Two Hearts Beat as One

Chapter 2: Family of Ice

The young fox, Jason Spencer Sunlox, ran after the small lilac cat but, in a parallel dimension, almost a complete opposite of theirs, certain events had already happened. But, I'm getting ahead of myself. On a world named Mobius, the landscape was much larger, and the oceans much smaller. There was no such things as clans, just people living like we do. Well, I say people, for now let's we've got animals, a multitude of them. In a city, with amazing, streching skyscrapers, and bustling streets, a family was just making it's own way.

While families are almost always consisted of people with similar blood, this one was one of brotherhood. These people had formed strong connections with one another, becoming more than a family ever could. Some will give them ugly names, such as a mob or a gang, they knew it inside themselves that they were above these despicable names. They fought and died for their brothers and sisters, and would always stay true to each other. One such man was only a lowly goon, with low income and a sickly wife. He was around the bottom of the food chain, but nonetheless was known by everyone. While everybody who knew him by name is almost all gone, he left one piece of himself, his son.

He was a dark blue hedgehog with grey eyes, carrying the name Lividus. He was only 5 when his father was gunned down in a drivby and his mother died of Leukemia. He was lost and alone but, he still had the family. So, when started to work for them. Even though he was only 8 when he started, he was able to fit into places his people couldn't. After many successful break-ins, he had worked his way up. When he was 15, he was already the head of the family's honorary son. He had become one their organizations best people. He wasn't afraid of killing, it had become a normality for him, just an everyday occurrence.

It would have changed his mind into a steel cage, if it wasn't for one of his best friends, Johnny. They kept each other in check, to make sure that either of them didn't go bat-shit insane. But, when Lividus was 19, he almost broke.

It was like any other day. Lividus was driving around in a banged up corvette, with Johnny and two other random brothers. The corvette had seen it's better days, it had multiple bullet holes, with scrapes and dents, covering the car in head to toe. They were driving down a particularly quiet neighborhood. The family had no safe houses in the area, it was more like a middle ground. At this time, the family and a grove street gang were at high tension, fights breaking out round the suburbs and broken down neighborhoods.

"Ey, Livi!" One of the hedgehogs in back shouted, "Turn on the radio, I feel like I'm going deaf!" Johnny looked over to Lividus.

"It's true man, let's get something that'll wake us up." Johnny said. They had been driving for about an hour, with no signs of excitement.

"Come on you idiots, keep an eye out." Lividus retorted, trying to keep focus on the road.

"Don't be such a spoiled sport, it'll keep us focused." Johnny answered back. Lividus glanced towards Johnny and sighed.

"Fine, but I get to choose the station." Lividus leaned down and began tuning the radio. As he fiddled with the nobs, he finally got a station, playing "Nowhere to Run" by Martha and the Vandellas. As it came on, and he got back up, a yell was heard from the road.

"Take this you greedy fuckin' mob motherfuckas!" He looked up as a old mustang was charging at them, spray painted yellow. The hedgehogs at the driver seats were holding out uzis and spraying them head on, with the car charging at them at full speed.

Lividus, Johnny, and the others tried to grab for their guns but, the two cars collided, smashing each against the street. The yellow mustang slammed against a fire hydrant, while Lividus' car smacked against a wall. Everybody had the wind knocked out them, throwing the two in back to the frame of the car. Lividus got smashed into the wheel, while Johnny got thrown through the window.

The radio was still playing as the gangsters hopped out of their car, wooing and cheering. They talked shit as they got over to the car, firing their guns into the air. One of them pulled the driver seat door open, grabbing Lividus and throwing him onto the ground.

"So this is the great and powerful Lividus? Just look like a rich ass sucka!" One of them howled. The other two fired their guns into the car, killing the other two, as they walked over to Johnny.

"G-Get away from him…" Lividus tried to threaten, just coming off as pathetic.

