Chapter 2
A Messy Situations
Everyone was on the ground, covering their heads in fear for their very lives. The smallest one of the group seemed to be going around to all of them. "Hey! Hey all of you! Gimmie all your phones!" There wasn't much of a choice all of the hostages dropped their phones and the crook picked them up, putting them all in a large bowl and flooding the whole thing with bleach.
When Sonic saw the one next to him kick Mina his anger spiked. Oh you picked the wrong day to mess with me or my friends today, buddy. Sonic was no master but he did know how to fight. With a yell he whipped his legs under the robber as if he was breakdancing, making the robber trip. Immediately Sonic made a grab for the gun.
Growling the crook pulled at his gun not giving it up. Thing was Sonic forget there were two others. The taller of them, some kind of bear turned and a shot rang out, hitting the blue hedgehog in the shoulder getting him to cry out. At first Sonic didn't feel anything. It was shock. Then the pain hit. He screamed and immediately grabbed it, which gave the one he knocked down plenty of time to get up and now kick him in the face, stepping on his head when he was down. "Not a smart move, blue boy." The weasel turned to the rest of the people in the store. "Did I stutter?! I said give us all your jewels! Now! Or this guy is going for a never ending nap."
Quickly everyone started to take all of the jewelry and put it into bags that a the smallest of the three had. He was giggling like a maniac as everything was shuffled in the bag. The tall one seemed to become a look out, watching everyone. "Once that bag is full break the damn center piece. And be quick!"
One of the workers has pressed the emergency button under the desk and soon enough sirens could be heard. "Hey! Hey boss! I think the cops are here!" The giggling maniac one said.
Sonic could just hear the one crushing his head roll his eyes. "Oh really? Didn't notice." His foot pressed down even harder and Sonic cried out again. Blood was staining the floor and Sonic was certain he was going to pass out soon. This isn't happening...
Looking about the tall one pointed to Sonic. "Yeah, I got it. We needa take a hostage to keep them at bay." Forcing the blue hedgehog to his feet he pushed him to the large bear. "We'll take this one. Manly because he pisses me off. Plus we can't have that bullet leading back to us." Pointing his gun at everyone they all moved to the back, taking Sonic with them. "Anyone follows us this one is dead!" The weasel snapped getting the manic one to laugh, shooting all of the cameras in delight.
Watching them go Mina started to tear up. Oh Sonic... I'm so sorry. You shouldn't have gotten caught up in this.
Going to a car the tall one tide Sonic up before throwing him in the back with the little one following him with a "Weeeeeeeeeee!" Giggling at all the shinies they had he didn't even take notice as they took off.
"Shut the hell up Bean!" The short tempered one yelled as he drove in God knew what direction. No doubt they were going to kill Sonic once they were safe. Was it really the end for him?
Well if I ever get out of this at least I know one of their names. Sonic winced as he felt another stab of pain from his shoulder. He didn't even know what happened. One minute he was trying to buy a present and the next he was shot in the shoulder and tied up in the back of a van. Oh Chaos...I'm going to die here aren't I? They already shot him once. What was stopping them from pumping him full of lead once they were away from the cops?
"You think the super boss man will be angry that we brought home a puppy too?" The smallest one, referred to as Bean, look off his mask and looked excitedly into one of the many bags filled with jewels.
"Nah. I think he said somethin' like he needs a guinea pig anyway. We should get paid extra for bringing him one."
A sigh. That wasn't a very good visit though it actually turned out better than Zonic expected. Thanks to Uncle Chuck, Zonic had a ride home. I can't believe he just drove off without me. I know he was angry but still... Another sigh. Sometimes Sonic could just be a bit over dramatic.
Grabbing his remote, Zonic turned on the TV to the news. Even if it was all bad, he liked to keep in the loop, although it was mostly for his job.
He was about to turn the channel when he got a call. Looking to his phone Zonic sighed and picked it up, reading it was Scourge. What does he want now? "Please tell me you aren't in trouble."
"Zee! You watching the news?" For some reason he sounded panicked.
"Yes... why?"
