Chapter Seven

I laid back in my worn out chair, making it balance on the edge a little as my feet clung onto the metal table. I looked at the screens in front of me with boredom but slight fascination. Just look at that ebony hedgehog in the wind, skating as fast as he could to his friend...and possibly into a lot of trouble.

I wondered what I would do if he actually managed to rescue Sonic. Should I run or something? Scourge wouldn't be very happy with it. I mean, of course, I'd be a bit disappointed, but...I don't know. I'd be all alone again. Scourge, Fiona and his victims are really the only ones I get to spend any time with. The people he and I capture never likes him, or me. Of course not. But I don't get why I still keep doing this...well, yeah, because this is the only way for me to go by without getting broken off with the world.

...Or is it? It never felt right to kidnap people, but it never really felt wrong...Maybe I was just somebody neutral. Somebody who didn't belong anywhere, in the good, the bad, the nice, the mean...Maybe I'm only existing because my...p...p-paren-blegh. Par...ugh, you get what I mean. Maybe I'm only existing because they made a mistake. I'm basically an accident, then. So I guess I built up a world where I'm someone else named Crow...someone who worked for the evil.

But the real Crow was someone who...wanted to be free. The real Crow wanted to be the Crow he really is. The real Crow wants to let loose all the things he had held inside...be the bird. The dark, mysterious bird. The free bird. The bird that soars in the air...

"Crow, is the intruder still coming towards us?" Scourge popped his head inside the doorframe and asked.

I checked at the screens. "Yep," I replied plainly, not at all bothered by the fact for some reason. Maybe I was too tired to care.

"Spawn some other things. Rivers or lakes or something. If it still doesn't stop him, we'll have to prepare some weapons. You might want to see if he can control Chaos Energy or not. It could come in handy if he could." He left the room.

I stared blankly at the screens, my eyes going sore after a few minutes straight. I wasn't even paying attention. So, I dosed off, thinking about the strange hedgehog and the dark bird who flies freely in the wind, wishing that it was me.

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'I wonder how Sonic's doing- Gah!' Shadow skidded to a stop, his train of thought stopping as well.

That lake just came out of nowhere! Shadow was no fool; he didn't imagine that. Something was going on...

Studying the lake, the striped hedgie dipped his hand in the water. It was cold... There were even fish swimming if you looked close enough.

It looked like a normal lake. But it appeared out of nowhere! Shadow looked around. Something was wrong.

AHA! He found something! Up in a nearby tree, there were...

Cameras.

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Sonic jolted up from yet, another nightmare. They all had Shadow and Crow for some reason, and he was always so emotionless. He didn't understand why he was having them. It was quite-

Sonic's thoughts were cut off as the door was opened and slammed shut and...locked.

"C-Crow?" The blue hedgehog stammered, straightening up. Crow said nothing but smirked, lust in his eyes that scared the poor sick boy. "I'm lonely," he said, suddenly starting to stroke Sonic, making him shiver.

"C-Crow..." Sonic whimpered, trying to push him away. "Please, no..." The cobalt hedgie was shushed as his neck was being sucked again.

No, no, no...

The wolf suddenly pulled Sonic to him, pulling him into a rough kiss. The hedgehog gagged on his tongue, hoping Scourge would walk in and stop him again.

But Scourge didn't come.

He was pushed roughly on his back. "Bite your lip, because this'll hurt you more than it hurts me."

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Shadow prodded the cameras curiously. What were they doing there? Did they have something to do with the bastards that took Sonic?

Shadow clenched his fists and Chaos Controlled over the lake.

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"I-I...could get you s-sick..." Sonic insisted, trying to make Crow stop. He didn't want to be raped. He didn't want his virginity to be taken by a...a stranger that he'd barely met. Much less someone who's a little...bleh. Psycho?

"It doesn't matter...does it look like I care...?" whispered Crow, in his ear, sending shivers down his aching, slightly bruised spine.

"P-please. It's my f-fuh-first time..." Sonic gritted his teeth. He didn't want to say it, but he forced it out. Anything to get out of this.

Uh-oh. Sonic felt the lips on his neck stretch into a smirk. Why? Did he WANT to be his first time? "Ah, so you fancy someone?"

Sonic gulped.

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Shadow was walking towards the red dot, sniffling and shivering every once in a while. Unfortunately, he didn't have enough energy to transport all the way across, so he landed at the edge of the lake, ALMOST making it onto the land on the other side. After cussing and groaning, he'd finally quieted down and kept on walking towards his destination.

"Those guys are going to pay for all the trouble I went through. AND for taking Sonic away." he growled, but in the middle of it, a hiccup started. "What the hell! I shouldn't be able to even-" he was interrupted by another one.

"FUUUUUU-!" oop, another hiccup.

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The next morning, when Sonic was still asleep from last night's events with Crow, said wolf was already awake in the monitor room.

"Buah-ahhh...ahhh...ACHOO!" he sighed and rubbed his nose. "Blegh...looks like I have a cold too." He laughed, though. Looks like Sonic will be one happy, but grumpy hedgehog. Even though he didn't really do anything with the boy, he still got some germs onto the older one.

"You'll thank me later," Crow said, half to himself and half to the sleeping hedgehog in the other room. Of course, Sonic wouldn't really notice that Crow had actually helped his sickness get a little better by taking a bit of the virus into himself...hopefully, Sonic's worth all that trouble.

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It wasn't long until Shadow found another camera in a tree. Okay, this DEFINITELY had something to do with Sonic.

Taking a look at the tracker, Shadows eyes widened in surprise. He was exactly where the dot was! But...no Sonic.

