Shadow: Forces (Cringe)

Chapter 7: Guardian Angel

A/N: terrible art of a certain wolfy Boi how he appears later is by... Me! What? Nobody draws as bad as me!

"Wake up..."

Dare's eyes slowly opened and she groaned as she woke up. She felt her rip and felt the wrap on it, raising an eyebrow in curiosity. She heard something though, footsteps. She then saw Arnec. He smiled a little as he saw her awake "You're up!"
"What happened?"
"You've been out for three days. I'm lucky I got to you in time, had a serious rib injury. I did my best to try and fix it but I'm not exactly a trained medical professional." Arnec responded as he sat down beside her. "Thank you." Dare said quietly. Arnec smiled "No problem. Just... glad to see that you're alright. Shadow though... He's not very happy with me right now."
"Why?"
"You're at my place. I told him you're okay but he just gave me the stink eye. He seemed worried." Arnec said with a confused look. Dare rolled her blue eyes "Of course, he's probably still mad at me."
Arnec then turned "Mad... At you? Why would he be mad?"
"Because I quit the Resistance."
"Wait you did, why!?" Arnec asked frantically. Dare sighed "I was tired of him being overprotective over me."
"Least he cares. Can't say that about most the people I knew growing up."
"But when is enough, enough?"
"I... Can't answer that. But are you feeling alright? My wrapping skills aren't great."
"It feels fine, thank you." Dare answered, rubbing her side. Arnec smiled, Dare noticing a yellow quill on his hand.
"No problem. I'mma have to head out, got some orders to raid Arsenal Pyramid since Knuckles decided that he was too "busy"."
"Need me to come with you?"
"I don't know how bad your injuries are, so I'd rather you not go with me. I can handle myself, don't worry!"
Dare sighed but as she turned and her ribs started stinging again, she nodded. He sighed "I'll be back though, promise." he said with a smile as he stood up. Dare laid back and covered herself up with a blanket as he left.

-A little while later-

"Take out a part of Eggman's war machine by wiping out a munitions facility."

Arnec ran through the jungle on his way to the pyramid. The trees then began to get more sparse and he reached a clearing. He then reached a bridge and looked over. He could see the pyramid and his sword formed into his hand as he saw 10 bots on the bridge. He spun as he held his sword backwards, turning into a cyan bladed whirlwind and slicing through 4 of them. 6 left, he stood back and his sword crackled as he bent his knees slightly and slashed his sword, a cyan wave of energy launching and slicing 3 in half. He quickly shot forward, so fast there was a cyan streak as he jabbed his sword through a bot, twisting the sword and flinging the bot. The last bot called in some reinforcements and two Egg-hunter MK. II's appeared, alongside some better armored bots. "I don't have time for this. Time to heat things up!" Arnec yelled before spinning in the air and going into his demon form (Image in header).
(Blackened Angel- DMC4 OST)

"Now I'm motivated!" he yelled in a deeper voice, sounding like it almost echoed. He drew his sword and the sky darkened before cyan streaks flew across the area, striking everything and the air looking like shattered glass. Arnec reappeared and sheathed his sword, the "shattered glass" exploding in a bright flash. All the bots were sliced apart from the flurry of strikes. In all that however, only 3 seconds had passed. He ran forward and sliced through more bots before getting out of his demon form and looking up the side of the pyramid. Blue energy circulated around him as he bent forward a little, gritting his teeth
"Need... More... Power!" he yelled as his demon form flashed for a second. He jumped and his wings appeared and stretched out before he went into his demon form again, flying up the side of the pyramid and slicing up any bots that got into his way. He flew inside and quickly launched lasers from his wings, wrecking havoc. He got to where the bombs were and smiled a little before his sword disappeared and a pair of gauntlets and boots appeared, with shoulder plates. They had a large but far between spiky design that was black and red. He lifted his fist in the air and red electricity crackled off of the gauntlet and lightning appeared around the area before he punched the ground, a large explosion enveloping the room. He flew out as all the bombs in the facility exploded. He hovered over the rubble, seeing two Death Crabs headed straight for him. He shook his head as the gauntlets and stuff disappeared and his sword appeared "Sorry, but I gotta conserve my strength. Maybe another time..." he said, almost taunting the two machines. He quickly flew away and got onto the ground, getting out of his alternate form. He sat down by a log, catching his breath. He then got up and rushed to get back to his house...

-A little while later-

Arnec walked in and noticed Dare passed out on the couch. He smiled as he walked by and into the kitchen. He made himself a sandwich and swiftly scarfed it down. After pacing a few times through the kitchen for seemingly no reason, he walked into his bedroom, taking off his coat. He took off his scarf too and stretched his back, his fangs extending before retracting as he stood straight. He walked through his house, being quiet so he wouldn't wake Dare up, before stepping out to report his success to HQ... But as he left, Dare's hand twitched...