"We should? Oh, I am truly sorry, your highness!" He waved over the other two. "Bring that one over here." As they brought him over, Johnny was still alive, breathing heavily with a ton of cuts, but still alive.

"Put him against the wall." The hedgehog said as the other two slammed Johnny against a brick wall. Their leader them pushed his foot down on Lividus, with all his force. "When we're down with him, he'll be unrecognizable." He then put his mouth right up to Lividus' ear. "Then we'll do the same thing to you." He then backed up. "Let him have it boys."

The two hedgehogs began beating on Johnny, punching him in the face and kicking him in the chest. He took a million shots to the face and it almost completely screwed up his face. One of them even brought out a shank, slashed his face up giving him a multitude of cuts.

After what felt like hour, the two let Johnny go as he fell to the ground. Lividus tried to force his back up, but to no avail.

"How does it feel to be powerless pretty boy?" Said the hedgehog atop him. Lividus didn't answer, only grunting. In return, the hedgehog stamped down, almost breaking his back. "I said, how does it feel?!" After silence, the hedgehog sighed. "Alright, kill the sum' bitch."

One of the hedgehogs whipped out their uzi, and placed it against the back of Johnny's head. They were about to pull the trigger, when Lividus felt, cold.

Lividus was feeling a freezing feeling, like his had just been dropped into the Antarctic wilderness with nothing on but a toga. His fingers turned a light blue, like they were becoming ice. Just before Johnny got shot, Lividus' mind broke. A stream of ice covered the hedgehog above him in a casing of blue ice, catching the attention of the two. Lividus jumped up and smashed the hedgehog above him, shearing him into chunks of ice and bloody body pieces.

The two stared at him like deers in the headlights, shocked by the events. Lividus stood tall for a moment, before faltering, struggling to keep his balance.

"Yo! What the fuck are you?!" Asked one of them, pulling the gun away from Johnny.

Lividus looked at his hands, with him panting, he could see his own breath. It was like his entire being what transformed into ice. He looked up and changed his expression from one of shock, into one of stoic pride.

"... A god." Lividus said, before shooting icicles from his hands, piercing both through the forehead.

Both of them fell to the ground, bodies laying down, cold and dead. The ice from the sickles had started spreading from their foreheads, down to their necks. But, Lividus didn't have time to ponder it, he limped over to Johnny, flipping him over.

"Johnny! Johnny! Stay with me!" Lividus tried yelling, coming out as voice cracks and lost words.

"Y-Yeah, stop your howlering. I can't breath with this headache." Johnny said, feeling up his head. "Man, they really did a number on me. How do I look?"

Lividus just laughed, a good and hearty one.

"You almost just got laid out, and I start shooting out ice, but you're worried about your looks?"

"Hey, you don't seem freaked by the glaciers you were shooting out. I guess we're both fucked in out own way." Johnny said. Lividus gave another chuckles, while hoisting Johnny over his shoulder. As he got him up, they both limped to the car, only looking at the trashed heap of metal.

"Man, head's going to be pissed." Lividus said.

"Ah, it doesn't matter. Thing was about to fall apart anyway." Johnny said.

Lividus lifted Johnny and him all the way back to the hideout, watching the children out play. Seeing the childhood they lost, and that'll never get back. From that moment on, they were connected, forever.

After getting Johnny back and patched up, Lividus showed the head his new powers. The head revealed that his father had the same powers but, he couldn't control it, so he never used. From that point on, Lividus trained his powers, becoming more versed in ice. Throughout it all, he became the family's greatest asset. He was know as the Freezing Fist, only a codename but, people knew it more than his real name. He and johnny became the best of friends but, when he was 23, he met someone who changed his life.

As we travel across the city, we arrive in a small middle class neighborhood, we meet a small family. A basic mom and dad gave birth to a pure white hedgehog with glistening blue eyes. Her name, was Neva, and she was the sweetest little kid you would ever meet. Smart too, she was able to skip grades fast, being 15 when she finished her senior year of high school. The year later, she was able to obtain her masters in business, youngest in every class. She was already a big name in the stock market by the age of 20, which is where she would meet the man who change her life.

