CHAPTER 4: Seventh Day
Hello Peoples! I'm sorry if you're confused, but I made the previous chapters of 4 and 5 combined since both were just too short (I'm soooo sorry for that.) So this Chapter that used to be chapter 6, is now chappie 5... I hope you guys aren't too confused. c;
Six days have gone by since Rouge first searched for the perfect partner. Five days have gone by since Shadow first searched for the right career that would be enough by the end of the year to pay his dept, and on a search to find any talents he had. Rouge, whose time limit was only a week, was so persistent, that she didn't waste any time on anything, not even precious sleep. Actually, Rouge didn't even sleep a wink on the past six days of her search.
And she was still searching.
"We have one more day to find him and we searched throughout the entire world!" Rouge said. The white bat turned her head towards Tikal abruptly, glaring at her helper, an orange echidna with sky blue eyes. "Tikal, how many agents have we sent out to search though the five other continents?" she asked, trying to hold her stress.
Tikal looked at her clipboard with a concerned expression. "We sent a total of two thousand crew members and each has gone through every country, every city, and every village!" she answered, surprised that Rouge would go as far.
She looked over to Rouge. She was worried for the white bat, not because of one more day to look for a partner and having no luck, but for Rouge's sake.
Rouge looked worn out, beat, and tired. Large violet rings were under her eyes and her skin slightly sagging. Tikal could have sworn she looked like a middle aged woman now. Make-up smeared, clothes filthy with sweat and Rouge wearing them all this time.
Tikal in the other hand looked just like she always did. Since she slept while Rouge spent the whole five nights looking up for famous singers and actors from all around the world. And she spent the whole day walking around, looking for any guy that had a singing talent or at least looked good in physical appearance. It seemed like no celebrity or man even caught Rouge's slightest interest.
After hearing Tikal's status report, Rouge clenched her fists and banged them on a nearby wall. "Damn! Only one more day and we searched everywhere! And there's no guy suitable enough!" she hit the wall again with her fists.
She wanted to release all her anger, her stress, her hatred. But she couldn't. Not just yet, but she just wanted to release at least a little after all these hours, all this week. Nothing but anger she hid to show that she was strong. Because one mistake, and then everything would go in a downward spiral. People would start looking down at her, think she was weak, and they'd no longer listen to what she wanted them to listen too most, her songs.
But that was only half of her reasons for keeping in her stress. Most of it, was because of Knuckles. If he ever saw her have a breakdown after he dumped her, he would NEVER come back to her. And she couldn't stand that. Rouge held hatred, but still grasped love for him. She couldn't live without him... that's what her heart said. This was why she kept going.
After Rouge was finished hitting the wall a couple of times, she slumped down on a bench and sighed, rubbing her dry, blood-shot eyes. For the first time, she felt like crying. People passed by them on the sidewalk, the bat celebrity catching their attention. But they did what she expected: they looked down on her.
Because of her worn cloths, her sagging face, and her broken heart.
Tikal sat beside her quietly, giving the people a look that explained their situation. She then gently rubbed Rouge's back, to give her a little comfort. "Don't worry Miss Rouge. There's still a shard of hope left."
The white bat jolted up her head towards the shy echidna, giving her a devious glare. "Hope? Hope!? How dare you! Do you know how much pain I must go through just for this one man that walked out of my life? It's killing me Tikal! Slowly, deeply, inside it's killing me! You don't know anything! So just shut up and leave me alone curse it!"
Tikal didn't take any surprise at her sudden rage. She was used to this already. She gave a sad nod, stood up and walked away. "I'll continue the search. Your body guard should be here giving you some information soon." she said, and walked away.
Rouge just sat there, her head back low, her elbows meeting her knees and her hands holding her cheeks. Her mouth quivered in utter fury. "Damn it. Damn you Tikal." she growled, tears on the edge of filling her eyes.
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He was about to murder someone; anyone. But the first person on his killing list was a certain blue hedgehog that was a foot behind him, complaining and trying to "help" him out. Yes, Shadow the Hedgehog will soon be called a cold-blooded murderer in less than 30 seconds.
Counting…
Five days searching, three days with the blue virus following his footsteps like a blue shadow, rambling on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on… and on some more.
26 seconds…
On the second day, after Sonic fell asleep in front of Shadow's entrance, and found himself the next morning in the garbage disposal. He still protested, and barged in the black hog's trailer breaking down the door.
Now he was in greater debt.
20 seconds…
Before Shadow could knock him out with a broomstick, Sonic gave an idea that appeared reasonable: UFC. (Ultimate Fighting Championships. Competition) So Shadow decided to take a try.
His first opponent for a practice round was a lightweight guy. It was over in 3 seconds. They sent him to the hospital.
The second was a middleweight guy. It was over in 2 seconds. The man was still unconscious to this day.
