Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ Predator and Prey ❯ A little water never hurt ( Chapter 10 )

*Snigger* This chapter is dirty!

 

Chapter 10: A little water never hurt

 

“Shadow, look out!” Damien yelled to Shadow who was standing by a tree. He looked around trying to find out where the danger was coming from but there was nothing in the streets or in the yards.

 

There was infectious giggling coming from some place close. “Gah!” he choked as he took a face plant into the grass feeling twenty pounds heavier. A little, purple, spotted, girl cat rolled off his back giggling and made a run for it towards one of the backyards. Shadow got to his feet and easily caught up to her plucking her off the ground and tossing her in the air and catching her.

 

“This was supposed to be hide and seek not ambush,” he scolded in a non-serious tone as Damien walked up to them. She only laughed and yelled something in the Spanish wriggling out of his grip and running off again. Shadow smiled and looked to the gray echidna. “What was that about?” He shrugged, but was soon covered in water, the remains of a water balloon on his head. Shadow tried his hardest to suppress a laugh but a water balloon too hit him. A colorful mirage of water balloons rained down on them. At first, they were standing still with their hands over their heads laughing then they flashed each other a grin and started to sway on the spot yelling as if they were in agonizing pain. Both fell to the ground with a convincing thud, Shadow on his stomach and Damien on his back. The assault ceased and a dozen or so children, including the purple cat, come out of hiding to stand around their bodies.

 

“Are they dead?” one would ask.

 

“You check,” another said.

 

“No you.” The group spent some time arguing whether or not they were still alive. The purple cat crept up to Shadow and poked him. He did not move. She poked him again and still he did not move. She looked down at his tail and smiled as she reached up and gave his tail a good yank. Shadow and Damien jumped up growling at them. The kids all screamed and ran in all directions.

 

“NOW!” Damien hollered and Jaxon and Antonio popped out from behind two different buildings, each with a water hose in his hands, and sprayed the panicking children soaking them all.

 

“That's right munchkins. Run!” Jaxon laughed insanely. Antonio arched a brow towards him.

 

“Gigit, chill out,” he said pointing his hose at the ground. Jaxon sized him up and soaked his pant leg. This started the war between Sly and Gigit. The children chose sides and armed themselves with water guns and balloons. There was a slight problem though; Jaxon kept turning on his own teammates who in turn did the same.

 

Shadow and Damien sat under a huge tree watching the water warfare continue, laughing every time Jaxon got beat into submission by the kids. In a short while, Dragon arrived at the tree with a bag slung over his shoulder and a mask hanging from his neck.

 

“Hey guys,” he yawned dropping down before them. They nodded and laughed as Jaxon and Antonio had their own hoses set against them. Dragon turned to looked and smirked shaking his head. “Will they ever grow up?”

 

“Probably not,” Damien answered leaning against the tree trunk.

 

Dragon turned to Shadow and grinned. “So I've been told you and Kylee are together,” he remarked setting his bag aside.

 

“Who told you that?” Shadow asked blinking amazed that word could spread so fast under twenty-four hours.

 

“Well no one really told me.” Dragon gaze him a look.

 

“Okay so how did you get your news this time?” Damien inquired grinning.

 

“I heard it through the grape vine,” he sang doing a little groove. “In other words, I walked past Kylee's garage.”

 

“Are they workin on Ky's bike again?” the otter asked scratching his ear. Dragon nodded and pulled three sodas out of his bag and handed each of them one. “Figures. Those girls always workin on somethin' when they talk. Like when Ky's mom died, she locked herself in that garage for days workin on her bike.”

 

“Real Sad man. The bike had a new paint job and everything,” Dragon said gulping down his soda. “She missed school and a concert she'd been lookin' forward to for weeks.”

 

“It was green,” Shadow stated looking up into the tangle of branches. Dragon and Damien glanced at one another. Kylee never spoke of her bike in that design. They by accident stumbled upon the new look and told the others but never let Kylee realize it. “It had `Kat's Little Angel' written in silver. She kept it under a sheet in the back of the garage,” Shadow continued absentmindedly pulling at the blades of grass. “She rode it one time. It was just before the sun came up. She rode all the way out to a gorge.” It was as if he was there when all this happened. He gazed in the direction that the gorge would be, his eyes looking faded. Shadow blinked out of his trance and looked at Damien and Dragon who were both gawking at him.

 

“She told you all this?” Dragon asked curiously.

