Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. They all belong to SEGA.
The story, however, belongs to me.
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-The Unexpected Happens. Life Goes On... Right?-
My heart pounds frantically as my feet move faster against the metal floors of the facility. I draw closer towards the exit that I never want to reach for if I do I will lose someone very important in my life. The building around me shakes and rumbles as it prepares for an event of ultimate catastrophe and with a final burst of speed I blast out of the exit as a wave of massive heat washes over me.
I turn around and watch as the base explodes into irretrievable pieces and a scream of despair rips from my throat. "Tails NOOO!"
I sink to my knees as I stare at what use to be Eggman's latest base, but is now a pile of burnt rubble. Tears leak unhindered down my face as I recall what occurred before I was forced out of the base.
Again I attempt a spin dash at the piles of rubble my little brother is trapped beneath, but again it does nothing, but leave me shaken as if I'd run full force into a brick wall. Again and again I try to remove the rubble, but it appears to be useless. I can't give up though. My little brother's life is at stake!
"S-Sonic," I hear him call out to me softly, weakly.
I stop and get as close as I can to him to make sure that I can hear his every word. "Don't worry buddy, I'll think of something to get you out of here," I try to reassure him, although things are beginning to look pretty bleak.
"Sonic, there's not much time left before the base e-explodes. You have to get out of here," he tells me calmly as if he's already accepted his fate.
"No! I am not leaving you here! I will find a way to get you out of here!" I growl fiercely, fighting against the panic and fear that begin to rise as a robotic voice announces that there is only a minute left until self-destruct.
"Big brother… Sonic… I am glad to have known you all these years. These have been the happiest times of my life and I'm glad to have spent them with you. I love you Sonic and I want you to move on from this moment. To find happiness and to always remember that I am with you in your heart and watching you from above, OK?" he says with conviction and resignation.
30 seconds. Grief chokes me as I stare into his innocent baby blues. "I love you too, Tails, and I will always remember you. You were—are—the best little brother a guy could ask for."
I hear him sniff before he says, "Go, Sonic, there's not much time, even for you."
With a final look at the pile of rubble my little brother is buried under, I turn and run, something I never thought I would do.
Now he is gone. My best friend and little brother is gone. I'll never see him tinkering with one of his inventions again or hear him ask me if he can sleep in my bed because there's a thunderstorm going on. I'll never get to go on adventures with him again or get lectured by him on how reckless I can be, even though I'm the older one. He'll never get to grow up and experience all the wonders of life because… because… He's gone.
In the blink of an eye I disappear from the scene, no destination set in mind.
~XxX~
Word spreads fast on the death of Miles "Tails" Prower as well as the disappearance of the world hero Sonic the Hedgehog. I do not wish to be found by my friends or seen by the world, in fact I plan on staying 'Missing' permanently, but before I vanish I have unfinished business to take care of.
I find Eggman's newest base and infiltrate if flawlessly. It's as if I'm not even myself anymore and I'm not, not really. The death of my little brother is driving me to do things I never thought I would. I find him alone in one of his many rooms located in this base looking at his security camera feeds, waiting, as if he knows I'm coming for him.
I drop down behind him silently and just look at him for a moment. What I plan to do, is the same thing that happened to Tails. Leave him here trapped with no way out as his base goes up in flames.
Without even looking behind him he speaks. "So you've finally come. I knew this day would come the moment I found out that fox boy hadn't made it out alive. For the record I had not planned on him dying. You were always my target, he just had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I know I can't stop you, Sonic, just know that I am sorry for your loss," Dr. Eggman informs me, still having not taken his eyes off the screens in front of him.
I take no comfort from his words, heck I hardly feel anything at all. Just the vast emptiness inside of me from the loss of the only family I had ever known. So with barely any regret I tie him up with the rope I'd brought with me and hit the self-destruct button on the panel before me. I leave the room and break off a piece of pipe nearby and wedge it through the door's handles, ensuring he has no way of escape.
I then walk calmly out of the building knowing that the world's main threat has finally been dealt with and I can truly disappear without any worry for the world's safety. As I reach a certain distance a loud explosion sounds, but I keep walking. Justice hasn't been served, not really, because a life for a life isn't how it really works, not for me at least.
FIVE YEARS LATER
The green hedgehog above me drops me carelessly onto the bed below me, as he begins to get ready to leave.
"That was a good lay, Blue. One of our best yet, am I right?" Scourge arrogantly proclaims while depositing his condom in the trash bin nearby.
I simply lay there, staring at the ceiling silently, trying to ignore his comments as usual. I hear an impatient sigh before Scourge speaks with irritation. "No reaction, huh, Blue? If this keeps up I might have to just find someone else to spend my nights with here at the club. There are plenty of hot chicks here that would love to spend the night with me."
