I walked inside and yawned. Unfortunately Shona's mom denied her request to spend the night. Sonic dashed about the house a bit before coming to a stop by me in the kitchen. "You never stop moving do you?" I asked with a chuckle. He laughed "Nah not really…"

I washed my faced, dressed in pajamas and stood in the middle of my room staring down the small item on my pillow. I didn't move and the fact that it was there scared me.

I walked over to my bed and picked up my small vinyl keychain of Shadow and just looked in silence.

He had been here.

The fact that I wasn't being thoroughly about the keychain, confused me. I opened my door and peeked out. The sound of small snoozes sounded from the guestroom.

The night was dark and cold. My feet where frozen and I couldn't feel my toes as I walked down the pavement. I came upon the abandoned house and stumbled in. "Shadow!" I called out with a shiver. I stood still and held my breath- a creak sounded from the back deck and I made my way to it.

My breath was cold and hazed in the night "Shadow?"

"Not quite..." a low voice echoed and icy hands gripped my shoulders and spun me around. I faced Mephiles with a look of horror. I shook free and dropped to my feet- stumbling away from the demon. He let out a cackle and I turned to run- only to stop short as crystals shot up from the ground.

No.

I can't get trapped- that will be the instant end of me.

"SHADOW!" I yelled as I made a quick dash to the left to dodge a smaller wall. Still no show of the hedgehog and I just screamed as I ran, dodging various walls and crystal formations. "He's not coming to save you anymore..." Mephiles hummed and whipped to be in-front of me. I toppled backwards and began crawling away, becoming short of breath and my adrenaline rushed.

The demon gripped the back of my shirt and I lifted off the ground. I kicked and struggled relentlessly. In a flash of light a strong force smashed into Mephiles and I was sent flying, only to collide with the ground and sent my vision into black...

My sight drifted back as a pair of arms scooped my limp body from the pavement. My eyes drifted about but any images I could take in blurred and swirled together...

I regained consciousness again and the environment was significantly different- I recognized the photos on the walls of my TV room and two distorted and muffled voices. One had a low growling tone and the other was defensive.

My hearing came to before my vision could un-blur and clear. "You idiot!" the harsh tone sounded familiar but my mind was so scrambled I couldn't place it to a face. "You're here so she's in your care!"

I just let my eyes close and I focused on the voices.

"Hey! Last time I checked she was calling out for you to help her!"

"That doesn't mean anything! You should have helped her!"

"Well I sure as hell wasn't going to stand there and let you not do anything!"

"That wasn't your decision to make!"

The voices fuzzed up and I drifted off again. When my eyes creaked open I was laying in my bed staring up at my ceiling. My vision was clear again and all the remained of my crash to the ground was a small sore lump.

Sunlight poured in threw the window and I swung to my feet. I didn't make it two steps before sonic appeared in the doorway. "Hey, where did you go last night?" he smiled and handed me a cup of coffee. "Thanks- uh- just out..."

"I heard you come back in way late..."

When did I walk home? I could barely remember anything from my hit to the head to when I woke up in my room. "I saw Mephiles..." I said quietly and his reaction was odd. He didn't seem surprised at first then raised his brow. "How did you get away? Are you ok?"

"I- I don't know... I think someone saved me... But I can't remember anything- I hit my head really hard."

"Well next time you intend on leaving I'm going with. It's too dangerous now."

"Thanks..." I had a pretty monotone voice and honestly I was actually glad he would go with next time.

"No biggie- I should have gone with- I mean- I could have protected you."

My memory spiked to a conversation I heard last night. I recognized the defensive voice as Sonic's and I became angered by the fact that he was lying right threw his teeth.

"You're a liar."

"I- what?" He was caught off-guard.

"You argued with someone last night. I didn't walk home. Someone brought me home." I raked back over my hazy memories and my anger was brought back with a small amount of acid "shadow brought me back last night, didn't he?" Sonic just stared at me- unsure of how to respond.

"Fuh- I knew not to expect you to keep me safe-"

He cut me off with an irritated tone "Whoa! Hold up! If you remember that argument then you full well know that I did follow you! If it wasn't for me- the faker would have left you for Mephiles."

"Why do you always call him that?" I hissed.

"Why do you always stand up for him? He put you in the hospital! The hospital, Allie!"

I kept my jaw squeezed shut.

"Answer me." his tone was still irritated but it wasn't threatening.

"Because." I spat, my blood rising to my face.

"That's not a reason."

"It's a reason enough."

"Well I'm pretty sure he doesn't want anything to do with you so you can stop trying to buddy up to him." Now he was searching for a nerve to hit.

"Shut the hell up! He's saved me more times than you have! And all he needs is a friend!"

He let out a scoff "He needs friends like Egghead needs the emeralds!"

He successfully found the nerve he was looking for and let out a small "tsk" when I didn't reply. "Stop playing favorites to someone who obviously doesn't care about you."

"Shut up."

"No I won't. I'm not going to stand here and let your stubbornness lead you to death!"

"You don't know that."

"Yes, I do. He hates humans and I know you're full aware of that…"

My fists clenched tighter.

"And you know he hasn't made any exceptions."

In a fit of rage I swung out and he stumbled back from my punch that he didn't expect.

"I said shut up."

My blood boiled. Shadow had nobody and has had nobody for a long time.

"Forget this. You obviously detest having me here- I don't know why I even bother."

"Then get out!" I shouted.

"I will!" he sneered.

"The faster the better!" I hissed and the blue blur dashed away.

The day drabbled on with just me staying at home the whole time... cleaning.

The house was silent without Sonic jabbering on about his day and I let out a sigh. I was too harsh on him- he was just trying to help...

He was only nice to me too... He never did anything that hurt me or even remotely try to harm me...

God damnit...

I crawled onto my roof to think and looked up to the stars.