"What channel?" Zonic was about to answer when all of the sudden the breaking news came on.
"We have just gotten in that a robbery took place at the Emerald Jewelers down on Brock Way Rd. The three suspects were in masks and hoods. Witnesses say that they took a blue hedgehog as a hostage. Whether the hostage is alive still or not the police have edger people to look for a white van with no plates."
It made Zonic drop the phone, eyes widen in fear. "Sonic!" Picking up his phone he started rushing out the door. "I'll talk to you later Scourge. I need to do something." With that he hung up. I just saw him about an hour ago. How could this be happening.
"Wait! Zonic what are you-?!" Scourge huffed when the blue hedgehog hung up. Putting his phone away he continued to watch. Doesn't he know he can't get involved? It might not even be him anyway... But even Scourge knew it was unlikely. It was the same jewelry store that the two brothers had been in. Sonic just went there and there weren't many blue hedgehogs around here. iShit.../i
"Vector!" Once Zonic got to the scene, he saw that the place was crawling with his coworkers. One of them happened to be his best friend. "Please tell me it wasn't my brother that they captured..."
Looking to his friend Vector sighed and took Zonic aside. "I shouldn't be telling you this but yes... it was Sonic." Seeing the look on the blue hedgehog's face he had to frown. "I'm sorry Zonic but you know I can't let you get involved in this. Let us handle it. I will see that your brother gets back to you safely."
"But-!" Zonic stopped himself. Since he wasn't technically on the clock he couldn't get on this mission. He knew this and knew it well. "Vector, please... Please find him."
"We'll find him. Don't you worry about that?" Giving Zonic a pat on the shoulder he went back to work. Standing there the blue hedgehog just felt so helpless. Not noticing his phone was going off. Scourge was trying to get a hold of him to see if everything was okay.
The city was going nuts, looking for the robbers and their hostage. But no one could seem to spot them. That was because they had gone to the old park in the suburbs that next to no one went to. It had become the perfect hide out for the three robbers. "Fucking great! We are all over the news!"
"Didn't get in and out quickly enough." Sighing Bark looked to his "boss" wondering why he wasn't in charge. He was the one that could keep Bean in check. Looking to Sonic who was awake he sighed again. This was more messy then he would have liked it to be. "What do you think our client will do with him?"
"None of our business." Fang snarled. "But I hope it's painful. Don't know why he wanted us to grab a jewel anyways... guy is in science."
"Oooooooh! Look! Look Bark! We're on TV!"
"Yes I know..." The three of them still had their masks on, just in case. Sonic seemed to be out of it but who knew what he could see or hear right now. "Fang, perhaps we should at least stop the bleeding. If he dies then we won't get extra money from our client."
"Pft. Right now I could care less. We already got all the gems we could ask for. If he dies we don't get a little extra cash, if he doesn't, more for us." The one in the hat turned and spat on Sonic. "Personally I hope the little shit dies."
With a sigh it was clear that Bark didn't like that. He liked to avoid killing if he could. Bean was crazy but usually would go with the bear. It was sad to see someone in such a state. Sonic was shaking from pain, cold, and fear.
Then a bright light came as another van came driving up erratically. Jumping out was a short human man with a long nose and almost no hair. "My uncle said in and out without any complications and now you three are all over the news. You are lucky that we're letting you keep all of the stolen goods besides the gem. And taking a hostage! What were you thinking?"
"Chill man. Nobody knows who we are," Fang said with a wave of his hand. "An' as for the hostage, your uncle said you needed a guinea pig for whatever it is you're doing, right? Well here ya go. We had to take a hostage to get out. So you can have him now."
Huffing the short man walked over to Sonic and looked him over. "A injured guinea pig is hardly useful... but maybe we can find something to use him for." Sighing he looked back to the three. "Now where is the emerald?" With that Bean jumped up, holding up the green emerald getting the human's eyes to widen. "After so long of collecting them." He almost whispered taking it in his hands. Taking it he put it a case he had sitting in the van. "Put him in the back. You can keep what else you took as payment. If we need you again we will contact you but likely we won't need to for a while. Our other group is getting the last pieces I we need. Go into hiding if you must."
