Finally getting my own back

It has been just over a week since Shadow and Jamie's little sugar rush episode. The conservatory was very nearly complete now, which made Shadow very happy, and the new bedroom was all done. Sonic was currently moving his son's things in there on his own, as he forbid Shadow from any heavy lifting, with Jamie doing some observing and telling his father where he wanting things to go. Shadow did go up and see his father the very next morning after a good breakfast and was given not only a firm talking to but was made to clean up around the toxic pools, as they did tend to get messy around them. Shadow was currently lounging on the sofa with a bored expression until he heard a small bang coming from the hallway.

"Sonic is everything alright?" Shadow called out then decided to get up and check it out when he didn't get an answer.

Shadow walked down the hallway then stood near Jamie's old room as he watched Sonic struggle with the bed base. Yeah Sonic managed to drag it out of the room and into the hallway but now it was somewhat stuck with little turning space so he can get it into the newly done up bedroom.

"Sonic are you sure you don't want my help?" Shadow announced his presence with crossed arms resting on his baby bump and an amused smirk on his muzzle while looking at his flustered husband.

"No it's alright love, I can handle it." Sonic said as he forced a more happier look on his face when answering Shadow.

"Sonic it wont be a bother if I just helped you move our son into his new room." Shadow replied back as he raised a brow at Sonic, clearly seeing that his husband was having difficulty doing it all on his own.

"And I don't want you to do any heavy lifting and hurting yourself. I can handle it babe." Sonic matter-of-fact said as he gave Shadow a stern look.

"I am going to help you whether you want it or not. You are clearly having a little trouble on your own." Shadow firmly said as he uncrossed his arms and walked towards Sonic and the bed base in the hallway.

"No Shadow I wont have you lifting anything while you are pregnant so go and relax on the sofa." Sonic firmly said with a deadly serious expression as he pointed down the hallway passed Shadow.

Shadow rolled his eyes then placed a hand on the base while smirking deviously at his husband.

"Chaos control." Shadow smugly said then vanished with the bed base.

"Oh yeah I forgot he can do that." Sonic sheepishly whispered to himself then walked into the new bedroom only to see a very smug Shadow standing next to the bed base with Jamie sitting on top of it.

"Daddy can I try doing that with my mattress?" Jamie asked as he looked over at his father with begging eyes.

"No, sorry but mama is way more experienced when it come to chaos controlling. Maybe when you are older. So Shadow since you so badly want to help us, think you can bring the mattress in here next?" Sonic semi firmly said to his son then grinned deviously at his husband when talking to him.

"Well dur…don't know why you keep forgetting about my chaos control abilities, I use them all the time around the house. Chaos control." Shadow shook his head then vanished to get the mattress.

"Oh and no lifting up anything either or you will be in big trouble." Sonic called out loud enough for Shadow to hear.

After half an hour most of Jamie's things were now in the new room and put in the places Jamie wanted them to go. Sonic was now carrying a box of Jamie's toys that was slightly over flowing, resulting in something falling onto the floor. Shadow smirked as he picked it up and followed behind his husband into the room.

"Oh no look Sonic I have lifted something up, what are you to do about it?" Shadow chuckled as he held up an interactive toy car that would teach one about different parts and functions of a car.

Yeah Jamie was really into cars and had a whole toy box full of them along with a car mat to play with them on. His favourite game was car crash and traffic jams. Making some crash into each other then line up cars to cause traffic until he would vroom the ambulance and police cars over to sort the crash out.

"Right, now you are in for it big time love." Sonic grinned with amusement as he locked eyes with Shadow, placing the box down yet never breaking eye contact.

"Oh no, now I'm about to go and lift more toys up to bring in here." Shadow teased as he placed the car down then slowly backed away out of the room, smirking with amusement.

"I don't think so babe. Jamie why don't you find a home for your toys while I sort your mother out." Sonic grinned over at his son who was getting his cars out.

"Ok daddy but you will have to be quick, mama is very fast." Jamie said as he continued to do what he was doing, not even looking up at his father when replying back.