I stay silent, look intently at the ceiling. He's bluffing, he always returns. There's something about dominating the world's former hero that always brings him back, not that I really care.
I hear him stand and head towards the exit. "Well, I'll see ya 'round, Blue," with that the door closes behind him leaving me in my solitude. I sigh before getting up and heading to the bathroom back here to clean up.
After Eggman's death, the world had a field day. Some thought he had committed suicide out of guilt, having never been the cause of death for someone, even though he claimed he had wanted to get rid of me time and time again. Some say I did it, but there was really no proof, the place having exploded and all. No one really knows what happened there, except for me, but I suspect that my old friends might have guessed. I was never 'found' and people stopped looking for me after a year.
I had wondered around for a while lost in this world, but there's only so much you can do when you're trying to not gain attention from the world. There was also the fact that I couldn't just get anything free anymore if I was no longer a hero, so I had to find a job where no one would know me or care who I was if I wanted to survive. So one night I so this place, a club of sorts actually, called DirtyBoy Mobian.
Having no other options, really, but to see what this place was about and if I could work there without recognition, I walked in and was immediately blinded by the sight of scantily clad Mobian's dancing erotically on stage while people practically threw money at them.
I watched for a while, not out of perversion, but to see how they worked. It wasn't too hard, really, from what I could tell. I was pretty flexible and acrobatic from all the fights I endured, so if I wanted I could probably dance around one of those poles as well.
I had looked away from the stage to see what else was in this club. There was a bar, and also a place for people to dance amongst themselves. So this was like a strip/dance club of sorts. I walked towards the bar and noticed one of the strippers walk to the back with male Mobian. I kept that in mind for later thought as I decided to see if I could possibly get a job here.
I had asked for the manager, who happened to be a very attractive and flirtatious female white bat by the name of Rouge. Despite my hopes she knew who I was, but assured me that most people probably wouldn't because they were either drunk or didn't care.
I asked for a job and she told me 'Sure why not' before telling me exactly what I would have to do here in her club. Apparently this wasn't just a strip/dance club like I had assumed earlier, I would also have to have private sessions with clients if I really wanted to earn money. Being a stripper really didn't earn you much, because you got whatever was thrown at you. The real money comes from the private sessions.
She told me I didn't have to take the job, since I hadn't known what the entire job entailed, but I quickly told her that I was OK with it and would take it. She was a little surprised for a moment, before saying I would have to be tested and such as well as show her my stripping abilities before I could really be hired.
I had a day to truly think about things before I had to go through the required procedures to get the job. The next day I thought about it long and hard, before just deciding I had nothing to lose. I knew I had never slept with anyone before, so when I did go through with my first session if I got the job, that's how I would lose my virginity. A sad thought, but one I would soon learn to live with.
So I went and had a full medical exam, which proved me clean, obviously, but also revealed something I never knew about myself. I was a bit shocked and still shaken when I went to do my stripping audition, but still managed to do surprisingly well, for having not done something like that before. I was embarrassed and nervous, but Rouge told me I was a natural.
"You've got the job!" she had told me once I was finished. She told me of the rules and regulations and the fact that I can have certain rules during my sessions, which I was happy to hear.
"All of our customers are tested regularly to ensure our employees safety, so you don't have to worry about that, Sonic." That was good to hear, but that was only part of my worries.
She told me when I was to work and what the prices were for certain things I did during sessions. I nodded and took note that I would have to learn these things and quick, if I wanted to make a profit.
There was just one thing I wanted though. "I don't want people to call me Sonic, if that's possible."
She had smiled and said, "Sure, hon. I think I know the perfect name for you. How about Blue?"
I thought about it for only a second, before nodding. From then on I would be called Blue and I had only one rule when it comes to my clients. They always had to wear a condom, even if they were clean.
I have learned a lot in the past few years and one of those things is how to please a guy. For some reason, I don't get a lot of female clients, it's like all of the guys are attracted to me or something. I had never really thought about if I was into guys or girls back then and this job helped me realize that I like being with guys more than girls, even if I do hate the circumstances.
I just don't like being in control when it comes to sexual encounters, even if I do try my best to please the customer. I don't really like what I've become, but I had no choice, really. When Tails died it felt like I died with him and I just didn't know what to do.
I sigh and exit the bathroom, clean and ready to get back to work. I sometimes wonder how disappointed in me he is.
This is my first story and I've worked very hard on it, nearly half a year to be precise. It's already completed, so I'll be releasing a chapter per week on Mondays, unless something comes up. I really do hope you all enjoy this story. It would've been beta read and maybe even improved upon more, but my beta reader just vanished before even starting on the story.
Oh, btw, this is the clean version, which is found here and on my account on DeviantArt under the same username. The uncut version is found on (Sonadow dot com) make sure to remove space and parentheses and add an actual dot, under the same username and title.
