mansion: chapter 11
Sonic's POV
-2012-
I was bracing for impact. An impact that was replaced by another disturbing scream. I opened my eyes and saw what was causing the thing to scream. I gasped and saw a blade pierced through it's stomache. I recognized that blade. The blade got pulled out and the monster stumbled backwards and held a hand over the wound. I knew that i recognized the blade. It belonged to the hedgehog i had been chasing for a while now. Shadow stood defensively in front of me and stood in position to attack again if needed. The monster raised it's left claws and striked towards shadow. I was about to push him out of the way when he swiftly waved his left blade upward and cuts it wrist. It screeched in pain once again and it wasn't the only one. Shadow yelped and i saw blood starting to slowly drip onto the ground from where the blade stuck out at the outside of his elbow.
The monster was starting to lose alot of blood because of the wounds shadow was giving him. It stood no chance to him and it made me feel kinda sorry for it. It kept screaming in pain. It was almost hard to watch. But it wasn't any better for shadow. He had to withstand blow after blow that the monster gave him. He migth've learned to walk and run with the shape of his legs, but that didn't mean that he had blinding speed. He barely got to avoid any attacks. He either blocked them or did successfully avoiding them. I could barely stand watching. Shadow was trying to stay strong, but it was obvious that he was in alot of pain. And it wasn't only the pain from the wounds the monster gave him, but also from the pain those blades inflicted on him everytime he attacked.
The two were struggling to stay on their feet. They were both exhausted and injured. The monster lunged forward. Shadow pulled his right arm back and waited. When the monster was only at arms lenght is when he striked. Hitting that thing right in the middle of it's chest. It let out an ear-deafening, bloodcurling scream before it hunched over motionless. Shadow looked at me as he couldn't keep the weight of the monster up. I quickly made my way over to him. I gathered the strenght i was able to recover and got the thing of off him. Shadow fell to his knees and panted. He looked up to me and tried to say something. But nothing came from his lips and instead he passed out and fell face first to the ground. I catched him before he touched the ground, however. I soon saw the way from which he came. He had made another way to reach this place. I think that i probably hadn't been following the path he took. It was the other way around. He had been following me.
I picked him up on my back, since i couldn't carry him in my arms when crawling through a tunnel. I kneeled in front of the tunnel and started crawling into it. I was thankfull that shadow had made this tunnel big enough for both of us. It was hard crawling through it with those blades, but i somehow managed to get through it anyway.
At the end of the tunnel i came upon a curled stairwell. But it wasn't in a room. I was outside. I was surrounded by walls, but i was outside. I felt the sun warm my face. It felt so good after being stuck in that underground hellhole for what seemed an eternity. I sighed in content and walked up the steps of the stairs slowly. I walked slowly on purpose. firstly, i was exhausted so i couldn't walk faster. And secondly, i wanted to cherish this moment in the sun.
To my dissapointment i reached the top of the stairs much sooner then i wanted to. I opened the door and found myself in, what i assumed, shadow's bedroom. I laid him down carefully on the bed. Now, in the light, i could clearly see what he looked like. I was reliefed that he wasn't maimed beyong recognition. But what did made me cringe was that his legs looked worse then i imagined. I hoped that this was all still fixable. All of my efforts would be in vain if shadow wouldn't be able to pick up on his previous life. I was tired. I wondered for how long i had been here. I knew for a fact that i had a lack of sleep. Now that i had the opportunity to rest i was about to fall face first to the ground asleep. I yawned and laid down on the bed next to shadow. I was glad that it was big enough for the both of us. I didn't care weither he'd be pissed with me or not. All i wanted was to sleep. And that's what i planned on doing. I looked at the sunlight that streamed through the small window before falling into a deep slumber.