Chapter 8: The Plan

Somewhere far away

Amy had finally finished her overtime training and was walking to the Diner, where hopefully she could finally eat something, but was surprised that Rose was waiting for her by a table in a corner. She walked over to her and caught the bag that Rose had thrown to her.

"What's in it Rose?" she asked while sitting besides her. She made a motion for her to open it. Amy opened it cautiously and was surprised to find a ready made lunch for her. "Wow... Thanks Rose," she said while beaming at her, Rose nodded, accepting her gratitude. Amy was eating her ready made sandwich while looking around the Diner, she saw many fellow members of Angels 4 Hell, and she gazed around the diner until she found Starlight at a table close to her. Starlight was also a friend of hers, she came here before her as she was recruited by Rose, out of everyone in Angels 4 hell there was only three girls mainly because that all the other girls were treated like the spoilt brats that they were. Surprisingly the other male members didn't take advantage on any of them, that was another reason why she liked Angels 4 Hell, although every now again they would try and ask one of them out and they would usually turn them down but when they got turned down they would take the hint and carried on as if nothing had happen. Amy waved at Starlight when Starlight waved back she turned her attention back to Dash. Dash had confessed that he had a crush on her the minute he saw her and well... Starlight loved him from that moment on.

"At least someone has found happiness." She said while continuing to eat her sandwich. Rose had her eyes closed but she knew who Amy was talking about, her eyes shot open when she sensed someone was walking towards them. Rose looked at the person who had arrived at their table and saw Vengeance. She hissed at him. He smirked when he heard her hissed. Amy walked away to a safe distance as she knew that Rose and Vengeance never did get along with each other.

"Rose," Vengeance started to talk while Rose had folded her arms and stared at him, giving him her full attention.

"What the hell do you want Vengeance?" she said making her voice stern, while he grinned. He waved his index finger from side to side while he made a tutting sound.

"Now, now Rose that's not the proper tone that you should talk to me" he said as he flashed another smirk at her. "And besides I wanted to thank you for the training session, you are a worthy opponent." He said as he slightly bowed. Rose closed her eyes and nodded as Vengeance walked away. Now that Vengeance was walking past Amy, she could take a good look at him. He was a blue hedgehog just like Sonic but he has red stripes on his quills also he has two quills facing downwards while another quill facing upwards, to be honest he looks like a cross between Sonic and Shadow, she giggled at the thought which made Vengeance look at her for a moment before starting to walk again. The brief stop that Vengeance had made, made Amy get a closer look at him, now she could conclude that he had a perfect body, his muscles were visible, now that Amy got a look at it, just as his body his muscles were also perfect they weren't bulky just like some of the other males but they were just right. She couldn't believe that Rose had trained with him while she was training by herself but even though he had a perfect body, he wasn't her type because not only that she knew that he and Rose didn't get on well, she also knew what his personality was. He was a stubborn sort of person with an attitude to prove it, he would usually train nearly all day none stop and even on some occasions he would train through a couple of days without a break, now that she thought about it he was just like Rose. Wait, Rose and Vengeance could be a perfect couple, yeh they could work, I mean Rose and Vengeance do train a lot and they both are stubborn even though I would never admit it and they both never take any insults from anyone. She giggled as she sat back down next to Rose; Rose opened one eye as she became curious to what Amy was giggling about.

"What are you giggling about Amy?" Rose asked with curiosity, Amy stopped her giggling and had a serious face on.

"It was nothing Rose." Rose stared at Amy for a while looking for any signs that she was lying but when she found none she closed her eyes and took this time to relax from her training and her missions.

"You do realise that you must recruit someone this year don't you?" she said opening one eye once more to look at Amy. Amy nodded but the question was where she could find someone worthy enough to join? "You'll find someone" Rose said as if she was reading Amy's mind.

"Yeh, but when?" she said to herself as if she was waiting for an answer but it never came.

With Sonic

Sonic was walking through the park on his daily rounds when he saw Shadow leaning against a tree in the shadows.

"Hey Shadow" he said at the figure.

"Sonic, what are you doing here?" he asked as he thought that he could think here without Sonic interrupting him.

"Well... You know daily routine to keep everything in order and all, you?"

"I thought I might as well stop all of your whining so I was thinking on how we're gonna get Amy back," he said putting his mind in deep thought until Sonic interrupted him.

"So, thought of something yet?" he couldn't help but ask Shadow that.

