A Raven in the Shadows Chapter 3 - Part 2 of 3 - The Next Few Days
The cell door closed, and the new guy ran up to the door.
"Let me go, Egghead!"
"I don't have to if I don't want to..."
The hedgehog growled, he definetly knew he had to get out of there.
"Oh, beware your cellmate. He's a real demon..." The doctor said, and walked away.
"Demon? Weird..."
"He's not joking..." I replied.
The hedgehog turned towards the back of the cell. "Who...Who are you? Where are you even?"
I forced myself upwards so the other could dimly see me. "I'm right here..."
"I swear you remind me of someone from my past...man, my two brothers were great..."
"Well, think about how it is if your brothers were verted to a Vamphog and Werehog."
"That's what happened to the Hedgern kids...wait...are you the missing brother?"
"What's it to you?"
The hedgehog went silent. It turned to the front of the cell again. "I wonder what happened to Noah..."
"Hmm?"
"He's my partner. I wonder where he is..."
"I'm not wondering about anything. I'm 12 for god's sakes...no one's coming for me..."
It turned to me again with a shocked expression on it's face. "Are you serious?!"
I nodded.
"Why would you assume that?! Were you shot with depression or something?"
I went silent. I honestly didn't want to answer, nor did I want to show the tears building up. It calmed down a bit, then spoke again. "What's your name?"
"R...Raven..."
It became shocked again. How easy was it to impress this dude? It began again, stammering. "B-Bro...i-it's me...A-Axel..."
This was my turn to be shocked. The name Axel came to mind often, I just never knew what to make of it. I was about to say something, when something busted through the cell's doors. I looked over, and saw a panda wearing one of those sweat head band things, and a sleeveless jacket. Axel shouted out.
"Noah, you came!"
"Of course, why wouldn't I?"
The two started acting like brothers. Giving noogies, doing fist bumps, and other stuff. I started to think about my brothers, when one of them asked the other a question.
"Hey, who's the kid?"
My ears perked up at the voice, and I looked at them. They both looked at me in fright. It was the first time I had looked at anyone...the panda looked at me in sympathy. I looked at them with pity, shyness, and guilt.
"I dunno..." Axel started. "He was here before me. And he seems to need a break-out."
My ears and I shot straight up. Did I just hear break-out?
"Heh, looks like your right. Come on..."
"His name is Raven, he said."
Noah nodded and looked at me. "Hey, Raven, would you like to come with us?"
"Would I ever-"
I was cut off, because the wind was knocked out of me. Eggman had just arrived in a large robot, and had grabbed me.
"You're not safe in my clutches, in your homeworld...then I'll take you to mine! OHOHOHOHO!"
He started heading off in the direction of his lab. My vision started to fade, he was grasping me so hard I could barely breathe. But I saw that Axel and Noah were following us. I felt light headed, I couldn't even recall if they still were. But then Axel and Noah started to attack the machine. Eggman finally made it to a portal, and Axel, Noah, and Eggman were on their last hits. It was finally then, that I blacked out.
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I woke up, and found myself in a new cage. One hanging, as a matter of fact. I looked down, there was a lot of commotion going on. I was surprised...Kintobor was defeated. I saw a few subomians below...wait. I can't possibly be back in Suibom. I watched as they cheered about their victory. There was a blue hedgehog, a yellow two-tailed fox, a red echidna, a pink hedgehog, a black and red hedgehog, and a white-ish silver hedgehog.
"Good going, Sonic! I wouldn't have survived if you hadn't of taken down those robots!" The fox said to the blue hedgehog.
"Well, everything's a piece of cake when your friends with the fastest thing alive!" The blue hedgehog, named 'Sonic' said back. "Hey Tails, Silver, can you check if anything is in those cages?"
The fox and white hedgehog nodded and smiled. I'm assuming Tails is the one with two tails, so Tails revved up his namesakes, and flew up, checking the first. Silver gained a green-ish aura around him, as he flew up to the last. The two got closer, and I got so nervous I decided to play dead. I lay flat on the floor, trying to not show any signs of breathing. Silver was first to come up to the cage.
"Sonic, I found one!"
Sonic suddenly got the same aura, and he came up to the cage. By that time, Tails was there too. They looked at me with amazement. I couldn't take it anymore. I had to breathe. So I pretended I was delirious. I twitched my nose, that seemed to get their attention pretty quick.
