Chapter Two: Digby

In a flash of green light, Shadow appeared in front of the undertakers, it was dark, so no one was there to see him kick the door down, knocking two guards out cold in the process and making his way to the basement - he knew this building well.

"So, Black Shadow. Come crawling back to us e-" Famine's taunting was cut off as Shadow grabbed him by the neck and pinned him to the wall.

"I try to tell you calmly. The hospital is off limits." Shadow said through gritted teeth, tightening his grip. "You came back didn't you!?" Famine could only squirm in Shadow's iron grip, and he dropped to the floor as Shadow let go. He stood up, regaining his breath, then grinning.

"But it feels so nice..." Famine was cut off once again as Shadow kicked him in the stomach.

"Cross me again and I won't be this merciful." He dusted himself off and left.

Shadow arrived home to see Tails stood at the door, "Why are you back so late?" he didn't hesitate to ask.

"I had to take care of some things." Shadow replied, Tails followed him into the kitchen as he took a beer from the fridge and slouched in a chair. After taking a large swig, he sensed Tails' judgemental glare still on him.

"I take it you saw the guy at the hospital."

Tails nodded, "Who did it Shadow?"

"I took care of it." Shadow stood up, and made his way upstairs, "It wasn't me."

Tails expression softened, he knew that Shadow was not the type to lie, and after he sighed, he took his own beer from the fridge and returned to the television.

"Aah! Aargh!" Sonic's horrific screams rattled the forest as his heart, lungs, stomach and liver stopped working, and began to reform. The screaming then silenced as his vocal chords tore and then reformed themselves. Sonic's bones cracked as they grew as his body changed. His whole body grew hair and his nails ripped through his gloves and became claws. The werewolf's increased resistance to unconsciousness kept him awake and kicking as his body tore and writhed. At this point, usually, the petuitary gland in his brain would be working overtime, pumping out hormones to take the edge of the pain, but this had also shut down to reform. Eventually, Sonic's transformation had completed, it was not Sonic anymore, as the creature howled at the moon, rattling the trees once more.

Shadow looked up from his book, as he heard a horrific howling from outside, he opened the window, and realised that it had come from the forest. He sighed and closed the window, and tried to block the noise out, getting back into his book.

"Ugh..." Sonic sighed as he came in the next morning, he was full of dirt, and bits of crap that he didn't want to think about. He found Shadow in the kitchen making a cup of coffee. "Get me one o' those will ya?" Sonic said weakly as he dunked his head under the tap, giving his face a wash. Shadow grunted and passed him his cup. "Thanks, Shad. Where's Tails?"

"Work." The two rested on the couch and drank their coffee in unison.

"Shouldn't you be there?"

"Night shift."

"Ah."

There was a silence as the hedgehogs let the T.V. talk for a while.

After a couple of hours, Sonic stood up after looking at the clock. "I've got to go, job interview."

"Ah, good." Shadow's expression did not change, "What is it?"

"Nothing special," Sonic sighed at the thought of it, "waiter in some cheap cafe... hey!" Sonic noticed the grin that even someone like Shadow couldn't hide, but he was late already, so he left.

"So I said to 'im, if you think, that you can intimidate me, you spineless traitor, you, have got another thing coming." Famine's two accomplices jeered as he showed off to them, the first was a black and red dog, the second a cat, who looked similar to Famine. The three sat in a cheap cafe around a large plate of chips.

"That's showin' 'im!" the dog raised his bottle of beer, and the they had a toast. "Y'know I've come across others like 'im, but they never last." he polished off the last chip. They all laughed loudly, and suddenly went quiet as a blue hedgehog came to take thier plate, he had green eyes, and looked fairly similair to Shadow, he looked scruffy and had five o'clock shadow, he walked away without saying a word.

"I've not seen one o' them in years." the cat uttered in awe.

"C'mon guys." Famine stood up and grinned, "Let's have some fun with 'im."

Sonic sighed as he washed the plate in the kitchen of the cafe, he'd been working here for a week, and he hated it, it was getting dark outside too. Right, what was next? Ah, the trash. Sonic rolled his eyes as he picked up the two bin bags, and dragged them out into the back alley, he dropped them as three men approached him.

Famine whistled mockingly, then patted his knees, "C'mon little doggy. Come here Digby*!"

Sonic stepped back, "I...I haven't got...any money."

The dog approached him, "We don't want," he pushed him over, "your dirty money!"

Famine kicked Sonic in the stomach, laughing as he winced.

It lasted for about ten minutes, the three took turns at kicking Sonic, who was curled up against the wall, defenseless.

"Oi! Hey! What's going on!?" A dark, feminine figure emerged from the street.

Famine laughed, "Bloody hell! Another one!?"

"Did anyone see you leave?"

Famine raised his eyebrow, "A few people."

"Let me think... the manager sees his employee go outside, and then you three slip out after him. That's a pretty big trail you've left there."

Famine thought for a moment, "Have it your way." he kicked Sonic once more, then left with his two chronies following.

Sonic tried to stand up, to see the person who saved him, but his vision became blurry, he fell to the floor again, and slipped out of consciousness.


*Reference to an old film "Digby, the biggest dog in the world" for those who don't know (Basically he's taking the piss).

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