A Cursed Angel by KaruChan (find a book to read .txt) 📖

old fashioned coat tail jacket. He looked to be around thirty four.


*Meanwhile at G.U.N’s main business building*
Afternoon 12:00PM

A black hedgehog with deep red streaks was currently looking over one of his partners cases that he was assigned to. As close as he was to his partner as if they were father and son considering their age difference, He still didn’t know that much about him and what he studied. He only knew that he was assigned to take a look at the old cathedral. He picked up a vanilla folder with a title that caught his eye “someone that could grant wishes…a wish maker...” he smirked at the many thoughts he had. To be once again with his Maria, his friend, how he missed the times they played hide and seek aboard the Ark and gazed at the earth from the observation area of the ark and how they helped Gerald with his many experiments and the way she smiled always seemed to brighten his day. She was like a sister to him and Gerald was like his father. He opened the folder to look at the contents and the information that was filled out on the papers but he frowned when he saw the results. “The “PROJECT” or creature was abandoned and left to die...Little is known about the whereabouts of the creature only that it was locked away in an old cathedral in a secret secured room within its walls…” shadows smirk faded and was replaced with a frown as he placed the information back into the folder. “Well I’ll have to go and have a look for myself…” Shadow said as he picked up the folder along with its contents before standing up and pushing his chair into the mahogany rectangle shaped desk that held several drawers and a computer that sat nicely on top of the desk along with a few pens and pencils as well as a medium stack of papers. Shadow let out a huge sigh as he looked at the papers before he looked over to rouge’s desk. The bat had called off sick that day. He knew her well and knew that she was with the echidna knuckles. Shadow released a small chuckle as he took part of the medium stack of papers and placed them on her desk as he passed by the empty desk that belonged to his bat friend.

*Meanwhile elsewhere*

A certain Ivory colored bat was walking with or dragging her boyfriend knuckles around as if she was looking for something. “Rouge can we slow down?” he asked as he looked at his girlfriend who didn’t really pay much attention to his plea for her to slow down. She was on a mission and she was damn well going to accomplish it! She stopped suddenly releasing a sneeze her boyfriend bumped into her shoulder but not hard enough to make the bat fall as he looked at her “something wrong?” he asked. His voice filled with concern at she looked at him with her sparkling aqua blue eyes as she smiled “yeah, I’m alright …I think someone was either talking about me…or thinking about me…” she gasped slightly as knuckles captured her in an embrace releasing a small growl “well...I’m the only one thinking about you...” he said as he smirked. His purple eyes focused on her aqua ones and rouged giggled. “Well... I know that…now…where was I...” she said as she looked around. A sweat drop sliding on the side of knuckles face. “Well…we are looking for a present for Amy…it’s her birthday tomorrow remember?” knuckles said as he released rouge from his embrace and held her hand. “That’s right! Well what are we waiting for! Let’s go!” rouge said as she ran dragging knuckles along with her.


Chapter Two:
Destined to be with you Part 2 / what an investigation?! Who was playing hooky?

*At Arkious’s estate/Underground laboratory*
Sunset 6:00pm

He looked and searched through every available document he could find under well you know how the expression goes “under the sun” well this could barely describe how much stress he was feeling over how little information he managed to find. “Dammit!...there has to be something more to this…no one can simply grant wishes at will….” A very upset, TIRED and angered Arkious looked at the papers scattered in front of him as he rubbed his temples with his fingers attempting to calm down. He had left his room after his wife fell asleep moments later to continue his research. “You should try calming down old friend…” Arkious nearly jumped a shocked expression on his face as he turned around at the direction of the voice thinking someone had found out what he was up to. His expression softened and changed when he saw his butler and friend but calmed down when he realized his friend was talking to him as he approached him holding a beautiful silver round tray that held a china tea set which included a small marble clay cup and a medium size tea pot with a “A” painted on it along with a glass plate with a few sandwiches’ on top of it. “Thanks old friend…I needed that…” Arkious said as his friend and butler placed the tray neatly on a table next to him as he smiled whole heartedly. “Don’t mention it…besides what were you working on?” he said as he turned his attention to the papers that were scattered on the desk. “Well…I was trying to gather more information...” As if his friend read his mind he finished his sentence “you mean the girl...maru?” he said as Arkious nodded. “I had tried to give G.U.N as little information as possible and made sure they thought I found nothing at the site they sent me to investigate… but I fear of what they will do should they discover…” His friend looked at him, concern and worry could be seen in his eyes. “I understand… but please be careful alright...”Arkious nodded his head in understanding as his friend left him to continue his research.


