Sonic was sleeping adorably, his wounds having healed some overnight. The merhog had stopped bleeding and had a smile on his muzzle. He woke a little while after Shadow, yawning as he slowly opened his eyes, looking up at the other. To him, Shadow was upside down, since he was on his back
Shadow peered down at the merhog. A smile was also on his face. "Good morning!" He said cheerfully. "You hungry?"
The merhog nodded with a smile as he sat up, his fin coiled a bit. 'I'm glad he found me...' he thought, giving a relieved inward.
"Well I couldn't just leave you there." He swam over to a ledge below them bringing back some food. "Open up." He raised a chunk of fish up to the merhog's lips.
He wanted to blush, but years of training wouldn't let him as he did as the other commanded.
"What happened to you?" He asked while he fed the other.
The blue creature chewed and swallowed. "It's a long story.." He murmured, sadness filling his eyes as he lowered his gaze.
"You can tell me." Shadow whispered softly. "A similar thing happened to me when I was little."
"Some goons punish me." He muttered.
"What?" Shadow drew closer staring at the other with concerned eyes. "Who punished you?"
"One of his goons, again. Think it was the shark this time.." he murmured, thinking.
Shadow's eyes showed even more concern. "You were attacked by a shark! My goodness!"
Sonic laughed lightly as he looked back up at the other. ''It's fine, he wouldn't kill me.. put me on the edge, sure, but..'' He said
Shadow was getting impatient. He wanted to know who Sonic was talking about. "Who was it!?"
''My dad.. sent his goon after me.. again.'' he said, sweat dropping a bit.
"Your dad!?" His hands shot up covering his mouth as he gasped. "Why would your dad want to hurt you? Fathers are supposed to love their child no matter what!"
"Are you serious?!", the blue merhog laughed. ''You're joking, right? T-Thats a good one...'' Sonic said.
"It's true!" He sat up staring at Sonic angrily. "Parents are supposed to love and care for their child!"
''Not mine, Shadow.. '' he said, still smiling though as he looked at the other. He hated to be sad
"W-why not?" Shadow's voice changed from furious to sad. He hated the thought of parents who didn't love their children. "Why wouldn't your parents love you?" Tears were forming in his eyes.
''I don't know, but Shadow, relax..'' Sonic said, his voice soft and sweet.
"B-but why wouldn't they?" Tears were slipping down his cheeks forming pearls when they made contact with the rock floor. (Merpeople cry pearl tears)
Sonic sighed and shook his head. ''I dont know, but I can't change the fact. You gotta relax...'' He said
"Okay." Shadow sniffed lightly as he wiped away his tears. "Did you do some thing to make them not love you?"
''I dunno. Wanna ask them?'' He asked with a laugh.
"Sonic this is serious!" Anger boiled within him once again but this time it was directed towards Sonic's parents. "Did you do something or are your parents just heartless bastards?"
Sonic sighed and sweat dropped. "Again, I don't know, Shadow." He said.
The black merhog huffed crossing his arms. "I hate not knowing things. Man I wish I could teach them a lesson." He looked up at Sonic again. "Where do they live?"
"Want me to show you?" He asked with a smile, his eyes sparkling a bit.
"Yeah!" He shot up immediately. "Where are they? But.." He gazed sadly into emeralds. "Are you strong enough to get there? I don't want you to strain yourself."
"Shadow..." Sonic said, his voice soft and sweet. "I've swam in worse condition, much worse. Trust me on that." He said with a hum as he began to swim out of the cavey thing.
"Hey wait for me!" He said with suprise as he followed Sonic. "How can you swim like that when you were attacked by a shark last night!?"
"Again, it was a goon. He knows how to hurt me real good, but needs it so not one'll notice or I can move, for show." He said with a hum, stopping himself from wincing.
"Hmm." Shadow looked down at the sand below them. He was still a bit sad knowing that Sonic had parents who hated them.
Soon enough, the two were in a city filled with merpeople and fellow merhogs. Sonic led them passed where all the houses were, leading him down a large road.
Shadow followed eagerly wanting to meet Sonic's parents to show them a thing or two.
Soon enough, they were at a large castle. There were guards that eyed Sonic and Shadow, though let them pass.
The castle was beautifully decorated with seashells and coral but Shadow paid no attention to the sceanery. They entered a large room shaped like a dome.
Sonic hummed and soon stopped in front of a room. "Wait here." He said before going in. After a minute, he came out and led Shadow in. "May I present to you my father, also known as King of Raisho.
Shadow's eyes widened in suprise not knowing that Sonic's father was a king. He swam closer to the king withou even bowing to him. 'Royalty or not i'm still gonna teach him a lesson' he thought.
"Father, meet my friend, Shadow. He requested a private confrence with you." Sonic said, backing up a bit towards the door.
The king's eyes narrowed. "What do you want?" He said while narrowing his eyes. Shadow glared at him. "What is your fuckin problem!" He boomed. The king looked astonished. "Why would you want to hurt your own son? Don't you even care about him!?" Shadow pointed angrily at the blue merhog.
Sonic's eyes widened as the king got up, anger in his eyes. "F-Father...!" He shouted, swimming over and between the two. "Shadow, leave.. Now.. " He whispered to the other, looking up at the man.
"No!" Shadow pushed Sonic away. "How can you be such a heartless bastard!? Someone like you doesn't deserve to be king!" Shadow sent curses and insults at the king without any sign of stopping.
Sonic's eyes widened and the king went to smack Shadow hard, but Sonic got in the way and was sent into the wall. He looked at his son, then at Shadow. "You best lay quiet, for I shall Do much.. Much worse to you.. "He hissed.
"No Sonic!" Shadow yanked his hands away from the guard and swam over to Sonic. "Sonic." He held his hands tightly. "Get him!" the king pointed to the ebony merhog. He felt a sharp pain on his side as something clamped its jaws on him. The surprised glanced to the side seeing a shark. It thrashed its head from side to side taking the merhog along with it, ripping his flesh. His eyes glazed over as blood seeped from the wound. The shark had finally let go. He sank to the floor feeling dizzy and disoriented. Everything went black.
Sonic's eyes widened and his ears went flat, going over to Shadow and picking him up and swimming off to the hospital wing..