[Thread] Shadow's taxi service

[bowyourheadslow]

Characters: OU!Shadow, OU!Rouge
Where: Outside the compound, then back again
When: Victory day
Summary: Having taken Rouge to safety earlier, Shadow now goes to retrieve her.
Warnings: None

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[consideritmine]

Worrying was unusual for her and not at all something she was used to doing, but she found herself doing it all the same. Sticking around when there wasn't anything she could do except get hurt or be in the way would have been stupid, so when Shadow asked if she wanted to go elsewhere, she accepted. Which meant he was fighting without her by his side.

Those hours of not knowing as she sat in the desolate landscape were far worse than all the months she had spent here. Telling herself that he would be fine didn't do much to quell the thoughts in the back of her head. This was Shadow she was worrying about. Of course he'd make it back fine. But what if...

Relief washed over her when Shadow appeared over the horizon and she hurried to stand up and meet him halfway. He looked worse for ware, but he was alive and for that, she was more than grateful.

"Is it over?" Him being there meant it must've been, but undeniable confirmation was what she wanted right now.

[bowyourheadslow]

Upon seeing her alive and well, Shadow slowed further as he closed the distance between them, and came to an easy stop. He was panting slightly again, worn out from the run after the day's events, but he felt remarkably collected considering how relatively out-of-shape he had been.

"It is," he confirmed, the relief in this fact evident in his voice. "The Warden is going to start sending everyone back in a couple of hours."

[consideritmine]

"It's about time."

She didn't even realize that a few tears began to fall. A genuine smile crossed her lips. It had taken over a year, but now, it was over and her teammate had survived. That stupid hallucination they had forced her through would become reality and things could return to how they should be.

"We can finally go home." She wrapped an arm around his shoulders to give him a quick embrace before pulling away to look him over. "You didn't get injured, right?"

[bowyourheadslow]

"I'm fine," he answered dismissively. Between the tactics the Entropi used and those he'd employed out of necessity, there had been no direct contact with those lightning-like whips that they usually utilized. Any injury he'd suffered had been internal. Judging by the blood he'd had to clean out of his nose and ears, there had been more of that than he had realized, but there wouldn't be any way for her to notice. The fact that he couldn't even see the extent of his injuries or feel anything beyond a constant full-body ache was concerning, but he would deal with that later. Rouge shouldn't have to worry about him right now.

"You managed on your own alright, I take it?"