The third was a heavyweight man who claims to be legendary. By the time they blew the whistle, that man was flat on his face, almost dead.
And you want to know something; all the three guys took a side and sued him.
12 seconds…
Shadow was found behind bars after the police finally stunned him for a minute with a dozen tazer guns. Once conscious, his cell buddy wanted to fight, but Shadow took no interest, and punched the concrete wall, and calmly made his escape. He was finally convinced to never trust that blue bastard again, who ran away when he was getting tazed, and came back when he was out of prison to his doorstep entrance like nothing ever happened.
4 seconds…
Ever since then, it had been the same routine. A whole day finding a job, get fired once employed, return home at dusk, Sonic banging on his entrance, and when finally asleep, throws him in the dumpster. Oh how kind Shadow was to Sonic; because all this time, he had to struggle to keep himself from strangling the guy's neck.
1 second…
Time's up.
Shadow had it up to 'Pluto'. He turned around with the face of the devil, his hand tensed with claw-like finger tips.
This was the blue hedgehog's doom.
Before Shadow could even touch Sonic's eye, a newspaper suddenly blew in his face, blocking his view, and he losing his balance.
Sonic looked at Shadow with fear, but with relief. The paper saved his good for nothing soul. He looked down at Shadow. His face was covered with the newspaper, but Sonic could see straight through it, and he could have sworn that he had seen the entrance to hell.
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It had been nearly an hour since Tikal left Rouge in peace. Rouge just sat on the same bench with the same sitting pose, waiting for her agent's return. She was now fully composed, and finally had a few minutes of sleep. But now she was getting impatient with waiting.
"Dang it where is that brat?" she asked herself, finally looking up, her eyes searching for the orange echidna. She was nowhere to be seen. She sighed and leaned back on the bench looking up at the sky.
The sun was beginning to set.
The last day was almost over.
After a few moments, her stress was coming back to her. She was getting impatient. After minutes passed, she jumped off, and started stomping away in the direction she manager took. "She should've been here by now!" she shouted out loud.
She was soon roaming the busy city streets. The sun getting dimmer as it hide behind the tall skyscrapers. Rouge continued walking forward, with no clue where she was going or where her irritating manager was.
All hope was lost, only a few more hours till midnight, and she was nowhere near close of finding a male partner.
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"Sh-Shadow! Stop! What I ever do ta ya?" Sonic was running for his life on the crowded streets, trying not to knock people over by his panic.
"EVERYTHING!!!" Shadow screamed so loud, the buildings shook from his volume and from fear of his tone.
Sonic didn't stop, but continued to run, tears streaming down his face. "Oh, fate is so cruel." he thought aloud.
He continued running forward, he knew one place he'd be safe: the music store. Yes, Amy will sure knock the demon right out of Shadow! What a scheme.
And good news, that it was just around the block.
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People looked at a bat that appeared to have anger management issues. Every stomp she took, a little earthquake would be created. She was nearly screaming to herself about being against the world and some stupid female echidna. She was feared by the people who passed her, too afraid to walk anywhere near her.
Rouge didn't look anywhere else but forward. Ignoring looks and glaring at people who stared too long. But there was one thing that caught her interest: A music store up ahead that read: Musix.
But that wasn't what caught her interest, it was the poster that was hung in the front window of her and her ex-lover. She stopped in her tracks and looked up at it as if it was the only thing that accepted her at that moment.
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Just a few more yards, and Sonic would be safe. His rivers of tears soon became rivers of joy. "AAAAAAAAAAAAMYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!" He started to sing, never wanting Amy as much as he did now.
As he turned the corner, a white bat, stood in the way, which he avoided colliding by jumping over her, and entered the music store in sonic speed.
"That was weird." the bat told herself.
Soon after she said that, Shadow zoomed out of the corner, and dashed forward in light speed, his eyes only targeted on his prey: Big mistake.
As soon as he was about to enter the store, he crashed right into a living obstacle. Before he realized it, he found himself right on top of a white female bat, who looked at him in a daze from the collision.
Shadow's eyes widened.
This bat underneath him looked so familiar. He knew he saw her before, but couldn't make it out. Maybe because she looked like a wreck, due to her spoiled cloths, smeared make-up and wrinkled face with dark bags under her eyes.
The bat only stared up back at him after regaining her sense of sight.
She really looked like, the famous singer, Rouge the Bat. That's who she was, was she?
After a couple moments, none of the two moved. Then, Shadow was the first to speak, sounding in disbelief.
"You…"
To be continued…
Chapter 4 Theme: "Tik-Tok" by Kesha
Wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy
(Hey, what up girl?)
