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Post by €l SonikkÜ on Feb 10, 2008 12:50:46 GMT -5
The caw of a crow right beside her brought the black hedgecat back from unconciousness and she awoke with a frightened start. The raven fluttered away at the sudden movement and landed on an old barbed-wire fence post nearby, turning to stare at her sulkingly as if it thought it'd just lost it's lunch.
Paris stared at it with uncertan blue eyes. Her soft breath was coming to her in quick, shallow huffs, and then she looked around, bewildered. The sun was beaming in her eyes, causing her to squint them on this beautiful day...whatever day it was. She was sitting in a grassy ditch beside a old farm road, dirt and gravel expanding over the rolling hills and forrests as far as the eye could see.
"Where...." She muttered softly then finished in her head, "The heck am i.." She glanced down at herself, her clothes were burned and even torn in some places, but in tact. And then she glanced at a puddle beside her...
"WAAAAAH!"
The hedgecat jumped straight up with her fur sticking out in all directions, her instincts screaming "RUN" before her mind could catch up. But she couldn't quite find her feet in time and she scrambled backward to the ground. What she'd just seen all but scared the holy crap out of her. Paris' eyes, ususally a saphire blue, were on FREAKING FIRE! What the hell was this?! Why couldn't she feel it?!
"Hehe...I'm going nuts!" She thought with a forced grin that didn't stay there long, then she crawled...no, crept back to the puddle and examined her face once again. Her eyes were blazing orbs of fire. Her dark hair in loose ringlets and her face somewhat dirty from laying on the ground for God knows how long. But it didn't take from her beauty. Not by a long shot. Still...why...why were her eyes on freaking fire?! And why couldn't she feel her freaking fire eyes burning?
Slowly, ever so slowly, Paris rose to her feet, not taking her eyes off the puddle, then slowly backed away, feeling sick now...
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Post by cloud on Feb 10, 2008 13:21:40 GMT -5
There was a green flash of energy behind Paris, and soon she'd find herself backing into someone very vital to her. His arms were crossed, and his crimson eyes locked on her. He had a calm content smile on, something Shadow almost always reserved for her. After all, she was all that mattered right?
" What's wrong Paris?" He asked, foot tapping impatiently as he waited for her to whip around in surprise. He was always good at doing that. The black and red hedgehog had a knack for it, and he didn't plan on stopping any time soon.
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Post by €l SonikkÜ on Feb 10, 2008 13:40:25 GMT -5
Paris' ear turned back at the all too familure voice behind her. And unfourtionatly for Shadow, it was the exact voice that she had just been longing so hard to hear. Talk about great timing! But then, that was another thing that Shadow had always seemed to be good at. Whether or not it was benifitial 100% of the time was another matter...
She grinned and turned to throw herself at him, embrasing him in a hug that wasn't likely to loosen any time soon, "Shadow! I'm not even going to ASK how you found me out here," She said, her relief plainly heard through her voice, "bI am soo glade you did! Something extremely weird is happening to me..." The flames in her eyes died down, but the temperature around them went up more than just a few degrees, as did Paris's body heat. She didn't notice it, but Shadow sure would.
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Post by cloud on Feb 10, 2008 13:45:40 GMT -5
Shadow gave a smirk, and barely even had a chance to notice her eyes before she embraced him in a hug. Even though he wasn't the most emotional guy in the world, he did love her, and thus hugged her back. He listened to her words, and was about to reply when he did indeed notice the temperature rise.
The black and crimson hedgehog pulled from his hug and quirked a brow.
" Wait, something isn't right here Paris. Is that what you meant something is wrong? You felt hot. As if you're about to burn up. Any longer, and I would've been burned. What's going on? You are Paris correct?" He asked, quite confused at the moment. His eyes began to narrow and his smile turned into a frown.
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Post by €l SonikkÜ on Feb 10, 2008 14:13:24 GMT -5
Paris gave him a strange look when he questioned who she was, "What's that supposed to mean? Yeah, I'm pretty sure, Shadow." She said with a touch of sarcasm in her voice, but looked down at her hands which were the only things that felt even remotely warmer than usual, "I don't FEEL like I'm hot. But my eyes were on fire a minute ago... Mayb--"
She broke off when two small explosions blasted up from her hands and she yelped in total alarm as she leaped back.