 

“No,” he said plainly looking up at the tree branches again. He was slowly coming to grips with his knowledge of the event. He knew he had seen all that happen, but he wasn't awake when Kylee was thirteen. He didn't know that she had a motorcycle either until this very day. All he knew was that he was in an ageless sleep when all this occurred. Shadow concluded that he could never really explain any of this. “It was a dream,” declared simply not meeting their inquisitive stares. The trio just sat there in silence, Damien and Dragon exchanging glances.

 

Meanwhile, Ami, Angel, and Kylee were deep in conversation.

 

“So let me get this straight,” the gray cat known as Ami began, “before he said he loved you, he just straight up kissed you. No tongue, no nuthin?” She typed at her laptop as she sat on the hood of a jet-black hummer in front of the two girls working on a naked motorcycle.

 

“Yeah,” Kylee said smiling with her hair tied back and spots of grease on her jeans and shirt. She walked over to a tool cabinet, crabbed a wrench, and sat down next to her bike.

 

“I think it's sweet,” Angel sighed pulling off one of the tires.

 

“Yeah okay whatever.” Ami didn't even bother to look up from her laptop as the girls gave her disapproving looks. “Hey, like they say, an orange is an orange and a plum is a plum but a kiss ain't a kiss without some tongue.” She ducked out of the way in time for a rag to fly over her head.

 

“When you grow out of that give me a call,” Angel hissed removing the other tire and setting it by a stack of tires taller than her. “Which ones did you say you wanted, Ky?”

 

“The ones that have the ninja star rims,” she answered carrying a chain over to an empty workbench. Angel started pulling tires down until she found the two she needed and set them by the unfinished bike. “Hey, Spooky, let's see the design again.” Kylee rose to her feet and walked over to Ami waiting patiently.

 

Angel glanced up at Ami's blank stare, streams of data running through her hazel eyes. She leaned closer and waved a hand in front of her face. “Mission control to Spooky one,” she called. “Spooky what are you doing?” She grabbed the laptop and looked at the screen. “What the hell is this?” She walked over to a workbench and sat down as Ami panicked waving her arms franticly for her precious computer.

 

“It's nothing,” she cried scrambling off the hood and making a grab for the laptop. “Really, just give it back.” Ami tried to snatch it once more but Kylee bumped her out of the way and sat down next to Angel as she scanned files and pages.

 

“Aw, he's so cute,” she cooed gazing down at a picture of a baby hedgehog wrapped in a blanket.

 

Ami blinked and slid down next to Angel. “Let me see,” she said leaning over to get a better look. “I knew it!”

 

“Knew what?” Angel and Kylee asked.

 

“Look at the markings on him,” she said pointing to the light markings on the spikes, arms, and legs. Kylee gasped and Angel's mouth dropped. “See, that's Shadow.”

 

“Spooky, where'd you get this?” Angel whispered scrolling through the rest of the page.

 

“A while back, like a year or something,” she began folding her legs under her, “there were rumors spreading around cyber space about this thing called ARK. Something about a prototype and a space station blah, blah, blah. Anyway, being the curious little cat that I am, I hacked into a few government systems to try to find out more. I kept hitting a bunch of dead ends so I gave up for a while. It wasn't till meteor man showed up that I dug it back up. Shadow,”

 

“That's what they call me,” he said cutting her off as he walked into the garage followed by Damien and Dragon. “Whatcha girls lookin at?”

 

“Just a bike design,” Angel said quickly, she Xed out of the ARK files, and pulled up the bike design Kylee asked for earlier. Shadow sat down next to Kylee, kissed her on the cheek, and looked the bike.

 

“You came up with this Kylee?” he asked showing Damien and Dragon.

 

“Actually, I did,” Ami said sliding off the bench. She bumped into Dragon on her way to get her computer. Their eyes met for a second and they both looked away blushing a bit. She took her laptop from him and sat down on the hummer again.

 

“You're really talented Ami,” he said looking around the garage, stopping on the place where the bike would have sat under a sheet six years ago.

 

“Thanks,” she said blushing again as he smiled at her. “Call me Spooky okay? Everyone does anyway.”

 

“Well come on Dusty,” Kylee said getting to her feet. “Let's get back to work.” She and Angel marched back to the bike with Angel totting a small tool kit. Together they removed the engine while Ami typed away again making sure everything they needed was in the garage. Damien began re-greasing the chain that was set aside while Dragon and Shadow felt useless as they moved about switching tools, checking blue prints, and taking off and on parts.

