Shadow was relaxing in the easter basket as Maria sat down next to him, seeing that he was hurt.
"It's okay Shadow, you'll be fine." Maria reassured him.
"That crazy weasel, I killed him although he shot me a million times in a row." Shadow growled.
"I'm so sorry about all of this Shadow." Maria apologized.
"No, no. It was all of Eggman Nega's fault in the first place!" Shadow hissed.
Sonic and Silver walked in with food for Shadow.
"Here Shadow, you need to eat to keep up your strength." Sonic said pushing the bowl over to Shadow.
Shadow started eating his food without fussing. Silver watched them both.
"You know what? Chadly is so worried, but he has a job?" Silver commented but Sonic silenced him with a flick of his tail.
"Oh, sorry Sonic, I know." Silver sighed.
"Listen guys, that evil weasel is gone for good and he will never come back." Sonic promised but Shadow wasn't sure yet.
"I don't know Sonic, he might take me again. What if he's not dead?" Maria asked hiding behind Shadow's bed.
"Then we will protect you from danger. I know that he's stupid, but we will protect you." Sonic reassured her as they left Shadow alone to get rest.
Silver walked outside to look for Fang, he didn't want him coming back over there to kill Maria.
"Hey Silver, what's wrong?" Sonic asked.
"Something doesn't feel right, that weasel survived the slashing that Shadow did to him. He's alive Sonic and we have to find him." Silver hissed.
"How do you know?" Sonic wondered.
"Because I can sense him, he's sneaking around." Silver whispered.
"Wow, you and Shadow are fine with each other now and we have trouble with evil guys too?" Sonic was confused.
"Well, Maria is a girl that is worth a house and money." Silver sighed.
"Your right, but we can't let this happen, when Shadow gets better, we will check it out later." Sonic promised as Silver walked ahead of him and got inside.
Shadow was down stairs now, he was limping over to the chair and jumped in it. He was looking at Maria and Chadly.
(At least they care about us. Even though he's a great cook and a hard worker, Chadly is nice.) Shadow thought.
"Hey Shadow, should we ask Maria about her mother?Chadly is the only one here cooking for her." Silver asked.
"Fine, we will ask her." Shadow replied.
"After she eats?" Silver asked.
"Yes, after she eats." Shadow replied.
Silver smiled and walked under the table to look for food that Maria might have dropped while she was eating.
"Hey Sonic, are you okay?" Shadow asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry about the attack that happened. I could have helped you if he didn't shoot me." Sonic replied.
"Yes, I know. But I did it for Maria." Shadow grunted feeling the pain in his side come back.
"Shadow, are you okay? Should I take you up stairs?" Sonic roared in panic.
"No, I'm fine... Let me... Rest..." Shadow sighed with another grunt.
As they all went back up stairs...
"Hey Maria, we were meaning to asked you something." Silver jumped up.
"About what?" Maria replied.
"About your mother, what happened to her?" Silver asked.
"Well... It's hard to say." Maria replied.
"What? You mean, you don't know?" Shadow asked.
"I do know. I do, but it's hard to tell you." Maria sighed.
"Please tell us, we want to know." Silver begged.
"Fine, my mother got shot as she was at the bank with my father. As it happened, it called me and told me about it. Then I waited for a dad to get home and we went out and talked about it while we were driving to a funeral, I saw my mother, she wans't breathing and her eyes were closed. She was dead..." Maria almost sobbed.
"WHAT!?" The three werehogs roared.
"She died from being shot at a bank." Maria sighed.
"Oh, do you want me to sleep on your bed tonight?" Shadow asked.
"Yes, I might need you." Maria smiled a little.
"Us too?" Silver asked.
"Yes, you and Sonic are welcome on my bed." Maria replied.
Silver jumped on her bed and curled up next to Shadow, Sonic was curled up at the end of the bed.
"So you guys are my mother to me. You protect me and shield me so much, thanks guys." Maria smiled as she hugged them all.
Then she walked into the bathroom to shower and do all of her stuff before she went to bed.
Chadly walked in and noticed Shadow on the bed.
"Are you okay Shadow? How's your side?" He asked as he petted his side.
Shadow grunted as he felt the pain.
"It still hurts?" Chadly asked.
Shadow nodded and put his head on a pillow and closed his eyes, Silver and Sonic were already snoozing.
Maria came out of the bathroom and got into bed, Chadly kissed her goodnight and left her room to work on his report for his boss.
Silver had dream...
"Hey? Shadow, are you going to let people hurt you and Maria?" Silver asked him in his dream.
"No! But I get hurt to protect her, she said that we are her mother." Shadow corrected him.
"I know right?" Sonic replied walking into the dream.
"Are we sharing a dream with you?" Shadow asked.
Silver nodded and walked towards the misty part of the dream.
Shadow and Sonic followed him.
"Why are we here?" Sonic asked.
"Because I know that evil weasel survived and he is still after Maria, I know it." Silver said.
"But why? I killed him, remember?" Shadow snapped.
"No, I can feel his power, he's not dead Shadow." Silver replied.
"Silver could be right this time Shadow." Sonic sighed.
"Yeah, but how can we stop him?" Shadow asked.
"When you heal, we will have to run away again and follow him." Silver suggested.
"Haven't we caused enough trouble for one day?" Shadow asked.