"I'm going to freaking blow myself up!" She concluded with a snarl, "I'm turning into a pyro or something!" She was shaking her hands that were now smoking, wanting to go over to Shadow but afraid she'd spark up again. She suddenly remembered Cascade in the streets, chasing her through the alley. Or at least, she THOUGHT she remembered something like that, "I remember I was running from a dragon or something through the allies and it grabbed me....wait, do dragon's even exist? Or am I going crazy too?"
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Post by cloud on Feb 10, 2008 14:37:41 GMT -5
A soft breeze brushed by the two as Paris showed her little act of 'insanity'. Unamused, and worried for his love, Shadow uncrossed his arms and took a step forward. He was little cautious at first, but eventually he embraced Paris softly.
" Its alright everything is gonna be oka-ungh!" Shadow was cut off. He released Paris and found himself slumping to his knees, holding his back.
Behind him stood Zero who pulled back his elbow after obviously just brutally slamming it into Shad's back. The dark silver hedgehog had a twisted grin on his face, winking to Paris before disappearing in a flash of light, reappearing next to Shadow, and kicking him the ribcage.
Shadow's eyes widened and he growled rolling onto his back. His eyes narrowed and he began to get to his feet...
Zero, ignoring the fact Shadow was not only getting up, but that he was p*ssed, and began to walk towards Paris.
" Hello beautiful, how's it goin?"
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Post by €l SonikkÜ on Feb 10, 2008 14:58:08 GMT -5
The hedgecat forced a faint smile when Shadow wrapped his arms around her, but it wasn't perminant and she tried to calm herself down, fearing that she'd suddenly catch fire and light Shadow too. And with a sigh, she rested her head against his chest and was about to appologize for her little outbreak, closing her eyes. They were happening alot here lately, well, ever since Raver was kidnapped right from under her nose. Even if these things had nothing to do with Raver, her nerves were constantly on edge, and the slightest prod did alot more than it normally would. She listened to his voice and her lips parted to interupt, but...he cut himself off...
Her eyes flew open and she watched as he collapsed, then her wide-gaze jumped to the silver hedgehog behind him that she didn't regonize. She frowed at his wink and blinked, half confusion, half discust, then he disapeared and slammed a foot into Shadow's ribs, and her momentary frown disapeared into a look of terror, "Shadow!"
"What the h*ll kind of question is that?!" She snapped, her voice more distressed about Shadow than angry at his sudden attacker. She started past the gray hedgehog, not thinking about anything other than reaching her love.
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Post by cloud on Feb 10, 2008 15:39:56 GMT -5
Zero had an unusually cruel smile appear on his face. As soon as she started to attempt to run past him, Zero caught the beautiful woman by the throat, and grinned, bearing his fangs.
" Aww, ain't that cute? Stay down!" He yelled and actually ordered, throwing her to the ground roughly. Before he could even have a chance to do anything else, a chaos spear struck him in the back and he was sent sprawling.
Shadow, the thrower, ran to Paris.
" You alri-" He couldn't finish due to the chaos spear that was thrown back at him. Shadow had chaos controlled, appeared behind Zero, grabbing him by his quills, spinning, and then throwing Zero.
Zero took lift and ended up slamming into the ground with a hard thud. Then, before he could do anything else, Shadow sprinted over, and slammed his foot on top of Zero.
" Hmph! Fool. Did you really think you could destroy the ultimate lifeform?" Shadow said, at first, kind of cocky, but then, his eyes widened as Zero began to chuckle, and fired a beam of chaos energy at Shadow, which sent him nearly twenty yards....
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Post by €l SonikkÜ on Feb 10, 2008 16:04:54 GMT -5
Paris grimaced, "Just--great!" She muttered sarcastically in responce to Shadow's half-asked question. She picked herself up out of the dirt just as Shadow was sent flying past her. She glanced at him then lidded her eyes and looked down at her hands, figuring he'd be okay and if she started rushing toward him every which way he was thrown she'd just get in the way eventually. There was a strange feeling that was coarsing through her. It was like what she'd imagine high blood pressure would feel like, but it was energy -- or something.