Guinea pig?! Despite what it looked like, Sonic was hanging onto every word that anyone said. It kept him conscious and distracted. He was afraid to fall asleep. Now he was thinking he should have. iI'm gonna be a science experiment?! No way!/i As the one called Fang came over to him Sonic started to struggle and cry out in the vain hope that someone would hear. But the gag in his mouth prevented little sound.
He was then kicked in the stomach. "Stop squirmin'. You're gonna be a nice little pet for the doc. Hope you like shock therapy." The blue hedgehog was picked up by the back of his shirt and dropped into the back of another van right on his injured shoulder, making him cry out in pain again.
Chuckling Fang turned to the short man. "Hope your seats aren't too expensive. You heard him, boys! Our business is done, let's get outta here." Closing the back of the van Sonic could hear them finish their business before the short man got in the car.
Sighing he looked to the case that held the large gem. "I hope that this is all worth it uncle. I truly do. Turning the car on he started to drive, turning on the news to hear if their lackies got caught. If that happened it was all over.
The drive was only half an hour but it felt much longer for Sonic. Once the van stopped the doctor got out, first taking the emerald with him and leaving the blue hedgehog in the van alone for a moment. When the back door opened he knocked the hedgehog out. When he woke up Sonic found himself in a glass container. Looking around it was clear he was in a lab of some kind, or more like a prep room for a lab. There was some food for him, and he was patched up very well. Sitting there he didn't hear anything for awhile. Then he heard talking outside the room, though it was mumbled. Sounded like two people arguing.
Then the door opened slightly and the short man slipped through. "I don't have time to explain to you what is going on Shadow! Just know that soon our work is going to pay off."
"But what did you mean when-" The voice was cut off as the door closed and the short man turned to see that Sonic was awake.
"Good, you are awake. How like have you been up? Feeling alright? We need you to be well after all."
Shadow...? No, he must have heard wrong. And even if he didn't, it was probably somebody else. More than anything Sonic was tired and in serious pain, even if his wound was patched up. "Where...am I...?"
"That's not important. Just focus on getting well!" Going over to some bowls he grabbed them. "There are some pain killers in your food. So eat. Get better." With that the short man was gone.
Sonic watched the little man leave, ears lowering. He didn't like this at all. Looking down at the food he wrinkled his nose at it. "Ugh...no thanks."
The pain would be worth it to not put any of that near his mouth. For what seemed like forever he lay there. A few times he could hear that someone was trying to get in the room. But they never did. Late the short man came back, switching out his food and again trying to get him to eat but Sonic just couldn't.
It didn't feel like he could stomach anything anyway. After that kick Sonic was afraid he might have some busted ribs, though he could faintly feel bandages around his torso. "I'm not eating any of your crummy food. Keep it."
"But you must eat something. You have to get your strength back." Looking about it was clear he was trying to think of some way to get him to eat. "We are trying to make sure you are well."
Besides raising an eyebrow Sonic didn't move. "If you want me well then let me go so I can get to the hospital. Your guys kind of shot me, if you don't remember." But Sonic knew it wouldn't be that easy. He was going to turn them in when he got out of here...if he did, anyway.
"The doctor already took care of your injuries. All you need to do is rest up." When the human smiled Sonic couldn't help but wince. It was a creepy smile that he swore he saw in a horror film once. That's when banging came on the door.
"Snively! I know you are in there. What are you hiding!?" The voice called getting the human to sigh. Leaving and locking Sonic's little cage the human went to the door opening it and quickly closing it. For a second Sonic could see someone standing there looking pissed. It looked like Shadow.
And that voice... Not that Sonic really knew what Shadow sounded like. He'd only heard the guy speak a few words and that was almost two years ago. Ugh. Get him out of your head, Sonic. Do you really want the last moments of your life to be about a lost cause?
