STH © SEGA

Sarah belongs to me, BlackPetals23.

Enjoy!

For those of you who don't know why I describe Shadow as a "bolshie" hedgehog, it means uncooperative or argumentative or stubborn just to clear that up.

Chapter Two:

Are You Alright?

"Wow!"

Tails watched with a small smile as his girlfriend twirled around in the giant hotel. He put down his duffel bag as he held onto her suitcase that rolled.

"Damn," Silver looked around. "Rouge, is your boss like…rich?"

"No, but his wife is," Rouge said as she walked past the silver hedgehog with her purple suitcase.

She headed to the desk to their room keys. A white mongoose was standing behind the desk with a nametag that read, 'Katie'. She twirled her hair with her finger as her dark brown eyes scanned the Mobians going in and the Mobians going out.

"I bet she gets ten bucks an hour just standing there to look pretty," Sonic whispered to Knuckles.

Knuckles looked at her before smirking. "You're on."

Sarah rolled her eyes and followed Rouge. With one of those fake smiles a girl gives another girl, Sarah leaned her arms up on the desk. "Hi."

Rouge nodded at the mongoose. "We have a reservation."

"Name?" Katie started smacking on gum and typing on the computer in front of her with long, fake fingernails.

"Rouge the Bat."

"You got your boss to switch the name?" Sarah inquired at her friend.

Rouge nodded. "Like I said, his wife is rich…and a bitch."

Sarah snorted in laughter while Rouge smirked. "I'm a poet and I didn't even know it."

"No, you just never showed it," Katie smiled warmly and handed Rouge five cards.

Sarah and Rouge walked off closer to their friends but nearer to the couches where other Mobians were sitting and waiting for something.

"Okay, it looks like we'll just take two couples each," Rouge did the math, "Or something."

Alicia skipped in front of the group with Espio trying to follow. "Shadow, Amy, Sarah and Sonic can be in a room. You, Knuckles, Silver, and Blaze can be in another. Tails, Cream, Espio and I can be in the other one and Charmy and Vector can have the other room."

"What about Scourge and Fiona?" Sonic asked.

The two had the group's eyes on them as they stood in the back. Scourge cleared his throat. "W-We'll take a r-room."

Sonic tilted his head. "Something wrong?"

Scourge didn't say anything but instead grabbed the orange card and sighed heavily. Fiona looked off to the side and fidgeted.

Shadow nodded before staring at Sonic. "Where's Sonia and Manic?"

"Back home. I knew my mother favored me enough to grant my wish of keeping those two home while I'm on a trip with my best friends."

The ebony hedgehog rolled his eyes while Knuckles grabbed his bag and headed to the elevator. "See you losers later."