"I think it's coming to.." One of them said.
But then, I think I actually was delirious for a few minutes...because I began having a dream about the day my brothers turned...but it ended differently...the two attacked, and killed each other. But before I saw them die, I woke up, and shouted as loud as I could when I didn't even realize.
"Hey...you okay?" Tails asked.
I started panicking. What in the world below was that? I started hyperventilating, and I curled up into a ball.
"Guys, I know how to deal with this. Please go."
The fox and hedgehog left the scene, and Silver came into the cage. He sat down beside me. I was now shaking, sweating a little, still breathing heavy, and still curled up. I was also crying, but I didn't care.
"Hey, uh, are you alright?"
I didn't answer.
"Uh...is there something wrong? I mean, I've gone through a lot myself. Meeting everyone, defeating Iblis, losing my best friend...have you ever gone through any of that?"
I nodded slightly. Then, Silver scooted over to me and started petting me. My conscious was surprised, but my physical self got calm, a little. I stopped shaking, and was breathing at a normal pace.
"So, what happened?"
"M-My b-brothers...th-they killed th-thems-selves..."
"Why did they do that?"
"They w-were t-turned int-to m-mons-st-ters..."
"It was just a dream...you're okay...they're okay...we're all gonna be alright..."
These words he was saying...has he done this before? I started to get tired...drowsy more or less. I didn't even notice myself cuddle up to the guy. I could barely think...but I just let myself slip into slumber...I felt safe...with Silver...
(Silver the Hedgehog's Point of View)
When I got in the cage, the kid, by what it looked like, was having a panic attack. I sat beside the transformed mobian, he was in a state of shock and horror. I tried to talk him out of it.
"Hey, uh, are you alright?"
It didn't answer.
"Uh...is there something wrong? I mean, I've gone through a lot myself. Meeting everyone, defeating Iblis, losing my best friend...have you ever gone through any of that?"
It nodded slightly. I thought for a second...and I tried something. I scooted over to the creature and started petting it. To my surprise, It started calming down. It stopped shaking, and was breathing at a normal pace. I tried again.
"So, what happened?"
"M-My b-brothers...th-they killed th-thems-selves..."
"Why did they do that?"
"They w-were t-turned int-to m-mons-st-ters..."
"It was just a dream...you're okay...they're okay...we're all gonna be alright..."
I kept petting it, it really had calmed down. Then I realized what was happening. It was getting sleepy. I smiled slightly, it was kinda cute. I kept petting it, deep in thought. Who was this transformed mobian? How old is he? Is it even from this planet? I looked down it had cuddled up to me, and was sleeping. I silently awed. Then, Tails flew up.
"Silver, what have-"
I cut him off. "Shh. It's asleep."
"Oh, sorry." He started, whispering. "Sonic's getting impatient. Just get down here as fast as you can." He flied back down to the others.
I looked down at the creature. How am I gonna pick him up? I just went with the overused 'Bridal Style', and picked him up, trying not to disturb his sleep. He again gained his aura once again, and flew down to everyone. Everyone but Sonic and Tails looked at it in amazement, but one had a smirk on his face.
"What is that? A Hell spawn?" The echidna, Knuckles, the one who was smirking, said in disgust.
The black hedgehog smirked and smacked Knuckles in the back of his head.
"What was that for, Shadow?"
"Because your an idiot."
"Would all of you shut it?!" The pink hedgehog said, almost as a demand.
"Sorry Amy..." Knuckles said.
"Well, Silver, what's with the kid?" Shadow remarked.
"Well, uh, we found him in one of the cages...I wanna take him home."
The group really had no comments, although I could tell Tails wanted to do some tests on him.
"Alright...Tails, Knuckles, let's go have some fun, why don't we?" Sonic asked the rest of his trio.
Tails and Knuckles agreed, and the three left. Amy followed them...though I was new to the group, I could already tell Amy had a crush on Sonic. Shadow just teleported away, as he usually does, and I started heading home. When I got home, I set the little guy on the couch, and a sat on the floor, and leaned against it, starting to doze off myself. I knew that battle with Eggman was long, and I was about to fall asleep in that cage. I laughed silently at my own comment, and I layed down on the floor in front of the couch. I eventually fell asleep, though. I don't even remember when...
To be continued...again...