"Alright, how do they do this...?" She thought as she tried to focus it on her hands. All she got was a small spark, and she flinched when she saw that, afraid it'd blow up in her face. But after a short moment she dropped it completely and turned a glare on Zero, "Stop it!" She screamed, "What do you want from him? OTHER than a kick in the throat?"
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Post by cloud on Feb 12, 2008 13:06:47 GMT -5
Zero got to his feet once again and chuckled, shaking his head.
" This is pitiful you know that? Sonic was a harder fight than the both of you combined." Zero stated, starting to walk towards Paris, his eyes narrowing cruelly.
" As for what I want, I want him dead, and you are going to be in the castle when me and Eggman take over everything. After all, killing someone almost as perfect as me, would be a waste don't you agree?" Zero asked, just about to attack Paris, when out of nowhere, Shadow had chaos controlled next to Zero and gave him a solid punch to his gut, sending him flying into a nearby shed by the road.
Shadow glanced over at Paris, shaking his head. There was no movement from the shed, even after the dust cleared away, and no presence of chaos energy working ecstatically to teleport.
" I got him Paris, now, are you alright?" He asked, turning his back to the shed and looking at Paris, holding her shoulders.
From underneath the planks that buried him, Zero growled in distaste. The punch hurt! Sighing, he looked for something that'd give him the edge, and eventually he found it. A pitchfork...
((uh ohs, poor shadz))
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Post by €l SonikkÜ on Feb 12, 2008 17:54:06 GMT -5
Paris' ears twitched as the gray hedgehog spoke and she couldn't hold back her sneer. Like HELL was any of that going to happen. But wait...did he say Sonic? They already had a fight? Paris didn't like his tone...nor the fact that he seemed to be putting emphisis on the thought of Sonic loosing. And she hated that tell-tale feeling of helplessness that always gripped her in situations like this. She was a decient fighter sure, she HAD to be from the way she'd been forced to grow up, but she couldn't move at freaking INHUMAN SPEEDS! And as much as she hated to admit it..unless this fire stuff suddenly started working to her advantage, Paris couldn't compete.
She stood her ground with her sneer thinning to a smile that was hard to trust, awaiting the moment she could rake her claws across his face. It never came however, but seeing him fly through the air with a gut-ache wasn't a bad replacement.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. Don't worry about me Shadow you're torched!" The hedgecat touched his face and looked over his burned fur with her brows quirked in worry. "We need to get out of here.."
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Post by cloud on Feb 12, 2008 18:51:45 GMT -5
Shadow peered over at the clearing dust, a slight smile of satisfaction growing on his face. The ultimate lifeform still had a gleam of determination on his eyes, yet that would deteriorate at the sound of Paris' voice.
In response, Shadow placed his hand on her hand that was resting on the side of his face. He frowned.
" Yeah, you're right Paris," he began softly. He then locked lips with her and when he broke he gave a smile.
" Chaos-" He stopped. His eyes widened, and then from Paris' face, they wondered to the pitch fork's ends that traveled through his right shoulder. Next, his gaze went back to Paris.
There was chuckle from behind Shadow. A chuckle that Paris could probably tie right to Zero. In fact, it was Zero's!
" Control," He finished for Shadow, before pulling the pitch fork out of Shadow, and then slamming it across the back of his head, causing Shadow to fall straight to the ground.
Shadow gasped, blood dripping from his wound and his mouth.
" Cheater...I knew you couldn't beat me without cheating...Paris, run!" Shadow demanded, only to pass out afterword.
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Post by €l SonikkÜ on Feb 12, 2008 19:19:56 GMT -5
Run? Ooh no. Paris was too stunned to run. Too freaked. Too paralized. It'd be a wonder if she'd even understood his words at all...
