It had been a few days since the battle aboard the ARK. It had been a
few days since the salvation of Earth. It had been a few days since Shadow
had gone. It had been a few days since the sinking depression. Tails looked
slowly at Sonic who was blankly staring out the window. Sonic had been this
way ever since leaving ARK three nights ago. Sonic wasn't the kind of guy
to worry a person. Sonic was the kind of guy to put other people's feeling
before his own. Sonic was the kind of guy to hide his true emotions. Sonic
wasn't doing very well at it. The past few days, Sonic was a different
person. He was quiet, soft-spoken, blank. He took to looking up to the
stars and sky. It was a dark, cloudless night at the Mystic Ruins. Sonic
had agreed to help Tails work on upgrading the Tornado 2.
"Sonikku? Sonikku? Hey. Sonikku?" Tails said, walking over to Sonic's side. He placed a small, gloved hand on his shoulder. "Thanks for helping me today, but I can take it from here."
"Oh. thanks Tails. I'm sorry I didn't help you more, I must be tired or something." Sonic sighed, staring down at the screw driver still clenched in his fist. "I'm. I'm going to head back to Station Square now. I'll talk to you tomorrow." Sonic placed the tool back in the toolbox on the workbench. Opening the door, he disappeared from sight.
"Hey, Sonikku!" Tails yelled, from the open door. Sonic turned around, looking at the fox bathed in the light from the workshop. "Well. I know your upset over Shadow." Sonic winced. He hated to hear that name anymore. "But." Tails continued. "He's dead now. You've got to get over it. We've tried searching for his body, and we haven't been able to find him. It's been about 3 days now, and there's been no sign of him. If he hasn't been found by now, he'd most certainly died, his body can't take it, even in super form." Tails said, a little forcefully. He knew this would hurt Sonic, but he couldn't stand to see his friend act so cheerful, even though he was being eaten inside. Tails had to stop this, before Sonic was completely empty. "He's dead." Tails whispered.
"Yeah. I know." Sonic replied, not looking at Tails, but at the stars. "There's no way he could have survived. We were fooling ourselves thinking Shadow was made of tougher stuff. He quit on us." They were silent for a minute. It was bubbling up inside of him. He suddenly turned at Tails, full of hatred that was made unexplained. "He quit on us Tails! I wanted to help him, I even had his wrist in my hand! And he slapped my hand away! He slapped it away! He took the easy way out, and selfishly left us here! Why?" Tears began to form, but he quickly blinked them away, no way he was going to cry. "Why couldn't I save him? Why had I been so mean to him? Why couldn't I find a way to ease his pain? Why could I be the HERO? I. I let him die. I let someone die. And this." Sonic pointed to the medal pinned to his shoe. "I don't even deserve this!" Sonic tore off the pin and flung it at Tails. "This was given to me because I was a hero, but I'm not, I let someone die. I let someone DIE. I've always saved everyone; I've never killed anyone! Even stupid Robotnik is alive!" Sonic screamed, his hand tight in a fist. Tails took that moment's pause to butt in.
"But Sonikku, you said he slapped away your hand! He wanted to die; it wasn't your fault! You let him decide his own fate Sonikku. You put his feeling into consideration and let him do what he wanted. You were the good guy in all of this." Tails said, trying to reason with Sonic. He could tell the hedgehog was so worked up that he was in no mood to reason. "Just think it over Sonikku, you'll see it wasn't your fault." There was a pause, and then Sonic streamed past. He ran. He ran to the train. He ran to Station Square. He ran all through Emerald Coast thinking. There was no point thinking about it any longer, he concluded. He ran home and flung himself on his bed. He was so out of energy, the emotional conversation he had with Tails took it out of him. His last fleeting thoughts before drifting to sleep were of Shadow.
"Stupid faker, I hate you so much."
Yeah? What'cha think? Oh, Sonikku is so angry, but he's cute that way. Anyways, no, as much as I would like, I'm trying to keep this un-Sonadow. Please review! The next chapter will be up soon!
"Sonikku? Sonikku? Hey. Sonikku?" Tails said, walking over to Sonic's side. He placed a small, gloved hand on his shoulder. "Thanks for helping me today, but I can take it from here."
"Oh. thanks Tails. I'm sorry I didn't help you more, I must be tired or something." Sonic sighed, staring down at the screw driver still clenched in his fist. "I'm. I'm going to head back to Station Square now. I'll talk to you tomorrow." Sonic placed the tool back in the toolbox on the workbench. Opening the door, he disappeared from sight.
"Hey, Sonikku!" Tails yelled, from the open door. Sonic turned around, looking at the fox bathed in the light from the workshop. "Well. I know your upset over Shadow." Sonic winced. He hated to hear that name anymore. "But." Tails continued. "He's dead now. You've got to get over it. We've tried searching for his body, and we haven't been able to find him. It's been about 3 days now, and there's been no sign of him. If he hasn't been found by now, he'd most certainly died, his body can't take it, even in super form." Tails said, a little forcefully. He knew this would hurt Sonic, but he couldn't stand to see his friend act so cheerful, even though he was being eaten inside. Tails had to stop this, before Sonic was completely empty. "He's dead." Tails whispered.
"Yeah. I know." Sonic replied, not looking at Tails, but at the stars. "There's no way he could have survived. We were fooling ourselves thinking Shadow was made of tougher stuff. He quit on us." They were silent for a minute. It was bubbling up inside of him. He suddenly turned at Tails, full of hatred that was made unexplained. "He quit on us Tails! I wanted to help him, I even had his wrist in my hand! And he slapped my hand away! He slapped it away! He took the easy way out, and selfishly left us here! Why?" Tears began to form, but he quickly blinked them away, no way he was going to cry. "Why couldn't I save him? Why had I been so mean to him? Why couldn't I find a way to ease his pain? Why could I be the HERO? I. I let him die. I let someone die. And this." Sonic pointed to the medal pinned to his shoe. "I don't even deserve this!" Sonic tore off the pin and flung it at Tails. "This was given to me because I was a hero, but I'm not, I let someone die. I let someone DIE. I've always saved everyone; I've never killed anyone! Even stupid Robotnik is alive!" Sonic screamed, his hand tight in a fist. Tails took that moment's pause to butt in.
"But Sonikku, you said he slapped away your hand! He wanted to die; it wasn't your fault! You let him decide his own fate Sonikku. You put his feeling into consideration and let him do what he wanted. You were the good guy in all of this." Tails said, trying to reason with Sonic. He could tell the hedgehog was so worked up that he was in no mood to reason. "Just think it over Sonikku, you'll see it wasn't your fault." There was a pause, and then Sonic streamed past. He ran. He ran to the train. He ran to Station Square. He ran all through Emerald Coast thinking. There was no point thinking about it any longer, he concluded. He ran home and flung himself on his bed. He was so out of energy, the emotional conversation he had with Tails took it out of him. His last fleeting thoughts before drifting to sleep were of Shadow.
"Stupid faker, I hate you so much."
Yeah? What'cha think? Oh, Sonikku is so angry, but he's cute that way. Anyways, no, as much as I would like, I'm trying to keep this un-Sonadow. Please review! The next chapter will be up soon!