaking to. The chair then slowly turned.
"Very good, thank you." the rabbit said. (Apparently, this was this, Cream dude?) "That's Master Cream to you from now on. Also, I'm a girl." Cream said. "Whoa! How did you…did you just…I was thinking… and you…" I stammered. "Yes, I just read your mind. And you better get used to it, because there are a few of us around here who can do just that." Cream answered calmly.
"Why did you bring me here?" I asked. "Do you know where 'here' is?" Cream asked. "Is this the IPIA HQ?" "Yes, it is. Let me guess, Marine told you about the IPIA." "Yeah." "And Sonic informed you about our proposal." "Sort of, what is the proposal exactly?" "The proposal is that you join the IPIA. We will see what you are capable of, and you will be joining our prized team of highly skilled agents." "And who might they be?" "If you join you'll find out…"
I was extremely curious now. I also didn't really have much of a life to get back to. "Fine, I'll join." "Good, so let me tell you the rules of this place." "Rules?" "Yes, 3 rules. #1: Clothes MUST be worn." "WHAT THE HELL!" "#2: NO swearing!" "…" "#3: Cooperate with your fellow agents. You are new here and you will do as they say. Understand?" "Yes…"
"Alright, Knuckles, Blaze, take Ryan to his room and introduce him to his new team."
Cream was finished, so off we went.
Blaze, Knuckles, and I walked down the navy blue hallways. I was a little nervous about meeting my teammates, so I tried to look more confident by crossing my peach arms across my white, furred torso.
When we arrived at the room, Knuckles knocked on the door three times. A yellow fox opened the door. "Hiya, Knuckles, what's up?" the fox asked.
"Hey, Tails. Blaze and I brought your new teammate!" Knuckles exclaimed. Tails stepped outside the doorway and held out his hand.
"Hi, I'm Miles Prower. But everyone calls me Tails! I must say, I admire your tails, they're really cool!" Tails introduced himself. I shook his hand and replied, "Thanks." And then it came to me. The fox had two tails! Just like the one that shot that dart into my arm!
"Hey, I remember you! You were the one that shot that dart into my arm earlier today, wasn't it?" I asked. "Yep, that was me. I guess my tails gave it away, huh?" Tails replied. "Yeah, that happens with me too… That was a nice shot by the way."
Tails chuckled. "Thanks, hey, where's Sha-" Tails turned around to the doorway and I looked up too. There, leaning against the door frame was a black and red hedgehog who was staring at me. Tails continued, "There's Shadow! He's the other member of your new team, Ryan!"
"I am Shadow the Hedgehog, the Ultimate Lifeform." Shadow stated while leaning off the door frame and shoving out a hand. "Ooookkkk… It's nice to meet both of you!" I replied and shook his hand. Did he just grimace? What's his problem?
"Well, you kids have fun, alright! Don't forget to take Ryan to get some clothes. Ok, Tails?" Blaze said. "I won't!" Tails answered as Knuckles and Blaze walked away.
"Hey, Ryan. Wanna go now and get it over with?" Tails asked. I sighed, "Sure."
Shadow and Tails started to walk and I followed them. (Tails seems pretty nice and Shadow looks really cool. I hope they like me. But there's something different about Shadow from the others. I wonder what it could be.)
*Normal POV*
While Ryan was lost in thought, Shadow and Tails were talking. "I don't like this guy, he shakes hands like a whimp!" Shadow stated. "Oh, would you be nice for once! So what if he shakes hands like a whimp, we don't even know him yet! Plus, he's probably really nervous being around new people in a new place. Just try to make him feel welcome, because he's our teammate whether YOU like it or not!" "Hmph, whatever."
When the three arrived at the high-tech machine that stored all sorts of clothes, Shadow started to leave.
"You know how to get here now, so I'm leaving. I don't give a damn about what you wear as long as you wear something red and black. Got it, Ryan?" "Not so fast, Shadow! You're staying with us!" Tails shouted. "And why would I do that?" Shadow asked as he walked closer to Tails and stared down at him intimidatingly.
"Because I'll tell Master Cream if you don't!" Tails replied, ignoring the fact that Shadow was standing two inches away from him. He only received a low growl from Shadow who just went to lean against a wall away from Ryan and Tails.
Shadow could obviously leave if he really wanted to, but instead he stuck around to make Tails happy.
"What's your favourite colour, Ryan?" Tails asked. "Umm…lime green I guess." "Alright, then, take these spy glasses I developed. They have tons of cool functions, and the frames are lime green!" "Wow, thanks. They look pretty neat." "You can try them out along with the rest of your new gear at tomorrow's training session!"
"Ok, I will. But on a different note, I don't know what to get for gear, and I hate doing anything related to clothes. So…" Ryan paused and grabbed a huge bundle of random clothes. "I'll just take all these and I'll decide in the morning!" "I guess you could do that…" Tails said.
"Now let's go before any more of my time is wasted." Shadow said. "Um, Shadow?" Ryan asked. "What?" "Do you have some sort of issue with me?" Shadow then faced Tails, "Wow, he catches on fast…"
Tails turned to Ryan and gave him a shrug of his shoulders and a "let's change the subject" look. But not another word was spoken for the rest of the walk back to the room.
*Ryan's POV*
"Ready to see your room, Ryan?" Tails asked. "It's my room." Shadow stated. I stayed silent. "Well, you two are sharing." "So it's myroom." "Argh, whatever!"