Sonic chuckled then dashed out of the room to follow Shadow, catching him in the act of picking up a stuffed rabbit from the floor. Sonic faked an annoyed expression and he stood in the door way with crossed arms.

"And what do you think you are doing?" Sonic asked as he slowly walked into the room with a seductive grin on his muzzle.

"I have no idea what you mean my love." Shadow smirked back as he hid the rabbit behind his back while now facing his husband with a small amount of lust in his eyes.

Sonic stopped in front of Shadow and gently moved a hand along Shadows sides then around to his back. He took a hold of the stuffed toy and lightly pulled it out of Shadows hands, taking it away then lifting it up so Shadow could see it.

"I warned you, any lifting and you will be in trouble Shadow." Sonic whispered as he lightly threw the toy to one side then grabbed Shadow's hips to pull him close, well as close as he could with the baby bump being there and all.

"And now you need punishing." Sonic purred in Shadows ear as he massaged his fingers and thumb into Shadows hips soothingly.

"Maybe I do but not right now." Shadow moaned out with a look of bliss then his lips were captured by Sonics.

Just as things were getting very passionate there was a loud knock on the door making the two break their kiss and raises brows at the other as they were not due for any visitors right now. The door was once again knocked and a little more loudly too.

"Door!" Jamie called as he sorted through his cars and placed some on the car mat.

"I'll get it while you finish up in here." Shadow whispered in Sonics ear then was let go of so he could go answer the door.

"Some things just never change around here." Sonic muttered as they were interrupted from having a moment together.

Shadow reached the door and opened it wide with a faint smile but that smile soon dropped with a confused expression as the commander of GUN was standing in front of his home with Rouge beside him.

"What is going on? You never come here, even if it is an emergency, you usually call me on my communicator." Shadow asked as he stepped to one side to allow the two to enter his home.

Shadow closed the door shut then led the way to the living room, offering the two a seat on the sofa. Shadow took a seat on one of the chairs and faced the commander and Rouge with a concerned expression.

"Say Shads who was at the door?" Sonic called out from the hallway, coming out of Jamie's new room and heading to his old one.

"You might want to come into the living room Sonic." The commander called out, answering for Shadow.

"Ok here we go, they are early but hey I'm going to have Shads pranked for sure this time." Sonic thought to himself as he walked passed his sons old room and heading to the living room instead.

Sonic smile cheerfully as he laid eyes on Rouge and the commander then sat on the arm of the chair Shadow was sitting on.

"What's going on? Usually you both just call or something." Sonic asked as he faked a concerned expression.

"Where is Jamie?" The commander asked with some concern as he didn't want the child to walk in while they do this so caled prank on Shadow sonic had pratically begged him and Rouge to be apart of.

"In his new room playing with his cars, why?" Sonic asked with a confused expression as he answered the question.

"Rouge If you could." The commander said as he glanced at Rouge, wanting her to make sure the childdid not come in during it.

"Of course, don't worry boys ok." Rouge stood up as she spoke then walked out to keep Jamie company while the grown ups had a little 'talk'.

"Ok before you say what you are here for, I have done nothing wrong and haven't been at that supermarket since I found out I was pregnant." Shadow mater-of-fact said with crossed arms and a small pout.

"It's true he hasn't." Sonic confirmed with a grin as that memory filled his mind.

"Damn it is still funny after all these years of it happening." Sonic thought as he looked at the commander.

"It has nothing to do with that believe me. I would not be here if it was over another riot led by you Shadow." The commander shook his head with a deep sigh also able to remember the events as if it was only yesterday.

"Was not my fault." Shadow grumbled as he looked away from all, frowning unhappily at the switched off, yet to be destroyed and be replaced, TV.

"We know babe, so why are you here? Eggman starting again or something?" Sonic patted Shadow on the shoulder then went all serious at the commander.

"No he is actually staying quiet at the moment, this is about Shadow." The commander said as he glanced over at Shadow still stropping on the chair and glaring at the TV.

