Rebirth

Chapter one

Team mates

"Can't read my, can't read my, no he can't read my poker face, she's got me like..." The music was abruptly cut off as the stereo was blown to pieces. Scourge sat up indignantly, "Hey! That's good music!"

"With rather suggestive lyrics that are bothering me." Growled Shadow, ending the discussion. "What is it with you and suggestive lyrics?" Pouted Scourge. "The fact that you seem to like to discuss the meaning or what they make you think of if you listen to them too long."

"Can I listen to Nickleback then?" "Something in your mouth by them? What did I just say about suggestive lyrics?" Asked Shadow, pretending to be surprised. Scourge blew out a sigh of frustration. "Okay then..... can I listen to OTHER songs? Ones that aren't suggestive?"

"Sure..." "Then I'm listening to Just Dance by Lady GaGa." Shadow sighed and walked out of the room. Scourge grinned, sneakily pulled out an iPod and turned on Poker face by Lady GaGa instead.

***

Shadow dragged Scourge from his music to the table in the kitchen. Or rather.... dining hall. "What?" Complained Scourge. "Scourge, we have been team mates for a week and you keep on avoiding all mention of what we can do as team mates." "Fine fine fine.... you have me cornered. I really have no idea what we can do."

Shadow sighed, "Look at this then, it might interest you and I'm a pretty fair shot." Scourge had a grin on his face before he finished reading it. "Assassins? This sounds good. Want to try?" "Would I have showed you if it didn't interest me?"

"Nope. So let's go!" Shadow sighed, Scourge was sometimes a little too much like Sonic, but then again, Scourge was the blue annoyance's double.

***

The crime lord Dracsa looked at them, he was a black fox with black eyes, he was a master hypnotist, and could slip into any place unnoticed. But he preferred to keep his life safe, so he ruled a crime ring full of thieves, there were some assassins, but none of them were really good.

So he was rather skeptical when Shadow and Scourge showed up at his "doorstep". His base was hidden underneath the city, there was an entrance to it in the sewers. So he decided to insist on them taking some tests set up by his not-so-good assassins.

They set up some robots with small robots within them so that they can move around like living things. Shadow rolled his eyes and stared with disdain at the dart gun in his hand, he shot the very small necks easily, hitting the very centre of the targets painted on them. Dracsa was very impressed. Then he had Scourge tested, Scourge only got slightly less than Shadow, his hits were only slightly off target.

They were tested in all types of assassination, and they passed in flying colours. Shadow turned out to be a pretty good liar too, and a very good actor. Being a liar was easy for Scourge, but in acting he was terrible. So all in all, Dracsa was very pleased. He hired them immediately. They were given a bat as a team mate.

His name was Rodrigo, his fur was golden brown, his hair was black and wavy... when you looked at him, he was the very image of the handsomest of boys, to ladies. Shadow fit into that description too, at least, by the thoughts of girls. Rodrigo arrived after them with a bunch of others, and his results were the best other than Shadow and Scourge's. And he was an excellent actor, he'd taken acting lessons when he was younger so he was of course ideal.

"You will be Team Poison." Shadow thought, 'How classic'. Then he inwardly chuckled, he could think of dozens of better names than Team Poison. But he had to stick with it nonetheless. He was fast, but so was Scourge, Scourge was their speed member, Shadow was also a speed member, but he was more of a power member for them, Rodrigo of course provided flight.

"Your first mission." Said Dracsa handing them a slip of paper. There was a huge party that the President was attending, they were supposed to poison the President's chief advisor, clearing the way for one of Dracsa's operatives to get the position and have an ear out for anythings that the crime world couldn't find out.

Shadow nodded. He was to go as Beau Ricktasy (he didn't like the name but he had to go with it seeing as the ID's were already made), Scourge was Simon Ricktasy (they were to go as brothers), and Rodrigo was Clarence Ondreli. "Good luck." Said Dracsa, meanwhile his assassins were quietly hissing bad luck at the three who they knew were much better at their job.

***

The guard was a raven who was very excitable. "Hello, IDs please." They showed them." "Beau, Clarence, and Simon eh? Nice names. Go on in, I hope you like the party!" Simon, a.k.a Scourge, grinned and winked, "I'll see if I can bring you a bottle of wine."