There was no way to tell how much time pasted. Sonic knew that it was at least two days... maybe three before he was knocked out. When he woke up he found himself in a new room. In a new glass container. Looking around it was surrounded by jewels. One being the one in the store Mina worked in. There were six of them. He could hear someone mumbling something but couldn't see them. Where the hell was he and why did he get a bad feeling?
The silence around him was finally broken by laughing and happy yelling. It was then he notice that someone was moving in the shadows and they opened a door letting in a fat man. "I did it! I have all seven of them! Now, now we will see what they can do. I've waited years for this." He said. Looking he saw that the one holding the door open was the short man.
"Uncle, shouldn't we wait for your "assistant"? I'm sure that he would love to see your discovery as much as me." Walking over to the container he looked over their test subject. "And shouldn't we wait till he is completely healed?"
"Bah! Shadow should be here already. I have no idea where that fool has run off to. We can get started now and he'll see what he does when he gets here. I'm not waiting any longer!"
Weakly Sonic stood up as the fat man started pressing buttons on his console. But he barely noticed. The jewels had him mesmerized. It was only when he started to feel pain did the dazed look go away. "Wh-what's going on?! What are you doing?!"
"Alright, Snively. Monitor his signs. I'm going to start it." The tiny man nodded and went over next to Sonic, looking over some screens.
"Hey! Don't ignore me! Answer me, dammit!"
All of a sudden the gems started...floating? If that wasn't crazy enough they started glowing too. And then the pain really hit. Sonic's eyes widened before they clenched shut and he screamed again. But this pain was a lot longer than the bullet wound in his arm. He didn't even notice that he was now floating as well.
The two scientists in the room just stared at their little science experiment. A few more seconds and Sonic suddenly started to glow gold. Looking over the monitors Snively was just impressed. "His strength is going through the roof! It seems your theory on the power of these gems were right uncle."
"He's acquiring this power so easily. I thought it would take a lot longer..." The older scientist rubbed his giant mustache. "They did good with this one. I must study him more closely after this..."
For a while Sonic just stayed were he was, feeling the pain of it all while they got the in formation they needed. Looking to the fat man that was clearly his uncle the little man waited to get a nod. Nodding back he started to cut the power.
After a while the power began to feel good. Sonic was scared. Terrified. And now that power was being taken away. It hurt even more. His limbs felt like they were being torn off. He tried to keep the power but Sonic quickly felt it being drained away...but being replaced with something else. Something that made the pain increase tenfold.
"S-sir! His power is not decreasing! In fact, h-he's getting stronger!"
The golden color slowly turned to a jet black aura and Sonic let out another pained scream. Collapsing onto the cylinder's floor, he clawed at the ground. Something was very very wrong here. Was his arm...getting bigger?
It was then the other person came in the room and he couldn't help but look at what was happening. "Wh-what have you been doing!?" Pulling out a gun he pointed it to the mad scientist behind the large control panel. "I knew you were up to something Ivo. How could you do this?"
"I am doing this for our field you fool! How dare you come in here like this and point a gun at me. If it weren't for me you'd-"
"Don't think you've been helping me. I was told to keep an eye on you. This time you can't talk your way out of this. You are going to jail for a long time." Moving over to the gems he looked over them while keeping an eye on Dr. Robotnik. Taking out a cell he called someone to tell them he may need back up, having no idea how to stop what was started.
In a matter of minutes there was an explosion right into the room, sending all the equipment flying, including the emeralds. Their glowing stopped. And so did whatever was happening to Sonic, the sun rising over the building as it happened. Several soldiers came running in, a few taking the scientist into custody. Sighing Shadow looked at the mess around them. A bat came running up looking at him. "What happened here?"
"We were a bit too late. That's what happened here." Walking over to Sonic he could see that the blue hedgehog was panting, and still awake though very dazed. "Everything is going to be alright. We are going to have some doctors look over you to make sure that you are okay and then you can go home." Putting a hand on his shoulder there was no signs of a bullet hole or that he had ever been shot. After saying that the dark hedgehog went over to some other men to talk to them. His Superiors would want to know what he had found in his time under cover. It was rare when he was asked to spy but every time the call came he did it without question.
