Chapter Nine

The next few days that went by were like a blur, Rouge was so upset about the miscarriage and would spent days sitting on her bed crying. Shadow tried to console her, but it was difficult. He was devastated too, as his unborn child was dead and Razor was still alive and walking.

One morning he was standing in the kitchen drinking coffee and staring into space thinking about Razor and how he has seriously ruined the honeymoon "He will pay for what he did!" he snarled. He looked upwards and thought again about Rouge who was still asleep upstairs.

"Oh Rouge" he whispered "I promise if I ever see that pervert again, I will make him suffer as much as he did to you" he took the last gulp of coffee, put it in the sink and walked back out of the kitchen. As he was walking out there was a loud knock at the door.

Shadow zipped over to the door and looked through the small peep hole, as he did he saw Sonic's face, Shadow sighed "what does he want!" he really wasn't in the mood for anyone coming round, but he opened the door anyway. "Hey there Shadow" said Sonic.

"Hey Sonic" said Shadow gruffly, he stood back to let Sonic come in, "hey Shad" said Sonic "I came round because I was worried about you and Rouge, Espio told us about what happened" Shadow looked up at Sonic "he did?" "yeah" said Sonic "He told us about Razor, and the death of Eggman and everything!"

Shadow looked up at Sonic and nodded, "yes" he said quietly, "Eggman's dead, yet that fiend is still walking around free and maybe going to do the same thing to someone else" Sonic walked up and touched Shadow's shoulder, "I'm really sorry Shadow" he said "is Rouge ok?"

Shadow looked up at Sonic "she's upstairs sleeping, she's still very upset about the miscarriage and she's done nothing but cry for the last few days" Sonic nodded "I'm really sorry for both of you" he said "if there was anything I can do to make you feel better…"

"What would make me feel better is having that pervert's throat in my hands as I'm strangling him!" said Shadow loudly making Sonic jump "I so wanna make him pay for what he did!" Sonic looked up at Shadow, he began to feel afraid again, he remembered Shadow when he was filled with such hate and anger from when Maria was murdered and he wanted to destroy the earth with the Eclipse Cannon on The Space Colony ARK, he was now again filled with the same hate for Razor.

"Shadow" he said "Getting Revenge, even thinking about it won't change anything" Shadow looked up at Sonic, his red eyes blazing "so what!" he snarled. Sonic bit his lip, "I know Razor's done some terrible things, but you should be pleased to know that he hasn't taken everything, he may have ruined your honeymoon and killed your unborn baby, but you should remember, Rouge is still alive and so are you…!"

Shadow looked up at Sonic and his furious expression softened, yet he still had the look of angst on his face. "Shadow" said Sonic "even though you're angry about what happened you should realise that you still have your life, and Rouge has hers, Razor will have won knowing you're both still miserable, so you have to be strong, and show him he cannot win!"

Shadow looked up at Sonic, his eyes began to fill with tears, he fell against the wall, and placed his hand on his forehead, Sonic rushed to his side, "are…are you ok Shadow?" he asked pulling him up by the arm to help him stand. Shadow looked at Sonic again. "You're right Sonic" he whispered, "We cannot show Razor he's won!" he looked at Sonic "You're right" he said "I have to be strong!"

Shadow nodded, "Well Done Shadow!" he said "you can be strong!" he patted the ebony hedgehogs back "you really are one of the strongest character's I've met!" Shadow looked up at Sonic from looking at the floor and smiled. Sonic smiled back, "you really are strong Shadow" he said. "Thanks Sonic" said Shadow.

A few days later, Rouge and Shadow lay in the living room together watching a film, Shadow lay on his back resting his head against the silky pillows under his head, whilst Rouge lay on him, resting her head on his fluffy chest listening to his beating heart.

"I'm glad you're here Shad" she whispered, she combed her fingers through his white chest fur, Shadow stroked her hair, "after what Sonic said" he whispered "I feel so much better, and stronger" Rouge kissed Shadow's chest and smiled. "Thank you for being here for me Shadow" she whispered.

Shadow stroked her hair and was just about to answer when the phone rang, Shadow sighed, then reached over to answer it, "Hedgehog residence" he said with a grumpy tone. "Hey Shadow" said a cheerful voice on the other side. Shadow rolled his eyes.

"Oh hey Sonic" he said gruffly "what's up?" "Could you and Rouge come over to Club Rouge!" said Sonic "In about half an hour?" "What?" said Shadow "what for?" "I've got no time to explain Shadow!" said Sonic "just wear something nice and get your arses over here!"

