Love Struck
Chapter 5 - Bio
Shadow's POV
We exited the room I was held in and outside were Nexus and Dove. I waited for someone to say something as Logan approached Nexus.
"Our new friend agreed. I would like you Nexus to show him around. Get him in the feel of things." Said Logan.
Nexus looked at me and his expression said hell no, but he couldn't refuse.
"Yes sir." Replied Nexus.
"Good. I will be in my office. If you don't mind as well Nexus please when you're done with your tour please take Shadow to meet me." Added Logan.
"Yes sir." Replied Nexus again.
"Then I'll leave you to it. Dove, come with me." Ordered Logan.
"Yes sir." Replied Dove while taking Logan's arm.
Nexus and I watched as they walked away. As soon as everyone was out of sight, Nexus approached me.
"Before I start this I want to have you know that I'm a little confused. I'm sure we can be friends Shadow despite our differences, but I think its best that we talk first. Anything we say now will never leave this room." Stated Nexus.
I nodded my head and Nexus lead me back into the room. He shut the door behind us and had me sit down back in the chair.
"What do you want to know?" I asked.
Nexus took a minute, but he spit out a lot of questions.
"Why did you shoot me instead of your target? Why did you agree to help us? Who told you that Amy was our leader? Why should I trust you?"
I looked at him in deep thought and started to reply to his questions.
"I shot you because I knew Amy couldn't be your leader, I didn't want it to hit you but I did on accident. An informant in G.U.N told my commander she was the leader so we took our advantage. I agreed to help because I think I should. Nexus, when your men gunned me down before I could evac with my partner, it hurt. Not the wounds, the betrayal." I stopped.
Nexus looked at me in confusion.
"My partner was my brother." I stopped again.
Nexus widened his eyes in shock.
"He left me to die. How do you think I feel? I want him to feel my pain. G.U.N didn't give two shits about me; I think they need someone to hurt them. I will be more then glad to do the hurting, I want them to pay. They think I'm dead. I want to keep it that way for now. I have my own plan for my revenge. I'm Shadow of course. It will take more then what I am to do what I have in store, but in return, I will show them just how I am. I will fight for myself and I will fight for the people I care about and right now that is Afghanistan. I will get you your freedom. I just need you to give me a chance." I finally stopped in slight anger and Nexus could feel my thirst for vengeance.
Nexus stuck out his hand and I took it with a calm attitude.
"I trust you Shadow. I think we all can. Come on lets make this official. I'll give you the tour on the way." Stated Nexus as he reopened the door.
I smiled and walked out in front of him.
Once he closed the door we began our march into the hallways.
I remained silent as Nexus did his job.
"This building was built in 1964. It has remained standing for years and it is completely defended twenty four seven. No one has ever gotten in here without permission." Nexus stopped as we approached a large twin door room. He pushed them open.
"This is the mess hall as you can tell." Stated Nexus.
I stopped and looked around. It was lunch time and there were at least two hundred men and women in the room eating. Everyone stopped and looked at me and Nexus.
The men stared at me in curiousness as the women checked me out. I was like eye candy to them I guess. Then again I wasn't wearing anything but my black combat pants and my black tank top. Nexus looked at me and then at the crowd.
"Alright everyone. I'm sure you know who I am, but I would like you to meet our new friend." Said Nexus as he pointed at me.
I just nodded my head slightly. I have to admit I was put on the spot.
"He's new to our family. His name is Shadow. Shadow the hedgehog. Say hi." Ordered Nexus to everyone.
I looked at everyone as they began to wave at me and say there greetings.
Nexus smiled and then let them have it.
"I think because he will be with us for a while, I should let everyone know what he is. Shadow here used…!" I cut him off.
"I was a sniper for G.U.N. I was part of a team that left me to die. I don't know if you trust me and I don't care to be honest. I want to let all of you know right now, I'm going to do whatever I can to gain your freedom and extract my revenge on G.U.N for what they did to me. You don't have to like me, but know this. I will not take advantage of any of you. I will do everything I can to end this war." I stopped.
Nexus and everyone looked at me with widened eyes and in short they were surprise by my speech.
Nexus gave me a thumb up and walked back to my side.
"Shadow will be with us and I hope you can get along with him. I trust him and I think you should too. In time he will prove himself and then you will see I made the right call." Stated Nexus.
Nexus and me took one last look around and then started to leave the mess hall.