"Right," Tails said sarcastically. "Best friends."

~~~.~~~

"No."

"Shadow."

"No."

Amy put her hands on her hips while standing inside their room. Shadow was in the hall with folded arms. Sarah and Sonic were inside, unpacking while they let the rose hedgehog deal with her bolshie boyfriend.

"Shadow!" Amy whined. "It's not that big of a deal!"

"It is to me. I have to share a room with him?"

"Yes. Or you can sleep out here."

Shadow walked in slowly but kept Amy close to his side while unpacking his things into the top drawers while Sonic and Sarah had their things on the bottom drawers. Amy unpacked her things and took up the bathroom sink with her necessities along with Sarah.

Sonic and Shadow stared at the empty spot in the sink. Amy walked by them and paused to stare at the small space before taking a cup from the bag that was already in the room. She threw away the bag in the small garbage under the counter that was placed into the wall and put the cup in the space.

"I guess we use our bags?" Sonic gradually glanced at Shadow.

Shadow shrugged and walked back into their room. A large TV was on the drawers and across two beds (yet kind of in between too). Sonic was on the bed closest to the bathroom and door while flipping through the channels. Shadow watched as Amy opened her book on their bed which was by the window.

Shadow opened the curtains and looked out. "Rose, come here."

Amy set down her book while Sonic glanced at them. Amy gasped. "Wow! The beach! We get a view of the beach!"

"It's gorgeous right now!" Sarah exclaimed while she peeked through.

Shadow nodded before staring at Amy, "Now what?"

"Well," Amy paused. "We wanted to look around and see what else was in here. There are yoga classes in the morning and we were thinking of joining a swimming class, too. A pool and a hot tub and a gym room—oh! The basketball court outside, too."

Sonic stood up. "I'm going there."

"No gym?" Sarah inquired.

Sonic shook his head and kissed her forehead, "Nah. I'll save that for later. You have fun though, okie dokie?"

Sarah nodded and kissed his cheek. Amy smiled and patted Shadow's shoulder, shooing the two outside. Shadow glared at the closed door. "I don't get a kiss?"

He got no answer, unless you count Sonic's snort as an answer. He shoved Sonic to the wall and got a yell from their neighbor.

"Let's go, Knuckles was on the twelfth floor, right?" Shadow asked.

"Yeah."

They headed to the elevator but got turned around. Finally, they reached the machine and got in. Sonic cocked his head to the side. "Shadow?"

"What now?" Shadow mumbled.

"What floor are we?"

"Fourteenth."

"Oh!" Amy grinned at all the stores.

Rouge smirked at the jewelry store. Cream gasped, "Rouge! Don't go getting any ideas; Knuckles wouldn't like it if you stole something now!"

Rouge shushed her. "Relax, Cream. Knuckles gave me a good, long lecture of no thieving. Besides, I'd be fired from my well-paying job."

Blaze sighed. "How long did we walk from the hotel?"

"About thirty minutes, why?" Amy turned back to her.

"I'm sure we've walked, like, fifty miles!" the cat complained.

Amy rolled her eyes. "Everyone knows Center Mobius has fancy stores but East Mobius has the biggest stores."

"I want to go to the antique store!"

"I need a haircut," Rouge looked at her growing hair.

"It's only to your shoulders!" Amy said with her arms out in protest.

"I don't like it that long for me. It gets in my way."

"And annoys you when it gets in your way of seeing a precious gem," Alicia giggled.

Rouge rolled her eyes but smiled. "Maybe so, but Knuckles was nice enough to agree with me anyway."

"Maybe he was just saying that to not have to talk to you," Blaze shrugged.

"What did you say?" Rouge growled.

Blaze shrunk back next to Alicia, "Nothing."

Amy rolled her eyes and tugged on Cream's shirt. "Let's go!"

"It's only our first day here, Amy," Cream giggled as they went into a book store.

Blaze and Alicia went to a clothing store while Rouge went to the jewelry store. The ivory bat stopped and looked back at the lone fox. "Fiona? You coming?"

Fiona held her arms around her stomach before nodding and tagging along with Rouge.

"You know, I think I can find some earrings that'll look gorgeous on you," Rouge said as they walked in the store. "Maybe you should think about a whole new makeover."

Fiona sighed. "I'm all game, Rouge."

"What's wrong with you?"

"Let's get inside first, and then I'll tell you."

"He shoots!" Knuckles watched the ball swish into the net. "He scores!"

Shadow rolled his eyes. "Show off."

Outside in the sun was relaxing to Sonic as he sat on a bench, watching his friends play Horse. Scourge sat beside him, out of it. Tails was waiting his turn has Shadow shot from Knuckles' spot and made it. Tails had a rough time with sports, planes and being a genius were more of his hobbies.

Silver and Vector played at another basket with some little kids. Charmy was on the other bench, resting in the sun like Sonic while Espio dribbled a ball in place.

Sonic glanced at Scourge. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"No…."

Shadow and Knuckles stopped while Tails missed. "R."

The three walked over to the bench and sat on the other side. Scourge rolled his eyes. "Let's all gather around, shall we?"

Espio, Charmy, Silver and Vector gathered around with their friends too. Scourge moaned and hit the table. "I was kidding."

"Well, we're not," Sonic said. "You're one of us now."

Scourge frowned at him, "How so? I'm only on this trip to get away from…" he shivered.

"Get away from what?" Knuckles cocked his head to the side.

"Lora's baby. Any kid Belle babysits. It was like a damn sign I didn't see before," Scourge mumbled. "And now here I am. My future's already set out."

"What are you saying?" Sonic asked shakily.

Scourge sighed and began to tell them what happened on the way over here.

"She was arguing with me again, just complaining really, but we weren't talking about which way we would go. She just started yelling at me when I asked her what she was doing…."

Flashback

Scourge was driving a big black pick-up with the radio on low, "What'cha doing?"

Fiona had been reading a book. She slammed it closed and glared at him. "What are you saying!?"

Scourge blinked. "What are you doing?"

"God, do you have to be in my business!?"

"Why are you yelling!?" Scourge hollered.

"Don't yell at me!" Fiona cried.

Scourge shrugged his shoulders while driving behind Knuckles. "I don't understand!"

"You never understand anything! You're too dumb!"

"Hey!" Scourge yelled. "Shut up!"

Fiona threw the book at him. Scourge almost swerved the truck but he took control of it just in time. He glared at her and threw the book back. "What the hell was that for!?"

Fiona tried speaking but Scourge only shook his head. "Knock it off, you damn bitch!"

Her eyes widened along with his. Scourge gulped. "Fiona…I didn't mean that."

She shook her head though. "Let me out."

"No."

"Scourge-"

"Fiona, I'm sorry."

"Pull over!" Fiona yelled.

"Fine!" Scourge did so.

Fiona didn't unbuckle. She only opened her door and leaned out. Scourge barely heard puking sounds as he cocked his head to the side. Whimpering was heard and Scourge leaned over to look at her. "Fiona?"

The fox was leant over as she cried. Scourge pulled her up and shut her door, wiping her cheeks, he asked, "Fiona?"

"I'm sorry, Scourge. I'm so sorry."

End of Flashback

"And that was when she announced she was pregnant with my child."

Sonic almost choked on thin air, "W-WHAT!?"

"Out of all us, I thought you would be the one to actually remember to use protection," Knuckles said.

Scourge glared, "Apparently not."

"I just have one question," Tails said.

"What would that be?" Scourge rolled his eyes.

"You didn't…conceive that child in cabin thirteen, did you?"