It was a cloudy day, not rainy but, the clouds were gray and gloomy. Neva was in her black business suit, looking up at the screens, showing market values as they go up and down. She just felt, bored. Nothing was happening, and even the stock market was getting easy, she had mastered everything. She got everything she wanted but, she wasn't satisfied.

Lividus walked inside of the market and sat in a seat in front of the place. He was wearing a grey striped suit, with a dark blue tie. It looked like it had been reused by many people, seeming a bit small on him. He also had a small light mic around his ear.

"You still got me?" Lividus said into the mic.

"Yeah, I got the visual. Right in front." Johnny said. "How many people?"

"Too many, I don't think it's a good idea to move today." The two of them were planning out a kidnapping. There were millions of people, one would have the mind to land them more money.

"Fine, just scope it out. We need to find ways in." Johnny said. Lividus scanned the place, trying to keep attention away from him. People weren't paying him mind, all caught up in their world. Lividus though, could see a weakness in them all, he had seen how a person can hurt, what they look like when their scared, it was his bread and butter. He looked over the crowd, he could feel the fear but, one stood out. It was an important looking woman, she was confident. In Lividus' whole life, he had never seen or met a person who had not a bit of fear in them but, she had seemed different.

Like she took on everything with her eyes completely open, with not a ounce of doubt. She definitely caught his eye, she would've caught anyone's eye. But, all of the men in the building stayed away from her, keeping their views from her. Lividus just kept staring, it's like she put him in a trance.

Suddenly, she looked back, locking eyes with him. Lividus, blushing, looked away as far as he could, looking as far off as he could. Neva saw this lone hedgehog, just looking at her. His clothes looked formal but, it was very dusty, like it had been in storage for a long time. She could see his grey eyes staring her down, but she could read him like an open book as he looked away. There was no hiding such a bright blush. She had been through the same thing before, guys looking, wanting. But, they were all the same, asking her out without passion. When she turned them down, they just gave up right on the spot. They had no drive, so there was no point in giving them a chance.

He seemed the same but, his shady look was concerning. Something of a mystery. As he turned away, Neva just giggled to herself.

'Same old, same old." She thought.

Lividus, as she looked away, looked right back.

'What is up with her,' he thought. 'She's just, so different. Not like any of the others I've seen.' He got up and sighed, she was starting to get to him. She had to be faking this, nobody could be this fearless.

He walked right up to her right side and tapped her shoulder.

"Hello." Lividus said, trying to sound cool. "What's your name?"

"Oh, don't try and play the nice guy." Neva said right back. Lividus was taken away from this small outburst.

"Um… What? I don't know what you're talking about but, I'm anything but nice." Lividus said, insulted.

"Yeah, I bet. You look like you just ran out of a storm of bullets." Neva joked. Lividus looked down at the suit.

"Clothes don't make a hedgehog." Neva just shook her head.

"Probably." Neva said, turning her head. Lividus just sigh and tried to walk off. "... Neva."

"What?" Lividus turned back.

"My name is Neva. Yours?"

"... Lividus."

"Interesting name, never heard it."

"I think it means blue, but it can also mean deadly." She just giggled.

"I don't think that you could be that deadly." Lividus just scoffed.

"Only if you knew. So I take that I'm not like the others?"

"We'll see, we'll see."

From there, they would meet almost everyday at the market. Lividus original planned to rob the place but, it became special to him. It represented her, Neva. After a few weeks, and a few attempts, Neva finally agreed to go out with him. After that, they became a couple.

Then, a year later on January 27th, Lividus and Neva had twins. One, only a few seconds older than another.

Frost and Crystal.

But, as the two came into this world, we must jump ahead. Back to our purple demon.