I DO NOT OWN SONIC THE HEDGEHOG OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERS OBJECTS OR SONGS IN THIS STORY ALL I OWN IS THE STORY ITSELF ALL RIGHTS GO TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS
Shadow blushed he had never told anyone about that there was no doubt about it this guy was an empath. "Now spill dude" Manic said Shadow sighed he guessed he had no choice in the matter his voice was strained when he finally spoke "I'm nervous..." He paused not wanting to go further "...about meeting your...our mother". Manic stared at him like he had just sprouted wings causing Shadow to hang his head in shame "what if she doesn't like me? What if I'm to viol..." Manic cut him off"and here I go thinking you were smarter than that" he said. Shadow stared. "I mean seriously!" Manic said "she's your emmother/em she's not going to hate you for goodness sake!" Shadow sighed "I grew up in a totally different world from you I was taught through experience that love and compassion only get you hurt". "What made you like this?" Manic asked his eyes now gentle "what event in your life made you feel like you're expendable and that no one will ever care" tears started to stream down Shadow's face "I was told that I was created to be the ultimate weapon and that my only purpose in life was to destroy and kill" he looked at Manic "and for a while. I believed them" Manic stared he knew the basic story from Sonic but he had no idea that it was this bad. Shadow continued "I had one friend during my time on the ark. Her name was Maria the granddaughter of my creator and she was the only one that didn't lean away when she saw me in the halls or never even acknowledge me until she had to. She got to know me and was the only thing in the world that could make me feel remotely happy but, even she wasn't there are the time" Shadow paused as if reliving these moments in his memories "she was being slowly killed by a disease but that isn't what killed her in the end. Heck I wish it was. When G.U.N came on the ark looking for the ultimate life form, looking for me we went to where the escape pods were. But, before I could get her into one she pushed me inside and...and they shot her" his voice grew angry "they shot an innocent child trying to get to me" he broke down into sobs his body shaking. Manic placed an arm on his shoulder and the two sat there like brothers, one comforting the other in his darkest hour.
Halfway through the night Sonia and Sonic awoke to take their turn keeping watch while the others slept. By this time all evidence of Shadow's outburst were gone and as Manic crawled into the tent they had set up he knew that he was closer to his brother for it. He would keep his secret no one would know of his feelings for Amy or his moment of weakness. This led Manic to think of something and when he was certain Sonic and Sonia couldn't hear he asked "seriously dude, why don't you ask Amy out" "can't" Shadow mumbled through his sleepy haze "even if I could work up the courage she's obsessed with Sonic and wouldn't accept me". As they both drifted of to sleep Shadow could've sworn that he heard Manic mumble through the darkness "your secrets safe with me"
Early in the morning the siblings set off through the tall trees of the forest. Suddenly out from the trees their came a horde of Eggman's robots. Sonia and Manic immediately summoned their weapons while Sonic and Shadow still not used to fighting with their medallions got into a fighting stance. Sonic spin dashed to destroy bots, Somia was shooting lasers out of her keyboard , Shadow was kicking butt with his chaos blast and Manic played his drums making an overhang fall on some of the bots. There were to many of them Sonic couldn't keep running around and spin dashing so, for the first time in years Sonic fought with his medallion.
He found that it was a bit like riding a bike in the sense that you never forget how you do it. Sonic found it much easier to take out the bots with his guitar weapon and when he turned around to check on the others he saw Shadow was using his microphone much like how he used his gun.
It took around ten more minutes to get rid of the robots but when they were done Sonic noticed something that made his eyes grow so wide they nearly popped out of his head. Shadow was being backed against a tree by Rouge who was yelling at him. "WHERE THE HECK WERE YOU SHADOW! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO ON A MISSION TOGETHER AND YOU DON'T EVEN CALL IN SICK SO WHEN I GO LOOK FOR YOU I FIND YOU CAMPING FREAKING CAMPING WITH SONIC AND TO OTHERS!" Manic walked over to offer his assistance the bat was angry but you didn't need to be an empath to know that. Before Manic could get there Shadow spoke "Rouge calm down okay. There's some really crazy stuff going on with me now and I had to com" he was cut of by Rouge who wasn't yelling anymore but she was still mad "what could possibly be so crazy that it would make miss you miss a mission to go camping!" Manic placed a hand on her shoulder "Rouge" he said using the name he heard Shadow use "come sit down we'll explain everything".
And so they did. The started from the beginning and told her everything. Her eyes grew wide and she looked at Shadow who nodded in answer to her silent question "yes Rouge it's true" he said. Rouge looked at Sonic "okay prove it" she said "sing" so, the siblings got out their instruments and started to play Shadow somewhat reluctantly.
They started playing a fast tune with a loud beat and when Shadow started singing what was probably his first solo ever with the rest joining in at a few points his voice was smooth but with a hard edge and Rouge had to admit it sounded like he was born to sing.
Never, never give up
Never give up the fight
Never, never give up
Never give up the fight
No matter how tough it gets for us
I know we can make it through
Long as we keep standing tall, working together oh
Go ahead, throw us your best shot
Try anything you want to
Nothing's going to make us believe
We can't make it better, oh
Never
Never, never give up
Never give up the fight
Never, never give up
Never give up the fight
We'll never give up the fight
Never
we'll never give up the fight
Never, never
Never!
As they finished Rouge clapped her hands she had to admit they were good. She wanted to stay and hear another song but she had to get back to base. "So Shads what should I tell the commander" Shadow sent his microphone back into his medallion "tell him" he said to Rouge "tell him I quit. Shadow the hedgehog has officially joined the Sonic team" his siblings smiled. Sonia put an arm around his shoulder "forget Sonic team" she said "you're part of the Sonic underground"
Authors note: so yeah now Rouge knows and we had another song so please read and review:-)