 

“Now all we need is the engine,” Angel stated after they readjusted a few parts and aligned the new wheels. “Hey Tweak.” She looked around for Damien. “Damn it where is that igit?”

 

“He went to get another chain,” Shadow answered moving over to what he thought was the engine they needed. “Is this it?” He pointed to it. Ami looked up from the computer screen and nodded going on to talking about the bike's paint job with Dragon.

 

“How about a white angel on a red background,” Dragon suggested. “Like Ky's freaky hair.” Kylee shot him a dirty look.

 

“What about a red dragon on a blue background,” Ami recommended clicking a few choice items. “Like the way people look after she kicks their ass.” Shadow set the engine down next to the almost finished bike when Kylee got to her feet.

 

“How about my foot in yo,” she started but was cut off when Dragon suggested a white angel on a black background. Kylee sat back down growling and started on putting the new engine in place with Angel and Shadow. In a short while, Ami and Dragon left to work on the bikes paint job in the backyard and Angel to up stairs to wash up.

 

“Alone at last,” Shadow said wrapping his arms around Kylee. She smiled and he gave her a very deep kiss.

 

When their lips separated, she asked, with a smirk on her face, “What was that?”

 

“A kiss ain't a kiss without some tongue,” he echoed with a grin on his face.

 

“You heard that!” she gasped. “That means you heard everything else.” She stayed mumbling to herself in Spanish nervously.

 

“It's okay,” he assured giving her a light kiss to calm her. “I know I was going to have to tell you anyways and well now seems like a good time.” Damien stumbled in laughing and running out of breath with Angel on his back who looked like she had tears in her eyes from laughing too hard.

 

“Hey Romeo and Juliet,” Damien breathed adjusting Angel a bit. He began to spin around and she giggled tightening her grip around his neck to keep from falling. “Me and some of the guys are bout to play some ball. Wanna come?”

 

“Go on,” Kylee said to Shadow giving him a peck on the cheek. “I'll be there to watch I just have to clean up first.”

 

“Come on,” Angel laughed hopping off Damien's back and running over to grab his hand. Shadow gave her one last kiss before he was pulled away and out of sight.

 

He followed the energetic duo to a huge open field where Antonio, Dragon, Jaxon and a few other guys he didn't know were waiting. Ami and some unknown girls were sitting to the side of the green turf with a big radio sitting between them. Angel ran over to join the girls and Damien started to introduce Shadow to the strangers.

 

“ Shadow, this is Alex and Mario,” he said pointing to a green hedgehog and a black echidna, “David, Jessie, Luis, and Matt,” a brown otter, a skunk, a coyote, and a brown bear waved in the order his name was called, “the twins Roger and Jordan, and last but not least, Paco.” Two pure white wolves said hello and a large black panther stepped forward to look down at Shadow.

 

At first Paco just stared him down with a stern look, then a wide grin spread across his face and he grabbed hold of him putting Shadow in a killer bear hug lifting him clear off the ground. He, setting him back down, stepped back to shake Shadow's hand. “So you're the kid dating my holmes' baby sister,” he said still smiling, “heard you saved her life the other night. Good job.”

 

“Yeah,” Shadow said still trying to regain his breath. “News seems to spread fast around here.”

 

“Like wild fire man,” said the wolf twin Jordan, who was holding a football. “So are we gunna talk like a bunch of little chicas or are we gunna play?”

 

“Alright,” Paco yelled as he stretched the group into a circle, “shirts to my left and furs to my right. Roger, Jordan, if you would be so kind.” Jordan stood to the right of Paco and took off his shirt while Roger too his place on the left.

 

“I call Mario,” roger said and the black echidna walked over to stand behind him.

 

“Kay, I call Paco-man,” Jordan said and Paco stepped behind him removing his shirt. From then on the dividing continued, placing Dragon, Jaxon, Matt, Antonio, and Shadow on Jordan's team and Jessie, David, Luis, Damien, and Alex on Roger's.

 

Kylee, carrying a huge umbrella, arrived in time to see the beginning of the game. Roger's team had the ball first and kicked off to Jordan's and from then on, it was hell. Jordan's team led by six points to one in the first thirty minutes, that one point was made possible when the ball was intercepted and Shadow was taken down early only because he kept watching Kylee.

 

Paco helped him up and wrapped a muscular arm around his neck. “What good are you if you don't pay attention man?” he laughed as they walked over to the huddle.

 

“Hey man ya gotta learn one thing out here,” Dragon chimed in as they completed the circle, “the girls are distractions. It's always been like that and it's not gunna change.”

