The west side

Starvation and boredom

The day was long for shadow, he would have much rather been spending the day getting drunk or even being alone. However he does have simple errands he must run weekly to keep his gang in check. They range from checking up on people he couldn't careless about to picking up his cut of the drug money they had collected. The whole day was built up on dry conversations he tried desperately to escape from however even in his daydreams he was plagued by that name.. Amy. Thoughts of her were difficult to avoid and he seemed to be drowning in them. He had eventually found himself back home. His hopes of washing away his daily thoughts with a beer and some relaxation slipped away thanks to rouge, who hadn't stopped talking since he walked in the house. Truth be told he wasn't listening to a word she said.

" why don't you go bother knuckles." Shadow responded with annoyance. He was fully aware that knuckles wasn't even in the house, more then likely at the bar down the street.

" are you even paying attention!?" She barked. She was not amused by his behavior. All she wanted was for him to listen to her for just a few seconds.

" no " Brutal honesty is his specialty.

" I said I have a horrible feeling about Amy. You just need to leave her at the safe house !" She had thought long and hard about it, Amy wasn't who she said she was and rouge was sure of it. It all seemed to good to be true right ? I mean what are the odds of blue really kicking her out..she seemed so close to him from what she gathered. It just didn't add up.

Caught off guard by the request shadow turned towards the frustrated bat and sighed. All he wanted to do was have a beer, relax and forget about ' unprofessional ' thoughts of Amy . Is that too much to ask ?

" first of all I'm not going to leave her there. And second of all she's given me leads on people that you haven't been able to get in months " it was no point trying to convince him otherwise, he had made up his mind and he honestly saw nothing wrong with Amy . Standing up from the couch he grabbed his keys and made his way over to the front door. As far as he was concerned the conversation was over and he obviously wasn't going to get to relax here so he would simply have to find another place.

" leaving ? Just like you always do ?" Rouge mumbled as she watched her leader walk out the door.

" just like always. " he responded with the slamming of the door.

The only thing running through his mind was that name again...

~

It's safe to say that It wasn't manic's best decision to leave Amy alone in his room. She took it upon herself to look though his nightstand as well as his closet.
Sadly she didn't find much but some drugs, a few guns, cloths, and some dirty magazines. At this point she didn't know what would kill her first, starvation or boredom. Letting out a small sigh she glanced around the room looking for anything she could use to possibly entertain herself. But before she found that something the door flung open reviling a sober Manic.

" oh wow.. I'm surprised you actually listened and stayed here " he laughed. His words aren't usually taken seriously by anyone, little to no consequence would occur if one disobeyed. 

Amy's glaze followed the green hedgehog as he walked to his bed stoping only once to take off his shirt which He tossed lazily at Amy's feet.

" I'm not picking that up. " Amy responded with disgust as she kicked the shirt away. She certainly wasn't going to clean up for him, especially since he didn't even have to curtesy to get her something to eat.

" eh just leave it there someone else will get it. " picking up and washing his dirty cloths was something he just didn't do.

Rolling her eyes she plopped down on the uncomfortable couch. She wanted nothing more then to leave this hell hole. Being left alone gave her plenty of time to think. she could've easily left this place and found a ride back to her small apartment she shared with sonic, tails and Sally but something was keeping her here. Sure she missed tails's smart comments and Sonic's story's, not to mention Sally's great advise, oh how she would kill for her to be here, but she couldn't picture herself being with them anymore. Screw the mission. She saw herself standing at shadow's side. She missed him far more then she missed the rest, the saddest part was she had only been away from him for a day. Looking back at the party where they first meet she couldn't help but to hate him. I mean who wouldn't ? He practically kidnapped her. His attitude was disgusting and the lack of emotion in his voice was disturbing but it was his looks made people breathless. Sure people swooned over sonic but that was nothing compared to the attention shadow got. Maybe it was the way he carried himself ? His walk screamed confidence, like he ruled the world. He was truly fearless. His black quills were so dark it could only be compared to a black hole and those eyes seemed to capture anyone who dared to looked into them. Dispute how popular he was on the streets nobody seemed to really know much about him. he liked to keep things to himself unlike sonic who would tell his problems to anyone that could possible help him, something shadow considered a weakness. All the stories she was told about shadow seemed to fall short, sure maybe a few were true like the ones about his extensive criminal record, alcoholism and drug addiction but almost everyone shared that problem. Not like it really bothered Amy anyway. he would change for her right ? She felt as if she had known him for years and was willing to do just about anything to figure out what was behind his hard outer shell.

" so what have you been doing while I was out ?" Manic asked as he made himself comfortable on his bed.

' oh let's see, I almost starved to death and I went through your stuff and found where you keep your drugs and nasty magazines ' she thought while trying to hold down a laugh. The look on his face would be priceless but she decided to keep her findings to herself.

" just sat here and waited for someone to come back. " it wasn't completely a lie.

" sounds boring. I on the other hand had a blast. We went down to the strip club and had a few drinks.. It took a lot outta me not to bring one of the girls home. " he exhaled happily remembering how the girls moved on the stage.

Amy shook her head trying her best to not to picture the green hedgehog drooling over the naked girls let alone bringing one back with him. It was perhaps a little too much information for her. She lightly shook her head and tried not to listen to his rambling about a blue cat that took his breath away.

Just as amy was closing her eyes manic's words seemed to stop as the undeniable sound of a car blaring music rolled into the parking lot.

" I knew he couldn't stay away for long " manic smiled knowing that it was none other then the gang leader himself, only he would have the guts to draw that much attention to himself at this time of night.

" wait is he really back !?" She shot up from the couch almost tripping over herself. It was a little embarrassing how excited she was to see him again. She ran to the door and opened it revealing the almost empty lobby of the run down apartment complex.

" wait for me will you !?" Manic yelled as he slowly got up from the bed, not really wanting to move. He couldn't leave his leader without a proper greeting however.

Amy rushed over to the front door and opened it just as the mysterious leader himself was just about to grab the door knob on the other side.

Crimson and emerald eyes clashed once again.