Episode 2: The Complex

Sonic wakes up, hearing an argument from the next apartment. His headache rumbles through his skull as he looks down at his black TV. Sonic goes back to laying on his pillow and then Shadow walks in to the room and looks at Sonic. "Get up" Shadow commands. Sonic replies with a mumble and then Shadow and grabs the blanket and pulls it off.
"In autumn!? Seriously!? Jackass" Sonic mumbles as he gets out of the bed.
"Come on, it's noon! We HAVE to get you a job" Shadow replies.
"Why don't you get a job?" Sonic asks.
"In time"
Shadow walks out of the room and then Sonic goes back to his bed but Shadow clicks his fingers and Sonic gets up and follows. Sonic sees Shadow on a tablet and then Shadow shows Sonic a page of which shows an opening in a fast food joint called 'Burger Time' as drive-through service.
"Here, a simple job for someone of your 'talents'" Shadow explains.
"Burger Time, the people there are douchebags, last time I went there they spat in my burger!" Sonic replies.
"And you called the girl at the order a bitch"
"Shut up"
"Anyway, I'll sign you up for it. You should go see the others"
"Others?"
"Yeah, the others actually live in the same complex as me"
"So, the people next door?"
"Miles and Knuckles"
"Tails is next door?"
"Ya-huh"
"Okay, I'll go check"

Sonic is at the door 115 and then knocks on the door.
"Fuck off" Says a voice.
The door then opens to reveal Tails and his eyes widen open in shock as he sees Sonic.
"S…Sonic!?" Tails questions.
"That's me" Sonic replies.
"Wow, it's been like…"
"5 years"
"5 years, wow!"
"Sonic Colours was our last title together"
"And then everyone left and Sonic Generations, then the dive back down with Sonic Legends and the recent Sonic Revenge!"
"Yeah, Sonic Revenge didn't go to well"
"Tell me about it, we watched the review on Gamer Weekly last night"
"They reviewed it? When?"
"11:00 PM last night"
"I got out of the shower at 11:00, and then he changed the channel"
"Wait, who's 'he'?"
"Shadow, I live in apartment 117"
"You live right next door, what happened to the mansion?"
"I was evicted 6 months ago, I was homeless until Shadow took me in last night"
"Oh, I'm so sorry"
"Tails, Who's at the door!?" Knuckles yells out.
"It's Sonic" Tails replies.
"Yeah right!" Knuckles says sarcastically.
"Still an asshole, aren't you?" Sonic asks whilst sticking his head over Tails' shoulder to see Knuckles on the couch with a beer in his hand.
"Sonic? Why the hell are you out here?"
"I live here"
"I'm sorry Sonic but we don't have the money to take your homeless ass in!"
"No, I mean I live next door!"
"With Shadow, wow, Shadow took YOU in? That has to be a load of shit"
"Well seeing as he lost the job he needs another source of income to pay the bill"
"So the sad sack of shit lost his office job? I'm surprised he kept it for a year! I thought he would gun the whole place down!"
"Well, this must be uncomfortable at the door, here come in" Tails says while opening the door up for Sonic to come in.
Sonic walks in and then sits on the couch.
"Whatcha' watching?" Sonic asks Knuckles.
"Channel 3 News" Knuckles answers.
On the TV was your average news desk with background saying Channel 3 as Tikal was the anchor.
"7 months ago a game was released called Sonic Revenge for the Kinect, it is infamously bad and 5 months ago a rumour was spread saying the main star of the game, Sonic the Hedgehog, went bankrupt and was evicted and became homeless. Here on Channel 3 news we would like to confirm the rumours were true, Sonic was evicted and went homeless, his whereabouts are unknown" Tikal reports.
"And won't they be gob smacked when an update arrives saying Shadow the fucking Hedgehog took that smelly hobo in!" Knuckles jokes.
"Agh, Shut up" Sonic replies.
Another knock on the door is heard and Tails opens the door and Shadow stands there.
"Hi Miles, is Sonic here?" Shadow asks.
"Yep, his on the couch" Tails answers getting out of the way to reveal Sonic.
"Sonic, I signed you up and you have an interview this Friday"
"The day is?" Sonic asks.
"Saturday"
"Sweet, I can laze off for a while then"
"Actually, you'll have to dress to impress and you'll need a resume and we'll need to work out a way for you to get there"
"There should be a bus that goes through that part of town"
"Whatever, by the way Sonic, you should see more than just Miles. There's some familiar faces in 116 and 118"
"I'll check with them soon"
"Okay, I'll be in our apartment if you need me"
"Okay, thanks Shadow"
Shadow then walks off and Tails shuts the door.
"Why does Shadow call you Miles?" Sonic asks Tails.
"He though the nickname was corny and he said whenever he might have called me Tails was for the cameras" Tails answers while walking over to the couch.
"Well, I'll watch a little more TV with you guys but after that I should check the others"