Grab my glasses, I'm out the door, I'm gonna hit this city
(Lets go)
Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack
'Cause when I leave for the night, I ain't coming back
I'm talking pedicure on our toes, toes
Trying on all our clothes, clothes
Boys blowing up our phones, phones
Drop-topping, playing our favorite CDs
Pulling up to the parties
Trying to get a little bit tipsy
Don't stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, I'mma fight
'Til we see the sunlight
Tick tock on the clock
But the party don't stop, no
Don't stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, I'mma fight
'Til we see the sunlight
Tick tock, on the clock
But the party don't stop, no
Ain't got a care in world, but got plenty of beer
Ain't got no money in my pocket, but I'm already here
And now, the dudes are lining up cause they hear we got swagger
But we kick em to the curb unless they look like Mick Jagger
I'm talking about everybody getting crunk, crunk
Boys tryin' to touch my junk, junk
Gonna smack him if he getting too drunk, drunk
Now, now, we go until they kick us out, out
Or the police shut us down, down
Police shut us down, down
Po-po shut us
Don't stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, I'mma fight
'Til we see the sunlight
Tick tock on the clock
But the party don't stop, no
Don't stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, I'mma fight
'Til we see the sunlight
Tick tock on the clock
But the party don't stop, no
DJ, you build me up
You break me down
My heart, it pounds
Yeah, you got me
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With my hands up
You got me now
You got that sound
Yeah, you got me
DJ, you build me up
You break me down
My heart, it pounds
Yeah, you got me
With my hands up
Put your hands up
Put your hands up
Now, the party don't start 'til I walk in
Don't stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, I'mma fight
'Til we see the sunlight
Tick tock on the clock
But the party don't stop, no
Don't stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, I'mma fight
'Til we see the sunlight
Tick tock on the clock
But the party don't stop, no
A.N: And Until the next chapter, you'll see what will happen! I'd like to thank "Solar Tonatiuh" who actually really encouraged me to continue to write. If you want to give me any ideas, I'm all ears, but I do have ideas of my own. I got this story ALL planned.
And now, A BONUS COMMENTARY! This one's a pretty old one I saved from a conversation with me, my brother X-treme , and our new friend whose also our neighbor; Maximum M.X.!
Supreme- Heya Max!
Max— hi Katie, is "X's name" there?
Supreme- nope, sorry. He went to the movies with his friends, but you want to call him? I think we can "text" him from here. Hold on, let me try and add him. He's on!
"X-treme has been added to the conversation"
Supreme- Heya "X's name"! How's the movie!
Max— it's going to take awhile for him to answer. You know how slow he is texting.
Supreme- Tell me about it. -_-
X-treme: wat de hck u gyz? Im wtchng a mvi hre
Max—jeez, no need to be a doosh.
Supreme- What movie are you watching? Lemme guess! Avatar? That's still out isn't it? Dang that was a good movie! Loved the romance and action, it had it all!
Max—of course! -smiley face-
X-treme: no. Sherlock hlms.
Supreme- Wow, took you long enough. I wanted to see that movie! Is it good?
Max— did you hear about the alice in wonderland coming out on march?
Supreme- lol, No der I have. Everyone's talking about it! I'm going to see it with my cousin. What other movies are coming out?
Max— How about those two movies by that author Nicholas Sparks? Dear John and that other one with Miley Cyrus.
X-treme: wll u gyz sht up? My phne keeps vibrtin!
Max—then turn it off you idiot!
Supreme- Nuuuuuuu! I want him to leave it on! Oh, wait, the other movie is "The Last Song". Oh HAHAHA! What about that other movie that looks so funny, "She's Out Of My League"?
X-treme: I cnt cuz kate wll beat me l8er when i get back
Max— you're violent Katie!
Supreme- He's a man now, so he can suck it up like one.
Max— lol, silly girl.
Supreme- -angel smiles- Oh, wait, on the topic of the movies! "X's name" are you going to see "Ligion"? or whatever it's called?
Max-- … it's taking a long time
X-treme: its clled Legion. yeh, right afer this mvi im gonna c dat nxt.
Supreme- that reminds me too, who did you go with? You aren't going by yourself are you?
Max— he's a loner.
Supreme- You're mean! :)~
X-treme: hng w/ da byz. no fence bt dis mvi sux.
Max—no wonder you're replying to us then.
Supreme- Why?
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X-treme: y wat?
Supreme- -plops to the ground- HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO JUST SEND THAT ON YOUR CELL PHONE!? Seriously, you're the slowest texter on the planet!
Max—that took, about 10 minutes there.
X-treme: dis mvi snt lyke sherlok hlms at all! da actrs r great bt da stri lnes' rong.
Max— It takes him too long to reply. Can we just butt him out of this conversation?
Supreme- Jeez Max, you're so cold-hearted to him!
Max—he's a man now. He could suck it up.
Supreme- LMAO!
Review like I review you! Thank you!
~Supreme