"No! Shadow!" She cried at the height of what her broken voice could manage. This...this just couldn't happen! Paris was still trying to figure out if she'd REALLY just seen what she had. But there was no mistake, no room to go into denial. There he was, on the ground, bleeding and snapping something at her that she didn't understand. The world slowed down, and every second seemed like a lifetime. This couldn't happen to him! It couldn't happen to HER! He was the ultimate life form, things like this just didn't HAPPEN to the Ultimate Lifeform right?! He was supposed to be a battlefield terror! That's what she'd heard! He couldn't d-...no...no that word wouldn't enter her mind. And she blocked it off. It just wasn't a possiblity. He wouldn't leave her. He....promised...
And for a moment, she forgot completely about Zero and his pitchfork, completely about where she was or what was going on. Maybe she should've tried going after Zero to stall him for something. But Shadow was all that mattered, he was all that existed in the world. In that moment.
In a flash she was at his side, but had absolutly no clue what to do. She rolled him over and placed his head in her lap, cradling it with numb hands, "Oh God...no, no Shadow please! Don't you d-dare leave me!" Paris sobbed more than she spoke, panic embrasing her heart and every fiber of her being, and she shivered. Fear. He was bleeding from his mouth. He wasn't responding! She couldn't loose him! She wouldn't! "I love you too much! Please don't go!"
She sniffled as she whiped the spit and blood tenderly from his lips, knowing that he couldn't even feel it... Her blue eyes narrowed, her vishion blured by tears as she gently stroked his face, "You're everything to me..."
((Lol! Why am I laughing? I think i'm insane sometimes...)
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Post by cloud on Feb 12, 2008 20:43:21 GMT -5
(( Lol I'm cracking up. The only reason Zero even won with nothing more than a lot of bruises and perhaps a fractured rib is because he stabbed Shadow xD. Man Zero is so gangsta dawg =p))
Zero was originally just going to sling Shadow over his shoulder, teleport him to prison island with Sonic, and then take Paris back to Eggman until they took everything over. Though, something made him hesitate. For once, his gaze softened, and he felt weak. The pain he had just caused Paris, and he hadn't even killed Shadow. Was that what love was? Was that the cursed feeling? Or, was such a feeling even a curse.
No! Snap out of it Zero! Hesitation and guilt are signs of weakness! Act now! He thought. Or did he think that? Could someone else talk in his mind as his voice? Was it Eggman!? No, the fact man wouldn't doubt his own creation enough to have a back up plan of some sorts right? He trusted Zero right?!
Shaking his head and believing that he might be going insane, Zero took a step forward, only to pause once more. The chest pain! Maybe Eggman installed a device on his heart too, in case he ever went out of line? No. Impossible.
No, it is just a flaw in my creation that's it, right? I'm strong. I'm powerful. I will rule everything, just as Eggman said. I'm invincible.
With those final thoughts, Zero walked over to Paris and kicked her off of Shadow, the sky starting to cloud over as if hollywood planned this, and then it began to rain.
" Stop touching him and sobbing weakling. He's alive, now shut your mouth before I change my mind!" Zero ordered, picking up Shadow and slinging his unconscious body over his shoulder.
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Post by €l SonikkÜ on Feb 12, 2008 20:56:19 GMT -5
Paris barely felt the blow. She was numb to everything except for the one wound that her heart stressed so hard on. It was amazing how everything seemed to dullen when pain was involved, even pain bowed to pain when it was severe enough. And all Paris really knew was that she'd been knocked away, and then her eyes trailed up to Zero...
An almost inhuman growl rolled from her throat as the hedgecat got to her feet, her eyes blazing in an otherworldly hatred that couldn't be quinched by any act. But that last sentence hit it's mark and it kept her from moving forward, from giving him the biggest verbal blasting he'd ever had in his life, from risking her own safety to get back at him. Fury burned in her throat, threatening to roast her alive. As a matter of fact, it might do just that. Tiny flames swirled around her hands as she flexed her claws, but she forced her anger to revert back to consern for her Shadow. And all fires died.
"Where are--" She swallowed, fighting to control her raging variety of emotions, and trying to keep her voice soft and unthreatening for Shadow's sake, then started again, "Where are you taking him?"
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