"Well all I thought was a possible link," he said opening one eye and looking at Sonic if he wanted him to continue, he could tell that Sonic wanted him to continue by the look of his face. "All of the missing people are linked because of the fact that they all disappeared mysteriously but also of another fact," he paused for a second before continuing. "I did some research if you want to call it and I found out that all of the missing people lives were miserable, take Starlight for instance, her life was a living hell since she was constantly bullied at school, she attempt to do an overdose on the day she went missing since her parents had came into her room to find pills all over the floor but she was never found." Shadow looked at Sonic. Sonic couldn't help but grin at Shadow as he had come up with a plan. "What are you thinking about faker?" he said now regretting the fact that he had ask him.

"I need a disguise," he said before he sped of to Tails apartment, Shadow rolled his eyes before chasing after him.

Tails Apartment

Sonic opened the door to Tails apartment and rushed to his room to try on different clothes, shortly after Sonic had arrived Shadow stepped in his room and glared at him from his strange behaviour.

"What the hell do you think you're doing faker? This isn't a fashion parade!" he said while crossing his arms. Sonic ignored his remark and continued to try on different clothes to disguise his identity. When he was satisfied, he then turned around so that Shadow could see him fully, Shadow scanned Sonic for a couple of seconds, then he looked at Sonic not sure weather to give an insult or a compliment. There Sonic stood wearing baggy jeans, a sleeveless top, and a grey jacket over it.

"What the hell are you dressed for?" was all Shadow could say besides from an insult.

"Well Shadow, what if instead of us finding Angels 4 Hell, we let them come to us." He said, but couldn't help but give his trademark grin as he was proud by his idea. Shadow glared at him for a moment before commenting.

"What the hell are you talking about, faker?" he said plainly. Sonic rolled his eyes before replying.

"If one of the members from Angels 4 Hell sees me in this disguise," he pointed to himself in his new clothes "And they see what I can do," he dashed around the room using his speed "then they'll make me join them." He said while looking at Shadow to see if there were any faults in it, but of course knowing Shadow, he'll bound to insult his plan one way or another.

"Well faker, what if these people know that you're wearing a disguise and that you're really Sonic the hedgehog, since you're using your speed." He said simply. Sonic pondered this for some time; Shadow was right, Angels 4 Hell was bound to see through his disguise if he uses his speed, but at least his speed is only one of his many skills.

"No problem Shads, I have other skills then my speed you know," he said to Shadows direction. But of course Shadow had found another fault in Sonics plan.

"How do exactly get their attention? Angels 4 Hell is a big organization; they won't let anyone in just like that. You're going to have to stand out from the ordinary." He said smirking at Sonics now thinking expression, but then was replaced by a grin.

"I'm just gonna have to be one of the baddies for now, and you of all people should know that I'm above of the ordinary." He said wagging his finger at Shadow who just 'Humph' and walked out of his room and into the sitting room. He sat down while folding his arms. It was just then that Tails just happens to walk in and saw Shadow sitting on the sofa with his arms crossed and his eyes closed.

"Umm... Hi Shadow?" he said nervously, Tails was always nervous when it comes to Shadow, it seems that Shadow had a disliking to the two-tailed fox and so Tails also had a disliking to him not that he would say it. Just when Shadow was about to answer Tails, Sonic came into the room still wearing his 'disguise'. "Sonic? What's with the new clothes, heh I almost didn't recognise you." Sonic frowned at Tails's comment.

"Almost? What made you recognise me?" he said looking at his clothes. Tails laughed nervously, not knowing what to say, but he figured that he might as well say the truth.

"It's not the clothes Sonic, really it's-"

"It's your face, faker" Shadow said interrupting Tails in mid sentence. Sonic's head snapped at Shadow's direction thinking it was an insult but Tails happen to have stepped in before Sonic could react.

"In a way Shadow is right, umm I mean we can recognise because we knew what you look like and since you saved the world countless times I guess that means that everyone knows what you look like so you're gonna have to change how you look or your disguise would be a waste." He said finally, Sonic nodded his head slowly, he ran his hands through his quills which gave Tails an idea. "Sonic, do you have any gel?" he asked him.

"I guess I do... Why?" he said cocking an eyebrow to Tails.

"Because, we're gonna change how you look." He said disappearing upstairs to get the gel. He came back a couple of seconds later with the gel in his hands. He then applied it to his middle quill making it point upwards instead of downwards, Shadow on the other hand watched Tails at work, even though Sonic was waiting patiently, he couldn't wait to see what he looked like.

An hour later...