Sonic walks out of 115 and before he closes the door he turns to the guys and says "Okay, seeya', I'll be checking in 116 now".
"Okay seeya' Sonic, been nice catching up"
"Seeya' ya' bum!"
Sonic then closes the door and walks over to 116 and knocks on the door. He begins to wait patiently and takes a deep breath and then hears the creaking of the door opening and then looks up to see Amy, who was shocked.
"S…Sonic!?" Amy stutters
"Amy!" Sonic replies.
"Who is it?" A familiar voice yells out.
"It's Sonic, Cream!" Amy replies.
"Sonic!?" Exclaims Cream.
"That's me!" Sonic states.
Amy gives him a friendly hug and then opens the door.
"Feel at home, come in!"
Sonic walks into the nicely decorated room. He sees Cream making coffee in the kitchen and then he sits down at the table.
"Can I make you a coffee?" Cream asks.
"Yes please" Sonic answers.
Amy sits down by Sonic and looks at him.
"What brings you out here?" Amy asks.
"Well, 6 months ago I went bankrupt and was evicted"
"Oh, well we have plenty of room here"
"It's no biggie, anyway Shadow has brought me into his home"
"How come we haven't seen you then?" Cream asks.
"He only did it last night" Sonic answers.
"What have you been doing for 6 months then?" Amy asks.
"Unfortunately, I've been living in trash" Sonic answers.
"I'm so sorry, are you alright?"
"Yeah…but I have done my fair share of illegal substances to keep myself sane"
"You've been through some hard times, you deserve some rest"
"I won't be getting much because as of Friday I'll be getting a job interview"
"At least it's good to hear your getting back on your feet"
Cream then sits down and passes out the coffee.
"Here's your coffee" Cream says to all.
"Thank you" Sonic replies.
He then takes a sip of the coffee and spits it out all over them and their table and yells "THE FUCK IS IN THIS!?". Amy and Cream sat there shocked.
"I should leave" Sonic says getting up from his chair.
"You should" Cream says, holding her anger.

Sonic comes into 117 and sees Shadow watching the Channel 3 News. "So did you meet everyone?" Shadow asks.
"Well not 118" Sonic replies.
"Well to let you know Blaze and Rouge are staying there"
"Okay"
"How did things go with Amy and Cream"
"Not well"
"What happened?"
"Cream handed out coffee and it tasted like bear shit and I spat it out everywhere"
"Well, you're fucked"
"Yeah"
"Here sit down, Game of Kings will be on soon"
"What is that?"
"It's some show, it came out 3 months ago and it's about this fantasy land that has a kingdom and multiple factions are fighting to be the lord"
"Hmm, maybe I could make a Sonic game about…"
"Sonic and the Black Knight has already been done, it was pretty shit too"
"Damn"
Sonic walks over to sit down on the couch and then sits on the couch too notice Shadow's smart phone is on and notices a chat open with Blaze. Sonic begins to read it and notices Blaze say something.
"I hope Sonic won't be too much of a hassle, babe"
"Babe!?" Sonic exclaims.
"What?" Shadow asks.
"Blaze called you babe!"
"Oh, my chat is open. Yeah me and Blaze are in a relationship"
"Wow, I should really catch up with you"
"Shush, Game of Kings is on"
Both turn to the TV and begin to watch Game of Kings.