Shadow appeared in the emergency room where Detective Jones was waiting for him. They nodded a greeting then made their way to the first victims room.
"This apparently happened just after you left the station and they were not long brought in. So much for our advice to stay in groups and not go out alone." Jones said as they walked to the first victims room.
"Yes I was thinking the exact same thing, I'm going to have to make a press conference tomorrow night about this. We are going to have a very panicked vampire population on our hands over this new move." Shadow sighed with some level of stress, stopping outside the door...
Two of the interviews were done with by now and it was approaching one-twenty in the morning. They just had one more victim to talk to. Shadow knocked on the door before entering with Jones behind him. Jones closed the door up and stopped next to Shadow beside the bed.
"I am deeply sorry for what has happened to you and we are working extremely hard to catch these attackers." Shadow sincerely said with a soft tone and expression.
"Now can you remember anything from the attack?" Jones asked as he readied his note pad and pen.
"No I can't, just a sharp pain on my neck then a few moments later I was out." The male human vampire answered with a slightly sad tone, looking up at Jones.
"Did you hear anything before you were fully unconscious?" Shadow asked with a soft tone.
"Come to think of it yes I did here faint muffles. One of the attackers said a number, forty eight." The human replied looking a little confused by what he heard.
"Right, just a number and nothing else?" Jones said as he wrote on his pad.
"No just that, forty eight. What does that mean?" The human turned to his future ruler with worry as he asked.
"It would appear they have a number in mind for their attacks. I suspect they are targeting themselves to attack a hundred and one vampire and de-fang them all but as to why we have no clues as of yet. Please try not to worry too much and keep yourself safe." Shadow faintly smiled at the human.
"Is there anyone who can take you home?" Jones asked with concern.
"Yeah, my partner is on his way to take me back to our house. He's going to be so upset about this especially when I said nothing will happen because I was going out tonight with two other friends from our neighbourhood. Are Anna and Jack alright?" The human sighed with a slightly sad expression.
"They are both doing fine and with their partners. Would you like me to stay with you until he gets here?" Shadow asked with a sympathetic look and smile as he asked.
"No, it's ok Master Shadow. He wont be much longer now but thanks for the offer." The human smiled with gratitude at his future ruler.
"Ok then if you have any concerns or if you remember anything then you can reach me on this number." Shadow smiled as he handed over his mobile number.
"Thank you and I will." The human said as he took the card and looked at it briefly.
"We'll be going now ok, please don't hesitate to call me. I'll be happy to come see you at any time of day or night if you need to talk." Shadow said then waved a bye.
Shadow and Jones walked out of the room and down the hallway towards the main area of the hospital.
"Why did you tell him about the numbers the attackers want?" Jones asked with puzzlement.
"I will not lie to my citizens Detective and I will not have them feel unsafe any longer. I am going to speak to my father about evacuating the vampires back to the Underworld. I'm aware some will not want to go because of relationships and other ties they may have here but it will only be until we catch these people." Shadow explained with a serious look and tone, both stopping by the main entrance to the hospital.
"Maybe that would be best, I hate it that it's come to this but to keep the vampire population safe it has to be done. I'll set up a conference for you for during the night at ten, I'll have it as an emergency broadcast so all channels and radio stations will be tuned into it." Jones said with a sad like look.
"Thank you, I of course will still be here to help along with Max, that's if he wants to risk coming here. I wont force him to come and help but it would be nice to have him on the task force." Shadow smirked at the detective in front of him.
"We all appreciate your help and I do hope you can find something out in your research in the morning." Jones smiled at the prince.
"I will call you if anything does come about, in fact I know someone who is very good with research but I will have to run it by my husband first. I will see you before ten at the station, I must return to the Underworld and try to get some sleep. Good bye and take care." Shadow said then teleports using his gift back to the palace.
When Shadow finally walks into his and Sonics room it was gone two in the morning. Shadow sighed out tiredly then removed his boots and jacket, neatly placing them in there place, jacket over the desk chair and boots by the end of the bed. Shadow smiled at his peacefully sleeping husband then climbed in gently.
"Hey, babe. What time is it?" Sonic lazily asked with his eyes half open and looking at Shadow.