"I have done nothing wrong so leave me alone." Shadow growled with anger in his voice, not moving an inch from his position on the chair.

"Yes babe we know but before you go beyond the point of calm, do you think you can just hear the commander out then get all angry with him." Sonic softly said as he moved closer to his husband and wrapped an arm around his shoulders to pull him into a brief little hug.

"Fine, please continue." Shadow gave a sweet smile at his husband as he turned his head to look at him then gave that smile to the commander, making the GUN leader feel very nervous of that smile and having second thoughts with all of this.

"Ok I'll be blunt and straight to the point…I'm arresting you on treason against humanity." The commander seriously said as he stood up and unclipped his handcuffs from his belt.

"What?" Shadow gasped out in shock and fear as he watched the commander walk over to him with those cuffs in one hand.

"You have the right to remain silent, anything you do say will go against you. You will remain on Prison Island until a decision has been made upon what to do with you." The commander firmly said as he cuffed Shadows wrists together and made him stand up.

"N-no you cannot do this to me, I have done no wrong. I-I haven't." Shadow shakily said as tears began to fill his eyes then when he was made to walk away from the chair he broke down and cried them out.

Normally Shadow would not have broken down in tears and would just be outraged at this. It is all thanks to those damn hormones that made this situation turn into something very different and unlikely.

"Ok maybe I went too far with this prank." Sonic thought as he drooped his ears at the sound of his husbands cries of sorrow and sadness.

"I…I…" Shadow cried out as he felt hopeless and afraid of what will happen to himself and his family.

"Alright that is it, I'm pulling the plug on this. It is one thing to play a part in pranking Shadow but seeing him break down crying is just way too much." The commander said as he undid the cuffs and looped them back onto his belt.

Shadow was sunned as his brain tried to process what was going on. He stood there for a moment as his tears slowly stopped flowing then he slowly turned around to look at his husband.

"Surprise babe, it was a prank. You were never going to get arrested and locked up." Sonic nervously said as he was being stared at by Shadow.

Shadow said nothing and just chaos controlled to his room as he just felt so numb and still in shock on what happened. Sonic sighed as he didn't truly think Shadow would react like this and would just go off on one, not break down and cry.

"He isn't going to let this go you know and I refuse to be apart of this childish pranking war you both are still doing any longer. I'm going to get Rouge and return to base." The commander seriously said as he just knew he was going to be getting a lot of trouble from Shadow over this.

"I didn't know he would react like this. Man I feel terrible now." Sonic deeply sighed with sadness then walked out of the living room with the commander.

"Auntie Rouge that car isn't supposed to go like that." Jamie complained as he grabbed the white roofless car and placed it where he believed it should go, behind the red one in the line he made.

Rouge rolled her eyes as it seemed she wasn't allowed to put the cars anywhere on the car mat. The commander entered with Sonic and cleared his throat to get Rouge's attention. Rouge looked up and grinned as she stood.

"Well Jamie I believe play time with auntie Rouge is over and I will see you soon." Rouge said as she looked over at the child still playing and not looking away from his game.

"Ok bye auntie Rouge. Next time we will play something else." Jamie happily said as he waved with one hand and broomed a car with the other to join the line, not once looking up at the white bat.

Rouge walked out with the commander and Sonic followed them to the front door to see them out.

"So did it work? Was Shadow finally pranked?" Rouge asked as she and the commander stood outside and facing Sonic.

"Yeah it worked, a little too well." Sonic replied with drooped ears and looking very guilty.

"He broke down in tears." The commander added as he looked away from the two.

"WHAT!" Rouge cried out in disbelief.

"Sonic you said he would just get angry and demand to be set free. If I would have known he would have reacted like that I would have swayed you off this choice of prank. I do hope you know he is not going to be very happy with you over this one especially since you made him cry." Rouge said with a cross expression and hands on her hips.

"I know, I know alright. I'll make it up to him somehow and for the record I didn't know he was going to break down like that." Sonic groaned as he was getting a little annoyed at having to repeat himself and pissed off with himself for not thinking this prank through properly.

