Chapter Five

'So that's what happened' Tails said as Blaze finished her story.

Blaze had finished telling Tails and Cream about what happened to Silver since he came here, except for Shadow and Silver's deal since she did not know about it.

'It must be hard, pretending that Silver is your brother' Cream said.

'No it isn't actually. I just say what comes to mind and it all works out' Blaze replied. 'Yes, well it is not as simple for me. I have to think about what I say' Tails said.

Cream and Blaze both giggled a little. Tails sighed and shook his head. They changed to a different subject and kept talking amongst themselves.

Silver looked up at the sky, waking up from his short sleep.

'I owe them both so much' he thought 'I only hope I can pay them back someday.' Silver immediately sat up and turned around as he heard a branch snap behind him.

'Who's there?' Silver asked. Shadow stepped out from the tree line and walked towards Silver.

'Shadow' Silver greeted. 'Silver' Shadow replied.

'I thought we agreed that you wouldn't come here if I don't go into town' Silver said, seeming more as a question.

'Yes we did, but I say enough is enough. You have until the end of the day to leave here and not come back' Shadow said.

'I thought as long as I was Blaze's brother you wouldn't touch me'

'Well, like I said before, enough is enough' Shadow said.

Silver thought as hard as he could. He didn't have anywhere to go if he left Blaze and Sonic. One thought went through his mind. 'Threaten him. He's alone and won't be able to do anything if you strike back.' Silver thought about that plan, Shadow was intimidating and Silver didn't think that he would be able to do it, but he didn't have any other plan.

'You wouldn't' Silver returned. 'Blaze would know if I left it would be your fault'

Shadow looked surprised as Silver talked back to him. All Shadow could do was smile. 'What's so funny?' Silver asked.

'I know someone who heard Blaze say that you aren't her brother' Shadow said. Silver was shocked, had Blaze told Shadow the truth, or had Shadow forced her to tell him.

'You know, almost no one has ever talked back to me. And now you will see why' Shadow continued.

Silver now knew that Shadow wasn't kidding; he would take matters into his own hand if he had to. Shadow slowly took a few steps towards Silver, scaring Silver. Silver took a step back, but stopped when he realized if he took another, he would go over the cliff. As Shadow walked towards Silver, Silver furiously thought of what to do. He wouldn't be able to get past Shadow in any way.

'What am I going to do?' Silver thought, furiously trying to think of a way out.

Jump.

'What?' Silver asked, confused, but Shadow didn't hear him.

Jump off the cliff!

'What, why?' Silver thought.

Stay here and you will die, but if you jump, you at least have a chance of living.

'Why? Even if I live, Shadow will just come after me' Silver mentally replied.

Just do it. Silver looked around rapidly before making his decision.

Shadow was only a few steps away from Silver when it happened. Shadow wanted Silver to leave and was just going to scare him, but Silver jumped off the cliff edge. At first Shadow thought he was hallucinating, but ran to the edge and looked over to see Silver go over and disappear from view.

Shadow's eyes widened in horror.

Was he to blame for Silver's death? Shadow ran as fast as he could to the bottom of the cliff to try and find Silver, but to no avail. No matter how much Shadow looked, he couldn't find Silver or his body. Shadow could only do one thing, so he ran to the edge on the town and stopped. He slowly walked into town to see Rouge waiting for him.

'So, where were you?' Rouge asked. 'Rouge don't argue with me on this, but where is Blaze?' Shadow asked.

'With Tails and Cream at their usually spot' Rouge answered, confused.

'Tell everyone you can to be there within five minutes okay?' Shadow answered. 'Ooookayyyy' Rouge said, still confused and running away.

Shadow sighed as she ran off. How was he going to tell Blaze that Silver died? No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't think of a way to say it without it seeming that he was the reason Silver jumped off the cliff.

Blaze was sitting with Tails and Cream under their tree when it happened. They were talking peacefully when Cream first noticed it.

'Hey guys, does it feel like there are more people around here than normal?' she asked. Blaze and Tails looked around to realize she was right.

'I wonder why they are here' Blaze said. 'Don't worry about it, they'll be gone in a few minutes' Tails said. But he was wrong. In the next few minutes, more and more people showed up until almost the whole village was there.

'Okay, something is wrong' Tails stated. 'I was just thinking the same thing' Blaze replied.

'I wonder what it is' Cream finished. 'Hey, do you guys know what is going on?' Sonic asked, walking up to them.

'No, I was hoping that you did' Blaze answered, confused. The large group of people continued to murmur and wonder why they were there.

'Look!' someone suddenly shouted. Shadow was slowly walking through the crowd of people to the center, where Blaze, Sonic, Tails and Cream were.

'So, what's this all about Shadow?' Blaze asked, standing up. 'I… I have some bad news' Shadow said, hesitating at the start.

'What is it?' Tails asked, standing up with Cream. 'Blaze, it's about Silver' Shadow continued.

'So what, did he run away?' Blaze asked.

'No… um, well you see, um Silver kind of, jumped off the cliff' Shadow stuttered. Everyone started to whisper and murmur about. Rouge gasped as he said it.

'What?' Blaze asked. 'Okay Shadow, I can put up with your usual crap, but now you've gone too far!' Tails yelled, taking a step towards Shadow.

'I'm being serious!' Shadow yelled back. 'If you are serious then show us some proof' Cream yelled.

'I, well I don't have any' Shadow said, slowly turning to a whisper at the end. Blaze, Rouge, Tails and Cream's eyes widened in surprise.

If Shadow did something like this or ran someone out of town, he would always, ALWAYS, have some proof whether it was fake or real. Almost was it always fake.

'So what if you have proof or not? That doesn't mean anything!' Tails yelled back. Shadow looked towards the ground to avoid everyone's gaze but looked up into Blaze's eyes.

Blaze looked deep into Shadow's eyes and saw regret and hurt. Only once had she seen that exact look in his eyes. It was when her mother, Amy, died. Shadow was the one who had told her. At first she thought it was a stupid prank, but when she looked into his eyes, she saw regret and hurt.

'Oh my god!' Blaze said, her face going pale and tears forming in her eyes.

'Blaze, what?' Cream asked, turning around and looking at her. Everyone was now looking at Blaze.

'He's telling the truth' Blaze whispered. 'What was that?' Tails asked, turning around.

'He's telling the truth' Blaze repeated, but louder. Murmurs broke out amongst the crowd.

'Blaze…' Sonic started. Blaze fell onto her knees and started crying.

'Blaze…' Cream started, but was stopped by Tails who shook put his hand on her shoulder and shook his head. Sonic knelt down and put his hand on her shoulder. Blaze wrapped her arms around her father as she continued to cry.

'Tails' Cream said, starting to cry herself. 'Sssshhhh Cream' Tails said, pulling her into a hug as tears started forming in his own eyes.

'Shadow, is it true?' Rouge asked, as she didn't know who to believe. 'Yes Rouge, it's all true' Shadow replied.

Rouge looked away to avoid Shadow's gaze. For a few more minutes everyone stayed the same, until…..

'Hey, what's going?' Everyone looked towards the village to see a silver figure, covered in blood.

Two chapters in one. Sorry for the long wait.