"No, me must find him before he thinks of something else." Silver replied.
"I agree with Silver." Sonic jumped in.
"Well... Fine. We will do it once I heal." Shadow sighed.
"Great! We will need lots of planning if we want to find him!" Silver cheered.
"Yeah, whatever." Shadow hissed.
Sonic nodded and they all were split up by an earthquake, they couldn't see due to the misty part of the dream.
"What's going on?" Silver roared.
"An earthquake!" Sonic shouted.
Shadow ran into the mist while Sonic went the other way. Silver tried to run, but the hole opened under his paws, he fell into the deep earthquake.
Silver woke up with a howl and looked up, Maria was shaking them out of their sleep.
"Hey? What was that for, we were dreaming?" Silver whined.
"You need to get up, I don't want you all in bed all day." Maria replied.
"So Sonic, were you in my dream?" Shadow asked.
"I saw Silver too." Sonic answered.
"I saw both of you." Silver jumped in.
"So what you said is true? He is coming back to take Maria?" Shadow asked.
"Yes, I can feel him." Silver replied.
"I guess when you heal, we will have to go on another search." Sonic suggested.
"Yeah I know. I had a dream about this whole piece of crap!" Shadow snapped.
"Are you okay Shadow?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, I'm just angry right now." Shadow growled.
Silver looked at him with puppy eyes.
"What is it Silver? Are you crazy?" Shadow asked.
"No, I was just thinking." Silver stopped the puppy eyes quickly and groomed himself.
In the city...
Fang was walking in the streets, blood was falling from his white belly pelted fur.
"That werehog is a nightmare. I'm going back to Eggman Nega and getting a better weapon to kill those guys..." Fang grunted as he walked into the ship slowly.
"Fang? What happened?" Eggman Nega asked as he looked at Fang.
"That black and red werehog slashed me!" Fang snapped.
"So what about the girl? Do you have her?" He asked.
"No! He protected her just like if he was her mother!" Fang hissed.
"Oh, well... I might have another plan." Eggman Nega grinned.
"What? A better weapon?" Fang asked.
"No, I will do the killing myself! Thise werehogs are too stupid!" Eggman Nega laughed.
"What!? What about our deal!?" Fang shouted.
"Forget it! You will only get yourself killed if you don't stop trying to get him with that tiny little gun of yours!" Eggman Nega said as he sent Fang away.
"Hey! I will still try to catch her for my money needs!" Fang snapped as he ran off.
"Good riddance! Stupid weasel!" Eggman Nega growled as he worked on this new weapon.
At the house...
Shadow was walking a lot more often, Chadly thought that he was in a lot of pain.
"Geez Sonic! Are you always looking at me now?" Shadow asked.
"I'm trying to help you out. Your side is still in pain and you grunt and then you snap at Silver!" Sonic stomped out of the room and walked down stairs with Silver by his side.
"Well Sonic, it's not you. Chadly is too worried for me. I don't mind if it was Maria, but Chadly is just a man. He can take it!" Shadow sighed.
"He's likes you too." Sonic smiled.
"I know that." Shadoow sighed.
Silver ran up stairs and jumped over Shadow, he had a tennis ball in his mouth.
"Silver! Watch where your going!" Shadow hissed.
"Sorry about that, Maria and I were playing!" Silver smiled.
"Maria does want you to join in. If you want to." He grinned.
"No, I'm fine. I wanna be healed right now." Shadow sighed and fell asleep.
Silver and Sonic ran down stairs to play with Maria while Chadly was on his way to work as always.
"Now Maria, you must keep an eye on Shadow as well." Chadly said.
"I will, I was just playing with Silver and Sonic right now until Shadow gets better." Maria smiled.
"He will heal soon." Chadly said as he kissed Maria goodbye and petted Sonic and Silver before he left.
Shadow was dreaming again.
In his dream...
"Psst! Shadow, come here!" A voice whispered.
"Who are you?" Shadow asked.
"I'm a hedgehog." The voice answered.
"What's your name?" Shadow asked.
"I'm night the hedgehog. Your friend Silver is correct. Fang is back." She told him.
"What? But I slashed him!" Shadow roared.
"He used a power up to grain defence!" Night replied.
"That little! Ow! My side is still filling up with pain!" Shadow grunted.
"I know, his gun has the power to create pain for those who fight really well." Night replied.
"Well that's great! Now I'm in more pain than ever!" Shadow roared.
"Calm down, you will have to heal at some point or Maria is gone forever... Silver and Sonic is at your side." Night chanted.
"So you know about him too?" Shadow asked.
"Yes, Fang said that he is still looking forward to kidnapping Maria and selling her for money to get a bigger house of his own." Night replied.
"He must be planning to use a better weapon to defeat me then, right?" Shadow asked.
"That's correct." Night nodded.
Shadow standing there for a moment then everything went black and he was left alone.
Shadow woke up and looked around.
(Night has seen Fang too. Silver was right, we must get him before Maria is lost forever. I better heal up fast or else she's gone!) Shadow thought as he ran down stairs in a panic.
Shadow has now discovered that Fang is alive and that he's planning to kidnap Maria again at all costs while Sonic and Silver are hoping that he will be found. Will Shadow heal in time to get up and find Fang before he takes Maria away forever? Find out in chapter 10!