That... that is Shadow! Was he dreaming? It had to be a dream. Or maybe he did die? He could barely remember what just happened to him. That power...that energy...his arm... But it seemed to be normal now. Did he just imagine that? Yeah...this has to be a...d-dream... With that Sonic's eyes rolled in the back of his head and he passed out. He was so tired...
Running over to him a doctor quickly looked him over, making sure he was okay. For a while they talked about if they should take him in but it was decided that it was best they left him be. More likely he would pass it off as a dream. They didn't need the press all over this.
Slowly he started to come to and heard excited voices around him. As things came in focus Sonic saw his brother smiling down at him, his uncle sighing in relieve, and his mother tearing up next to him. "Thank goodness you are alright! Gave us all a scare." Zonic smiled as he took a seat like he was relieved.
Sonic blinked, still in quite a daze. "Wh-where...?"
"In the hospital, sonny-boy. You've been sleeping for a few days." Uncle Chuck couldn't describe his relief right now. His nephew was alright. They didn't have to worry anymore.
Blink. It looked like Sonic was starting to see clear again. "You mean I... I'm alive...?" For some reason that shocked the blue hedgehog. Then again this could be another dream. He had no idea.
"Yes! Oh yes thank chaos you are alive!" Not being able to hold back any longer Bernie went over and hugged her son with tears in her eyes. She was just so happy. Zonic just put a hand on Sonic's shoulder.
"I swear to you Sonic. I am going to find the guys that did this to you and make sure that they are put before the law." Zonic growled almost. He didn't like having his family threatened in any way and with his strong will for justice Zonic wouldn't sleep well till he knew that those that did wrong to his family were where they belonged.
"But the important thing is you are back to us unhurt." Their mother cried out as her grip tightened just a bit.
"Yeah..." Sonic smiled slightly as he hugged his mom back. Honestly he was happy he was here and alive. "How long was I gone?"
"Three days. And you slept for another one. Are you alright, Sonic?" Uncle Chuck went over and put an arm around his nephew.
"...I think so."
Zonic rose a brow. His brother seemed a little confused. "Sonic, did you see what those people looked like? Did you get any features, or any names?"
"Zonic Hedgehog, don't you dare question your brother right now!" Bernie cried out. "He just woke up!"
"O-oh right... I'm sorry. Force of habit."
"It's fine mom..." Smiling Sonic put a hand on his mother's shoulder. "I only heard their names, Fang, Bark, and Bean... I think. But I'm a little fuzzy." For a while he thought he should tell them about his strange dream but then thought he better not. I don't need them saying I need to talk to Shadow now because of that.
Nodding Zonic took out a pad and wrote the names down. "I'll be sure to get this to Vector. He's been given your case... might come and question you before you are let out."
"That's okay. I haven't seen Vec in a while. He works more than you do." Chuckling, Sonic stretched slightly, then blinked. Something just occurred to him. He wasn't in any pain. "Wait a second..."
He undid the buttons on his hospital gown around his shoulder, the one that had the bullet in it. But to his shock there was no wound. Not even a scar, and he was certain the bullet wasn't still in there. "What the..?"
"What, what's wrong!?" Bernie almost panicked. Putting his hand on her shoulder Chuck looked worried to Sonic as well as Zonic did.
"I... I thought I was shot." Before they could question anything Tails came rushing in.
"Sonic! Sonic! Are you feeling any better? What happened?" The little fox teared up as he saw his friend in the bed.
"Tails!" The blue hedgehog didn't even wince in pain when his little buddy hugged him. This was getting really weird. "Hey. Shouldn't you be in school?" Sonic said with a bit of a joking grin.
Shaking his head Tails looked at him. "It's the weekend! I'm glad you're okay." Reaching in his jacket he pulled out a card. "Sally told me to give you this. She wasn't sure if she'd be able to come and see you before you were out of the hospital."
Taking it Sonic looked at it, ears going down. A git well card was rather sweet of her but the blue hedgehog still got sad when it came to his ex. "If you see her before I do be sure to thank her."
"Will do... Sonic... was it scary what happened to you?" Looking up none of them could get mad at the young fox for asking. He was just curious.
