Shadow had officially lost the will to live.

At least, that's what it looked like to Rouge, anyway. Not a bad guess considering Shadow lay face planted in the middle of the kitchen floor. He showed no sign of movement. Rouge gazed down on him and sighed.

Should she leave him there? Should she help him get up? Ask what's wrong? Ask Omega what's wrong with Shadow before offering help? After pondering for a while she decided that leaving him would be the best option. Simply put she just couldn't be bothered, it was morning and Rouge was NOT a morning person, so she just couldn't be asked right now. He'd get over this eventually, anyway. It was just a phase.

Although Shadow hadn't exactly out grown his emo phase yet so it might take a while.

Rouge's phone vibrated in her pocket, she reached into it and a message from Sonic was displayed. That's strange, she thought, he never messages me. The message read:

" Yo Rouge im sorry if Shadz is acting weird i legit think i might have made him reach his final breaking point last night "

Ignoring Sonic's terrible grammar she read over the message again, and again, and again, and again, until finally her brain processed what was sent to her.

Okay, what on Mobius did Sonic do?

Rouge glanced at Shadow's motionless body. He looked dead to be completely honest. He didn't even look like he was breathing. But unfortunately that was not the case. He was immortal anyway he couldn't die.

Rouge sighed for about the 20th time that morning as she stepped over Shadow. She began to start her morning routine which consisted of drinking 15 cups of coffee.

Rouge took a sip from her coffee. Two sugars and only a bit of milk, boiling hot. A smile crept on her face. Finally, she would have energy to start the day and the magical energy bean juice would start to work.

" HELLO ROUGE," greeted Omega walking into the Kitchen. His voice was so loud that Rouge ended up jumping and spilling her coffee all over Shadow. Somehow Shadow still remained motionless. He didn't even let out a scream.

"Heeeeeeey Omega," Rouge forced a smile, " I don't know... is there away that you can... turn down the volume of your voice or something?" Rouge asked. trying very hard to stay calm. She was going to enjoy that coffee so much but it was taken away from her! She suddenly then understood how Shadow felt after Maria was killed.

" NO I AM NOT CAPABLE OF DECREASING MY AUDIO LEVEL, BUT I APOLOGISE ABOUT THE SPILLED BEVERAGE "

All Rouge could do was sigh for about the 100th time that morning.

" SHADOW LOOKS RATHER UNRESPONSIVE, SHALL I FIRE AT HIM WITH ONE OF MY VARIOUS PROJECTILES? "

" No! - "

" YOU ARE CORRECT ROUGE, IT SHOULD BE MULTIPLE PROJECTILES "

" NO PROJECTILES!" Rouge yelled. " Don't waste your time Omega, he's not moving."

Omega's weird LED robot eyes ended up looking sad and dejected. Robots weren't exactly supposed to feel emotions, but for some weird reason all the robots she knew did feel emotions. Omega, Nicole and Shard were probably all defects, she decided.

" WELL, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO? " Omega asked.

" I don't know... just... pick him up and shake him repeatedly, see if he responds." Rouge replied, beginning to make another coffee.

" ARE YOU IN THERE? " Omega yelled as he obliged. Rouge noticed Shadow's eyes were open, so he wasn't unconscious, but the blank look on his face, devoid of ,well, anything scared her a little.

" WHY ARE YOU NOT RESPONDING? " Omega asked as he gave up and chucked Shadow all the way into the living room, and on to the sofa.

" I STILL THINK PROJECTILES ARE NEEDED. " He stated, glancing at Rouge.

Rouge sighed for the 500th time that morning. " No, I'll get ready and go over to Sonic's house and find out what exactly happened last night."

Omega tilted his robotic head slightly, but asked no questions.

...

Rouge was about to open the door, but paused to take another glance at Shadow. She had told Omega to watch Shadow, check for any sign of responses. Indeed, Omega was doing just that. He was sat next to Shadow on the couch, never taking his eyes off him.

Rouge pouted as she left the house.

Let's just say Sonic's gonna hope he has free healthcare after this.