FSE

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Chapter 3

I waited outside my, no, our bedroom. My fur was already the color of darkness, but his screamed "COME AND GET ME!" I had him pick out an old outfit of mine to wear on missions. The last thing I needed was for him to leave me vulnerable in a situation. "Are you quite done in there?" I said banging on the door.

"Yeah, but it is so uncomfortable!" was his reply, which made me laugh. He had also put emphasis on words like he was begging me to not make him wear it.

"Come on out, we have to go to finish this on time," I said staring at my watch. It was already a quarter 'till three, and that gave me only ten minutes for small talk. I liked to chat with people around the city, and they always liked the idea that I was on their side, to stick up for them.

"Fine, but I feel silly," said the Blue Hedgehog, coming out of "our" bedroom. He stopped and placed his left hand on his hip, his other arm fell behind him while he just stared at me. He had picked out my third outfit the one that made the girls stare at me. It had a spiked belt that went through only one belt loop, causing it to fall of the right side. The pants were a sharp black, very clean and were skin-tight. I always thought the shirt was made to show off one's build, and seeing Sonic in it proved my hypothesis. Instead of his usual white gloves, he replaced them with a pair of my black ones, also designed to match this suit.

"You look hot in that Sonic," I commented before I could stop myself. My pulse quickened when I first saw him, but as the words left my mouth, my heart stopped. I was in disbelief that I said such a thing.

"You're right Shadow, and you should know how stuffy it gets since you once wore it." Sonic said, not catching my real meaning.

"Yeah, anyway, let's get going. City Hall is just three blocks that way." I said, pointing to it out the Window. Instead of looking at the building, he did what my old partner would always do. He stared at the sky. He then asked me the familiar words. I heard my partner say them as he did, "Why is the sky always gray?"

My mind burst as thousands of familiar moments crossed my mind. My partner asked this question once, and then we became more than friends. I fell in love, and I was falling again. And after we would play around, or if I was serious or thinking about work, he would always lighten the mood with, "Why is the sky gray?"

Suddenly, he asked again, and I was brought back to the real world. Not the memory world where I would respond, "Because I am not thinking about you." No, not that world. That world is gone and lost, maybe, forever.

"All of the smoke from the factories, have altered the sky color . . . You know Sonic," I said, and before I could stop myself, I told him a secret The Firm tells no one, "The sky was once blue." If that had been any other place, alarms at The Firm would be going off, telling everybody there who said that and when. A search party would be out and they would hunt you down to kill you. But not here, here, you could say anything. I demanded an immunity from 'bugs' due to other reasons, but it always came in handy for little talk like this.

"Really?"

"Yes, as blue as your skin, and the grass was as wonderful as your emerald eyes, color and everything."

"Wow, I never knew . . . but why don't the people know? All the people on this planet . . . " I didn't hear what Sonic said, those words, they reminded me of something . . . but what? I remember the first slogan of The Firm, "For all the people on this planet, that we can give them a chance, to be happy." It was an idea of the first CEO. But she passed away, and had no children. She was killed in a Military accident. She was supposed to go to another country and converse in order to avoid war. I remember fighting in that war, because her plane went down, and everyone survived but her. The opposing nation was insulted when she did not arrive, and opened fire . . . And as the greater, we crushed them in battle.

"I suppose we should leave." Sonic again awoke me from my dream with his statement. I looked at the clock which said it was five past three.

"Let's go." I said, and headed out the door.

The moment we reached City Hall, I could tell The Firm had everything set up. The place was virtually abandoned. It was a Sunday, so the only workers were a policeman, a receptionist, and two judges. And one of those judges was Mojha Taro. I told Sonic to run just behind me. Just as the guard turned his back, we sprinted through the metal detectors, causing them to go off just as a visitor stepped into it. The Policeman took the businessman to the back for a strip search.

I immediately headed for a door with a sign saying 'Authorized Personnel only. Judges Corridor.'

I opened the door and Sonic slammed it behind us. Back at the house, I had stuffed his back pack with a knife and his laptop, because he needed to be the one to do the deed.

We continued down the hall which was nothing but a few candles here and there for lighting. As I moved through, I saw him. He had on a wig, which had white hair, rolled in the traditional manner, a black robe of sorts, the required judge attire. But, he was taking money from a well-dressed man, who was "thanking him for his time." The man began running for the far door, which was around 40 feet. I then said, "Sonic, do the job, all you need is in your bag. I will get this joker before he gets away." Sonic stared at me, pleading that he did not have a need to do so. I simply had my eyes tell him, "Rule 2: If I tell you to do something on a mission, you do it."

He carefully reached behind his back into his bag and pulled out the knife. It was an untraceable knife since I made it by hand. Taro took off fleeing for the door opposite of the man I had to catch.

Sonic and I made one last glance at each other, and he hesitantly bowed his head to me. I knew it would pain him, but the first time is always the hardest. With that small look into his eyes, I was off, sliding back and fourth with great velocity. I heard Sonic's quick steps behind me. He could not hear mine, since my shoes kept me from hitting the ground. Before long, I was in distance, and reached into my belt and said all that was legally required: "Freeze!" I gave him 1 second before I threw it straight at his heart. His blood spilled against the wall, and by some God willing chance, some of the crimson liquid put out a candle.

Crimson eyes, almost the color of blood, the potion of life. I stared at the liquid, wishing, hoping. I saw him dead again. A single tear fell from my eye. I knew all along . . . Sonic was right. I walked down the long corridor, to where Sonic was sitting, his eyes staring at his hands in disbelief. The mangle body of Taro was massacred beyond all recognition. "You, you're right, Sonic."

"About what?"

Unwanted memories flowed into my mind. My eyes filled with unshed tears. Unwanted thoughts, feelings, and emotions. "It never does get, any easier. Just, harder."

A/N AHH! Cries I wanted more Gore! But I kept rewriting paragraphs and it just got more and more soft! WHY?

Oh well, I am an emotional wreck, and this story is affected by this living train crash. I like it though, it is coming out quite well, a little too romantic, but good nonetheless. I am thinking that Lemon might be next chapter, I still wanna' make you wait for it, but a lot of the story line came out in this, so did the history of Shadow. (Who is getting my emotional distress.) I feel bad for people on who lost all my love this weekend. (I am giving it to you, lucky rascals.) I may stop writing for a few days and throw them a bone, so that might be why I go away for a little bit. Hope you all liked it! REVIEW!

Also, last chapter is for Gaz san and Kistune because, I uh, forgot to post Chpt. 2 (Which I have literally two other versions of) for a really long time before you reviewed and then I was like, I remember this now and so I posted and got like 3 more reviews! This one is for all my other Reviewers and if I was not so lazy, I would post it there, but it is here so :p. My first chapter is dedicated to my first reviewer on this site EVER! To sonadowluver93. Thanks to all my reviewers!