"It's now two-fifteen in the morning my love." Shadow softly said as he moved to cuddly into Sonic.
Sonic wrapped his arms around Shadow and held him close. They shared a small kiss before they both closed their eyes to sleep…
"Shadow wake up sweetie." Emily called out from the side of her sons bed.
Shadow groaned and turned to look up at his mother with tired looking eyes. Sonic moaned out in annoyance and pulled the covers over his head, trying to get back to that nice dream he was having. It was him being fed chilly dogs by Shadow while they both half laid together on the sofa in their home. Yeah well it was Sonics dream and he does love both his husband and chilly dogs.
"Mum please, I didn't get back until gone two in the morning, can't I have ten more minutes?" Shadow whined with pleading sleepy eyes.
"The earlier we get up the more time we will have to spend together. Come on sweetie please get up." Emily said then gave a sad expression as her eyes watered a little.
"Fine ok, I'm up. Just give me a moment to get ready ok and I will see you in the dining room for breakfast." Shadow said as he sat up and rubbed his eyes to try and wake up a little.
"Ok I will see you in ten minutes." Emily happily said then rushed out of the room, closing it up behind her.
"Remind me never to get anyone pregnant." Shadow mumbled as he got out of bed and stretched.
"Sorry babe but impossible, you will have to eventually settle down and have children. I so do not envy you though." Sonic chuckled as he removed the covers and looked at his husband with a playful grin.
"Then I will adopt." Shadow joked with a smirk then lent over to Sonic and placed his lips on Sonics.
"Yeah good luck with that one too." Sonic grinned playfully.
"Ok then I here by pass all responsibilities to my unborn brother." Shadow smirked a little smugly as he looked down at his husband.
"Actually I don't have anything to burst that bubble with, you go ahead and do that love." Sonic said with a tired smile then yarned a little.
"Why don't you have some more sleep it is only…you have got to be kidding me. It's only five-forty in the morning…definitely passing my future rulership responsibilities to my brother, screw all of this in the distant future." Shadow grumbled then walked into the inbuilt bathroom to freshen up.
"Yeah you say this now love but so many centuries down the line you will be singing a far different tune!" Sonic called out with amusement.
"No I wont!" Shadow called back.
Sonic chuckled then turned and buried himself into the covers once more and closed his eyes, wanting to get back to that delectable dream. Soon Shadow was out of his room and walking down the corridor towards the dining room, yarning every so often. When he reached there he smiled at his mother and took his seat next to her happily.
"You were longer than ten minutes you know." Emily frowned as she spoke.
"My apologies mum, but I needed a shower to wake me up a little more." Shadow gave a sorry look as he spoke softly.
"Don't know why mum wants to be up this early, the public library doesn't open until eight." Shadow thought as he tried to hide a yarn.
"Right lets go." Emily stood with a grin on her muzzle.
"You do know the library isn't open right? It's only six in the morning." Shadow raised a confused brow as he slowly stood up.
"Yes I know but we are going out for breakfast." Emily winked at her son then pulled his arm to make him walk with her.
Shadow forces a smile and allows his mother to link arms with him as they walk down the corridor, out of the palace then through the gates once they were opened for them both. Emily, all the while, smiles brightly and is very much looking forward to today. She makes a portal to the café she planned to go to then they both walk in. Now standing outside the café they break away from each other and Shadow holds the door open for his mother to walk in first. They pick a place to sit and wait for the waitress to come over.
"I left a note for your father to tell him where we are, I'm sure it will be related to Sonic as well." Emily cheerfully said with a smile.
"And dad will see the note? In my experiences with leaving him a note, he never seems to notice them." Shadow chuckles as he replies back.
"Oh he doesn't have a choice but to see, I stuck it on his top quill." Emily deviously grinned and sniggered a little.
"Now why didn't I think of doing that." Shadow laughed with amusement at this.
"Hello My Lady, Master Shadow. Welcome to Café Deluxe, what would you both like?" A white tiger dressed in her uniform asked with a friendly smile and tone, pen and pad ready to take down the orders.
"Hello Bella, I will have my usual please." Emily smiled happily at the tiger, coming here at least twice a week for breakfast and always having the same thing, every one working there knew what it was.
