The Man Out Of Time [A ShadAmy and Silver Story]

Chapter 4

-Shadow-

I could not believe my own ears. Rose, a perfectly sensible individual, was going to allow a complete stranger to stay at her house for a whole night. It was unreasonable! What could possibly be going through that mind of hers?

"What do you mean he's going to let him stay here? We all met today, and you are allowing him to stay with you? Either you are out of your mind or completely naïve." 

I could feel the anger boil inside me as I stared at that idiot S' face. Amy made a noise and pulled the idiot closer to her.

"Well, I guess I'm out of my mind then because there is no way I'm going to let S leave this house without anywhere to go. Plus, I want to know more about the future and why it concerns me!" 

Amy looked at me, determination burning in her soul. The person I saw this morning was gone, and instead this determined, yet naive, girl was in her place.

"Fine, whatever, it's not like I care anyways!" 

I spat as I left, not turning to see Rose's face. I felt my chest grow heavy from the lie that I spat at the person I care about the most. I did actually care about what happened to Rose, and if anything, that idiot said was true, I knew I needed to do everything I could to protect her more than I ever did before.

I knew what I felt for her was more than friendship or the simplistic etch of being a considerate samaritan, the feeling I had for her dove deeper than those things would ever be. I wanted to be by her side, protect her in her times of need, console her when she cried, and make her smile. Although my pride screamed at me that these emotions, I had for her would lead me down a path of being soft, I was willing to put up with it if it meant calling someone as beautiful as Rose mine.

'She would never ever love someone as unstable as you.'

The word rang through my head, I knew I'd heard them before, but from where? I felt my mind turn and my stomach feel sick. 

"What's happening to me?" 

I looked around, I was currently in the middle of the city sidewalk, although there was not too much commotion, there were enough people insight to witness what was about to happen to me. Although it hurt my stomach, I bolted through the streets, passing by buildings until I found an empty alleyway. I quickly ducted into the abandoned alley and fell to the dirty floor. The pain in my head kept getting stronger and stronger, so much that I started digging my glove-covered fingers onto my scalp, trying to claw away the pain wasn't helping me one bit. The last thing I remember is screaming in the darkness before I closed my eyes, not yet prepared for what would happen in my head.

-Third Person-

Shadow was in a tube, his eyes searching for anyone to listen to his pleas for freedom, but as always, no one was ever there with him. Loneliness was his best friend. Well, loneliness and Maria Robotnik. He longed for the times when he was granted the privilege to explore the ship and hang around Maria, who was always teaching him new things. The latest subject was 'love.' It was strange and foreign to Shadow, but Maria had told him that anyone was capable of loving and experiencing love, so he believed that this feeling was normal.

As Shadow grew impatient with the other humans, he decided to knock and bang on the glass of his tube, trying to reach anyone who would let him out.

"Well, well, my creation, quite impatient today, aren't we?" The evil, raspy voice of Dr. Robotnik boomed through the empty laboratory. Shadow knew better than to respond to the Doctor, so he shook his head, backing away from the glass that he had once hit.

"Good answer. Oh, my creation, how you have done me wrong. I thought we agreed to stay away from Maria. Yet, when I asked her about you, she told me that you loved her. Isn't love a bit of a strong word?" The Doctor grew closer to the tube, his eyes staring down intensely at the black and red hedgehog. Shadow's eyes widened, and he felt his body shake in uneasiness. "You should stay away from strong words like that."