Hey guys, first of all, thank you Lyingfoxes for following my story, it means a lot, and secondly this chapter is mainly romance, I am also introducing my version of the Anti-Sonic team in the end. Sorry for being late, been quite busy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic and Co but I do own Gemini, and some of Scourge's team members.
Shadow's POV
Amy must have been thinking of home, because my mind was clear and now we are in her living room. I let go of her shoulder and was about to ask her if she was alright, when she stormed down her passageway, sobbing. Gemini's death has impacted her badly, truth be told, it impacted on me too. Sure, we've only known him for a few days, but it feels like we knew him our whole lives. He bonded with us, became one of us…until Scourge and Faker took him away from us! I clenched my fists and growled as rage and a hint of sadness seethed through my body. Scourge is going to pay, that is a promise! The sound of glass shattering snapped me out of my thoughts, I immediately thought of Amy's safety and rushed to her, only to find her passageway filled with broken glass and all her Sonic pictures either shredded, stabbed or embedded to the wall by something sharp. I stood speechless for a moment, until I saw blood and got worried. There was a blood trail, so I followed it and it lead to her bedroom, but her door was closed. I tried opening it, but it was locked from the inside. Now, thoroughly pissed off and worried, I took a few steps back and broke down the door, seeing a still sobbing Amy sitting on her bed, bleeding from her knuckles. I sat beside her, wrapped my arms tightly around her in a hug, and kissed her on the forehead, saying "It's going to be alright. Just let it loose." She immediately buried her face in my chest and let everything flow out, some tears even dripped from my eyes. After we were done, I picked her up bridal style, and walked to the bathroom to clean her hands.
Amy's POV
I stopped crying as we reached the bathroom, I'm surprised he knew where it was, must've done some observing while I assaulted my Sonic pictures. Sonic, that blue baboon, I see now why Shadow calls him faker, he is a fake hero and a useless waste of fur… Damn, I think I have been having a little too much time with Shadow, talk about an overdose of ultimate lifeform. I snapped back to reality as Shadow disinfected my wounds, which burned like hell. After about 2 minutes, he finished and reached for the bandages, but before he wrapped the bandages around my hands he lightly kissed my knuckles. I felt a tingling, warm sensation run through my body as tried not to blush. I failed.
Shadow's POV
I wrapped the bandages around her hand, hiding my flushed face. Why the hell did I just kiss her knuckles? Am I trying to get myself rejected? Why did I even fall for her when I know she wants faker? I sighed as I finished bandaging one hand. "What is it?" She asked, not trying to hide the curiosity in her voice. I looked up and found myself drowning in her beauty, now I remember why. "It's nothing, Amy, really." I said, and went back to bandaging her hand.
Amy's POV
I grabbed his chin softly, making him meet my gaze once more, and said "Something's bothering you." He moved his eyes and asked "Why would you say that?" I paused, before saying, "You aren't making eye contact with me, you're more quiet than usual, and you called me by my first name." I could see that in his mind, he was cursing himself out for being so ignorant. He finished bandaging my hand and said, "It's nothing." Before I could argue, he got up and walked away, leaving me sitting there with my thoughts. In a split-second, I shot up and followed him, saying "Shadow the Hedgehog, you will tell me what's wrong even if I have to interrogate you." I heard him snicker before saying "I'd like to see you try." Ok, then. Challenge accepted. I tackled him from behind and when we hit the ground, I placed my fingers on the pressure points on his back. "Tell me." I said with venom in my voice. "No." He said with equal ferocity. I pressed the pressure points and I could feel him tense up in pain. I kept pressing for a minute then I stopped, he relaxed. I was pretty sure, I heard him curse before he said arrogantly "Is that all you've got?" I growled, flipped him on his back and was about to beat the shit out of him, when I saw he was smirking. "What?" I said, forgetting