 

“It's been that way since we were six,” Antonio said tossing the ball. “Course back then they used to laugh and run through the field during a game.”

 

“Anyways,” Paco cited before a flash back could take place. “Shadow, we're gunna make you quarter back cause the guys are complaining that you're too damn fast. That alright with you?”

 

“Just as long as I get to play, its fine with me,” he said and Antonio passed him the ball. Seconds after the game started up again and he hiked the ball he heard something about a blitz. He ignored it as he brought his arm back to throw. Without a moments notice he was hit head on by Damien and Luis. He groaned as he lay on the dirt blurry-eyed.

 

“You okay man?” Damien laughed as he and Luis got to their feet and helped him up.

 

“Yeah,” he said shaking his head, “just a little whiplash.”

 

“Damn!” said an orange fox girl sitting under the umbrella. “You sure yo man's gunna be safe out there? He looks kinda fragile.”

 

“He'll be fine Monica,” Kylee said crossing her legs. “After all he did fall from space.”

 

“It's true,” Ami declared. “There's pictures and everything.” As of now she was laptop less and leaning against the huge radio.

 

“Then that means when you found him he was,” a white cat girl said giggling at the thought.

 

“Oh will you guys grow up for a change,” Angel hissed.

 

“So how big is he?” a red echidna girl asked jumping in Kylee's face.

 

“What do you mean Natasha?!” Kylee stuttered blushing a bit.

 

“Well you guys are tighter,” Monica stated. “And you do live in the same house ya know.”

 

“Cool your jets you little perras,” Ami said placing her dark shades over her eyes. “Our girl ain't like that, remember?”

 

“Yeah, rule número uno,” the white cat giggled, “never on the first date but maybe on the second.”

 

“You people make me sick,” Angel, sighed resting on her hands. A roll of thunder sounded in the distance. Heavy black storm clouds floated over the distant buildings.

 

“Damn it!” the white cat cursed grabbing a hold of the stereo and rising to her feet. “I'll see ya chicas later.”

 

“See ya Josephine,” they all yelled after her as she ran off to her house.

 

Soon the clouds were overhead and the missile assault of heavy raindrops began quickly turning the field to mush. The game pushed on. Huge clumps of mud and grass were kicked up and every player on the field was soon filthy from the mud.

 

“Ugh, this is going to be a bad day for laundry,” Natasha groaned as she watched the boys slam one another into the ground. “It's like they want to be that damn dirty.”

 

“I know,” agreed Angel folding her arms. “Guys are so gross sometimes.” The whole lot of them nodded.

 

“LOOK OUT!” Paco cried as the ball went soaring in the girl's direction. Shadow leapt into the air and caught the ball but after this, he had no control of his destination. The girls screamed as he hit the ground and slid on his back towards them splattering them with mud.

 

He shrugged off the shock and looked up to find Kylee staring down at him. He smiled brightly but the other girls soon joined her. “Oh this can't be good,” he groaned and scrambled to his feet with the ball still in his hands. “Uh, sorry ladies,” he laughed scratching his ear. “Rough landing ya know.” They kicked off their shoes and growled at him. “Oh shit!” He made a run for it but the mud slowed his escape to a normal pace. The guys laughed as he headed towards them with Kylee and the girls chasing after him. Natasha picked up a handful of mud and threw it at him. He ducked in time and the clomp of soggy dirt hit Paco dead on.

 

“Uh oh,” she squeaked as the group stopped beside her. Paco whipped the mud off his face and looked at it on his hands.

 

“Get `em,” he murmured and every man and boy on the field charged at the girls as they retreated.

 

“No fair!” Kylee cried as she dodged one mud ball after the next.

 

Shadow dashed over and lifted her up into his arms. “Alls fair in love and war Ky,” he said tossing her up and catching her. Antonio bumped into them as he tried to run from his sister and Natasha causing Shadow to lose his balance. They both laughed in sheer bliss as the mud war continued. The guys mostly looking like they sprang from the very ground itself the girls were quickly getting there.

 

Kylee straddled Shadow and smiled sweetly as he looked up at her. “You know what,” she said moving soaked strands of hair out of her face.

 

“What?” he asked sitting up on his elbows.

 

“This is just how I found you,” she giggled, “with one exception though.”

 

“And what's that?”

 

She kissed him passionately then said, “You had less clothes.”

 

 

I TOLD YOU IT WAS DIRTY! LMFAO! Okay I'm done with that now review review! I'm not doing this for my health…or am I?

 

To be continued…

 

 

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