*Elsewhere*

Shadow had arrived to the old abandoned cathedral and parked his black and red motorcycle leaning it against a nearby tree as he took off his helmet he looked around “ So this is the place…Arkious…what did you find…if you indeed found anything here…” He questioned himself his voice only a whisper as he said the last part. He approached the old building he spotted a Scarlet red haired bat that appeared to be in her mid thirties gazing at the building she slowly turned around as if she knew he would be heading towards the building she stood in front of. Shadow looked at her in awe as he looked at her eyes, one was a light purple and one was an ocean blue that held such wisdom for a person her age. She wore a black sleeveless short ruffled dress “so you have returned…” she finally spoke erasing any look of complete awe in shadows face as he frowned. “What are you talking about...” he asked arching an eyebrow at the woman. “Seeing as you don’t know… you are not him… but I sense you WILL find what you are looking for… but be warned…what you may find could either be a curse on you or could bring you happiness… that choice is for you to decide…” Shadow continued to look at the woman a dumbfounded look on his face. For a character like shadow this is completely out of character, but what can you expect to say when someone says something like “something will happen” or some other bullshit as if they could see the future not saying that it’s impossible right? Like a complete what the hell moment when you try and figure whatever cryptic message someone told you if that is even possible. Normally someone would simply say “what the HELL are you saying?” and they would probably get an answer or they wouldn’t believe a word of it and just shrug it off as if saying “probably just some creepy old lady”. Shadow knew better but was actually kind of interested in what the strange woman told him he looked up at the building at the spot the woman was looking at earlier as he arrived. “We will see…” shadow said as he gave his signature smirk before walking into the building. The woman simply shook her head a frown on her face as she whispered but shadow heard her. “You have been warned boy…” shadow shrugged and continued into the building as the woman walked away.

*Shadows’ POV (point of view)*

I shrugged off what the woman had told me as I ventured into the old building that was once a glorious cathedral. “Now…where is it…” I looked around the building taking note of its current condition, the missing stones or bricks, broken windows here and there the vines or plants that encircled part of the windows and the walls. The chairs have already begun to rot away or decay; damn bastards didn’t think to at least fix the place up every now and then. I stopped as I got to the middle of the main room which looked to be like the place where the minister would preach as people sat in the chairs in front of him. I was ready to get this over with hopefully with time to spare so I can find a present for rose for her birthday tomorrow. Rouge was supposed to be taking her to her club for the party. I scoffed at the thought, “just another excuse for that bat to get drunk…” I said to myself as I continued to look around the old abandoned church until something caught my eye. An odd looking door with a weird looking crest on it part of it being hidden by part of the wall that had fallen in front of it. As I began to approach the door my ears twitched to the oncoming footsteps. “Look… whatever it is you want woman or whatever you’re going to tell me forget it. “ I said with annoyance in my voice as I continued to walk towards the strange door. “Is that any way to treat your partner shadow?” I sighed a bit as I stopped in my tracks not even turning around to face her “what is it rouge? I’m kind of busy here.” She tends to appear at the oddest of times I swear sometimes I wonder if that bat I met earlier was related to her or something…

*End Shadow’s POV (Point of view)*

“Well…I don’t know… I got a call from work apparently I have some unfiled paperwork on my desk, care to explain that?” rouge said as she sat on one of the old chairs her arms crossing across her chest as she glared at shadow. “It’s not my fault I wasn’t the one who called in sick just to hang out with my boyfriend” he said as he turned to glare at rouge an annoyed expression on both of their faces before rouge grinned. “Oh my shadow I didn’t think of you to be into...Males” rouge said her grin never leaving her face as shadow growled in annoyance at the bat’s statement. “You know damn well I’m straight rouge” shadow said his voice laced with venom and anger as rouge shrugged her shoulders “well anyway, what are you doing? “She said as she looked at the door behind shadow. “That’s none of your concern… I’m checking up on a case a friend of ours had to make sure his findings were correct…” shadow said bluntly as he turned around towards the door as he pushed and moved what he could of the crumbled stone from in front of the door. “Need some help there