"Carry on." Ordered Nexus as we exited the room.
Everyone went back to eating and we proceeded to the barracks.
"That was a good speech Shadow." Commented Nexus.
"Thank you sir." I replied.
"No need to call me sir yet, we need to get you enlisted first. I will have someone meet you to get your personal info. I'm going to leave you here until then. I'll show you to your room. Logan wanted you to have your personal quarters. I think it's quite an honor." Stated Nexus.
I nodded in approval and followed him into my room. It was a shock to see my new quarters. We walked in and it was a huge room for one person. It had a bathroom and a complete shower and all. It also had a small table and a desk. The room also had two closets and two dressers. The other thing was that it had two beds. I was confused.
"You like it?" Asked Nexus.
"It's great, but why do I have two beds?" I asked.
"I don't know yet. Probably just a mistake. Who knows? I'm sure we'll find out soon." Replied Nexus.
I nodded my head and Nexus went for the door.
"I'll send someone over here in the next few minutes. After you're done, I'll have whoever I find escort you to Logan. I'll see you later." Said Nexus as he waved goodbye.
I waved back and he shut the door tightly.
I quickly fell back onto the bed and started to breath heavily. I was scared. I was going to rage a personal war on G.U.N. One guy against an army. What am I thinking? I will not let my fear stop me, I will win this war and maybe once this is over more countries will fight for there independence. I thought to myself.
"Knock! Knock! Knock!"
I sat back up and walked over to the door.
I grasped the doorknob gently and opened it up to be completely froze in place.
"Hi." Said the pink hedgehog.
I was shocked. My mouth dropped a little as my quills stood on end.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Nexus said he wanted me to get your info." Said the pink hedgehog with surprise.
I didn't respond. I was to busy pulling myself together.
"If you want I can come back in a few minutes." Offered the hedgehog.
"No! Please, come in." I finally was able to say.
"Thank you." Replied the hedgehog.
She walked by me in her brown dress and took a seat on one of my beds. I smiled a little and walked over to the other to take my seat across from her.
The girl looked at me and I knew this was very awkward. I mean I almost killed her.
We waited for someone to say something.
"Alright I guess I'll introduce myself first. My name is…!" I cut her off.
"Amy."
She looked at me in surprise and replied.
"Yes. How did you know?" Asked Amy.
"Call it luck." I replied.
Amy smiled and continued.
"Age?" Asked Amy.
"I'm twenty." I replied.
Amy smiled and stated.
"You're my age."
I smiled and waited for her to continue.
"Male I take it?" Said Amy.
I nodded with a smile.
"Weight? Height?" Asked Amy.
"I'm one hundred and forty five pounds and I'm five foot eleven." I replied.
Amy kept jotting down my info as I couldn't help but stare at her.
She looked up at me and began to blush.
"Mother? Father?" Asked Amy.
"Dead." I replied.
I lied, but I had no choice. I don't want to scare her.
Amy looked at me in shock.
"I'm so sorry." Said Amy.
"It's ok. They didn't like me anyway." I replied.
Amy frowned and continued.
"Schooling?" Asked Amy.
"Full education. No collage." I replied.
"Ok and past occupations?" Asked Amy.
"Only one. I use to be a sniper for G.U.N." I replied.
Amy stopped writing and looked at me.
"You're the assassin we caught?!" Asked Amy in shock.
"I'm no assassin. I failed my job." I replied.
Amy jotted down my response and continued. I could tell she knew it was me who almost killed her.
"Ok, ummmm….likes? Dislikes?" Asked Amy.
"My likes…. I like order, success, guns, and girls of course. I also like rock and some heavy music. I like going out to eat, I like motorcycles, and I like having people at my side who I can trust and care for." I stated.
Amy smiled and wrote that all down.
"Dislikes?" Asked Amy.
"I dislike betrayal." I stopped.
Amy looked at me in confusion.
Is that all? Asked Amy in confusion.
I nodded my head in approval.
Amy wrote it down and stood back up and began to walk towards the door. I sat up and walked her to the exit.
"Oh I almost forget! What's your name?" Asked Amy.
I smiled and took her hand.
"I'm Shadow. Shadow the hedgehog." I replied while bringing her hand gently towards my lips.
I gave it a soft kiss and she blush madly. I let her go and she smiled wildly.
"Alright Shadow, I'll give this to Logan, but I think he wants you to come with me." Stated Amy.
