Shadow the Hedgehog

"Our food's here." ----- "How grim."

"Okay, okay. I will." ----- "It'd be an interesting twist to say the least."

Hope gently grabbed Melody's finger. "No need to get aggressive," she laughed. ----- "Good point. Though by eating them I expect he's gonna be drunk as a poet on payday afterwards," laughed Zamy.

"I'll be sure to get some earmuffs," teased Hope. ----- "It's got an odd way of passing the time though, eating up teenagers."

"No use fretting over it now. As I said, plenty of time to think." ----- "Ooooh, it's toying with them now."

"That's fair enough." ---- "True, but I'm probably not the best benchmark as these films just make me laugh."

"Perhaps you do." ---- "That's an odd benchmark you've set."

"If you didn't want to compete with her." ----- "It is kind of scary I'd agree."

"Maybe you could join her." ---- Zamy got up and hugged Miles. "It's just a movie."

"Exactly." ----- "I know," replied Zamy, turning back to the movie.

"Just be sure whatever you do you enjoy it." ----- "Good point. She's very good at her job."

"I'm afraid those skills might be difficul to apply to something else." ----- "Good luck Ziona," smiled Zamy.

"Well you have plenty of time to think about it. Given your previous experiences on Moebius maybe you should just go for the singing and enjoy life." ----- "Ok Ziona, and you stay here Miles. I hear Sandopolis can be dangerous, it's no place for a child."

"Long term." ----- "True. I still want to find out what this thing is. Wait, Sandopolis? Those blasted kids can't stay put. Do you want to go get them? I can look for my book of regulations to hurl at them."

"Have you given any further thought to what you'll do here in the future?" ----- "Hey, if you think going in there's a good idea you deserve to get eaten by whatever creature is there. And you're right Miles, I imagine it'd give them some rather colourful nightmares," replied Zamy before pointing to her papers on the sofa. "The tracker's over there Ziona. I'd get it but I'm not sure moving would help my wounds."

"I can twist his arm to see if that'll work." ----- "Agreed," replied Zamy before giggling as a screaming teen was dragged off on screen. "I guess whatever's in that house is hungry."

Shadow smiled. "I could live with that quite happily." ----- "At the time yes. But we're totally impervious to any ghosts now anyway."

"Some would say that'd make things too easy." ---- "Yes. It is a pretty absurd scenario don't you think?"

"The world's problems don't stop just because we're on a break." ----- "I'll be fine. Now that's it's over I find the whole ordeal rather funny."

"Yes thankfully, I'd say we needed the brief reprieve," replied Shadow. ----- "This looks interesting. Nothing like watching a bunch of idiot teenagers wander into an old house to pass the time."

"No problem." ----- "There could be a good movie on."

Hope placed their orders. ---- "Time to go channel surfing then."

The others quickly decided what they were having. ----- "Now whether or not anything good will be on I can't say."

Hope, Shadow and Rouge looked at the menu. ----- "I'm fine just relaxing here. You can see if anything's on TV if you want."

"Yes, that I could," smirked Rouge as she glanced at Shadow. ----- "I'm open to any suggestions."