"You can get out of bed now," Amy said distractedly, "We couldn't find anything wrong with you."
She immediatly jumped out of the bed, "Halelugiah!"
Amy smirked, "I almost thought you didn't mind."
"Huh?"
"You know...you seem to have a thing for-" she stopped abrubtly as the red and black hedgehog appeared.
Kayla blushed, ran into the bathroom, and pretended to be taking a shower. Then she decided against not taking one and did, then came out, and saw that Shadow was still there.
"EEP!" she squealed running back into the bathroom.
"Get out you creep!" Amy yelled, "You can come out now, he's gone. I'll go too."
She heard the door close and cautiously peeked around to make sure everyone was gone. They were. She sighed with relief and made her way to the closet. She pulled out a black t-shirt and a pair of jeans, then grabbed her sneakers, and went outside. She jumped as she ran into Shadow.
"Ah!" she yelled.
"I need to talk to you," he said.
"Um...can I go eat first?" she asked, blusing deeply, and feeling the chills run up her spine.
"Fine," he relented and she quickly walked down the stairs.
Amy winked as she walked by and whispered, "Shadow."
She blushed even more and ran into the kitchen. She made a piece of toast, not really hungry for anything else, and quickly ate, hoping to run off before Shadow could talk to her.
She brushed her hands off, ran outside, and to her dismay, saw Shadow waiting for her. She pretended like she'd known he was there all along, but must've failed, because he glared at her like he'd known her plan.
"What do want to talk to me about?" she asked.
"You being alone. You can't do it anymore," he explained.
She folded her arms, "I can take care of myself."
"And you've proven that by being abducted by Eggman and G.U.N," he said sarcastically.
"Look, with Eggman I'd just barely recovered, and G.U.N caught me by surprise," she insisted.
"It doesn't matter. You need to stay with somebody," he said.
"I don't care what you say. I can do what I want. Nobody's keeping me here, I'm staying on my own free will," she snapped, "You're not the boss of me."
She saw him seem to grow darker, "Fine, but don't cry for help when you need it."
He ran off and she felt the anger sweep out of her. She almost felt ashamed, but shook it off, and ran into the forest. Once she was far enough away, the shame took over, and she sank down, trying to fight it off. She leaned up against a tree and banged her head on it.
"Hello again," Eggman said wickedly.
"Not now," she grumped, "Can't you tell I'm in a bad mood?"
He ignored her and his robot began attacking her. She dodged smoothly, landed a good kick on it, and ran in the other direction. Thankfully she was faster than Eggman and soon figured she was a safe distance away. There, she thought smugly, I told Shadow I could take care of myself...but...where am I?
She almost face palmed herself, but decided not to, and tried to retrace her steps. Great, now I'm hopelessly lost, she thought grumpily, I can totally take care of myself.
"Hey there, Kayla!" Vector exclaimed suddenly popping out of the trees.
"Vector?" she asked in confusion.
"How's it goin'? We saw that you were lost, so we thought we'd help ya get back home," he said.
"Oh...thanks. I could use it," she admitted.
"Come on, it's just a little farther this way," he explained and began tromping off through the trees.
She followed him and soon came out into the clearing where the base was, "Thanks Vector," she said gratefully.
"No problem!" he replied.
She began to walk off and was soon met by Shadow, "Hello again," she said sarcastically, all the while heat flushing her cheeks.
"So you can take care of yourself huh?" he asked, gesturing to Vector.
"I ran off from Eggman," she said quietly, "And didn't pay attention to where I was."
He put his hand to his forehead, "Great."
She blushed even more, "Look, I'm sorry, but I don't need to be babied."
"Fine," he agreed, "I just don't want you to get hurt."
"Is it because of-" she stopped and bit her lip.
"Yes," he said quietly.
She stood there awkwardly, "I'm gonna go see if anyone needs help doing anything."
She ran inside and felt the heat from her cheeks blazing like a bonfire.
Vector watched the whole scene unfold, Wow, Kayla must really like Shadow. To bad their both to awkward to say anything. Maybe the Chaotix Detective Agency could be of assitance...
Uh-oh, the Chaotix are getting involved *face palm* why Vector? Why? Read next chapter and review please! ~tfflv