Love Struck

Chapter 219 – The Third Brother Lost, Plus One

Raptor's POV The Next Morning

"Ughh?" I groaned as I woke up to still feel Shadow's arms around me.

Looking outside the cave I saw light.

"Hey...hey Shadow?!" I shouted as I smiled in hope of making it through that night.

Shadow didn't respond as I looked down at the top of his head.

"Shadow?" I said in worry as I ran my hand off his back and under his head.

Tears began to run down my face as I lifted up his head to see he was frozen.

"Shadow?!" I shouted as I gently unwrapped his arms from me and rested him on his back against the wall.

Looking down at his body it was clear he was frozen solid. His skin was as pale as a ghost's and he wasn't breathing.

"Shadow come on!" I begged in tears as I moved his head to get no response.

Shadow remained silent and still with his eyes closed as I cried in fear.

"No! No no no!" I shouted as I laid him down.

Shadow gave no signs of life as I checked his pulse.

Crying harder I felt not a single beat as I held my hand under his neck.

"Please Shadow don't!" I begged as I leaned in on his face.

"Ahhhh! Ahhhh! Ahhhh!" I let out the warmest breaths I could on him and it did nothing.

Shaking in disbelief I opened his mouth and breath into him.

"Ahhhhh! Come on!" I ordered his still body as his head rolled to the side.

Moving his head back to me I tried again.

"Ahhhhh! Please Shadow don't do this!" I pleaded as he let his head roll to the side again.

Letting my tears rain I fell to my butt and stared into his closed eyes.

In shaking sadness I cupped my face and let out huge moans of despair.

Shadow remained laying down in front of me as I cried out in loss.

"Please...Shadow...!" I begged as he remained where he was.

Shadow didn't move. I can't find it in my heart to say it, but I have too.

"Shadow is dead."

Archer's POV

"They have to be out there somewhere!" Shouted Hannon over the comm as me and the rest of my friends sat in worry.

"We can't find anything sir! There are too many tracks here to even begin looking for them!" Stated head of Zulu team as I tried to find out what could have happened.

"I don't care if you have to go to the next country! Find them!" Ordered Hannon as I went to try and call Shadow again.

Getting no answer I shut the phone and went to call Raptor.

"Ring!...!"

My eyes widened as I got a ring through. It went dead a second after but that proves he's losing signal wherever he is.

"I got through!" I stated as everyone looked at me.

"Where!?" Asked Hannon as I replied.

"I don't know! It rang once then went dead on me! That means wherever they are they are losing signal!"

Hannon quickly asked Marx.

"Where can they lose signal around here!?"

Marx thought hard and replied.

"The mall! Some bars!"

"That won't do! They don't even make sense! Shadow and Raptor wouldn't go there for a whole night even more so, I had Gamma squad on all those places last night!" Stated Hannon as I added.

"What about the quads!?"

"What about them!?" Asked Hannon as I replied.

"We have no sightings on them!?"

"None!" Replied Hannon as I tried to think.

"Where are you Raptor!?" I asked as I tried to think.

Raptor's POV

I had to do something otherwise I was going to die next.

Gently running my hand over Shadow's eyes I stood up barely and went for the exit to the cave in hopes of finding something to do.

Pulling out my cell phone I looked around.

Maybe if I could get high enough I could find a signal.

Looking all over I found a steep cliff going up into the chasm.

I had to leave Shadow for now. I won't leave him when I find help.

Slowly making my way up the cliff I fought the pain in my back and slowly due to dehydration and starvation I fell over and nearly rolled down.

Grabbing a rock stuck in the ground I laid there until I was able to keep going.

"Come on Raptor!" I ordered myself as I pushed up.

In time I was a good fifty feet up from where I started.

Looking down I was afraid to fall now and quickly I went back to climbing.

This cliff was nearly ending. I had to get to the top and fast.

Reaching it in near death I pulled out my cell and widened my eyes as one bar popped up on the cracked screen.

"Please!" I begged as I called Archer.

Getting nothing I dialed again.

"Come on!" I begged in tears as it rang.

Widening my eyes it kept ringing and in complete happiness Archer answered.

"Hello!?" He shouted as I screamed.

"ARCHER!"

Crying now, Archer quickly shouted.

"Relax Raptor! Come on! Calm down! Take a breath and talk to me!"

Archer's POV

I had him on speaker as everyone gathered around to listen.

Raptor was crying. That was not a good sign.

"We need help Archer!" He begged as Alicia walked in.

"Raptor I need to know where you are! Tell me so I can come find you!" I begged as he coughed.

"I can't last much longer Archer!"

"Relax Raptor! I need you to tell me where you are!" I stated in worry as Alicia asked.

"What's going on!? Did you find them!?"

Raptor heard her voice and screamed.

"Alicia!"

Immediately Alicia replied.

"Raptor where are you baby!? We need to know so we can save you!"

"Alicia I'm sorry! I'm not going to make it out of here!"

Hannon quickly replied.

"Raptor what happened!? Where's Shadow!?"

In tears and a gag of sadness he replied.

"Shadows dead! Shadow died! I'm sorry!"

Everyone went silent in shock as Raptor shouted.

"I'm next! I can see the light! I'm sorry Alicia! I love you!"

Alicia instantly screamed.

"RAPTOR STAY WITH US PLEASE!"

"I'm...so...sorry...!"

Raptor went silent and the phone ran out of signal as we all stood in shock.

"FIND THEM NOW!" Ordered Hannon as people ran out the door.

As I went to run with them I screamed.

"The chasm on the edge of the city! That is where they are! Go!" I ordered as we all ran out the base and into our Humvees.

Normal POV

Both men dead.

Both men lost.

Both men gone forever.

Two hedgehog's lay at the bottom of a two hundred foot chasm laying in the mitts of their own blood and sadness.

The first. Black and red with crimson eyes to match. Lays dead. Frozen solid. Died in the arms of his best friend who too didn't make the effort to find help. Both lost everything in one night. Their blood. Their hope.

Their lives.

The hedgehog rests in a lost cave with his eyes frozen shut from the chill of the night. Even his best friend's arms couldn't keep the coldness of death away. His guts hang solid from his side and many cuts and gashes spread along his body with dry blood laying along the seams of his clothes. He died painfully. He died slowly. He died alone.

He died with his best friend holding him close as if nothing else mattered.

His best friend is a dark gray green eyed hedgehog who lays only seventy five feet above the cave where his friend's life ended.

He died with much to lose.

A kid. A love. A women. A job. Everything. He lost it all. A large gash covers the seam of his spine and if you look close enough you can see the spine itself. Blood no longer flows out or in. It spreads still. Next to the frozen heart and empty space that remains where his baby boy or girl was suppose to fill. He lays on his stomach with plenty of cuts and bruises along with a nearly snapped neck. His green eyes are all that is left of him still.

Staring. Staring forward at the chasm that ended both their lives here today.

Shadow The Hedgehog – Killed by blood loss and pain. Death and chill of night. Killed alone with his only friend left in the world here today. A leader who fought for all, but in the end dies for one.

Raptor The Hedgehog – Killed by blood loss and pain. Death and chill of night. Not too different from his friend. The only thing difference here is that he died with so much left. So much lost...because he was weak.

I know what your thinking.

OH IT'S OVER!? TIME TO GO KILL MT SHADOW FOR ENDING IT LIKE THIS! Well you wrong!

The next few chapters will be on tomorrow. Can it really get any better though? Asked yourself that question and let me work the miracles.