Life With Father
Chapter 11
Distractions
Sonic ran fast with a look of determination, determined to get to the next Chaos Emerald before Shadow as it was now pretty clear the dark hedgehog was collecting them for the alien leader. The Black Arms, thanks to Shadow, had three Chaos Emeralds in their possession and Sonic was damn sure they were not getting this next one. Just an hour prior to his advance of the Emerald he was with Tails, which was how he even knew where the Emerald was thanks to his brother, and were having that oh so needed talk about what the hell was going on…
An hour ago…
"Sonic are you even listening to me?" Tails called out with a frustrated tone as they both stood in the, now clear of aliens, city.
"Sorry I was thinking how Eggman managed allow Shadow get a one up on him and take the emerald. Then again Eggman isn't exactly a challenge is he." Sonic smiled apologetic as he once again found Shadow consuming his thoughts lying as that was not what he was thinking about but it was worth a thought, just not right now.
"Well I hope you didn't hurt your head, anything you want to talk about? I know for a fast you were not thinking that. For one even Cream probably could get one up on Eggman these days." Tails grinned teasingly as he looked at Sonic who seemed quite distracted just of late.
"It's Shadow, something just doesn't add up with him. I don't know, maybe it's nothing and I'm just over thinking things." Sonic sighed with a shake of his head, feeling a little confused about the hedgehog that keeps popping up into his head and wont leave.
"Yeah ever since you told me about him a few hours ago I decided to see if I could find anything out about him as well as these aliens." Tails seriously said as he got some information up on his handheld mini computer he made for easy portability.
Sonic raised a brow as he didn't think there would be anything on Shadow considering the hedgehog himself stated he was created by his father over fifty years ago. Which kind of mean somewhere out there a billion light-years away. Sonic moved closer as he was growing very curious to know if there really was any information Tails had found about Shadow. He looked at the mini screen and watched Tails type up on the touch screen keyboard.
"Ok granted there wasn't much I could find but I did find a report from long ago about something that was stolen. At first I didn't think much on it then I began to wonder to myself, what exactly was stolen and where did it happen? The one word that kept coming up as I tried to find out that answer was ARK." Tails began to explain as he got up the small article he found.
Sonic read through it and frowned as Tails was right it didn't say anything about what was taken just that something very expensive, funded by the government actually, was stolen from ARK and never found.
"Right I get that so did you find out what was taken and what does it have to do with Shadow and these aliens attacking?" Sonic asked with some frustration in his voice as he watched Tails type once again.
"Frustrating I know but believe me it has all to do with Shadow for when I finally began to make a break through, and in order to do that I have to hack into GUN's data core, I discovered something impossible." Tails said with a grin then waited for an image to finish downloading.
"You hacked into GUN's data core and you are still a free fox? Impressive bro so what did you…" Sonic grinned and suddenly stopped talking, looking at a fully downloaded image with wide eyes.
"This is Project Shadow, the image was taken three days before he was stolen. I'm assuming from your shocked expression that this Project Shadow is the same Shadow that came here with the Black Arms and gathering the Chaos Emeralds." Tails said with a grin at Sonics very open mouthed expression.
"Wait he said his father created him in space but there he is in a pod with human scientists around him celebrating." Sonic whispered as he was coming out of his shock and was now frowning.
"Shadow knows what he was told by his father, if Shadow was awakened where he has been living then he would naturally believe anything he was told. Anyway the report given by Professor Gerald Robotnik was that the ARK was under attack by these Black aliens, the very same ones that are invading us right now, and took Project Shadow with them. There was no explanation as to why they wanted Project Shadow but it did state that they basically trashed the ARK and hurt a lot people in the process. No one was killed luckily but a lot were injured during the invasion. Then a couple of months after that the ARK was shut down. It doesn't say why it was but it is still in orbit of the planet." Tails explained then shut his computer off and placed it back in his over-the-head shoulder bag it lives in.
"So Shadow is basically living a lie and doing all of this because he believes every word coming out of his no good fathers alien mouth. He has a right to know the truth and the next time I bump into Shadow, which will be soon, I'm going to tell him everything." Sonic seriously said with some anger in his eyes.
Sonic didn't know why he felt angry about this, he barely knew Shadow, but he did know Shadow needed telling he is being lied to.