Sonic ran upstairs into the bathroom to see what he looks like in the mirror. He couldn't help but grin at himself, it took him a while to realise that it was him in the mirror and not someone else. He had to admit Tails did a pretty good job, as he examined himself through the mirror. He looked very different especially in his disguise, not only had Tails putted gel his middle quill upwards but he also did it to his top quill as well, leaving his bottom quill pointing downwards, also (using a small comb) Tails managed to create a fringe and so he putted gel on that as well just to make it stand out. Finally he gave Sonic some dark shades which created a 'bad boy' look, another purpose for the shades were to stop people to see what colour his eyes was, and so giving a more mysterious look. He went back downstairs to surprise Shadow, halfway through Tails was giving Sonic his new look, Shadow had grew bored of watching the two-tailed fox and so he closed his eyes and tried to meditate, unfortunately his mind went back to Rose.

Back then...

Shadow had woken up to find a missing pink hedgehog, the night before was the 'rabbit' incident if you would like to call it that, he couldn't understand that the pink hedgehog would disappear in thin air without him noticing and so he decided to investigate. CRASH!!!! Shadow immediately rushed to the source of the noise but to only find a certain pink hedgehog.

"Ah," she said rubbing her forehead "so... that's a tree then" she said before getting up from the ground and continued to walk, she had her arms in front of her. To Shadow's point of view she looked like she was blind.

"What's the matter with you hedgehog? Blind?"Shadow said making Rose jump. She turned her whole body so that it'll face him. She lifted her fringe which covered her right eye showing her opened right eye to him, Shadow was about to question her but before he could say anything she had one held up one finger and moved it from right to left slowly. Her left eye followed her finger but her right eye never moved it stayed in the same place. Shadow realised that her injuries that have made her right eye damaged but her left eye managed to be intact. Sudden guilt overwhelm him, he shouldn't have talked to her in that tone not after what she had been through "I'm sorry hedgehog, I didn't mean to-"

"Its fine," she said turning herself so her back was facing him. "I'm just gonna have to survive with only using my left eye" she walked away and tried to get used to the surroundings by only using touch. But then she tripped over a tree root that had risen from the ground and was about to fall face first if Shadow hadn't used his super speed and caught her. "Thanks." she blushed as Shadow was holding her bridal style.

"Listen hedgehog, I can help you if you let me." He said feeling sorry for the pink hedgehog.

"I don't need anyone," she said as she struggled to get out of Shadow's grip, Shadow noticed the change in her emotions as he also noticed a few tears escaped from her eyes. "I don't need anyone," she repeated but in a more whisper tone.

"If you won't let me help you then you're going to have to adapt the hard way." He said placing her on the ground and folding his arms. She looked at him for a moment before speaking.

"Why would you want to help me anyway? To me you're a complete stranger." She said backing off a bit.

"True, but last night when you 'saved' that white rabbit, I saw some skills that most people would dream of having." He said truthfully while nodding his head slowly.

"What can I say? I train a lot..." she said not wanting the compliment that Shadow had given her.

"That was as close as a compliment that I can get so if I was you I would be grateful." He said to her while walking off, Rose look at Shadow from looking over her shoulder, 'he wants to help me huh? Lets see if he can...' she took out one of her throwing stars and concentrated, she remember doing this but she would usually miss the target back when she was training with... well she didn't want to think about him, not now anyway. She closed her eyes and threw the throwing star, Shadow heard a whooshing sound coming behind and so he naturally did back flip only to be missed by one of Rose's favourite weapons. Shadow looked over his shoulder only to find a smirking hedgehog.

"So... You gonna help me or not?" she said walking up to him and placed her hands on her hips, Shadow looked at her and then at the throwing star that was thrown at him.

"I thought you were gonna adapt the hard way, so that you didn't want my help." He said turning so that Rose could see him, she leaned forward till theirs noses were a couple of millimetres from touching.

"Well... Maybe you might be help me find a short cut..." she whispered just enough so that Shadow could hear her and then she just simply walked away, Shadow growled at the fact of how close they were. He shivered of the thought of them getting even closer then that, he gagged nearly. Certainly not a thought to remember ever again...

Back to the present

"Hello? Shadow you there?" Sonic clicked his fingers in front of Shadow's face, hoping to get some life out of him. Shadow's eyes snapped open which frightened Sonic for just a moment.

"What do you want faker?" he asked Sonic who just frowned.

"Damn it Shadow you still recognise me?" Sonic looked at himself, wondering what went wrong while Shadow just rolled his eyes.

"Of course I can recognise you, I can sense you from your energy level, I'm the Ultimate Life Form remember?" he replied as Sonic grinned, that meant that only Shadow could recognise him and no one else. "What are you grinning at faker?"

"Now all we need to do is to start being bad" he grinned at his friend/rival knowing that soon he would soon be with Amy all he had to do was to be patient...

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