They threw them in a cell and she began to cry, "I'm sorry, Shadow. I got us into this mess."

Suddenly his arms were around her, "It's okay."

She buried her face in his chest, "No it's not. I should've let you deal with them. I'm sorry. I just didn't want to see anyone die."

"It's okay," he whispered.

Eventually her tears dried, "Shadow?"

"Yes?"

"What're they going to do with us?"

"I don't know."

She shuddered, "I don't like it here."

Suddenly the man from before walked in and she jumped from his arms, "Hello, again."

She gulped and Shadow glared at the man, "Stay away from her."

The man laughed, "Nice to see she has some company. She'll need it," with that he left.

She sank down, "I don't like him."

"I won't let them hurt you," he assured her.

She looked up with large eyes, "Really?"

"Never."

She hugged him, "Thank you."

At first he was stiff, but then he hugged her back. After a while he noticed that she was asleep and smiled. He didn't see a bed, so he held her, and leaned up against a wall.

She slowly stirred and woke up in his arms. She blushed, looked up, and saw that he was asleep. She moved slowly away and he jerked awake.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up," she muttered.

"You're fine," he assured her.

She sat up and looked at her hands, "This sucks."

"Yeah."

She laughed, "I don't get how I can be happy right now."

He suddenly started laughing too, "I don't think it's just you."

Soon the whole room was filled with laughter, "What's-ha-going-hehe-on?" she asked inbetween laughs.

"I-hehehe-don't-hahaha-know," he gasped.

She tried to gasp for air, but found it impossible, and slowly she began to lose consciousness. Before she did, she stopped, and slowly the laughter faded away.

She coughed, gasping for air, "Not again."

He held her close and she trembled, "It's okay."

"I just wanna go home," she whimpered.

"I know."

She slowly stopped trembling and just let him hold her, "Shadow?"

"Yes?"

"Can you tell me about Maria?"

He winced, "I don't think I can talk about it."

Her face fell, "Oh, okay."

"How do you know about her anyways?"

She blushed, "I went snooping in Eggman's base."

"Oh."

She lowered her eyes, "Sorry."

"You're fine."

She sat up and looked at her hands again, "Eggman told me about you."

"He did?"

"Yeah. He told me that you saved some planet and the galaxy," she whispered, "You're really brave."

He opened his mouth to reply, but then saw something moving at the other side of the room, "Kayla, don't...move."

She froze, "What's wrong?"

"Snake," he whispered.

Her eyebrows shot up with worry and she felt something scaly scratch past her leg, "What is it?"

He looked, "I can't tell."

A small whimper escaped her and the snake began to rattle, "Rattle snake."

DUHN DUHN DUHN DUUUHHNNN! Hehe, sorry, another cliffhanger. Don't worry though, read the next chapter, review, and don't be hanging off a cliff! ~tfflv