Protective Lover  Chapter 1

	It was a cool and damp morning in Station Square.  Shadow awoke in his apartment with the same blank face. Nothing new happened in the Recovery agent work, and he grew tired of the same daily patrol route he has been assigned for two months.  He sighed, and walked toward his office after getting ready for the day. Busy workers typed vigorously trying to finish their reports ahead of schedule.  He walked past his office, and stopped in the door way to talk to his partner, Rouge the Bat. 
“Hey there handsome. What’s new with you?” Shadow face palmed himself. “Rouge, I already told you. I’m not into women.”  His partner was not amused with his tone.  “Why can’t you give a nice greeting once in a while? Anyway, that can wait until later. We have a new case. Apparently, there has been illegal sex trafficking happening in the downtown Suburbs of Station Square. They want us to carry out a Sting operation for them.” Shadow rubbed his chin in thought. “A Sting operation? Why would they call us out for a small sting operation? It makes no sense.” He was handed a file and when he opened it up his mouth flew open in shock.  Right on the first page of the file, a rare and obscure picture caught his sight immediately.  He was one of the victims that was suffering in this trafficking ring, but he looked like something that popped right out of a history book. “I don’t know if that boy is real or not hun, but if he is real then we have a federal crisis on our hands. Not to mention this will make global headlines if he is rescued. We have to rescue that boy, that is our top priority.” He nodded and headed into her office, with the file in his hands.  The possibility of the first echidna found in decades was no small operation to ignore. It could be the case that changes his life forever.  “I see. So this is a serious operation that requires the cooperation of G.U.N.  We’ll have to set up an elaborate plan to obtain the boy.”  Rouge smirked at his enthusiasm.  “You seem to be over excited about this. We’ll rendezvous at downtown station square alley.”

	-Station square alley 12:30pm-

	Shadow arrived at the alley and met up with a group of strong police men along with his co-worker Rouge. “Alright boys, here is the plan. Shadow will pretend to be the customer. He will walk in and ask if he can have the house special massage. While he is chatting with the boys,we will burst in while he makes it into the back to retrieve the target. Once inside, Shadow will throw this overcoat over the boy to conceal him to protect him when news casters arrive. He will exit and we will secure the building all around with the police force. After all perpitraitors are apprehended, we will send the victims back to their original countries.” He glared at the plans. 'Figures I would be the one that plays dumb. Fucking discriminitory bastards.' “And the boy?” Rouge smiled. “Well, we'll take care of him while the police take care of everyone else.” Shadow sighed, and the group moved off to start the operation. The police officers quickly dressed in undercover clothing and then surrounded the building. They acted as if they were casual clients that fantasized about meeting a new victim to sleep with. Shadow noticed his cue and entered the building without saying a word. He was greeted by a tall, muscular male. “Hello sir, and how may I be of assistance?” He smirked, doing his best to play the role of the horny bastard. “Yes... I have a few... needs to take care of. May I have the house special? I hear its perfectly... exotic.” The large human male mirrored his look. “Sure you can. That would be $250.
No refunds.” Shadow's jaw dropped in shock. “2...$250?! Damn... must be really premium.” He sighed, paid the man his fee, and followed the man into the back room. Once he entered, he secretly a button hidden in his sleeve. You are giving me my $250 back, prick! The man whistled loudly then left the room. Out of one of the bathrooms, a boy about 16 walked into the room. He purred, came closer to shadow and rubbed his body on the other. Shadow nearly lost ¼ of his total blood count from all the attention. The echidna boy was adorable, and also quite femboyish. He shook his head back to reality and covered the echidna with the trench coat. The young echidna moaned a little but preceded to keep giggling. CRASH!! All of a sudden, loud yelling and gunshots could be heard from the other rooms. It seemed a little too much for the echidna, as he covered his hidden ears and screamed. I have to get him out soon, but where? He scanned the room for any possible exits, but to no avail. Damn... guess I'll have to exit from the way I came. He grabbed the echidna's hand and they ran down the hallways, ignoring the gunshots. There was a large window down on the first floor that Shadow took note of earlier. Bouncers were on the scene attempting to get rid of the intruders but the GUN Backup squadren bought them enough time to reach the first floor unscathed. They stopped for just a minute to catch their breaths. “We'll have to go through that window to get you out of here. Make sure you follow my lead.” The young echidna huffed and clung to Shadow, staring blankly and shivering. He sighed. “You probably don't understand english... well we'll get you out of here no less.” Once again the echidna's hand was grabbed and they headed for the window until a stray shot that missed them shattered the window. The two looked back and saw the Muscular man aiming at them with an AK-47. “Just where do you think you are going with my little slut?”

 TO BE CONTINUED