"Well good luck and I'll come by tomorrow, if I can, to see how Shadow is doing." Rouge said with a more calm voice then dropped her hands to her side and began to walk away with the commander.

Sonic closed the front door and made his way to his bedroom, glancing inside Jamie's room to check on him before reaching there. Sonic raised a brow as there was no noise coming from inside and he cautiously opened the door wide.

"Shadow…" Sonic called his husbands name out as the room seemed empty.

Sonic was now getting concerned as he walked over to the in-built bathroom and when Shadow wasn't in there either Sonic was in a panic. Sonic dashed around the house in hopes Shadow might have just decided to be somewhere else instead of the bedroom. Sonic stood in the kitchen as this was the last place to look and Shadow was not in there.

"If he isn't here then he is either at one of our friends houses planning his revenge, up on ARK or aboard the Black Comet." Sonic sighed out as he walked out of the kitchen and decided to finish moving his son into his new bedroom.

Shadow was indeed up on the Black Comet and walking about aimlessly. He was still very upset over that prank but a small part of him did feel respect for his husband for finally getting him back. Shadow suddenly stopped and raised a brow at the new being coming his way down the pathway.

"Who the hell is that?" Shadow questioned inside of his head at the being floated towards him and then stopped about a meter or two away from him.

The creature looked very similar to Black Doom but smaller in size, not by much but you can tell the size difference. He had a hooded red and blue cloak on with the blue hood up over his head. He had three yellowish eyes that were looking right at Shadow.

"You are not what I had expected and a little on the round side too." The new being said as he looked Shadow up and down with a thinking expression, knowing exactly who Shadow was.

"Are you calling me fat?" Shadow growled with aggression and narrowed his eyes dangerously at the being who dared to comment on his physical appearance.

"I am simply commenting on what I am seeing but if that is how you want it to seem like then you can always correct the round belly you have with some physical training. I am surprised Black Doom allowed you to get so out of shape in the first place." The floating figure replied indifferently as it looked at Shadow with its three yellowish eyes.

Shadow bared his teeth and his hands clenched into fists as he was getting angry with the being in front of him. He shook a little as he was getting to the point of no return and that was never a good sign for anyone who so happened to be the one to insult the hormonal hedgehog.

"How dare you say that to me, I am not fat you moron. I happen to be pregnant and carrying a child." Shadow shouted out as he had lost his temper at the being, chaos energy fizzing in both hands.

"Shadow calm yourself." Black Doom appeared beside the new being, speaking in a very calm tone towards his hedgehog son.

"He called me fat and you expect me to be all happy about that?" Shadow growled as he called back his chaos energy, crossed his arms and glared at the one who insulted him.

"So he takes after you when baring offspring...interesting." The new floating creature casually said as he turned his head to look at Black Doom.

"Indeed…Shadow this is Black Death, he is the secondary hive mind I created since I cannot be in two places at once." Black Doom spoke with some pride in his tone while looking at his hedgehog son.

"Doesn't mean he has the damn right to insult me." Shadow muttered as he looked away and pouted a little, trying to calm himself down.

"There is another new member of the Black Arms I wish for you to meet. Come Shadow, we shall go find him now." Black Doom said with some amusement to how this little meeting will turn out.

Shadow shrugged his shoulders and began to walk closer to his father and second in command. Black Doom chaos controlled them all, when Shadow stopped in front of him, to where this so called new member was. They appeared near the being who was just standing with a Black Oak and engaging in a telepathic conversation.

"Eclipse." Black Doom called over to the Black Arms, getting the beings attention.

"We shall continue our conversation later." Eclipse said with a smirk up at the Black Oak then walked over to Black Doom, Black Death and Shadow.

Eclipse stopped in front of all three then locked eyes with Shadow. Eclipse looked similar to Shadow but not a hedgehog per say. Eclipse had a grey/pale purple colouration with a white muzzle and yellow teeth. He has red accents along his head, arms and legs, black-coloured sclera that featuring glowing amber-like gold irises and thin black pupils. He had a classic 'devils tail' that was long and slender with a red accented arrowhead-like tip. Eclipse had a single small spike on the back of his legs, three fingered hands, two-toed feet, a pair of small quills on the back of his shoulders and a red 'mantle' on top of his shoulders. He is somewhere around the same size and hight as Shadow, minus the pregnant belly of course.