The raven laughed, "Thanks, but I don't drink wine." Scourge shrugged, "Okay then." Team Poison was dressed up in suits, of course, Shadow had not liked this (neither had Scourge), but it was necessary. Shadow had made his highlights a much darker red, in case anyone recognized him.

Sure enough, there were some people there he knew personally. Amy Rose, Sonic the Hedgehog, Rouge the Bat, E-123 Omega, Emerl... Sally Acorn was not present, Knuckles was in her place though, looking very uncomfortable.

Shadow silently positioned himself with his back against one of the pillars, Scourge was going to come along soon to take his place so he could meander along to the upper level were he would be able to take the shot, Rodrigo had disappeared already, having gone to shut down all the security so they could make a clean getaway.

Scourge came along, grinning, they had had to disguise him so that no one would recognize him, his fur was dark green now, and the scars on his chest were covered by the suit. And the fact that he wore a suit also disguised him. Because everyone knew Scourge hated suits, so it seems reasonable that he wouldn't wear one if he could help it.

Shadow slipped away to the stairs and went up, pretending to be going to examine the paintings on display. One person noticed him. She quietly slipped away from the group she was in.

Shadow cast a critical eye over the painting in front of him, it was supposed to be the original of some painting, he didn't really care who had made it, but he knew that it was a fake. He shook his head, "Idiots." He muttered.

"Who are idiots?" Shadow whipped around, Rouge stood there, with an eyebrow raised. "This painting is a fake. Whoever set this up either thought it was the original or switched the paintings." Rouge blinked, surprised.

"Say... do I know you?" Before Shadow could reply Omega came towards them, Shadow felt strange, here was Team Dark, literally together again, yet not together. "Rouge, you are requested downstairs." Rouge sighed, "I sometimes wish I wasn't a GUN agent. Maybe I'll see you later." She said, winking at Shadow, who was quite impervious to her charm.

As soon as she was gone and the upper level was deserted Shadow quickly moved into position, the area he chose was hidden from the light, so he was safe enough. The suit came off, it would only hinder him, he carefully took the dart gun from his quills and aimed, there was the President's chief advisor.

Rodrigo appeared beside Shadow, "Who was the bat?" "Rouge." "She could have ruined our plans." "Yeah..." Said Shadow, though his mind was furiously thinking, Rouge was very smart, she would realize that the hedgehog she had seen upstairs was either the actual assassin, or a suspect. Rodrigo leaned forward as the President stood aside to let his advisor talk, because his advisor dealt with giving awards.

Shadow's finger pulled back slightly, the trigger was almost in place to shoot the dart. Rouge came forward and took her award to the applause of everyone present. Then she looked up, Shadow's whole disguise had dropped, her jaw dropped and she stared, others were about to turn to look when Shadow pulled the trigger. The chief advisor gasped, clutching at his throat, driving the dart deeper. Then he fell over, his eyes blank.

There was immediate chaos. Rouge was rushing towards the stairs though, "Shadow!" She yelled, but no one except Shadow, Rodrigo, and Sonic heard her. Sonic turned against the tide, "Shadow?" His eyes narrowed and he looked at the upper floor, he saw a red streak, Shadow. He ran towards the stairs, "Rouge! Was Shadow here?" "Yes! I saw him when the chief advisor handed me my award." Sonic picked her up and they dashed to the spot. Only the dart gun lay there. "If it was Shadow he was wearing gloves, we won't kn...." "But whoever touched it last, the person who got Shadow to do this, without gloves, could be found."

"That's right! Let's go take it to the police." Rouge carefully picked it up and Sonic whizzed downstairs and out the door. Simon, Beau, and Clarence exited by an upstairs window a careless secretary had left open.

***

Dracsa was delighted, "And you left no evidence I presume?" Shadow shook his head, he had stopped them on the way back so he could chaos control to a volcano and drop the "gun" in. What he dropped in was the fake painting. The gun he left as a clue for Rouge. He didn't know why he wanted to help her find him, but he just did.

Scourge later stopped him on his way to the stairs. "Okay Shads, what's up?" "Don't call me Shads." Growled Shadow. "Okay then SHADOW, what is going on? Besides the usual I mean." Shadow just pushed past him, "It will come out sooner or later." Said Scourge before going into the living room to watch TV.

O.O That was......... unexpected. I hope you enjoyed it. ^^