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Onward!
Disclaimer: I do not own Shadow the hedgehog nor any other Sonic characters, SEGA does.
As they pulled into the city, Shadow and Eileen both had their face against the window, gasping in amazement. Neither of them had seen buildings as tall as these in their life, and they didn't want to miss a second of merely chuckled in amusement, having gone to the city a couple of times with Simon before he left.
"I never knew buildings could be this… tall." The hedgehog stated.
Linda smiled. "Wait till you see this." She pointed up ahead over the traffic to a huge building, its top coming together at a pointed stop. "That Shadow, is the Empire State building."
Shadow was in awe. Eileen had mentioned the building once before, but he never expected it to be that tall. He quickly rolled down a window and started to get out when Eileen gave him a questioning look.
"Shadow, what are you doing?" she asked the hedgehog, who looked back and smiled.
"You don't expect me to just sit around in this van all day and not go exploring do you?" he asked Eileen, who quickly pulled him back in.
"Someone might see you!" she protested. "Who knows what kind of things they'll do if the government gets a hold of you! Besides, how will we know where to meet you?"
"I already know your new address." The hedgehog said with a casual shrug. "I'll just meet you there. And don't worry about people catching me; I seriously doubt they can." Linda glanced back with concern.
"I'm with Eileen on this one Shadow, I'm sure that everyone wants to capture you so that they can perform tests and whatnot."
Shadow gave a sigh of defeat. He was outnumbered. "Eventually I'm going to be spotted, why not make it now?" he didn't wait for an answer, and instead sat down, closing his eyes.
A word wasn't spoken until they reached their new apartment, which was located on the 34th floor of a 50 story building. Shadow looked out the window of the van to make sure no one was watching, then quickly dashed up to the top of the building. Convinced that no one saw him, Shadow lowered his guard slightly, looking out along the city. You could barely see the sun over the monstrous towers that loomed over them, the sunlight peeking through small gaps in between the buildings.
A door was flung open behind him, and the hedgehog ducked for the shadows, not knowing who it was.
"Shadow?" Eileen softly called out. "Where are you?"
Shadow rose, letting out a sigh of relief. "Next time give me some warning Eileen, you half scared me to death!"
Eileen giggled quietly. "Sorry Shadow. Say, where are you going to sleep? It's not like you can just waltz down the hallway to our apartment after all."
Shadow hadn't thought about this. "Well," he mused, "if the doors not an option, I guess the window would be the next way to go…" he trailed off, looking over the edge of the building. "Chaos control is out a definite no, seeing as it would make me extraordinarily weak."
Linda popped out through the door, a smile on her face. "Shadow, I couldn't help but eavesdrop slightly, and I may have a way to get you in!" the smile on her face was starting to worry the hedgehog.
"Gah! I can barely breathe in here!" Shadow thought, his head in between his knees. At the time he was in a medium sized black suitcase, being dragged along Eileen's side.
"Just hold on tight Shadow, we'll be there in no time." She whispered to the suitcase.
They reached the room and after some fumbling with the keys, Linda opened it and ushered the two of them inside. They unzipped the suitcase to send Shadow tumbling out, landing on his back and staring at the ceiling.
He looked at Linda. "You people are absolutely insane!" he managed to yell, despite his lack of air.
Linda just winked at him.
Meh, another short chapter. Ah well.
Hehe. Oh do I have plans for this story. Yes indeededo. Except for and ending, that I don't have…
That's a dinosaur, signing out.
