Chapter Sixteen

Truth or Fake Vision?

The next day Rouge decided to pluck up the courage to go and tell Knuckles about her pregnancy, she was worried, yet she knew he would have to know, "I just hope he takes it well" she thought, she stood in front of her mirror and ran her fingers through her hair.

As she did, she felt the baby give a hard kick inside "awww little one" she whispered "you nervous too?" the baby then moved about, Rouge stroked her stomach "Shhh Shhh" she said "it'll be ok….I hope" she turned from the mirror and walked downstairs to find her phone.

Biting her lip with nerves, she began to dial Knuckles's number, she then put her phone to her ear as it began to ring, "no…." she whispered "don't pick up….don't pick up" just then Knuckles's voice was heard. "Knuckles?" whispered Rouge "oh…hey Rouge" said Knuckles.

"Can you meet me?" she asked, "sure" said Knuckles "when?" "This afternoon" said Rouge, "at the park café? I need to talk to you" "sure thing" said Knuckles "see you there about three?" Rouge agreed "ok" she said "see you about three" she hung up then went to sit on her sofa, she had a couple of hours so she decided to rest a little, she had become very tired carrying her baby inside her.

As she stroked her stomach, she stared at the ceiling, thinking again about Shadow, all these visions she had been having, they were all too real, far too real to be dreams. She rested her head back and began to close her eyes; it wasn't long before she drifted off to sleep.

As soon as she fell asleep, she began to dream again, her black vision began to develop, she then began to hear voices, she then found herself in a black corridor, "No…" she whispered as she looked around "it can't be…" she then saw some people walking around in uniforms.

"I'm on Molly's planet!" she thought, "but if I'm here…." She then realised "Shadow!" she then saw some men walking down the corridor towards her, one was a tall man with brown hair and the other was a bearded blonde man. "I wonder how it's doing?" said the brown haired man, "who?" asked the blonde, "the black and red hedgehog" "oh that" said the blonde man "growing more and more insane everyday and angry"

"Told you he was dangerous" commented the other guy "the gov' says that the hedgehog should be kept for further tests" "Good thing too, especially as he caused the death of young Molly" Rouge's eyes went wide "what!" she cried "now dare they!" She ran after them, "hey!" she said "where is he!" she ran alongside them shouting "how dare you! He's a hero not a murderer"

But even though she was shouting her head off at them, they didn't seem to notice her, "shit!" she thought, she tried grabbing a sleeve, but each time she tried, her hand went through the arm of the man. "Fuck" she thought, "they can't see or hear me…" she followed them as they walked down talking.

Rouge kept on following them until they got to a large door with the sounds of someone screaming and shouting in agony and anger. Rouge recognised the voice immediately, "Shadow" she felt devastation and anger rise in her chest. The brown haired man then typed in a password and the door opened. Rouge quickly followed them inside. As soon as she got in, the sight she saw broke her heart.

There was Shadow on his hands and knees breathless from screaming and cursing, his soft velvet black fur was matted and dirty and bruised and even stained with blood. "Oh Shadow" she whispered as tears flowed from her eyes "what have those bastards done to you…?" she looked up at two men on their side of him holding two wooden canes that they had been battering him with.

Shadow lifted his head and looked up at the two men, his face was all twisted up in angry and pain, "still hanging on eh creature?" asked one of the men mockingly. Shadow glared at him. "Fuck you" he spat. As he said that one of the men with the canes hit him on the back making him fall flat on his face.

Rouge felt like running over and slapping him, but she couldn't as she was invisible to them. "You know you deserve this hedgehog" said one of the men, "you lead Molly to her death, and that is unforgivable" "I did not kill her" snarled Shadow, "I helped her fight those monsters! I helped her!"

"Shut up!" said the brown haired man, he kicked some dust into Shadow's face, "you caused her death and now you're gonna pay for what you did" Shadow looked up, "haven't you made me suffer enough?" he gasped, "all these months of endless torture, being a guinea pig for your…experiments….kick me around like a plaything…" he spat on the floor, showing blood mixed with thick saliva.

"No" said the brown haired man "you're gonna be use to us one day, with those powers you have, you will be our greatest weapon" Shadow bowed his head broken "all this time" he choked "I have only bee seen as a weapon, not a creature with feelings" he clenched his fists and punched the floor.

Seeing Shadow so angry made Rouge's heart burst, "No…Shadow" she felt her tears fall, then she looked up at the men torturing him and jeering at him, "You bastards!" she screamed loudly "you fucking bastards!" as she screamed the image around her faded and she found herself back in her living room.

"Oh God…." She thought, she stood up and wiped the sweat from her forehead, "Shadow…" she whispered "so that's what they were doing to you….that's why they won't let you leave….they're torturing you!" she then looked at the clock, "shit" she thought "I have to meet Knuckles in half an hour"

She quickly found her coat and pulled it around her shoulders, she then ran her fingers through her hair and walked out of the door, as she walked, she felt the baby give a couple of kicks. "Shhh, Shhh I know" she whispered, she then began to walk faster hoping to meet Knuckles in time, as she walked, she thought again about the vision she had, "it seemed so real, too real" she thought "but what if I was just a dream, no…it can't be…."

Those evil men! Hurting Shadow! Poor Shadow, again seen as a weopon, not a living creature with feelings,

But now....Rouge has to go to Knuckles, sorry readers, I was gonna have the Knuckles scene here, but I thought of putting this vison in, but we'll see Knuckles's in the next chapter! Enjoy!

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