about my anger for a second. "You used the pressure points I taught you." He said, a proud but teasing tone crept into his voice. Now that I think about it, he did teach me that. I got so lost in my thoughts, I didn't notice that he slipped his hands free. He flipped me on my back, and then pinned me down, saying playfully "The student will never beat the master." I laughed, and for the first time in a long time, so did he. I expected it to be a rough, wheezy cackle, but it was deep and smooth. Almost hypnotic. I gazed deep into his eyes, they are so beautiful, and radiant, how have I not noticed them before? Come to think of it, Shadow is quite naturally built, and I like it, Sonic is a little chubby now that I think about it. Shadow also looks much better in facial features too… Why am I checking Shadow out? It's out of character for me, but then again, Shadow being playful is also out of character. Every time I look at Shadow, I feel so drawn to him, like a magnet to metal, even when I was still after Sonic. I was so lost in my thoughts, that I didn't realise Shadow was up and walking to the couch. I laid there for a few seconds, contemplating the emptiness I felt after he got up, an emptiness like the void. Why am I feeling like this? Do I have feelings for Shadow? I got up and walked to the couch as Shadow sat down. I sat down next to him, and concentrated on my body's reactions towards him. Butterflies fluttered about in my stomach, and snakes squeeze around my throat, preventing my use of voice. Oh crap, I do have feelings for him! These are all symptoms of me liking him, but does he like me back? He was never one to show emotion, always the stone cold one out of all of us. There is only one way to find out, I bit my lip when I thought about it. Here goes nothing… I took a deep breath and let it out quietly, don't want to attract attention to myself, else the whole thing is blown. Ok… 3… 2… 1… do it! I climb on his lap and before he could say anything, I softly placed my lips on his.
Shadow's POV (Five seconds before Amy kissed him)
Peace and quiet, how I missed you. I took a deep breath and let it out through my nose. I was about to close my eyes for some rest when I felt something climb on me. I was about to curse Rose out for continuously annoying me, until I felt her soft lips on mine and my brain just exploded. I could feel the tenderness of her feelings and her fragile heart. It was as if we were one. I gave from my end, and I was surprised when she gave double my ferocity back. It continued like that throughout the night, we never stopped kissing, it was our little pillar of light in our world surrounded by darkness.
Tails' POV
"You ready?" I asked Scourge as Sonic and myself hooked him up to the interdimensional portal jumper. "Yip." He said and gave the signature thumbs-up. "Remind me why we have to do this? Gemini's gone." Sonic said, tapping his foot impatiently. "Gemini trained Shadow and gave him his emerald inhibitor rings. So, Shadow, now, has stronger moves with an unlimited source of power. And he wants to use that to kill us." Sonic made that "Oh" face and leaned on a nearby wall, waiting. I stepped back and activated the jumper. "3…2…1…GO!" I said, and Scourge sped forward, smashing through the barriers that separated ours from theirs. It created a breach in which Scourge travelled through to his world. "He only has 10 minutes before I shut this thing down." I told Sonic, who snickered and said "He'll be back in about five minutes." And so we waited. As Sonic predicted, Scourge came back with an almost identical version of our team. Scourge looked at them, then at us, saying, "This is my team. Team… meet me from this world… Sonic… meet my team." He pointed at Anti-Miles who was glaring at me, "You know him already, although he now goes by the name Twin-spin." He pointed at Anti-Knuckles, "You know him too, but now he is known as Spikes." He, then gestured Anti-Silver "Meet Mercury…" then his gesture shifted to Anti-Blaze "…And his girlfriend, Embers." He, then, shifted his gaze to Anti-Rouge "And, introducing, the beautiful Ladrones the bat…" Then to Anti-Omega "…And the A.L.P.H.A. prototype." I stood amazed at how similar they looked to us. This is going to get confusing… and messy. I saw the sadistic smile that Sonic and Scourge were sharing as Scourge said "Let us go kill a faker, shall we?" Yip, going to get really messy.