I nodded and left the room with her.
She guided me into the VIP section of the capital building and took me all the way to the end of the hall towards Logan's office.
"Knock! Knock! Knock!"
Amy knocked on the door gently and we waited for a response.
In a few seconds Logan came to the door and opened it for us.
"Hello Amy. Hello Shadow." Greeted Logan.
"Hello sir. I have that info here for you." Assured Amy while handing him the paper.
"Thank you Amy. Please if you don't mind, I need to talk to Shadow alone." Replied Logan.
"Ok sir." Said Amy as she started to walk away. I looked at her and she turned to smile at me gently. I smiled back and looked at Logan next.
"Please come in Shadow." Offered Logan.
"Thank you." I replied.
"Take a seat." Said Logan as he pointed at the chair in front of his desk.
I obeyed and took my seat as Logan sat behind his desk.
"Are you ready?" Asked Logan.
"Yes sir." I replied.
"Good. You have a few days to recover until you go out but I thought now would be the perfect time to introduce you to your new mission and your new partner." Stated Logan.
"Partner?" I questioned.
"Yes. He's coming now." Replied Logan.
"Knock! Knock! Knock!"
I looked at the door and I guess that was him.
Logan sat up and walked towards the door.
When he opened the door in walked a pure black hedgehog with golden eyes and gray streaks.
"Shadow this is Ghost. He's your new partner." Said Logan.
I stood up and offered him my hand.
Ghost didn't take it. He ignored me and took a seat next to me and waited for Logan.
Logan lost his smile and retook his place behind the desk.
"I'll leave the introduction to you two. You're not leaving for at least three days. You have until then to like each other." Ordered Logan.
"I'm not use to a partner." Said Ghost.
Ghost's voice was deep and mature. He sounded like me.
"I'm not use to a good one." I stated next.
Ghost looked at me with anger.
I kept my view on Logan.
"Learn to have someone watching your back. I don't want you two to fuck each other out in the field. I need perfect teamwork with flawless execution. I need you two to get along. Do you understand?" Asked Logan.
We didn't respond.
"Shadow, Ghost here is my top solider. He's the best marksmen and the best recon man I have. Here's his service record. Take a look." Said Logan while handing me Ghost file.
I took it in my hands and flipped it open to the first page. It had all of his completed missions and a short bio on him.
"Ghost is a deadly precise solider with more combat experience then most G.U.N veterans. He has been in a rough spot all his life and he has no feeling when it comes to completing a mission. He ruthless tact and deadly ordeal make's him the best choice when high risk turns into suicide. Ghost has completed eighty seven missions ranging from supply pickup and drop off to recon to frontlines assault to assassination. He is the best in the rebellion. The best anywhere. I trust him."
That's all his file had to say about him. I closed it up and looked at Logan.
"Do you like what you see?" Asked Logan.
"Yes." I replied.
"Good. I trust you two will get along. Please leave. I will call you back in a few days to my office to go over your first mission. Until then get some sleep it's midnight." Ordered Logan while opening the door for us.
Me and Ghost stood up and walked out of the office. Logan shut the door behind us and Ghost and me walked to our quarters in silence. I opened the door for Ghost and he walked in not even saying thank you.
Ghost took his place on the other half of the room and laid down on the bed with his eyes closed. I stared him down in confusion.
Ghost slightly opened his left eye and looked at me.
"It's not good to stare." Said Ghost.
"Sorry." I said while putting my head down.
Ghost knew I was still thinking about him.
"What's wrong?" Asked Ghost.
"Nothing. I'm just thinking about you." I admitted.
"Don't." Replied Ghost.
"Why?" I asked.
"The less you know the better. I don't want us getting close in any sort of way. I will work with you and I will watch your back in the field, but I'll have you know right now I don't trust you G.U.N." Replied Ghost with anger.
"I'm not G.U.N. they abandoned me. I'm not working for them I'm working for the rebellion." I stated.
"So you say." Replied Ghost while shutting his eyes to go to sleep.
I laid down on the other bed and shut my eyes as well.
"Goodnight." I said to him.
Ghost didn't respond.
I don't know how I'm going to work with this guy, but I have to find some way to get on his good side. I don't know if he has one, but if he does I'm sure he's a nice guy. I know Ghost has something on his mind, no one acts this way without a past. I will not ask about it I'm afraid he'll kill me.