Title: Voices
Anime: Sonic X
Pairing: Sonadow
Chapter 11

Shadow watched him until he finally woke up. The sun was starting to go down at that hour and he wondered if Sonic would be able to sleep at all tonight.

Sonic. he said.

"Shadow!" Sonic said in a relieved whisper. He saw his surroundings. There was a lot of pink and velvet in this room. "Why am I in this room? Why I am not in mine?" he really didn't appear to remember what had happened last night, to that room, or what he had done himself in his traumatized state. He had done that much of a number on himself.

The room should be cleaned up by me before you go back in it. I'll help you. Stay down no matter what.

"Why you?"

I can use my hover shoes to clean up the ceiling.

"But I can use anti gravity to—" Sonic's face looked shocked for a few seconds, as though a little of what he saw came back to him.

Sonic?

"Hello…" he mumbled. The word stuck in his mind. Shadow knew what was starting to come back to memory, so he did his best to distract him.

I'm nearing a Chaos Emerald. I have enough energy to stay all night, cook your dinner, clean your room, and carry you downstairs.

"Nearing a Chaos Emerald? What do you mean?"

You'll understand in time. Hopefully, not too much more time. I'm already drawing on the emerald's power. It's strengthening me. There's so much I need to do…

Sonic looked at him. He could wonder forever and ask just as many questions, but he knew that the ebony hedgehog would never tell him what it meant.

What would you like for dinner?

"Um… I guess anything could do…" he tried to stand. He fell back in Shadow's lap, startled by his own weakness.

I'm carrying you whether you want me to or not. he picked him up bridal style. Shadow felt very warm. His chest fur was soft. He could feel and hear him… yet he couldn't smell him.

He saw the claw marks on his arms. They were very fresh. He had yet to notice the diaper-bag. He smiled. Whatever happened before wasn't going on, now. He could feel again.