Sonic was silent for a while, contemplating his answer. "Yeah...it was pretty scary." He sighed. "But honestly I can't remember a lot."
"I'm glad you're alright. Everyone has been scared about you." Ruffling his hair at that Sonic smiled before turning back to his arm.
"Still... I could have swear I was shot."
"Mina said you were shot too... but when you were found in the van we were looking for there was no sign of blood." Zonic said giving Sonic a look like he was a bit freaked out about that too.
"If Knuckles was here he would tell us that you were taken by aliens and they healed you as an experiment." Tails smiled and giggled at the thought.
"Yeah..." That certainly sounded like his roommate alright. "But I'm pretty sure I was shot. I mean...it hurt. A lot. Unless I imagined that pain too." Sonic looked down at Tails. "Can you hallucinate pain?" It was an honest question.
"If you are under enough stress or panic you can." The little fox uttered reading about it once. Though it was rare it still happened.
Huffing Bernie hugged Sonic again. "What does it matter? All that matters in my baby is safe again. Now I have to get back to work but if you need anything you just call Sonic." Pecking him on the cheek the lavender hedgehog reluctantly went back to her job. At least she worked in the hospital that Sonic was in so she could keep a close eye on him. After she left everyone else stayed for a while. Finally Tails had to leave, then Uncle Chuck needing to work. Zonic had the day off so he stayed and talked to his brother.
"You know the funny thing is before I heard about you being taken Scourge called me to tell me what was happening. A few hours after I got home from the seen he was on my door step. He's been asking about you and this whole thing... I think he might see me as a friend now but I'm not sure."
"Whoopee." Personally Sonic didn't care what Scourge did. He was more concerned about his lack of a bullet wound and that strange dream he had. For some reason he couldn't get it out of his mind. Shadow's been in my dreams before but never like this... And it felt so real too.
Huffing Zonic gave him a look. "He's been worrying about you Sonic. Have a little heart about that at least." Sighing he guessed it was pointless to try and get anything through his brother's head. It was time for him to just change the subject. "When you get out tomorrow we should spend some time with her... just us. This whole thing has gotten her rather upset.
Yeah. Scourge worrying about me. That'll be the day. Done with this conversation, Sonic was about to try to go to sleep again when Zonic spoke up again. His ear twitched. "You mean Mom? Yeah we probably sho- Oh no!" Immediately Sonic sat up. "I lost the locket for her! Those goons probably stole it!" Ears going down, Sonic looked extremely ashamed. "Oh man... I'm so sorry..."
The look on Zonic's face was shock at that. "Sonic... some stupid locket isn't worth more then your life. I'm more happy you are back. I forget all about that thing when you went missing." Sighing Zonic looked to his hands. "We'll take her out to pick something tomorrow. After we go to The Golden Tea Leaf. So get some rest." Getting up the younger twin hugged his brother before leaving. He needed to get some sleep himself. He had been up sense Sonic was taken and when he came back couldn't sleep in fear that his lost his brother to a coma like their father. Still, it shocked him that most of the time Scourge was there for him. I knew there was hope for him. And I even gained him as a friend.
At noon Sonic was let out of the hospital. Bernie walked out with him meeting Zonic and Charles in the front. Chuck drove them to the restaurant. The place was not only where Jules purposed to her but where they met so it was a very special place for the family. Though Sonic barely said a word in the car, off in his own little world. His mind was still trying to wrap around what happened and that strange dream he had. For a dream he certainly couldn't forget it. Oh well...eventually I'll forget and everything'll go back to normal... Woopie. It was no secret that Sonic had become much more down over the past two years. As much as the blue hedgehog tried to hide it, there was no escaping his family. Especially Zonic. He was the worst when it came to leaving him alone when Sonic wanted to be alone.
The lunch was very pleasant. And while Sonic really tried to keep focused, his mind just kept fading back to what happened. He would zone out and not speak for a while before someone brought him back to reality. Sonic felt more like a burden than a family member right now.
