"You're losing your touch Stripes," she heard Scourge taunt.
"Shadow!" she yelled, bursting into the clearing.
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Kayla?" he looked over and hurt flashed across his face.
"Shadow, please, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it," she pleaded, "He made me, he had Tails, please forgive me!"
"How did you escape?" Scourge demanded.
"You're a dead man," Shadow growled and the hedgehogs continued to battle.
Shadow had been greatly weakened, but he was now fueled by the anger he felt towards the green hedgehog for making her go through that. He gave Scourge a final punch and knelt beside her.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
She hugged him, "Oh Shadow! I'm so sorry! I swear, I didn't mean it! Please forgive me!"
He hugged her back, "It's okay, I forgive you."
"I don't," Scourge knocked Shadow aside.
"Shadow!" she yelled.
Scourge grabbed her roughly, "You're comin' with me babe."
"Ugh! Let go of me!" she snapped.
Shadow knocked Scourge down, "Don't touch her!"
She flew to the side and watched as they started to fight again. Finally, Shadow knocked Scourge back down with a good blow to the jaw.
She stood up and looked over his shoulder fearfully, "Is he..."
"He's not coming back," he muttered, "Let's go."
She turned away and they started to walk away, "Wait! Tails is still..."
"I'll get him later. I think you need some rest."
"But I feel fi-" she stopped herself with the look she got, "Okay."
They walked silently for a while and she looked ashamedly at the forest floor. Finally they got to the base and she went into her room without a word. She laid down and stared blankly at the wall, wanting the day to have never existed. Soon she heard the base door open and Shadow walked into her room.
"Kayla, we need to talk."
"Shadow, I swear, he threatened to kill Tails," she looked fearfully at him, "I had too."
"It's not just about that," he sighed, "You know how I go away every now and then?"
"Yeah...what is it?" she asked.
"It's because I work for G.U.N, but a different sector," he explained.
"G-G.U.N?" she stammered.
"Yeah. They've been getting wind of all the trouble and...they want me to bring you in," he said.
Her eyes widened, "T-th-th," she felt extremely light headed and passed out.
He saw her go limp and didn't move. This wasn't what he'd wanted...G.U.N gave him no other options though. So he reluctantly picked her unconscious form up and began the walk to the headquarters. About halfway there she stirred.
"Shadow," she whimpered, "Are they going to..." she couldn't finish the sentence.
"No, I won't let them. But you're going to be locked up," he said.
She buried her face in his chest, "I don't want to go back there."
"I'm sorry, they didn't give me a choice," he tried to explain.
She just cried, "I'm scared."
He didn't respond, the guilt that was pulling at him was unbelievable, just like whenever he had made Maria upset. The thought made him feel even worse. He looked at the girl in his arms, the first person he'd actually cared about in fifty years...could he really do this?
"No," he muttered, he set her down.
"Sh-shadow?" she began to tremble.
"Kayla," he put his hands on her shoulders, "You need to run. You need to stay hidden and out of site. G.U.N is going to try and hunt you down. Now go."
She was frozen, "W-what?"
"Go!" he urged, pushing her forward.
She took the meaning and ran. He watched her go and winced, time for the fun part. He braced himself, knocked his head on a tree, and fell unconscious.
I'm almost sad Scourge is dead...he is one of my favorite villains...oh well. Read, Review, and Enjoy!