The room was dark with only a little light coming though the window in the room. Sonic laid on a large mattress on the stained floor, his leg twitched sharply in his sleep. Soon he began to jerk left to right and his face began to twist into an upsetting look.
"No... Stop... NO!" Quickly he shot up from his sleep and looked quickly around the room. Seeing nothing but darkness he rubbed his weary eyes and laid back down again.
"Only a dream..." He whispered as he turned his body onto his side. "I wish it was just a dream." Knock Knock
"Sonic you in there? It's Rouge!" Quickly the hedgehog got up stretching his arms in the air and walked to the next room. He slowly made his way to the door and placed a hand on the worn out wooden door. "How do I know it's really you huh!?"
"Please Sonic we go though this every time I come here. Just let me in already." Sonic grumbled and unlocked the door allowing the bat though. Rouge walked in dressed in a black suit which can only be described as slick and stealthy with three letters emblazoned on her heart which was upon her chest. Behind her was a black hedgehog with small red lines on his head, he was somewhat similar to what Sonic looked like to the point where if someone saw him from a distends you would think he was the blue hedgehog.
"Uhh this place is filthy Sonic! I know UGN gave this place to you but you could at least tidy it up." The building was small with only one big room which the three were standing in and two smaller rooms, one in which Sonic made into a bedroom. "I don't see the point it's just gonna get like this again eventually." Sonic walked to a small Cabinet pulling a dirtied glass and some whisky, he poured the orange liquid into the glass only for Rouge to take the glass from the old wooden cabinet. "You really need to cut this you know." The hedgehog snatched the glass out of the bats hand and poured the drink down his throat. "Yeah well you can worry about your health and I can worry about mine in my own time."
"Typical of you Sonic still in the past not giving a single damn about what's happening now." The black hedgehog turned around to walk outside only to be stopped by Rouge. "Shadow please we have to try."
"We have tried over and over weeks and weeks. Hell it's been two years and still he's wollowing in self-pity!" Sonic grabbed the bottle of whisky and with a angry throw chucked it and the wall next to Shadow "Get out of this house!" Shadow turned and walked of leaving only one sentence which Sonic heared clearly. "Still haven't changed one bit as usual." Rouge gave a sad sigh as she walked out of the door. "I know it's been hard on you Sonic but we need you more the ever before. Earth just isn't the same without its hero about." The hedgehog took out another bottle and began pouring another glass. "That's not what's she called now though is it?" The bat turned to the outside and sighed again. "Sonic you know where we are if you need help, in the mean time I placed a document on the table over there."
"UGN sending it's favoret lap dog to do their dirty work?" Rouge's face turned sour when he said that. "That's not fair Sonic you agreed to help in exchange you get somewhere to bunker down."
"Don't forget the booze. I love mention that part in the story to anyone."
"Look Sonic you know exactly how the world has change, you can at least have a little decency!" Sonic raised his cup up to the bat. "You of all people should know by now. I lost my decency two years ago, how ironic it's two years today." He downed the drink and placed the glass on the cabinet. "Fine I'll do their crappy mission but I want nothing to do with them anymore after this."
"I can't promise anything but I'll see what I can do." The bat left closing the door behind her. Sonic walked over to the table picking up the document and began glossing though page by page.
"Typical another rescue mission. This has to be the thousandth time now. Sooner I get this over with the better."
Sonic dropped the file back on the table having memorised the content. He walked towards the door but just as he grabbed the door handle he began shaking. Placing one hand on his head he began tearing up while whispering softly to himself. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." The hedgehog raised his head up at the door. As quickly as it had happened Sonic wiped his eyes and opened the door as if nothing had occurred.
He placed a foot down on the rugged ground, closing the door behind him. He took a deep breath in and out. "Same old same old. May not be like it used to but it's still the same planet just with a more uglier name." He then walked around the house looking out at the distends placing a hand over his eyes. The sky was a thick red with pollution which turned the ground into a deep reddish-brown the hedgehog gazed towards a massive building surrounded by over buildings. "One of those camps should be close by. I should be able to get there in no time."
The blue hedgehog got up from his scouting position and made his way down the hill. Upon reach the bottom he began walking towards a broken road which hadn't been used for quite awhile. He looked up at a nearby sigh which stood strong in the polluted soil. He laughed silently walking past it. "Home sweet home."
"You are now entering Robotroplis the capital of planet Robius."
