Fear for Shadow began to creep into her mind, but she shook it off. Shadow was tough, he could take on this creeper. He still had her pinned against the wall, until she couldn't take it, kicked him, and ducked away. He scowled and advanced towards her.

"Not smart," he growled.

She backed away, "Stay away from me!"

He smacked her into a wall, "Don't tell me what to do."

Her hand instantly went up to her stinging cheek, "Shadow'd better hurry," she grumbled, running from the hedgehog again.

Before she could do anything else however, he had her arms pinned painfully behind her back, "Poor Shadow. He'll be crushed when he sees his girlfriends broken body."

She shuddered, "Leave me alone."

He twisted her arms and she gasped in pain, "This'll be fun."

Tears stung her eyes and he threw her to the ground. She rubbed her arms, then gasped again as he pinned her leg down. He put more weight on it and she began to cry.

"Please...stop," she begged.

He just grinned and snapped it. Tears fell down her face as more pain exploded through her.

"You're lucky, babe," he said wickedly, "But I'll be back soon."

With that he left, leaving her in her own pain and misery. She buried her face in her arms and cried.

A few hours later, she'd managed to fall asleep. The look on her face was calm and peaceful, until she heard the door open. She jerked awake and tried to pull herself away.

He loomed over her in the dark, "You know, you're pretty hot when you're asleep."

She wanted nothing more than to smack him, but decided better of it, and just ignored him.

"Silent treatment huh? I can fix that," he forced her up and pain exploded through her broken leg.

He grabbed her right arms and began to bend it in a way it wasn't supposed to, "Ow...stop!" she begged.

"Oh, so now you talk," he growled, bending it farther.

She whimpered in pain, "Please..."

He grinned at the sound of her pain, "Na, your pain is to enjoyable."

He snapped her arm too and she screamed, "Please! Stop!"

He threw her to the ground and she continued to cry, "Music to my ears."

She couldn't do anything and suddenly he was kissing her. She jerked her head away from him and he smirked.

"See ya tomorrow, babe," he said, walking out of the room.
She spit on the floor, trying to wipe the kiss away, and whimpered in pain. Her arm and leg were completely useless and unless someone came soon, the rest of her would be too.

(Shadow's POV)

He'd been searching in the forest for over a day when it occured to him, "Scourge," he growled, grabbing his red chaos emerald, "You better not have hurt her. Chaos control!"

He appeared just outside of the castle, eyes blazing, and anger pounding through him.

She whimpered as he came back in, "Looks like your boyfriend's here. Should we make you more presentable?"

She tried to scootch away, but he slapped her across the face, and grabbed her left arm. He squeezed it and she cried out.

"Scourge!" she heard Shadow's voice and her heart soared, "Get away from her!"

He launched himself at the green hedgehog and knocked him off of her, "Shadow..."

"What did he do to you?" he muttered, seeing her broken body.

Scourge picked himself up off the ground, "Hello, Shadow."

Shadow whirled around, "You're going to pay for hurting Kayla!"

He began to furiously punch Scourge and knocked him down. Scourge smirked and kicked his legs out from under him. Shadow fell and Scourge was on top of him, punching him repeatedly.

"No!" she cried helplessly, "Shadow!"

He threw Scourge off of him and pinned the hedgehog into the wall, "You ever...touch her again!"

Scourge scowled, "Take it easy!"

His eyes blazed with fire and he pushed him harder against the wall, "Stay away from her if you know what's good for you," with that he knocked him unconscious and he came to kneel by her.

"Shadow...I-i'm sorry," she apologized as he looked her over.

"Just hang on," he said bluntly, "I'll get you back to the base."

He laid a hand on her arm and she winced, "Chaos control!"

I hate you Scourge. That's about all I can say right now. ~:( Shadow, next time he shows up, you'd better murder him. Read, review, and enjoy! ~tfflv