They landed in an old space station and she gasped. It was huge, but Shadow knew where everything was.
"This is where the emeralds would be used to power the Eclipse Cannon," he explained.
"Cool," she muttered, "But why would you want to use it?"
He winced, "You don't need to know."
"Okay. What next?" she asked.
He led her down a long hallway, "This was Maria's room," he said sadly, "We're not going in there."
She nodded and didn't ask to go in, "Where was your room?"
He chuckled, "I slept in the lab, c'mon I'll show you."
He took her hand and raced off down the hall, up some stairs, down another hall, and into a large room. There were a lot of broken tanks and sleeping chambers, and she could see the marks that bullets from the soldiers must've left. She shuddered and moved closer to Shadow.
"I slept here," he explained, pointing to the container directly in front of them, "But Maria and I usually had campouts in the entertainment area."
"Can we go there?"
"Yes," he took her hand again, but didn't run, and just crossed the hall.
The door wouldn't open, so Shadow had to ram into it, and knock it off it's hinges. She coughed as a bunch of dust came flying out and had to narrow her eyes to keep the dust out. Shadow suddenly pulled her to the ground and something came flying over their heads.
"One of the experiments survived," he muttered, "Stay here, I'll be right back."
He raced off and she just laid there, praying that the thing wouldn't come back. Soon she heard footsteps and looked up hopefully.
"It's okay, it's gone now," he assured her.
She nodded and they walked into the room. It was filled with an assortment of objects and was easily the largest room they'd seen, "Wow. Did you and Maria used to hang out in here?" she asked.
"Yes."
"Cool."
After she'd filled her hearts content with the room, he led her down another hall, and opened a door, "This is the kitchen. There are some canned things you can eat."
"Sounds good," she laughed as her stomach growled.
He smirked and pulled out some cans, "There's not much left, but I think there're some freeze-dried things."
He opened a cabinet that was secretly a freezer and pulled out some packages. He finally picked one out, cleaned a dusty pot, filled it with water, let it boil, then pour the contenets into the pot.
Then he pulled out some bowls and filled them with peaches, pears, and pineapple. Once everything was done, he set it down in front of her, and she began to eat.
"Do you like it?" he asked.
"Yeah, what is this stuff?" she pointed to the meat.
"You've never had steak before?" he smirked.
She blushed, "No, but it's good."
After she'd finished eating, she began to get extremely tired. She yawned and suddenly she was in his arms. He walked slowly down to a spare room and laid her in the bed. She looked at him sleepily and grinned.
"Thanks, Shadow," she said.
He kissed her on the forehead, "Good night."
Her body relaxed and soon her breathing became even. He began to leave, but looked back one more time. She's to innocent for her own good, he thought sadly, Just like Maria. He quickly left and went to wander the place he used to live.
Okay, so the surprise twist ISN'T in this chapter, don't judge, it's coming! Until then (which will be very soon!) REVIEW, READ, AND ENJOY! ~tfflv