"Ok, Ok Sonic!" said Shadow "we'll get there" he put the phone down and looked at Rouge, "That was Sonic" he said "he wants us to go down to Club Rouge for some reason" Rouge slowly lifted her head of Shadow's chest and stretched. "and he wants us to wear something nice!

"I suppose we should go Shad" said Rouge "if it's important" Shadow shrugged and nodded, "ok" he said, he stood up and walked up the stairs with Rouge hoping to find something nice to wear. When they got upstairs Shadow went into the large wardrobe and found his nice leather trousers and black shirt. Rouge had a look and found her red strapless dress that came down to her knees and her black stilettos.

After a while they began to walk towards Club Rouge, it was a short walk as it was right across the road opposite their house, they walked up to the Club and through the large sliding doors. They then walked into the large furniture filled club area where the lights were off.

"If this is one of faker's tricks, I swear, I'm gonna strangle that hedgehog!" Rouge shook her head, "believe it or not I'm thinking the same thing as you" she said as she clasped Shadow's hand. Suddenly the lights went up and they were confronted by the Sonic team standing in the area with drinks and food and champagne.

"SURPRISE!" they shouted, Shadow almost stumbled back in shock and Rouge cried out in alarm, "guys!" she cried "what's going on!" Amy then skipped up dressed in a sparkling red and pink dress. "We threw this party together for you two to surprise you, as you had such a terrible time!"

Rouge's shocked expression then turned to happiness, "really?" she said, "I don't know…" Amy then lead them to the middle of the room and everyone surrounded them, "we're so sorry about what happened Shadow and Rouge" said Amy, "we heard about what Razor did and about the baby" Rouge bit her lip and Shadow squeezed her hand.

"So we all clubbed together" said Knuckles, "to make up for the nightmare" said Tikal, "and the trauma" said Cream, "we booked you another honeymoon somewhere in the exotic but different to where you went" said Amy. She pulled out two tickets for a week's holiday in the Paradise Islands in the West along with a brochure of the destination and details of the luxury hotel they would stay in.

Rouge and Shadow stared opened mouthed for a while, then looked back up at the rest of the Team, "you didn't!" said Rouge "I don't know what to say!" she walked over and hugged Amy, then Cream and everyone else. Shadow also shook hands with everyone; he even shook hands with Knuckles knowing he had chipped in to help.

Then Amy said "ok everyone, let's look at the stage!" everyone turned to the stage where a large karaoke machine was set up and Vector was working it. Just then the music started and the disco lights flashed, and as they did Sonic and Tails walked onto the stage in front of the microphones. Then everyone cheered recognising the music which was '500 miles' by the Proclaimers.

Then Sonic and Tails picked up the microphones and Sonic started off the song:


Then Sonic and Tails sang the chorus together and everyone began to join in, laughing and dancing as they did.


But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles
To fall down at your door

Then Tails began to sing the next part:

As he sang everyone began to clap and cheer and get in the dancing mood.

Finally the song ended and everyone clapped and cheered, "well done you two!" said Amy cheering. "Thank you!" said Sonic "thank you very much!" Shadow smirked at Sonic in gratitude "thanks Sonic" he said. Sonic smiled back at the ebony hedgehog; "happy to do it!" he said winking.

Afterwards everyone took in turns to sing on Karaoke, Amy got up to sing Genie in a Bottle whilst Rouge took some champagne and talked to Tikal, Crea, Cheese and Vanilla whilst Knuckles, Sonic and Espio chatted near the bar whilst Big loaded his plate with cakes and biscuits from the food area with Charmy.

Whilst everyone was talking Shadow looked out of the window and stared at the moon with his red eyes, "even though this party has made me and Rouge feel a little better" he thought "I'll never forget what Razor did, and neither will Rouge, I swear Razor the Wolf, next time we meet, you will suffer at my wrath, and you will wish you had never been born" He continued to stare at the moon, his mind filled with deadly angst thoughts.

Just as Shadow was thinking deadly thoughts about Razor, not far away standing on a building looking at the city, was a figure of the large black wolf Razor clothed in a leather coat, "you may think you've escaped me Shadow" snarled Razor, "but you never will escape the memory of me and what I did to your whore, your wrath never frightens me, you'll come to know me well, the next time we meet!"

The Wolf smirked "in fact, all Mobians will know me well!" he smirked baring his sharp teeth, "I am Razor the Wolf, created by the now deceased Dr Eggman, I am the murderer, the rapist, the pervert, the Napoleon of Mobian Crime, the one being all Mobians will fear, and one day I will be the ultimate master! The ultimate villain! And no-one! Not even you Shadow the Hedgehog will stand in my way!" He then laughed manically, his laugh echoed in the darkness, he then howled at the moon in triumph.

THE END……..Or is it? Hahahaha, hahahahahaha!

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