(N/A: I had to go onto the internet to find a good description for Eclipse as sometimes I do find it hard to find the right words to describe a character.)

"So you must be Shadow, not what I expected." Eclipse grinned as he kept eye contact with Shadow.

"Yeah and you're a wannabe hedgehog." Shadow growled back with crossed arms slightly resting on his baby bump.

"And you are an overweight hedgehog that looks ready to have a heart-attack. I do not in any way feel threatened by the so called Ultimate Lifeform before me." Eclipse casually said as he waved a hand in Shadows direction in a dismissive fashion.

"That is it I have had it up to here with being insulted…I will show you exactly what I am capable of, regardless of my weight gain." Shadow shouted out in anger and narrowed his eyes at Eclipse.

"Oh I am so scared brother, please have mercy." Eclipse rolled his eyes and using a very sarcastic voice, only angering Shadow further.

"Should we stop this?" Black Death muttered over to Black Doom as he watched the two glare at the other.

"No lets see how far this little meeting will go, if it gets too intense I will step in. You haven't met Shadows partner and you do not want him and his friends coming up here, they will come here for revenge if anything happens to Shadow and the unborn child." Black Doom muttered back then watched both Shadow and Eclipse walk towards each other and stop inches apart.

Back at the hedgehogs home, a couple of hours after the prank, Sonic had finally finished his son's new bedroom and was now sitting on the floor with Jamie. He was only allowed to watch Jamie play as Jamie had forbid him from touching the cars after Sonic kept moving some and placing them in a parking space. He wasn't really paying all that much attention to his son's, now solo, game and kept thinking about his husband.

"Will he even come home later? I shouldn't have done that prank on him, especially while pregnant." Sonic thought as he sighed a little in sadness.

"Daddy what's the matter?" Jamie asked as he looked up from his car game and gave his father a concerned look.

"Oh nothing Jamie. I'm going to make a start on dinner alright, call if you need me." Sonic said as he forced a more cheerful tone then stood up.

"Ok Daddy." Jamie smiled up innocently then got back to his game.

Back up aboard the comet Shadow and Eclipse were engaged in battle and neither seems to be tiring out, regardless of Shadow pregnancy. Shadow was mostly on the defence, blocking any attacks aimed at his swollen belly, and Eclipse was attacking in any way he could to get a hit on Shadow.

"It is remarkable how well Shadow is doing considering his condition." Black Death said as he and Black Doom had moved way out of the way to observe the fight.

"Did you doubt my ability to create the Ultimate being?" Black Doom smugly replied as he never removed his eyes on the fight between the brothers, still on the ready to intervene if needed be.

"Doomy what is going on in here?" Crystal announced as she walked in and stood beside her life partner then looked at Shadow and Eclipse fighting.

"Are you not going to stop this?" Crystal asked with slight anger in her tone as she was getting very concerned for Shadow and the unborn child he was carrying.

"They need to get it out of their system, this is no longer a fight of dislike but a fight for respect." Black Doom simply replied as he glanced at Crystal briefly before returning his eyes back on his sons.

"Right I will not stand here and watch them both fight each other. They are brothers and should be looking out for one another, not fighting to gain superiority." Crystal slightly growled then stormed over to the two still fighting.

"RIGHT THAT IS ENOUGH!" Crystal shouted out at the top of her lungs, gaining total stillness all around.

"What do you both think you are doing? You are brothers for chaos sake and should not be fighting one another. Shadow you are nearly seven months pregnant and should not be engaging in battle. Eclipse you should know better than to antagonise Shadow. You both need to just stop all this nonsense and get along or so help me I will bash your heads together until some sense is knocked into you both." Crystal firmly said as she put her hands on her hips and glared at the two who, were now standing side by side looking up at her.