"And what would that do exactly? He was taken yes and he has been lead to believe these aliens are his family, true, but do you really think he will listen and believe you? Think about it, he has spent the last fifty years with them, being fed lies after lies, fought along side them and probably took many innocent lives under his fathers influence and teachings. If anything he will believe you are the one lying to him, trying to twist his mind in going against his so called family. This needs to be treated with delicacy, you can not just go up to him and say, hi Shadow guess what you were a funded government project that was stolen by the very aliens you are fighting for…he wont believe a single word of it." Tails seriously said back with a hint of annoyance in his voice at Sonic.
"He deserves to know." Sonic lowly said with narrowed eyes.
"Why are you getting so emotional over him for? He is attacking people, taking Emeralds and aiding the invasion that, sadly to say, we are losing against." Tails asked as he just didn't know why his brother was getting so worked up over a hedgehog he not long ago met.
"I don't know ok." Sonic cried out with frustration.
"Alls I know is if we can at least make him doubt his life and question his existence then maybe, just maybe, he will start to find out the truth on his own. He may even team up against the aliens and fight against them to save the planet and everyone on it. So can you please tell me if there is any signs on the forth Chaos Emerald. Shadow will be after it and I am going to, delicately, make him start to question his life with his, probably not even close to being his father, father." Sonic said in a much calmer tone and looking a little apologetic for his little outburst.
"Alright fine agreed, just give me a moment to get my scanner up." Tails sighed out in defeat and decided to allow Sonic to do what he wants.
"Well it's not like there is much I can do, Sonic can be very stubborn and will go off regardless. I just hope he knows what he is doing and not get himself killed. By the way Sonic described to me earlier Shadow is very powerful, strong and fast. I should look into his creation a little more and see if there are any fail-safes in stopping him." Tails thought as he scanned for the next Emerald using his wrist scanner slash communicator.
Present time with Shadow…
"Ok so the emerald is somewhere out there? Now this shouldn't be too hard there isn't many places it can hide." Shadow muttered as he ran while looking around.
He was in a sandy area that stretched for miles in all directions. He kept his guard up just in case something came jumping out at him or shot at him from a distance. Of course he couldn't see any of the enemy forces, neither could he see any of his brothers, but that didn't stop him from staying alert.
"There he is, now time for a little chat." Sonic thought as he ran at top speed to catch up with Shadow.
Sonic was almost level with Shadow when he suddenly had to dodge an attack from Shadow, who had stopped, jumped into the air and fired a chaos spear at him. Sonic easily moved out of the way fast and now both hedgehogs were staring at one another, face to face, and both with an agenda to complete.
"So you have decided to ignore my warnings and came to stop me?" Shadow said with a devious smirk at Sonic and was kind of feeling a little happy to see Sonic again.
"Only because I want that race then put him in his place, that's all." Shadow thought as he tried to find an excuse to why this hedgehog made him feel a sliver of happiness deep within him.
"Well you have known me for a good few hours now Shads so what do you think I am here for?" Sonic grinned as he crossed his arms and looking way too confident.
"O-k is that an actual question you wish for me to answer or are you trying your luck at being funny here?" Shadow raised a brow and unintentionally dropped his guard as he waited for Sonics response.
"I'm here for a couple of things really and fun is not one of them Shadow. First I came for the emerald and second to have a little chat with you." Sonic said with a serious tone as he really tried to keep composed and business-like.
"Man he's just so, I don't know what he is but he sure can do a little teasing without meaning to. Or would that be him joking around and mocking me? I don't know but the more I spend time with him, how little it is, the more I really want to just drag him away and tell him everything as well as keep him around me forever. Man I am starting to sound like Amy or some…no, no not me that's impossible, do I like him in that way?" Sonic thought as he and Shadow locked eyes, he trying so damn hard to not let his inner turmoil of emotions show.
"Well I am waiting Sonic, what is it that you want to say to me? I am on a tight schedule here and need to get going." Shadow seriously said with a deep frown while crossing his arms, not looking all that impressed with waiting.
"Oh man I really think I do like him." Sonic thought as he swallowed hard and took in a deep breath to compose his emotions.
"Ok I have been like thinking this over ever since you said you were like these aliens brothers and all that. So I have a question for you about how you are related to them all. Ok here it is, if you are related to all these aliens right then how come you do not look like them?" Sonic said with a small frown as he was now the one waiting for an answer.
"Hold up, are you trying to get to know me or something?" Shadow asked as he was growing a little confused as no one had asked him any of this in the past, they just tried in vain to stop his advance in each invasion without stopping and asking him questions about himself.
