Hard to Forget (By RAWN)
Chapter 6: Babysitting a Hedgehog
Shadow tried to remember. What were the two things the doctor had told him to do again?
He could specifically recall the doctor telling him not to let Sonic escape by any means necessary. The said annoyance was struggling feebly in
the black ones chokehold, slowly suffocating, and could definitely not get loose to resume his failed escape attempt through the window again.
Check.
He gave a slight frown as he suddenly remembered the second order. `Oh, and make sure he gets his rest!` Shadow assumed that killing Sonic
wasn`t the definition of `rest` the doctor had had in mind when he had given him this assignment, and promptly released his grip, making
Sonic immediately drop down on his knees coughing and gasping for breath.
Shadow was just starting to wonder how he could contain the unruly blue blur in his cell, when he noticed some discarded shackles laying under
the bed. Without hesitation, he grabbed Sonic, flung him on the mattress, and chained both his hands to the headboard before he had time to
react. "That should take care of it" he thought smugly, and smirked at the shocked expression the younger hedgehog now gave him.
"Rest" the dark one commanded, causing the cerulean one to glare at him in indignation and send a lightning-quick kick toward his guard`s
face. Shadow merely sidestepped the attack and gave a disapproving frown at the failed assault attempt. "Hmpf, that was pathetic. And you
really should rest if you don`t have a death wish" he scoffed.
"There`s no way I`ll be able to relax with you in the same room" Sonic spat hoarsely.
"Fine, I will guard your door from the outside then" Shadow shot back venomously and left the cell, confident that the other was subdued and
unable to even leave the bed.
Sonic, on the other hand, couldn`t believe his luck. "He actually forgot to lock the shackles!"
He slipped effortlessly out of his restrains, which actually required a key to be properly locked, snuck out of bed and opened the window. The
hydrophobic hedgehog didn`t even dare to look down at the water below him, as he climbed out and securely lodged his fingers on the nearest
ledge. He carefully climbed sideways to get to the solid ground five meters away. He had just reached the corner, when someone grabbed his
arm and ripped him from the wall. Nothing prevented him from plummeting down in the all-consuming water, except from Shadow`s strong
hand.
Sonic almost panicked as this truth started to sink in. He did not trust the other one to not simply let go of him as punishment for his
insubordination, and nearly whimpered when he looked pleadingly into the other`s merciless blood-red eyes.
He could not trace any sympathy in his dark counterpart.
"Please don`t drop me" Sonic begged, hating how weak and scared he sounded.
Shadow had for a moment actually considered doing just that, but seeing how scared and desperate the other one was, his conscience
wouldn`t let him. Besides he had vowed to protect people. So even though dropping Sonic into his greatest phobia would have been
rather...enjoyable, he instead chaos controlled them both back into Sonic`s cell.
At first the cerulean one was relieved to not being suspended above his worst nightmare anymore, before he realized where he had been
brought.
"WHAT IN CHAOS NAME DID YOU BRING ME BACK HERE FOR!" he screamed annoyed, ignoring the pain this was causing his throat.
"Stop screaming and get your tail back on the bed" was the icy reply, along with a finger pointing at said furniture.