"Wait you are pregnant?" Eclipse turned his head to look at Shadow with a surprised expression.

"Yeah so, doesn't mean I cannot fight or move fast or use my chaos abilities." Shadow frowned with crossed arms and had turned his head to look at Eclipse.

"Now why don't you both put your differences aside and start over." Crystal happily said with a bright smile while clapping her hands together in front of her, having them close to her chest.

"Fine but that doesn't mean I am tired from our fight and can easily keep going." Shadow seriously said as he looked away with his arms still crossed.

"Exactly what I was about to say brother." Eclipse smirked as he kept looking at Shadow beside him, amusement in his voice as he spoke his words.

"Good I am happy to see you both getting along." Crystal beamed out happily then turned to walk out of the room, winking at her partner when she walked passed him.

Back with Sonic, he was sitting up the kitchen table with Jamie and about to start on eating dinner. He dished some up for Shadow and covered it, placing it in the microwave to heat up later. Sonic was trying to keep a cheerful expression as he and his son ate their meal but he was deeply worried that Shadow had yet to come home.

"Daddy where is mama? Did he have to go into work on his day off again?" Jamie asked innocently as he had no clue what had happened, looking directly up at his father.

"Mama had to go out and wasn't sure when he will be back. He should be home by tomorrow hopefully." Sonic forced a smile as he lied to his son, knowing it was wrong to do so but he did not want to upset Jamie with the truth.

"Oh I hope Shadow will be home soon." Sonic thought as he looked down at his barely consumed meal as a sad feeling wash over him.

Suddenly there was a flash of light and when it died down Shadow was standing a little away from the table in the middle of the kitchen with Eclipse standing next to him. Sonic jumped to his feet and locked eyes with his husband, sadness and regret was seen in his green orbs.

"Relax yourself my love, you are forgiven. This is Eclipse, my brother. Eclipse this is Sonic my husband and Jamie my son." Shadow smiled warmly at Sonic as he introduced all, pointing to his husband and child when mentioning them to his brother.

"Hi, So this is what you call a kitchen brother?" Eclipse waved at the two hedgehogs up the table then looked around the room they were standing in with high interest.

"Shadow could I have a very quick word with you in our bedroom please. I really have to talk to you." Sonic asked as he was still feeling very guilty over that prank.

"Fine, we wont be too long Eclipse so just relax and stay here until I return." Shadow cheerfully said as he glanced at his brother still looking around the kitchen with a curious expression.

Shadow smiled at his husband then led the way to his and Sonic bedroom, having Sonic follow him there. They entered and Sonic closed the door shut then turned to face his husband with a very apologetic expression.

"About that prank I did on you…I am so sorry. I swear I had no idea you would react like that." Sonic said as the guilt was very visible on his features, ears drooped down as he spoke.

"Sonic I am no longer mad about the prank, it was a good prank and you finally got me back. Lets just now draw the line and stop this childish war but I am in no way saying we can no longer play jokes on each other, just not to turn it into a war and go nuts again." Shadow sincerely said with a faint smile at his husband.

"Yeah I can agree with that…so you have a new brother then?" Sonic smiled in relief then walked closer to his husband, stopping right in front of Shadow.

"Yes was a bit of a shocker and I also met the Black Arms secondary hive mind too. I suppose he is second in command if my father ever was to die." Shadow smirked with amusement as he locked eyes with his loving husband.

"Damn the Black Arms seems to be expanding, I wonder if there are more colonies out there in different parts of the universe?" Sonic raised a brow as he replied, not liking that idea since, if there was, they can't be all under Black Dooms rule.

"You know what I never thought about that." Shadow simply said with a wondering expression as he looked up slightly in thought at the possibility, tapping his chin as he did so.

(Thank you for reading and I'm so, so sorry it has taken this long to update. Please tell me your thoughts and I will try and be quicker in updating. I do hope you are all enjoying this and as a little hint, next chap might or might not have a birth...still unsure what the sex to Sonic's and Shadow's baby will be though or what name to give him or her...)