"Bella, it's been a while how are you doing?" Shadow smirked at the tiger as he spoke.
"Everything is wonderful and I'm doing great thanks, would you like your usual too?" Bella grinned as she replied.
Shadow may not come here a lot but he always seems to go there when Bella was on duty and she would always be the one to take down his order.
"Better make it extra caffeinated and a large one please." Shadow chuckled happily as he looked up at the tiger as she wrote down the orders.
"It wont be but a couple of minutes ok." Bella bowed then went to do the orders of blood drinks.
"I was thinking we can stay here for a while then leave to go to the library. Do a bit of research then break for an early lunch. After lunch we can have a wonder around the city and maybe go to the spa and relax for a couple of hours before going back home." Emily excitedly announced as she looked at Shadow.
"Sounds lovely mum, I could do with a relaxing afternoon and maybe when we get to the spa I'll get my quills groomed a little in their salon. You know make myself look fab for the cameras tonight at the live conference." Shadow smirked, showing off his fang-less teeth.
"Yes and how are you doing?" Emily said with a small frown, remembering her sons ordeal when seeing the missing fangs.
"I'm doing somewhat alright thank you. Still trying to get used to not having my fangs but I'm sure it wont take long for them to grow back." Shadow gave a small smile as he spoke in a calm tone.
Soon their drinks came and they both thanked Bella for them. When 7:50 came alone the two were just finishing their second drink.
"It's almost time to leave but before we do I must have a bathroom break." Emily giggled a little as she stood up.
Emily smiled and walked over to the bathroom while Shadow sat there with his phone in his hand. He had a miss call from someone he really didn't want to talk to right now but knew he will have to eventually. Sighing he got up Sonics number and pressed the call button, putting the phone to his ear, trying to ignore that miss call.
"Hey babe, your dad got the note your mum left him, tell her that was a good one. Is everything alright?" Sonic chuckled a little down the phone.
"Yes everything is fine, I'm calling for a request." Shadow smirked as he asked.
"Oh yeah, what might this request be?" Sonic asked with a curious tone.
"I need someone to do a bit of research in the mortal realm and I was wondering if it would be alright if Tails could do it. I thought I'll run it by you first because of the risks involved." Shadow asked with a slightly begging tone but kept his smirk in place.
"This is about the de-fangings and that tattoo you saw, isn't it?" Sonic replied with a slightly smug tone.
"Yes it is, would it be ok to ask him?" Shadow asked with a sweet tone.
"Sure, I'll give him a call on your behalf, we will all help out as much as we can babe. He will need a picture of the tattoo though." Sonic softly said as he smiled.
"Tell him to go to the station and request to see Detective Jones. Tell Tails to say I sent him, Jones will know what he means by that. Jones has a picture of the tattoo I drew and he can photocopy it for Tails." Shadow said with now a softer smile.
"Sure thing babe, you have fun with your mother at the spa, bye." Sonic laughed a little then hung up before Shadow could resort to that.
"What's wrong with a guy going to the spa once in a while?" Shadow thought as he put his phone away and continued to wait for his mother.
"Are we ready to go now sweetie?" Emily suddenly announced, dragging Shadow out of his thoughts.
"Yeah sure." Shadow smiled as he stood up and walked with his mother to the cash register adding, "I've got this mum."
Shadow paid for their drinks, thanked for the wonderful service then they walked out and towards the library. On the way they were approached by Emily's older brother Travis.
"Hello you two, I heard what happened Shadow, you doing alright?" Travis asked with a concerned look in his eyes.
"All is well uncle Travis, nothing that cannot be fixed without a bit of time and patience. How are things with you?" Shadow smiled as he spoke.
"Again all is well, you both off to have some quality time together?" Travis grinned playfully.
"Oh yes Travis, we are going to go to the library to do some research then have lunch together then a little shopping and finally we are going to the spa before going home." Emily sighed out happily.
"Sounds like a very nice day planned, you both take care now and I will see you both soon I'm sure. Bye and have fun." Travis said with a light snigger at the idea of Emily dragging Shadow to the spa later.
"What is wrong with a guy going to the spa?" Shadow once again thought with a roll of his eyes as he and Emily waved a bye to Travis.
