Sonic felt himself wake up, but didn't bother to open his eyes.
"Ugh… morning already?"
He pulled his pillow closer.
"Wait… why is my pillow… warm...? And… BREATHING?!"
He opened his eyes and looked down. He was lying down next to Shadow.
"Crap! I must have fallen asleep with him last night! I gotta get outta here before he wakes up!"
Sonic slowly began so slide out of the bed. Shadow suddenly rolled over, his arm landing on top of him.
"Oh no…"
He tried to roll free, but Shadows arm wrapped around him, keeping him in place.
"Ugh! He's not gonna be happy…"
Sonic let out a sigh and looked over at the door. It seemed so close, yet so far away. He rolled over to face Shadow. Shadow then let out a groan and began to open his eyes.
"SHIT!"
Sonic went to turn away, but it was already too late. Shadows eyes were fully opened. He seemed to not comprehend the situation at first, looking around for a few seconds, but then realized he was no longer asleep.
"Faker…" He said in a dark tone.
"Heh… I… uh… can explain…?" Sonic said, trying to find a way out of this. Shadow quickly sat up and got out of bed. Sonic sat up and went to follow him.
"Look, I heard you having a nightmare last night and I wanted to help, so I began kinda… petting you and you relaxed! But I guess I kinda fell asleep on you and that's how I ended up like that!" Sonic said quickly. Shadow simply pointed to the door.
"Out…" He said.
"Did you not hear me?!"
"OUT!"
Sonic's ears dropped as he walked out of the room. The door behind him slamming shut.
"Great… just… great…" He thought, walking back into the living room. Tails was sitting on the couch, as if he were waiting for him.
"Sleep well?" He asked.
"Don't even get me started…"
"Well, we need to get started prepping for the mission."
"Yeah, just one question… Once we get up there, how do you plan to stop the death egg just like that?" Sonic said, snapping his fingers.
"… guess I didn't think that far into it yet…"
"WHAT?!"
"Relax. We'll think of something."
"Ok…fine. Where's Knux?"
"He's testing out his new gloves"
"New gloves?"
"What? You thing I'll just give you and Shadow some cool toys and leave poor Knux out?"
"Good point…"
It was then that Shadow walked into the room.
"Oh, hey Shadow" Tails said. Shadow remained silent, walked right past them, and entered the other room
"Jeez, what's his deal?" Tails asked. Sonic lowered his eyes to the ground.
"Yeah… freaking emo hog…" He muttered. Tails leaned back and let out a sigh. It was then that they heard someone walk through the front door.
"Hey guys" A voice said. Knuckles. He poked his head around the corner, looking unusually cheery.
"Hey… Knux… What's with the happy getup?" Sonic asked. Knuckles smirked as he stepped around the corner to show off his new fighting gloves. Sharp as a razor and twice their normal size, they looked pretty intimidating.
"Whoa! Careful with those, dude!" Sonic said, taking a step back. Knuckles rolled his eyes.
"I'm getting a snack. I'm about to starve out here…" Tails said, standing up. He walked out and into the other room. Sonic took his seat on the couch and relaxed.
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
Sonic shot up like a bullet and ran into the other room.
"What's wrong Tails?!" he said. His eyes went wide from what he saw. It was… the biggest sandwich he had ever seen.
"What the hell?" he said.
"That's what I said!" Tails said. Shadow gave them a confused glance.
"You're not actually going to eat all of that… right?" Sonic asked. Shadow rolled his eyes.
"I haven't had REAL food for twenty years… so yeah. I think I'm going to eat it all."
"That thing is HUGE!"
"So?"
"So… wanna share?"
"Heh…no"
Sonic pouted as he left the room. Tails followed.
"Well, this had been a… interesting day so far…" He muttered.
"You got that right… think the mission can wait 'till tomorrow?"
"I thought you'd never ask."
