Beyond the Meaning of Pain
Chp 2: Getting Found
'Oh shit,' muttered a voice beside Silver's ear, then shouting, ' Knuckles, Shadow, I found him!' Silver shuddered, visibly, as someone turned him over, gently, so as not to cause him any pain.
' What?! Where?!' asked the umistakebly calm voice, of the echidna, Knuckles, ' Oh, there. I was really wor-' He stopped in mid-speech, as his eyes travelled over Silver's mangled body, taking in the bondage and gag, blood and dried cum.
' Fuck!' muttered the cold, quiet voice of Shadow, ' We need to get him to the hospital.' Shadow bent down by Silver, slowly and carefully removing the thick rope, and gag. He picked up Silver's freezing body with ease, holding it against his chest, hoping to give the freezing hedgie some of his own body heat. Silver muutered something inaudible. Shadow bent his head so one of his large, pointed ears was next to Silvers muzzle.
' What?' he whispered, hoping to get a response from the youngster. Then Silver screamed, a terrible noise, that startled Shadow so much he nearly dropped him, but caught himslef just in time.
' Please, not again! I don't want to! It hurts!' he whimpered, plump, crystal like tears squeezing out through his still closed eyes. Shadow looked from Knuckles to Sonic desperatley, but they both just glanced at him, then re-focused their attention back to Silver.
' Sonic,' Shadow muttered, quietly, not wishing to frighten the youngster anymore than necessary, ' go tell the others we found him, they must be worried.' Sonic nodded his head and then, with a deafening boom, he was gone, nothing but the filthy news-papers tumbling in the wind to show the recent departure of the azure hero. Shadow turned to Knuckles.
' You best go with him,' he motioned his head in the direction Sonic had just dissapeared. Knuckles turned to leave but stopped, as a thought flashed through his mind.
' What about you and Silver?' he questioned the ebony hedgie, eyebrows raised, showing his violet eyes easily, even in the darkened alley.
' I'm going to bring Silver to hospital,' Shadow replied, in answer to Knuckles question, ' now hurry up, or you'll be left behind!' Knuckles shrugged and ran off.
' Why the sudden generosity?' Knuckles thought, as he ran off, ' Hmm... I wonder,' Knuckles thoughts drifted off, as he kept to the task at hand: getting back to the house.
Back In the Alley:
Shadow sighed, hugging Silver's small, slender frame to his chest, wondering if he would be alright.
' Poor Silver,' he mumbled, ' poor, poor Silver,' Taking one last look at the youngster, he turned and sped off into the distance.
