A Shadow's Diamond

Chapter 6

Diamond walks next to Ray and Olympia as Shadow and Silver take the lead to wherever they are going. She looks down as she thinks that she is making a huge mistake. Shadow would have easily recognized her, but now she is wondering if Gerald has done something to Shadow after the fire in Lab 4. Everything has been turning out weird for her today, she has been hunted down by a jackal and a green hedgehog.

Olympia soon notices Diamond's facial expression and whispers to her, "You, ok?"

"Hmm?" Diamond looks at her friend before looking away, "Y-Yeah, it just has been a while." She whispers back.

"A while for what?"

"Since I have last seen Shadow, the one that I have mentioned who made my heart flutter than the other guys who have failed to do so."

"I thought that you were a lesbian." Olympia pouts.

Diamond chuckles, "No, I am not interested in women, but I think Ray is."

"Oh, most certainly." Olympia smiles wide.

Both girls smile at each other as Silver and Shadow have a conversation amongst themselves.

"Do you think that Sonic has returned to where Tails is at?" Silver asks.

Shadow looks straight ahead while ignoring to look at Silver's face, "Not likely, he is probably running away from the pink furball."

"Do you mean, Amy?"

"Nope, pink furball."

"Amy?"

"Pink. Furball." Shadow says a bit more angrily.

Silver holds up his hands, "Sorry, sorry."

"You should be." Shadow walks a bit more ahead.

Silver lowers his hands. Shadow has begun to act around him and now the new girls. He wonders if something is bothering him. The remainder of the walk was silent minus the occasional small talk from the girls. Silver reaches for the door and opens it up. He sees Sonic and Tails overlooking something while Amy pouts in a corner.

Silver walks into the building, "Hey Amy, what is with the long face?"

Amy looks up at Silver, "I have tried to chase Sonic, but he ran away from me and now he is talking with Tails."

Silver walks over to Sonic and Tails to talk to them while Shadow walks into the building next. He doesn't seem to care much of Amy's pouting as he sits down in a free chair.

Diamond walks into the building next along with Olympia and Ray. They look around the building to see that the area is small, and it won't hold any more people.

Amy looks up at the girls and soon starts growling at them, "You 3 better stay away from Sonic."

Diamond says quickly, "Not interested in this Sonic."

Olympia said while sitting down onto the floor, "I am not looking for a relationship."

Ray looks over at Amy and smirks, "I am not going to aim for Sonic, I am more interested in someone else."

Olympia and Diamond look at Ray before looking at each other.

Amy glares at Ray, "Whatever game you are playing, it won't work on me!"

Ray nods, "Alright, for now." She walks away from Diamond and Olympia so that she can sit in a free chair.

Diamond looks over at Shadow before looking away a bit upset. She is used to Shadow acting differently and remembering her. She soon sees Olympia staring up at her as she mentions to sit down next to her. She smiles warmly and sits down next to her friend.

Tails walks into the room and sees the girls. He turns to his left to see Sonic and Silver following him before he turns back to see the machine reacting towards Diamond, "Huh, now that is interesting." He walks towards Diamond and points the machine at her. Watching the white glow appear more and more, "Excuse me Ms. what is your name?"

"Diamond?" Diamond raises and eyebrow.

"Nice to meet you, Diamond. My name is Miles Prower, but you can call me, Tails." Tails takes the machine away from Diamond with a smile on his face.

Diamond smiles a little bit, "Nice to meet you, Tails."

Sonic approaches next to Tails, "My name is Sonic, Sonic the hedgehog!"

"Nice to meet you, Sonic." Diamond smiles a little more.

Shadow felt a sudden jolt of jealousy as he watches Sonic approaches Diamond. He doesn't know Diamond at all, but he does have this feeling that he does. He needs to figure out why he is feeling this way towards her.

Sonic smiles down at Diamond as he felt his heart begin to race by her smile. He wonders what this strange feeling is, he sits down onto the floor in diagonally from Diamond and across from Olympia. He smiles wider, "So Diamond, are you busy later?"

"Huh?" Diamond raises an eyebrow.

"I am asking if you want to hang out." Sonic straightens out his back and places his hands behind him onto the wooden floor.

"I wish that we could, but I have to pick up some kids."

"Wait, you have kids?" Sonic loses his smiles and becomes surprised.

"Oh no! They aren't mine! I am only their caregiver since their original parents have passed away." Diamond put her hands halfway out.

Sonic relaxes, "They are orphans?"

Diamond nods, "They are."

Tails soon walks away as he tries to fix the machine to stop glowing white.

Silver sits down next to Sonic as he listens in on the conversation. He looks over to Shadow and notices that Shadow looks ready to punch Sonic. He turns back over to Sonic and wishes that he wasn't going to be in the middle of something.

Sonic smiles again at Diamond, "If you would like, I can come with you to pick up the kids."

"I am more than capable of picking them up." Diamond reassures Sonic.

Shadow soon speaks up, "Sonic, we have to go find the green chaos emerald since that is where we last found the location for it. We have to get to it before Eggman does." He tries to fight the urge in punching Sonic in the face. He doesn't know why these feelings are coming up faster than before, he needs to have a one-on-one conversation with Diamond to figure her out and why these feelings are happening.

Sonic let's out a dissatisfied sigh, "Shadow is right. Welp!" He jumps onto his feet and looks over at Shadow, "Ready to go?"

Shadow gets up from his seat and heads for the door. He opens it up and leaves.

Sonic pouts, "Mr. Negative." He runs after Shadow.

Silver looks at Diamond after watching Sonic and Shadow leave the building, "I can tell that you aren't really a fond of Sonic."

"I don't know who he is, but I really should pick up the kids." Diamond gets up.

Olympia gets up too, "I am coming with you."

"Thank you, Oly." Diamond smiles at her friend.

Olympia smiles back, "Of course!"

Both girls walk out of the building as they leave Ray, Amy, and Silver in the living room.

Silver looks at both of the girls and asks nicely, "What now?"