Tails opened the door. He walked in, Shadow walked in, and then I walked in. There was a bed on either side of the room, both pushed up against the far corners. There were three windows, one behind each bed, and one in the middle of the back wall. They were all covered by ruby red, velvet drapes. There was a large round wooden table in the middle of the room with three matching chairs around it. There was also a single chair that matched the others facing the middle window all by itself. There was a large chest with drawers and cabinets and lots of stuff on top of it against the wall behind us. The walls were black, the ceiling was white, and the area rug was red. The left bed's sheets were black, and the right bed's sheets were cobalt blue. The same colour as the tuft of fur on my forehead. Finally, a large golden chandelier hung from the ceiling in the middle of the room. The room was so impressive, my jaw dropped to the floor, and so did all the clothes I was carrying!
"Wait, there's more!" Tails exclaimed excitedly closing the front door and heading over to another door on the right wall which I hadn't noticed before. I don't know how I had missed it, the doors were white! I followed Tails to the second door.
When Tails and I walked through the doorway, we were in a small hallway with a door on the opposite end, a doorway with no door-open concept-on the left, a decorative plant in every corner and some art on the right wall.
"My room is through there." Tails said gesturing towards the far door. "But let me show you the kitchen. I'll show ya my room some other time. It's kinda messy anyways." Tails said, smiling to himself.
As we walked into the kitchen, I saw the usual things a kitchen would have. Cupboards, a sink, a fridge, a stove, and a small table, all of which were white and/or stainless steel. Another thing that was white was the door on the opposite end of the kitchen. "That's the bathroom." Tails said, noticing where I was looking at the time.
All in all, the kitchen was a medium size, not too big, and not too small.
"We have brunch here every morning, and then everyone has dinner in the conference room! Oh, have you eaten anything today?" Tails asked. "No." I answered. "Well, you must be hungry! What would you like?" "Do you have any pretzels? They're my favourite." "Yep, right in that cupboard. They're Shadow's favourite too!" Tails replied pointing to a cupboard beside me.
After I got out the bag of pretzels, I stood beside Tails, still admiring the room. "You guys have it pretty ni-" I was interrupted by Shadow shoving between Tails and I and heading to the bathroom. "I'm taking a shower…and don't even think about bothering me, GOT IT?" Shadow shouted. Tails just rolled his eyes as Shadow slammed the bathroom door shut behind him.
I couldn't do anything but stand there with a confused look on my face. "What's his problem?" I asked. "It just takes him a while to get used to new people." Tails replied. "Is he always like that?" "Ever since his best friend Mar-…Err…Let's go talk in your room, Ok?" Tails suggested in a panicky tone. "Ok…" I murmured, slightly confused.
I layed down on my bed and Tails sat at the table. He clearly wanted to talk about something different than before, so we did, "So Ryan, I saw how you did at that competition earlier today; I can't believe you beat Rouge! She's pretty good!" "Oh, I didn't know you saw the fight…" "Oh yeah, Marine, Sonic, Shadow, of course Rouge, and I were all there. We were pretty surprised with how good you were, and that's why we had you join the IPIA! Plus, your gunna get even better! Just wait till training tomorrow!" "Woah, woah, calm down, Tails!" "Sorry, um… can you use your tails to fly?" "No. Why, can you?" "Yeah, look!"
Tails stood up and started to hover using his tails. "Holy crap! That's sooo cool!" "I know…" Tails said, blushing a little. He sat back down, "Do you have any relatives, Ryan?" "No, both my parents died a couple years ago." "Oh, I'm so sorry." "It's fine. I've gotten used to not being around others and being independent. I think I'm better off that way." "Aww, come on, Ryan. Everybody needs friends!"
"Speaking of friends, who's this best friend of Shadow you were talking about before?" "Well, I'll tell you if you promise not to tell Shadow I told you." "I promise."
"Ok, Shadow's best friend was Maria Robotnik. He was always really happy around her and he could tell her anything. But then, she died about a month ago, and he hasn't been the same Shadow since. He doesn't really want to have any friends anymore…" "Wow, that's really sad." Ryan stated sadly while finishing off the last of the pretzels. Tails stood up and yanked the empty bag out of Ryan's hands.
"It's getting pretty late, I'm gunna go to bed now. Shadow's making brunch in the morning. So you better get up early before I eat it all!" "Haha, very funny." "Sweet dreams, Ryan!" "You too."
As Tails was about to leave, Shadow walked in, now finished his shower. "Good night, Shadow!" Tails said. "Bite me." Shadow answered coldly. Tails just sighed and left.
Shadow gave me a suspicious look while I was thinking about what he had just said. (That wasn't very nice.) "Who cares if it wasn't very nice?" Shadow snapped. "Woah! You're one of those guys who can read minds!" I screamed. "Yeah, yeah. Big woop. Just go to sleep." "Fine."
Shadow flicked off the lights as I crawled under the covers and tilted my head to face him. Then he got in his bed. "Good night, jerkface." I said. Shadow just rolled his eyes, lied down facing the wall away from me, and started to go to sleep. I turned my head and looked at the ceiling.
As I slowly closed my eyelids, I couldn't help but think about the surprises tomorrow would have in store.
A/N: That's the second chapter!
Silver: That was a lot longer than the first chapter!
Sonic: But he didn't submit it before school like he said he would!
Me: It's 12 hours late, get off my case.
Cream: What's going to happen next time?
Ryan: You'll have to wait to find out! =P
Hope you liked it!
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