Yeah, I know it's almost been a year since I Started this story and I was really hoping that I'd be done by now, but I've got a problem. Whenever I think about this story I am thinking about four or five chapters ahead, so it's hard to write about the chapter at the present. Whatever…Here is chapter 9

A Day in the Sun pt 2

Night Babylon, 5:20 AM

"Vedrix, what do you think you're doing?" Rouge yelled in frustration to the vampire holding a gun.

"Stay out of this woman, it is none of you're concern" Vedrix answered to her in his deep scary voice.

"I've waited for this my whole life Orion; you shall pay for hurting my clan and taking my friend away from me"

Rouge smacked her forehead in understanding and tried to speak but Shadow cut her off "It's fine Rouge, this guy thinks he can take me, so I'll have some fun with him"

He pushed her away and started to circle around the vampire, the gun following him, "I don't know who this Orion is but you're asking for a world of hurt if you want to fight with me, so here is you're chance to back down" The hedgehog stopped when he was opposite the club.

"Don't play games with me Orion, you now what you did, and there is no way I'm backing down now" Vedrix exclaimed, his eyes full of hatred.

"Fine, you had your chance…" Shadow's hover shoes blasted to life as he zigg zagged towards the bat as Vedrix unloaded his pistol at him.

When he was close enough he leapt into the air to strike the vampire but Vedrix dodged just in time and slid to a halt a few meters away.

He holstered his gun and put the back of his hands together, then pulled in opposite directions as blades came out of slots on his gauntlets. He charged at the hedgehog with lightning speed, slicing at him with movements almost matching Shadow's.

Shadow back flipped over a low swipe and bent over to dodge another, the blade with in centimeters of his nose. He landed on his back and rolled to his left barely dodging a vertical slice, and countered by doing a spin kick to the bat's legs, causing him to fall over.

Both opponents backed away from each other until they were about 10 meters away, each breathing heavily.

"Your good, but I'm done playing games." he began as Vedrix rushed towards him.

"This was never a game" The bat said and swiped at the hedgehog, the 2 foot long blades on his wrists swiping in a criss-cross manner.

The hedgehog side stepped and moved narrowly dodging the blades, then spun around and hit the vampire in his chest with his palms. The blast of energy from the hedgehog sent the vampire backwards, but Vedrix caught his balance and stood upright.

Rouge watched helplessly from the sidelines as her two friends fought.

And then, a stroke of luck…

The sun started to creep over the buildings and slowly moved across Shadow's body.

"Damn! Why now?" The vampire started to back away, "Mark my words Orion, next time you will die by my blades" Vedrix said and then covered himself with his wings and vanished through the remaining darkness.

Shadow was confused but he did not question his opponents retreat. He looked over to Rouge and began to walk towards her, exhausted from running so far and fighting so much. He had not slept since the night before at the church and after fighting the zombies and having this short bout with Vedrix, the hedgehog began to give out.

"Shadow!" Rouge yelled as she saw him start to lean over, but luckily she caught him just in time.

Theme: On Emley Moor, By Vector Lovers

"Wake up! I'm not going to carry you inside, again!" she yelled into his ear remembering the whole incident with Emerl.

Flashback-

"Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert!" A grey robot resembling Gamma sounded as it approached Shadow and Rouge in the computer room.

"Damn!" Shadow grunted in annoyance. Rouge responded with a giggle and Shadow asked, "What's so funny?" Then Rouge said back to him, "It's been a while since we fought together like this!"

"Just don't get in my way" Shadow said as he and Rouge attacked the robot.

After a few minutes of fighting Rouge complimented him on his fighting since they had not been together in so long and she had forgotten how strong he was. A robot was still activated however and shot Shadow in the back, knocking him out cold.

Rouge screamed and attacked the robot, destroying it. After seeing his condition she picked him up, barely, and proceeded back to Night Babylon.

After flying for hours and stopping for many breaks, she arrived with Shadow over her shoulder and hauled him inside.

End Flashback-

Although the club was a few steps away, Rouge complained and yelled at the sleeping Shadow. She gave up and went to open the door, left it open, and dragged him inside.

Rouge carried him up a flight of stairs to her private quarters and pulled him next to her couch.

"Okay, you'll just sleep here today" She dropped him on the couch but lost her balance and fell with him, landing on top of him. At first she struggled to get off, afraid he might wake up and see her in this embarrassing state, but then she stopped, and lay there, on top of the Ultimate Life form.

Her head rested on his chest fur, it was nice and soft, and his body was warm. She listened to his strong heart beat and was lifted up and down as he took deep breaths. She felt like she could stay there forever.

Her eyelids began to drop, and even though she wanted to get up so he wouldn't wake up to find her on top off him, she was just too tired to move and drifted off to sleep.

Sorry if this chapter isn't as good as the others but my eyelids are closing as well, so there is my first shot at a fight sequence. Goodnight and Buenos noches.