Sonic was waiting outside the door, arms crossed and leaning against a wall when Shadow appeared in a flash of gold. Sonic raised an eye-ridge at his black and red counterpart.
"What took you so long?" He stood up straight and went to unlock the door to their hotel room.
"Espio wanted to talk to me," He answered carelessly, not letting off the nature of the earlier conversation with the colour-changing chameleon. He followed Sonic into the room. The room was amazing, crimson velvet curtains hung from the full-length French windows, which opened up to a balcony with a beautiful view of the sea, the calming sound of the waves and salty smell wafting through the open windows. The carpet was pure white and so thick the two hedgehogs could practically feel the soft texture through their shoes. There was a white (fake) leather loveseat against one wall, with a famous painting of the sea-side that you could see through the expensive windows, painted by one of Mobius' most famous artists. There was a widescreen TV built into the wall opposite the comfy couch, with (as Sonic quickly noticed) 300 channels of cable TV.
A few potted plants were placed around, and there was a small cupboard with a lamp and phone next to the entrance door. There were three doors leading off the living room. One led to the kitchen, with every cooking appliance they could possibly want. The next was a bathroom (Shadow couldn't help but notice that the bath was easily big enough for two) and the last was a bedroom with a double king sized bed with red velvet duvets that matched the curtains that were also used in the living room. Sonic noticed the bed at once when he walked in and laughed softly.
"Do you reckon Espio did this on purpose?" Shadow looked at him smirking.
"Hey, I'm not complaining," Sonic smacked him playfully over the head.
"Don't even think about it, we just got out of hospital, remember?"
"Yeah, but it seems you healed a lot more quickly than expected," he pointed at Sonic's arms which were moving freely.
"How did that happen?" He poked at his healed arm as if it would magically give him the answer.
"Easy, I heal quickly, and I have the ability to heal anyone else too, just takes a bit of chaos energy," Shadow explained.
"Oh," Sonic was quiet for a while, looking deep in thought, then he looked back at Shadow, "but wouldn't you need a chaos emerald for that?" Shadow shook his head.
"Not me, I was taught back on Ark to be able to do important stuff like that without chaos emeralds, of course there's some things you just can't do without them, like, chaos control for instance." Sonic nodded.
"I see, sort of," he blinked and smiled, "I can't be bothered trying to understand all this now, but you have GOT to teach me how to do that." Shadow laughed.
"In good time, good time." He sat down on the comfort on the bed and looked at the ceiling. Sonic sat down next to him.
"What did Espio talk to you about anyway?" He met eyes with the red-streaked hedgehog. Shadow shrugged.
"Not much, just saying he hadn't seen me for a while and crap like that," he blatantly lied straight to Sonic's face. Sonic frowned, there was something in Shadow's eyes that told him he wasn't being completely honest with him, but he shrugged the feeling off and looked down to his stomach as he heard it grumble loudly. Shadow smirked at the smaller hedgehog. "Hungry?" Sonic grinned sheepishly.
"Maybe a little," he made his stomach protest, "OK, maybe a lot." He paused, "There's a resteraunt downstairs, feel like eating out for a change?" Shadow nodded. "Good, because I'm hungry now, come on!" He grabbed Shadow's arm and in a streak of light they were both gone. In his rush Sonic forgot to lock the door, and Espio came out of his camouflage and walked into the room.
"This could work to my advantage; all I need is to get Sonic away from Shadow."
Half an hour later, Sonic was tapping his fingers impatiently on the table.
"What is taking so long for this food to come?" Shadow shook his head at his friend's impatience.
"Calm down, I'm sure it won't be longer." Sure enough it was only a few moments afterwards that a waiter came with a pizza the size of Sonic's head, but it didn't seem to phase Sonic as he opened his mouth as wide as possible, trying to cram a whole slice in his mouth at once, and choking and coughing finding he couldn't quite do it. Shadow laughed at the blue hedgehog, taking his time eating his food. Soon, the waiter came back with the bill for the food; Sonic took a quick glance, then again trying to figure out if he had really read what he thought he had read.
"How much? I'll just be a sec Shadow I think I need to get some more cash, I'll be right back." Shadow just carried on eating, not seeming too bothered, he was too bust thinking about Espio.
"Don't worry, take your time," he replied lazily as Sonic sped off. Sonic walked down the corridor to his room and went in quickly looking for something.
"Where did I leave my wallet? I don't even remember putting it down," he took a moment to try remember where it was and sighed, "it must have been in my house when it burned down, just fantastic." He sat down grumpily and grumbled under his breath. "Stupid tree fall on my house I should use that thing for firewood, watch the stupid thing burn," he carried on mumbling and didn't notice when Espio silently came up from behind him. The chameleon raised one hand and with one swift punch to a pressure point in the back of Sonic's head and the blue hedgehog was out cold.
Downstairs Shadow was getting impatient.
"Where is he?" He rested his head on his hand and took one last look to see if Sonic was coming back before standing up. 'I can find him and get back here in just a minute I'm sure no-one will mind'. He nodded his head to his own thoughts then ran off to try find the blue speedster.
He noticed the door to their room open and he went in, his pace a little faster than usual. Inside it was silent, he looked over to the couch and saw a small piece of paper on it, he eyes scanned it quickly, then he growled menacingly under his breath.
"Espio," he ran out of the room, leaving the room empty and in darkness.
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Okay that's all for now I'll update tomorrow as soon as I get the chance....... Until then byeee!