CHAPTER 17

SYMPATHY

After when Shadow was done talking to Trevor, he decided to head back to his office to gather his thoughts. Just as he was about to walk past Lien-Da's office, he heard her swearing while her office door was open.

"Damn it!"

He stopped in his tracks when he heard her voice carry out into the hallways. He didn't know what was going on. He figured something may have been wrong. He decided to check on her to make sure everything was okay. He peeked his head in the small office and saw Lien-Da standing in the middle of the room with her back turned to him. He had wondered what she was up to. "Lien-Da?"

The echidna woman quickly spun around and faced him with a warm smile. "Oh Shadow, it's you."

When she turned to him, he saw her holding a gray necklace in the palm of her hands. He decided to walk into the office to see what she was doing. "Are you okay?"

A light blush formed on her face, "I'm so embarrassed."

He saw her closing the door behind him when he had walked in.

"I bet everyone heard my voice carry down the hall."

Shadow shook his head slightly, "I'm pretty sure it was just me since I was passing by." He walked up to her and pointed at the necklace she was holding. "Is that what all the fuss is about?"

She looked down at the necklace and sighed heavily, "My favorite necklace went to shit on me.

"…Maybe I can fix it."

She carefully placed the broken necklace in his hand. She then watched him stand behind her and place the necklace around her neck while he tried to fix it. She had noticed that they were both standing in front of a mirror that was hung on the wall. With the mirror being right there, she could see Shadow's facial expressions while he stood behind her.

"This necklace looks pretty interesting. Just by it being worn, I can tell you've had it for awhile."

She made a small nod, "Yes I have. I've had it for as long as I could remember…long before I moved to Tech City actually." She gently placed her hand around the round piece that dangled from the necklace. "It's actually a locket."

His heart skipped a beat when she had said that her necklace was actually a locket. He was then reminded of the locket he had given Rouge before they broke up. "…What's in it?"

"…It's a picture of my son, Rutan." She looked in the mirror and saw Shadow with an unbelievable look on his face.

He was lost for words as she revealed a pretty interesting fact about her. "…You have a son?"

She giggled softly from his reaction. "Yes I do…I'm sorry I didn't bring it up before. It just never came up you know?"

He figured if she never spoke of it then she had a reason not to. Why didn't she tell him sooner about it? "…Don't tell me you're married too?"

"Nope", she spoke sadly. "I just had a douchebag boyfriend."

"…You want to start letting me in on your life story?"

She made a small smile even though she felt slightly uncomfortable speaking of her past. However, since the two had sex together, she thought it was only fair of him to know. "Back on Angel Island, I gave birth to Rutan when I was only seventeen. My boyfriend and I didn't really have any issues with each other until it all happened out of the blue…"

He paused and continued to listen to her.

"My boyfriend approached me and wanted to take Rutan away from me. He spoke nonsense that I wasn't fit to take care of my own son. I swore to him that he would never get possession of him. He walked away angry that I didn't give him up."

"…Then what happened?"

Tears swelled in her eyes as she continued. "Within a week, my house had gotten raided by the authorities. It turned out that someone had lied and told them that I possessed illegal drugs. When they were done searching my house, they approached me with several bags of cocaine, heroin, and meth." A tear streamed down her cheek, "When I put the pieces together, I knew who had put all that shit around the house. Only two people had keys to the house. My boyfriend and myself…"

"So you thought your boyfriend had set you up?"

She made a small nod, "I know it was him. He did it so he could earn points to have custody over Rutan."

"So with all that shit against you, you lost Rutan?"

A tear fell from her face, "Yeah." Her voice began to get hoarse, "No one believed me so he won and took him away from me. I never saw Rutan again…"

When he finished fixing her necklace, he confronted her, and gave her a sympathetic look.

She let out a sniffle as more tears fell from her face. "…I don't know where he is..." She suddenly felt his gentle finger wiping the tears from her face. She looked into his red eyes while he cupped her face.

"I'm sure wherever he is, he's fine."

She leaned her body against his. "Do you really think so, Shadow?"

He ran his finger gently across her soft lips. "I know so."

She pulled herself closer to him until her lips were pressed against his.

The two were then locked in a passionate and heated kiss.

He suddenly gently pushed her back against the wall and began to gently kiss her neck.

She moaned in pleasure as his tongue massaged her neck. "Oh, Shadow…" She felt his lips travel from her neck down to her chest.

As he kissed and licked her cleavage, he slowly began to peel off her bodysuit. When her bodysuit dropped to her ankles, she watched as he continued to kiss down her body. Her moans got louder as his kisses got closer to her lower region. Her body quivered in excitement when she felt the tip of his tongue stroking her opening. Her smile widened and she ran her fingers through his quills.

The strokes with his tongue had gotten fiercer and fiercer.

She felt as though she wanted to melt over the overwhelming sensation she was receiving.

As he licked and suckled her moist opening, he slipped his fingers into her.

She became weak in the knees as he pushed his fingers in and out of her. "Shadow, it feels so good. Don't stop", she begged in an aroused tone.

Knowing that she had clearly enjoyed it, he continued on for a few more moments.

She heard him unbuckling the belt to his pants and smiled. "I want you inside of me", she spoke softly.

He caressed her sides and kissed her stomach. He stood to his feet and kissed her lips while he stroked himself inside of her thighs.

While he kissed her, she gasped slightly when she felt him pushing himself inside of her. While inside of her, she felt her body being held up against the wall. She wrapped her legs around his body and gripped her hands on his shoulders.

While he began to thrust himself in and out of her, he could hear her moans getting louder and louder. He kissed her so it would quiet her a little more. After all, they were practically standing next to the door of the small office.

As he pounded her moist walls faster and harder, she didn't know how much more she could take. She cried out in orgasm when she suddenly felt his warm sensation splash inside of her. Afterwards, her feet touched the floor and her knees trembled. She looked up at him and smiled warmly.

Before he could do or say anything to her, she had suddenly embrace him.

She leaned her head against his chest and nuzzled him lovingly.

With unease, he wrapped his arms around her and had the feeling that she had just then developed more than just feelings for him. '…I'm such an asshole…'

In The Next Chapter...

Espio: That's her? She doesn't look so hot. Eight out of ten would bang...

Tonya: Are you okay?

Rouge:...Hell no!

Lien-Da: It's not my fault, your boyfriend knows a good thing when he sees it!

Rouge: I'll fucking kill you!