"Yeah well I was getting curious and all so can you answer the question because I like have a couple more for ya." Sonic grinned with a wink at Shadow, being a little flirtatious that was obviously lost on the hybrid Black Arms.
"Er ok. My father used his blood to bring me to life but I cannot answer why I do not look like my family for I never really questioned it out loud to father." Shadow answered with an unsure look as now he was wondering why he looked so damn different to everyone else in his family, why was he a hedgehog and not more Black Arms like his brother Eclipse?
"Ok he looks like he is thinking about that so now for my next question that will guarantee to have him question his life." Sonic thought as he kept eyes on Shadows confused expression.
"Ok fare enough so for my next one, why did your dad decide to create you anyway? He had like an entire army behind him that are pretty strong so why did he feel he needed to make you?" Sonic asked with a smile as he kept watching Shadows reactions, expressions and body language for anything negative, after all he could accidentally upset the powerful chaos infused hedgehog and end up having more chaos energy thrown at him.
"How the hell should I know? I do not question him or what he does. I damn well know better than to ask him anything of the sort." Shadow half shouted with some frustration in his tone as he just didn't know and that confused him even more.
"Yeah I would have thought he would like tell you everything ya know and answer any questions you might have about your existence. I am sure you have plenty of questions to ask but to afraid to for what he will do to you." Sonic said with a shrug as he tried to play it cool.
"Wait a minute, are you trying to distract me or something? I bet you are and someone else is going after the emerald. I cannot believe I allowed this to happen." Shadow growled as he narrowed his eyes at Sonic and drawing chaos energy into his hands.
"Now how in chaos did we get from questioning your life to me distracting ya Shads?" Sonic raised a brow as he tried to think of a way to calm Shadow down before he became a toasted hedgehog.
"Shut up! Father warned me about others trying all different way in stopping me from going after the emeralds and I have allowed myself to get distracted by you. I will…" Shadow angrily ranted then suddenly stopped as he went into total shock, his half developed chaos spears fizzing away as he tensed up from the shock.
Sonic had rushed over to Shadow and did the one thing he could think of to stop the other from talking and figured the hedgehog was already mad so what was there to lost. Sonic grabbed Shadow and smashed his lips onto the others forcefully which did make Shadow stop talking. After a few extra seconds Sonic pulled away and let go of Shadow, who was wide eyed and in total shock of what had just occurred.
"Oh no I broke him." Sonic thought with an anxious smile at Shadow.
"What was that?" Shadow whispered as he was still very much shocked but a part of him kind of liked the action done on his lips and didn't care that his personal space was invaded so forcefully and suddenly.
"Yeah I know what you mean, I never thought I would ever, in a million years, ever share a kiss someone." Sonic thought as he drooped his eye lids a little and kept his smile there.
"That Shads was a kiss." Sonic gently said as he reached out to touch Shadow.
Shadow frowned and slapped Sonics hand away then took a few steps back away from the blue one. His mind was going a hundred miles an hour right now and he just didn't know what to think about that very close and intimate action done on him. He was so confused for a couple of reasons but mostly because he had liked it and it kind of felt natural for some reason to him.
"You poisoned me didn't you? Well jokes is on you for I am immune to all poisons and harmful substances." Shadow growled as he narrowed his eyes at Sonic, still feeling so damn confused.
"What makes you think I poisoned ya?" Sonic calmly asked as he dared not get close to Shadow just in case the other attacked him.
"It, it made me feel things and I-I liked it. Why did I like it for? Why does it feel natural to me? I do not understand, I should not be feeling anything but hate towards you not like. I'm just so confused, I have never felt like this before in all the decades I have been alive, not once." Shadow said with a desperate expression to have everything explained to him and was starting to panic a little.
"Want another one?" Sonic asked with a grin at Shadow, feeling confident that Shadow would say yes as he took steps forwards with no fear.
Shadow locked eyes with Sonic and his mind instantly calmed down just by staring into those soft green orbs. He was calming down fast and now watching Sonic take the steps to get very close to him. Shadow swallowed hard and slowly nodded then waited for Sonic to kiss him again, forgetting all about the emerald he was supposed to be looking for.
(Sorry this chap is a bit long but I thought I'll do a little kissing scene and how Shadow reacted to his first kiss. Please tell me what you think and I welcome all comments. So what is going to happen now and how will Black Doom react when he finds out what Shadow is doing instead of obeying orders? Keep reading to find out…)
