Howdy folks. Thanks to everyone who sent those positive comments. Sorry about the delay between chapters, but I'm sure you know how it is. I'm going to try and get chapters up as quickly as possible but with work and studying, time is a precious commodity (I think someone famous said that...oh well, never mind!!) Now, on with the show...
Chapter 3: Infiltration
"I don't like the look of this" grumbled Shadow, as he looked around the deserted warehouse. As it turned out, that was exactly what the warehouse was; deserted. There were no Egg-Pawns. No security cameras. No booby traps. It was as if Eggman had never had anything to do with the place.
Rouge turned to her partner, a cocky grin on her ruby lips.
"You never like a mission unless you get to shoot something" she grinned. Shadow looked at her, his trademark frown lifted slightly by Rouge's humour.
"But that's the best part!" he mockingly whined, pretending to go off in a huff. Rouge stifled a giggle.
"I don't know. What is it about men and guns?" she said, shaking her head. Shadow just shrugged, and continued looking around the first room of the warehouse.
The large open space was completely bare, with no signs of having stored anything of remote interest to Dr. Eggman. The beams of moonlight cascading through the windows illuminated a thin layer of dirt and dust on the floor, showing that the place had not been used for a long time. Passing through the first area, the two agents came to a large metal door at the far end. Shadow gave the door a swift kick, causing it to swing round. The rusted hinges screamed in protest before the door struck the adjoining wall. Shadow turned to Rouge.
"Ladies first" Rouge rolled her eyes, while a small grin crept onto her face.
"Always the gentlemen" she said, Shadow just picking up the hint of sarcasm. Rouge entered the second room, 9mm pistol ready in her right hand. Shadow followed, his personal Desert Eagle ready in a two handed grip.
The second area of the warehouse was completely windowless, blocking all light except the few moonbeams that streamed in from the now open door. Rouge looked around, turning on her flashlight as she did.
"Let's spilt up and have a look around". Shadow grunted his acknowledgement, and then took off to the left of the room, while Rouge continued to the right.
Shadow's flashlight illuminated piles of crates, all covered in a film of dust. Further down the room he found several steel drums, the faint odour of oil lingering around them. Putting his gun back in its holster, Shadow stepped up to a crate that looked much older and rotten than its other wooden counterparts. Giving a broken plank a sharp tug, Shadow opened the crate. Magazines of bullets tumbled to the ground, the clattering seeming so much louder due to the overall silence of the building.
Shining his torch to another crate, Shadow saw something that his blood freeze. Stamped on the side of the crate was Eggman's logo.
"Oh my god…" Shadow's eyes widened like saucers. All this, thousands of pounds of ammunition, had been hiding here for years. How long would it have been before Eggman had collected it? Shadow shuddered at the thought. If his calculations were correct, there was enough ammunition here for thousands of droids, possibly even tens of thousands. It would have been…
"…an invasion" Shadow spun round, the barrel of the Desert Eagle swinging up into a familiar white face.
"JESUS FING CHRIST!" yelled Shadow as he lowered the gun, beginning to hyperventilate. Taking a deep breath, he glared at Rouge. "I nearly blew your head off!" A devious glint shone in Rouge's sapphire eyes, as a cheeky grin appeared on her face.
"Thought that was my job" she smirked before walking towards the stack of oil drums. The innuendo was not lost on Shadow, who struggled to keep the blush that was threatening to turn his face into a tomato.
"Damn her flirting…" he grumbled to himself, all the while trying to suppress the urge to express his ever-growing feelings for the bat.
Damn her hot, sexy flirting…
Oh dear, Shadow's got it bad . Like I said, thanks for the positive comments so far. I'm beginning to get into my stride with this one, and you should start to see some action in the next chapter, which I have cunningly named (fake Arnie voice) 'Rise of the Machine'. Please read and review and let me know what you think. Cheers y'all. -Theos
