Chapter 6

Meeting New People

Yelling he heard. Screaming. He saw people falling over, seemingly dead. Himself screaming "I'll kill you!" and "NOOO!". Shadow crying.

Dusk woke up with a gasp, arms in a fighting position. What was that?! What did I just see? Was it a premonition? He had gotten up a little too fast however and felt a searing pain in his side. He hissed in pain. He was slightly disturbed with what he had seen. What does it mean? I know something bad but what?

The door opened to his left

"Dusk its morning do you want brea- oh you're already awake" said Rouge as she walks into the room.

"Yeah" said Dusk still breathing heavy.

"Dusk what's wrong?" asked Rouge.

"Nothing, just a dream." He said.

It had been about two days since he had gone to stay at Rouge and Shadow's house, and he had already gotten into a little routine. He would wake up in the morning and Mrs. Rouge would help him change his bandages and apply the antibiotics. During this time he and she would talk a bit, just casual talk. Then would come breakfast. Either Rouge or Shadow would bring it to him, considering Rouge would not allow him to leave the bed.

Today Shadow was bringing the tray to him, giving him a dark glare as he brought him the food. He was used to the looks by now.

"Here" said Shadow shoving the tray into his hands. He turned to leave.

"Thanks" said Dusk. He heard Shadow grind his teeth. Shadow walked out grumbling. As he walked by, Rouge noticed his foul mood.

"What's wrong with you?" she asked.

"I do not feel comfortable with IT being in my house." said Shadow.

"HE is not an IT, Shadow." said Rouge "and you're going to have to deal with it. He is going to be here for a bit."

"There is no convincing you. He, It, doesn't mean crap. He is not a son. He is a clone. A copy. And I'm going out." He said heading for the door

"Where are you going?" Rouge asked.

"Out. I'll be back later." He said walking out of the door.

"Bu wait someone needs to watch Dusk when I go ou- and he's gone" Rouge sighed. She can't leave Dusk alone, but she really needed to go out for some things. Wait I know who to call! She picked up the phone and dialed the number.

Hello the voice on the other end said.

"Hey Rosy," Rouge said.

Oh Mrs. Rouge, Hi. What is it you need?

"Are you free for the next few hours?"

Yeah I think so. Why? Rosy said.

"I have a babysitting job for you." Rouge said.

I didn't know you and Shadow had a baby Rosy said, surprised.

"Well it's not exactly a baby."

What do you mean?

"We have a uh 'houseguest' who is injured and I have to go out for some things. I just don't want to leave him alone."

Say no more, I will be there in a few minutes

"Thank you so much. I will pay you of course."

Don't worry about it this one's on me Rosy said, hanging up phone.

A few minutes later there was a knock on the door. Rouge answers it and finds the lavender hedgehog waiting patiently.

"Thank you for coming" Rouge said.

"No problem where is this 'houseguest' of yours?" Rosy said.

"In the guest room, asleep. I will be back in a few hours just check on him every view minutes.c While he is asleep you can use T.V. If he wakes up you can interact with him if you want. Don't let him get up to mu-"

"OK Rouge I got it. You should go." Rosy said, pushing her out of the door.

"All right." she left.

After about 30 minutes watching T.V, Rosy decided to check up on him. She went to the guest room and peeked into the room. She didn't see anything. She slowly opened the door and walked in. She had to walk up close to the bed, and she finally saw him. She saw his pure white color and the black streaks. She was actually pretty curious with something on her back. She leans in some more. She was so close in fact that when his eyes popped open and he shot up into a sitting position, she fell back in surprise. But before she could hit the ground, the boy caught her with amazing reflexes. She lay there in midair, looking up at him with wide eyes. She then blushed at the romantic look of their position.

She heard him grunt "Could you please move your hand."

With a surprised look she found she had her hand pressed against his abdomen, where bandages covered a large wound. She quickly took her hand off and he picked her up to stand.

"Sorry." she said nervously.

"Don't worry about it. Who are you." the boy asked.

"I'm Roseanne the Hedgehog, but people call me Rosy. Sonic the Hedgehog's my dad" she said.

"Roseanne, I think that's a pretty name."

She blushed, thankful that it was too dark for him to see.

"Well" she said after a second

"Well what?"

"Who are you?" she said like it was obvious.

"Oh I'm Dusk. I'm a hedgebat. See" he turned around and flapped his wings in display.

She looked with amazement at the extra appendages. "Was your mom or dad the bat?"

"I really have no idea."

She gasped "You don't know who your parents are?"

Dusk didn't reply. His ears just came down sadly.

"I should probably tell you about my life." he said, sitting her down.

For the next few hours, him and Roseanne got to know each other. He told her the truth about his life; his birth, his training, his betrayal, and ultimately his escape and injury. In return, Roseanne told him about growing up as a celebrity's kid. The expectations, the disappointment when she couldn't run as fast as her dad, her mom's joy when she found out she could use a hammer like her. Her decision to babysit because she liked kids so much.

"I envy you, you had a normal childhood." Dusk said "I was practicing military drills and studying jujutsu from the time I could walk."

Rosy began to feel really bad for Dusk. Being trained to kill when most kids were out hanging out with friends or playing with action figures. He didn't even know who had supplied the DNA that gave birth to him.

"HELLO!" she heard a female voice walked in to the bedroom "I thought you guys would be in here. Getting acquainted I see."

"Yep." Rosy said. She get's up. "I'd better get home, It's almost dinnertime."

"It was very nice to meet you" Dusk said, giving her a polite bow.

Rosy blushes and said "Nice to meet you too. Goodbye."

When she leaves, Rouge gives Dusk a nudge on his good side. " Putting the old charm on I see?"

"If there was one thing that the doctor taught me it was etiquette. He taught me how to treat a lady."

"Uh huh. Well it's nice that you are making friends." Rouge said.

"Yeah I guess." Dusk said.