When everything was finished, the two brothers decided to walk home. "Well that was pretty fun...despite Mom asking me every few seconds if I'm okay."
Chuckling Zonic looked at him. "Can you blame her? You weren't really with us most of the time. Of course I guess I would be elsewhere if what happened to you happened to me." Putting a hand on his brother's shoulder he smiled. "I know you'll be fine... physically anyways."
Sonic rose a curiously. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Putting his hands in his pockets Zonic had to sigh and look to his brother. "Let's face it Sonic you've... been kind of depressed for two years. I'm sure that this whole thing with being kidnapped didn't help. I wish I could see you smile like you use to."
"I keep telling you, I'm not depressed." He was just lost. There was a difference...right? Not knowing what to do for your life and stuck in a dead-end job just got to a person sometimes. That didn't mean he was depressed.
"So you keep saying but I know better." Looking to his twin Zonic just knew that's what had been going on. Ever sense Sally left him Sonic just gave up without even realizing it. But the Hedgehog pride wouldn't let him admit that. "If you aren't depressed Sonic then why are you never happy? You don't want to do anything anymore. Only time I know you go out is when I take you, or mom, or Unc'. I just wish you would do something other then mope about and daydream about someone you won't even try to get... and you know I tell you these things because I love you, right?"
Scoffing, Sonic replied, "That's not true. I go to the library every damn day to see if I can find any kind of inspiration. I'm not getting anything. At least I'm working to pay for this apartment. What else do you want from me?"
"I want you to be happy Sonic. Not just going through the motions like you have been." Sighing Zonic just looked at the ground. "There was a time that you would go out with me to the arcade. I miss doing things like that out of the blue."
"Sure, when we were like...ten. Besides, we don't really have time to do that anymore with work and junk. You're always so busy."
"I wish I wasn't. And I wish that you would try to get out more. Maybe get a date."
Now Sonic huffed. He didn't want to start this conversation again. "Forget it. I'm done with dating, Zonic."
Giving Sonic a look Zonic was just sick of hearing Sonic say that. "Then stop watching Shadow. Why do you do this to yourself? Do you like to torture yourself Sonic? Why? It hurts me to see you go through life like this."
Ears lowering, Sonic stopped walking. He felt a little sick after hearing that. "I'm sorry..." He said while sitting on the curb. "I want to stop. I really do. I've tried. I don't know what's wrong with me. But I can't."
Sighing Zonic sat next to him. "At least say hello to him when he passes. Even if he doesn't pay you any mind at least you would be trying to gain some kind of ground with him... friendship or otherwise. It would make me feel better too."
"But Zonic...I don't want to be his friend..." Sonic groaned while putting his head in one of his hands. "It's really freaking me out. I've never felt this way before, not even around Sally. What the hell is wrong with me?" And now it's even worse. I've started dreaming about him...
"There is something that you find attractive about him. And even if you don't want to be his friend Sonic, please stop just watching him... please." Putting a hand on his brother's shoulder Zonic's ears went down. "You have been doing this sense he moved in almost two years ago. That is a bit insane."
"Tell me about it... I'm just as bad as Amy." With a sigh Sonic got up and dusted himself off. He couldn't lose himself like that again. It was too embarrassing. "Sorry."
Getting up Zonic put a arm around his twin. "You are not as bad as Amy. Amy has hugged random people on the streets thinking it was one of us. She has also proposed to me twice and you four times! You just watch a guy."
"I might as well be that creepy." Quickly Sonic continued walking before he felt sick again. He really just wanted to drop this subject. He wasn't proud of what he did at all.
Once the two of them came to a specific crossroad, Sonic looked over to his brother. His house was closer. "You want me to drive you home?"
Shaking his head Zonic smiled to him. "I can walk just fine. But thank you. Sleep well Sonic." With that the blue hedgehog started heading home feeling his brother didn't really want to speak any more.
"Alright... See ya." Adjusting his bag of things from the hospital, Sonic soon reached his home. On instinct he wanted to sit on his chair to wait for Shadow but stopped himself. No. I shouldn't. I told Zonic I'd stop doing this...