New story everybody. Guess this is the abuse side of my writing.
Choking, gagging, gasping, flailing. He couldn't get free. His vision blurred as he lost oxygen. He slowly fell unconscious. The rope frayed and snapped. His body slumped to the ground. He had been hanging from a tree. The rope was still around his neck. But it didn't kill him.
Thank God.
His face was starting to regain its natural color as someone's shadow lingered over the body frightened. The person this shadow belonged to quickly grabbed the unconscious body and carried him away from the tree.
The hanging victim woke up slowly.
"Shadow?"
He recognized the voice. His head tilted.
"Sonic?"
"Thank God you're alive," Sonic said.
"What do you mean Sonic?" Shadow asked.
"Well, you were hung up on a tree," Sonic said.
Shadow remembered it. He had almost died of asphyxiation. He sat up and coughed hard a few times. He noticed the rope still around his neck. He couldn't get it off. He gave up and sighed.
"Guess this'll be a reminder," he said.
"I wonder who hung you," Sonic said.
"I wouldn't know..." Shadow sighed.
He tugged at the rope again, only to be choked again.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Sonic said.
"Yea yea I know I know..." Shadow mumbled.
He started to groan. Sonic looked at him and coaxed him to lay back down.
"Lay down alright? I'll come back in and check on ya," Sonic said.
Shadow sighed and shifted. He didn't want the rope to remain on his neck, but it was tied so tight that he couldn't untie it. And it was too close to his neck for scissors or a knife. He just had to deal with it. He turned onto his side as his stomach rumbled. His hand was laying by his mouth in an instant. The sudden gag from tugging at the rope must've done something.
*'Who would hang me, and why?'* He thought to himself.
He was going to find out.
Hopefully.
But, he knew for now that he needed to do as Sonic had said. He was thankful that Sonic found him.
Very thankful.
Had Sonic not found him and had the rope not of snapped he'd probably be dead by now.
He didn't want that.
He couldn't keep his mind on anything.
"I guess I should...get some...rest..."
His eyes slowly closed and he was soon asleep. But he still looked like he was in pain. Sonic came in to check on him. He noticed a few things. Shadow's breathing was abnormal. And he had a few cuts and bruises. Sonic tended to his minor wounds. He then tried carefully getting the rope off Shadow's neck, but he couldn't even get it loose. He left it alone for now.
"Don't worry Shadow...we'll find who did this to you...I promise..."