"FIRE!" Shadow turned around and gasped, barely dodging a missile. There stood robots with guns, aiming at him.

Shadow narrowed his eyes. It's about to go DOWN. (A/N: I'm sorry I had to add that somewhere! xD)

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Sonic woke up.

Sonic was actually scared. He didn't feel safe anymore. He didn't feel invincible. He didn't feel like himself.

He was almost RAPED. If he hasn't said he was in love with someone, he would have had his virginity brutally stripped away from him that day. But next time, he didn't think "I'm saving myself for someone" would work. Hell, he wasn't even sure why Crow stopped because of that, but he sure was grateful. He wouldn't be able to handle it, no matter how Sonic-y he was. He was barely able to handle having two hickies on his neck right now, by the same person... The same guy who tried to rape him.

He didn't want to see Shadow's face if he saw them. The person he was in love with...was Shadow.

Of course, Sonic never told Crow that. Crow would hurt Shadow, or even kill him.

Sonic curled up and shivered. He wasn't feeling the best. He threw up a lot after the session with Crow.

Even though Sonic wasn't raped, he still felt violated. He had been touched a lot. He's even been fingered a little.

When Crow walked in, Sonic's heart stopped.

"P-please leave me a-alone...Please!" Sonic pleaded, curling up tighter and a small tear falling down his cheek.

"Relax babe, I'm feeding you," Crow said, putting down a bowl of soup. "Heh, I gave you quite the scare, didnt I?"

Sonic didn't reply. He just stared at him like a lost puppy. "Hey, don't look at me like that," he said, sitting down beside Sonic. The poor boy just closed his eyes, wishing he would just go away.

"I thought you liked it." Sonic glared at him.

"Yes, because having your fingers inside of me was fun," Sonic felt tears coming to his eyes as he remembered it. "I just...want to be alone. You've done enough."

The wolf smirked and licked Sonic's neck making his breath hitch before leaving.

He didn't eat...Just cried.

He didn't know why, but his emotions were going crazy.

He just wanted Shadow to be here with him.

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Shadow, meanwhile, was making progress. He has just finished off the last robot.

But there was no other sign of life, nothing that Sonic could possibly be hidden in.

But the tracker said he was in the exact spot! Wait a minute...Exact spot...

Shadow looked to the ground, stomping a foot.

Hollow.

Ebony moved the mud a little bit away from the spot he was I and spotted a small metal door that lead underground.

Now if only he could get that door open...

After using many rocks and natural strength, the door finally got open. He snuck inside, muttering about how bad the security was.

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"Scourge, Fiona!" Crow called, panicking slightly. "The black hedgehog! He got in!"

Scourge was surprisingly calm though. "Crow, I know how good you fight," he said, turning his back to him. "Just take him on yourself."

"B-But Scou-" But the green hedgehog left.

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Shadow wasn't having a good time. Like, there wasn't any trouble or anything, but he just wasn't having fun. He desperately wanted to find Sonic.

He finally came across a giant cell and his eyes lit up when he saw who he was looking for...

Just to dim again to find how...broken he looked.

"S-Sonic...?" Shadow called softly, rushing to the see-through door of the cell.

Sonic's voice cracked as he cried out, struggling against the chains on his ankles. Shadow noticed them.

"Shadow! I'm so happy you came!"

Shadow smiled at him. "I'm going to get you out of here. I promise."

He looked around for anything he could break the door open with. Finding nothing, he tried to pound the door open. After about ten tries and an aching shoulder, it flew open and Shadow ran to Sonic with open arms, and surprised Sonic by enveloping him in a big comforting hug.

"S-Shadow..." Sonic whispered, coming out of shock. They hugged for a while, not wanting to let go.

"Okay, let's get you out of these cha-" Shadow stopped talking and the blue one bowed his head in shame when he realized where he was looking with wide eyes.

His neck.

"I'm sorry-"

"Who gave you those?!" The blue one looked away, but something gentle yet firm raised his chin and gentle fingers started touching the marks on his neck.

"There's a bite mark," Shadow announced curiously, touching it. Sonic hissed in pain and recoiled a bit. "S-Sorry." Shadow went much gentler.

"Sonic, don't hide this from me. Who did this to you? Did they go further? What else did they do? Was it by force? Did-"

Cobalt cut him off. "I don't get why you're fussing over it, I'm fine-"

Ebony looked him straight in the eye. "Why am I fussing over this? Why am I fussing? You're FINE?! You don't LOOK very fine to me, Faker. Don't you dare hide things like this from me," he growled.

Azure sniffed a bit and Shadow mentally scolded himself. He's making him cry. That's the last thing he wanted to do to the poor guy.

"I'm sorry," Sonic's quiet apology sounded miserable. His voice cracked, and it looked like Sonic, himself, was going to crack.

The blue hedgehog felt a warm hand atop his and looked up into crimson eyes. "Sonic, if you tell me who did that to you, I promise you I will find them and put them in as much pain as I can."

Sonic was touched. He couldn't name one of his friends who would do that for him, defend him like that. Maybe Tails, but he wouldn't go after the guy. Maybe demand a few answers and reassure him a bit, but wouldn't fight for him... It felt... Nice, having Shadow say that for him.

Before Sonic could say something, his grateful eyes widened in fear and his muscles tensed. "Sonic? Sonic what's wrong?"

"The...the person who gave me these..." Sonic gulped. "He's behind you!"

WHO'S CRUEL?! XDD Nah, UnorginalPenname did the last part. Lol, she got me on me feet in the PM as well~~